The women's 200 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 19, 20 and 21 August.

Olympic silver medalist and defending World champion Allyson Felix (USA) established herself as the pre-race favorite, having run under 22 seconds earlier in the season. Double Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) suffered a toe injury and entered Berlin below her peak form.

In the final, Campbell-Brown and Allyson Felix both went out of the blocks quickly and entered the home straight even with one another. Felix, however, was able to hold her form as Campbell-Brown faltered, crossing the line in 22.02 seconds to win her third World 200m title. Campbell-Brown earned another silver medal in the 200m, and Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH) won the bronze medal.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeAllyson FelixVeronica Campbell-BrownDebbie Ferguson-McKenzie

Records World Record21.34Seoul, South Korea29 September 1988Championship Record21.74Rome, Italy3 September 1987World Leading21.88Stockholm, Sweden31 July 2009African Record22.07Zürich, Switzerland14 August 1996Asian Record22.01Shanghai, China22 October 1997North American record21.34Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988South American record22.60Bogotá, Colombia26 June 1999European Record21.71Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany10 June 1979Oceanian Record22.23Stuttgart, Germany13 July 1997

Qualification standards A timeB time 23.00 23.30

Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 19, 2009 19:45 HeatsAugust 20, 2009 19:50 SemifinalsAugust 21, 2009 21:00 Final

Results

Heats Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Marshevet Hooker 22.51 Q, SB 5 Cydonie Mothersille 22.69 Q 4 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie 22.71 Q 2 Muna Lee 22.76 Q, SB 1 Simone Facey 22.83 Q 4 Eleni Artymata 22.83 Q, NR 3 Allyson Felix 22.88 Q 5 Anneisha McLaughlin 22.91 Q, PB 3 Monique Williams 22.96 Q, NR 10 5 LaVerne Jones-Ferrette 22.97 Q 11 2 Kelly-Ann Baptiste 23.00 Q 12 6 Veronica Campbell-Brown 23.01 Q 13 4 Yelena Bolsun 23.06 q 14 2 Yuliya Gushchina 23.07 Q 15 1 Charonda Williams 23.08 Q 16 6 Emily Freeman 23.10 Q 17 6 Olivia Borlée 23.25 Q 18 3 Tameka Williams 23.27 Q, SB 19 3 Olga Zaytseva 23.28 q 20 1 Johanna Danois 23.29 Q 21 5 Vida Anim 23.33 q 22 2 Virgil Hodge 23.34 q 22 3 Roqaya Al-Gassra 23.34 q, SB 24 6 Sheniqua Ferguson 23.35 q, SB 25 3 Adrienne Power 23.38 26 1 Chisato Fukushima 23.40 27 1 Darlenis Obregón 23.42 27 1 Andreea Ograzeanu 23.42 29 2 Carol Rodríguez 23.54 30 4 Alena Kievich 23.59 31 4 Ivet Lalova 23.60 SB 32 3 Momoko Takahashi 23.61 32 5 Isabel Le Roux 23.61 34 6 Guzel Khubbieva 23.61 SB 35 4 Meritzer Williams 23.72 36 2 Sabina Veit 23.77 37 6 Jade Bailey 23.84 38 5 Makelesi Batimala 24.13 SB 39 5 Oludamola Osayomi 24.24 40 2 Sunayna Wahi 24.74 PB 41 1 Nomvula Dlamini 25.70 PB 42 2 Saria Traboulsi 26.90 43 3 Selloane Tsoaeli 28.34 1 Munira Saleh 6 Elizaveta Bryzhina

Key: PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Semifinals Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie 22.24 Q 1 Veronica Campbell-Brown 22.29 Q, SB 3 Muna Lee 22.30 Q, SB 2 Allyson Felix 22.44 Q 2 Anneisha McLaughlin 22.55 Q, PB 3 Simone Facey 22.58 Q, SB 1 Emily Freeman 22.64 q, PB 1 Eleni Artymata 22.64 q, NR 9 2 LaVerne Jones-Ferrette 22.74 10 2 Cydonie Mothersille 22.80 11 2 Charonda Williams 22.81 12 3 Monique Williams 22.90 NR 13 3 Kelly-Ann Baptiste 22.96 14 1 Johanna Danois 23.03 PB 15 2 Olga Zaytseva 23.19 16 3 Virgil Hodge 23.19 SB 17 3 Yuliya Gushchina 23.24 18 1 Roqaya Al-Gassra 23.26 SB 19 1 Yelena Bolsun 23.27 20 3 Vida Anim 23.36 21 2 Sheniqua Ferguson 23.40 22 3 Olivia Borlée 23.42 23 2 Tameka Williams 23.47 1 Marshevet Hooker

Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Allyson Felix 22.02 Veronica Campbell-Brown 22.35 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie 22.41 4 Muna Lee 22.48 5 Anneisha McLaughlin 22.62 6 Simone Facey 22.80 7 Emily Freeman 22.98 8 Eleni Artymata 23.05

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