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 winning margin was 0.01 seconds which as of 2023 remains the only time the women's Olympic 200 metres was won by less than 0.02 seconds. The winner had the third fastest reaction time in the final.

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, and 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.

U.S. sprinter Marion Jones was stripped of her gold medal following her 2007 admission of taking performance-enhancing steroids. Medals were reallocated accordingly.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World Record 21.34 s Florence Griffith-Joyner United States Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988 Olympic Record 21.34 s Florence Griffith-Joyner United States Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988

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

Medals Gold: Silver: Bronze: Pauline Davis-Thompson, Susanthika Jayasinghe, Beverly McDonald,

Results All times shown are in seconds. Q denotes qualification by place in heat. q denotes qualification by overall place. DNS denotes did not start. DNF denotes did not finish. DQ denotes disqualification. NR denotes national record. OR denotes Olympic record. WR denotes world record. PB denotes personal best. SB denotes season best.

Qualifying heats

Round 1 Heat 1 of 7 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 6 Marion Jones 5 0.225 22.75 Q 2 7 Cydonie Mothersill 4 0.246 22.78 Q 3 12 Felipa Palacios 6 0.215 23.08 Q SB 4 17 Oksana Ekk 3 0.159 23.17 Q 5 21T Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju 2 0.222 23.21 q 6 23 Alenka Bikar 8 0.191 23.26 q 7 35 Monica Afia Twum 7 0.164 23.51

Heat 2 of 7 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 4 Leonie Mani 5 0.150 22.68 Q 2 10 Muriel Hurtis 6 0.220 23.04 Q 3 14 Cathy Freeman 2 0.261 23.11 Q 4 18T Juliet Campbell 3 0.289 23.18 Q 5 32 Sarah Reilly 1 0.175 23.43 6 38 Zuzanna Radecka 7 0.157 23.57 7 41 Nadjina Kaltouma 8 0.344 23.81 8 51 Hana Ali Salah 4 30.46

Heat 3 of 7 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 11 Lauren Hewitt 3 0.226 23.07 Q 2 16 Mercy Nku 2 0.180 23.14 Q 3 18T Nanceen Perry 7 0.179 23.18 Q 4 31 Johanna Manninen 8 0.222 23.40 Q 5 36 Ekaterini Koffa 6 0.245 25.53 6 50 Dineo Shoal 1 0.171 25.57 Manuela Levorato 4 DNS Andrea Philipp 5 DNS

Heat 4 of 7 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 5 Melinda Gainsford-Taylor 7 0.251 22.71 Q 2 8 Louise Ayetotche 5 0.283 22.85 Q NR 3 13 Chandra Sturrup 2 0.181 23.09 Q 4 39T Olena Pastushenko 8 0.208 23.64 Q 5 42 Lyubov Perepelova 3 0.300 23.83 6 43T Karin Mayr 6 0.164 23.90 7 49 Akonga Nsimbo 4 0.240 25.35 NR Ameerah Bello 1 0.240 DNF

Heat 5 of 7 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 1 Beverly McDonald 5 0.198 22.50 Q 2 3 Pauline Davis-Thompson 4 0.214 22.61 Q 3 21T Irina Khabarova 3 0.278 23.21 Q 4 30 Valma Bass 8 0.209 23.37 Q 5 33 Mireille Donders 1 0.186 23.44 6 37 Liu Xiaomei 6 0.230 23.56 7 43T Joanne Durant 7 0.265 23.90 8 48 Heather Samuel 2 0.189 24.44

Heat 6 of 7 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 9 Mary Onyali-Omagbemi 8 0.243 22.90 Q 2 20 Debbie Ferguson 1 0.237 23.31 Q 3 25T Sabrina Mulrain 7 0.216 23.31 Q 4 27 Astia Walker 5 0.203 23.30 Q 5 28T Samantha Davies 4 0.215 23.36 q 6 45 Qin Wangping 3 0.271 24.10 7 46 Mila Savić 2 0.330 24.12 8 47 Monika Gachevska 6 0.176 24.16

Heat 7 of 7 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 2 Susanthika Jayasinghe 6 0.229 22.53 Q 2 15 Zhanna Pintusevych 5 0.213 23.13 Q 3 24 Torri Edwards 3 0.164 23.29 Q 4 25T Marina Trandenkova 8 0.176 23.31 Q 5 28T Joice Maduaka 7 0.196 23.36 q 6 34 Aïda Diop 4 0.196 23.46 7 Hellena Wrappah 2 23.64

