Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres

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Women's 200 metres
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue
mixed
Field events
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The women's

Summer Olympics
. A total of 48 athletes will be able to qualify for the event by entry standard or ranking.

Background

The women's 200 metres has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1948. Reigning Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah will not be able to defend her Olympic titles from 2016 and 2020, as an achilles tendon injury forced her to withdraw from the Jamaican Olympic trials, thus not allowing her to qualify for these games.[2]

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (Nation) Time (s) Location Date
World record  
Florence Griffith-Joyner
 (USA) 		21.34[3] Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988
Olympic record
World leading  Gabrielle Thomas (USA) 21.78[4] Eugene, United States 22 June 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Area Record Athlete (Nation) Time (s)
Africa (records)  Christine Mboma (NAM) 21.78
Asia (records)  Li Xuemei (CHN) 22.01
Europe (records)  Dafne Schippers (NED) 21.63
North, Central America

and Caribbean (records
)

 
Florence Griffith-Joyner
 (USA) 		'21.34 WR'
Oceania (records)  
Melinda Gainsford
 (AUS) 		22.23
South America (records
) 		 
Vitoria Cristina Rosa
 (BRA) 		22.47

Qualification

For the women's 200 metres event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.

World Athletics Ranking for this event.[5]

Rounds

Heats

The heats are scheduled to be held on 4 August, starting at 10:55 (UTC+2) in the morning.[1]

Repechage round

The repechage round is scheduled to be held on 5 August, starting at 12:50 (UTC+2) in the afternoon.[1]

Semi-finals

The semi-finals are scheduled to be held on 5 August, starting at 20:45 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1]

Final

The final is scheduled to be held on 6 August, starting at 21:40 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1]

References

  1. ^
    Olympics.com
    . Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. Olympics.com
    . Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  3. ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – 200 Metres women", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – 200 Metres women", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  5. ^
    Olympics.com
    , 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
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