The women's 200 m at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

as part of the athletics program

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium between August 23 and August 25

Records

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

World Record	21.34	United States Florence Griffith-Joyner Florence Griffith-Joyner Florence Griffith-Joyner , also known as Flo-Jo was an American track and field athlete. She is considered the "fastest woman of all time" based on the fact that she still holds the world record for both the 100 metres and 200 metres, both set in 1988 and never seriously challenged...	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...  (KOR South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south... )	September 29, 1988
Olympic Record	21.34	United States Florence Griffith-Joyner Florence Griffith-Joyner Florence Griffith-Joyner , also known as Flo-Jo was an American track and field athlete. She is considered the "fastest woman of all time" based on the fact that she still holds the world record for both the 100 metres and 200 metres, both set in 1988 and never seriously challenged...	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...  (KOR South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south... )	September 29, 1988

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 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.

Round 1

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Round 2.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	4	Allyson Felix Allyson Felix Allyson Felix is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for the United States, primarily in the 200 meters. She also competes at the 100 meters and the 400 meters distances...		22.39	Q
2	3	Cydonie Mothersille		22.40	Q, NR
3	4	Abi Oyepitan Abi Oyepitan Abiodun Adesola "Abi" Oyepitan is a British sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. She won the 100 m at the 2001 Summer Universiade and at the 2002 Commonwealth Games she took a bronze medal with the 4×100 metres relay team...		22.50	Q, PB
4	5	Muna Lee		22.57	Q
4	7	Debbie Ferguson Debbie Ferguson Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie is a Bahamian sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. She had her first major successes with the Bahamian 4×100 metres relay team, winning gold at the Pan American Games and World Championships in Athletics in 1999, and taking another gold at the Olympic...		22.57	Q, SB
6	1	Veronica Campbell Veronica Campbell Veronica Campbell-Brown C.D is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica. A five-time Olympic medallist, she is the reigning World and Olympic 200 metres champion...		22.59	Q
7	7	Christine Arron		22.60	Q, SB
8	7	Merlene Ottey Merlene Ottey Merlene Joyce Ottey , is a Jamaican-born Slovenian track athlete. Ottey began her career representing Jamaica, but since 2002, has represented Slovenia, where she now resides...		22.72	Q, NR
9	6	Aleen Bailey Aleen Bailey Aleen Bailey is a track and field sprint specialist, competing internationally for Jamaica. She competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal as a member of the 4 x 100 m relay team...		22.73	Q
10	4	Maryna Maydanova Maryna Maydanova Maryna Maydanova is a Ukrainian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.She won the gold medal at the 2003 European U23 Championships, finished fourth at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and eighth at the 2004 World Athletics Final...		22.76	Q, SB
10	6	Kim Gevaert Kim Gevaert Kim Gevaert is a former sprint athlete from Belgium.-Career:Her closest brush with a world title came in running 4/100 of a second behind three-time champion Gail Devers at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics...		22.76	Q
12	4	Muriel Hurtis Muriel Hurtis Muriel Hurtis-Houairi is a track and field athlete from France who specialises in the 200 metres. She came to prominence in 2002 when she won the 200 m gold medals at both the European Indoor Championships and the European Athletics Championships...		22.77	Q, SB
13	4	Karin Mayr-Krifka Karin Mayr-Krifka Karin Mayr-Krifka is an Austrian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.15 s *200 metres - 22.70 s *Long jump - 6.31 m...		22.81	q, SB
14	7	Lauren Hewitt Lauren Hewitt Lauren Katherine Hewitt is a track and field sprinter from Australia. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996, and won the bronze medal in the women's 200 metres at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.-References:* * *...		22.87	Q, SB
