2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 30 September to 2 October 2019.[1]

Women's 200 metres
at the 2019 World Championships
The final of the event.
VenueKhalifa International Stadium
Dates30 September (heats)
1 October (semi-final)
2 October (final)
Competitors45 from 31 nations
Winning time21.88
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    United States
bronze medal     Switzerland
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Summary

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The season world No. 1 and previous bronze medalist Shaunae Miller-Uibo concentrated on the 400 metres and did not enter. The defending champion and world No. 13 Dafne Schippers and previous silver medalist and world No. 9 Marie-Josée Ta Lou opted not to start in the heats. Olympic champion and world No. 2 Elaine Thompson didn't start in the semi-finals. 2013 bronze medallist and world No. 3 Blessing Okagbare was disqualified in the heats due to a lane infringement. 2013 champion and world No. 7 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce focused on 100m. The only athlete in the field with a personal best below 22 seconds was Dina Asher-Smith, making her the overwhelming favorite going into the Championships.

In the first steps of the final, Asher-Smith took a clear lead, making up the stagger on Dezerea Bryant to her outside just after halfway through the turn. As the stagger resolved coming onto the straight, it revealed Bryant was in second place, slightly ahead of Brittany Brown and Mujinga Kambundji, meaning Asher-Smith had a huge lead. Down the straight, the only athlete looking like she was making any progress cutting down the gap was Brown.[2] Asher-Smith didn't let up, crossing the finish line with a clear win by 3 metres, Brown also clearly ahead by another 3 metres over Kambundji.[3]

Asher-Smith's 21.88 was a new British national record. Kambundji won the first sprint medal for Switzerland at a global outdoor championship. The closest was Marcel Schelbert who also took a bronze in the 400 hurdles in 1999.

In the semi-finals, winner Asher-Smith returned to the track to assist an injured rival, Anthonique Strachan, a gesture which earned her a nomination for the International Fair Play Award.[4]

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[5]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 21.34 Florence Griffith Joyner   USA 29 Sep 1988 Seoul, South Korea
Championship 21.63 Dafne Schippers   NED 28 Aug 2015 Beijing, China
World leading 21.74 Shaunae Miller-Uibo   BAH 29 Aug 2019 Zürich, Switzerland
African 22.04 Blessing Okagbare   NGA 24 Mar 2018 Abilene, United States
Asian 22.01 Li Xuemei   CHN 24 Mar 2018 Shanghai, China
NACAC 21.34 Florence Griffith Joyner   USA 29 Sep 1988 Seoul, South Korea
South American 22.48 Ana Cláudia Lemos   BRA 6 Aug 2011 São Paulo, Brazil
European 21.63 Dafne Schippers   NED 28 Aug 2015 Beijing, China
Oceanian 22.23 Melinda Gainsford-Taylor   AUS 13 Jul 1997 Stuttgart, Germany

The following records were set at the competition:

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date
Nigerien 22.58 Aminatou Seyni   NIG 30 Sep 2019
British 21.88 Dina Asher-Smith   GBR 2 Oct 2019

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[6]

Date Time Round
30 September 17:05 Heats
1 October 21:35 Semi-finals
2 October 22:35 Final

Results

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Heats

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The first three in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) qualify for the semifinal.[7]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +0.7 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s, Heat 5: +0.8 m/s, Heat 6: -0.1 m/s

