Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres

The Women's 200 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6–8 August.[1] The winning margin was 0.21 seconds.

Women's 200 metres
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date6–8 August
Competitors54 from 39 nations
Winning time21.88
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Allyson Felix United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jamaica
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Carmelita Jeter United States
← 2008
2016 →
Official Video

The times in the three semi-finals were very close, but while Allyson Felix appeared to put a minimum of effort to hold off Murielle Ahouré in heat two, in heat one Veronica Campbell Brown dipped at the finish to edge Carmelita Jeter and in heat three Sanya Richards-Ross raced Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to the line. Semoy Hackett set the Trinidad and Tobago national record as the first time qualifier, Myriam Soumaré only one hundredth behind as the other time qualifier in 22.56.

In the final Felix took lead through the turn and extended it to the finish. Campbell-Brown was second coming into the straight but was overtaken by Fraser-Pryce and Jeter who took the silver and bronze respectively.

Competition format

edit

The Women's 200m competition consisted of heats (Round 1), semifinals and a Final.[2] The fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the semifinals along with the fastest overall competitors not already qualified that were required to fill the available spaces in the semifinals. A total of eight competitors qualified for the Final from the semifinals.[2]

Records

edit

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Florence Griffith Joyner (USA)21.34Seoul, Korea29 September 1988
Olympic record
2012 World leading  Allyson Felix (USA)21.69Eugene, United States30 June 2012

Schedule

edit

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Monday, 6 August 201219:20Round 1
Tuesday, 7 August 201220:25Semifinals
Wednesday, 8 August 201221:00Finals

Results

edit
Heats Official Video

Round 1

edit

Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

edit

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.5 m/s

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Murielle Ahouré  Ivory Coast22.55Q
2Aleksandra Fedoriva  Russia22.61Q
3Margaret Adeoye  Great Britain22.94Q, PB
4Allison Peter  Virgin Islands23.00q
5Christy Udoh  Nigeria23.19
6Andreea Ogrăzeanu  Romania23.46
7Anna Kiełbasińska  Poland23.67
8Hinikissia Albertine Ndikert  Chad26.06
Marlena Wesh  HaitiDNS

Heat 2

edit

Wind:
Heat 2: +1.2 m/s

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Allyson Felix  United States22.71Q
2Semoy Hackett  Trinidad and Tobago22.81Q
3Janelle Redhead  Grenada23.08Q, SB
4Anyika Onuora  Great Britain23.23
5Elizabeta Savlinis  Russia23.23
6Gloria Hooper  Italy23.25
7Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie  Bahamas23.49
8Vida Anim  Ghana23.71SB
9Ndeye Fatou Soumah  Senegal23.89

Heat 3

edit

Wind:
Heat 3: +0.7 m/s

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Carmelita Jeter  United States22.65Q
2Abiodun Oyepitan  Great Britain22.92Q
3Sherone Simpson  Jamaica22.97Q
4Maria Belibasaki  Greece23.36
5Ana Claudia Silva  Brazil23.40
6Gloria Asumnu  Nigeria23.43
7Chisato Fukushima  Japan24.14
8Gretta Taslakian  Lebanon24.49
Cydonie Mothersill  Cayman IslandsDNS

Heat 4

edit

Wind:
Heat 4: +0.3 m/s

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Sanya Richards-Ross  United States22.48Q
2LaVerne Jones-Ferrette  Virgin Islands22.64Q, SB
3Hrystyna Stuy  Ukraine22.66Q, PB
4Kai Selvon  Trinidad and Tobago22.85q, PB
5Ivet Lalova  Bulgaria23.01q, SB
6Eleni Artymata  Cyprus23.09q, SB
7Norma González  Colombia23.46SB
8Nercely Soto  Venezuela23.54
9Vladislava Ovcharenko  Tajikistan24.39

Heat 5

edit

Wind:
Heat 5: +1.3 m/s

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Mariya Ryemyen  Ukraine22.58Q, PB
2Myriam Soumaré  France22.70Q, SB
3Veronica Campbell Brown  Jamaica22.75Q
4Léa Sprunger  Switzerland23.27
5Ezinne Okparaebo  Norway23.30=NR
6Natalia Rusakova  Russia23.40
7Erika Chávez  Ecuador23.70
8Kirsten Nieuwendam  Suriname24.07
9Chan Seyha  Cambodia26.62

Heat 6

edit

Wind:
Heat 6: +0.8 m/s

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica22.71Q
2Anthonique Strachan  Bahamas22.75Q
3Elyzaveta Bryzgina  Ukraine22.82Q
4Evelyn dos Santos  Brazil23.07q
5Crystal Emmanuel  Canada23.10q, SB
6Marielis Sánchez  Dominican Republic23.20SB
7Viktoriya Zyabkina  Kazakhstan23.49
8Nelkis Casabona  Cuba23.82
9Luan Gabriel  Dominica24.12

Semi-final

edit
Semi-final Official Video

Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

edit

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.0 m/s

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Veronica Campbell Brown  Jamaica22.32Q, SB
2Carmelita Jeter  United States22.39Q
3Myriam Soumare  France22.56q, SB
4Mariya Ryemyen  Ukraine22.62
5Anthonique Strachan  Bahamas22.82
6Ivet Lalova  Bulgaria22.98SB
7Margaret Adeoye  Great Britain23.28
8Allison Peter  Virgin Islands23.35

Heat 2

edit

Wind:
Heat 2: +1.0 m/s

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Allyson Felix  United States22.31Q
2Murielle Ahouré  Ivory Coast22.49Q
3Semoy Hackett  Trinidad and Tobago22.55q, =NR
4Laverne Jones-Ferrette  Virgin Islands22.62SB
5Elyzaveta Bryzgina  Ukraine22.64SB
6Sherone Simpson  Jamaica22.71
7Evelyn dos Santos  Brazil22.82PB
8Eleni Artymata  Cyprus22.92SB

Heat 3

edit

Wind:
Heat 3: +0.8 m/s

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Sanya Richards-Ross  United States22.30Q
2Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica22.34Q
3Aleksandra Fedoriva  Russia22.65
4Hrystyna Stuy  Ukraine22.76
5Kai Selvon  Trinidad and Tobago23.04
6Abiodun Oyepitan  Great Britain23.14
7Crystal Emmanuel  Canada23.28
8Janelle Redhead  Grenada23.51

Final

edit

Wind: -0.2 m/s

RankLanesAthleteNationTimeNotes
7Allyson Felix  United States21.88
4Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica22.09PB
9Carmelita Jeter  United States22.14
45Veronica Campbell Brown  Jamaica22.38
56Sanya Richards-Ross  United States22.39
68Murielle Ahouré  Ivory Coast22.57
72Myriam Soumaré  France22.63
83Semoy Hackett  Trinidad and Tobago22.87

References

edit
  1. ^ "Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
  2. ^ a b "Women's 200m". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.