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200 metres, Women

Date2 – 3 August 2021
StatusOlympic
LocationJapan National Stadium, Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants41 from 31 countries

Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith was the 2019 World Champion, had the fastest time of the year, and was considered the favorite but, in the 100, she injured a hamstring in the semi-final and did not qualify, which forced her to withdraw from the 200. In her absence the favorites were American Gabrielle Thomas, who had run 21.61 at the US Olympic Trials, the defending champion Elaine Thompson-Herah, who had already defended her 2016 100 metre gold medal, her Jamaican teammate, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and Bahamian Shaunae Miller-Uibo. Another challenger was Namibian Christine Mboma, who had dropped down from the 400 after World Athletics had not allowed her to compete in that event because of testosterone level abnormalities caused by a disorder of sexual development.

Fraser-Pryce won the first semi-final while, in the second, Thompson-Herah blasted 21.66. Behind her Mboma edged out Thomas, who only made the final as a time qualifier. In the final Thompson-Herah and Fraser-Pryce led out of the blocks, but Thompson-Herah had a clear lead coming off the turn. She would not be headed, finishing in the second fastest time ever, 21.53. Behind her, Thomas caught Fraser-Pryce but she was passed in turn by Mboma, who won the silver medal in 21.81, a world junior record, as Thomas took bronze in 21.87.

Thompson-Herah had become the first woman to defend her titles in both the 100 and 200 metres. A few days later, she and Fraser-Pryce would lead Jamaica to gold in the 4x100, making Thompson-Herah only the fifth woman to complete the Olympic sprint triple – 100, 200, 4x100 – after Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED-1948), Betty Cuthbert (AUS-1956), Wilma Rudolph (USA-1960), and Florence Griffith Joyner (USA-1988).

PosNumberCompetitorNOCR1SFFinal
12521Elaine Thompson-HerahJAM22.86 (3 h6)21.66 (1 h2)21.53 (1)Gold
22976Christine MbomaNAM22.11 (1 h4)21.97 (2 h2)21.81 (2)Silver
33893Gabby ThomasUSA22.20 (2 h4)22.01 (3 h2)21.87 (3)Bronze
42480Shelly-Ann Fraser-PryceJAM22.22 (1 h2)22.13 (1 h1)21.94 (4)
51522Marie-Josée Ta LouCIV22.30 (1 h1)22.11 (1 h3)22.27 (5)
62975Beatrice MasilingiNAM22.63 (2 h2)22.40 (2 h1)22.28 (6)
73506Mujinga KambundjiSUI22.26 (1 h3)22.26 (3 h3)22.30 (7)
81131Shaunae Miller-UiboBAH22.40 (2 h1)22.14 (2 h3)24.00 (8)
3 h1 r2/31134Anthonique StrachanBAH22.76 (1 h5)22.56 (3 h1)
4 h1 r2/31053Riley DayAUS22.94 (3 h7)22.56 (4 h1)
4 h2 r2/31993Gina BassGAM22.74 (2 h7)22.67 (4 h2)
4 h3 r2/33048Nzubechi Grace NwokochaNGR22.47 (3 h1)22.47 (4 h3)
5 h1 r2/33882Jenna PrandiniUSA22.56 (1 h7)22.57 (5 h1)
5 h2 r2/32004Beth DobbinGBR22.78 (2 h6)22.85 (5 h2)
5 h3 r2/33071Aminatou SeyniNIG22.72 (3 h4)22.54 (5 h3)
6 h1 r2/33001Dafne SchippersNED23.13 (3 h2)23.03 (6 h1)
6 h2 r2/31393Crystal EmmanuelCAN22.74 (1 h6)23.05 (6 h2)
6 h3 r2/33827Anavia BattleUSA22.54 (2 h3)23.02 (6 h3)
7 h1 r2/33224Lorène BazoloPOR23.21 (2 h5)23.20 (7 h1)
7 h2 r2/31926Gémima JosephFRA22.94 (3 h3)23.19 (7 h2)
7 h3 r2/31185Imke VervaetBEL23.05 (4 h6)23.31 (7 h3)
8 h1 r2/32116Lisa-Marie KwayieGER23.14 (4 h2)23.42 (8 h1)
8 h2 r2/32396Gloria HooperITA23.16 (4 h1)23.28 (8 h2)
8 h3 r2/32397Dalia KaddariITA23.26 (3 h5)23.41 (8 h3)
9 h2 r2/32216Rafaela Spanoudaki-ChatzirigaGRE23.16 (5 h2)23.38 (9 h2)
4 h3 r1/31761Jaël BestuéESP23.19 (4 h3)
4 h4 r1/34018Rhodah NjobvuZAM23.33 (4 h4)
4 h5 r1/32491Shericka JacksonJAM23.26 (4 h5)
4 h7 r1/33464Maja MihalinecSLO23.62 (4 h7)
5 h1 r1/31285Ana Carolina AzevedoBRA23.20 (5 h1)
5 h3 r1/31367Inna EftimovaBUL23.42 (5 h3)
5 h4 r1/32144Jessica-Bianca WessollyGER23.41 (5 h4)
5 h5 r1/31368Ivet Lalova-CollioBUL23.39 (5 h5)
5 h6 r1/32333Phil HealyIRL23.21 (5 h6)
5 h7 r1/33147Kristina KnottPHI23.80 (5 h7)
6 h1 r1/32740Olga SafronovaKAZ23.64 (6 h1)
6 h2 r1/33494Lucia MorisSSD25.24 (6 h2)
6 h4 r1/31299Vitória RosaBRA23.59 (6 h4)
6 h5 r1/33458Shanti PereiraSGP23.96 (6 h5)
7 h2 r1/33118Najma ParveenPAK28.12 (7 h2)
7 h4 r1/32288Dutee ChandIND23.85 (7 h4)
DNS2999Jamile SamuelNED– (DNS h7)

