Athletics — 200 metres, Women

Times held 20
Total participants 697
Total countries 144

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1948 200 metres, Women Olympic 33 17
1952 200 metres, Women Olympic 38 21
1956 200 metres, Women Olympic 27 12
1960 200 metres, Women Olympic 29 17
1964 200 metres, Women Olympic 36 24
1968 200 metres, Women Olympic 36 21
1972 200 metres, Women Olympic 37 27
1976 200 metres, Women Olympic 36 21
1980 200 metres, Women Olympic 35 25
1984 200 metres, Women Olympic 37 28
1988 200 metres, Women Olympic 59 42
1992 200 metres, Women Olympic 51 40
1996 200 metres, Women Olympic 47 34
2000 200 metres, Women Olympic 51 35
2004 200 metres, Women Olympic 43 32
2008 200 metres, Women Olympic 46 36
2012 200 metres, Women Olympic 52 37
2016 200 metres, Women Olympic 72 49
2020 200 metres, Women Olympic 41 31
2024 200 metres, Women Olympic 45 29

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1948 Fanny Blankers-KoenNED Audrey WilliamsonGBR Mickey PattersonUSA
1952 Marjorie JacksonAUS Puck BrouwerNED Nadezhda Khnik'inaURS
1956 Betty CuthbertAUS Christa StubnickGER Marlene MathewsAUS
1960 Wilma RudolphUSA Jutta HeineGER Dorothy HymanGBR
1964 Edith McGuireUSA Irena KirszensteinPOL Marilyn BlackAUS
1968 Irena SzewińskaPOL Raelene BoyleAUS Jennifer LamyAUS
1972 Renate StecherGDR Raelene BoyleAUS Irena SzewińskaPOL
1976 Bärbel EckertGDR Annegret RichterFRG Renate StecherGDR
1980 Bärbel WöckelGDR Nataliya BochinaURS Merlene OtteyJAM
1984 Valerie Brisco-HooksUSA Florence GriffithUSA Merlene Ottey-PageJAM
1988 Florence Griffith JoynerUSA Grace JacksonJAM Heike DrechslerGDR
1992 Gwen TorrenceUSA Juliet CuthbertJAM Merlene OtteyJAM
1996 Marie-José PérecFRA Merlene OtteyJAM Mary OnyaliNGR
2000 Pauline Davis-ThompsonBAH Susanthika JayasingheSRI Beverly McDonaldJAM
2004 Veronica CampbellJAM Allyson FelixUSA Debbie FergusonBAH
2008 Veronica Campbell-BrownJAM Allyson FelixUSA Kerron StewartJAM
2012 Allyson FelixUSA Shelly-Ann Fraser-PryceJAM Carmelita JeterUSA
2016 Elaine ThompsonJAM Dafne SchippersNED Tori BowieUSA
2020 Elaine Thompson-HerahJAM Christine MbomaNAM Gabby ThomasUSA
2024 Gabby ThomasUSA Julien AlfredLCA Brittany BrownUSA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 7 3 5 15
Jamaica JAM 4 4 5 13
East Germany GDR 3 0 2 5
Australia AUS 2 2 3 7
Netherlands NED 1 2 0 3
Poland POL 1 1 1 3
The Bahamas BAH 1 0 1 2
France FRA 1 0 0 1
Germany GER 0 2 0 2
Great Britain GBR 0 1 1 2
Soviet Union URS 0 1 1 2
Namibia NAM 0 1 0 1
Saint Lucia LCA 0 1 0 1
Sri Lanka SRI 0 1 0 1
West Germany FRG 0 1 0 1
Nigeria NGR 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Bärbel Eckert-Wöckel GDR 2 0 0 2
Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM 2 0 0 2
Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM 2 0 0 2
Allyson Felix USA 1 2 0 3
Irena Kirszenstein-Szewińska POL 1 1 1 3

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Angola ANG 1996 Summer Olympics Guilhermina da Cruz 7 h4 r1/4 See all
