Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Women's 200 metres explained

The women's 200 metres event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 10, 11 and 12 September 1979.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Marita Koch	Kathy Smallwood	Bev Goddard

Results

Heats

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Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.3 m/s, Heat 4: +0.3 m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			22.52	Q
2	1			23.09	Q
3	1			23.27	Q^[4]
4	3			23.47	Q
5	4			23.54	Q
6	1			23.60	Q
7	2			23.64	Q
8	2			23.67	Q
9	2			23.68	Q
10	2			24.00	q
11	3			24.18	Q
12	1			24.23	q
13	3			24.54	Q
14	4			24.77	Q
15	1			24.79	q
16	4			24.86	q
17	4			25.15
18	3			25.26
19	2			25.52
20	1			25.85
21	1			26.73

Semifinals

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Wind:
Heat 1: -0.4 m/s, Heat 2: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			22.32	Q
2	2			23.02	Q
3	2			23.03	Q
4	1			23.22	Q
5	2			23.27	Q
6	1			23.38	Q
7	1			23.65	Q^[6]
8	2			23.70	Q
9	1			23.88
10	2			24.19
11	2			24.33
12	1			24.83
12	2			24.83
14	1			25.07
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Final

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Wind: +1.9 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
			21.91	UR
			22.70
			22.76
4			22.80
5			23.25
6			23.41
7			23.58

Notes and References

1. Holzbach . Gerd . Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico . Leichtathletik . 25 September 1979 . 39/1979 . 1240–1245 . Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico . Bartels & Wernitz . German . 0343-5369.
2. https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1979&CID=12981106 Results at Tilastopaja
3. News: Universiade, atletiek . 28 March 2020 . . 11 September 1979 . 17 . Dutch.
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20171223181439/http://cdm.athle.com/upload/ssites/001059/autres_championnats/universiades_annees.pdf French results
5. News: Na hordenexplosie bij Universiade Pont tiende ter wereld . 29 March 2020 . . 13 September 1979 . 19 . Dutch.
6. News: Tre medaglie sotto il diluvio . . 13 September 1979 . 21 . Italian.
7. News: Final results . 22 March 2020 . . 13 September 1979 . 30.
8. News: Final results . 22 March 2020 . . 13 September 1979 . 16.