# 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 8 and 10−11 August.

## Summary

Defending champion Dafne Schippers from the Netherlands competed while some of her main competitors did not. Elaine Thompson, this event's silver medallist at the 2015 World Championships and gold medallist at the 2016 Olympics, did not compete. Also missing was Tori Bowie, the world leader and 100 metres gold medallist at these World Championships. Schippers' strongest challengers of the remaining athletes were considered to be Marie-Josée Ta Lou from the Ivory Coast, who won the silver medal in the 100 metres at these championships; Shaunae Miller-Uibo from the Bahamas, who won the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2016 Olympic Games; and the U.S. athletes.
In the final, shorter sprinters like Ta Lou and Dina Asher-Smith from Great Britain were out of the blocks faster. By her fourth stride, Schippers was into her running motion and gaining with fewer strides than her shorter competitors. By the end of the turn, Schippers had a metre lead on Ta Lou and more than a two-metre lead on Asher-Smith. Down the stretch, Ta Lou gained ground on the lead, while behind them the tall Miller-Uibo was moving past Asher-Smith. Still, Schippers' lead held up for the win in 22.05 seconds. Ta Lou took the silver medal in a 22.08 second national record, and Miller-Uibo closed even faster for the bronze medal.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
| World | 21.34 | Florence Griffith-Joyner | USA | 29 Sep 1988 | Seoul, South Korea |
| Championship | 21.63 | Dafne Schippers | NED | 28 Aug 2015 | Beijing, China |
| World leading | 21.77 | Tori Bowie | USA | 27 May 2017 | Eugene, United States |
| African | 22.07 | Mary Onyali-Omagbemi | NGR | 14 Aug 1996 | Zürich, Switzerland |
| Asian | 22.01 | Li Xuemei | CHN | 22 Oct 1997 | Shanghai, China |
| NACAC | 21.34 | Florence Griffith-Joyner | USA | 29 Sep 1988 | Seoul, South Korea |
| South American | 22.48 | Ana Claudia Silva | BRA | 6 Aug 2011 | São Paulo, Brazil |
| European | 21.63 | Dafne Schippers | NED | 28 Aug 2015 | Beijing, China |
| Oceanian | 22.23 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | AUS | 13 Jul 1997 | Stuttgart, Germany |
The following records were set at the competition:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date |
| Ivorian | 22.08 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | CIV | 11 Aug 2017 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 23.10.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 8 August | 19:30 | Heats |
| 10 August | 21:05 | Semifinals |
| 11 August | 21:50 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The first round took place on 8 August in seven heats as follows:
| Heat | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Start time | 19:29 | 19:37 | 19:45 | 19:53 | 20:01 | 20:09 | 20:17 |
| Wind (m/s) | +0.5 | −0.6 | +0.1 | −0.1 | −0.4 | +0.1 | +0.5 |
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The first three in each heat ( Q ) and the next three fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands (NED) | 22.64 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | Bahamas (BAH) | 22.69 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 22.70 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 22.73 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | 8 | Kimberlyn Duncan | United States (USA) | 22.74 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland (SUI) | 22.86 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 7 | Crystal Emmanuel | Canada (CAN) | 22.87 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Deajah Stevens | United States (USA) | 22.90 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 7 | Simone Facey | Jamaica (JAM) | 22.98 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 7 | Tynia Gaither | Bahamas (BAH) | 22.98 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | 7 | Rebekka Haase | Germany (GER) | 22.99 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 8 | Ivet Lalova-Collio | Bulgaria (BUL) | 23.08 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 6 | Sarah Atcho | Switzerland (SUI) | 23.09 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | 4 | Maria Belimpasaki | Greece (GRE) | 23.16 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 8 | Anthonique Strachan | Bahamas (BAH) | 23.23 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | Edidiong Odiong | Bahrain (BHR) | 23.24 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | 4 | Vitória Cristina Rosa | Brazil (BRA) | 23.26 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Sashalee Forbes | Jamaica (JAM) | 23.26 | Q |
| 19 | 1 | 2 | Bianca Williams | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 23.30 | q |
| 20 | 7 | 5 | Rosângela Santos | Brazil (BRA) | 23.34 | Q |
