# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on July 30 and July 31.

## Medalists

| Gold | Myriam Soumaré France (FRA) |
| Silver | Yelizaveta Bryzhina Ukraine (UKR) |
| Bronze | Aleksandra Fedoriva Russia (RUS) |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) | 21.34 | Seoul, South Korea | 29 September 1988 |
| European record | Marita Koch (GER) | 21.71 | Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany | 10 June 1979 |
| European record | Marita Koch (GER) | 21.71 | Potsdam, East Germany | 21 July 1984 |
| European record | Heike Drechsler (GER) | 21.71 | Jena, East Germany | 29 June 1986 |
| European record | Heike Drechsler (GER) | 21.71 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 29 August 1986 |
| Championship record | Heike Drechsler (GER) | 21.71 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 29 August 1986 |
| World Leading | Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) | 21.98 | New York City, United States | 12 June 2010 |
| European Leading | Aleksandra Fedoriva (RUS) | 22.41 | Saransk, Russia | 15 July 2010 |
| Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships |||||
| European Leading | Myriam Soumaré (FRA) | 22.32 | Barcelona, Spain | 31 July 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| July 30, 2010 | 12:20 | Round 1 |
| July 30, 2010 | 19:00 | Semifinals |
| July 31, 2010 | 19:50 | Final |

## Results
### Round 1
#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Yelizaveta Bryzhina | Ukraine (UKR) | 0.245 | 23.10 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Myriam Soumaré | France (FRA) | 0.179 | 23.22 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Ksenija Balta | Estonia (EST) | 0.205 | 23.75 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Niamh Whelan | Ireland (IRL) | 0.253 | 23.78 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Sabina Veit | Slovenia (SLO) | 0.205 | 23.78 | |
| 6 | 2 | Elin Backman | Sweden (SWE) | 0.217 | 24.13 | |
| | | | | Wind: -2.6 m/s | Wind: -2.6 m/s | Wind: -2.6 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| DQ | 8 | Anastasia Kapachinskaya | Russia (RUS) | | 23.09 | Q, Doping |
| 1 | 5 | Eleni Artymata | Cyprus (CYP) | 0.236 | 23.41 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Emily Freeman | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.230 | 23.44 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Weronika Wedler | Poland (POL) | 0.192 | 23.62 | q |
| 4 | 6 | Sónia Tavares | Portugal (POR) | 0.208 | 24.14 | |
| 5 | 4 | Doris Röser | Austria (AUT) | 0.246 | 24.32 | |
| | 2 | Klodiana Shala | Albania (ALB) | | DNS | |
| | | | | Wind: -2.1 m/s | Wind: -2.1 m/s | Wind: -2.1 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| DQ | 4 | Yuliya Chermoshanskaya | Russia (RUS) | 0.201 | 23.00 | Q, Doping |
| 1 | 5 | Lina Jacques-Sébastien | France (FRA) | 0.212 | 23.11 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Ewelina Ptak | Poland (POL) | 0.186 | 23.56 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Alena Neumiarzhitskaya | Belarus (BLR) | 0.240 | 23.72 | |
| 4 | 3 | Andreea Ograzeanu | Romania (ROM) | 0.216 | 23.89 | |
| 5 | 7 | Barbara Petráhn | Hungary (HUN) | 0.197 | 23.97 | |
| | | | | Wind: -1.2 m/s | Wind: -1.2 m/s | Wind: -1.2 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Aleksandra Fedoriva | Russia (RUS) | 0.263 | 23.47 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Véronique Mang | France (FRA) | 0.178 | 23.57 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Olivia Borlée | Belgium (BEL) | 0.199 | 23.59 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Marta Jeschke | Poland (POL) | 0.190 | 23.60 | q |
| 5 | 8 | Giulia Arcioni | Italy (ITA) | 0.242 | 23.63 | q |
| 6 | 6 | Tina Jures | Slovenia (SLO) | 0.176 | 24.41 | |
| 7 | 7 | Meliz Redif | Turkey (TUR) | 0.253 | 24.53 | |
| | | | | Wind: -3.5 m/s | Wind: -3.5 m/s | Wind: -3.5 m/s |

#### Summary

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| DQ | 2 | 8 | Anastasia Kapachinskaya | Russia (RUS) | | 23.09 | Q, Doping |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Yelizaveta Bryzhina | Ukraine (UKR) | 0.245 | 23.10 | Q |
| DQ | 3 | 4 | Yuliya Chermoshanskaya | Russia (RUS) | 0.201 | 23.10 | Q, Doping |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Lina Jacques-Sébastien | France (FRA) | 0.212 | 23.21 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Myriam Soumaré | France (FRA) | 0.179 | 23.22 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Eleni Artymata | Cyprus (CYP) | 0.236 | 23.41 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | Emily Freeman | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.230 | 23.44 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 5 | Aleksandra Fedoriva | Russia (RUS) | 0.263 | 23.47 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | Véronique Mang | France (FRA) | 0.178 | 23.57 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Olivia Borlée | Belgium (BEL) | 0.199 | 23.59 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 4 | Marta Jeschke | Poland (POL) | 0.190 | 23.60 | q |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Weronika Wedler | Poland (POL) | 0.192 | 23.62 | q |
| 11 | 4 | 8 | Giulia Arcioni | Italy (ITA) | 0.242 | 23.63 | q |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Ewelina Ptak | Poland (POL) | 0.186 | 23.66 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | Ksenija Balta | Estonia (EST) | 0.205 | 23.75 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | 5 | Niamh Whelan | Ireland (IRL) | 0.253 | 23.78 | q |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Sabina Veit | Slovenia (SLO) | 0.205 | 23.78 | |
| 16 | 3 | 6 | Alena Neumiarzhitskaya | Belarus (BLR) | 0.240 | 23.82 | |
| 17 | 3 | 3 | Andreea Ograzeanu | Romania (ROM) | 0.216 | 23.89 | |
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Barbara Petráhn | Hungary (HUN) | 0.197 | 24.07 | |
| 19 | 1 | 2 | Elin Backman | Sweden (SWE) | 0.217 | 24.13 | |
| 20 | 2 | 6 | Sónia Tavares | Portugal (POR) | 0.208 | 24.14 | |
| 21 | 2 | 4 | Doris Röser | Austria (AUT) | 0.246 | 24.32 | |
| 22 | 4 | 6 | Tina Jures | Slovenia (SLO) | 0.176 | 24.41 | |
| 23 | 4 | 7 | Meliz Redif | Turkey (TUR) | 0.253 | 24.53 | |
| | 2 | 2 | Klodiana Shala | Albania (ALB) | | DNS | |

