2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres explained

Event:	Women's 200 metres
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The women's 200 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on July 30 and July 31.

Medalists

Gold	Myriam Soumaré France (FRA)
Silver	Yelizaveta Bryzhina Ukraine (UKR)
Bronze	Aleksandra Fedoriva Russia (RUS)

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record	21.34	Seoul, South Korea	29 September 1988
European record	21.71	Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany	10 June 1979
		Potsdam, East Germany	21 July 1984
		Jena, East Germany	29 June 1986
		Stuttgart, West Germany	29 August 1986
Championship record	21.71	Stuttgart, West Germany	29 August 1986
World Leading	21.98	New York City, United States	12 June 2010
European Leading	22.41	Saransk, Russia	15 July 2010
Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships
European Leading	22.32	Barcelona, Spain	31 July 2010

Rank	Lane	React	Time	Notes
1	4	0.245	23.10	Q
2	6	0.179	23.22	Q
3	3	0.205	23.75	Q
4	5	0.253	23.78	q
5	7	0.205	23.78
6	2	0.217	24.13
		Wind: -2.6 m/s

Rank	Lane	React	Time	Notes
	8		~~23.09~~	Q, Doping
1	5	0.236	23.41	Q
2	7	0.230	23.44	Q
3	3	0.192	23.62	q
4	6	0.208	24.14
5	4	0.246	24.32
	2
		Wind: -2.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	React	Time	Notes
	4	0.201	~~23.00~~	Q, Doping
1	5	0.212	23.11	Q
2	2	0.186	23.56	Q
3	6	0.240	23.72
4	3	0.216	23.89
5	7	0.197	23.97
		Wind: -1.2 m/s

Rank	Lane	React	Time	Notes
1	5	0.263	23.47	Q
2	3	0.178	23.57	Q
3	2	0.199	23.59	Q
4	4	0.190	23.60	q
5	8	0.242	23.63	q
6	6	0.176	24.41
7	7	0.253	24.53
		Wind: -3.5 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	React	Time	Notes
	2	8		~~23.09~~	Q, Doping
1	1	4	0.245	23.10	Q
	3	4	0.201	~~23.10~~	Q, Doping
2	3	5	0.212	23.21	Q
3	1	6	0.179	23.22	Q
4	2	5	0.236	23.41	Q
5	2	7	0.230	23.44	Q
6	4	5	0.263	23.47	Q
7	4	3	0.178	23.57	Q
8	4	2	0.199	23.59	Q
9	4	4	0.190	23.60	q
10	2	3	0.192	23.62	q
11	4	8	0.242	23.63	q
12	3	2	0.186	23.66	Q
13	1	3	0.205	23.75	Q
14	1	5	0.253	23.78	q
15	1	7	0.205	23.78
16	3	6	0.240	23.82
17	3	3	0.216	23.89
18	3	7	0.197	24.07
19	1	2	0.217	24.13
20	2	6	0.208	24.14
21	2	4	0.246	24.32
22	4	6	0.176	24.41
23	4	7	0.253	24.53
	2	2

First 3 in each heat and 2 best performers advance to the Final.

Rank	Lane	React	Time	Notes
1	3	0.205	22.63	Q
	6	0.233	~~22.72~~	Q, Doping
2	5	0.211	22.84	Q, PB
3	4	0.199	23.21	q
4	8	0.224	23.21	SB
5	2	0.203	23.31
6	1	0.177	23.36	SB
	7	0.245
		Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Lane	React	Time	Notes
1	4	0.233	22.86	Q
	6	0.210	~~22.88~~	Q, Doping
2	3	0.191	23.02	Q
3	5	0.254	23.14	q
4	2	0.192	23.30
5	8	0.229	23.44
6	7		23.48
7	1	0.167	23.77
		Wind: -1.7 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	React	Time	Notes
1	1	3	0.205	22.63	Q
	1	6	0.233	~~22.72~~	Q, Doping
2	1	5	0.211	22.84	Q, PB
3	2	4	0.233	22.86	Q
	2	6	0.210	~~22.88~~	Q, Doping
4	2	3	0.191	23.02	Q
5	2	5	0.254	23.14	q
6	1	4	0.199	23.21	q
7	1	8	0.224	23.21	SB
8	2	2	0.192	23.30
9	1	2	0.203	23.31
10	1	1	0.177	23.36	SB
11	2	8	0.229	23.44
12	2	7		23.48
13	2	1	0.167	23.77
	1	7	0.245

Wind : +0.1 m/s