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 7 Dina Asher-Smith   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 22.32 Q
2 3 9 Brittany Brown   United States (USA) 22.33 Q, PB
3 6 8 Anglerne Annelus   United States (USA) 22.56 Q
4 4 6 Dezerea Bryant   United States (USA) 22.56 Q
5 4 5 Tynia Gaither   Bahamas (BAH) 22.57 Q, SB
6 5 2 Aminatou Seyni   Niger (NIG) 22.58 Q, NR
7 3 5 Elaine Thompson   Jamaica (JAM) 22.61 Q
8 5 4 Tatjana Pinto   Germany (GER) 22.63 Q, PB
9 5 8 Gina Bass   Gambia (GAM) 22.67 Q
10 3 3 Lisa-Marie Kwayie   Germany (GER) 22.77 Q, PB
11 3 6 Maja Mihalinec   Slovenia (SLO) 22.78 q, PB
12 2 7 Ivet Lalova-Collio   Bulgaria (BUL) 22.79 Q
13 2 5 Jodie Williams   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 22.80 Q
14 2 2 Mujinga Kambundji   Switzerland (SUI) 22.81 Q
15 1 2 Anthonique Strachan   Bahamas (BAH) 22.86 Q
16 2 6 Basant Hemida   Egypt (EGY) 22.88 q
17 4 3 Jamile Samuel   Netherlands (NED) 22.90 q, SB
18 6 9 Carolle Zahi   France (FRA) 22.99 Q
19 4 8 Crystal Emmanuel   Canada (CAN) 23.00 q
20 3 2 Marileidy Paulino   Dominican Republic (DOM) 23.04 q, SB
21 1 4 Kamaria Durant   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 23.08 Q
22 4 4 Jessica-Bianca Wessolly   Germany (GER) 23.10 q
23 6 3 Beth Dobbin   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 23.14 Q
24 1 3 Shashalee Forbes   Jamaica (JAM) 23.15 Q
25 5 3 Olga Safronova   Kazakhstan (KAZ) 23.16
26 6 4 Krystsina Tsimanouskaya   Belarus (BLR) 23.22
27 6 5 Imke Vervaet   Belgium (BEL) 23.24 PB
28 2 9 Liang Xiaojing   China (CHN) 23.27
29 1 6 Sarah Atcho   Switzerland (SUI) 23.29
30 3 8 Gunta Vaičule   Latvia (LAT) 23.32
31 2 3 Mauricia Prieto   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 23.33
32 4 2 Gloria Hooper   Italy (ITA) 23.33
33 4 9 Gulsumbi Sharifova   Tajikistan (TJK) 23.45
34 6 7 Rafaéla Spanoudaki-Hatziriga   Greece (GRE) 23.48
35 6 2 Schillonie Calvert-Powell   Jamaica (JAM) 23.52
36 2 8 Sindija Bukša   Latvia (LAT) 23.53
37 1 5 Phil Healy   Ireland (IRL) 23.56
38 5 6 Lorraine Martins   Brazil (BRA) 23.56
39 5 5 Zhang Man   China (CHN) 23.60
40 2 4 Archana Suseendran   India (IND) 23.65
41 3 7 Vitória Cristina Rosa   Brazil (BRA) 23.81
42 1 8 Zoe Hobbs   New Zealand (NZL) 23.94
43 5 7 Shanti Pereira   Singapore (SIN) 24.00
5 9 Blessing Okagbare   Nigeria (NGR) DQ 163.3(a)
6 6 Natacha Ngoye Akamabi   Congo (CGO)
1 7 Marie-Josée Ta Lou   Ivory Coast (CIV) DNS
1 9 Dafne Schippers   Netherlands (NED)
3 4 Ketura Ndoye Ti Nzapa   Central African Republic (CAF)

Semi-finals

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The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.[8]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s, Heat 3: +0.5 m/s

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 6 Dina Asher-Smith   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 22.16 Q
2 2 5 Brittany Brown   United States (USA) 22.46 Q
3 1 5 Anglerne Annelus   United States (USA) 22.49 Q
4 1 9 Mujinga Kambundji   Switzerland (SUI) 22.49 Q
5 3 4 Dezerea Bryant   United States (USA) 22.56 Q
6 2 9 Tynia Gaither   Bahamas (BAH) 22.57 Q, SB
7 2 7 Ivet Lalova-Collio   Bulgaria (BUL) 22.58 q
8 3 9 Gina Bass   Gambia (GAM) 22.60 q
9 1 3 Crystal Emmanuel   Canada (CAN) 22.65 SB
10 1 6 Aminatou Seyni   Niger (NIG) 22.77
11 1 4 Jodie Williams   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 22.78
12 3 3 Maja Mihalinec   Slovenia (SLO) 22.81
13 3 8 Lisa-Marie Kwayie   Germany (GER) 22.83
14 2 2 Basant Hemida   Egypt (EGY) 22.92
15 1 2 Jamile Samuel   Netherlands (NED) 23.02
16 2 4 Carolle Zahi   France (FRA) 23.03
17 3 2 Marileidy Paulino   Dominican Republic (DOM) 23.03 SB
18 1 7 Tatjana Pinto   Germany (GER) 23.11
19 2 8 Beth Dobbin   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 23.11
20 1 8 Shashalee Forbes   Jamaica (JAM) 23.14
21 2 3 Jessica-Bianca Wessolly   Germany (GER) 23.37
22 3 5 Kamaria Durant   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 23.44
23 3 7 Anthonique Strachan   Bahamas (BAH) 25.44
2 6 Elaine Thompson   Jamaica (JAM) DNS

Final

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The final was started on 2 October 22:35.[9]

Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  7 Dina Asher-Smith   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 21.88 NR
  6 Brittany Brown   United States (USA) 22.22 PB
  4 Mujinga Kambundji   Switzerland (SUI) 22.51
4 5 Anglerne Annelus   United States (USA) 22.59
5 8 Dezerea Bryant   United States (USA) 22.63
6 2 Gina Bass   Gambia (GAM) 22.71
7 3 Ivet Lalova-Collio   Bulgaria (BUL) 22.77
8 9 Tynia Gaither   Bahamas (BAH) 22.90

References

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  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "Dina Asher-Smith wins world 200m gold to make history for Great Britain". Guardian. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Dina Asher-Smith wins 200m gold at World Athletics Championships". BBC Sport. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  4. ^ Shortlist announced for International Fair Play Award. IAAF (2019-10-07). Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  5. ^ "200 Metres Women − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Women's 200 Metres − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  7. ^ "200 Metres Women − Round 1 − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Semi-finals results" (PDF).
  9. ^ "Final results" (PDF).