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) 21.34 Seoul, Korea 29 September 1988
Olympic record
2012 World leading   Allyson Felix (USA) 21.69 Eugene, United States 30 June 2012

Schedule

edit

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Monday, 6 August 2012 19:20 Round 1
Tuesday, 7 August 2012 20:25 Semifinals
Wednesday, 8 August 2012 21:00 Finals

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

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Murielle Ahouré   Ivory Coast 22.55 Q
2 Aleksandra Fedoriva   Russia 22.61 Q
3 Margaret Adeoye   Great Britain 22.94 Q, PB
4 Allison Peter   Virgin Islands 23.00 q
5 Christy Udoh   Nigeria 23.19
6 Andreea Ogrăzeanu   Romania 23.46
7 Anna Kiełbasińska   Poland 23.67
8 Hinikissia Albertine Ndikert   Chad 26.06
Marlena Wesh   Haiti DNS

Heat 2

edit

Wind:
Heat 2: +1.2 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Allyson Felix   United States 22.71 Q
2 Semoy Hackett   Trinidad and Tobago 22.81 Q
3 Janelle Redhead   Grenada 23.08 Q, SB
4 Anyika Onuora   Great Britain 23.23
5 Elizabeta Savlinis   Russia 23.23
6 Gloria Hooper   Italy 23.25
7 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie   Bahamas 23.49
8 Vida Anim   Ghana 23.71 SB
9 Ndeye Fatou Soumah   Senegal 23.89

Heat 3

edit

Wind:
Heat 3: +0.7 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Carmelita Jeter   United States 22.65 Q
2 Abiodun Oyepitan   Great Britain 22.92 Q
3 Sherone Simpson   Jamaica 22.97 Q
4 Maria Belibasaki   Greece 23.36
5 Ana Claudia Silva   Brazil 23.40
6 Gloria Asumnu   Nigeria 23.43
7 Chisato Fukushima   Japan 24.14
8 Gretta Taslakian   Lebanon 24.49
Cydonie Mothersill   Cayman Islands DNS

Heat 4

edit

Wind:
Heat 4: +0.3 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Sanya Richards-Ross   United States 22.48 Q
2 LaVerne Jones-Ferrette   Virgin Islands 22.64 Q, SB
3 Hrystyna Stuy   Ukraine 22.66 Q, PB
4 Kai Selvon   Trinidad and Tobago 22.85 q, PB
5 Ivet Lalova   Bulgaria 23.01 q, SB
6 Eleni Artymata   Cyprus 23.09 q, SB
7 Norma González   Colombia 23.46 SB
8 Nercely Soto   Venezuela 23.54
9 Vladislava Ovcharenko   Tajikistan 24.39

Heat 5

edit

Wind:
Heat 5: +1.3 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Mariya Ryemyen   Ukraine 22.58 Q, PB
2 Myriam Soumaré   France 22.70 Q, SB
3 Veronica Campbell Brown   Jamaica 22.75 Q
4 Léa Sprunger   Switzerland 23.27
5 Ezinne Okparaebo   Norway 23.30 =NR
6 Natalia Rusakova   Russia 23.40
7 Erika Chávez   Ecuador 23.70
8 Kirsten Nieuwendam   Suriname 24.07
9 Chan Seyha   Cambodia 26.62

Heat 6

edit

Wind:
Heat 6: +0.8 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce   Jamaica 22.71 Q
2 Anthonique Strachan   Bahamas 22.75 Q
3 Elyzaveta Bryzgina   Ukraine 22.82 Q
4 Evelyn dos Santos   Brazil 23.07 q
5 Crystal Emmanuel   Canada 23.10 q, SB
6 Marielis Sánchez   Dominican Republic 23.20 SB
7 Viktoriya Zyabkina   Kazakhstan 23.49
8 Nelkis Casabona   Cuba 23.82
9 Luan Gabriel   Dominica 24.12

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

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Veronica Campbell Brown   Jamaica 22.32 Q, SB
2 Carmelita Jeter   United States 22.39 Q
3 Myriam Soumare   France 22.56 q, SB
4 Mariya Ryemyen   Ukraine 22.62
5 Anthonique Strachan   Bahamas 22.82
6 Ivet Lalova   Bulgaria 22.98 SB
7 Margaret Adeoye   Great Britain 23.28
8 Allison Peter   Virgin Islands 23.35

Heat 2

edit

Wind:
Heat 2: +1.0 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Allyson Felix   United States 22.31 Q
2 Murielle Ahouré   Ivory Coast 22.49 Q
3 Semoy Hackett   Trinidad and Tobago 22.55 q, =NR
4 Laverne Jones-Ferrette   Virgin Islands 22.62 SB
5 Elyzaveta Bryzgina   Ukraine 22.64 SB
6 Sherone Simpson   Jamaica 22.71
7 Evelyn dos Santos   Brazil 22.82 PB
8 Eleni Artymata   Cyprus 22.92 SB

Heat 3

edit

Wind:
Heat 3: +0.8 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Sanya Richards-Ross   United States 22.30 Q
2 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce   Jamaica 22.34 Q
3 Aleksandra Fedoriva   Russia 22.65
4 Hrystyna Stuy   Ukraine 22.76
5 Kai Selvon   Trinidad and Tobago 23.04
6 Abiodun Oyepitan   Great Britain 23.14
7 Crystal Emmanuel   Canada 23.28
8 Janelle Redhead   Grenada 23.51

Final

edit

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank Lanes Athlete Nation Time Notes
  7 Allyson Felix   United States 21.88
  4 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce   Jamaica 22.09 PB
  9 Carmelita Jeter   United States 22.14
4 5 Veronica Campbell Brown   Jamaica 22.38
5 6 Sanya Richards-Ross   United States 22.39
6 8 Murielle Ahouré   Ivory Coast 22.57
7 2 Myriam Soumaré   France 22.63
8 3 Semoy Hackett   Trinidad and Tobago 22.87

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.