1992 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (women)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 200 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 51 athletes from 40 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympic Stadium Barcelona | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 3, 1992 (preliminary round / quarter-finals) August 5, 1992 (semi-finals) August 6, 1992 (final) |
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The women's 200-meter run at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona was held on August 3, 5 and 6, 1992 in four rounds in the Barcelona Olympic Stadium. 51 athletes took part.
The American Gwen Torrence became the Olympic champion . She won ahead of the Jamaicans Juliet Cuthbert and Merlene Ottey .
For Germany went Sabine Günther , Silke-Beate Knoll and Andrea Thomas at the start. Günther and Thomas were eliminated in the quarter-finals, Knoll in the semi-finals.
The Austrian Sabine Tröger failed in the quarter-finals.
Athletes from Switzerland and Liechtenstein did not take part.
Current titleholders
Olympic champion in 1988 | Florence Griffith-Joyner ( USA ) | 21.34 s | Seoul 1988 |
World Champion 1991 | Katrin Krabbe ( Germany ) | 22.09 s | Tokyo 1991 |
European champion in 1990 | Katrin Krabbe ( GDR ) | 21.95 s | Split 1990 |
Pan American Champion 1991 | Liliana Allen ( Cuba ) | 23.11 s | Havana 1991 |
Central America and Caribbean champion 1991 | Merlene Frazer ( Jamaica ) | 23.63 s | Xalapa 1991 |
South American Champion 1991 | Ximena Restrepo ( Colombia ) | 23.21 s | Manaus 1991 |
Asian champion 1991 | Cheng Zhaojing ( People's Republic of China ) | 23.39 s | Kuala Lumpur 1991 |
African champion 1992 | Elinda Vorster ( South Africa ) | 23.60 s | Belle Vue Maurel 1992 |
Oceania Champion 1990 | Blindee Goonchew ( Australia ) | 25.30 s | Suva 1990 |
Existing records
World record | 21.34 s | Florence Griffith-Joyner ( USA ) | Seoul , South Korea | September 29, 1988 |
Olympic record | Final from Seoul , South Korea |
Preliminary round
Date: August 3, 1992
The athletes competed in a total of seven preliminary runs. The first four athletes per run qualified for the quarter-finals. In addition, the four fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Mary Onyali-Omagbemi | Nigeria | 23.06 s | |
2 | Irina Privaleova | EUN | 23.22 s | |
3 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 23.26 s | |
4th | Damayanthi Dharsha | Sri Lanka | 23.82 s | |
5 | Melissa Moore | Australia | 23.86 s | |
6th | Olga Mutanda | Ivory Coast | 24.19 s | |
7th | Vaciseva Tavaga | Fiji | 25.07 s | |
DNS | Marcel Winkler | South Africa |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 22.95 s | |
2 | Jennifer Stoute | Great Britain | 23.15 s | |
3 | Sisko Hanhijoki | Finland | 23.27 s | |
4th | Huei-Chen Wang | Chinese Taipei | 23.37 s | |
5 | Andrea Thomas | Germany | 23.52 s | |
6th | Trương Hoàng Mỹ Linh | Vietnam | 24.45 s | |
7th | Zoila Stewart | Costa Rica | 24.64 s |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Juliet Cuthbert | Jamaica | 22.99 s | |
2 | Elinda Vorster | South Africa South Africa | 23.14 s | |
3 | Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 23.47 s | |
4th | Heather Samuel | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.09 s | |
5 | Maguy Nestoret | France | 24.15 s | |
6th | Ngozi Mwanamwambwa | Zambia | 24.59 s | |
7th | Nednapa Chommuak | Thailand | 24.76 s | |
8th | Deirdre Caruana | Malta | 25.28 s |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Silke-Beate Knoll | Germany | 22.83 s | |
