Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres


The women's 200 metres was the second-shortest of the four women's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 18 October and 19 October 1964. 42 athletes from 27 nations entered, with 6 not starting in the first round. The first round and the semifinal were held on 18 October, with the final on 19 October.

Results

First round

The top two runners in each of the 6 heats advanced, as well as the next four fastest runners from across the heats.

First round, heat 1

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Janet Simpson24.0 seconds
2Eva Lehocká24.2 seconds
3Joyce Bennett24.3 seconds
4Michele Lurot24.7 seconds
5Erzsébet Bartos24.9 seconds
6E. E. Giron Olivares25.3 seconds
—Halina GoreckaDid not start

First round, heat 2

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Miguelina Cobián23.8 seconds
2Barbara Sobotta24.1 seconds
3Irene Piotrowski24.4 seconds
4Inge Aigner24.7 seconds
5Susana Ritchie24.7 seconds
—Margit NemesháziDid not start
—Ulla-Britt WieslanderDid not start

First round, heat 3

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Margaret Burvill24.2 seconds
2Heilwig Jacob24.2 seconds
3Galina Gaida24.4 seconds
4Deborah Thompson24.6 seconds
5Irene Muyanca27.6 seconds
—Clarice AhanotuDid not start
—Jean MitchellDid not start

First round, heat 4

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Lyudmila Samotyosova23.8 seconds
2Dorothy Hyman24.0 seconds
3Vivian Brown24.1 seconds
4Louise Sydranski24.6 seconds
5Adlin Mair25.0 seconds
6Kusolwan Soraja26.1 seconds
7Marcela Daniel26.6 seconds

First round, heat 5

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Edith McGuire23.4 seconds
2Marilyn Black23.7 seconds
3Una Morris24.2 seconds
4Mona Sulaiman25.4 seconds
5Song Yang Ja26.5 seconds
—Jutta HeineDisqualified
—Maria ItkinaDid not start

First round, heat 6

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Irena Kirszenstein23.8 seconds
2Daphne Arden24.2 seconds
3Doreen Porter24.2 seconds
4Erika Pollmann24.4 seconds
5Makiko Izawa25.4 seconds
6Delceita Oakley26.2 seconds
7Yeh Chu-mei27.1 seconds

Semifinals

The top four runners in each of the two semifinals advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Edith McGuire23.3 seconds
2Irena Kirszenstein23.6 seconds
3Janet Simpson23.7 seconds
4Daphne Arden24.0 seconds
5Margaret Burvill24.3 seconds
6Eva Lehocká24.5 seconds
7Joyce Bennett24.7 seconds
—Miguelina CobiánDisqualified

Semifinal 2

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Marilyn Black23.4 seconds
2Lyudmila Samotyosova23.7 seconds
3Una Morris23.7 seconds
4Barbara Sobotta23.7 seconds
5Dorothy Hyman23.9 seconds
6Doreen Porter24.0 seconds
7Heilwig Jacob24.1 seconds
8Vivian Brown24.3 seconds

Final

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Edith McGuire23.0 seconds OR
2Irena Kirszenstein23.1 seconds
3Marilyn Black23.1 seconds
4Una Morris23.5 seconds
5Lyudmila Samotyosova23.5 seconds
6Barbara Sobotta23.9 seconds
7Janet Simpson23.9 seconds
8Daphne Arden24.0 seconds