Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 24 to 26.<ref name="SR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The winning margin was 0.13 seconds. The winner had the second slowest reaction time in the final.

The top four runners in each of the initial seven heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next four fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 32 runners competed in four heats in the second round, with the top three from each heat and the four next fastest overall advancing to the semifinals. In two semifinal heats, only the top four runners from each heat moved on to the final.

Leading up to the Olympic final, Jamaica's Veronica Campbell was considered a pre-race favorite of this event, as she had previously managed to beat her own world leading time in the semifinals. She was also expected to challenge the youngster Allyson Felix, who had quickly become the top medal contender for the Americans. From the blocks, Campbell took a commanding lead with a strong curve and kept her form in the last few strides of the track to hold off a charge from Felix for the Olympic title at 22.05 seconds. Felix closed the race quickly to get the silver medal and set the world junior record.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On the outside, Bahamian sprinter Debbie Ferguson was immediately chased by Campbell's teammate Aleen Bailey, but the places were clearly decided.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:TOC limit

Records

Template:As of, the existing World record, Olympic record, and world leading time were as follows:

No new records were set during the competition.

Qualification

The qualification period for athletics took place from 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the women's 200 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 22.97 seconds or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 23.12 seconds or faster could be entered.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Date	Time	Round
Monday, 23 August 2004	11:00 20:25	Round 1 Quarterfinals
Tuesday, 24 August 2004	22:05	Semifinals
Wednesday, 25 August 2004	23:20	Final

Results

Round 1

Qualification rule: The first four finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next four fastest overall runners (q) qualified.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Heat 1

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	7	Veronica Campbell	Template:FlagIOC	0.252	22.59	Q
2	6	Alenka Bikar	Template:FlagIOC	0.217	23.09	Q
3	3	La Shauntea Moore	Template:FlagIOC	0.253	23.10	Q
4	4	Lucimar de Moura	Template:FlagIOC	0.211	23.40	Q
5	2	Heide Seyerling	Template:FlagIOC	0.187	23.66
6	5	Monika Gachevska	Template:FlagIOC	0.175	23.71

Heat 2

Wind: +1.7 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	3	Ivet Lalova	Template:FlagIOC	0.168	22.88	Q
2	5	Sylviane Félix	Template:FlagIOC	0.295	22.94	Q
3	6	Yekaterina Kondratyeva	Template:FlagIOC	0.225	23.03	Q
4	2	Natallia Safronnikava	Template:FlagIOC	0.167	23.28	Q
5	4	Lyubov Perepelova	Template:FlagIOC	0.306	24.10
6	7	Gretta Taslakian	Template:FlagIOC	0.260	24.30	NR

Heat 3

Wind: +1.6 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	5	Cydonie Mothersille	Template:FlagIOC	0.266	22.40	Q, NR
2	6	Beverly McDonald	Template:FlagIOC	0.191	22.90	Q
3	7	Yelena Bolsun	Template:FlagIOC	0.262	23.00	Q
4	3	Joice Maduaka	Template:FlagIOC	0.172	23.15	Q
5	4	Saraswati Saha	Template:FlagIOC	0.275	23.43
6	2	Gcinile Moyane	Template:FlagIOC	0.230	25.62	NR

Heat 4

Wind: +2.0 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	2	Allyson Felix	Template:FlagIOC	0.212	22.39	Q
2	5	Abi Oyepitan	Template:FlagIOC	0.180	22.50	Q, PB
3	7	Maryna Maydanova	Template:FlagIOC	0.265	22.76	Q, SB
4	3	Muriel Hurtis	Template:FlagIOC	0.217	22.77	Q, SB
5	4	Karin Mayr-Krifka	Template:FlagIOC	0.189	22.81	q, SB
6	6	Mary Onyali-Omagbemi	Template:FlagIOC	0.237	23.37	q
7	8	Gladys Thompson	Template:FlagIOC	0.281	27.51

Heat 5

Wind: +2.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	4	Muna Lee	Template:FlagIOC	0.197	22.57	Q
2	2	Tatyana Levina	Template:FlagIOC	0.187	23.05	Q
3	5	La Verne Jones	Template:FlagIOC	0.239	23.20	Q
4	3	Marilia Gregoriou	Template:FlagIOC	0.192	23.23	Q
5	6	Emma Wade	Template:FlagIOC	0.206	23.43
6	7	Michelle Banga Moudzoula	Template:FlagIOC	0.247	24.37

Heat 6

Wind: −0.2 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	2	Aleen Bailey	Template:FlagIOC	0.218	22.73	Q
2	7	Kim Gevaert	Template:FlagIOC	0.187	22.76	Q
3	6	Olga Kaidantzi	Template:FlagIOC	0.284	23.11	Q
4	3	Fabienne Feraez	Template:FlagIOC	0.181	23.12	Q, =NR
5	4	Johanna Manninen	Template:FlagIOC	0.166	23.45	SB
6	5	Kadiatou Camara	Template:FlagIOC	0.287	23.56

Heat 7

Wind: +1.4 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	2	Debbie Ferguson	Template:FlagIOC	0.171	22.57	Q, SB
2	7	Christine Arron	Template:FlagIOC	0.252	22.60	Q, SB
3	6	Merlene Ottey	Template:FlagIOC	0.254	22.72	Q, NR
4	4	Lauren Hewitt	Template:FlagIOC	0.165	22.87	Q, SB
5	3	Digna Murillo	Template:FlagIOC	0.149	22.98	q, PB
6	5	Anna Pacholak	Template:FlagIOC	0.283	23.00	q, SB

