| Event: | Women's 200 metres |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The women's 200 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 14 and 15 September 1962.
| Gold | Jutta Heine | |
| Silver | Dorothy Hyman | |
| Bronze | Barbara Sobotta |
15 SeptemberWind: -2.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 23.5 | CR | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 23.7 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 23.9 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 24.2 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 24.2 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 24.4 |
14 September
Wind: 0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 23.8 | CR Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 24.0 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 24.2 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 24.3 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 24.5 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 25.1 |
Wind: 0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 23.6 | CR Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 23.7 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 24.3 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 24.7 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 24.8 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 25.0 |
14 September
Wind: 1.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 23.8 | CR Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 24.1 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 24.2 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 25.3 |
Wind: 1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 23.9 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 24.7 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 25.1 | Q |
Wind: 2.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 24.0 w | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 24.1 w | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 24.4 w | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 24.6 w | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 25.3 w |
Wind: 0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 24.1 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 24.5 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 25.1 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 26.5 |
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.
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