European Athletics Championships 2014/200 m women

22nd European Athletics Championships
discipline	200 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	35 athletes from 22 countries
venue	Zurich
Competition location	Letzigrund Stadium
Competition phase	August 13th (preliminary) August 14th (semi-finals) August 15th (final)
Medalists Dafne Schippers ( NED )   Jodie Williams ( GBR )   Myriam Soumaré ( FRA )

The 200-meter race of women in the 2014 European Athletics Championships was from 13 to 15 August 2014 at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich held.

As two days earlier over 100 meters which was Dutchwoman Dafne Schippers European champion. Silver went to the Briton Jodie Williams . As in 2012 , the French Myriam Soumaré won the bronze medal. She had won silver over 100 meters two days earlier and was European champion over 200 meters in 2010 .

Existing records

World record	21.34 s	Florence Griffith-Joyner	Olympic Games Seoul , South Korea	September 29, 1988
European record	21.71 s	Marita Koch	Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz ), GDR (now Germany )	June 10, 1979
			Potsdam , GDR (now Germany )	July 21, 1984
		Heike Drechsler	Jena , GDR (now Germany )	June 29, 1986
			EM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany	August 9, 1986
EM record	21.71 s	Heike Drechsler	EM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany	August 9, 1986

The Letzigrund stadium in Zurich

The EM record that had been in place since 1986 continued to exist after these European championships.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was carried out in five 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

August 13, 2014, 11:10 a.m.

Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Nataliya Strohova	Ukraine	23.38
2	Bianca Williams	Great Britain	23.47
3	Irene Siragusa	Italy	23.61
4th	Ekaterina Vukolova	Russia	23.69
5	Joëlle Golay	Switzerland	23.82
6th	Éva Kaptur	Hungary	24.07
7th	Lenka Kršáková	Slovakia	24.69

Forward 2

August 13, 2014, 11:18 am

Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Jodie Williams	Great Britain	22.88
2	Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland	23.05 NU23R
3	Natalija Pohrebnjak	Ukraine	23.31
4th	Irene Ekelund	Sweden	23.38
5	Andriána Férra	Greece	23.88
6th	Hafdís Sigurdardóttir	Iceland	23.93
7th	Kristina Žumer	Slovenia	24.24

Jennifer Galais was disqualified for false starts

Forward 3

August 13, 2014, 11:26 am

Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	22.73
2	Maria Belimbasaki	Greece	23.34
3	Inna Eftimowa	Bulgaria	23.42
4th	Andreea Ogrăzeanu	Romania	23.64
5	Sabina Veit	Slovenia	23.72
6th	Elisabeth Slettum	Norway	24.08
DSQ	Jennifer Galais	France	IAAF Rule 162.7 - false start

Diana Khubeseryan (left) had no chance to advance with more than 25 seconds

Forward 4

August 13, 2014, 11:34 a.m.

Wind: -0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Jamile Samuel	Netherlands	23.10
2	Léa Sprunger	Switzerland	23.15
3	Ivet Lalowa	Bulgaria	23.17
4th	Marzia Caravelli	Italy	23.27
5	Ekaterina Renhina	Russia	23.33
6th	Carla Tavares	Portugal	23.90
7th	Diana Khubeseryan	Armenia	25.74

Forward 5

Nimet Karakuş was the last one in their prelim and was eliminated

August 13, 2014, 11:52 am

Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Dina Asher-Smith	Great Britain	22.75
2	Myriam Soumaré	France	22.97
3	Hanna-Maari Latvala	Finland	23.13
4th	Kelly Proper	Ireland	23.37
5	Martina Amidei	Italy	23.65
6th	Ramona Papaioannou	Cyprus	23.70
7th	Nimet Karakuş	Turkey	25.31

Semifinals

From each of the three semi-finals, the first two athletes - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Run 1

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  As fourth of her semi-final run in 23.12 s, Léa Sprunger did not reach the final

