2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, U.S. from 18 to 21 July 2022.[1]

Women's 200 metres
at the 2022 World Championships
Shericka Jackson shortly after winning the final.
VenueHayward Field
Dates18 July (heats)
19 July (semi-finals)
21 July (final)
Competitors51 from 32 nations
Winning time21.45 CR
Medalists
gold medal    Jamaica
silver medal    Jamaica
bronze medal    Great Britain
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Video on YouTube
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Summary

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Coming into the championships, Shericka Jackson was the world leader at 21.55 from her Jamaican National Championships, making her the third fastest 200m runner ever. Lined up to her inside was #2, the Olympic Champion Elaine Thompson-Herah. Between them was the defending champion Dina Asher-Smith. And to their outside, separated by #3 semi-finalist Tamara Clark was 100 metre champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who had set the Masters World Record in the semis. All 5 had run under 22 seconds just to get here.

Fraser-Pryce was first out of the blocks, which is her forté. Asher-Smith was not too far behind and Jackson did not lose too much relative to the stagger. Two thirds of the way through the turn, Fraser-Pryce had already passed Aminatou Seyni. Almost a metre behind at the 80 metre mark on the track, as they exited the turn Jackson accelerated to even up with Fraser-Pryce. From there she continued to pull away. Asher-Smith tried to make some ground on Fraser-Pryce but only maintained the gap at the first half of the straightaway before Fraser-Pryce pulled away to a clear second place, three metres behind Jackson. Asher-Smith's only challenge for bronze was a late run by Seyni, but she missed by a metre.

Jackson's 21.45 was the second fastest of all time, the Championship record, a .1 improvement over her Jamaican Championship time and only .11 shy of FloJo's enduring world record from 1988. Jackson also became the first person to win medals in all three sprinting events, a feat Fred Kerley was also attempting and failed to accomplish this year. In second, "Mommy Rocket" Fraser-Pryce's 21.81 took another .01 off the Masters record she had set the day earlier.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record   Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) 21.34 Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988
Championship record   Dafne Schippers (NED) 21.63 Beijing, China 28 August 2015
World Leading   Shericka Jackson (JAM) 21.55 Kingston, Jamaica 26 June 2022
African Record   Christine Mboma (NAM) 21.78 Zürich, Switzerland 9 September 2021
Asian Record   Li Xuemei (CHN) 22.01 Shanghai, China 22 October 1997
North, Central American and Caribbean record   Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) 21.34 Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988
South American Record   Ana Claudia Lemos (BRA) 22.48 São Paulo, Brazil 6 August 2011
European Record   Dafne Schippers (NED) 21.63 Beijing, China 28 August 2015
Oceanian record   Melinda Gainsford (AUS) 22.23 Stuttgart, Germany 13 July 1997

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 22.80.[3]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date Time Round
18 July 18:00 Heats
19 July 18:05 Semi-finals
21 July 19:35 Final

Results

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Heats

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The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the semi-finals.[4]

Wind:
Heat 1: +2.5 m/s, Heat 2: -0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +1.1 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s, Heat 5: +0.9 m/s, Heat 6: +1.9 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Aminatou Seyni   Niger (NIG) 21.98 Q, NR
2 6 Favour Ofili   Nigeria (NGR) 22.24 Q
3 5 Abby Steiner   United States (USA) 22.26 Q
4 3 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce   Jamaica (JAM) 22.26 Q
5 4 Tamara Clark   United States (USA) 22.27 Q
6 2 Beatrice Masilingi   Namibia (NAM) 22.27 Q SB
7 1 Shericka Jackson   Jamaica (JAM) 22.33 Q
8 5 Mujinga Kambundji   Switzerland (SUI) 22.34 Q
9 6 Jenna Prandini   United States (USA) 22.38 Q
10 2 Elaine Thompson-Herah   Jamaica (JAM) 22.41 Q
11 4 Dina Asher-Smith   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 22.56 Q
12 1 Anahí Suárez   Ecuador (ECU) 22.56 Q
13 4 Tynia Gaither   Bahamas (BAH) 22.61 Q
14 5 Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha   Nigeria (NGR) 22.61 Q
15 1 Dalia Kaddari   Italy (ITA) 22.75 Q
16 4 Gina Bass   Gambia (GAM) 22.78 q SB
17 3 Vitoria Cristina Rosa   Brazil (BRA) 22.84 Q
18 2 Ida Karstoft   Denmark (DEN) 22.85 Q
19 1 Jessica-Bianca Wessolly   Germany (GER) 22.87 q
20 4 Jessika Gbai   Ivory Coast (CIV) 22.89 q
21 1 Rosemary Chukwuma   Nigeria (NGR) 22.93 q
22 1 Edidiong Odiong   Bahrain (BHR) 22.98 q
23 2 Joella Lloyd   Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) 22.99 q
24 3 Beth Dobbin   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 23.04
25 5 Lauren Gale   Canada (CAN) 23.08
26 6 Jacinta Beecher   Australia (AUS) 23.22 Q
27 6 Olivia Fotopoulou   Cyprus (CYP) 23.25
28 2 Sophia Junk   Germany (GER) 23.27 SB
29 5 Ella Connolly   Australia (AUS) 23.27
30 3 Imke Vervaet   Belgium (BEL) 23.28
31 5 Maboundou Koné   Ivory Coast (CIV) 23.32
32 6 Catherine Léger   Canada (CAN) 23.35
33 2 Lorène Bazolo   Portugal (POR) 23.41
34 4 Ana Carolina Azevedo   Brazil (BRA) 23.45
35 6 Georgia Hulls   New Zealand (NZL) 23.46
36 4 Shirley Nekhubui   South Africa (RSA) 23.46
37 1 Olga Safronova   Kazakhstan (KAZ) 23.50
38 2 Anniina Kortetmaa   Finland (FIN) 23.51
39 3 Veronica Shanti Pereira   Singapore (SIN) 23.53
40 3 Elisabeth Slettum   Norway (NOR) 23.55
41 2 Lorraine Martins   Brazil (BRA) 23.60
42 5 Beyonce Defreitas   British Virgin Islands (IVB) 23.81
43 6 Hanna Barakat   Palestine (PLE) 26.33 NR
44 6 Anthonique Strachan   Bahamas (BAH) 1:50.06
3 Marie-Josée Ta Lou   Ivory Coast (CIV) DNS

