Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres explained

Event:Women's 200 metres
Games:1996 Summer
Venue:Olympic Stadium
Dates:July 31 (heats and quarterfinals)
August 1 (semifinals and final)
Competitors:48
Nations:36
Win Value:22.12
Longnames:yes
Gold:Marie-José Pérec
Goldnoc:FRA
Silver:Merlene Ottey
Silvernoc:JAM
Bronze:Mary Onyali
Bronzenoc:NGR
Prev:1992
Next:2000

These are the official results of the women's 200 metres event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 47 participating athletes, with two rounds (six heats in round 1, four heats in round 2), two semifinals and a final.[1]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record21.34 Florence Griffith JoynerIndianapolis, Indiana (USA)16 July 1988
Olympic Record21.34 Florence Griffith JoynerSeoul (KOR)29 September 1988

Results

Heats

Top four in each heat and next eight fastest advanced to the quarterfinals.

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Lane
1 Carlette Guidry22.37 5
2 Mary Onyali22.42 8
3 Melanie Paschke22.93 3
4 Patricia Rodríguez23.13 2
5 Yan Jiankui23.21 1
6 Myra Mayberry23.23 7
7 Zlatka Georgieva24.05 4
8 Laure Kuetey25.57 6

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Lane
1 Dannette Young22.65 2
2 Melinda Gainsford-Taylor22.70 7
3 Lucrécia Jardim22.95 5
4 Viktoriya Fomenko23.18 1
5 Sandy Myers23.18 6
6 Calister Ubah23.34 3
7 Dora Kyriakou23.85 4
8 Sylla M'Mah Touré26.64 8

Heat three

Rank Name Nationality Time Lane
1 Juliet Cuthbert23.03 6
2 Irina Privalova23.16 2
3 Cathy Freeman23.25 1
4 Sanna Hernesniemi23.35 7
5 Mireille Donders23.52 8
6 Maia Azarashvili23.63 5
7 Felipa Palacios24.12 4
8 Lineo Shoai26.25 3

Heat four

Rank Name Nationality Time Lane
1 Merlene Ottey22.92 7
2 Katharine Merry23.14 1
3 Monika Gachevska23.30 6
4 Heather Samuel23.34 5
5 Ameerah Bello23.45 4
6 Du Xiujie23.69 3
7 Guilhermina da Cruz24.92 8
8 Marina TrandenkovaDNS 2

Heat five

Rank Name Nationality Time Lane
1 Galina Malchugina22.63 1
2 Chandra Sturrup22.63 7
3 Beverly McDonald23.04 6
4 Zhanna Pintusevych23.15 5
5 Simmone Jacobs23.36 2
6 Tara Perry23.46 3
7 Marina Živković23.51 4
8 Kaltouma Nadjina24.47 8

Heat six

Rank Name Nationality Time Lane
1 Marie-José Pérec22.62 5
2 Inger Miller22.74 3
3 Alenka Bikar22.88 7
4 Katerina Koffa23.09 4
5 Natallia Safronnikava23.14 8
6 Sevatheda Fynes23.39 2
7 Georgette N’Koma23.68 1
8 Lyudmila Dmitriady24.88 6

Quarterfinals

Top four in each heat advanced to the semifinals.

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Lane
1 Carlette Guidry22.51 3
2 Chandra Sturrup22.81 6
3 Melinda Gainsford-Taylor22.91 4
4 Natallia Safronnikava23.15 2
5 Sanna Hernesniemi23.38 1
6 Monika Gachevska23.44 8
7 Ameerah Bello23.66 7
8 Beverly McDonaldDNS 5
Heat two
Rank Name Nationality Time Lane
1 Merlene Ottey22.61 4
2 Galina Malchugina22.69 3
3 Melanie Paschke22.84 5
4 Katerina Koffa23.04 7
5 Katharine Merry23.17 6
6 Sevatheda Fynes23.26 8
7 Yan Jiankui23.30 1
8 Viktoriya Fomenko23.442

Heat three

Rank Name Nationality Time Lane
1 Marie-José Pérec22.24 3
2 Mary Onyali22.37 5
3 Inger Miller22.57 6
4 Cathy Freeman22.74 1
5 Lucrécia Jardim22.88 4
6 Simmone Jacobs22.96 7
7 Sandy Myers23.20 2
8 Heather Samuel23.54 8

Heat four

Rank Name Nationality Time Lane
1 Dannette Young22.53 6
2 Juliet Cuthbert22.62 4
3 Irina Privalova22.82 3
4 Alenka Bikar22.89 5
5 Myra Mayberry23.48 8
6 Patricia Rodríguez23.50 1
7 Calister Ubah23.62 7
8 Zhanna Pintusevych23.68 2

Semifinals

Top four from each heat advanced to the finals.

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time Lane
1 Marie-José Pérec22.07 4
2 Mary Onyali22.16 3
3 Juliet Cuthbert22.24 5
4 Inger Miller22.33 7
5 Dannette Young22.49 6
6 Cathy Freeman22.78 2
7 Natallia Safronnikava22.98 1
8 Irina PrivalovaDNS 8

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time Lane
1 Merlene Ottey22.08 4
2 Galina Malchugina22.35 6
3 Chandra Sturrup22.54 5
4 Carlette Guidry22.56 3
5 Melinda Gainsford-Taylor22.76 2
6 Melanie Paschke22.81 7
7 Alenka Bikar22.82 8
8 Katerina Koffa23.20 1

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Lane
Marie-José Pérec22.12 3
Merlene Ottey22.24 5
Mary Onyali22.38 4
4 Inger Miller22.41 7
5 Galina Malchugina22.45 6
6 Chandra Sturrup22.54 8
7 Juliet Cuthbert22.60 1
8 Carlette Guidry22.612

Wind in the finals = 0.3 m/s
Notes: DNS = did not start

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Games: Women's 200 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173937/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ATH/womens-200-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 19 July 2017 . Sports Reference.

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