2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	200 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	64 athletes from 45 countries
Competition location	Estádio Nilton Santos
Competition phase	August 15, 2016 (preliminary round) August 16, 2016 (semi-finals) August 17, 2016 (final)
Winning time	21.78 s
Medalists  Elaine Thompson ( JAM )  Dafne Schippers ( NED )  Tori Bowie ( USA )

The women's 200-meter run at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 15, 16 and 17, 2016 at the Estádio Nilton Santos . 64 athletes took part.

The Olympic champion was the Jamaican Elaine Thompson , who won ahead of the Dutch Dafne Schippers . Bronze went to US American Tori Bowie .

Nadine Gonska , Gina Lückenkemper and Lisa Mayer started for Germany . Gonska was eliminated in the preliminary round, Lückenkemper and Mayer each in the semi-finals.
The Swiss Mujinga Kambundji also failed in the semi-finals.
Athletes from Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current titleholders

Olympic Champion	Allyson Felix ( United States )	21.88 s	London 2012
world champion	Dafne Schippers ( Netherlands )	21.63 s	Beijing 2015
European champion	Dina Asher-Smith ( Great Britain )	22.37 s	Amsterdam 2016
North / Central America / Caribbean Champion	Kyra Jefferson ( United States )	22.50 s	San José 2015
South America Champion	Nercely Soto ( Venezuela )	23.15 s	Lima 2015
Asian champion	Viktorija Sjabkina ( Kazakhstan )	23.09 s	Wuhan 2015
African champion	Marie Josée Ta Lou ( Ivory Coast )	22.81 s	Durban 2016
Oceania champion	Toea Wisil ( Papua New Guinea )	23.71 s	Cairns 2015

Existing records

World record	Florence Griffith-Joyner ( United States )	21.34 s	Seoul , South Korea	September 29, 1988
Olympic record			Final from Seoul , South Korea

Note: All times are based on Rio local time ( UTC-3 ).

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was carried out in nine runs. The first two athletes of each run qualified for the semifinals. In addition, the six fastest drivers, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Run 1

August 15, 2016, 9:30 a.m.
Wind: +0.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	22.51
2	Natalija Pohrebnjak	Ukraine	22.64
3	Crystal Emmanuel	Canada	22.80
4th	Anna Kiełbasińska	Poland	22.95
5	Reyare Thomas	Trinidad and Tobago	22.97
6th	Maja Mihalinec	Slovenia	23.38
7th	Olivia Borlée	Belgium	23.53
8th	Afa Ismail	Maldives	24.96	NO

Run 2

August 15, 2016, 9:36 a.m.
Wind: +0.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Jenna Prandini	United States	22.62
2	Lisa Mayer	Germany	22.86
3	Tynia Gaither	Bahamas	22.90
4th	Ángela Tenorio	Ecuador	22.94
5	Celiangeli Morales	Puerto Rico	23.00
6th	Gloria Hooper	Italy	23.05
7th	Mariely Sánchez	Dominican Republic	23.39
8th	Cynthia Bolingo Mbongo	Belgium	23.98

Run 3

August 15, 2016, 9:42 a.m.
Wind: +0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Michelle-Lee Ahye	Trinidad and Tobago	22.50
2	Simone Facey	Jamaica	22.78
3	Kauiza Venâncio	Brazil	23.06
4th	Alyssa Conley	South Africa	23.17
5	Isidora Jiménez	Chile	23.29
6th	Estela García	Spain	23.43
7th	Natalija Strohowa	Ukraine	23.69
8th	Elena Ryabova	Turkmenistan	25.45

Run 4

Scene from pre-run 4 (from left to right):
Chubesserjan, Ta Lou, Palframan, Thompson, Lückenkemper, Hassan, Belimbasaki

halfway:
Ta Lou before Thompson and Lückenkemper, far left Belimbasaki

August 15, 2016, 9:48 a.m.
Wind: +0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Marie Josée Ta Lou	Ivory Coast	22.31
2	Elaine Thompson	Jamaica	22.63
3	Gina Lückenkemper	Germany	22.80
4th	Maria Belimbasaki	Greece	23.19
5	Justine Palframan	South Africa	23.33
6th	Janet Amponsah	Ghana	23.67
7th	Diana Chubesserjan	Armenia	25.16
8th	Margret Hassan	South Sudan	26.99

