The women's 200 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest from 23 to 25 August 2022.
Summary All the expected finalists qualified. The structure of the semis didn't make it easy. The third semi was loaded with the defending champion, Shericka Jackson, the newly crowned 100 metres champion, Sha'Carri Richardson, and perennial finalist, 2017 silver medalist Marie-Josée Ta Lou. With only two automatic qualifying spots, something had to give. Ta Lou had to get one of the time qualifying spots and was relegated to lane 2 in the final.
In the final, the staggers mostly held true halfway through the turn, then Jackson began to edge forward with Dina Asher-Smith and Gabrielle Thomas showing a slight advantage. As they reached the straightaway, Jackson had a clear 2 metre lead with Thomas just barely ahead of Richardson, Asher-Smith, Julien Alfred and Daryll Neita. Jackson continued to power away, the winner was not going to be in doubt. Thomas separated, with Richardson also moving forward. Jackson let off the gas a couple of steps before the finish line, her time of 21.41 improved her standing as #2 performer of all time, just .07 short of Florence Griffith-Joyner's 35 year old world record. Thomas followed 4 metres later, a step ahead of now double medalist at these championships, Richardson.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record21.34Seoul, South Korea29 September 1988Championship record21.45Eugene, United States21 July 2022World Leading21.60Eugene, United States9 July 2023African Record21.78Zürich, Switzerland9 September 2021Asian Record22.01Shanghai, China22 October 1997North, Central American and Caribbean record21.34Seoul, South Korea29 September 1988South American Record22.47Eugene, United States19 July 2022European Record21.63Beijing, China28 August 2015Oceanian record22.23Stuttgart, Germany13 July 1997
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 22.60.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:
Date Time Round23 August 11:20 Heats24 August 19:45 Semi-finals25 August 21:40 Final
Results
Heats The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the semi-finals.
Wind:Heat 1: -0.4 m/s, Heat 2: -0.7 m/s, Heat 3: -0.4 m/s, Heat 4: -0.4 m/s, Heat 5: -1.3 m/s, Heat 6: -0.3 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Sha'Carri Richardson 22.16 Q 2 5 Gabrielle Thomas 22.26 Q 3 2 Marie-Josée Ta Lou 22.26 Q, 4 1 Anthonique Strachan 22.31 Q 5 4 Julien Alfred 22.31 Q 6 1 Daryll Neita 22.39 Q 7 4 Natalliah Whyte 22.44 Q 8 6 Dina Asher-Smith 22.46 Q 9 5 Kevona Davis 22.49 Q 10 3 Shericka Jackson 22.51 Q 11 6 Maboundou Koné 22.55 Q 12 3 Veronica Shanti Pereira 22.57 Q, 13 1 Jaël Bestué 22.58 Q 14 6 Kayla White 22.62 Q 15 2 Olivia Fotopoulou 22.65 Q, 16 1 Favour Ofili 22.66 q 17 6 Dalia Kaddari 22.67 q, 18 4 Bianca Williams 22.67 Q 19 3 Jessika Gbai 22.78 Q 20 3 Adaejah Hodge 22.82 q 21 6 Krystsina Tsimanouskaya 22.88 q 22 5 Tasa Jiya 22.97 Q 23 2 Polyniki Emmanoulidou 23.00 q 24 4 Gina Bass 23.02 q 25 2 Ashanti Moore 23.12 26 2 Lorène Dorcas Bazolo 23.13 27 1 Léonie Pointet 23.16 28 1 Yunisleidy García 23.22 29 5 Boglárka Takács 23.24 30 5 Cecilia Tamayo-Garza 23.25 31 5 Martyna Kotwiła 23.34 32 4 Georgia Hulls 23.36 33 3 Susanne Walli 23.38 34 1 Ana Carolina Azevedo 23.45 35 3 Alexa Sulyán 23.47 36 1 23.48 37 6 Remi Tsuruta 23.49 38 3 Nicole Caicedo 23.51 39 2 23.52 40 4 Julia Henriksson 23.55 41 5 23.62 42 2 Gorete Semedo 23.69 43 6 Rhoda Njobvu 23.82 44 6 Vitoria Cristina Rosa 23.86 4 Ella Connolly
Semi-finals The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Gabrielle Thomas 21.97 Q 2 3 Shericka Jackson 22.00 Q 3 2 Julien Alfred 22.17 Q 4 3 Sha'Carri Richardson 22.20 Q 5 2 Daryll Neita 22.21 Q, 6 3 Marie-Josée Ta Lou 22.26 q, 7 1 Dina Asher-Smith 22.28 Q 8 2 Anthonique Strachan 22.30 q 9 2 Kayla White 22.34 10 2 Kevona Davis 22.34 11 3 Bianca Williams 22.45 12 1 Natalliah Whyte 22.52 13 3 Jaël Bestué 22.60 14 1 Tasa Jiya 22.67 15 1 Olivia Fotopoulou 22.73 16 1 Dalia Kaddari 22.75 17 3 Veronica Shanti Pereira 22.79 18 3 Favour Ofili 22.86 19 2 Jessika Gbai 22.88 20 2 Adaejah Hodge 22.96 21 3 Gina Bass 23.10 22 1 Polyniki Emmanoulidou 23.15 23 2 Krystsina Tsimanouskaya 23.34 1 Maboundou Koné
Final The final started at 21:42 on 25 August. The results were as follows:
Wind: +0.1 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Shericka Jackson 21.41 , 8 Gabrielle Thomas 21.81 9 Sha'Carri Richardson 21.92 4 7 Julien Alfred 22.05 5 5 Daryll Neita 22.16 6 3 Anthonique Strachan 22.29 7 4 Dina Asher-Smith 22.34 8 2 Marie-Josée Ta Lou 22.64
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