Antigua and Barbuda ANT 1988 Summer Olympics Jocelyn Joseph 7 h3 r2/4 See all
Argentina ARG 1968 Summer Olympics Alicia Kaufmanas 5 h4 r1/3 See all
Armenia ARM 2016 Summer Olympics Diana Khubeseryan 7 h4 r1/3 See all
Aruba ARU 1988 Summer Olympics Evelyn Farrell 8 h4 r1/4 See all
Australia AUS 1952 Summer Olympics Marjorie Jackson 1 Gold See all
1956 Summer Olympics Betty Cuthbert 1 Gold
Austria AUT 1964 Summer Olympics Inge Aigner 4 h2 r1/3 See all
Bahrain BRN 2008 Summer Olympics Rakia Al-Gassra 6 h2 r3/4 See all
Barbados BAR 1972 Summer Olympics Marcia Trotman 6 h1 r2/4 See all
Belarus BLR 1996 Summer Olympics Natallia Safronnikava 7 h1 r3/4 See all
Belgium BEL 2004 Summer Olympics Kim Gevaert 6 See all
Belize BIZ 2004 Summer Olympics Emma Wade 5 h5 r1/4 See all
Benin BEN 2004 Summer Olympics Fabienne Féraez 5 h3 r2/4 See all
Bermuda BER 1948 Summer Olympics Phyllis Lightbourn 7 h1 r2/3 See all
Bolivia BOL 1992 Summer Olympics Jacqueline Soliz AC h6 r1/4 See all
Brazil BRA 1948 Summer Olympics Lucilla Pini 3 h3 r1/3 See all
1952 Summer Olympics Deise de Castro 3 h2 r1/3
British Virgin Islands IVB 2024 Summer Olympics Adaejah Hodge 8h1 r3/4 See all
Brunei Darussalam BRU 2016 Summer Olympics Maizurah Abdul 8 h8 r1/3 See all
Bulgaria BUL 2004 Summer Olympics Ivet Lalova 5 See all
Burkina Faso BUR 1988 Summer Olympics Mariama Ouiminga 7 h1 r1/4 See all
Cambodia CAM 1972 Summer Olympics Meas Kheng 7 h3 r1/4 See all
Cameroon CMR 2000 Summer Olympics Myriam Mani 7 h1 r3/4 See all
Canada CAN 1952 Summer Olympics Eleanor McKenzie 5 h2 r2/3 See all
1976 Summer Olympics Marjorie Bailey 5 h1 r3/4
1976 Summer Olympics Patty Loverock 5 h2 r3/4
1984 Summer Olympics Angela Bailey 5 h2 r3/4
Cayman Islands CAY 2008 Summer Olympics Cydonie Mothersill 8 See all
Chad CHA 1996 Summer Olympics Kaltouma Nadjina 8 h5 r1/4 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Kaltouma Nadjina 7 h2 r1/4
2012 Summer Olympics Hinikissa Ndikert 8 h1 r1/3
Chile CHI 1952 Summer Olympics Adriana Millard 4 h4 r1/3 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1992 Summer Olympics Wang Huei-Chen 6 h1 r2/4 See all
Colombia COL 2000 Summer Olympics Felipa Palacios 4 h1 r3/4 See all
Congo CGO 1984 Summer Olympics Françoise M'Pika 7 h1 r2/4 See all
Cook Islands COK 1988 Summer Olympics Erin Tierney 8 h3 r1/4 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1992 Summer Olympics Zoila Stewart 7 h2 r1/4 See all
Cuba CUB 1968 Summer Olympics Miguelina Cobián 6 h2 r2/3 See all
Cyprus CYP 2012 Summer Olympics Eleni Artymata 7 h2 r2/3 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1964 Summer Olympics Eva Lehocká 6 h1 r2/3 See all
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 2016 Summer Olympics Marie-Josée Ta Lou 4 See all
Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 2000 Summer Olympics Pauline Nsimbo 7 h4 r1/4 See all
Denmark DEN 2024 Summer Olympics Ida Karstoft DNSh3 r2/4 See all
