# Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium between 15–17 August. The winning margin was 0.10 seconds. The winner, Elaine Thompson from Jamaica, had the fifth fastest reaction time in the final.

## Summary

The fastest entrant in the field was 2015 World Champion Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands at 21.93 seconds for the season. The 2012 Olympic champion Allyson Felix was absent after failing to make the team at the United States Olympic Trials. Tori Bowie won that event and was the only other runner under 22 seconds that year, and also the only one to have beaten Schippers over 200 m that season. The lesser known Deajah Stevens and Jenna Prandini completed the American team (so the 2012 bronze medalist Carmelita Jeter also did not return). The Jamaican team was headed by 2015 World medallists Elaine Thompson and Veronica Campbell-Brown (the latter going for her third Olympic title). The 2012 Olympic runner-up Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce did not compete and focused on the Olympic 100 m finals. Trinidad and Tobago's Michelle-Lee Ahye and Dina Asher-Smith of Great Britain were the other top ten ranked athletes to enter the race.
In the semi-final round, both World Championship medalists #3 of all time, Schippers and #5 of all time, Thompson ran in the first heat. Schippers won the race over Thompson, who ran her season best, but Thompson didn't look like she was running all out at the end while Schippers ran just .03 off her season best. They led Deajah Stevens and Dina Asher-Smith to the time qualifiers. Tori Bowie equalled Thompson's 22.13 in the third semi.
In the final, Thompson went out hard, making up the stagger on Ivet Lalova-Collio to her outside in the first 60 metres. She had a one-metre lead over Schippers before the end of the turn. Tori Bowie stumbled out of the blocks and was another metre back in a battle for fifth place with Dina Asher-Smith. Schippers started to gain on Thompson towards the line but did not catch the winner. Two metres behind, Bowie won the bronze medal having overtaken Asher-Smith, Michelle-Lee Ahye and 10 metres before the finish line Marie Josée Ta Lou.
The following evening the medals were presented by HM King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, IOC honorary member, Kenya and Sylvia Barlag, Council Member of the IAAF.

## Format

The women's 200 m competition consisted of three rounds: a round one heats stage with nine races, three semifinal races, and a single final. Each race featured eight athletes. The top two in each heat progressed to the semifinals, as did the six fastest non-qualifiers. The top two finishers in each of the three semifinals qualified for the final with the two fastest non-qualifiers.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) | 21.34 | Seoul, Korea | 29 September 1988 |
| Olympic record | Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) | 21.34 | Seoul, Korea | 29 September 1988 |
| 2016 World leading | Dafne Schippers (NED) | 21.93 | Oslo, Norway | 9 June 2016 |
The following national records were established during the competition:
| Country | Athlete | Round | Time | Notes |
| Maldives | Afa Ismail (MDV) | Heats | 24.96 s | |
| Ivory Coast | Marie Josée Ta Lou (CIV) | Final | 22.21 s | |

## Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Monday, 15 August 2016 | 9:35 | Heats |
| Tuesday, 16 August 2016 | 22:00 | Semifinals |
| Wednesday, 17 August 2016 | 22:30 | Finals |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands | 0.145 | 22.51 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Nataliya Pohrebnyak | Ukraine | 0.134 | 22.64 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Crystal Emmanuel | Canada | 0.144 | 22.80 | q, PB |
| 4 | 5 | Anna Kiełbasińska | Poland | 0.155 | 22.95 | SB |
| 5 | 2 | Reyare Thomas | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.202 | 22.97 | |
| 6 | 1 | Maja Mihalinec | Slovenia | 0.132 | 23.38 | |
| 7 | 3 | Olivia Borlée | Belgium | 0.170 | 23.53 | |
| 8 | 8 | Afa Ismail | Maldives | 0.193 | 24.96 | NR |
| | | | | Wind: +0.5 m/s | Wind: +0.5 m/s | Wind: +0.5 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Jenna Prandini | United States | 0.163 | 22.62 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Lisa Mayer | Germany | 0.172 | 22.86 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 6 | Tynia Gaither | Bahamas | 0.160 | 22.90 | q |
| 4 | 5 | Ángela Tenorio | Ecuador | 0.160 | 22.94 | q, SB |
| 5 | 3 | Celiangeli Morales | Puerto Rico | 0.164 | 23.00 | PB |
| 6 | 2 | Gloria Hooper | Italy | 0.167 | 23.05 | |
| 7 | 8 | Mariely Sánchez | Dominican Republic | 0.159 | 23.39 | |
| 8 | 4 | Cynthia Bolingo | Belgium | 0.188 | 23.98 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.8 m/s | Wind: +0.8 m/s | Wind: +0.8 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.170 | 22.50 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Simone Facey | Jamaica | 0.164 | 22.78 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Kauiza Venancio | Brazil | 0.187 | 23.06 | |
| 4 | 4 | Alyssa Conley | South Africa | 0.114 | 23.17 | |
| 5 | 1 | Isidora Jiménez | Chile | 0.132 | 23.29 | |
| 6 | 2 | Estela García | Spain | 0.137 | 23.43 | |
| 7 | 7 | Nataliya Strohova | Ukraine | 0.164 | 23.69 | |
| 8 | 6 | Yelena Ryabova | Turkmenistan | 0.170 | 25.45 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.6 m/s | Wind: +0.6 m/s | Wind: +0.6 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Marie Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast | 0.141 | 22.31 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 4 | Elaine Thompson | Jamaica | 0.177 | 22.63 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Gina Lückenkemper | Germany | 0.207 | 22.80 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Maria Belimpasaki | Greece | 0.183 | 23.19 | |
| 5 | 6 | Justine Palframan | South Africa | 0.151 | 23.33 | |
| 6 | 1 | Janet Amponsah | Ghana | 0.157 | 23.67 | |
| 7 | 8 | Diana Khubeseryan | Armenia | 0.146 | 25.16 | |
| 8 | 5 | Margret Hassan | South Sudan | 0.263 | 26.99 | PB |
| | | | | Wind: +0.6 m/s | Wind: +0.6 m/s | Wind: +0.6 m/s |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Blessing Okagbare | Nigeria | 0.158 | 22.71 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain | 0.164 | 22.77 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Anthonique Strachan | Bahamas | 0.161 | 22.96 | SB |
| 4 | 8 | Tessa van Schagen | Netherlands | 0.189 | 23.41 | |
| 5 | 2 | Gina Bass | The Gambia | 0.179 | 23.43 | |
| 6 | 6 | Srabani Nanda | India | 0.150 | 23.58 | |
| 7 | 5 | Aurelie Alcindor | Mauritius | 0.201 | 24.55 | |
| 8 | 3 | Gayane Chiloyan | Armenia | 0.179 | 25.03 | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.1 m/s | Wind: -0.1 m/s | Wind: -0.1 m/s |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Deajah Stevens | United States | 0.160 | 22.45 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Nercely Soto | Venezuela | 0.196 | 22.89 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | Jamile Samuel | Netherlands | 0.159 | 23.04 | |
| 4 | 5 | Ramona Papaioannou | Cyprus | 0.140 | 23.10 | PB |
| 5 | 1 | Yelyzaveta Bryzhina | Ukraine | 0.178 | 23.28 | |
| 6 | 8 | Nigina Sharipova | Uzbekistan | 0.140 | 23.33 | |
| 7 | 6 | Viktoriya Zyabkina | Kazakhstan | 0.167 | 23.34 | |
| 8 | 3 | Najima Parveen | Pakistan | 0.183 | 26.11 | |
| | | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

#### Heat 7

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Ivet Lalova-Collio | Bulgaria | 0.136 | 22.61 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Ella Nelson | Australia | 0.155 | 22.66 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Jodie Williams | Great Britain | 0.135 | 22.69 | q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | Lorène Bazolo | Portugal | 0.166 | 23.01 | PB |
| 5 | 8 | Chisato Fukushima | Japan | 0.125 | 23.21 | |
| 6 | 5 | LaVerne Jones-Ferrette | Virgin Islands | 0.127 | 23.35 | |
| 7 | 2 | Vitória Cristina Rosa | Brazil | 0.191 | 23.35 | SB |
| 8 | 7 | Sheniqua Ferguson | Bahamas | 0.153 | 23.62 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.5 m/s | Wind: +0.5 m/s | Wind: +0.5 m/s |

