The women's 200 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in four rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, between 4 and 6 August 2024. This was the twentieth time that the women's 200 metres was contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 48 athletes were able to qualify for the event by entry standard or ranking.
Summary Reigning Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah was not able to defend her Olympic titles from 2016 and 2020, as an achilles tendon injury forced her to withdraw from the Jamaican Olympic trials, thus not allowing her to qualify for these games. Silver medalist Christine Mboma, with a previously noted elevated testosterone level, hasn't competed since 2022. Double World Championship Gold Medalist Shericka Jackson was injured a few weeks before the Olympics and could not start. 2022 Silver medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was injured in the heats of the 100m, as was Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith, fourth in 2016. 2023 bronze medalist Sha'Carri Richardson placed 4th in the 200m at the US Olympic Trials and did not qualify.
Participating was 2020 Olympic bronze medalist/2023 World silver medalist Gabrielle Thomas, who is also the season leader, the entire 2019 World podium including Dina Asher-Smith (also the 2022 bronze medalist), Brittany Brown and Mujinga Kambundji, 100m champion Julien Alfred, whose stronger event is the 200m and current NCAA double champion McKenzie Long.
Thomas had the fastest time in the semis, 21.86. Next fastest was Alfred, who ran an eased up 21.98 almost jogging across the finish line ahead of Favour Ofili, who finishes third in 22.02. Brown won the remaining semi in 22.12.
In the final, Alfred had a slight edge at the start, but Thomas made up the difference in the first 50m. As they finished the turn, it was Thomas in the lead, and a row of competitors across the track behind her. Asher-Smith had a slight edge over Brown and Alfred. The straightaway was Thomas' strong point, and she pulled away for a clear gold. Behind her, Alfred separated from the group for a clear margin for silver. In the final 30m, Brown was able to edge ahead of Asher-Smith to take bronze by 0.02.
Background The women's 200 metres has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1948.
+Global records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsRecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDateWorld record21.34"All time Top lists – Senior – 200 Metres women", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.Seoul, South Korea29 September 1988Olympic recordWorld leading21.78"Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – 200 Metres women", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.Eugene, United States22 June 2024 +Area records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsArea recordAthlete (nation)Time (s)Africa 21.78Asia 22.01Europe 21.63North, Central Americaand Caribbean 21.34 Oceania 22.23South America 22.47
Qualification
For the women's 200 metres event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024. 48 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 22.57 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.
Results
Heats The heats were held on 4 August, starting at 10:55 (UTC+2) in the morning."Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
Heat 1 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes14Julien Alfred22.4125Gémima Joseph22.7236Julia Henriksson22.79, 49Torrie Lewis22.8957Lorène Dorcas Bazolo23.1062Léonie Pointet23.4273Olga Safronova23.588Marie-Josée Ta Lou-Smith Wind: +1.4 m/s
Heat 2 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes15Gabrielle Thomas22.2026Niesha Burgher22.5433Mujinga Kambundji22.7548Jacqueline Madogo22.7854Anahí Suárez23.3367Dalia Kaddari23.4972Cecilia Tamayo-Garza23.65 Wind: 0.0 m/s
Heat 3 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes15Daryll Neita22.3929Tasa Jiya22.7433Helene Parisot22.9947Nicole Caicedo23.1852Nora Lindahl23.3366Martyna Kotwiła23.4378Anna Bongiorni23.494Shericka Jackson Wind: 0.0 m/s
Heat 4 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes19Mckenzie Long22.5527Jessika Gbai22.6133Audrey Leduc22.8842Jaël Bestué23.1756Krystsina Tsimanouskaya23.3065Mia Gross23.3674Aimara Nazareno23.5288Lorraine Martins23.68 Wind: 0.0 m/s
Heat 5 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes17Brittany Brown22.3822Lanae-Tava Thomas22.7033Bianca Williams22.7748Polyniki Emmanouilidou23.0655Olivia Fotopoulou23.0764Boglárka Takács23.1679Imke Vervaet23.2086Veronica Shanti Pereira23.21 Wind: +0.2 m/s
Heat 6 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes12Favour Ofili22.24, 28Dina Asher-Smith22.2837Gina Mariam Bass-Bittaye22.84, 43Maboundou Koné22.8755Adaejah Hodge23.0064Ida Karstoft23.0179Yuting Li23.3186Ana Azevedo23.37 Wind: +0.5 m/s
Repechage round The repechage rounds were held on 5 August, starting at 12:50 (UTC+2) in the afternoon.
Heat 1 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes18Jacqueline Madogo22.58, 27Adaejah Hodge22.9436Polyniki Emmanouilidou22.9944Lorène Dorcas Bazolo23.0855Aimara Nazareno23.3562Ana Azevedo23.4473Veronica Shanti Pereira23.45 Wind: +0.6 m/s
Heat 2 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes14Maboundou Koné22.8928Boglárka Takács23.0533Li Yuting23.2445Martyna Kotwiła23.5057Anahí Suárez23.5466Lorraine Martins23.823Dalia Kaddari Wind: +0.6 m/s
Heat 3 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes18Olivia Fotopoulou22.92, =25Krystsina Tsimanouskaya23.0137Nicole Caicedo23.0444Mia Gross23.3456Cecilia Tamayo-Garza23.492Anna Bongiorni3Ida Karstoft Wind: -0.4 m/s
Heat 4 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes12Torrie Lewis23.0823Jaël Bestué23.2237Imke Vervaet23.3346Léonie Pointet23.3754Nora Lindahl23.5165Olga Safronova23.70 Wind: -0.9 m/s
Semi-finals The semi-finals were held on 5 August, starting at 20:45 (UTC+2) in the evening. Heat 1 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes17Julien Alfred21.9826Favour Ofili22.05, 38McKenzie Long22.3049Bianca Williams22.5853Maboundou Koné22.6565Audrey Leduc22.6874Gémima Joseph22.6982Adaejah Hodge22.70 Wind: 0.0 m/s
Heat 2 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes18Gabrielle Thomas21.8627Dina Asher-Smith22.3135Helene Parisot22.5544Mujinga Kambundji22.6356Niesha Burgher22.6469Tasa Jiya22.81 (.801)73Jacqueline Madogo22.81 (.807)82Polyniki Emmanouilidou23.18 Wind: +0.2 m/s
Heat 3 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes17Brittany Brown22.1226Daryll Neita22.2438Jessika Gbai22.36, 45Gina Mariam Bass-Bittaye22.6659Lanae-Tava Thomas22.7764Julia Henriksson22.8873Torrie Lewis22.9282Olivia Fotopoulou22.98 Wind: +0.1 m/s
Final The final was held on 6 August, starting at 21:40 (UTC+2) in the evening. RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes 7 Gabrielle Thomas 21.83 8 Julien Alfred 22.08 6 Brittany Brown 22.20 4 4 Dina Asher-Smith 22.22 5 5 Daryll Neita 22.23 6 9 Favour Ofili 22.24 7 2 McKenzie Long 22.42 8 3 Jessika Gbai 22.70 Source: Wind: -0.6 m/s
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