European Athletics Championships 1986/200 m women

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14th European Athletics Championships
Athletics pictogram.svg
discipline Women's 200-meter run
city Germany BRBR Germany Stuttgart
Stadion Neckar Stadium
Participants 17 athletes from 9 countries
Competition phase August 28th (preliminary / semi-finals)
August 29th (final)
Medalists
gold gold Heike Drechsler ( GDR ) Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 
Silver medals silver Marie-Christine Cazier ( FRA ) FranceFrance 
Bronze medals bronze Silke Gladisch ( GDR ) Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 
The Stuttgart stadium - today the Mercedes-Benz Arena in 2011

The 200-meter run for women at the European Athletics Championships in 1986 was held on August 28 and 29, 1986 in the Neckar Stadium in Stuttgart .

With gold and bronze, there were two medals in this competition for the sprinters of the GDR. The European champion was Heike Drechsler , who was highly decorated in the long jump and equalized the existing world record in the final. She won ahead of the French Marie-Christine Cazier . Third place went to Silke Gladisch .

Records

Existing records

World record 21.71 s Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Marita Koch Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz ), GDR (now Germany ) June 10, 1979
Potsdam , GDR (now Germany ) July 21, 1984
Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Heike Drechsler Jena , GDR (now Germany ) June 29, 1986
European record Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Marita Koch Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz ), GDR (now Germany ) June 10, 1979
Potsdam , GDR (now Germany ) July 21, 1984
Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Heike Drechsler Jena , GDR (now Germany ) June 29, 1986
Championship record 22.04 s Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Bärbel Wöckel EM Athens , Greece September 9, 1982

Record improvement

European champion Heike Drechsler improved the existing championship record in the final on August 9th by 33 hundredths of a second to 21.71 s, making her the first female sprinter to run over 200 meters faster than 22 seconds at European championships . Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 

With her winning time she equalized the existing world record.

Preliminary round

August 28, 1986, 10:50 a.m.

The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

Wind: –2.0 m / s

space Surname nation Time (s)
1 Heather Oakes United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 23.01
2 Silke Gladisch Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 23.01
3 Natalia Botschina Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 23.21
4th Claudia Lepping Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 23.44
5 Sølvi Meinseth NorwayNorway Norway 24.46

Forward 2

Wind: -1.7 m / s

space Surname nation Time (s)
1 Ewa Kasprzyk Poland 1980Poland Poland 22.11
2 Marina Molokowa Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 23.17
3 Sabine Günther Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 23.24
4th Sandra Whittaker United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 23.39
5 Martha Grossenbacher NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 23.67

Forward 3

Wind: -1.1 m / s

space Surname nation Time (s)
1 Heike Drechsler Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 22.52
2 Marie-Christine Cazier FranceFrance France 22.62
3 Kathy Cook United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 23.11
4th Marina Shirova Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 23.11
5 Jolanta Janota Poland 1980Poland Poland 23.32
6th Anke Koeninger Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 23.70
7th Virginia Gomes PortugalPortugal Portugal 24.38

Semifinals

August 28, 1986, 8:05 p.m.

In each of the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Run 1

Wind: +0.5 m / s

space Surname nation Time (s)
1 Silke Gladisch Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 22.29
2 Marie-Christine Cazier FranceFrance France 22.45
3 Marina Shirova Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 22.93
4th Sabine Günther Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 22.93
5 Kathy Cook United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 23.20
6th Anke Koeninger Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 23.38
7th Jolanta Janota Poland 1980Poland Poland 23.59
8th Martha Grossenbacher NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 23.81

Run 2

Wind: +0.3 m / s

space Surname nation Time (s)
1 Heike Drechsler Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 22.33
2 Ewa Kasprzyk Poland 1980Poland Poland 22.60
3 Marina Molokowa Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 22.61
4th Natalia Botschina Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 22.61
5 Heather Oakes United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 22.92
6th Claudia Lepping Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 23.39
7th Virginia Gomes PortugalPortugal Portugal 23.44
DNS Sandra Whittaker United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain

final

The reigning long jump - world champion Heike Drechsler became European champion over 200 meters and long jump - later she won numerous victories and medals at major international championships, especially in long jump

August 29, 1986, 7:45 p.m.

Wind: −0.8 m / s

space Surname nation Time (s)
1 Heike Drechsler Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 21.71 WRe
2 Marie-Christine Cazier FranceFrance France 22.32 NO
3 Silke Gladisch Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 22.49
4th Marina Molokowa Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 22.71
5 Ewa Kasprzyk Poland 1980Poland Poland 22.73
6th Natalia Botschina Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 22.87
7th Sabine Günther Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 22.98
8th Marina Shirova Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 23.18

Web links

References and comments

  1. a b IAAF world records. 200m women , accessed September 5, 2019