Athletics at the 1977 Summer Universiade – Women's 200 metres explained

The women's 200 metres event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on 21 and 22 August.^[1]

The winning margin was 0.01 seconds which as of 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin in the women's 200 metres at these games.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Silvia Chivás	Marina Sidorova	Andrea Lynch

Results

Heats

Held on 21 August

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.2 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s, Heat 4: ? m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			23.11	Q^[2]
2	2			23.70	Q
3	4			23.79	Q
4	1			23.88	Q
5	3			23.39	Q
6	3			23.48	Q
7	3			23.88	Q
8	1			24.06	Q
9	4			24.09	Q
10	3			24.11	q^[3]
11	2			24.16	Q
12	2			24.30	Q
13	3			24.33	q
14	2			24.39	q
15	4			24.40	q
16	4			24.46
17	1			24.56	Q
18	2			24.83
19	3			24.83
20	1			25.34
21	1			25.73
22	2			25.95

Semifinals

Held on 22 August^[4]

Wind:
Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			23.05	Q
2	1			23.15	Q
3	1			23.22	Q
4	2			23.74	Q
5	2			23.79	Q
6	1			23.99	Q
7	2			24.06	Q
8	1			24.09	Q
9	2			24.21
10	2			24.26
11	1			24.35
12	2			24.38
13	1			24.39
14	1			24.40
15	2			24.68
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Final

Held on 22 August^{[5] [6]}

Wind: -2.2 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			23.08
			23.09
			23.23
4			23.30
5			24.06
6			24.12
7			24.26
8			24.40

Notes and References

1. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1977&CID=12981067 Results at Tilastopaja
2. http://www.docme.su/doc/1267330/koroleva-sporta-na-vsemirnyh-universiadah-1959–-2011-gg.-... Soviet results
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20171223181439/http://cdm.athle.com/upload/ssites/001059/autres_championnats/universiades_annees.pdf French results
4. News: Semifinals results . 13 April 2020 . . 22 August 1977 . 14.
5. News: Final results . 22 March 2020 . . 23 August 1977 . 24.
6. News: Final results . 22 March 2020 . . 23 August 1977 . 20.