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200 metres, Women

Date	3 – 5 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico, Roma
Participants	29 from 17 countries

In July 1960 American Wilma Rudolph ran 22.9 to win the AAU Championships and break the world record. After a very easy win in the 100, she was a heavy favorite to win the 200 as well. In round one she broke the Olympic record with 23.2. Her 200 final gold medal in 24.0 was run against a heavy wind. Three days later she anchored the USA 4x100 relay team to a gold medal, her third of the Olympics.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	117	Wilma Rudolph	USA	23.2 (1 h6)	23.7 (1 h1)	24.0 (1)	Gold
2	77	Jutta Heine	GER	23.9 (1 h3)	24.0 (2 h1)	24.4 (2)	Silver
3	188	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	23.7 (1 h5)	24.6 (2 h2)	24.7 (3)	Bronze
4	158	Mariya Itkina	URS	24.0 (2 h4)	24.6 (3 h2)	24.7 (4)
5	144	Barbara Janiszewska	POL	23.9 (1 h4)	24.2 (3 h1)	24.8 (5)
6	181	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	23.7 (1 h1)	24.5 (1 h2)	24.9 (6)
4 h1 r2/3	4	Norma Croker-Fleming	AUS	24.2 (2 h3)	24.3 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r2/3	75	Gisela Birkemeyer	GER	24.2 (1 h2)	24.9 (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/3	190	Jenny Smart	GBR	24.0 (3 h6)	24.6 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	119	Lucinda Williams	USA	24.0 (2 h1)	25.0 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r2/3	161	Valentina Maslovskaya	URS	24.0 (2 h6)	24.6 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	145	Celina Jesionowska	POL	24.3 (2 h5)	25.3 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r2/3	133	Catherine Capdevielle	FRA	24.3 (2 h2)	24.9 (7 h1)	–
3 h1 r1/3	76	Hannelore Raepke	GER	24.2 (3 h1)	–	–
3 h2 r1/3	103	Ulla-Britt Wieslander	SWE	24.6 (3 h2)	–	–
3 h3 r1/3	35	Alena Stolzová	TCH	24.7 (3 h3)	–	–
3 h4 r1/3	209	Antónia Munkácsi	HUN	24.4 (3 h4)	–	–
3 h5 r1/3	30	Eleanor Haslam	CAN	24.5 (3 h5)	–	–
4 h1 r1/3	3	Pat Duggan	AUS	24.7 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	191	Jean Hiscock	GBR	24.7 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	162	Lyudmila Ignatyeva	URS	24.7 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	16	Mona Sulaiman	PHI	25.8 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r1/3	118	Ernestine Pollards	USA	24.5 (4 h5)	–	–
4 h6 r1/3	143	Halina Richter	POL	24.2 (4 h6)	– (DNS h2)	–
5 h2 r1/3	207	Ilana Karaszyk	ISR	26.5 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	18	Val Morgan	NZL	25.2 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	98	Olga Šikovec	YUG	24.8 (5 h5)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	213	Maeve Kyle	IRL	24.9 (5 h6)	–	–
6 h6 r1/3	210	Erzsébet Heldt	HUN	25.4 (6 h6)	–	–
DNS	62	Maria Ionescu	ROU	– (DNS h1)	–	–
DNS	1	Betty Cuthbert	AUS	– (DNS h5)	–	–
DNS	43	Snezhana Kerkova	BUL	– (DNS h1)	–	–
DNS	27	Christiana Boateng	GHA	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	49	Stephie D'Souza	IND	– (DNS h3)	–	–
DNS	34	Carlota Gooden	PAN	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	33	Jean Holmes	PAN	– (DNS h2)	–	–

Round One (3 September 1960 — 15:00)

Top two in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	1	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	23.7	23.90	Q
2	4	Lucinda Williams	USA	24.0	24.10	Q
3	2	Hannelore Raepke	GER	24.2	24.32
4	6	Pat Duggan	AUS	24.7	24.80
DNS	3	Maria Ionescu	ROU	–	–
DNS	5	Snezhana Kerkova	BUL	–	–

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Gisela Birkemeyer	GER	24.2	24.32	Q
2	2	Catherine Capdevielle	FRA	24.3	24.46	Q
3	5	Ulla-Britt Wieslander	SWE	24.6	24.82
4	1	Jean Hiscock	GBR	24.7	24.85
5	6	Ilana Karaszyk	ISR	26.5	26.69
DNS	3	Jean Holmes	PAN	–	–

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	1	Jutta Heine	GER	23.9	24.04	Q
2	5	Norma Croker-Fleming	AUS	24.2	24.35	Q
3	6	Alena Stolzová	TCH	24.7	24.85
4	3	Lyudmila Ignatyeva	URS	24.7	24.90
5	2	Val Morgan	NZL	25.2	25.39
DNS	4	Stephie D'Souza	IND	–	–

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	5	Barbara Janiszewska	POL	23.9	24.08	Q
2	3	Mariya Itkina	URS	24.0	24.20	Q
3	1	Antónia Munkácsi	HUN	24.4	24.53
4	6	Mona Sulaiman	PHI	25.8	25.98
DNS	2	Christiana Boateng	GHA	–	–
DNS	4	Carlota Gooden	PAN	–	–

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	2	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	23.7	23.82	Q
2	3	Celina Jesionowska	POL	24.3	24.45	Q
3	4	Eleanor Haslam	CAN	24.5	24.63
4	6	Ernestine Pollards	USA	24.5	24.64
5	1	Olga Šikovec	YUG	24.8	24.95
DNS	5	Betty Cuthbert	AUS	–	–

Heat Six

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	1	Wilma Rudolph	USA	23.2	23.30	QOR
2	6	Valentina Maslovskaya	URS	24.0	24.12	Q
3	2	Jenny Smart	GBR	24.0	24.12	q
4	4	Halina Richter	POL	24.2	24.31	q
5	5	Maeve Kyle	IRL	24.9	25.06
6	3	Erzsébet Heldt	HUN	25.4	25.50

Semi-Finals (5 September 1960 — 15:40)

Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	7	Wilma Rudolph	USA	23.7	23.79	Q
2	6	Jutta Heine	GER	24.0	24.15	Q
3	5	Barbara Janiszewska	POL	24.2	24.36	Q
4	1	Norma Croker-Fleming	AUS	24.3	24.44
5	2	Jenny Smart	GBR	24.6	24.74
6	3	Valentina Maslovskaya	URS	24.6	24.77
7	4	Catherine Capdevielle	FRA	24.9	25.04

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	6	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	24.5	24.69	Q
2	1	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	24.6	24.78	Q
3	4	Mariya Itkina	URS	24.6	24.81	Q
4	5	Gisela Birkemeyer	GER	24.9	25.05
5	3	Lucinda Williams	USA	25.0	25.14
6	7	Celina Jesionowska	POL	25.3	25.45
DNS	2	Halina Richter	POL	–	–

Final (5 September 1960 — 17:10)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	1	Wilma Rudolph	USA	24.0	24.13
2	5	Jutta Heine	GER	24.4	24.58
3	4	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	24.7	24.82
4	3	Mariya Itkina	URS	24.7	24.85
5	6	Barbara Janiszewska	POL	24.8	24.96
6	2	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	24.9	25.01