The women's 200 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 8 and .Start list
Summary Defending champion Dafne Schippers from the Netherlands competed while some of her main competitors did not. Elaine Thompson, this event's silver medallist at the 2015 World Championships and gold medallist at the 2016 Olympics, did not compete. Also missing was Tori Bowie, the world leader and 100 metres gold medallist at these World Championships. Schippers' strongest challengers of the remaining athletes were considered to be Marie-Josée Ta Lou from the Ivory Coast, who won the silver medal in the 100 metres at these championships; Shaunae Miller-Uibo from the Bahamas, who won the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2016 Olympic Games; and the U.S. athletes.
In the final, shorter sprinters like Ta Lou and Dina Asher-Smith from Great Britain were out of the blocks faster. By her fourth stride, Schippers was into her running motion and gaining with fewer strides than her shorter competitors. By the end of the turn, Schippers had a metre lead on Ta Lou and more than a two-metre lead on Asher-Smith. Down the stretch, Ta Lou gained ground on the lead, while behind them the tall Miller-Uibo was moving past Asher-Smith. Still, Schippers' lead held up for the win in 22.05 seconds. Ta Lou took the silver medal in a 22.08 second national record, and Miller-Uibo closed even faster for the bronze medal.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
Record Athlete Date LocationWorld21.34Florence Griffith-Joyner29 Sep 1988Seoul, South KoreaChampionship21.63Dafne Schippers28 Aug 2015Beijing, ChinaWorld leading21.77Tori BowieEugene, United StatesAfrican22.07Mary Onyali-Omagbemi14 Aug 1996Zürich, SwitzerlandAsian22.01Li Xuemei22 Oct 1997Shanghai, ChinaNACAC21.34Florence Griffith-Joyner29 Sep 1988Seoul, South KoreaSouth American22.48Ana Claudia Silva6 Aug 2011São Paulo, BrazilEuropean21.63Dafne Schippers28 Aug 2015Beijing, ChinaOceanian22.23Melinda Gainsford-Taylor13 Jul 1997Stuttgart, Germany
The following records were set at the competition:
Record Athlete Date Ivorian22.08Marie-Josée Ta Lou11 Aug 2017
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 23.10.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows: Date Time Round8 August 19:30 Heats10 August 21:05 Semifinals11 August 21:50 Final
Results Heats The first round took place on 8 August in seven heats as follows:
Heat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Start time 19:29 19:37 19:45 19:53 20:01 20:09 20:17 Wind (m/s) +0.5 −0.6 +0.1 −0.1 −0.4 +0.1 +0.5 Photo finishlinklinklinklinklinklinklink
The first three in each heat ( Q ) and the next three fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 6 Dafne Schippers 22.64 2 4 5 Shaunae Miller-Uibo 22.69 3 6 4 Marie-Josée Ta Lou 22.70 4 5 2 Dina Asher-Smith 22.73 , 5 2 8 Kimberlyn Duncan 22.74 6 2 5 Mujinga Kambundji 22.86 7 5 7 Crystal Emmanuel 22.87 8 3 6 Deajah Stevens 22.90 9 4 7 Simone Facey 22.98 9 1 7 Tynia Gaither 22.98 11 7 7 Rebekka Haase 22.99 12 3 8 Ivet Lalova-Collio 23.08 13 6 6 Sarah Atcho 23.09 14 1 4 Maria Belimpasaki 23.16 15 6 8 Anthonique Strachan 23.23 16 4 2 Edidiong Odiong 23.24 17 2 4 Vitória Cristina Rosa 23.26 18 3 2 Sashalee Forbes 23.26 19 1 2 Bianca Williams 23.30 20 7 5 Rosângela Santos 23.34 21 2 3 Justine Palframan 23.35 22 1 8 Jodean Williams 23.38 23 3 7 Shannon Hylton 23.39 24 4 8 Yana Kachur 23.47 25 1 3 Anna Kiełbasińska 23.48 26 7 2 Semoy Hackett 23.50 27 7 4 Cornelia Halbheer 23.51 28 7 8 Gloria Hooper 23.51 29 6 3 Sindija Bukša 23.54 30 4 4 Sada Williams 23.55 31 7 3 Gina Bass 23.56 32 2 6 Viktoriya Zyabkina 23.66 33 5 8 Estelle Raffai 23.72 34 6 5 Irene Siragusa 23.73 35 4 3 Kayelle Clarke 23.75 36 1 5 Riley Day 23.77 37 5 3 Janet Amponsah 23.77 38 3 5 Estela García 23.78 39 2 7 Lorène Bazolo 23.85 40 3 4 Mariely Sánchez 23.89 41 6 2 Isidora Jiménez 23.89 42 4 6 Toea Wisil 23.93 43 3 3 Ella Nelson 24.02 44 5 4 Nediam Vargas 24.35 45 2 2 Ulfa Silpiana 25.23 46 5 6 Regine Tugade 26.22 7 6 Tori Bowie 5 5 Michelle-Lee Ahye 6 7 Laura Müller
Semifinals The semifinals took place on 10 August in three heats as follows:
Heat 1 2 3 Start time 21:06 21:14 21:23 Wind (m/s) −0.2 −0.2 −0.2 Photo finishlinklinklink
The first two in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 5 Dafne Schippers 22.49 2 2 7Shaunae Miller-Uibo 22.49 3 3 5 Marie-Josée Ta Lou 22.50 4 1 6 Deajah Stevens 22.71 5 2 4 Kimberlyn Duncan 22.73 6 3 4 Dina Asher-Smith 22.73 , 7 3 6 Crystal Emmanuel 22.85 8 3 7 Tynia Gaither 22.85 9 1 7 Ivet Lalova-Collio 22.96 10 2 5 Mujinga Kambundji 23.00 11 2 6 Simone Facey 23.01 12 1 4 Rebekka Haase 23.03 13 1 3 Sashalee Forbes 23.09 14 1 8 Sarah Atcho 23.12 15 1 2 Justine Palframan 23.21 16 1 9 Anthonique Strachan 23.21 17 3 8 Maria Belimpasaki 23.21 18 2 8 Edidiong Odiong 23.24 19 3 9 Vitória Cristina Rosa 23.31 20 3 2 Jodean Williams 23.32 21 2 3 Bianca Williams 23.40 22 3 3 Estelle Raffai 23.45 23 2 2 Semoy Hackett 23.54 2 9 Rosângela Santos
Final The final took place on 11 August at 21:50. The wind was +0.8 metres per second and the results were as follows (photo finish):
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Dafne Schippers 22.05 4 Marie-Josée Ta Lou 22.08 5 Shaunae Miller-Uibo 22.15 4 8 Dina Asher-Smith 22.22 5 7 Deajah Stevens 22.44 6 9 Kimberlyn Duncan 22.59 7 2 Crystal Emmanuel 22.60 8 3 Tynia Gaither 23.07
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