2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres explained

Event:	Women's 200 metres
Competition:	2018 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Olympiastadion
Location:	Berlin
Competitors:	34
Nations:	18
Win Value:	21.89
Gold:	Dina Asher-Smith
Silver:	Dafne Schippers
Bronze:	Jamile Samuel
Gold Nation:	GBR
Silver Nation:	NED
Bronze Nation:	NED
Previous:	2016
Next:	2022

The women's 200 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships takes place at the Olympiastadion on 10 and 11 August.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships
World record	21.34^[2]	Seoul, South Korea	29 September 1988
European record	21.63^[3]	Beijing, China	28 August 2015
Championship record	21.71	Stuttgart, West Germany	29 August 1986
World leading	22.04^[4]	Abilene, United States	24 March 2018
European leading	22.25^[5]	Oslo, Norway	22 July 2018
Broken records during the 2018 European Athletics Championships
World leading	21.89	Berlin, Germany	11 August 2018
European leading	21.89	Berlin, Germany	11 August 2018

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.^[6] The top 10 ranked athletes received a bye to the semifinals.^[7]

Wind:Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: -0.5 m/s, Heat 3: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Note
1	1	5	23.06	,
2	3	1	23.07	,
3	1	7	23.20
4	3	6	23.28
5	3	4	23.34
6	1	1	23.36
7	2	7	23.44
8	3	7	23.56
9	1	2	23.59
10	3	2	23.60
11	2	1	23.60
12	2	5	23.62
13	1	6	23.63
14	2	2	23.64
15	2	4	23.72
16	3	5	23.79
17	2	3	23.84
18	1	4	23.91
19	3	8	23.92
20	2	6	23.93
21	3	3	23.96
22	2	8	24.00
23	1	3	24.21
24	1	8	24.40

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.^[8]

Wind:Heat 1: +1.1 m/s, Heat 2: +1.4 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Note
1	1	4	Dina Asher-Smith	22.33
2	3	4	Jamile Samuel	22.58
3	1	3	Ivet Lalova-Collio	22.65
4	2	4	Dafne Schippers	22.69
5	1	5	Bianca Williams	22.83
6	2	5	Beth Dobbin	22.84
7	3	5	Mujinga Kambundji	22.84
8	1	7		22.87	,
9	2	3	Sarah Atcho	22.88
10	3	2		23.03
11	2	6		23.23
12	3	6	Jessica-Bianca Wessolly	23.26
13	3	3	Jodie Williams	23.28
14	2	7		23.29
15	3	7		23.30
16	1	6		23.41
17	2	2		23.42
18	2	8		23.43
19	1	2		23.46
20	2	1		23.60
21	3	1		23.62
22	1	1		23.80
23	1	8		23.98
	3	8

* Athletes who received a bye to the semifinals^[7]

The medals were determined in the final.^[9]

Wind: +0.2 m/s

Web site: European Athletics 2018 European Championships Timetable . european-athletics.org . 15 March 2018 . 3 May 2018.
Web site: SENIOR OUTDOOR - 200 METRES WOMEN . 2018-08-15 . IAAF.
Web site: SENIOR OUTDOOR - 200 METRES WOMEN (Europe) . 2018-08-15 . IAAF.
Web site: SENIOR OUTDOOR 2018 - 200 METRES WOMEN . 2018-08-15 . IAAF.
Web site: SENIOR OUTDOOR 2018 - 200 METRES WOMEN (Europe) . 2018-08-15 . IAAF.
Book: 200m Women Round 1 Results Summary . 10 August 2018 . European Athletics Championships, Berlin 2018 . 15 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180910114730/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW002900_C74A.pdf . 10 September 2018 . dead . dmy-all .
Web site: European Athletics Championships 2018 Sprint Events – List of directly qualified athletes in Semi-Finals . European Athletics Championships, Berlin 2018 . 15 August 2018.
Book: 200m Women Semi-Finals Results Summary . 10 August 2018 . European Athletics Championships, Berlin 2018 . 15 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180921095808/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW002200_C74A.pdf . 21 September 2018 . dead . dmy-all .
Book: 200m Women Final . 11 August 2018 . European Athletics Championships, Berlin 2018 . 15 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203155126/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW002101_C73A.pdf . 3 December 2016 . dead . dmy-all .