Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres
| Women's 200 metres at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad |
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| Competitors | 50 from 35 nations | |||||||||
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| Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics  |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | women | ||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The women's 200 m at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium between August 23 and August 25
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[edit] Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 21.34 |  Florence Griffith-Joyner |
Seoul (KOR) | September 29, 1988 |
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| Olympic Record | 21.34 | Florence Griffith-Joyner |
Seoul (KOR) | September 29, 1988 |
[edit] Results
There were seven heats in round one from where the first four home in each progressed to the second round along with the four fastest losers. The second round comprised four heats where only the first three from each and the four fastest loser progreesed to the semi-finals. From here only the first four in each carried on to the final along with just one fastest loser.
[edit] Round 1
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Round 2.
[edit] Round 2
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.
[edit] Semifinals
[edit] Semifinal 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Allyson Felix | United States |
22.36 | Q |
| 2 | Abi Oyepitan |  Great Britain |
22.56 | Q |
| 3 | Ivet Lalova |  Bulgaria |
22.56 | Q, SB |
| 4 | Muna Lee | United States |
22.69 | Q |
| 5 | Maryna Maydanova |  Ukraine |
22.75 | |
| 6 | Beverly McDonald |  Jamaica |
23.02 | |
| 7 | Christine Arron |  France |
23.05 | |
| Merlene Ottey |  Slovenia |
DNF |
The first semi-final was a straightforward affair for Felix as after initially being closed down a little by Oyepitan she was never behind and eased through in first place. Muna Lee could quite cath up to those in front where Oyepitan also finished strongly to pip Lalova on the line for second. Ottey had pulled up injured about seventy metres into the race.
[edit] Semifinal 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Veronica Campbell | Jamaica |
22.13 | Q, PB |
| 2 | Aleen Bailey | Jamaica |
22.33 | Q, PB |
| 3 | Kim Gevaert |  Belgium |
22.48 | Q, NR |
| 4 | Debbie Ferguson |  Bahamas |
22.49 | Q, SB |
| 5 | Cydonie Mothersille |  Cayman Islands |
22.76 | |
| 6 | la Shauntea Moore | United States |
22.93 | |
| 7 | Sylviane Félix | France |
22.99 | |
| 8 | Olga Kaidantzi |  Greece |
23.30 |
Campbell beat her own world leading time for 2004 after a good start she simply pulled away from the rest. Gevaert had a very quick start and after consolidating entering the straight ran on again to break the Belgian record. Bailey finished the strongest behind her compatriot with them both achieving personal bests and Ferguson, seasons best, whilst off the pace in fourth held off Mothersill who didn't get close to the national record she had set in round 1.
[edit] Final
August 25 23:20
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Veronica Campbell | Jamaica |
22.05 | PB |
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Allyson Felix | United States |
22.18 | |
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Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas |
22.30 | SB |
| 4 | Aleen Bailey | Jamaica |
22.42 | |
| 5 | Ivet Lalova | Bulgaria |
22.57 | |
| 6 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium |
22.84 | |
| =7 | Muna Lee | United States |
22.87 | |
| =7 | Abi Oyepitan | Great Britain |
22.87 |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
[edit] References
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