### Semifinals

First 3 in each heat and 2 best performers advance to the Final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Aleksandra Fedoriva | Russia (RUS) | 0.205 | 22.63 | Q |
| DQ | 6 | Anastasia Kapachinskaya | Russia (RUS) | 0.233 | 22.72 | Q, Doping |
| 2 | 5 | Lina Jacques-Sébastien | France (FRA) | 0.211 | 22.84 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 4 | Véronique Mang | France (FRA) | 0.199 | 23.21 | q |
| 4 | 8 | Emily Freeman | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.224 | 23.21 | SB |
| 5 | 2 | Niamh Whelan | Ireland (IRL) | 0.203 | 23.31 | |
| 6 | 1 | Marta Jeschke | Poland (POL) | 0.177 | 23.36 | SB |
| | 7 | Ksenija Balta | Estonia (EST) | 0.245 | DQ | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.2 m/s | Wind: -0.2 m/s | Wind: -0.2 m/s |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Yelizaveta Bryzhina | Ukraine (UKR) | 0.233 | 22.86 | Q |
| DQ | 6 | Yuliya Chermoshanskaya | Russia (RUS) | 0.210 | 22.88 | Q, Doping |
| 2 | 3 | Myriam Soumaré | France (FRA) | 0.191 | 23.02 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Eleni Artymata | Cyprus (CYP) | 0.254 | 23.14 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Weronika Wedler | Poland (POL) | 0.192 | 23.30 | |
| 5 | 8 | Olivia Borlée | Belgium (BEL) | 0.229 | 23.44 | |
| 6 | 7 | Ewelina Ptak | Poland (POL) | | 23.48 | |
| 7 | 1 | Giulia Arcioni | Italy (ITA) | 0.167 | 23.77 | |
| | | | | Wind: -1.7 m/s | Wind: -1.7 m/s | Wind: -1.7 m/s |

#### Summary

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | Aleksandra Fedoriva | Russia (RUS) | 0.205 | 22.63 | Q |
| DQ | 1 | 6 | Anastasia Kapachinskaya | Russia (RUS) | 0.233 | 22.72 | Q, Doping |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Lina Jacques-Sébastien | France (FRA) | 0.211 | 22.84 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Yelizaveta Bryzhina | Ukraine (UKR) | 0.233 | 22.86 | Q |
| DQ | 2 | 6 | Yuliya Chermoshanskaya | Russia (RUS) | 0.210 | 22.88 | Q, Doping |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Myriam Soumaré | France (FRA) | 0.191 | 23.02 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 5 | Eleni Artymata | Cyprus (CYP) | 0.254 | 23.14 | q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Véronique Mang | France (FRA) | 0.199 | 23.21 | q |
| 7 | 1 | 8 | Emily Freeman | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.224 | 23.21 | SB |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Weronika Wedler | Poland (POL) | 0.192 | 23.30 | |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Niamh Whelan | Ireland (IRL) | 0.203 | 23.31 | |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | Marta Jeschke | Poland (POL) | 0.177 | 23.36 | SB |
| 11 | 2 | 8 | Olivia Borlée | Belgium (BEL) | 0.229 | 23.44 | |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Ewelina Ptak | Poland (POL) | | 23.48 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Giulia Arcioni | Italy (ITA) | 0.167 | 23.77 | |
| | 1 | 7 | Ksenija Balta | Estonia (EST) | 0.245 | DQ | |

### Final

Wind : +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 8 | Myriam Soumaré | France (FRA) | 22.32 | EL, PB |
| | 3 | Yelizaveta Bryzhina | Ukraine (UKR) | 22.44 | PB |
| | 5 | Aleksandra Fedoriva | Russia (RUS) | 22.44 | |
| DQ | 6 | Anastasia Kapachinskaya | Russia (RUS) | 22.47 | SB, Doping |
| 4 | 7 | Lina Jacques-Sébastien | France (FRA) | 22.59 | PB |
| 5 | 2 | Eleni Artymata | Cyprus (CYP) | 22.61 | NR |
| DQ | 4 | Yuliya Chermoshanskaya | Russia (RUS) | 22.67 | SB, Doping |
| | 1 | Véronique Mang | France (FRA) | DQ | |