Dominica DMA 2012 Summer Olympics Luan Gabriel 9 h6 r1/3 See all
Dominican Republic DOM 1984 Summer Olympics Divina Estrella 7 h4 r2/4 See all
East Germany GDR 1972 Summer Olympics Renate Stecher 1 Gold See all
1976 Summer Olympics Bärbel Eckert 1 Gold
1980 Summer Olympics Bärbel Wöckel 1 Gold
Ecuador ECU 2016 Summer Olympics Ángela Tenorio 7 h2 r2/3 See all
Equatorial Guinea GEQ 1988 Summer Olympics Rosa Mbuamangongo 6 h8 r1/4 See all
Eswatini SWZ 2004 Summer Olympics Gcinile Moyane 6 h3 r1/4 See all
Fiji FIJ 1984 Summer Olympics Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault 7 h1 r1/4 See all
Finland FIN 1984 Summer Olympics Helinä Marjamaa 6 h1 r3/4 See all
France FRA 1996 Summer Olympics Marie-José Pérec 1 Gold See all
Georgia GEO 1996 Summer Olympics Maia Azarashvili 6 h3 r1/4 See all
Germany GER 1956 Summer Olympics Christa Stubnick 2 Silver See all
1960 Summer Olympics Jutta Heine 2 Silver
Ghana GHA 1972 Summer Olympics Alice Annum 7 See all
Great Britain GBR 1948 Summer Olympics Audrey Williamson 2 Silver See all
Greece GRE 1996 Summer Olympics Katerina Koffa 8 h2 r3/4 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Olga Kaidantzi 8 h2 r3/4
Grenada GRN 2012 Summer Olympics Janelle Redhead 8 h3 r2/3 See all
Guatemala GUA 1984 Summer Olympics Christa Schumann-Lottmann 7 h2 r2/4 See all
Guinea GUI 1996 Summer Olympics Sylla M'Mah Touré 8 h2 r1/4 See all
Guyana GUY 1956 Summer Olympics Claudette Masdammer 4 h4 r1/3 See all
Haiti HAI 1976 Summer Olympics Marie-Louise Pierre 8 h4 r1/4 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 1988 Summer Olympics Ng Ka Yee 8 h2 r1/4 See all
Hungary HUN 1960 Summer Olympics Antónia Munkácsi 3 h4 r1/3 See all
India IND 2004 Summer Olympics Saraswati Saha 5 h3 r1/4 See all
Indonesia INA 1972 Summer Olympics Carolina Rieuwpassa 7 h4 r2/4 See all
Ireland IRL 1956 Summer Olympics Maeve Kyle 5 h1 r1/3 See all
1960 Summer Olympics Maeve Kyle 5 h6 r1/3
Israel ISR 1964 Summer Olympics Miriam Sidranski 4 h4 r1/3 See all
Italy ITA 1960 Summer Olympics Giuseppina Leone 6 See all
Jamaica JAM 2004 Summer Olympics Veronica Campbell 1 Gold See all
2008 Summer Olympics Veronica Campbell-Brown 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Elaine Thompson 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Elaine Thompson-Herah 1 Gold
Japan JPN 1964 Summer Olympics Makiko Izawa 5 h6 r1/3 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2016 Summer Olympics Olga Safronova 4 h9 r1/3 See all
Kenya KEN 1984 Summer Olympics Ruth Waithera 8 h1 r3/4 See all
Lao People's Democratic Republic LAO 1980 Summer Olympics Boualong Boungnavong 6 h4 r1/4 See all
Lebanon LBN 2004 Summer Olympics Gretta Taslakian 6 h2 r1/4 See all
Lesotho LES 2000 Summer Olympics Lineo Shoai 6 h3 r1/4 See all
Liberia LBR 2008 Summer Olympics Kia Davis 6 h1 r1/4 See all
