# 1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18 and 19 September 1969.

## Medalists

| Gold | Petra Vogt East Germany |
| Silver | Renate Meissner East Germany |
| Bronze | Val Peat Great Britain |

## Results
### Final

19 September Wind: 0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Petra Vogt | East Germany | 23.30 |
| | Renate Meissner | East Germany | 23.33 |
| | Val Peat | Great Britain | 23.34 |
| 4 | Wilma van den Berg | Netherlands | 23.59 |
| 5 | Gabrielle Meyer | France | 23.80 |
| 6 | Mariana Goth | Romania | 23.98 |
| 7 | Else Hadrup | Denmark | 24.01 |
| 8 | Madeleine Cobb | Great Britain | 24.16 |

### Semi-finals

18 September

#### Semi-final 1

Wind: -1.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Renate Meissner | East Germany | 23.6 | Q |
| 2 | Val Peat | Great Britain | 23.8 | Q |
| 3 | Gabrielle Meyer | France | 23.8 | Q |
| 4 | Mariana Goth | Romania | 24.1 | Q |
| 5 | Helen Golden | Great Britain | 24.3 | |
| 6 | Uschi Meyer | Switzerland | 24.4 | |
| 7 | Lyudmila Samotyosova | Soviet Union | 24.5 | |
| | Annette Berger | Luxembourg | DNF | |

#### Semi-final 2

Wind: -4.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Petra Vogt | East Germany | 23.5 | Q |
| 2 | Wilma van den Berg | Netherlands | 23.7 | Q |
| 3 | Else Hadrup | Denmark | 24.2 | Q |
| 4 | Madeleine Cobb | Great Britain | 24.4 | Q |
| 5 | Helga Kapfer | Austria | 24.5 | |
| 6 | Györgyi Balogh | Hungary | 24.6 | |
| | Godelieve Ducatteuw | Belgium | DNF | |
| | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | Soviet Union | DNS | |

### Heats

18 September

#### Heat 1

Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Renate Meissner | East Germany | 23.3 | Q |
| 2 | Else Hadrup | Denmark | 24.2 | Q |
| 3 | Mariana Goth | Romania | 24.4 | Q |
| 4 | Annette Berger | Luxembourg | 26.3 | Q |

#### Heat 2

Wind: -2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wilma van den Berg | Netherlands | 23.7 | Q |
| 2 | Lyudmila Samotyosova | Soviet Union | 24.2 | Q |
| 3 | Madeleine Cobb | Great Britain | 24.5 | Q |
| 4 | Helga Kapfer | Austria | 24.5 | Q |
| 5 | Ivanka Venkova | Bulgaria | 25.1 | |
| 6 | Kristín Jónsdóttir | Iceland | 99.9 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: -2.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | Soviet Union | 24.2 | Q |
| 2 | Uschi Meyer | Switzerland | 24.3 | Q |
| 3 | Györgyi Balogh | Hungary | 24.4 | Q |
| 4 | Val Peat | Great Britain | 24.9 | Q |

#### Heat 4

Wind: -1.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Petra Vogt | East Germany | 23.6 | Q |
| 2 | Uschi Meyer | Switzerland | 23.9 | Q |
| 3 | Helen Golden | Great Britain | 24.2 | Q |
| 4 | Godelieve Ducatteuw | Belgium | 25.0 | Q |
| 5 | Lyudmila Golomazova | Soviet Union | 25.1 | |
| 6 | Suude Koçgil | Turkey | 26.8 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Denmark (1)
* East Germany (2)
* France (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Romania (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Switzerland (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Great Britain (3)