| Women's 200 metres at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | July 31 (heats and quarterfinals) August 1 (semifinals and final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 48 from 36 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 22.12 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 10 km walk | women | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Wheelchair races | ||
These are the official results of the women's 200 metres event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 47 participating athletes, with two rounds (six heats in round 1, four heats in round 2), two semifinals and a final.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 21.34 |  Florence Griffith Joyner
|
Indianapolis, Indiana (USA) | 16 July 1988 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 21.34 | Florence Griffith Joyner
|
Seoul (KOR) | 29 September 1988 |
Results
Heats
Top four in each heat and next eight fastest advanced to the quarterfinals.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlette Guidry |  United States |
22.37 | 5 |
| 2 | Mary Onyali |  Nigeria |
22.42 | 8 |
| 3 | Melanie Paschke |  Germany |
22.93 | 3 |
| 4 | Patricia Rodríguez |  Colombia |
23.13 | 2 |
| 5 | Yan Jiankui |  China |
23.21 | 1 |
| 6 | Myra Mayberry |  Puerto Rico |
23.23 | 7 |
| 7 | Zlatka Georgieva |  Bulgaria |
24.05 | 4 |
| 8 | Laure Kuetey |  Benin |
25.57 | 6 |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dannette Young | United States |
22.65 | 2 |
| 2 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor |  Australia |
22.70 | 7 |
| 3 | Lucrécia Jardim |  Portugal |
22.95 | 5 |
| 4 | Viktoriya Fomenko |  Ukraine |
23.18 | 1 |
| 5 | Sandy Myers |  Spain |
23.18 | 6 |
| 6 | Calister Ubah | Nigeria |
23.34 | 3 |
| 7 | Dora Kyriakou |  Cyprus |
23.85 | 4 |
| 8 | Sylla M'Mah Touré |  Guinea |
26.64 | 8 |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juliet Cuthbert |  Jamaica |
23.03 | 6 |
| 2 | Irina Privalova |  Russia |
23.16 | 2 |
| 3 | Cathy Freeman | Australia |
23.25 | 1 |
| 4 | Sanna Hernesniemi |  Finland |
23.35 | 7 |
| 5 | Mireille Donders |  Switzerland |
23.52 | 8 |
| 6 | Maia Azarashvili |  Georgia |
23.63 | 5 |
| 7 | Felipa Palacios | Colombia |
24.12 | 4 |
| 8 | Lineo Shoai |  Lesotho |
26.25 | 3 |
Heat four
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica |
22.92 | 7 |
| 2 | Katharine Merry |  Great Britain |
23.14 | 1 |
| 3 | Monika Gachevska | Bulgaria |
23.30 | 6 |
| 4 | Heather Samuel |  Antigua and Barbuda |
23.34 | 5 |
| 5 | Ameerah Bello |  Virgin Islands |
23.45 | 4 |
| 6 | Du Xiujie | China |
23.69 | 3 |
| 7 | Guilhermina da Cruz |  Angola |
24.92 | 8 |
| 8 | Marina Trandenkova | Russia |
DNS | 2 |
Heat five
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galina Malchugina | Russia |
22.63 | 1 |
| 2 | Chandra Sturrup |  Bahamas |
22.63 | 7 |
| 3 | Beverly McDonald | Jamaica |
23.04 | 6 |
| 4 | Zhanna Pintusevych | Ukraine |
23.15 | 5 |
| 5 | Simmone Jacobs | Great Britain |
23.36 | 2 |
| 6 | Tara Perry |  Canada |
23.46 | 3 |
| 7 | Marina Živković |  FR Yugoslavia |
23.51 | 4 |
| 8 | Kaltouma Nadjina |  Chad |
24.47 | 8 |
Heat six
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie-José Pérec |  France |
22.62 | 5 |
| 2 | Inger Miller | United States |
22.74 | 3 |
| 3 | Alenka Bikar |  Slovenia |
22.88 | 7 |
| 4 | Katerina Koffa |  Greece |
23.09 | 4 |
| 5 | Natallia Safronnikava |  Belarus |
23.14 | 8 |
| 6 | Sevatheda Fynes | Bahamas |
23.39 | 2 |
| 7 | Georgette N’Koma |  Cameroon |
23.68 | 1 |
| 8 | Lyudmila Dmitriady |  Uzbekistan |