15	2	Ivet Lalova Ivet Lalova Ivet Lalova is a Bulgarian athlete who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres sprint events. She is the tenth fastest woman in 100 metres history, the fastest white woman in the world, and finished fourth in the 100 metres and fifth in the 200 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her career...		22.88	Q
16	3	Beverly McDonald Beverly McDonald Beverly McDonald is a Jamaican sprinter. Her accomplishments include winning the silver medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2000 Olympics and the gold medal in the same event at the 2004 Olympics...		22.90	Q
17	2	Sylviane Félix Sylviane Felix Sylviane Felix is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....		22.94	Q
18	7	Digna Murillo		22.98	q, PB
19	3	Yelena Bolsun Yelena Bolsun -Achievements:-References:*...		23.00	Q
19	7	Anna Pacholak		23.00	q, SB
21	2	Yekaterina Kondratyeva Yekaterina Kondratyeva Yekaterina Kondratyeva is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.She holds the current world indoor record in the rarely contested 4 x 200 metres relay .-Achievements:...		23.03	Q
22	5	Tatyana Levina Tatyana Levina Tatyana Levina is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay.-Achievements:-External links:...		23.05	Q
23	1	Alenka Bikar Alenka Bikar Alenka Bikar is a retired female sprinter from Slovenia who specialised in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:*...		23.09	Q
24	1	la Shauntea Moore		23.10	Q
25	6	Olga Kaidantzi Olga Kaidantzi Olga Kaidantzi is a Greek sprinter who specializes in 200 metres. She reached the semi-finals in Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres and she was a member of the Greek 4x100 relay team who finished 6th in 2001 World Championships in Athletics along with Georgia Kokloni Frosso...		23.11	Q
26	6	Fabienne Feraez Fabienne Feraez Fabienne Feraez is a Beninese sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. She switched nationality from her native France on August 12, 2003.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.55 s *200 metres - 22.81 s...		23.12	Q, NR
27	3	Joice Maduaka Joice Maduaka Joice Maduaka is a British athlete who competes over the 100, 200 and occasionally 400 metres. She holds the record for winning the most medals of any athlete at the British Athletics Championships, standing at 19 medals to date, including being the 100m champion 6 times, and the 200m champion...		23.15	Q
28	5	la Verne Jones		23.20	Q
29	5	Marilia Gregoriou		23.23	Q
30	2	Natalya Safronnikova Natalya Safronnikova Natallia Safronnikava, née Vinogradova is a Belarusian sprinter who mainly competes in the 200 metres.She won her first international medal at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships, and entered the podium again in 2004...		23.28	Q
31	4	Mary Onyali-Omagbemi Mary Onyali-Omagbemi Mary Onyali-Omagbemi is a Nigerian sprinter who won the bronze medal in 4x100 metres relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics and in 200 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She also won the 1994 Commonwealth Games....		23.37	q
32	1	Lucimar de Moura Lucimar de Moura Lucimar Aparecida de Moura is a female track and field athlete from Brazil, who competes in the sprint events...		23.40	Q
33	3	Saraswati Saha Saraswati Saha Saraswati Dey-Saha is an Indian sprint athlete from West Bengal. She holds the current 200 metres National record of 22.82 seconds set at the National Circuit Athletic Meet held in Ludhiana on 28 August 2002. She broke the previous mark held by Rachita Mistry since July 2000...		23.43
33	5	Emma Wade Emma Wade Emma Warden is a Belizean sprinter, born in 1980. She competed in the Women's 200 meters event at the 2004 Olympic Games. She was eliminated in Round 1 but achieved a personal best time of 23.43 seconds.- External links :*...		23.43
35	6	Johanna Manninen		23.45	SB
36	6	Kadiatou Camara Kadiatou Camara Kadiatou Camara is a Malian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. She formerly competed in the long jump.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*60 metres - 7.35 s *100 metres - 11.48 s *200 metres - 22.70 s...		23.56
37	1	Heide Seyerling		23.66
38	1	Monika Gachevska		23.71
39	2	Lyubov Perepelova Lyubov Perepelova Lyubov Perepelova is an Uzbekistani sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.From July 2005 to July 2007 she was suspended due to a doping offense.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*60 metres - 7.31 s...		24.10
40	2	Gretta Taslakian Gretta Taslakian Gretta Taslakian is a Lebanese sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. A member of the Lebanese Armenians, she was born in Ghazir.Taslakian won two gold medals for Lebanon in the 2007 Pan Arab Games in Egypt....		24.30	NR
41	5	Michelle Banga Moudzoula		24.37
42	3	Gcinile Moyane		25.62	NR
43	4	Gladys Thompson		27.51

