2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres explained

The women's 200 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 19, 20 and 21 August.

Olympic silver medalist and defending World champion Allyson Felix (USA) established herself as the pre-race favorite, having run under 22 seconds earlier in the season. Double Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) suffered a toe injury and entered Berlin below her peak form.

In the final, Campbell-Brown and Allyson Felix both went out of the blocks quickly and entered the home straight even with one another. Felix, however, was able to hold her form as Campbell-Brown faltered, crossing the line in 22.02 seconds to win her third World 200m title. Campbell-Brown earned another silver medal in the 200m, and Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH) won the bronze medal.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Allyson Felix	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie

Records

World Record		21.34	Seoul, South Korea	29 September 1988
Championship Record		21.74	Rome, Italy	3 September 1987
World Leading		21.88	Stockholm, Sweden	31 July 2009
African Record		22.07	Zürich, Switzerland	14 August 1996
Asian Record		22.01	Shanghai, China	22 October 1997
North American record		21.34	Seoul, South Korea	29 September 1988
South American record		22.60	Bogotá, Colombia	26 June 1999
European Record		21.71	Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany	10 June 1979
Oceanian Record		22.23	Stuttgart, Germany	13 July 1997

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 19, 2009	19:45	Heats
August 20, 2009	19:50	Semifinals
August 21, 2009	21:00	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			22.51	Q, SB
	5			22.69	Q
	4			22.71	Q
	2			22.76	Q, SB
	1			22.83	Q
	4			22.83	Q, NR
	3			22.88	Q
	5			22.91	Q, PB
	3			22.96	Q, NR
10	5			22.97	Q
11	2			23.00	Q
12	6			23.01	Q
13	4			23.06	q
14	2			23.07	Q
15	1			23.08	Q
16	6			23.10	Q
17	6			23.25	Q
18	3			23.27	Q, SB
19	3			23.28	q
20	1			23.29	Q
21	5			23.33	q
22	2			23.34	q
22	3			23.34	q, SB
24	6			23.35	q, SB
25	3			23.38
26	1			23.40
27	1			23.42
27	1			23.42
29	2			23.54
30	4			23.59
31	4			23.60	SB
32	3			23.61
32	5			23.61
34	6			23.61	SB
35	4			23.72
36	2			23.77
37	6			23.84
38	5			24.13	SB
39	5			24.24
40	2			24.74	PB
41	1			25.70	PB
42	2			26.90
43	3			28.34
	1				DNF
	6				DNS

Key: PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1			22.24	Q
	1			22.29	Q, SB
	3			22.30	Q, SB
	2			22.44	Q
	2			22.55	Q, PB
	3			22.58	Q, SB
	1			22.64	q, PB
	1			22.64	q, NR
9	2			22.74
10	2			22.80
11	2			22.81
12	3			22.90	NR
13	3			22.96
14	1			23.03	PB
15	2			23.19
16	3			23.19	SB
17	3			23.24
18	1			23.26	SB
19	1			23.27
20	3			23.36
21	2			23.40
22	3			23.42
23	2			23.47
	1				DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			22.02
			22.35
			22.41
4			22.48
5			22.62
6			22.80
7			22.98
8			23.05

References

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