1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 200 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats and the final held on Thursday 1987-09-03.

Results

Heats

Tuesday, 1 September 1987

Rank	Heat	Name	Result	Notes
1	1	Silke Gladisch (GDR)	22.44	Q
2	4	Florence Griffith (USA)	22.56	Q
3	1	Gwen Torrence (USA)	22.61	Q
4	2	Nadezhda Georgieva (BUL)	22.77	Q
5	2	Pam Marshall (USA)	22.84	Q
6	3	Mary Onyali (NGR)	22.87	Q
7	1	Angela Bailey (CAN)	22.94	Q
7	4	Maya Azarashvili (URS)	22.94	Q
9	2	Vineta Ikauniece (URS)	22.98	Q
9	3	Ewa Kasprzyk (POL)	22.98	Q
11	2	Ulrike Sarvari (FRG)	23.02	q
12	2	Heike Morgenstern (GDR)	23.04	q
13	3	Pauline Davis (BAH)	23.08	Q
14	1	Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)	23.12	q
14	3	Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo (FRA)	23.12	q
16	4	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	23.19	Q
17	1	Natalya German (URS)	23.26
18	3	Silke-Beate Knoll (FRG)	23.40
19	4	Ingrid Verbruggen (BEL)	23.77
20	2	Claudia Acerenza (URU)	24.24
21	4	Amparo Caicedo (COL)	24.30
22	1	Zoila Stewart (CRC)	24.75
23	2	Sheila Vyapouri (MRI)	25.32
24	1	Jabou Jawo (GAM)	25.50
25	4	Guilhermina da Cruz (ANG)	25.74
26	1	Elizabeth Arteaga (BOL)	26.11
27	3	Aminata Diarra (MLI)	26.46
28	3	Denise Ouabangui (CAF)	28.37
29	2	Hanaa Ali Ahmed (YEM)	29.00
–	3	Blanca Lacambra (ESP)	DNS
–	4	Angella Issajenko (CAN)	DNS

Semifinals

Thursday, 3 September 1987

Rank	Heat	Name	Result
1	2	Florence Griffith (USA)	22.38 Q
2	1	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	22.43 Q
3	1	Silke Gladisch (GDR)	22.54 Q
4	2	Mary Onyali (NGR)	22.54 Q
5	2	Ewa Kasprzyk (POL)	22.60 Q
6	2	Gwen Torrence (USA)	22.61 Q
7	1	Pam Marshall (USA)	22.67 Q
8	1	Nadezhda Georgieva (BUL)	22.72 Q
9	2	Marie-Christine Cazier (FRA)	22.89
10	1	Pauline Davis (BAH)	22.89
11	2	Maya Azarashvili (URS)	22.91
12	1	Angela Bailey (CAN)	22.97
13	2	Ulrike Sarvari (FRG)	23.04
14	2	Heike Morgenstern (GDR)	23.06
15	1	Vineta Ikauniece (URS)	23.25
16	1	Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)	23.71

Final