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

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The women's 200 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in four rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, between 4 and 6 August 2024. This will be the twentieth time that the women's 200 metres is contested at the 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[5]
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)  Vitória 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.[6] 48 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 22.57 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[6]

Rounds

Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
Shericka Jackson  Jamaica
Gabrielle Thomas  United States
Mckenzie Long  United States
Brittany Brown  United States
Julien Alfred  Saint Lucia
Marie-Josée Ta Lou-Smith  Ivory Coast
Daryll Neita  Great Britain
Thelma Davies  Liberia
Dina Asher-Smith  Great Britain
Favour Ofili  Nigeria
Lanae-Tava Thomas  Jamaica
Audrey Leduc  Canada
Niesha Burgher  Jamaica
Mujinga Kambundji  Switzerland
Jessika Gbai  Ivory Coast
Bianca Williams  Great Britain
Maboundou Koné  Ivory Coast
Veronica Shanti Pereira  Singapore
Gémima Joseph  France
Jaël Bestué  Spain
Tasa Jiya  Netherlands
Julia Henriksson  Sweden
Torrie Lewis  Australia
Helene Parisot  France
Olivia Fotopoulou  Cyprus
Dalia Kaddari  Italy
Ana Azevedo  Brazil
Nicole Caicedo  Ecuador
Polyniki Emmanouilidou  Greece
Boglárka Takács  Hungary
Cecilia Tamayo-Garza  Mexico
Jacqueline Madogo  Canada
Léonie Pointet  Switzerland
Anna Bongiorni  Italy
Ida Karstoft  Denmark
Nora Lindahl  Sweden
Yuting Li  China
Aimara Nazareno  Ecuador
Anahí Suárez  Ecuador
Martyna Kotwiła  Poland
Mia Gross  Australia
Olga Safronova  Kazakhstan
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya  Poland
Gina Bass  The Gambia
Adaejah Hodge  British Virgin Islands
Imke Vervaet  Belgium
Lorène Dorcas Bazolo  Portugal
Lorraine Martins  Brazil

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. ^ a b c d e "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ^ Watta, Evelyn (27 June 2024). "Injured Elaine Thompson-Herah will miss Paris 2024 Olympics". 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. ^ "Record 200 Metres women". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  6. ^ a b Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.