The women's 200 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 17, 18 and 19 September 2025.
Summary Records Before the competition records were as follows: RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record 21.34 Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988 Championship record 21.41 Budapest, Hungary 25 August 2023 World Leading 21.51 London, United Kingdom 19 July 2025 African Record 21.78 Zürich, Switzerland 9 September 2021 Asian Record 22.01 Shanghai, China 22 October 1997 European Record 21.63 Beijing, China 28 August 2015 North, Central American and Caribbean record 21.34 Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988 Oceanian record 22.23 Stuttgart, Germany 13 July 1997 South American Record 22.47 Eugene, United States 19 July 2022
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 22.57.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows: Date Time Round17 September 19:30 Heats18 September 21:24 Semi-finals19 September 22:22 Final
Results Heats The heats will take place on 17 September. The first three athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the semi-finals.
Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 8 Anavia Battle 22.07 2 3 Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith 22.39 3 4 Polyniki Emmanouilidou 22.92 , 4 9 Shanti Pereira 23.13 5 5 Boglárka Takács 23.18 6 2 Jacqueline Madogo 23.23 7 6 Gabrielle Matthews 23.40 8 7 Fatouma Conde 23.42 Wind:
Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 7 Melissa Jefferson-Wooden 22.24 2 6 Thelma Davies 22.76 3 5 Jessika Gbai 22.81 4 9 Helene Parisot 22.90 5 2 Olivia Fotopoulou 22.98 6 8 Mia Gross 23.24 7 3 Jessica-Bianca Wessolly 23.33 8 4 24.14 Wind:
Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 7 Mckenzie Long 22.51 2 3 Ashanti Moore 22.57 3 5 Sophia Junk 22.81 4 9 Julia Henriksson 22.86 5 2 Beyoncé Defreitas 23.30 6 6 Kristie Edwards 23.39 7 8 Alinny Delgadillo Silva 25.13 4 Liranyi Alonso Wind:
Heat 4 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 3 Brittany Brown 22.50 2 4 Anthonique Strachan 22.57 , 3 5 Daryll Neita 22.59 4 9 Léonie Pointet 23.04 5 2 Dalia Kaddari 23.11 6 8 Leah Bertrand 23.33 7 7 Nora Lindahl 23.35 8 6 Li Yuting 23.64 Wind:
Heat 5 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 9 Shericka Jackson 22.33 2 5 Amy Hunt 22.57 3 6 Imke Vervaet 22.74 4 8 Audrey Leduc 22.82 5 4 22.98 6 7 Lorène Bazolo 23.07 7 3 Ann Marii Kivikas 23.14 8 2 Anahí Suárez 23.50 Wind:
Heat 6 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 7 Dina Asher-Smith 22.40 2 8 Torrie Lewis 22.56 , 3 5 Jaël Bestué 22.74 4 4 Miriam Sánchez 23.01 5 2 Maboundou Koné 23.11 6 6 Marije van Hunenstijn 23.13 7 9 Chen Yujie 23.26 8 3 Vittoria Fontana 23.31 Wind:
Semi-finals The semi-finals took place on 17 September. The first two athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next three fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. As Anthonique Strachan and Mckenzie Long each finished with the same time to the thousandth of a second, both runners qualified for the final.
Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 7 Shericka Jackson 21.99 , 2 5 Amy Hunt 22.08 , 3 8 Brittany Brown 22.13 , = 4 6 Anthonique Strachan 22.48 , 5 4 Jessika Gbai 22.56 6 9 Jaël Bestué 22.80 7 2 Helene Parisot 22.87 8 3 23.15 Wind:
Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 7 Melissa Jefferson-Wooden 22.00 2 6 Dina Asher-Smith 22.21 3 4 Ashanti Moore 22.51 4 8 Torrie Lewis 22.69 5 5 Sophia Junk 22.71 6 9 Imke Vervaet 22.79 7 3 Julia Henriksson 22.93 8 2 Olivia Fotopoulou 23.02 Wind:
Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 6 Anavia Battle 22.09 2 7 Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith 22.17 , 3 8 Mckenzie Long 22.48 4 9 Daryll Neita 22.77 5 2 Audrey Leduc 22.90 6 4 Thelma Davies 23.00 7 5 Polyniki Emmanouilidou 23.04 8 3 Miriam Sánchez 23.12 Wind:
Final The final took place on 19 September. Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 6 Melissa Jefferson-Wooden 21.68 5 Amy Hunt 22.14 7 Shericka Jackson 22.18 4 8 Anavia Battle 22.22 5 9 Dina Asher-Smith 22.43 6 3 Brittany Brown 22.54 7 4 Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith 22.62 8 2 Mckenzie Long 22.78 — 1 Anthonique Strachan Wind:
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