Run 5

August 15, 2016, 9:54 a.m.
Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Blessing Okagbare	Nigeria	22.71
2	Dina Asher-Smith	Great Britain	22.77
3	Anthonique Strachan	Bahamas	22.96
4th	Tessa van Schagen	Netherlands	23.41
5	Gina Bass	Gambia	23.43
6th	Srabani Nanda	India	23.58
7th	Aurélie Alcindor	Mauritius	24.55
8th	Gajane Chiloyan	Armenia	25.03

Run 6

August 15, 2016, 10:00 a.m.
wind: 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Deajah Stevens	United States	22.45
2	Nercely Soto	Venezuela	22.89
3	Jamile Samuel	Netherlands	23.04
4th	Ramona Papaioannou	Cyprus	23.10
5	Eelysaveta Bryshina	Ukraine	23.28
6th	Nigina Sharipova	Uzbekistan	23.33
7th	Viktoria Syabkina	Kazakhstan	23.34
8th	Najma Parveen	Pakistan	26.11

Run 7

August 15, 2016, 10:06 a.m.
Wind: +0.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Iwet Lalowa-Collio	Bulgaria	22.61
2	Ella Nelson	Australia	22.66
3	Jodie Williams	Great Britain	22.69
4th	Lorène Bazolo	Portugal	23.01
5	Chisato Fukushima	Japan	23.21
6th	LaVerne Jones-Ferrette	American Virgin Islands	23.35
7th	Vitória Cristina Rosa	Brazil	23.35
8th	Sheniqua Ferguson	Bahamas	23.62

Run 8

August 15, 2016, 10:12 a.m.
Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Tori Bowie	United States	22.47
2	Murielle Ahouré	Ivory Coast	22.52
3	Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland	22.78
4th	Nadine Gonska	Germany	23.03
5	Eleni Artymata	Cyprus	23.27
6th	Arialis Gandulla	Cuba	23.41
7th	Brenessa Thompson	Guyana	23.65
8th	Maizurah Abdul Rahim	Brunei	28.02

Run 9

August 15, 2016, 10:18 a.m.
Wind: +0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Edidiong Odiong	Bahrain	22.74
2	Semoy Hackett	Trinidad and Tobago	22.78
3	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	22.97
4th	Olga Safronova	Kazakhstan	23.29
5	Ashley Kelly	British Virgin Islands	23.61
6th	Tameka Williams	St. Kitts and Nevis	23.61
7th	Sabina Veit	Slovenia	23.75
8th	Kristina Pronschenko	Tajikistan	25.53

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  The Polish Anna Kiełbasińska did not reach the semi-finals as fourth of her preliminary run

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  The Belgian Olivia Borlée was eliminated as seventh of her preliminary run

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  As fourth of the second heat, the Greek Maria Belimbasaki did not get into the next round

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  Her sixth place in the fourth heat was not enough for Janet Amponsah from Ghana to take part in the semi-finals

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  The Dutch Tessa van Schagen was eliminated in fourth in her run in the preliminary round

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  The Dutchman Jamile Samuel her third place was not enough for the semi-finals

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  As the fifth of her run, the Ukrainian Jelysaveta Bryshina was eliminated in the preliminary round

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  The Portuguese Lorène Bazolo took fourth place in her preliminary run and was eliminated

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  With fifth place in her preliminary run, the Japanese Chisato Fukushima did not reach the next round

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  The Brazilian Vitória Cristina Rosa finished seventh in her preliminary run and was eliminated

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  Fifth place in the eighth heat was not enough for Eleni Artymata from Cyprus to reach the semifinals

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  Surprisingly, the 2004 and 2008 Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown from Jamaica was eliminated in the preliminary round as third in her run

Semifinals

The semifinals consisted of three runs. The first two athletes of each run qualified for the final. In addition, the two fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified sprinters are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Run 1

August 16, 2016, 10:00 p.m.
Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	21.96
2	Elaine Thompson	Jamaica	22.13
3	Deajah Stevens	United States	22.49
4th	Dina Asher-Smith	Great Britain	22.49
5	Blessing Okagbare	Nigeria	22.69
6th	Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland	22.83
7th	Lisa Mayer	Germany	22.90
8th	Tynia Gaither	Bahamas	23.45

Run 2

August 16, 2016, 10:08 p.m.
Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Marie Josée Ta Lou	Ivory Coast	22.28
2	Iwet Lalowa-Collio	Bulgaria	22.42
3	Ella Nelson	Australia	22.50
4th	Jenna Prandini	United States	22.55
5	Natalija Pohrebnjak	Ukraine	22.81
6th	Semoy Hackett	Trinidad and Tobago	22.94
7th	Ángela Tenorio	Ecuador	22.99
8th	Jodie Williams	Great Britain	22.99