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  Martina Amidei was eighth in her race with 23.51 s and was eliminated in the semi-finals

August 14, 2014, 7:42 pm

Wind: +0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Myriam Soumaré	France	22.56
2	Dina Asher-Smith	Great Britain	22.61 NU23R
3	Hanna-Maari Latvala	Finland	22.98
4th	Léa Sprunger	Switzerland	23.12
5	Kelly Proper	Ireland	23.15
6th	Inna Eftimowa	Bulgaria	23.27
7th	Ekaterina Vukolova	Russia	23.37
8th	Martina Amidei	Italy	23.51

Run 2

August 14, 2014, 7:48 p.m.

Wind: −0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	22.48
2	Bianca Williams	Great Britain	22.91
3	Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland	22.94 NU23R
4th	Natalija Pohrebnjak	Ukraine	23.10
5	Marzia Caravelli	Italy	23.23
6th	Ivet Lalowa	Bulgaria	23.30
7th	Sabina Veit	Slovenia	23.99
DNS	Andreea Ogrăzeanu	Romania

Runners eliminated in the second semifinals:

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  Natalija Pohrebnjak - fourth place in 23.10 s

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  Marzia Caravelli - fifth place in 23.23 s

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  Iwet Lalowa - sixth in 23.30 s

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  Sabina Veit - seventh place in 23.99 s

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  Andreea Ogrăzeanu did not run

Run 3

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  Irene Ekelund was eliminated in 23.26 s despite a third place in the first semifinals

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  Maria Belimbasaki did not reach the final as sixth of her race in 23.37 s

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  Irene Siragusa - Seventh of the third semifinal in 23.50 s and eliminated

August 14, 2014, 7:56 p.m.

Wind: +0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Jodie Williams	Great Britain	22.90
2	Jamile Samuel	Netherlands	23.18
3	Irene Ekelund	Sweden	23.26
	Ekaterina Renhina	Russia	23.26
5	Nataliya Strohova	Ukraine	23.36
6th	Maria Belimbasaki	Greece	23.37
7th	Irene Siragusa	Italy	23.50
DNF	Ramona Papaioannou	Cyprus

final

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  The 200 meter final

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  200 m award ceremony

August 15, 2014, 8:25 pm

Wind: −0.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	22.03 WL / NR / NU23R
2	Jodie Williams	Great Britain	22.46
3	Myriam Soumaré	France	22.58
4th	Bianca Williams	Great Britain	22.68
5	Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland	22.83 NR / NU23R
6th	Jamile Samuel	Netherlands	23.31
7th	Hanna-Maari Latvala	Finland	23.48
DNF	Dina Asher-Smith	Great Britain

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  Dafne Schippers - as a double winner over 100 and 200 meters, the sprint queen of Zurich

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  Vice European Champion Jodie Williams

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  The European champion of 2010 Myriam Soumare won as 2012 Bronze - two days earlier had silver 100 meters won

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  As fourth in this final, Bianca Williams missed a medal by exactly one tenth of a second

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  As with her fourth place over 100 meters , Mujinga Kambundji set a new record for Switzerland and came in fifth here

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  After she was eliminated over 100 meters in the semi-finals, Jamile Samuel reached the final and was sixth

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  Hanna-Maari Latvala also took part in the finals after her elimination in the semi-finals over 100 meters and finished seventh

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  Dina Asher-Smith did not appear in the final

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Zurich 2014 at european-athletics.org, accessed on February 11, 2020
• Women 200m European Championship 2014 Zurich on todor66.com, accessed on February 11, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2014 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on February 11, 2020
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2014, 200 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on February 11, 2020
• 22nd European Athletics Championships 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland from ifosta.de, accessed on February 11, 2020

Video

• Women's 200m Final 2014 European Championships Zurich on youtube.com, accessed February 11, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 200m women , accessed February 11, 2020
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 200 m Women , Spanish / English, p. 50 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on February 11, 2020
3. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 71 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on February 11, 2020