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. The winning margin was 0.21 seconds.

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

The Women's 200m competition consisted of heats (Round 1), semifinals and a Final. 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.

Records , the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record21.34Seoul, Korea29 September 1988Olympic record2012 World leading21.69Eugene, United States30 June 2012

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Date Time RoundMonday, 6 August 2012 19:20Round 1Tuesday, 7 August 2012 20:25SemifinalsWednesday, 8 August 2012 21:00Finals

Results

Round 1

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

Heat 1 Wind:Heat 1: +0.5 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Murielle Ahouré 22.55 Q 2 Aleksandra Fedoriva 22.61 Q 3 Margaret Adeoye 22.94 Q, PB 4 Allison Peter 23.00 q 5 Christy Udoh 23.19 6 Andreea Ogrăzeanu 23.46 7 Anna Kiełbasińska 23.67 8 Hinikissia Albertine Ndikert 26.06 Marlena Wesh

Heat 2 Wind:Heat 2: +1.2 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Allyson Felix 22.71 Q 2 Semoy Hackett 22.81 Q 3 Janelle Redhead 23.08 Q, SB 4 Anyika Onuora 23.23 5 Elizabeta Savlinis 23.23 6 Gloria Hooper 23.25 7 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie 23.49 8 Vida Anim 23.71 SB 9 Ndeye Fatou Soumah 23.89

Heat 3 Wind:Heat 3: +0.7 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Carmelita Jeter 22.65 Q 2 Abiodun Oyepitan 22.92 Q 3 Sherone Simpson 22.97 Q 4 Maria Belibasaki 23.36 5 Ana Claudia Silva 23.40 6 Gloria Asumnu 23.43 7 Chisato Fukushima 24.14 8 Gretta Taslakian 24.49 Cydonie Mothersill

Heat 4 Wind:Heat 4: +0.3 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Sanya Richards-Ross 22.48 Q 2 LaVerne Jones-Ferrette 22.64 Q, SB 3 Hrystyna Stuy 22.66 Q, PB 4 Kai Selvon 22.85 q, PB 5 Ivet Lalova 23.01 q, SB 6 Eleni Artymata 23.09 q, SB 7 Norma González 23.46 SB 8 Nercely Soto 23.54 9 Vladislava Ovcharenko 24.39

Heat 5 Wind:Heat 5: +1.3 m/s

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

Heat 6 Wind:Heat 6: +0.8 m/s

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

Semi-final

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

Heat 1 Wind:Heat 1: +1.0 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Veronica Campbell Brown 22.32 Q, SB 2 Carmelita Jeter 22.39 Q 3 Myriam Soumare 22.56 q, SB 4 Mariya Ryemyen 22.62 5 Anthonique Strachan 22.82 6 Ivet Lalova 22.98 SB 7 Margaret Adeoye 23.28 8 Allison Peter 23.35

Heat 2 Wind:Heat 2: +1.0 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Allyson Felix 22.31 Q 2 Murielle Ahouré 22.49 Q 3 Semoy Hackett 22.55 q, =NR 4 Laverne Jones-Ferrette 22.62 SB 5 Elyzaveta Bryzgina 22.64 SB 6 Sherone Simpson 22.71 7 Evelyn dos Santos 22.82 PB 8 Eleni Artymata 22.92 SB

Heat 3 Wind:Heat 3: +0.8 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Sanya Richards-Ross 22.30 Q 2 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 22.34 Q 3 Aleksandra Fedoriva 22.65 4 Hrystyna Stuy 22.76 5 Kai Selvon 23.04 6 Abiodun Oyepitan 23.14 7 Crystal Emmanuel 23.28 8 Janelle Redhead 23.51

Final Wind: -0.2 m/s Rank Lanes Athlete Nation Time Notes 7 Allyson Felix 21.88 4 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 22.09 PB 9 Carmelita Jeter 22.14 4 5 Veronica Campbell Brown 22.38 5 6 Sanya Richards-Ross 22.39 6 8 Murielle Ahouré 22.57 7 2 Myriam Soumaré 22.63 3 Semoy Hackett 22.87

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