Liechtenstein LIE 1976 Summer Olympics Helen Ritter 7 h4 r1/4 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1948 Summer Olympics Tilly Decker 5 h5 r1/3 See all
Madagascar MAD 1992 Summer Olympics Lalao Ravaoniriana 6 h2 r2/4 See all
Malawi MAW 1972 Summer Olympics Mabel Saeluzika 6 h2 r1/4 See all
Malaya MAL 1956 Summer Olympics Annie Choong DNS See all
Maldives MDV 2016 Summer Olympics Afa Ismail 8 h1 r1/3 See all
Mali MLI 2008 Summer Olympics Kadiatou Camara =5 h3 r2/4 See all
Malta MLT 1992 Summer Olympics Deirdre Caruana 8 h3 r1/4 See all
Mauritius MRI 2016 Summer Olympics Aurelie Alcindor 7 h5 r1/3 See all
Mexico MEX 1964 Summer Olympics Esperanza Girón 6 h1 r1/3 See all
1968 Summer Olympics Esperanza Girón 7 h5 r1/3
Morocco MAR 1972 Summer Olympics Fatima El-Faquir 7 h6 r1/4 See all
Mozambique MOZ 1984 Summer Olympics Binta Jambane 6 h5 r1/4 See all
Myanmar MYA 2008 Summer Olympics Lei Lei Win 8 h4 r1/4 See all
Namibia NAM 2020 Summer Olympics Christine Mboma 2 Silver See all
Netherlands NED 1948 Summer Olympics Fanny Blankers-Koen 1 Gold See all
Netherlands Antilles AHO 1984 Summer Olympics Soraima Martha 6 h2 r1/4 See all
New Zealand NZL 1964 Summer Olympics Doreen Porter 6 h2 r2/3 See all
Nicaragua NCA 1972 Summer Olympics Russel Carrero 5 h2 r1/4 See all
Niger NIG 2020 Summer Olympics Aminatou Seyni 5 h3 r2/3 See all
Nigeria NGR 1996 Summer Olympics Mary Onyali 3 Bronze See all
Norway NOR 2012 Summer Olympics Ezinne Okparaebo 5 h5 r1/3 See all
Pakistan PAK 2020 Summer Olympics Najma Parveen 7 h2 r1/3 See all
Panama PAN 1964 Summer Olympics Delceita Oakley 6 h6 r1/3 See all
Papua New Guinea PNG 1984 Summer Olympics Elanga Buala 7 h3 r2/4 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1996 Summer Olympics Yan Jiankui 7 h2 r2/4 See all
Peru PER 1972 Summer Olympics María Luisa Vilca 7 h2 r2/4 See all
1980 Summer Olympics Carmela Bolívar 4 h2 r1/4
Philippines PHI 1960 Summer Olympics Mona Sulaiman 4 h4 r1/3 See all
1964 Summer Olympics Mona Sulaiman 4 h5 r1/3
Poland POL 1968 Summer Olympics Irena Szewińska 1 Gold See all
Portugal POR 1992 Summer Olympics Lucrécia Jardim 5 h2 r2/4 See all
1996 Summer Olympics Lucrécia Jardim 5 h3 r2/4
Puerto Rico PUR 1996 Summer Olympics Myra Mayberry-Wilkinson 5 h4 r2/4 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1984 Summer Olympics Mo Myeong-Hui 6 h2 r2/4 See all
Romania ROU 1952 Summer Olympics Alexandra Sicoe 3 h5 r1/3 See all
Russian Federation RUS 1996 Summer Olympics Galina Malchugina 5 See all
Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN 2008 Summer Olympics Virgil Hodge 5 h4 r2/4 See all
Saint Lucia LCA 2024 Summer Olympics Julien Alfred 2 Silver See all
Senegal SEN 1980 Summer Olympics Françoise Damado 8 h1 r2/4 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 1996 Summer Olympics Marina Živković 7 h5 r1/4 See all
Seychelles SEY 1980 Summer Olympics Bessey de Létourdie 6 h5 r1/4 See all
Sierra Leone SLE 1980 Summer Olympics Eugenia Osho-Williams 5 h1 r1/4 See all