| 21 | 2 | 3 | Justine Palframan | South Africa (RSA) | 23.35 | q |
| 22 | 1 | 8 | Jodean Williams | Jamaica (JAM) | 23.38 | q |
| 23 | 3 | 7 | Shannon Hylton | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 23.39 | |
| 24 | 4 | 8 | Yana Kachur | Ukraine (UKR) | 23.47 | |
| 25 | 1 | 3 | Anna Kiełbasińska | Poland (POL) | 23.48 | |
| 26 | 7 | 2 | Semoy Hackett | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 23.50 | Q |
| 27 | 7 | 4 | Cornelia Halbheer | Switzerland (SUI) | 23.51 | |
| 28 | 7 | 8 | Gloria Hooper | Italy (ITA) | 23.51 | |
| 29 | 6 | 3 | Sindija Bukša | Latvia (LAT) | 23.54 | |
| 30 | 4 | 4 | Sada Williams | Barbados (BAR) | 23.55 | |
| 31 | 7 | 3 | Gina Bass | Gambia (GAM) | 23.56 | |
| 32 | 2 | 6 | Viktoriya Zyabkina | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 23.66 | |
| 33 | 5 | 8 | Estelle Raffai | France (FRA) | 23.72 | Q |
| 34 | 6 | 5 | Irene Siragusa | Italy (ITA) | 23.73 | |
| 35 | 4 | 3 | Kayelle Clarke | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 23.75 | |
| 36 | 1 | 5 | Riley Day | Australia (AUS) | 23.77 | |
| 37 | 5 | 3 | Janet Amponsah | Ghana (GHA) | 23.77 | |
| 38 | 3 | 5 | Estela García | Spain (ESP) | 23.78 | |
| 39 | 2 | 7 | Lorène Bazolo | Portugal (POR) | 23.85 | |
| 40 | 3 | 4 | Mariely Sánchez | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 23.89 | |
| 41 | 6 | 2 | Isidora Jiménez | Chile (CHI) | 23.89 | |
| 42 | 4 | 6 | Toea Wisil | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 23.93 | |
| 43 | 3 | 3 | Ella Nelson | Australia (AUS) | 24.02 | |
| 44 | 5 | 4 | Nediam Vargas | Venezuela (VEN) | 24.35 | |
| 45 | 2 | 2 | Ulfa Silpiana | Indonesia (INA) | 25.23 | |
| 46 | 5 | 6 | Regine Tugade | Guam (GUM) | 26.22 | |
| | 7 | 6 | Tori Bowie | United States (USA) | DNS | |
| | 5 | 5 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | DNS | |
| | 6 | 7 | Laura Müller | Germany (GER) | DNS | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 10 August in three heats as follows:
| Heat | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Start time | 21:06 | 21:14 | 21:23 |
| Wind (m/s) | −0.2 | −0.2 | −0.2 |
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The first two in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands (NED) | 22.49 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 7 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | Bahamas (BAH) | 22.49 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 22.50 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | Deajah Stevens | United States (USA) | 22.71 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Kimberlyn Duncan | United States (USA) | 22.73 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 22.73 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 3 | 6 | Crystal Emmanuel | Canada (CAN) | 22.85 | q |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | Tynia Gaither | Bahamas (BAH) | 22.85 | q |
| 9 | 1 | 7 | Ivet Lalova-Collio | Bulgaria (BUL) | 22.96 | |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland (SUI) | 23.00 | |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | Simone Facey | Jamaica (JAM) | 23.01 | |
| 12 | 1 | 4 | Rebekka Haase | Germany (GER) | 23.03 | |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | Sashalee Forbes | Jamaica (JAM) | 23.09 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Sarah Atcho | Switzerland (SUI) | 23.12 | |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Justine Palframan | South Africa (RSA) | 23.21 | |
| 16 | 1 | 9 | Anthonique Strachan | Bahamas (BAH) | 23.21 | |
| 17 | 3 | 8 | Maria Belimpasaki | Greece (GRE) | 23.21 | |
| 18 | 2 | 8 | Edidiong Odiong | Bahrain (BHR) | 23.24 | |
| 19 | 3 | 9 | Vitória Cristina Rosa | Brazil (BRA) | 23.31 | |
| 20 | 3 | 2 | Jodean Williams | Jamaica (JAM) | 23.32 | |
| 21 | 2 | 3 | Bianca Williams | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 23.40 | |
| 22 | 3 | 3 | Estelle Raffai | France (FRA) | 23.45 | |
| 23 | 2 | 2 | Semoy Hackett | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 23.54 | |
| | 2 | 9 | Rosângela Santos | Brazil (BRA) | DQ | R 162.7 |

### Final

The final took place on 11 August at 21:50. The wind was +0.8 metres per second and the results were as follows (photo finish):
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands (NED) | 22.05 | SB |
| | 4 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 22.08 | NR |
| | 5 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | Bahamas (BAH) | 22.15 | |
| 4 | 8 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 22.22 | SB |
| 5 | 7 | Deajah Stevens | United States (USA) | 22.44 | |
| 6 | 9 | Kimberlyn Duncan | United States (USA) | 22.59 | |
| 7 | 2 | Crystal Emmanuel | Canada (CAN) | 22.60 | |
| 8 | 3 | Tynia Gaither | Bahamas (BAH) | 23.07 | |