Round 2

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	1	Veronica Campbell Veronica Campbell Veronica Campbell-Brown C.D is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica. A five-time Olympic medallist, she is the reigning World and Olympic 200 metres champion...		22.49	Q
2	1	Debbie Ferguson Debbie Ferguson Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie is a Bahamian sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. She had her first major successes with the Bahamian 4×100 metres relay team, winning gold at the Pan American Games and World Championships in Athletics in 1999, and taking another gold at the Olympic...		22.53	Q, SB
3	1	Kim Gevaert Kim Gevaert Kim Gevaert is a former sprint athlete from Belgium.-Career:Her closest brush with a world title came in running 4/100 of a second behind three-time champion Gail Devers at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics...		22.68	Q
4	3	Allyson Felix Allyson Felix Allyson Felix is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for the United States, primarily in the 200 meters. She also competes at the 100 meters and the 400 meters distances...		22.69	Q
5	2	Muna Lee		22.74	Q
6	4	Cydonie Mothersille		22.76	Q
7	3	Abi Oyepitan Abi Oyepitan Abiodun Adesola "Abi" Oyepitan is a British sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. She won the 100 m at the 2001 Summer Universiade and at the 2002 Commonwealth Games she took a bronze medal with the 4×100 metres relay team...		22.79	Q
8	4	Ivet Lalova Ivet Lalova Ivet Lalova is a Bulgarian athlete who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres sprint events. She is the tenth fastest woman in 100 metres history, the fastest white woman in the world, and finished fourth in the 100 metres and fifth in the 200 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her career...		22.81	Q
9	3	Maryna Maydanova Maryna Maydanova Maryna Maydanova is a Ukrainian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.She won the gold medal at the 2003 European U23 Championships, finished fourth at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and eighth at the 2004 World Athletics Final...		22.86	Q
10	3	Christine Arron		22.90	q
11	1	la Shauntea Moore		22.96	q
12	2	Aleen Bailey Aleen Bailey Aleen Bailey is a track and field sprint specialist, competing internationally for Jamaica. She competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal as a member of the 4 x 100 m relay team...		22.97	Q
13	4	Beverly McDonald Beverly McDonald Beverly McDonald is a Jamaican sprinter. Her accomplishments include winning the silver medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2000 Olympics and the gold medal in the same event at the 2004 Olympics...		22.99	Q
14	4	Merlene Ottey Merlene Ottey Merlene Joyce Ottey , is a Jamaican-born Slovenian track athlete. Ottey began her career representing Jamaica, but since 2002, has represented Slovenia, where she now resides...		23.07	q
15	1	Sylviane Félix Sylviane Felix Sylviane Felix is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....		23.08	q
16	1	la Verne Jones		23.09
17	2	Olga Kaidantzi Olga Kaidantzi Olga Kaidantzi is a Greek sprinter who specializes in 200 metres. She reached the semi-finals in Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres and she was a member of the Greek 4x100 relay team who finished 6th in 2001 World Championships in Athletics along with Georgia Kokloni Frosso...		23.15	Q
18	1	Karin Mayr-Krifka Karin Mayr-Krifka Karin Mayr-Krifka is an Austrian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.15 s *200 metres - 22.70 s *Long jump - 6.31 m...		23.19
18	2	Digna Murillo		23.19
20	2	Tatyana Levina Tatyana Levina Tatyana Levina is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay.-Achievements:-External links:...		23.23
21	3	Fabienne Feraez Fabienne Feraez Fabienne Feraez is a Beninese sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. She switched nationality from her native France on August 12, 2003.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.55 s *200 metres - 22.81 s...		23.24
22	3	Yelena Bolsun Yelena Bolsun -Achievements:-References:*...		23.26
23	4	Joice Maduaka Joice Maduaka Joice Maduaka is a British athlete who competes over the 100, 200 and occasionally 400 metres. She holds the record for winning the most medals of any athlete at the British Athletics Championships, standing at 19 medals to date, including being the 100m champion 6 times, and the 200m champion...		23.30
24	2	Muriel Hurtis Muriel Hurtis Muriel Hurtis-Houairi is a track and field athlete from France who specialises in the 200 metres. She came to prominence in 2002 when she won the 200 m gold medals at both the European Indoor Championships and the European Athletics Championships...		23.33
25	4	Anna Pacholak		23.35
26	4	Yekaterina Kondratyeva Yekaterina Kondratyeva Yekaterina Kondratyeva is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.She holds the current world indoor record in the rarely contested 4 x 200 metres relay .-Achievements:...		23.37
27	2	Alenka Bikar Alenka Bikar Alenka Bikar is a retired female sprinter from Slovenia who specialised in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:*...		23.38
28	1	Lucimar de Moura Lucimar de Moura Lucimar Aparecida de Moura is a female track and field athlete from Brazil, who competes in the sprint events...		23.44
28	4	Lauren Hewitt Lauren Hewitt Lauren Katherine Hewitt is a track and field sprinter from Australia. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996, and won the bronze medal in the women's 200 metres at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.-References:* * *...		23.44
30	2	Natalya Safronnikova Natalya Safronnikova Natallia Safronnikava, née Vinogradova is a Belarusian sprinter who mainly competes in the 200 metres.She won her first international medal at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships, and entered the podium again in 2004...		23.63
31	3	Marilia Gregoriou		23.65
32	3	Mary Onyali-Omagbemi Mary Onyali-Omagbemi Mary Onyali-Omagbemi is a Nigerian sprinter who won the bronze medal in 4x100 metres relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics and in 200 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She also won the 1994 Commonwealth Games....		23.75