Overall Results Round 1 Round 1 Overall ResultsPlace Athlete NationHeatLanePlaceTimeQual.Record 1 Beverly McDonald 5 5 1 22.50 Q 2 Susanthika Jayasinghe 7 6 1 22.53 Q 3 Pauline Davis-Thompson 5 4 2 22.61 Q 4 Leonie Mani 2 5 1 22.68 Q 5 Melinda Gainsford-Taylor 4 7 1 22.71 Q 6 Marion Jones 1 5 1 22.75 Q 7 Cydonie Mothersill 1 4 2 22.78 Q 8 Louise Ayetotche 4 5 2 22.85 Q NR 9 Mary Onyali-Omagbemi 6 8 1 22.90 Q 10 Muriel Hurtis 2 6 2 23.04 Q 11 Lauren Hewitt 3 3 1 23.07 Q 12 Felipa Palacios 1 6 3 23.08 Q SB 13 Chandra Sturrup 4 2 3 23.09 Q 14 Cathy Freeman 2 2 3 23.11 Q 15 Zhanna Pintusevych 7 5 2 23.13 Q 16 Mercy Nku 3 2 2 23.14 Q 17 Oxana Ekk 1 3 4 23.17 Q 18 Juliet Campbell 2 3 4 23.18 Q Nanceen Perry 3 7 3 23.18 Q 20 Debbie Ferguson 6 1 2 23.19 Q 21 Irina Khabarova 5 3 3 23.21 Q Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju 1 2 5 23.21 q 23 Alenka Bikar 1 8 6 23.26 q 24 Torri Edwards 4 3 3 23.29 Q 25 Sabrina Mulrain 6 7 3 23.31 Q Marina Trandenkova 7 8 4 23.31 Q 27 Astia Walker 6 5 4 23.33 Q 28 Samantha Davies 6 4 5 23.36 q Joice Maduaka 7 7 5 23.36 q 30 Valma Bass 5 8 4 23.37 Q 31 Johanna Manninen 3 8 4 23.40 Q 32 Sarah Reilly 2 1 5 23.43 33 Mireille Donders 5 1 5 23.44 34 Aïda Diop 7 4 6 23.46 35 Monica Afia Twum 1 7 7 23.51 36 Ekaterini Koffa 3 6 5 23.53 37 Liu Xiaomei 5 6 6 23.56 38 Zuzanna Radecka 2 7 6 23.57 39 Olena Pastushenko 4 8 4 23.64 Q Hellena Wrappah 7 2 7 23.64 41 Nadjina Kaltouma 2 8 7 23.81 42 Lyubov Perepelova 4 3 5 23.83 43 Joanne Durant 5 7 7 23.90 Karin Mayr 4 6 6 23.90 45 Qin Wangping 6 3 6 24.10 46 Mila Savic 6 2 7 24.12 47 Monika Gachevska 6 6 8 24.16 48 Heather Samuel 5 2 8 24.44 49 Akonga Nsimbo 4 4 7 25.35 NR 50 Dineo Shoal 3 1 6 25.57 51 Hana Ali Salah 2 4 8 30.36 Ameerah Bello 4 1 DNS Manuela Levorato 3 4 DNS Andrea Philipp 3 5 DNS

Round 2 Heat 1 of 4 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 1 Beverly McDonald 5 0.192 22.44 Q 2 6T Pauline Davis-Thompson 3 0.228 22.72 Q 3 8 Cathy Freeman 7 0.245 22.75 Q 4 11T Nanceen Perry 6 0.168 22.95 Q 5 17 Marina Trandenkova 2 0.173 23.10 6 27 Johanna Manninen 1 0.157 23.41 7 28T Joice Maduaka 8 0.208 23.57 Cydonie Mothersill 4 DNS

Heat 2 of 4 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 2 Melinda Gainsford-Taylor 3 0.231 22.49 Q 2 3 Marion Jones 5 0.221 22.50 Q 3 5 Zhanna Pintusevych 6 0.181 22.79 Q SB 4 11T Mercy Nku 4 0.179 22.95 Q PB 5 15 Alenka Bikar 8 0.167 23.01 6 19 Oxana Ekk 7 0.153 23.17 7 21 Samantha Davies 2 0.213 23.20 8 24 Sabrina Mulrain 1 0.209 23.24

Heat 3 of 4 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 6T Debbie Ferguson 3 0.180 22.72 Q 2 10 Leonie Mani 6 0.166 22.88 Q 3 13T Torri Edwards 7 0.186 22.98 Q 4 13T Muriel Hurtis 5 0.196 22.98 Q 5 16 Mary Onyali-Omagbemi 4 0.252 23.03 6 25 Irina Khabarova 2 0.204 23.27 7 30 Olena Pastushenko 1 0.145 23.63 Astia Walker 8 0.184 DNF

Heat 4 of 4 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 4 Susanthika Jayasinghe 6 0.211 22.54 Q 2 9 Louise Ayetotche 3 0.222 22.86 Q 3 18 Lauren Hewitt 5 0.180 23.12 Q 4 20 Felipa Palacios 4 0.185 23.19 Q 5 22T Chandra Sturrup 7 0.169 23.21 6 22T Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju 2 0.229 23.21 7 26 Juliet Campbell 1 0.190 23.34 8 28T Valma Bass 8 0.268 23.57

