# 2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

These are the results of the women's 200 metres event at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kim Gevaert Belgium | Yuliya Gushchina Russia | Natalia Rusakova Russia |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 10 August 2006 | 18:25 | Round 1 |
| 11 August 2006 | 18:45 | Semifinals |
| 11 August 2006 | 20:45 | Final |

## Records

| World Record | Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) | 21.34 | Seoul, South Korea (SO) | 29 September 1988 |
| European Record | Marita Koch (GDR) | 21.71 | Karl Marx Stadt, East Germany | 10 June 1979 |
| European Record | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 21.71 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 28 August 1986 |
| Championship Record | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 21.71 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 28 August 1986 |
No records were broken during this event.

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Yuliya Gushchina | Russia | 22.69 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | Natalia Rusakova | Russia | 22.75 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 22.83 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Monika Bejnar | Poland | 23.07 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Angela Moroșanu | Romania | 23.14 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Hanna Mariën | Belgium | 23.24 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Muriel Hurtis-Houairi | France | 23.27 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 1 | Jacqueline Poelman | Netherlands | 23.35 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Jala Gangnus | Germany | 23.39 | q |
| 10 | 1 | Yekaterina Kondratyeva | Russia | 23.41 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Olena Chebanu | Ukraine | 23.41 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Olivia Borlée | Belgium | 23.48 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Sylviane Félix | France | 23.50 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Eleni Artymata | Cyprus | 23.51 | q, PB |
| 15 | 2 | Klodiana Shala | Albania | 23.55 | q, NR |
| 16 | 2 | Sari Keskitalo | Finland | 23.55 | PB |
| 17 | 2 | Elisabeth Slettum | Norway | 23.55 | PB |
| 18 | 3 | Belén Recio | Spain | 23.62 | Q |
| 19 | 1 | Kristina Žumer | Slovenia | 23.63 | SB |
| 20 | 1 | Štěpánka Klapáčová | Czech Republic | 23.64 | |
| 21 | 1 | Eleftheria Kobidou | Greece | 23.92 | |
| 22 | 3 | Lena Aruhn | Sweden | 23.94 | |
| 22 | 4 | Anna Boyle | Ireland | 23.94 | |
| 24 | 4 | Pia Tajnikar | Slovenia | 24.22 | |
| 25 | 4 | Iveta Mazáčová | Czech Republic | 24.25 | |
| 26 | 3 | Monika Gachevska | Bulgaria | 24.53 | |
| | 3 | Ciara Sheehy | Ireland | DNF | |
| | 3 | Fabienne Beret-Martinel | France | DQ | |

### Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 0.154 | 23.07 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Yuliya Gushchina | Russia | 0.162 | 23.21 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Angela Moroșanu | Romania | 0.222 | 23.60 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Olena Chebanu | Ukraine | 0.174 | 23.79 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Muriel Hurtis-Houairi | France | 0.161 | 23.80 | |
| 6 | 8 | Belén Recio | Spain | 0.255 | 24.20 | |
| 7 | 1 | Jala Gangnus | Germany | 0.193 | 24.24 | |
| 8 | 7 | Klodiana Shala | Albania | 0.245 | 24.64 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Natalia Rusakova | Russia | 0.180 | 23.02 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Yekaterina Kondratyeva | Russia | 0.218 | 23.32 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Monika Bejnar | Poland | 0.143 | 23.34 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Sylviane Félix | France | 0.181 | 23.46 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Hanna Mariën | Belgium | 0.192 | 23.59 | |
| 6 | 2 | Olivia Borlée | Belgium | 0.156 | 23.90 | |
| 7 | 1 | Eleni Artymata | Cyprus | 0.179 | 23.93 | |
| 8 | 3 | Jacqueline Poelman | Netherlands | 0.150 | 24.01 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time |
| | 5 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 0.149 | 22.68 |
| | 4 | Yuliya Gushchina | Russia | 0.161 | 22.93 |
| | 3 | Natalia Rusakova | Russia | 0.165 | 23.09 |
| 4 | 7 | Monika Bejnar | Poland | 0.162 | 23.28 |
| 5 | 8 | Sylviane Félix | France | 0.216 | 23.45 |
| 6 | 6 | Yekaterina Kondratyeva | Russia | 0.162 | 23.58 |
| 7 | 2 | Olena Chebanu | Ukraine | 0.175 | 23.63 |
| 8 | 1 | Angela Moroșanu | Romania | 0.230 | 23.66 |