Round 2

Qualification rule: The first three finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next four fastest overall runners (q) advanced to the semifinals.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Heat 1

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	6	Veronica Campbell	Template:FlagIOC	0.182	22.49	Q
2	4	Debbie Ferguson	Template:FlagIOC	0.175	22.53	Q, SB
3	3	Kim Gevaert	Template:FlagIOC	0.169	22.68	Q
4	8	La Shauntea Moore	Template:FlagIOC	0.306	22.96	q
5	5	Sylviane Félix	Template:FlagIOC	0.217	23.08	q
6	1	La Verne Jones	Template:FlagIOC	0.188	23.09
7	7	Karin Mayr-Krifka	Template:FlagIOC	0.239	23.19
8	2	Lucimar de Moura	Template:FlagIOC	0.165	23.44

Heat 2

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	4	Muna Lee	Template:FlagIOC	0.239	22.74	Q
2	3	Aleen Bailey	Template:FlagIOC	0.227	22.97	Q
3	8	Olga Kaidantzi	Template:FlagIOC	0.235	23.15	Q
4	1	Digna Murillo	Template:FlagIOC	0.189	23.19
5	5	Tatyana Levina	Template:FlagIOC	0.177	23.23
6	7	Muriel Hurtis	Template:FlagIOC	0.224	23.33
7	6	Alenka Bikar	Template:FlagIOC	0.163	23.38
8	2	Natallia Safronnikava	Template:FlagIOC	0.184	23.63

Heat 3

Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	4	Allyson Felix	Template:FlagIOC	0.196	22.69	Q
2	3	Abi Oyepitan	Template:FlagIOC	0.168	22.79	Q
3	6	Maryna Maydanova	Template:FlagIOC	0.225	22.86	Q
4	5	Christine Arron	Template:FlagIOC	0.278	22.90	q
5	2	Fabienne Feraez	Template:FlagIOC	0.213	23.24
6	1	Yelena Bolsun	Template:FlagIOC	0.158	23.26
7	8	Marilia Gregoriou	Template:FlagIOC	0.228	23.65
8	7	Mary Onyali-Omagbemi	Template:FlagIOC	0.245	23.75

Heat 4

Wind: −0.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	4	Cydonie Mothersille	Template:FlagIOC	0.212	22.76	Q
2	3	Ivet Lalova	Template:FlagIOC	0.128	22.81	Q
3	5	Beverly McDonald	Template:FlagIOC	0.201	22.99	Q
4	6	Merlene Ottey	Template:FlagIOC	0.292	23.07	q
5	8	Joice Maduaka	Template:FlagIOC	0.219	23.30
6	7	Anna Pacholak	Template:FlagIOC	0.247	23.35
7	1	Yekaterina Kondratyeva	Template:FlagIOC	0.188	23.37
8	2	Lauren Hewitt	Template:FlagIOC	0.149	23.44

Semifinals

Qualification rule: The first four finishers in each heat (Q) moved on to the final.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Semifinal 1

Wind: +0.5 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	3	Allyson Felix	Template:FlagIOC	0.198	22.36	Q
2	5	Abi Oyepitan	Template:FlagIOC	0.125	22.56	Q
3	4	Ivet Lalova	Template:FlagIOC	0.160	22.56	Q, SB
4	6	Muna Lee	Template:FlagIOC	0.173	22.69	Q
5	8	Maryna Maydanova	Template:FlagIOC	0.219	22.75
6	1	Beverly McDonald	Template:FlagIOC	0.172	23.02
7	2	Christine Arron	Template:FlagIOC	0.184	23.05
	7	Merlene Ottey	Template:FlagIOC	0.247	Template:Abbr

Semifinal 2

Wind: +1.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Result	Notes
1	5	Veronica Campbell	Template:FlagIOC	0.160	22.13	Q, PB
2	6	Aleen Bailey	Template:FlagIOC	0.283	22.33	Q, PB
3	2	Kim Gevaert	Template:FlagIOC	0.154	22.48	Q, NR
4	4	Debbie Ferguson	Template:FlagIOC	0.177	22.49	Q, SB
5	3	Cydonie Mothersille	Template:FlagIOC	0.297	22.76
6	8	La Shauntea Moore	Template:FlagIOC	0.346	22.93
7	1	Sylviane Félix	Template:FlagIOC	0.222	22.99
8	7	Olga Kaidantzi	Template:FlagIOC	0.225	23.30

Final

Wind: +0.8 m/s<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Result	Notes
Template:Gold01	4	Veronica Campbell	Template:FlagIOC	0.216	22.05	PB
Template:Silver02	3	Allyson Felix	Template:FlagIOC	0.207	22.18	WJR
Template:Bronze03	8	Debbie Ferguson	Template:FlagIOC	0.193	22.30	SB
4	6	Aleen Bailey	Template:FlagIOC	0.208	22.42
5	2	Ivet Lalova	Template:FlagIOC	0.162	22.57
6	1	Kim Gevaert	Template:FlagIOC	0.172	22.84
7	7	Muna Lee	Template:FlagIOC	0.178	22.87
7	5	Abi Oyepitan	Template:FlagIOC	0.259	22.87

External links

• IAAF Athens 2004 Olympic Coverage

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