Overall Results Round 2 Round 2 Overall ResultsPlace Athlete NationHeatLanePlaceTimeQual.Record 1 Beverly McDonald 1 5 1 22.44 Q 2 Melinda Gainsford-Taylor 2 3 1 22.49 Q 3 Marion Jones 2 5 2 22.50 Q 4 Susanthika Jayasinghe 4 6 1 22.54 Q 5 Zhanna Pintusevych 2 6 3 22.70 Q SB 6 Pauline Davis-Thompson 3 3 1 22.72 Q Debbie Ferguson 3 3 1 22.72 Q 8 Cathy Freeman 1 7 3 22.75 Q 9 Louise Ayetotche 4 3 2 22.86 Q 10 Leonie Mani 3 6 2 22.86 Q 11 Mercy Nku 2 4 4 22.95 Q PB Nanceen Perry 1 6 4 22.95 Q 13 Torri Edwards 3 7 3 22.98 Q Muriel Hurtis 3 5 4 22.98 Q 15 Alenka Bikar 2 8 5 23.01 16 Mary Onyali-Omagbemi 3 4 5 23.03 17 Marina Trandenkova 1 2 5 23.10 18 Lauren Hewitt 4 5 3 23.12 Q 19 Oxana Ekk 2 7 6 23.17 20 Felipa Palacios 4 4 4 23.19 Q 21 Samantha Davies 2 2 7 23.20 22 Chandra Sturrup 4 7 5 23.21 Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju 4 2 6 23.21 24 Sabrina Mulrain 2 1 8 23.24 25 Irina Khabarova 3 2 6 23.27 26 Juliet Campbell 4 1 7 23.34 27 Johanna Manninen 1 1 6 23.41 28 Valma Bass 4 8 8 23.57 Joice Maduaka 1 8 7 23.57 30 Olena Pastushenko 3 1 7 23.63 Astia Walker 3 8 DNF Cydonie Mothersill 1 4 DNS

Semi-finals Heat 1 of 2 Date: Thursday 28 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 2 Marion Jones 5 0.233 22.40 Q 2 5 Debbie Ferguson 4 0.191 22.62 Q 3 6 Beverly McDonald 3 0.250 22.70 Q 4 8 Zhanna Pintusevych 2 0.171 22.74 Q 5 11 Felipa Palacios 1 0.189 23.11 6 14 Mercy Nku 8 0.222 23.40 7 15 Lauren Hewitt 7 0.290 23.44 8 16 Leonie Mani 6 0.180 23.47

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Thursday 28 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 1 Pauline Davis-Thompson 5 0.227 22.38 Q PB 2 3 Susanthika Jayasinghe 6 0.253 22.45 Q 3 4 Melinda Gainsford-Taylor 3 0.226 22.61 Q 4 7 Cathy Freeman 2 0.262 22.71 Q 5 9 Louise Ayetotche 4 0.219 22.76 NR 6 10 Torri Edwards 7 0.170 23.06 7 12 Muriel Hurtis 8 0.208 23.13 8 13 Nanceen Perry 1 0.159 23.16

Overall Results Semi-Finals Semi-Finals Overall ResultsPlace Athlete NationHeatLanePlaceTimeQual.Record 1 Pauline Davis-Thompson 2 5 1 22.38 Q PB 2 Marion Jones 1 5 1 22.40 Q 3 Susanthika Jayasinghe 2 6 2 22.45 Q 4 Melinda Gainsford-Taylor 2 3 3 22.62 Q 5 Debbie Ferguson 1 4 2 22.62 Q 6 Beverly McDonald 1 3 3 22.70 Q 7 Cathy Freeman 2 2 4 22.71 Q 8 Zhanna Pintusevych 1 2 4 22.74 Q 9 Louise Ayetotche 2 4 5 22.76 10 Torri Edwards 2 7 6 23.06 11 Felipa Palacios 1 1 5 23.11 12 Muriel Hurtis 2 8 7 23.13 13 Nanceen Perry 2 1 8 23.16 14 Mercy Nku 1 8 6 23.40 15 Lauren Hewitt 1 1 7 23.44 16 Leonie Mani 1 6 8 23.47

Final Date: Thursday 28 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Reaction Time Record Pauline Davis-Thompson 3 0.185 22.27 PB Susanthika Jayasinghe 6 0.207 22.28 NR Beverly McDonald 1 0.151 22.35 SB 4 Debbie Ferguson 5 0.196 22.37 SB 5 Melinda Gainsford-Taylor 7 0.178 22.42 SB 6 Cathy Freeman 2 0.235 22.53 SB 7 Zhanna Pintusevich 8 0.190 22.66 SB DSQ Marion Jones 4 0.174 21.84 SB

See also 1998 Women's European Championships 200 metres (Budapest) 1999 Women's World Championships 200 metres (Seville) 2001 Women's World Championships 200 metres (Edmonton) 2002 Women's European Championships 200 metres (Munich)

References

External links Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics Results http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=70213