# 2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, U.S. from 18 to 21 July 2022.

## Summary

Coming into the championships, Shericka Jackson was the world leader at 21.55 from her Jamaican National Championships, making her the third fastest 200m runner ever. Lined up to her inside was #2, the Olympic Champion Elaine Thompson-Herah. Between them was the defending champion Dina Asher-Smith. And to their outside, separated by #3 semi-finalist Tamara Clark was 100 metre champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who had set the Masters World Record in the semis. All 5 had run under 22 seconds just to get here.
Fraser-Pryce was first out of the blocks, which is her forté. Asher-Smith was not too far behind and Jackson did not lose too much relative to the stagger. Two thirds of the way through the turn, Fraser-Pryce had already passed Aminatou Seyni. Almost a metre behind at the 80 metre mark on the track, as they exited the turn Jackson accelerated to even up with Fraser-Pryce. From there she continued to pull away. Asher-Smith tried to make some ground on Fraser-Pryce but only maintained the gap at the first half of the straightaway before Fraser-Pryce pulled away to a clear second place, three metres behind Jackson. Asher-Smith's only challenge for bronze was a late run by Seyni, but she missed by a metre.
Jackson's 21.45 was the second fastest of all time, the Championship record, a .1 improvement over her Jamaican Championship time and only .11 shy of FloJo's enduring world record from 1988. Jackson also became the first person to win medals in all three sprinting events, a feat Fred Kerley was also attempting and failed to accomplish this year. In second, "Mommy Rocket" Fraser-Pryce's 21.81 took another .01 off the Masters record she had set the day earlier.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
| World record | Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) | 21.34 | Seoul, South Korea | 29 September 1988 |
| Championship record | Dafne Schippers (NED) | 21.63 | Beijing, China | 28 August 2015 |
| World Leading | Shericka Jackson (JAM) | 21.55 | Kingston, Jamaica | 26 June 2022 |
| African Record | Christine Mboma (NAM) | 21.78 | Zürich, Switzerland | 9 September 2021 |
| Asian Record | Li Xuemei (CHN) | 22.01 | Shanghai, China | 22 October 1997 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) | 21.34 | Seoul, South Korea | 29 September 1988 |
| South American Record | Ana Claudia Lemos (BRA) | 22.48 | São Paulo, Brazil | 6 August 2011 |
| European Record | Dafne Schippers (NED) | 21.63 | Beijing, China | 28 August 2015 |
| Oceanian record | Melinda Gainsford (AUS) | 22.23 | Stuttgart, Germany | 13 July 1997 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 22.80.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 18 July | 18:00 | Heats |
| 19 July | 18:05 | Semi-finals |
| 21 July | 19:35 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the semi-finals.
Wind: Heat 1: +2.5 m/s, Heat 2: -0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +1.1 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s, Heat 5: +0.9 m/s, Heat 6: +1.9 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Aminatou Seyni | Niger (NIG) | 21.98 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 6 | Favour Ofili | Nigeria (NGR) | 22.24 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Abby Steiner | United States (USA) | 22.26 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Jamaica (JAM) | 22.26 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Tamara Clark | United States (USA) | 22.27 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Beatrice Masilingi | Namibia (NAM) | 22.27 | Q SB |
| 7 | 1 | Shericka Jackson | Jamaica (JAM) | 22.33 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland (SUI) | 22.34 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | Jenna Prandini | United States (USA) | 22.38 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | Jamaica (JAM) | 22.41 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 22.56 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Anahí Suárez | Ecuador (ECU) | 22.56 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Tynia Gaither | Bahamas (BAH) | 22.61 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha | Nigeria (NGR) | 22.61 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Dalia Kaddari | Italy (ITA) | 22.75 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Gina Bass | Gambia (GAM) | 22.78 | q SB |
| 17 | 3 | Vitoria Cristina Rosa | Brazil (BRA) | 22.84 | Q |
| 18 | 2 | Ida Karstoft | Denmark (DEN) | 22.85 | Q |
| 19 | 1 | Jessica-Bianca Wessolly | Germany (GER) | 22.87 | q |
| 20 | 4 | Jessika Gbai | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 22.89 | q |
| 21 | 1 | Rosemary Chukwuma | Nigeria (NGR) | 22.93 | q |
| 22 | 1 | Edidiong Odiong | Bahrain (BHR) | 22.98 | q |
| 23 | 2 | Joella Lloyd | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | 22.99 | q |
| 24 | 3 | Beth Dobbin | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 23.04 | |
| 25 | 5 | Lauren Gale | Canada (CAN) | 23.08 | |
| 26 | 6 | Jacinta Beecher | Australia (AUS) | 23.22 | Q |
| 27 | 6 | Olivia Fotopoulou | Cyprus (CYP) | 23.25 | |
| 28 | 2 | Sophia Junk | Germany (GER) | 23.27 | SB |
| 29 | 5 | Ella Connolly | Australia (AUS) | 23.27 | |
| 30 | 3 | Imke Vervaet | Belgium (BEL) | 23.28 | |
| 31 | 5 | Maboundou Koné | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 23.32 | |
| 32 | 6 | Catherine Léger | Canada (CAN) | 23.35 | |
| 33 | 2 | Lorène Bazolo | Portugal (POR) | 23.41 | |
| 34 | 4 | Ana Carolina Azevedo | Brazil (BRA) | 23.45 | |
| 35 | 6 | Georgia Hulls | New Zealand (NZL) | 23.46 | |
| 36 | 4 | Shirley Nekhubui | South Africa (RSA) | 23.46 | |
| 37 | 1 | Olga Safronova | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 23.50 | |
| 38 | 2 | Anniina Kortetmaa | Finland (FIN) | 23.51 | |
| 39 | 3 | Veronica Shanti Pereira | Singapore (SIN) | 23.53 | |
| 40 | 3 | Elisabeth Slettum | Norway (NOR) | 23.55 | |
| 41 | 2 | Lorraine Martins | Brazil (BRA) | 23.60 | |
| 42 | 5 | Beyonce Defreitas | British Virgin Islands (IVB) | 23.81 | |
| 43 | 6 | Hanna Barakat | Palestine (PLE) | 26.33 | NR |
| 44 | 6 | Anthonique Strachan | Bahamas (BAH) | 1:50.06 | |
| | 3 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast (CIV) | | DNS |

