# Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres was the second-shortest of the four women's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 18 October and 19 October 1964. 42 athletes from 27 nations entered, with 6 not starting in the first round. The first round and the semifinal were held on 18 October, with the final on 19 October. The winning margin was 0.1 seconds.

## Results
### First round

The top two runners in each of the 6 heats advanced, as well as the next four fastest runners from across the heats.

#### First round, heat 1

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Janet Simpson | Great Britain | 24.0 seconds |
| 2 | Eva Lehocká | Czechoslovakia | 24.2 seconds |
| 3 | Joyce Bennett | Australia | 24.3 seconds |
| 4 | Michele Lurot | France | 24.7 seconds |
| 5 | Erzsébet Bartos | Hungary | 24.9 seconds |
| 6 | E. E. Giron Olivares | Mexico | 25.3 seconds |
| — | Halina Gorecka | Poland | Did not start |

#### First round, heat 2

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Miguelina Cobián | Cuba | 23.8 seconds |
| 2 | Barbara Sobotta | Poland | 24.1 seconds |
| 3 | Irene Piotrowski | Canada | 24.4 seconds |
| 4 | Inge Aigner | Austria | 24.7 seconds |
| 5 | Susana Ritchie | Argentina | 24.7 seconds |
| — | Margit Nemesházi | Hungary | Did not start |
| — | Ulla-Britt Wieslander | Sweden | Did not start |

#### First round, heat 3

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Margaret Burvill | Australia | 24.2 seconds |
| 2 | Heilwig Jacob | United Team of Germany | 24.2 seconds |
| 3 | Galina Gaida | Soviet Union | 24.4 seconds |
| 4 | Deborah Thompson | United States | 24.6 seconds |
| 5 | Irene Muyanca | Uganda | 27.6 seconds |
| — | Clarice Ahanotu | Nigeria | Did not start |
| — | Jean Mitchell | Panama | Did not start |

#### First round, heat 4

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Lyudmila Samotyosova | Soviet Union | 23.8 seconds |
| 2 | Dorothy Hyman | Great Britain | 24.0 seconds |
| 3 | Vivian Brown | United States | 24.1 seconds |
| 4 | Louise Sydranski | Israel | 24.6 seconds |
| 5 | Adlin Mair | Jamaica | 25.0 seconds |
| 6 | Kusolwan Soraja | Thailand | 26.1 seconds |
| 7 | Marcela Daniel | Panama | 26.6 seconds |

#### First round, heat 5

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Edith McGuire | United States | 23.4 seconds |
| 2 | Marilyn Black | Australia | 23.7 seconds |
| 3 | Una Morris | Jamaica | 24.2 seconds |
| 4 | Mona Sulaiman | Philippines | 25.4 seconds |
| 5 | Song Yang Ja | South Korea | 26.5 seconds |
| — | Jutta Heine | United Team of Germany | Disqualified |
| — | Maria Itkina | Soviet Union | Did not start |

#### First round, heat 6

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Irena Kirszenstein | Poland | 23.8 seconds |
| 2 | Daphne Arden | Great Britain | 24.2 seconds |
| 3 | Doreen Porter | New Zealand | 24.2 seconds |
| 4 | Erika Pollmann | United Team of Germany | 24.4 seconds |
| 5 | Makiko Izawa | Japan | 25.4 seconds |
| 6 | Delceita Oakley | Panama | 26.2 seconds |
| 7 | Yeh Chu-mei | Taiwan | 27.1 seconds |

### Semifinals

The top four runners in each of the two semifinals advanced to the final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Edith McGuire | United States | 23.3 seconds |
| 2 | Irena Kirszenstein | Poland | 23.6 seconds |
| 3 | Janet Simpson | Great Britain | 23.7 seconds |
| 4 | Daphne Arden | Great Britain | 24.0 seconds |
| 5 | Margaret Burvill | Australia | 24.3 seconds |
| 6 | Eva Lehocká | Czechoslovakia | 24.5 seconds |
| 7 | Joyce Bennett | Australia | 24.7 seconds |
| — | Miguelina Cobián | Cuba | Disqualified |

#### Semifinal 2

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Marilyn Black | Australia | 23.4 seconds |
| 2 | Lyudmila Samotyosova | Soviet Union | 23.7 seconds |
| 3 | Una Morris | Jamaica | 23.7 seconds |
| 4 | Barbara Sobotta | Poland | 23.7 seconds |
| 5 | Dorothy Hyman | Great Britain | 23.9 seconds |
| 6 | Doreen Porter | New Zealand | 24.0 seconds |
| 7 | Heilwig Jacob | United Team of Germany | 24.1 seconds |
| 8 | Vivian Brown | United States | 24.3 seconds |

### Final

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Edith McGuire | United States | 23.0 seconds OR |
| 2 | Irena Kirszenstein | Poland | 23.1 seconds |
| 3 | Marilyn Black | Australia | 23.1 seconds |
| 4 | Una Morris | Jamaica | 23.5 seconds |
| 5 | Lyudmila Samotyosova | Soviet Union | 23.5 seconds |
| 6 | Barbara Sobotta | Poland | 23.9 seconds |
| 7 | Janet Simpson | Great Britain | 23.9 seconds |
| 8 | Daphne Arden | Great Britain | 24.0 seconds |