Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 m at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium between August 23 and August 25

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Results

There were seven heats in round one from where the first four home in each progressed to the second round along with the four fastest losers. The second round comprised of four heats where only the first three from each and the four fastest loser progreesed to the semi-finals. From here only the first four in each carried on to the final along with just one fastest loser.

Heats

Round 1 Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Heat 3 | Heat 4 | Heat 5 | Heat 6 | Heat 7
Round 2 Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Heat 3 | Heat 4
Semi-final 1 | Semi-final 2 | Final
All times shown are in seconds.
Q denotes automatic qualification.
q denotes fastest losers.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
PB denotes personal best.
NR denotes national record.
medal winners in bold

Round 1 - Heat 1

# 22.59 s Q
# 23.09 s Q
# 23.10 s Q
# 23.40 s Q
# 23.66 s
# 23.71 s

Round 1 - Heat 2

# , Bulgaria 22.88 s Q
# 22.94 s Q
# 23.03 s Q
# 23.28 s - Q
# 24.10 s
# 24.30 s NR

Round 1 - Heat 3

# 22.40 s Q NR
# , Jamaica 22.90 s Q
# , Russia 23.00 s Q
# 23.15 s Q
# 23.43 s
# 25.62 s NR

Round 1 - Heat 4

# , United States 22.39 s Q
# , Great Britain 22.50 s Q PB
# 22.76 s Q SB
# , France 22.77 s Q SB
# 22.81 s q SB
# 23.37 s q
# 27.51 s

Round 1 - Heat 5

# , United States 22.57 s Q
# , Russia 23.05 s Q
# 23.20 s Q
# 23.23 s Q
# 23.43 s
# 24.37 s

Round 1 - Heat 6

# , Jamaica 22.73 s Q
# 22.76 s Q
# 23.11 s Q
# 23.12 s Q NR
# 23.45 s SB
# 23.56 s

Round 1 - Heat 7

# 22.57 s Q SB
# , France 22.60 s Q SB
# , Slovenia 22.72 s Q NR
# 22.87 s Q SB
# 22.98 s q PB
# 23.00 s q SB

Round 2 - Heat 1

# Veronica Campbell, Jamaica 22.49 s Q
# Debbie Ferguson, Bahamas 22.53 s Q SB
# Kim Gevaert, Belgium 22.68 s Q
# la Shauntea Moore, United States 22.96 s q
# Sylviane Felix, France 23.08 s q
# la Verne Jones, U.S. Virgin Islands 23.09 s
# Karin Mayr-Krifka, Austria 23.19 s
# Lucimar de Moura, Brazil 23.44 s

Round 2 - Heat 2

# Muna Lee, United States 22.74 s Q
# Aleen Bailey, Jamaica 22.97 s Q
# Olga Kaidantzi, Greece 23.15 s Q
# Digna Murillo, Colombia 23.19 s
# Tatyana Levina, Russia 23.23 s
# Muriel Hurtis, France 23.33 s
# Alenka Bikar, Slovenia 23.38 s
# Natalya Safronnikova, Belarus 23.63 s

Round 2 - Heat 3

# Allyson Felix, United States 22.69 s Q
# Abi Oyepitan, Great Britain 22.79 s Q
# Maryna Maydanova, Ukraine 22.86 s Q
# Christine Arron, France 22.90 s q
# Fabienne Feraez, Benin 23.24 s
# Yelena Bolsun, Russia 23.26 s
# Marilia Gregoriou, Cyprus 23.65 s
# Mary Onyali-Omagbemi, Nigeria 23.75 s

Round 2 - Heat 4

# Cydonie Mothersill, Cayman Islands 22.76 s Q
# Ivet Lalova, Bulgaria 22.81 s Q
# Beverly McDonald, Jamaica 22.99 s Q
# Merlene Ottey, Slovenia 23.07 s q
# Joice Maduaka, Great Britain 23.30 s
# Anna Pacholak, Poland 23.35 s
# Yekaterina Kondratyeva, Russia 23.37 s
# Lauren Hewitt, Australia 23.44 s

emi-finals

emi-final 1

# Allyson Felix, United States, 22.36 s
# Abi Oyepitan, Great Britain, 22.56 s
# Ivet Lalova, Bulgaria, 22.56 s SB
# Muna Lee, United States, 22.69 s
# Maryna Maydanova, Ukraine, 22.75 s
# Beverly McDonald, Jamaica, 23.02 s
# Christine Arron, France, 23.05 s
# Merlene Ottey, Slovenia, DNF

The first semi-final was a straightforward affair for Felix as after initially being closed down a little by Oyepitan she was never behind and eased through in first place. Muna Lee could quite cath up to those in front where Oyepitan also finished strongly to pip Lalova on the line for second. Ottey had pulled up injured about seventy metres into the race.

emi-final 2

# Veronica Campbell, Jamaica, 22.13 s PB
# Aleen Bailey, Jamaica, 22.33 s PB
# Kim Gevaert, Belgium, 22.48 s NR
# Debbie Ferguson, Bahamas, 22.49 s SB
# Cydonie Mothersill, Cayman Islands, 22.76 s
# la Shauntea Moore, United States, 22.93 s
# Sylviane Felix, France, 22.99 s
# Olga Kaidantzi, Greece, 23.30 s

Campbell beat her own world leading time for 2004 after a good start she simply pulled away from the rest. Gevaert had a very quick start and after consolidating entering the straight ran on again to break the Belgian record. Bailey finished the strongest behind her compatriot with them both achieving personal bests and Ferguson, seasons best, whilst off the pace in fourth held off Mothersill who didn't get close to the national record she had set in round 1.

Final

August 25 23:20
# Veronica Campbell, Jamaica, 22.05 PB
# Allyson Felix, United States, 22.18 WJR
# Debbie Ferguson, Bahamas, 22.30 SB
# Aleen Bailey, Jamaica, 22.42
# Ivet Lalova, Bulgaria, 22.57
# Kim Gevaert, Belgium, 22.84
# Muna Lee, United States, 22.87
# Abi Oyepitan, Great Britain, 22.87

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkGHhRl_Ksg&NR=YouTube Video of Women's 200m Finals, 1968-2004]