2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 200 metres explained

Event:	Women's 200 metres
Competition:	2023 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue:	Leppävaara Stadium, Espoo
Dates:	15 July (heats & semi-final) 16 July (final)
Win Value:	23.31
Gold:	Delphine Nkansa
Goldnoc:	BEL
Silver:	Boglárka Takács
Silvernoc:	HUN
Bronze:	Polyniki Emmanouilidou
Bronzenoc:	GRE
Prev:	2021
Next:	2025

The women's 200 metres event at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Espoo, Finland, at Leppävaara Stadium on 15 and 16 July.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

European U23 record		21.71	Karl Marx Stadt, East Germany	10 June 1979
Championship U23 record		22.57	Turku, Finland	13 July 1997

Results

Heats

Qualification rules: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	1			22.99	Q
2	3			23.00	Q,
3	1			23.17	Q
4	3			23.23	Q
5	2			23.25	Q
6	4			23.33	Q
7	1			23.37	Q
8	2			23.46	Q
9	4			23.47	Q,
10	3			23.48	Q
11	2			23.50	Q
12	4			23.50	Q
13	3			23.70	q
14	4			23.74	q
15	3			23.80	q
16	2			23.84	q
17	1			23.87
18	3			23.89
19	2			23.92
20	4			23.95
21	2			23.96
22	4			24.02
23	1			24.15
24	2			24.19
25	1			24.19
26	1			24.20
27	4			24.23
28	3			24.35

Semi-final

Qualification rules: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the finals.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1	2			23.51	Q
2	2			23.61	Q
3	2			23.65	Q
4	2			23.69	q
5	1			23.77	Q
6	2			23.82	q
7	1			23.93	Q
8	1			23.95	Q
9	1			24.05
10	2			24.12
11	1			24.21
12	2			24.40
13	2			24.42
14	1			24.50
15	1			24.51
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Final

^[4]

Rank	Heat	Name	Country	Time	Notes
	4			23.31
	1			23.33
	7			23.41
4	6			23.52
5	5			23.52
6	3			23.53
7	8			23.77
8	2			23.90

Notes and References

1. Web site: Event Schedule: European Athletics U23 Championships 2023 . Watch Athletics . 6 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231128204031/https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4422/event-schedule-european-athletics-u23-championships-2023 . 28 November 2023 . live.
2. Web site: 15 July 2023 . 200m Women Round 1 Results Summary . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230718170004/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C74A_ATHW200M--------------RND1--------.pdf . 18 July 2023 . European Athletics.
3. Web site: 16 July 2023 . 200m Women Semi-Finals Results Summary . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230718170007/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C74A_ATHW200M--------------SFNL--------.pdf . 18 July 2023 . European Athletics.
4. Web site: 16 July 2023 . 200m Women Final Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230716175825/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C73A_ATHW200M--------------FNL-000100--.pdf . 16 July 2023 . European Athletics.