1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres explained

The women's 200 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 9 and 10 March.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Merlene Ottey	Irina Sergeyeva	Grit Breuer

Results

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			22.95	Q
2	3			23.30	Q
3	2			23.35	Q
4	1			23.49	Q
5	1			23.56	Q
5	5			23.56	Q, NR
7	1			23.64	q
8	5			23.73	q, PB
9	3			23.75	Q
10	4			23.77	Q
11	2			23.78	Q
12	5			23.81	AR
13	4			24.01	Q, NR
14	2			24.06
15	1			24.16
16	5			24.18
17	4			24.28
18	2			25.04	NR
19	2			25.69
20	1			26.34
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Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			22.64	Q
2	2			22.86	Q
3	1			22.98	Q
4	1			23.07	Q
5	2			23.10	Q
6	2			23.55	Q, NR
7	1			23.58
8	2			23.63
9	1			23.66
10	2			23.73
11	1			23.74
12	2			24.70

Final

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			22.24	=WR
	6			22.41	NR
	3			22.58	WJR
4	5			22.94
5	2			23.20
6	1			24.10

Notes and References

1. http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/3rd-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-15/results/women/200-metres/heats/summary Heats results
2. http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/3rd-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-15/results/women/200-metres/semi-final/summary Semifinals results
3. http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/3rd-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-15/results/women/200-metres/final/result Final results