Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres


The women's 200 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 19–21 August at the Beijing National Stadium.
Allyson Felix, the young American athlete and already a double World champion, entered the 200m race in Beijing as a favorite for the gold. Defending champion Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica also appeared to be in great form, setting a new personal best of 21.94 seconds at the Olympic trials.
In the final, Campbell-Brown had the quickest start and made up the stagger very quickly on Allyson Felix, who had been drawn in the lane outside of her. Running a stellar curve and accelerating out of the bend, the Jamaican athlete held her form to cross the line in 21.74 seconds, the fastest time of the decade and a new personal best.
Veronica Campbell-Brown, who suffered from injuries that led to disappointment in the 200m in the 2007 World Championships, returned to form to become only the second woman in history to win back-to-back Olympic 200m titles. Allyson Felix was once again relegated to the silver medal in a seasonal best of 21.93, the second-fastest time of her career. Jamaican Kerron Stewart won the bronze medal by just a hundredth of a second.
The qualifying standards were 23.00 s and 23.20 s.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Round 1

Qualification: First 4 in each heat ' and the next 8 fastest ' advance to the [|Round 2].
RankHeatAthleteCountryTimeNotes
12Muna Lee22.71Q
22Muriel Hurtis-Houairi22.72Q
32Cydonie Mothersille22.76Q, SB
44Roqaya Al-Gassra22.81Q
56Nataliya Pyhyda22.91Q, =PB
66Sherone Simpson22.94Q
74Emily Freeman22.95Q
82Yuliya Chermoshanskaya22.98DSQ
91Allyson Felix23.02Q
104Kerron Stewart23.03Q
115Veronica Campbell-Brown23.04Q
111Susanthika Jayasinghe23.04Q
135Kadiatou Camara23.06Q
143Marshevet Hooker23.07Q
156Roxana Díaz23.09Q
166LaVerne Jones-Ferrette23.12Q
172Ivet Lalova23.13q, SB
181Virgil Hodge23.14Q
195Natalia Rusakova23.21Q
203Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie23.22Q
214Ionela Târlea23.24Q
221Aleksandra Fedoriva23.29Q
233Oludamola Osayomi23.31Q
245Sheniqua Ferguson23.33Q
244Darlenis Obregón23.33q
265Adrienne Power23.40q
276Evelyn dos Santos23.43q
285Vincenza Calì23.44q
284Guzel Khubbieva23.44q
306Allison George23.45q
311Inna Eftimova23.50q
323Eleni Artymata23.58Q, SB
336Marta Jeschke23.59
344Jade Bailey23.62
343Sabina Veit23.62
365Isabel Le Roux23.67
373Gloria Kemasuode23.72
383Meritzer Williams23.83
392Mariely Sánchez24.05
403Fabienne Feraez24.07
402Carol Rodríguez24.07
421Kia Davis24.31
434Lai Lai Win24.37
441Kirsten Nieuwendam24.46NR
456Gretta Taslakian25.32SB
465Samia Yusuf Omar32.16
1Vida Anim
2Kim Gevaert

Round 2

Qualification: First 3 in each heat ' and the next 4 fastest ' advance to the [|Semifinals].
RankHeatAthleteCountryTimeNotes
14Sherone Simpson22.60Q
23Yuliya Chermoshanskaya22.63DSQ
31Veronica Campbell-Brown22.64Q
41Allyson Felix22.74Q
43Kerron Stewart22.74Q
62Roqaya Al-Gassra22.76Q
63Marshevet Hooker22.76Q
81Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie22.77Q
94Muna Lee22.83Q
91Cydonie Mothersille22.83q
112Muriel Hurtis-Houairi22.89Q
122Susanthika Jayasinghe22.94Q
134Emily Freeman22.95Q
142Roxana Díaz22.98q
153Nataliya Pyhyda23.03q
162Aleksandra Fedoriva23.04q
173Kadiatou Camara23.06
184Ivet Lalova23.15
194Virgil Hodge23.17
201Ionela Târlea23.22
212Oludamola Osayomi23.27
224Natalia Rusakova23.28
231Evelyn dos Santos23.35
241LaVerne Jones-Ferrette23.37
252Darlenis Obregón23.40
262Inna Eftimova23.48
273Adrienne Power23.51
283Vincenza Calì23.56
293Sheniqua Ferguson23.61
304Eleni Artymata23.77
314Allison George23.77
1Guzel Khubbieva

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each heat advance to the [|Final].

Semifinal 1

20 August 2008 - 21:55 Wind: 0.0 m/s
RankLaneAthleteCountryTimeNotesReact
15Veronica Campbell-Brown22.19Q0.187
27Kerron Stewart22.29Q0.217
34Muna Lee22.29Q, PB0.186
49Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie22.51Q0.165
56Yuliya Chermoshanskaya22.57DSQ0.204
63Nataliya Pyhyda22.950.160
78Susanthika Jayasinghe22.980.245
82Roxana Díaz23.120.177

Semifinal 2

20 August 2008 - 22:04 Wind: -0.2 m/s
wins the second semifinal.
RankLaneAthleteCountryTimeNotesReact
17Allyson Felix22.33Q0.181
29Marshevet Hooker22.50Q0.196
35Sherone Simpson22.50Q0.175
43Cydonie Mothersille22.61Q, SB0.212
54Muriel Hurtis-Houairi22.710.188
66Roqaya Al-Gassra22.720.259
78Emily Freeman22.830.201
82Aleksandra Fedoriva23.220.202

Final

21 August 2008 - Wind: 0.6 m/s
RankLaneNameCountryReaction TimeTimeNotes
4Veronica Campbell-Brown0.17221.74PB
5Allyson Felix0.19321.93SB
6Kerron Stewart0.19922.00
49Muna Lee0.17622.01PB
57Marshevet Hooker0.20022.34PB
68Sherone Simpson0.16722.36
72Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie0.17522.61
83Cydonie Mothersille0.20622.68