Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres
Women's 200 metres at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | July 31 (heats and quarterfinals) August 1 (semifinals and final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 48 from 36 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 22.12 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | women |
10,000 m | men | women |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
10 km walk | women | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | women |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
Wheelchair races | ||
These are the official results of the women's 200 metres event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 47 participating athletes, with two rounds (six heats in round 1, four heats in round 2), two semifinals and a final.[1]
Records
[edit]These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 21.34 | ![]() | Indianapolis, Indiana (USA) | 16 July 1988 |
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Olympic Record | 21.34 | ![]() | Seoul (KOR) | 29 September 1988 |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Top four in each heat and next eight fastest advanced to the quarterfinals.
Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
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1 | Carlette Guidry | ![]() | 22.37 | 5 |
2 | Mary Onyali | ![]() | 22.42 | 8 |
3 | Melanie Paschke | ![]() | 22.93 | 3 |
4 | Patricia Rodríguez | ![]() | 23.13 | 2 |
5 | Yan Jiankui | ![]() | 23.21 | 1 |
6 | Myra Mayberry | ![]() | 23.23 | 7 |
7 | Zlatka Georgieva | ![]() | 24.05 | 4 |
8 | Laure Kuetey | ![]() | 25.57 | 6 |
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
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1 | Dannette Young | ![]() | 22.65 | 2 |
2 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | ![]() | 22.70 | 7 |
3 | Lucrécia Jardim | ![]() | 22.95 | 5 |
4 | Viktoriya Fomenko | ![]() | 23.18 | 1 |
5 | Sandy Myers | ![]() | 23.18 | 6 |
6 | Calister Ubah | ![]() | 23.34 | 3 |
7 | Dora Kyriakou | ![]() | 23.85 | 4 |
8 | Sylla M'Mah Touré | ![]() | 26.64 | 8 |
Heat three
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
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1 | Juliet Cuthbert | ![]() | 23.03 | 6 |
2 | Irina Privalova | ![]() | 23.16 | 2 |
3 | Cathy Freeman | ![]() | 23.25 | 1 |
4 | Sanna Hernesniemi | ![]() | 23.35 | 7 |
5 | Mireille Donders | ![]() | 23.52 | 8 |
6 | Maia Azarashvili | ![]() | 23.63 | 5 |
7 | Felipa Palacios | ![]() | 24.12 | 4 |
8 | Lineo Shoai | ![]() | 26.25 | 3 |
Heat four
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
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1 | Merlene Ottey | ![]() | 22.92 | 7 |
2 | Katharine Merry | ![]() | 23.14 | 1 |
3 | Monika Gachevska | ![]() | 23.30 | 6 |
4 | Heather Samuel | ![]() | 23.34 | 5 |
5 | Ameerah Bello | ![]() | 23.45 | 4 |
6 | Du Xiujie | ![]() | 23.69 | 3 |
7 | Guilhermina da Cruz | ![]() | 24.92 | 8 |
8 | Marina Trandenkova | ![]() | DNS | 2 |
Heat five
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
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1 | Galina Malchugina | ![]() | 22.63 | 1 |
2 | Chandra Sturrup | ![]() | 22.63 | 7 |
3 | Beverly McDonald | ![]() | 23.04 | 6 |
4 | Zhanna Pintusevych | ![]() | 23.15 | 5 |
5 | Simmone Jacobs | ![]() | 23.36 | 2 |
6 | Tara Perry | ![]() | 23.46 | 3 |
7 | Marina Živković | ![]() | 23.51 | 4 |
8 | Kaltouma Nadjina | ![]() | 24.47 | 8 |
Heat six
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
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1 | Marie-José Pérec | ![]() | 22.62 | 5 |
2 | Inger Miller | ![]() | 22.74 | 3 |
3 | Alenka Bikar | ![]() | 22.88 | 7 |
4 | Katerina Koffa | ![]() | 23.09 | 4 |
5 | Natallia Safronnikava | ![]() | 23.14 | 8 |
6 | Sevatheda Fynes | ![]() | 23.39 | 2 |
7 | Georgette N’Koma | ![]() | 23.68 | 1 |
8 | Lyudmila Dmitriady | ![]() | 24.88 | 6 |
Quarterfinals
[edit]Top four in each heat advanced to the semifinals.
Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
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1 | Carlette Guidry | ![]() | 22.51 | 3 |
2 | Chandra Sturrup | ![]() | 22.81 | 6 |
3 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | ![]() | 22.91 | 4 |
4 | Natallia Safronnikava | ![]() | 23.15 | 2 |
5 | Sanna Hernesniemi | ![]() | 23.38 | 1 |
6 | Monika Gachevska | ![]() | 23.44 | 8 |
7 | Ameerah Bello | ![]() | 23.66 | 7 |
8 | Beverly McDonald | ![]() | DNS | 5 |
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
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1 | Merlene Ottey | ![]() | 22.61 | 4 |
2 | Galina Malchugina | ![]() | 22.69 | 3 |
3 | Melanie Paschke | ![]() | 22.84 | 5 |
4 | Katerina Koffa | ![]() | 23.04 | 7 |
5 | Katharine Merry | ![]() | 23.17 | 6 |
6 | Sevatheda Fynes | ![]() | 23.26 | 8 |
7 | Yan Jiankui | ![]() | 23.30 | 1 |
8 | Viktoriya Fomenko | ![]() | 23.44 | 2 |
Heat three
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
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1 | Marie-José Pérec | ![]() | 22.24 | 3 |
2 | Mary Onyali | ![]() | 22.37 | 5 |
3 | Inger Miller | ![]() | 22.57 | 6 |
4 | Cathy Freeman | ![]() | 22.74 | 1 |
5 | Lucrécia Jardim | ![]() | 22.88 | 4 |
6 | Simmone Jacobs | ![]() | 22.96 | 7 |
7 | Sandy Myers | ![]() | 23.20 | 2 |
8 | Heather Samuel | ![]() | 23.54 | 8 |
Heat four
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
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1 | Dannette Young | ![]() | 22.53 | 6 |
2 | Juliet Cuthbert | ![]() | 22.62 | 4 |
3 | Irina Privalova | ![]() | 22.82 | 3 |
4 | Alenka Bikar | ![]() | 22.89 | 5 |
5 | Myra Mayberry | ![]() | 23.48 | 8 |
6 | Patricia Rodríguez | ![]() | 23.50 | 1 |
7 | Calister Ubah | ![]() | 23.62 | 7 |
8 | Zhanna Pintusevych | ![]() | 23.68 | 2 |
Semifinals
[edit]Top four from each heat advanced to the finals.
Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
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1 | Marie-José Pérec | ![]() | 22.07 | 4 |
2 | Mary Onyali | ![]() | 22.16 | 3 |
3 | Juliet Cuthbert | ![]() | 22.24 | 5 |
4 | Inger Miller | ![]() | 22.33 | 7 |
5 | Dannette Young | ![]() | 22.49 | 6 |
6 | Cathy Freeman | ![]() | 22.78 | 2 |
7 | Natallia Safronnikava | ![]() | 22.98 | 1 |
8 | Irina Privalova | ![]() | DNS | 8 |
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
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1 | Merlene Ottey | ![]() | 22.08 | 4 |
2 | Galina Malchugina | ![]() | 22.35 | 6 |
3 | Chandra Sturrup | ![]() | 22.54 | 5 |
4 | Carlette Guidry | ![]() | 22.56 | 3 |
5 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | ![]() | 22.76 | 2 |
6 | Melanie Paschke | ![]() | 22.81 | 7 |
7 | Alenka Bikar | ![]() | 22.82 | 8 |
8 | Katerina Koffa | ![]() | 23.20 | 1 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
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![]() | Marie-José Pérec | ![]() | 22.12 | 3 |
![]() | Merlene Ottey | ![]() | 22.24 | 5 |
![]() | Mary Onyali | ![]() | 22.38 | 4 |
4 | Inger Miller | ![]() | 22.41 | 7 |
5 | Galina Malchugina | ![]() | 22.45 | 6 |
6 | Chandra Sturrup | ![]() | 22.54 | 8 |
7 | Juliet Cuthbert | ![]() | 22.60 | 1 |
8 | Carlette Guidry | ![]() | 22.61 | 2 |
Wind in the finals = 0.3 m/s
Notes: DNS = did not start
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Games: Women's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2017.