2 | Michelle Finn | United States | 23.00 s | |
3 | Catharina de Lange | Netherlands | 23.53 s | |
4th | Simmone Jacobs | Great Britain | 23.90 s | |
5 | Ágnes Kozáry | Hungary | 24.50 s | |
6th | Prisca Philip | Barbados | 24.56 s | |
DNF | Oumou Sow | Guinea | ||
DNS | N'Deye Binta Dia | Senegal |
Forward 5
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Galina Malschugina | EUN | 23.08 s | |
2 | Sabine Günther | Germany | 23.41 s | |
3 | Sabine Tröger | Austria | 23.72 s | |
4th | Ruth Morris | American Virgin Islands | 24.17 s | |
5 | Dawnette Douglas | Bermuda | 25.03 s | |
6th | Manda Kanouté | Mali | 26.03 s | |
DSQ | Chen Zhaojing | People's Republic of China |
Forward 6
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Carlette Guidry | United States | 22.99 s | |
2 | Melinda Gainsford | Australia | 23.18 s | |
3 | Anelija Nunewa | Bulgaria | 23.32 s | |
4th | Karen Clarke | Canada | 23.57 s | |
5 | Valérie Jean-Charles | France | 23.69 s | |
6th | Gaily Dube | Zimbabwe | 24.15 s | |
7th | Melrose Mansaray | Sierra Leone | 24.67 s | |
DSQ | Jacqueline Solíz | Bolivia |
Forward 7
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Gwen Torrence | United States | 22.66 s | |
2 | Grace Jackson | Jamaica | 22.72 s | |
3 | Marina Trandenkowa | EUN | 22.79 s | |
4th | Lalao Ravaonirina | Madagascar | 23.58 s | |
5 | Iolanda Oantă | Romania | 23.83 s | |
6th | Georgette N'Koma | Cameroon | 23.85 s | |
7th | Ruth Mangue | Equatorial Guinea | 27.65 s |
Quarter finals
Date: August 3, 1992
From the quarter-finals, the first four athletes (highlighted in light blue) qualified for the semi-finals.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Juliet Cuthbert | Jamaica | 22.01 s | |
2 | Michelle Finn | United States | 22.42 s | |
3 | Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 22.44 s | |
4th | Silke-Beate Knoll | Germany | 22.46 s | |
5 | Marina Trandenkowa | EUN | 22.50 s | |
6th | Huei-Chen Wang | Chinese Taipei | 22.93 s | |
7th | Simmone Jacobs | Great Britain | 23.61 s | |
8th | Valérie Jean-Charles | France | 23.64 s |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Gwen Torrence | United States | 22.21 s | |
2 | Grace Jackson | Jamaica | 22.59 s | |
3 | Elinda Vorster | South Africa South Africa | 22.99 s | |
4th | Sisko Hanhijoki | Finland | 23.09 s | |
5 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 23.09 s | |
6th | Lalao Ravaonirina | Madagascar | 23.63 s | |
7th | Damayanthi Dharsha | Sri Lanka | 23.89 s | |
8th | Georgette N'Koma | Cameroon | 24.06 s |
Run 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Galina Malschugina | EUN | 22.22 s | |
2 | Carlette Guidry | United States | 22.26 s | |
3 | Anelija Nunewa | Bulgaria | 22.62 s | |
4th | Jennifer Stoute | Great Britain | 22.73 s | |
5 | Sabine Günther | Germany | 23.10 s | |
6th | Iolanda Oantă | Romania | 23.75 s | |
7th | Karen Clarke | Canada | 23.80 s | |
8th | Heather Samuel | Antigua and Barbuda | 24.12 s |
Run 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 21.94 s | |
2 | Irina Privaleova | EUN | 22.45 s | |
3 | Mary Onyali | Nigeria | 22.60 s | |
4th | Melinda Gainsford | Australia | 23.03 s | |
5 | Andrea Thomas | Germany | 23.19 s | |
6th | Catharina de Lange | Netherlands | 23.41 s | |
7th | Sabine Tröger | Austria | 23.41 s | |
8th | Ruth Morris | American Virgin Islands | 24.26 s |
Semifinals
Date: August 5, 1992
The first four athletes in each case qualified for the finals in the two semi-finals (highlighted in light blue).
