2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 29–31 August (final) at the Nagai Stadium.

Medalists

Gold	Allyson Felix (USA)
Silver	Veronica Campbell (JAM)
Bronze	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)

Records

World Record	21.34	Florence Griffith-Joyner	Seoul, South Korea	September 29, 1988
Championship Record	21.74	Silke Gladisch	Rome, Italy	September 3, 1987

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the quarterfinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
1	4	Allyson Felix (USA)	22.50	Q
2	8	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)	22.55	Q, SB
3	3	Sherry Fletcher (GRN)	22.94	Q
4	7	Roxana Díaz (CUB)	23.06	Q
5	5	Tahesia Harrigan (CAY)	23.46	q
6	6	Myriam Léonie Mani (CMR)	23.66
-	2	Fabienne Féraez (BEN)	DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
1	2	LaShauntea Moore (USA)	22.93	Q
2	6	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH)	23.07	Q
3	5	Yelena Bolsun (RUS)	23.11	Q
4	4	Zudikey Rodríguez (MEX)	23.96	Q
5	3	Kay Khine Lwin (MYA)	24.50	SB
6	8	Abdikarim Sheikh Fowzio (SOM)	30.87	PB
-	7	Emily Freeman (GBR)	DSQ
-	9	Rakia Al-Gassra (BHN)	DNS

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
1	2	Tezzhan Naimova (BUL)	22.84	Q
2	4	LaVerne Jones (ISV)	23.04	Q
3	7	Yuliya Chermoshanskaya (RUS)	23.21	Q
4	3	Iryna Shtanhyeyeva (UKR)	23.23	Q
5	5	Geraldine Pillay (RSA)	23.39	q
6	6	Gretta Taslakian (LIB)	24.35
-	8	Monika Bejnar (POL)	DNS

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
1	4	Sanya Richards (USA)	22.74	Q
2	8	Cydonie Mothersill (IVB)	22.86	Q
3	7	Aleen Bailey (JAM)	22.94	Q
4	2	Vida Anim (GHA)	23.16	Q
5	3	Guzel Khubbieva (UZB)	23.25	q, SB
6	6	Louise Ayétotché (CIV)	23.34	q
7	8	Ewelina Klocek (POL)	23.38	q
8	9	Kirsten Nieuwendam (SUR)	24.52	NR

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
1	3	Muriel Hurtis-Houairi (FRA)	22.83	Q
2	2	Kim Gevaert (BEL)	22.91	Q
3	4	Virgil Hodge (SKN)	23.00	Q
4	7	Cathleen Tschirch (GER)	23.30	Q
5	5	Felipa Palacios (COL)	23.32	q
6	8	Olena Chebanu (UKR)	23.40	q, SB
7	6	Kadiatou Camara (MLI)	23.48

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
1	5	Veronica Campbell (JAM)	22.87	Q
2	2	Torri Edwards (USA)	22.90	Q
3	4	Joice Maduaka (GBR)	23.22	Q
4	3	Affoué Amandine Allou (CIV)	23.24	Q, SB
5	7	Natalia Rusakova (RUS)	23.24	q
6	8	Ionela Târlea-Manolache (ROM)	23.48
7	6	Sakie Nobuoka (JPN)	23.74	SB

Quarterfinals

First 4 of each Quarterfinal qualifies (Q).

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
1	6	Sanya Richards (USA)	22.31	Q, SB
2	7	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)	22.55	Q, SB
3	4	Virgil Hodge (SKN)	22.84	Q
4	5	LaVerne Jones (ISV)	23.03	Q
5	8	Yuliya Chermoshanskaya (RUS)	23.15
6	3	Olena Chebanu (UKR)	23.21	SB
7	9	Felipa Palacios (COL)	23.24
8	2	Cathleen Tschirch (GER)	23.50

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
1	5	Allyson Felix (USA)	22.61	Q
2	7	Yelena Bolsun (RUS)	22.80	Q
3	4	Cydonie Mothersill (CAY)	22.82	Q
4	6	Kim Gevaert (BEL)	22.96	Q
5	3	Guzel Khubbieva (UZB)	23.28
6	2	Tahesia Harrigan (IVB)	23.52
7	8	Joice Maduaka (GBR)	23.62
8	9	Zudikey Rodríguez (MEX)	24.31

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
1	5	Veronica Campbell (JAM)	22.55	Q
2	6	Torri Edwards (USA)	22.62	Q
3	7	Tezzhan Naimova (BUL)	22.87	Q
4	3	Sherry Fletcher (GRN)	23.02	Q
5	8	Iryna Shtanhyeyeva (UKR)	23.17
6	9	Ewelina Klocek (POL)	23.26	PB
7	2	Vida Anim (GHA)	23.47
8	3	Louise Ayétotché (CIV)	23.60

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
1	5	Aleen Bailey (JAM)	22.60	Q, SB
2	7	LaShauntea Moore (USA)	22.71	Q
3	8	Roxana Díaz (CUB)	22.79	Q
4	6	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH)	22.81	Q
5	4	Muriel Hurtis-Houairi (FRA)	22.86
6	3	Natalia Rusakova (RUS)	22.97
7	9	Affoué Amandine Allou (CIV)	23.46
8	2	Geraldine Pillay (RSA)	23.55

Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal qualifies (Q).

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
1	7	Allyson Felix (USA)	22.21	Q
2	5	Veronica Campbell (JAM)	22.44	Q
3	4	Torri Edwards (USA)	22.51, SB	Q
4	9	Cydonie Mothersill (CAY)	22.78	Q
5	8	Sherry Fletcher (GRN)	22.96
6	6	Yelena Bolsun (RUS)	23.01
7	3	Virgil Hodge (SKN)	23.06
-	2	Kim Gevaert (BEL)	DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
1	6	Sanya Richards (USA)	22.50	Q
2	7	Aleen Bailey (JAM)	22.65	Q
3	5	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)	22.66	Q
4	4	LaShauntea Moore (USA)	22.73	Q
5	3	Tezzhan Naimova (BUL)	22.88
6	8	Roxana Diaz (CUB)	22.98
7	9	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH)	23.27
8	2	LaVerne Jones (ISV)	23:34

Final

31 August 2007

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Allyson Felix (USA)	21.81	WL
	Veronica Campbell (JAM)	22.34	SB
	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)	22.63
4	Torri Edwards (USA)	22.65
5	Sanya Richards (USA)	22.70
6	Aleen Bailey (JAM)	22.72
7	LaShauntea Moore (USA)	22.97
8	Cydonie Mothersille (CAY)	23.08

References

• Official results