Singapore SGP 1956 Summer Olympics Mary Klass 4 h1 r1/3 See all
Slovenia SLO 1996 Summer Olympics Alenka Bikar 7 h2 r3/4 See all
Somalia SOM 2008 Summer Olympics Samia Omar 8 h5 r1/4 See all
South Africa RSA 1948 Summer Olympics Daphne Robb 6 See all
1952 Summer Olympics Daphne Hasenjäger 6
South Sudan SSD 2020 Summer Olympics Lucia Moris 6 h2 r1/3 See all
Soviet Union URS 1980 Summer Olympics Nataliya Bochina 2 Silver See all
Spain ESP 1984 Summer Olympics Teresa Rioné 6 h3 r2/4 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 2000 Summer Olympics Susanthika Jayasinghe 2 Silver See all
Suriname SUR 2008 Summer Olympics Kirsten Nieuwendam 7 h1 r1/4 See all
Sweden SWE 1980 Summer Olympics Linda Haglund 6 h1 r3/4 See all
Switzerland SUI 2020 Summer Olympics Mujinga Kambundji 7 See all
Tajikistan TJK 2012 Summer Olympics Vlada Ovcharenko 9 h4 r1/3 See all
Thailand THA 1964 Summer Olympics Kusolwan Sorut 6 h4 r1/3 See all
The Bahamas BAH 2000 Summer Olympics Pauline Davis-Thompson 1 Gold See all
The Gambia GAM 2020 Summer Olympics Gina Bass 4 h2 r2/3 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Gina Bass 4h3 r3/4
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 2016 Summer Olympics Michelle-Lee Ahye 6 See all
Turkmenistan TKM 2016 Summer Olympics Ýelena Rýabowa 8 h3 r1/3 See all
Türkiye TUR 1984 Summer Olympics Semra Aksu 5 h4 r2/4 See all
Uganda UGA 1964 Summer Olympics Irene Muyanga 5 h3 r1/3 See all
Ukraine UKR 2000 Summer Olympics Zhanna Pintusevych 7 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Irina Privalova 4 See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 1980 Summer Olympics Nzaeli Kyomo 8 h3 r2/4 See all
United States USA 1960 Summer Olympics Wilma Rudolph 1 Gold See all
1964 Summer Olympics Edith McGuire 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Valerie Brisco-Hooks 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Florence Griffith Joyner 1 Gold
1992 Summer Olympics Gwen Torrence 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Allyson Felix 1 Gold
2024 Summer Olympics Gabby Thomas 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 2012 Summer Olympics LaVerne Jones 3 h2 r2/3 See all
Uruguay URU 1968 Summer Olympics Josefa Vicent 7 h2 r1/3 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2008 Summer Olympics Guzel Khubbiyeva DNS h1 r2/4 See all
Vanuatu VAN 1988 Summer Olympics Olivette Daruhi 5 h8 r1/4 See all
Venezuela VEN 2016 Summer Olympics Nercely Soto 7 h3 r2/3 See all
Vietnam VIE 1980 Summer Olympics Trần Thị Ngọc Anh 5 h2 r1/4 See all
West Germany FRG 1976 Summer Olympics Annegret Richter 2 Silver See all
Yemen YEM 2000 Summer Olympics Hana Ali Saleh 8 h2 r1/4 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1968 Summer Olympics Marijana Lubej 4 h1 r1/3 See all
Zambia ZAM 2020 Summer Olympics Rhodah Njobvu 4 h4 r1/3 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 1988 Summer Olympics Gailey Dube 5 h6 r1/4 See all