### Semi-finals

The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.
Wind: Heat 1: +2.0 m/s, Heat 2: +1.4 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Shericka Jackson | Jamaica (JAM) | 21.67 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Jamaica (JAM) | 21.82 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | Tamara Clark | United States (USA) | 21.95 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 21.96 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | Jamaica (JAM) | 21.97 | q, SB |
| 6 | 1 | Aminatou Seyni | Niger (NIG) | 22.04 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland (SUI) | 22.05 | q, NR |
| 8 | 1 | Jenna Prandini | United States (USA) | 22.08 | |
| 9 | 3 | Abby Steiner | United States (USA) | 22.15 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Favour Ofili | Nigeria (NGR) | 22.30 | |
| 11 | 1 | Tynia Gaither | Bahamas (BAH) | 22.41 | PB |
| 12 | 2 | Vitoria Cristina Rosa | Brazil (BRA) | 22.47 | AR |
| 13 | 2 | Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha | Nigeria (NGR) | 22.49 | |
| 14 | 1 | Gina Bass | Gambia (GAM) | 22.71 | SB |
| 15 | 1 | Rosemary Chukwuma | Nigeria (NGR) | 22.72 | |
| 16 | 3 | Anahí Suárez | Ecuador (ECU) | 22.74 | NR |
| 17 | 3 | Ida Karstoft | Denmark (DEN) | 22.84 | |
| 18 | 2 | Jessika Gbai | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 22.84 | |
| 19 | 3 | Dalia Kaddari | Italy (ITA) | 22.86 | |
| 20 | 1 | Jacinta Beecher | Australia (AUS) | 23.14 | |
| 21 | 2 | Edidiong Odiong | Bahrain (BHR) | 23.31 | |
| 22 | 3 | Jessica-Bianca Wessolly | Germany (GER) | 23.33 | |
| 23 | 3 | Joella Lloyd | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | 23.38 | |
| 24 | 2 | Beatrice Masilingi | Namibia (NAM) | 24.78 | |

### Final

The final was started at 19:35 on 21 July. The results were as follows:
Wind: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Shericka Jackson | Jamaica (JAM) | 21.45 | CR, NR |
| | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Jamaica (JAM) | 21.81 | SB |
| | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 22.02 | |
| 4 | Aminatou Seyni | Niger (NIG) | 22.12 | |
| 5 | Abby Steiner | United States (USA) | 22.26 | |
| 6 | Tamara Clark | United States (USA) | 22.32 | |
| 7 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | Jamaica (JAM) | 22.39 | |
| 8 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland (SUI) | 22.55 | |