Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres


The Women's 200 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme was held at Stadium Australia on Wednesday 27 September, and Thursday 28 September 2000.
The top four runners in each of the initial seven heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next four fastest runners from across the heats also qualified for the second round. The top four runners in each of the four second round heats automatically qualified for the semi-final.
The top four runners in each semi-final automatically qualified for the final.
There were a total number of 54 participating athletes.
Marion Jones was stripped of her gold medal following her admission of taking banned substances. Medals were reallocated accordingly.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
World Record21.34 sFlorence Griffith-JoynerUnited StatesSeoul, South Korea29 September 1988
Olympic Record21.34 sFlorence Griffith-JoynerUnited StatesSeoul, South Korea29 September 1988

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Medals

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

Round 1

Overall Results Round 1

Round 2

Overall Results Round 2

Semi-Finals

Overall Results Semi-Finals

Final