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 22.12 s | |
2 | Carlette Guidry | United States | 22.31 s | |
3 | Galina Malschugina | EUN | 22.44 s | |
4th | Grace Jackson | Jamaica | 22.58 s | |
5 | Silke-Beate Knoll | Germany | 22.60 s | |
6th | Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 22.61 s | |
7th | Elinda Vorster | South Africa South Africa | 23.08 s | |
8th | Sisko Hanhijoki | Finland | 23.26 s |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Gwen Torrence | United States | 21.72 s | |
2 | Juliet Cuthbert | Jamaica | 21.75 s | |
3 | Irina Privaleova | EUN | 22.08 s | |
4th | Michelle Finn | United States | 22.39 s | |
5 | Mary Onyali | Nigeria | 22.60 s | |
6th | Jennifer Stoute | Great Britain | 23.01 s | |
7th | Melinda Gainsford | Australia | 23.03 s | |
DNS | Anelija Nunewa | Bulgaria |
final
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Gwen Torrence | United States | 21.81 s | |
2 | Juliet Cuthbert | Jamaica | 22.02 s | |
3 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 22.09 s | |
4th | Irina Privaleova | EUN | 22.19 s | |
5 | Carlette Guidry | United States | 22.30 s | |
6th | Grace Jackson | Jamaica | 22.58 s | |
7th | Michelle Finn | United States | 22.61 s | |
8th | Galina Malschugina | EUN | 22.63 s |
Date: August 6, 1992
Wind: −0.6 m / s
Only three nations were represented in the final. Three runners each came from Jamaica and the USA, two athletes started for the United Team.
World champion Katrin Krabbe had been banned for violating the doping regulations . The favorites were mainly the runners who had finished behind Krabbe at the World Championships last year. These were the US-American Gwen Torrance, here in Barcelona fourth over 100 meters , the Jamaican Merlene Ottey, fifth in the 100-meter final in Barcelona and the Russian Irina Priwalowa, who started for the United Team, 100-meter bronze medalist. After her silver medal over 100 meters, the Jamaican Juliet Cuthbert had to be counted among the favorites.
Gwen Torrance had attracted a lot of attention by accusing two of the three medal winners of the Barcelona 100m final of doping without saying who she was referring to. Shortly before the start of the 200-meter competition, she withdrew her statement.
In the final race, Torrence and Ottey came out of the curve almost evenly, Priwalowa and Cuthbert were only a wafer-thin behind. Gwen Torrence was the runner with the greatest stamina on the home stretch and was an Olympic champion with a margin of just over two tenths of a second. In the fight for the other medals it got closer. Juliet Cuthbert won her second silver medal seven hundredths of a second ahead of Merlene Ottey. A tenth of a second behind Ottey, Irina Priwalowa took fourth place. The American Carlette Guidry came fifth ahead of Grace Jackson from Jamaica.
For the USA it was the third consecutive gold medal over 200 meters for women.
Web links
- SportsReference 200 m , accessed February 14, 2018
- Official report on the Olympic Games in Barcelona , athletics results: p. 66, Catalan / Spanish / English / French (PDF, 38.871 MB), accessed on February 14, 2018
Video
- Women's 200m Final Barcelona Olympic 1992 , published November 8, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed February 14, 2018
Individual evidence
- ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 794 , accessed on February 14, 2018
- ↑ a b c d Official report on the Olympic Games in Barcelona , athletics results: p. 66, Catalan / Spanish / English / French (PDF, 38.871 MB), accessed on February 14, 2018
- ↑ Chronology in the Krabbe case , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, report updated on June 27, 2001, accessed on February 14, 2018