2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Women's 200 metres explained

Event:	Women's 200 metres
Competition:	2021 World Athletics U20 Championships
Venue:	Kasarani Stadium
Dates:	20 August (heats and semifinals) 21 August (final)
Competitors:	32
Nations:	24
Win Value:	21.84
Gold:	Christine Mboma
Goldnoc:	NAM
Silver:	Beatrice Masilingi
Silvernoc:	NAM
Bronze:	Favour Ofili
Bronzenoc:	NGR
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The women's 200 metres at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Kasarani Stadium on 20 and 21 August.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships
World U20 Record		22.18	Athens, Greece	25 August 2004
Championship Record		22.50	Tampere Finland	14 July 2018
World U20 Leading		21.81	Tokyo, Japan	3 August 2021

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[2]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.2 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s, Heat 5: +0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2			22.65
2	5			22.74
3	4			23.18	,
4	1			23.23
5	5			23.62
6	4			23.62
7	2			23.71
8	3			23.84	,
9	4			23.87
10	1			23.92
11	3			23.95
12	2			23.95
13	3			23.97
14	1			23.98
15	4			23.99
16	2			24.01	,
17	5			24.06
18	5			24.14
19	2			24.23
20	1			24.31
21	3			24.35
22	3			24.36
23	4			24.37
24	1			24.42
25	1			24.56
26	3			24.72
27	5			24.78
28	4			25.15
29	1			25.17
30	5			29.50
	5
	2
	2

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.^[3]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +1.3 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2			22.19	, CR
2	3			22.37
3	1			22.41	, CR
4	1			23.18	,
5	2			23.32	,
6	2			23.57	,
7	1			23.64	,
8	3			23.70	,
9	2			23.76
10	3			23.77
11	2			23.81
12	3			23.82
13	1			23.95
14	1			23.98
15	1			24.03
16	3			24.04
17	3			24.11
18	2			24.26
19	3			24.28
20	2			24.36
21	2			24.37
22	1			24.38
23	1			24.54
	3

Final

The final was held on 21 August at 18:03.^[4]

Wind: +1.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	6			21.84
	4			22.18
	5			22.23
4	7			23.51
5	1			23.79
6	2			23.85
7	8			23.96
	3

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships Nairobi Timetable. 20 August 2021. worldathletics.org.
2. Web site: 200 metres Women − Round 1 − Summary. World Athletics. 20 August 2021. 20 August 2021.
3. Web site: 200 metres Women − Semi-Final − Summary. World Athletics. 20 August 2021. 20 August 2021.
4. Web site: 200 Metres Women − Final − Results. World Athletics. 21 August 2021. 21 August 2021.