Round One

Date2 August 2021 — 10:30
FormatTop three in each heat and next three fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat #1

Time10:30
Wind+0.3 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
16Marie-Josée Ta LouCIV22.300.170Q
23Shaunae Miller-UiboBAH22.400.137Q
38Nzubechi Grace NwokochaNGR22.470.156Q
44Gloria HooperITA23.160.191q
52Ana Carolina AzevedoBRA23.200.192
65Olga SafronovaKAZ23.640.162

Heat #2

Time10:38
Wind+0.4 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
16Shelly-Ann Fraser-PryceJAM22.220.140Q
23Beatrice MasilingiNAM22.630.185Q
32Dafne SchippersNED23.130.151Q
48Lisa-Marie KwayieGER23.140.169q
57Rafaela Spanoudaki-ChatzirigaGRE23.160.131q
64Lucia MorisSSD25.240.149
75Najma ParveenPAK28.120.173

Heat #3

Time10:46
Wind-0.2 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
18Mujinga KambundjiSUI22.260.129Q
25Anavia BattleUSA22.540.129Q
34Gémima JosephFRA22.940.153Q
47Jaël BestuéESP23.190.171
56Inna EftimovaBUL23.420.141

Heat #4

Time10:54
Wind+0.7 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
13Christine MbomaNAM22.110.275Q
22Gabby ThomasUSA22.200.172Q
35Aminatou SeyniNIG22.720.144Q
48Rhodah NjobvuZAM23.330.145
56Jessica-Bianca WessollyGER23.410.176
64Vitória RosaBRA23.590.187
77Dutee ChandIND23.850.140

Heat #5

Time11:02
Wind-0.3 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction TimeTie-Breaking Time
14Anthonique StrachanBAH22.760.155Q
26Lorène BazoloPOR23.210.130Q
37Dalia KaddariITA23.260.14423.251Q
42Shericka JacksonJAM23.260.16723.255
53Ivet Lalova-CollioBUL23.390.158
65Shanti PereiraSGP23.960.164

Heat #6

Time11:10
Wind+0.4 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
16Crystal EmmanuelCAN22.740.157Q
28Beth DobbinGBR22.780.136Q
35Elaine Thompson-HerahJAM22.860.165Q
44Imke VervaetBEL23.050.138q
57Phil HealyIRL23.210.140

Heat #7

Time11:18
Wind+0.9 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
12Jenna PrandiniUSA22.560.163Q
26Gina BassGAM22.740.158Q
37Riley DayAUS22.940.155Q
45Maja MihalinecSLO23.620.145
54Kristina KnottPHI23.800.133
DNS8Jamile SamuelNED

Semi-Finals

Date2 August 2021 — 19:25
FormatTop two in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Time19:25
Wind+0.3 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction TimeTie-Breaking Time
16Shelly-Ann Fraser-PryceJAM22.130.143Q
24Beatrice MasilingiNAM22.400.181Q
35Anthonique StrachanBAH22.560.15322.551
49Riley DayAUS22.560.14722.557
57Jenna PrandiniUSA22.570.142
62Dafne SchippersNED23.030.151
78Lorène BazoloPOR23.200.138
83Lisa-Marie KwayieGER23.420.169

Heat #2

Time19:32
Wind+0.3 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
19Elaine Thompson-HerahJAM21.660.165Q
24Christine MbomaNAM21.970.212Q
36Gabby ThomasUSA22.010.156q
45Gina BassGAM22.670.144
58Beth DobbinGBR22.850.145
67Crystal EmmanuelCAN23.050.166
72Gémima JosephFRA23.190.168
81Gloria HooperITA23.280.197
93Rafaela Spanoudaki-ChatzirigaGRE23.380.117

Heat #3

Time19:39
Wind+0.1 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
16Marie-Josée Ta LouCIV22.110.178Q
25Shaunae Miller-UiboBAH22.140.154Q
37Mujinga KambundjiSUI22.260.139q
49Nzubechi Grace NwokochaNGR22.470.172
58Aminatou SeyniNIG22.540.156
64Anavia BattleUSA23.020.167
72Imke VervaetBEL23.310.139
83Dalia KaddariITA23.410.134

Final

Date3 August 2021 — 21:50
Wind+0.8 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Automatic)Reaction Time
17Elaine Thompson-HerahJAM21.530.173
25Christine MbomaNAM21.810.169
33Gabby ThomasUSA21.870.159
44Shelly-Ann Fraser-PryceJAM21.940.141
56Marie-Josée Ta LouCIV22.270.150
68Beatrice MasilingiNAM22.280.166
72Mujinga KambundjiSUI22.300.147
89Shaunae Miller-UiboBAH24.000.145