Run 3

August 16, 2016, 10:16 p.m.
Wind: +0.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Tori Bowie	United States	22.13
2	Michelle-Lee Ahye	Trinidad and Tobago	22.25
3	Simone Facey	Jamaica	22.57
4th	Murielle Ahouré	Ivory Coast	22.59
5	Gina Lückenkemper	Germany	22.73
6th	Edidiong Odiong	Bahrain	22.84
7th	Nercely Soto	Venezuela	22.88
8th	Crystal Emmanuel	Canada	23.05

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  The Swiss Mujinga Kambundji failed as sixth of her race in the semifinals

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  The Ukrainian Natalija Pohrebnjak was not enough her fifth place in the second semifinals for the final

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  Ángela Tenorio from Ecuador finished seventh in her semi-final race and was eliminated

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  As the eighth of the second semifinal, the British Jodie Williams did not reach the final

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  Even a third place in her semifinals was not enough for Jamaican Simone Facey to take part in the final

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  Murielle Ahouré from Ivory Coast finished fourth in the third semi-finals and was eliminated

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  The third in the European Championships of Amsterdam Gina Lückenkemper from Germany did not reach as fifth-placed their Semfinalrennens the finals

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  Edidiong Odiong from Bahrain was eliminated in sixth place in their semi-final race

final

August 17, 2016, 10:30 p.m.
Wind: -0.1 m / s

Two US women and one starter each from Bulgaria, Ivory Coast, Great Britain, Jamaica, the Netherlands and Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the final.

The favorites were primarily the world champion Dafne Schippers from the Netherlands and the Jamaican runner-up world champion Elaine Thompson, who had already won the 100 meter competition. Veronica Campbell-Brown, winner of 2004 and 2008 , was already eliminated in the preliminary round.

The two favorites had the best start in the finale and already took a slight lead in the first corner. Thompson was the first to hit the home straight, not far behind her Schippers. But nothing was decided yet, the gaps were tight overall. On the second half of the course, Thompson extended their lead and although Schippers tried everything to get closer, Thompson won her second gold medal in Rio . Schippers, who fell after crossing the finish line, won silver. After the starting curve, Marie Josée Ta Lou from Ivory Coast, fourth in the 100-meter race, was third in front of US athlete Tori Bowie. But Bowie fought his way past her and won the bronze medal ahead of Ta Lou, which set a new national record. The British Dina Asher-Smith, reigning European Champion , finished fifth ahead of Michelle-Lee Ahye from Trinidad and Tobago. The American Deajah Stevens and the Bulgarian Iwet Lalowa-Collio finished seventh and eighth.

Elaine Thompson also won the 200 meters after the 100 meters .

In terms of the number of medals won over 200 meters, the USA and Jamaica were now tied, both nations had twelve medals each. In terms of the number of Olympic victories, the USA has been the most successful nation to date with its six victories. Jamaica and the GDR have both had three wins so far.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Elaine Thompson	Jamaica	21.78
2	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	21.88
3	Tori Bowie	United States	22.15
4th	Marie Josée Ta Lou	Ivory Coast	22.21	NO
5	Dina Asher-Smith	Great Britain	22.31
6th	Michelle-Lee Ahye	Trinidad and Tobago	22.34
7th	Deajah Stevens	United States	22.65
8th	Iwet Lalowa-Collio	Bulgaria	22.69

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  Olympic Champion
  Elaine Thompson, Jamaica

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  Silver medalist
  Dafne Schippers. Netherlands

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  Bronze medalist
  Tori Bowie from the USA

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  The Olympic champion Marie Josée Ta Lou from Ivory Coast

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  The British Dina Asher-Smith finished fifth in the final

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  Michelle-Lee Ahye from Trinidad and Tobago came in sixth

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  The Olympic seventh Deajah Stevens from the United States

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  Bulgarian Iwet Lalowa-Collio was Olympic eight

Web links

Commons : 2016 Summer Olympic Games / Athletics - 200 m (women)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Results Book Rio 2016, Official Report at library.olympic.org, accessed October 10, 2018
• Results on the website of the World Athletics Federation IAAF 200 m women (English), accessed on October 10, 2018
• Sports reference, result of the 200 m women (English), accessed on October 10, 2018

Videos

• Thompson wins gold in the Women's 200m sprint on youtube.com, published August 21, 2016, accessed October 10, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 794 , accessed on October 10, 2018