The women's 200 metres event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on 21 and 22 August.Results at Tilastopaja
The winning margin was 0.01 seconds which as of 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin in the women's 200 metres at these games.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeSilvia ChivásMarina SidorovaAndrea Lynch
Results Heats Held on 21 August
Wind:Heat 1: -0.2 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s, Heat 4: ? m/s Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Tatyana Prorochenko 23.11 QSoviet results (p118) 2 2 Marina Sidorova 23.70 Q 3 4 Cornelia Schnigendiller 23.79 Q 4 1 Maria Stoyanova 23.88 Q 5 3 Silvia Chivás 23.39 Q 6 3 Andrea Lynch 23.48 Q 7 3 Ewa Witkowska 23.88 Q 8 1 Bogusława Kaniecka 24.06 Q 9 4 Asunción Acosta 24.09 Q 10 3 Marie-Pierre Philippe 24.11 qFrench results 11 2 Andrea Mühlbach 24.16 Q 12 2 Adriana Carli 24.30 Q 13 3 Margaret Howe 24.33 q 14 2 Galina Encheva 24.39 q 15 4 Ilona Pál 24.40 q 16 4 Margaret Stride 24.46 17 1 Nadine Diakonoff 24.56 Q 18 2 Veronica Buia 24.83 19 3 Marie Lande Mathieu 24.83 20 1 Vilma Paris 25.34 21 1 Carolina Rieuwpassa 25.73 22 2 Alev Tanyeli 25.95
Semifinals Held on 22 August
Wind:Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Silvia Chivás 23.05 Q 2 1 Marina Sidorova 23.15 Q 3 1 Tatyana Prorochenko 23.22 Q 4 2 Andrea Lynch 23.74 Q 5 2 Ewa Witkowska 23.79 Q 6 1 Maria Stoyanova 23.99 Q 7 2 Marie-Pierre Philippe 24.06 Q 8 1 Bogusława Kaniecka 24.09 Q 9 2 Galina Encheva 24.21 10 2 Andrea Mühlbach 24.26 11 1 Cornelia Schnigendiller 24.35 12 2 Ilona Pál 24.38 13 1 Adriana Carli 24.39 14 1 Asunción Acosta 24.40 15 2 Nadine Diakonoff 24.68 1 Margaret Howe
Final Held on 22 August
Wind: -2.2 m/s Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Silvia Chivás 23.08 Marina Sidorova 23.09 Andrea Lynch 23.23 4 Tatyana Prorochenko 23.30 5 Maria Stoyanova 24.06 6 Ewa Witkowska 24.12 7 Bogusława Kaniecka 24.26 8 Marie-Pierre Philippe 24.40
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