The women's 200 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 30 September to 2 October 2019.Start list
Summary The season world No. 1 and previous bronze medalist Shaunae Miller-Uibo concentrated on the 400 metres and did not enter. The defending champion and world No. 13 Dafne Schippers and previous silver medalist and world No. 9 Marie-Josée Ta Lou opted not to start in the heats. Olympic champion and world No. 2 Elaine Thompson didn't start in the semi-finals. 2013 bronze medallist and world No. 3 Blessing Okagbare was disqualified in the heats due to a lane infringement. 2013 champion and world No. 7 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce focused on 100m. The only athlete in the field with a personal best below 22 seconds was Dina Asher-Smith, making her the overwhelming favorite going into the Championships.
In the first steps of the final, Asher-Smith took a clear lead, making up the stagger on Dezerea Bryant to her outside just after halfway through the turn. As the stagger resolved coming onto the straight, it revealed Bryant was in second place, slightly ahead of Brittany Brown and Mujinga Kambundji, meaning Asher-Smith had a huge lead. Down the straight, the only athlete looking like she was making any progress cutting down the gap was Brown. Asher-Smith didn't let up, crossing the finish line with a clear win by 3 metres, Brown also clearly ahead by another 3 metres over Kambundji.
Asher-Smith's 21.88 was a new British national record. Kambundji won the first sprint medal for Switzerland at a global outdoor championship. The closest was Marcel Schelbert who also took a bronze in the 400 hurdles in 1999.
In the semi-finals, winner Asher-Smith returned to the track to assist an injured rival, Anthonique Strachan, a gesture which earned her a nomination for the International Fair Play Award.Shortlist announced for International Fair Play Award. IAAF (2019-10-07). Retrieved 2019-10-19.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
Record Athlete Date LocationWorld21.34Florence Griffith Joyner29 Sep 1988Seoul, South KoreaChampionship21.63Dafne Schippers28 Aug 2015Beijing, ChinaWorld leading21.74Shaunae Miller-Uibo29 Aug 2019Zürich, SwitzerlandAfrican22.04Blessing Okagbare24 Mar 2018Abilene, United StatesAsian22.01Li Xuemei24 Mar 2018Shanghai, ChinaNACAC21.34Florence Griffith Joyner29 Sep 1988Seoul, South KoreaSouth American22.48Ana Cláudia Lemos6 Aug 2011São Paulo, BrazilEuropean21.63Dafne Schippers28 Aug 2015Beijing, ChinaOceanian22.23Melinda Gainsford-Taylor13 Jul 1997Stuttgart, Germany
The following records were set at the competition:
Record Athlete Date Nigerien22.58Aminatou Seyni30 Sep 2019British21.88Dina Asher-Smith2 Oct 2019
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:
Date Time Round30 September 17:05 Heats1 October 21:35 Semi-finals2 October 22:35 Final
Results Heats The first three in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) qualify for the semifinal.
Wind:Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +0.7 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s, Heat 5: +0.8 m/s, Heat 6: -0.1 m/s Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 7 Dina Asher-Smith 22.32 2 3 9 Brittany Brown 22.33 , 3 6 8 Anglerne Annelus 22.56 4 4 6 Dezerea Bryant 22.56 5 4 5 Tynia Gaither 22.57 , 6 5 2 Aminatou Seyni 22.58 , 7 3 5 Elaine Thompson 22.61 8 5 4 Tatjana Pinto 22.63 , 9 5 8 Gina Bass 22.67 10 3 3 Lisa-Marie Kwayie 22.77 , 11 3 6 Maja Mihalinec 22.78 , 12 2 7 Ivet Lalova-Collio 22.79 13 2 5 Jodie Williams 22.80 14 2 2 Mujinga Kambundji 22.81 15 1 2 Anthonique Strachan 22.86 16 2 6 Basant Hemida 22.88 17 4 3 Jamile Samuel 22.90 , 18 6 9 Carolle Zahi 22.99 19 4 8 Crystal Emmanuel 23.00 20 3 2 Marileidy Paulino 23.04 , 21 1 4 Kamaria Durant 23.08 22 4 4 Jessica-Bianca Wessolly 23.10 23 6 3 Beth Dobbin 23.14 24 1 3 Shashalee Forbes 23.15 25 5 3 Olga Safronova 23.16 26 6 4 Krystsina Tsimanouskaya 23.22 27 6 5 Imke Vervaet 23.24 28 2 9 Liang Xiaojing 23.27 29 1 6 Sarah Atcho 23.29 30 3 8 Gunta Vaičule 23.32 31 2 3 Mauricia Prieto 23.33 32 4 2 Gloria Hooper 23.33 33 4 9 Gulsumbi Sharifova 23.45 34 6 7 Rafaéla Spanoudaki-Hatziriga 23.48 35 6 2 Schillonie Calvert-Powell 23.52 36 2 8 Sindija Bukša 23.53 37 1 5 Phil Healy 23.56 38 5 6 Lorraine Martins 23.56 39 5 5 Zhang Man 23.60 40 2 4 Archana Suseendran 23.65 41 3 7 Vitória Cristina Rosa 23.81 42 1 8 Zoe Hobbs 23.94 43 5 7 Shanti Pereira 24.00 5 9 Blessing Okagbare 6 6 Natacha Ngoye Akamabi 1 7 Marie-Josée Ta Lou 1 9 Dafne Schippers 3 4 Ketura Ndoye Ti Nzapa
Semi-finals The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.
Wind:Heat 1: +0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s, Heat 3: +0.5 m/s Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 6 Dina Asher-Smith 22.16 Q 2 2 5 Brittany Brown 22.46 Q 3 1 5 Anglerne Annelus 22.49 Q 4 1 9 Mujinga Kambundji 22.49 Q 5 3 4 Dezerea Bryant 22.56 Q 6 2 9 Tynia Gaither 22.57 Q, 7 2 7 Ivet Lalova-Collio 22.58 q 8 3 9 Gina Bass 22.60 q 9 1 3 Crystal Emmanuel 22.65 10 1 6 Aminatou Seyni 22.77 11 1 4 Jodie Williams 22.78 12 3 3 Maja Mihalinec 22.81 13 3 8 Lisa-Marie Kwayie 22.83 14 2 2 Basant Hemida 22.92 15 1 2 Jamile Samuel 23.02 16 2 4 Carolle Zahi 23.03 17 3 2 Marileidy Paulino 23.03 18 1 7 Tatjana Pinto 23.11 19 2 8 Beth Dobbin 23.11 20 1 8 Shashalee Forbes 23.14 21 2 3 Jessica-Bianca Wessolly 23.37 22 3 5 Kamaria Durant 23.44 23 3 7 Anthonique Strachan 25.44 2 6 Elaine Thompson
Final The final was started on 2 October 22:35.
Wind: +0.9 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 7 Dina Asher-Smith 21.88 6 Brittany Brown 22.22 4 Mujinga Kambundji 22.51 4 5 Anglerne Annelus 22.59 5 8 Dezerea Bryant 22.63 6 2 Gina Bass 22.71 7 3 Ivet Lalova-Collio 22.77 8 9 Tynia Gaither 22.90
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