24.88 | 6 |
Quarterfinals
Top four in each heat advanced to the semifinals.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlette Guidry | United States |
22.51 | 3 |
| 2 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas |
22.81 | 6 |
| 3 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | Australia |
22.91 | 4 |
| 4 | Natallia Safronnikava | Belarus |
23.15 | 2 |
| 5 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland |
23.38 | 1 |
| 6 | Monika Gachevska | Bulgaria |
23.44 | 8 |
| 7 | Ameerah Bello | Virgin Islands |
23.66 | 7 |
| 8 | Beverly McDonald | Jamaica |
DNS | 5 |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica |
22.61 | 4 |
| 2 | Galina Malchugina | Russia |
22.69 | 3 |
| 3 | Melanie Paschke | Germany |
22.84 | 5 |
| 4 | Katerina Koffa | Greece |
23.04 | 7 |
| 5 | Katharine Merry | Great Britain |
23.17 | 6 |
| 6 | Sevatheda Fynes | Bahamas |
23.26 | 8 |
| 7 | Yan Jiankui | China |
23.30 | 1 |
| 8 | Viktoriya Fomenko | Ukraine |
23.44 | 2 |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie-José Pérec | France |
22.24 | 3 |
| 2 | Mary Onyali | Nigeria |
22.37 | 5 |
| 3 | Inger Miller | United States |
22.57 | 6 |
| 4 | Cathy Freeman | Australia |
22.74 | 1 |
| 5 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal |
22.88 | 4 |
| 6 | Simmone Jacobs | Great Britain |
22.96 | 7 |
| 7 | Sandy Myers | Spain |
23.20 | 2 |
| 8 | Heather Samuel | Antigua and Barbuda |
23.54 | 8 |
Heat four
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dannette Young | United States |
22.53 | 6 |
| 2 | Juliet Cuthbert | Jamaica |
22.62 | 4 |
| 3 | Irina Privalova | Russia |
22.82 | 3 |
| 4 | Alenka Bikar | Slovenia |
22.89 | 5 |
| 5 | Myra Mayberry | Puerto Rico |
23.48 | 8 |
| 6 | Patricia Rodríguez | Colombia |
23.50 | 1 |
| 7 | Calister Ubah | Nigeria |
23.62 | 7 |
| 8 | Zhanna Pintusevych | Ukraine |
23.68 | 2 |
Semifinals
Top four from each heat advanced to the finals.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie-José Pérec | France |
22.07 | 4 |
| 2 | Mary Onyali | Nigeria |
22.16 | 3 |
| 3 | Juliet Cuthbert | Jamaica |
22.24 | 5 |
| 4 | Inger Miller | United States |
22.33 | 7 |
| 5 | Dannette Young | United States |
22.49 | 6 |
| 6 | Cathy Freeman | Australia |
22.78 | 2 |
| 7 | Natallia Safronnikava | Belarus |
22.98 | 1 |
| 8 | Irina Privalova | Russia |
DNS | 8 |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica |
22.08 | 4 |
| 2 | Galina Malchugina | Russia |
22.35 | 6 |
| 3 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas |
22.54 | 5 |
| 4 | Carlette Guidry | United States |
22.56 | 3 |
| 5 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | Australia |
22.76 | 2 |
| 6 | Melanie Paschke | Germany |
22.81 | 7 |
| 7 | Alenka Bikar | Slovenia |
22.82 | 8 |
| 8 | Katerina Koffa | Greece |
23.20 | 1 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Marie-José Pérec | France |
22.12 | 3 |
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Merlene Ottey | Jamaica |
22.24 | 5 |
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Mary Onyali | Nigeria |
22.38 | 4 |
| 4 | Inger Miller | United States |
22.41 | 7 |
| 5 | Galina Malchugina | Russia |
22.45 | 6 |
| 6 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas |
22.54 | 8 |
| 7 | Juliet Cuthbert | Jamaica |
22.60 | 1 |
| 8 | Carlette Guidry | United States |
22.61 | 2 |
Wind in the finals = 0.3 m/s
Notes: DNS = did not start
References
- "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Games: Women's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
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