#### Heat 8

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | Tori Bowie | United States | 0.145 | 22.47 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Murielle Ahouré | Ivory Coast | 0.156 | 22.52 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 3 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland | 0.139 | 22.78 | q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | Nadine Gonska | Germany | 0.129 | 23.03 | |
| 5 | 5 | Eleni Artymata | Cyprus | 0.166 | 23.27 | |
| 6 | 2 | Arialis Gandulla | Cuba | 0.149 | 23.41 | |
| 7 | 7 | Brenessa Thompson | Guyana | 0.155 | 23.65 | |
| 8 | 4 | Maizurah Abdul Rahim | Brunei | 0.173 | 28.02 | PB |
| | | | | Wind: +0.1 m/s | Wind: +0.1 m/s | Wind: +0.1 m/s |

#### Heat 9

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Edidiong Odiong | Bahrain | 0.156 | 22.74 | Q, PB, AJR |
| 2 | 1 | Semoy Hackett | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.162 | 22.78 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Veronica Campbell-Brown | Jamaica | 0.170 | 22.97 | |
| 4 | 8 | Olga Safronova | Kazakhstan | 0.144 | 23.29 | |
| 5 | 7 | Ashley Kelly | British Virgin Islands | 0.191 | 23.61 | |
| 6 | 4 | Tameka Williams | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.160 | 23.61 | |
| 7 | 2 | Sabina Veit | Slovenia | 0.161 | 23.75 | |
| 8 | 5 | Kristina Pronzhenko | Tajikistan | 0.213 | 25.53 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.6 m/s | Wind: +0.6 m/s | Wind: +0.6 m/s |

### Semifinal

Qualification rules: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands | 0.139 | 21.96 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Elaine Thompson | Jamaica | 0.164 | 22.13 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 5 | Deajah Stevens | United States | 0.170 | 22.38 | q |
| 4 | 7 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain | 0.143 | 22.49 | q |
| 5 | 6 | Blessing Okagbare | Nigeria | 0.179 | 22.69 | |
| 6 | 2 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland | 0.121 | 22.83 | |
| 7 | 8 | Lisa Mayer | Germany | 0.162 | 22.90 | |
| 8 | 1 | Tynia Gaither | Bahamas | 0.149 | 23.45 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.1 m/s | Wind: +0.1 m/s | Wind: +0.1 m/s |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Marie Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast | 0.156 | 22.28 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 4 | Ivet Lalova-Collio | Bulgaria | 0.127 | 22.42 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 7 | Ella Nelson | Australia | 0.165 | 22.50 | PB |
| 4 | 6 | Jenna Prandini | United States | 0.196 | 22.55 | |
| 5 | 5 | Nataliya Pohrebnyak | Ukraine | 0.163 | 22.81 | |
| 6 | 8 | Semoy Hackett | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.240 | 22.94 | |
| 7 | 2 | Ángela Tenorio | Ecuador | 0.160 | 22.99 | |
| 8 | 1 | Jodie Williams | Great Britain | 0.173 | 22.99 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.1 m/s | Wind: +0.1 m/s | Wind: +0.1 m/s |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Tori Bowie | United States | 0.145 | 22.13 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.153 | 22.25 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Simone Facey | Jamaica | 0.158 | 22.57 | SB |
| 4 | 5 | Murielle Ahouré | Ivory Coast | 0.144 | 22.59 | |
| 5 | 2 | Gina Lückenkemper | Germany | 0.196 | 22.73 | |
| 6 | 3 | Edidiong Odiong | Bahrain | 0.156 | 22.84 | |
| 7 | 7 | Nercely Soto | Venezuela | 0.174 | 22.88 | SB |
| 8 | 1 | Crystal Emmanuel | Canada | 0.149 | 23.05 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.8 m/s | Wind: +0.8 m/s | Wind: +0.8 m/s |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Elaine Thompson | Jamaica | 0.152 | 21.78 | WL |
| | 4 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands | 0.141 | 21.88 | SB |
| | 5 | Tori Bowie | United States | 0.143 | 22.15 | |
| 4 | 3 | Marie Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast | 0.153 | 22.21 | NR |
| 5 | 2 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain | 0.135 | 22.31 | SB |
| 6 | 7 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.158 | 22.34 | |
| 7 | 1 | Deajah Stevens | United States | 0.171 | 22.65 | |
| 8 | 8 | Ivet Lalova-Collio | Bulgaria | 0.104 | 22.69 | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.1 m/s | Wind: -0.1 m/s | Wind: -0.1 m/s |