2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, U.S. from 18 to 21 July 2022.Timetable

Summary

Coming into the championships, Shericka Jackson was the world leader at 21.55 from her Jamaican National Championships, making her the third fastest 200m runner ever. Lined up to her inside was #2, the Olympic Champion Elaine Thompson-Herah. Between them was the defending champion Dina Asher-Smith. And to their outside, separated by #3 semi-finalist Tamara Clark was 100 metre champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who had set the Masters World Record in the semis. All 5 had run under 22 seconds just to get here.

Fraser-Pryce was first out of the blocks, which is her forté. Asher-Smith was not too far behind and Jackson did not lose too much relative to the stagger. Two thirds of the way through the turn, Fraser-Pryce had already passed Aminatou Seyni. Almost a metre behind at the 80 metre mark on the track, as they exited the turn Jackson accelerated to even up with Fraser-Pryce. From there she continued to pull away. Asher-Smith tried to make some ground on Fraser-Pryce but only maintained the gap at the first half of the straightaway before Fraser-Pryce pulled away to a clear second place, three metres behind Jackson. Asher-Smith's only challenge for bronze was a late run by Seyni, but she missed by a metre.

Jackson's 21.45 was the second fastest of all time, the Championship record, a .1 improvement over her Jamaican Championship time and only .11 shy of FloJo's enduring world record from 1988. Jackson also became the first person to win medals in all three sprinting events, a feat Fred Kerley was also attempting and failed to accomplish this year. In second, "Mommy Rocket" Fraser-Pryce's 21.81 took another .01 off the Masters record she had set the day earlier.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record21.34Seoul, South Korea29 September 1988Championship record21.63Beijing, China28 August 2015World Leading21.55Kingston, Jamaica26 June 2022African Record21.78Zürich, Switzerland9 September 2021Asian Record22.01Shanghai, China22 October 1997North, Central American and Caribbean record21.34Seoul, South Korea29 September 1988South American Record22.48São Paulo, Brazil6 August 2011European Record21.63Beijing, China28 August 2015Oceanian record22.23Stuttgart, Germany13 July 1997

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 22.80.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date Time Round18 July 18:00 Heats19 July 18:05 Semi-finals21 July 19:35 Final

Results

Heats The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the semi-finals.Heats Summary

Wind:Heat 1: +2.5 m/s, Heat 2: -0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +1.1 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s, Heat 5: +0.9 m/s, Heat 6: +1.9 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Aminatou Seyni 21.98 Q, 2 6 Favour Ofili 22.24 Q 3 5 Abby Steiner 22.26 Q 4 3 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 22.26 Q 5 4 Tamara Clark 22.27 Q 6 2 Beatrice Masilingi 22.27 Q 7 1 Shericka Jackson 22.33 Q 8 5 Mujinga Kambundji 22.34 Q 9 6 Jenna Prandini 22.38 Q 10 2 Elaine Thompson-Herah 22.41 Q 11 4 Dina Asher-Smith 22.56 Q 12 1 Anahí Suárez 22.56 Q 13 4 Tynia Gaither 22.61 Q 14 5 Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha 22.61 Q 15 1 Dalia Kaddari 22.75 Q 16 4 Gina Bass 22.78 q 17 3 Vitoria Cristina Rosa 22.84 Q 18 2 Ida Karstoft 22.85 Q 19 1 Jessica-Bianca Wessolly 22.87 q 20 4 Jessika Gbai 22.89 q 21 1 Rosemary Chukwuma 22.93 q 22 1 Edidiong Odiong 22.98 q 23 2 Joella Lloyd 22.99 q 24 3 Beth Dobbin 23.04 25 5 Lauren Gale 23.08 26 6 Jacinta Beecher 23.22 Q 27 6 Olivia Fotopoulou 23.25 28 2 Sophia Junk 23.27 29 5 Ella Connolly 23.27 30 3 Imke Vervaet 23.28 31 5 Maboundou Koné 23.32 32 6 Catherine Léger 23.35 33 2 Lorène Bazolo 23.41 34 4 Ana Carolina Azevedo 23.45 35 6 Georgia Hulls 23.46 36 4 Shirley Nekhubui 23.46 37 1 Olga Safronova 23.50 38 2 Anniina Kortetmaa 23.51 39 3 Veronica Shanti Pereira 23.53 40 3 Elisabeth Slettum 23.55 41 2 Lorraine Martins 23.60 42 5 Beyoncé Defreitas 23.81 43 6 Hanna Barakat 26.33 44 6 Anthonique Strachan 1:50.06 3 Marie-Josée Ta Lou

Semi-finals The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.Semi-finals Start ListSUMMARY 200 Metres Women - Semi-Final

Wind:Heat 1: +2.0 m/s, Heat 2: +1.4 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Shericka Jackson 21.67 Q 2 3 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 21.82 Q, 3 2 Tamara Clark 21.95 Q 4 2 Dina Asher-Smith 21.96 Q, 5 2 Elaine Thompson-Herah 21.97 q, 6 1 Aminatou Seyni 22.04 Q 7 1 Mujinga Kambundji 22.05 q, 8 1 Jenna Prandini 22.08 9 3 Abby Steiner 22.15 Q 10 3 Favour Ofili 22.30 11 1 Tynia Gaither 22.41 12 2 Vitoria Cristina Rosa 22.47 13 2 Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha 22.49 14 1 Gina Bass 22.71 15 1 Rosemary Chukwuma 22.72 16 3 Anahí Suárez 22.74 17 3 Ida Karstoft 22.84 18 2 Jessika Gbai 22.84 19 3 Dalia Kaddari 22.86 20 1 Jacinta Beecher 23.14 21 2 Edidiong Odiong 23.31 22 3 Jessica-Bianca Wessolly 23.33 23 3 Joella Lloyd 23.38 24 2 Beatrice Masilingi 24.78

Final The final was started at 19:35 on 21 July. The results were as follows:

Wind: +0.6 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Shericka Jackson 21.45 , Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 21.81 Dina Asher-Smith 22.02 4 Aminatou Seyni 22.12 5 Abby Steiner 22.26 6 Tamara Clark 22.32 7 Elaine Thompson-Herah 22.39 8 Mujinga Kambundji 22.55

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