The women's 200 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships were held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 29 and 30 June.

Medalists Gold Mariya RyemyenSilver Hrystyna StuyBronze Myriam Soumaré

Records Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics ChampionshipsWorld record21.34Seoul, South Korea29 September 1988European record21.71Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany10 June 1979Potsdam, East Germany21 July 1984Jena, East Germany29 June 1986Stuttgart, West Germany29 August 1986Championship record21.71Stuttgart, West Germany29 August 1986World Leading22.09New York City, United States9 June 2012European Leading22.69Yalta, Ukraine14 June 2012

Schedule Date Time Round 29 June 2012 14:00 Round 1 29 June 2012 20:55 Semifinals 30 June 2012 20:50 Final

Results

Round 1 First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Wind:Heat 1: −0.6 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.6 m/s, Heat 4: +0.7 m/s, Heat 5: −0.6 m/s Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note 1 4 6 Mariya Ryemyen 22.77 Q 2 4 7 Gloria Hooper 22.95Q, PB 3 2 5 Viktoriya Pyatachenko 22.96 Q 4 5 7 Abiodun Oyepitan 23.05Q 5 2 3 Léa Sprunger 23.08Q, PB 6 2 6 Lina Jacques-Sébastien 23.09 Q 7 1 7 Myriam Soumaré 23.10 Q 8 3 5 Dafne Schippers 23.11Q 9 4 5 Hanne Claes 23.26 Q, PB 10 3 2 Hrystyna Stuy 23.30Q 11 1 3 Jamile Samuel 23.35Q 11 5 3 Eleni Artymata 23.35Q 13 2 7 Yekaterina Voronenkova 23.37Q 14 4 4 Johanna Danois 23.42Q 15 4 3 Nimet Karakuş 23.50 q, =NUR 16 3 6 Andreea Ograzeanu 23.54Q 17 1 2 María Belibasáki 23.55Q18 5 4 Ivet Lalova 23.58Q 19 1 5 Marika Popowicz 23.64 Q 20 3 3 Olivia Borlée 23.77Q 21 2 2 Kateřina Čechová 23.78 q 22 5 6 Inna Weit 23.89Q 23 3 4 Kristina Žumer 23.95q 24 1 6 Éva Kaptur 23.97 q 25 3 7 Sónia Tavares 24.00 26 4 2 Amy Foster 24.04 27 1 4 Anna Hämäläinen 24.14 28 5 2 Jacqueline Gasser 24.18 29 2 4 Diane Borg 24.68 30 5 5 Sònia Villacampa 27.90

Semifinals First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Wind:Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: −0.1 m/s, Heat 3: −0.2 m/s

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note 1 1 4 Dafne Schippers 22.70 Q, SB 2 2 6 Mariya Ryemyen 22.82 Q 3 1 5 Viktoriya Pyatachenko 23.04 Q 4 3 3 Myriam Soumaré 23.04 Q 5 3 5 Hrystyna Stuy 23.08 Q 6 3 4 Jamile Samuel 23.13 q 7 1 6 Eleni Artymata 23.21 q 8 3 6 Abiodun Oyepitan 23.22 9 3 7 Ivet Lalova 23.26 SB 10 1 8 María Belibasáki 23.31 11 2 8 Johanna Danois 23.40 Q 12 1 3 Lina Jacques-Sébastien 23.45 13 2 4 Léa Sprunger 23.49 14 1 7 Marika Popowicz 23.58 15 3 8 Yekaterina Voronenkova 23.61 16 3 2 Kateřina Čechová 23.64 17 1 2 Olivia Borlée 23.66 18 2 7 Andreea Ograzeanu 23.66 19 2 5 Hanne Claes 23.68 20 2 2 Inna Weit 23.95 21 1 1 Kristina Žumer 24.20 22 2 1 Éva Kaptur 24.44 2 3 Gloria Hooper 3 1 Nimet Karakuş

Final Wind: -1.3 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note 3 Mariya Ryemyen 23.05 7 Hrystyna Stuy 23.17 5 Myriam Soumaré 23.21 4 6 Viktoriya Pyatachenko 23.25 5 4 Dafne Schippers 23.53 6 1 Jamile Samuel 23.55 7 2 Eleni Artymata 23.59 8 8 Johanna Danois 23.61

References Round 1 Results Semifinal Results Final Results