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Allyson Felix Allyson Felix Allyson Felix is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for the United States, primarily in the 200 meters. She also competes at the 100 meters and the 400 meters distances...		22.36	Q
2	Abi Oyepitan Abi Oyepitan Abiodun Adesola "Abi" Oyepitan is a British sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. She won the 100 m at the 2001 Summer Universiade and at the 2002 Commonwealth Games she took a bronze medal with the 4×100 metres relay team...		22.56	Q
3	Ivet Lalova Ivet Lalova Ivet Lalova is a Bulgarian athlete who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres sprint events. She is the tenth fastest woman in 100 metres history, the fastest white woman in the world, and finished fourth in the 100 metres and fifth in the 200 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her career...		22.56	Q, SB
4	Muna Lee		22.69	Q
5	Maryna Maydanova Maryna Maydanova Maryna Maydanova is a Ukrainian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.She won the gold medal at the 2003 European U23 Championships, finished fourth at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and eighth at the 2004 World Athletics Final...		22.75
6	Beverly McDonald Beverly McDonald Beverly McDonald is a Jamaican sprinter. Her accomplishments include winning the silver medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2000 Olympics and the gold medal in the same event at the 2004 Olympics...		23.02
7	Christine Arron		23.05

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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.

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Veronica Campbell Veronica Campbell Veronica Campbell-Brown C.D is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica. A five-time Olympic medallist, she is the reigning World and Olympic 200 metres champion...		22.13	Q, PB
2	Aleen Bailey Aleen Bailey Aleen Bailey is a track and field sprint specialist, competing internationally for Jamaica. She competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal as a member of the 4 x 100 m relay team...		22.33	Q, PB
3	Kim Gevaert Kim Gevaert Kim Gevaert is a former sprint athlete from Belgium.-Career:Her closest brush with a world title came in running 4/100 of a second behind three-time champion Gail Devers at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics...		22.48	Q, NR
4	Debbie Ferguson Debbie Ferguson Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie is a Bahamian sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. She had her first major successes with the Bahamian 4×100 metres relay team, winning gold at the Pan American Games and World Championships in Athletics in 1999, and taking another gold at the Olympic...		22.49	Q, SB
5	Cydonie Mothersille		22.76
6	la Shauntea Moore		22.93
7	Sylviane Félix Sylviane Felix Sylviane Felix is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for France, who won the bronze medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....		22.99
8	Olga Kaidantzi Olga Kaidantzi Olga Kaidantzi is a Greek sprinter who specializes in 200 metres. She reached the semi-finals in Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres and she was a member of the Greek 4x100 relay team who finished 6th in 2001 World Championships in Athletics along with Georgia Kokloni Frosso...		23.30

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

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Veronica Campbell Veronica Campbell Veronica Campbell-Brown C.D is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica. A five-time Olympic medallist, she is the reigning World and Olympic 200 metres champion...		22.05	PB
	Allyson Felix Allyson Felix Allyson Felix is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for the United States, primarily in the 200 meters. She also competes at the 100 meters and the 400 meters distances...		22.18
	Debbie Ferguson Debbie Ferguson Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie is a Bahamian sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. She had her first major successes with the Bahamian 4×100 metres relay team, winning gold at the Pan American Games and World Championships in Athletics in 1999, and taking another gold at the Olympic...		22.30	SB
4	Aleen Bailey Aleen Bailey Aleen Bailey is a track and field sprint specialist, competing internationally for Jamaica. She competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal as a member of the 4 x 100 m relay team...		22.42
5	Ivet Lalova Ivet Lalova Ivet Lalova is a Bulgarian athlete who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres sprint events. She is the tenth fastest woman in 100 metres history, the fastest white woman in the world, and finished fourth in the 100 metres and fifth in the 200 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her career...		22.57
6	Kim Gevaert Kim Gevaert Kim Gevaert is a former sprint athlete from Belgium.-Career:Her closest brush with a world title came in running 4/100 of a second behind three-time champion Gail Devers at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics...		22.84
=7	Muna Lee		22.87
=7	Abi Oyepitan Abi Oyepitan Abiodun Adesola "Abi" Oyepitan is a British sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. She won the 100 m at the 2001 Summer Universiade and at the 2002 Commonwealth Games she took a bronze medal with the 4×100 metres relay team...		22.87