Semi-finals

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The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.[5][6]

Wind:
Heat 1: +2.0 m/s, Heat 2: +1.4 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Shericka Jackson   Jamaica (JAM) 21.67 Q
2 3 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce   Jamaica (JAM) 21.82 Q, SB
3 2 Tamara Clark   United States (USA) 21.95 Q
4 2 Dina Asher-Smith   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 21.96 Q, SB
5 2 Elaine Thompson-Herah   Jamaica (JAM) 21.97 q, SB
6 1 Aminatou Seyni   Niger (NIG) 22.04 Q
7 1 Mujinga Kambundji   Switzerland (SUI) 22.05 q, NR
8 1 Jenna Prandini   United States (USA) 22.08
9 3 Abby Steiner   United States (USA) 22.15 Q
10 3 Favour Ofili   Nigeria (NGR) 22.30
11 1 Tynia Gaither   Bahamas (BAH) 22.41 PB
12 2 Vitoria Cristina Rosa   Brazil (BRA) 22.47 AR
13 2 Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha   Nigeria (NGR) 22.49
14 1 Gina Bass   Gambia (GAM) 22.71 SB
15 1 Rosemary Chukwuma   Nigeria (NGR) 22.72
16 3 Anahí Suárez   Ecuador (ECU) 22.74 NR
17 3 Ida Karstoft   Denmark (DEN) 22.84
18 2 Jessika Gbai   Ivory Coast (CIV) 22.84
19 3 Dalia Kaddari   Italy (ITA) 22.86
20 1 Jacinta Beecher   Australia (AUS) 23.14
21 2 Edidiong Odiong   Bahrain (BHR) 23.31
22 3 Jessica-Bianca Wessolly   Germany (GER) 23.33
23 3 Joella Lloyd   Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) 23.38
24 2 Beatrice Masilingi   Namibia (NAM) 24.78

Final

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The final was started at 19:35 on 21 July.[7] The results were as follows:[8][9]

Wind: +0.6 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Shericka Jackson   Jamaica (JAM) 21.45 CR, NR
  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce   Jamaica (JAM) 21.81 SB
  Dina Asher-Smith   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 22.02
4 Aminatou Seyni   Niger (NIG) 22.12
5 Abby Steiner   United States (USA) 22.26
6 Tamara Clark   United States (USA) 22.32
7 Elaine Thompson-Herah   Jamaica (JAM) 22.39
8 Mujinga Kambundji   Switzerland (SUI) 22.55

References

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  1. ^ Timetable
  2. ^ "200 Metres Women − Records". IAAF. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  3. ^ "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. July 9, 2022.
  4. ^ Heats Summary
  5. ^ Semi-finals Start List
  6. ^ SUMMARY 200 Metres Women - Semi-Final
  7. ^ "START LIST 200 Metres Women - Final" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. July 19, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  8. ^ "RESULTS 200 Metres Women - Final" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. July 21, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  9. ^ "RACE ANALYSIS 200 Metres Women - Final" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. July 21, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.