# 2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships were held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 29 and 30 June.

## Medalists

| Gold | Mariya Ryemyen Ukraine |
| Silver | Hrystyna Stuy Ukraine |
| Bronze | Myriam Soumaré France |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 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 | Sanya Richards-Ross (USA) | 22.09 | New York City, United States | 9 June 2012 |
| European Leading | Yelizaveta Bryzhina (UKR) | 22.69 | Yalta, Ukraine | 14 June 2012 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 29 June 2012 | 14:00 | Round 1 |
| 29 June 2012 | 20:55 | Semifinals |
| 30 June 2012 | 20:50 | Final |

## Results
### Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: −0.6 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.6 m/s, Heat 4: +0.7 m/s, Heat 5: −0.6 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 4 | 6 | Mariya Ryemyen | Ukraine | 22.77 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | Gloria Hooper | Italy | 22.95 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Viktoriya Pyatachenko | Ukraine | 22.96 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 7 | Abiodun Oyepitan | Great Britain | 23.05 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Léa Sprunger | Switzerland | 23.08 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Lina Jacques-Sébastien | France | 23.09 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 7 | Myriam Soumaré | France | 23.10 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands | 23.11 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | Hanne Claes | Belgium | 23.26 | Q, PB |
| 10 | 3 | 2 | Hrystyna Stuy | Ukraine | 23.30 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | 3 | Jamile Samuel | Netherlands | 23.35 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Eleni Artymata | Cyprus | 23.35 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Yekaterina Voronenkova | Russia | 23.37 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | Johanna Danois | France | 23.42 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | 3 | Nimet Karakuş | Turkey | 23.50 | q, =NUR |
| 16 | 3 | 6 | Andreea Ograzeanu | Romania | 23.54 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | 2 | María Belibasáki | Greece | 23.55 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | 4 | Ivet Lalova | Bulgaria | 23.58 | Q |
| 19 | 1 | 5 | Marika Popowicz | Poland | 23.64 | Q |
| 20 | 3 | 3 | Olivia Borlée | Belgium | 23.77 | Q |
| 21 | 2 | 2 | Kateřina Čechová | Czech Republic | 23.78 | q |
| 22 | 5 | 6 | Inna Weit | Germany | 23.89 | Q |
| 23 | 3 | 4 | Kristina Žumer | Slovenia | 23.95 | q |
| 24 | 1 | 6 | Éva Kaptur | Hungary | 23.97 | q |
| 25 | 3 | 7 | Sónia Tavares | Portugal | 24.00 | |
| 26 | 4 | 2 | Amy Foster | Ireland | 24.04 | |
| 27 | 1 | 4 | Anna Hämäläinen | Finland | 24.14 | |
| 28 | 5 | 2 | Jacqueline Gasser | Switzerland | 24.18 | |
| 29 | 2 | 4 | Diane Borg | Malta | 24.68 | |
| 30 | 5 | 5 | Sònia Villacampa | Andorra | 27.90 | |

### Semifinals

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: −0.1 m/s, Heat 3: −0.2 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands | 22.70 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Mariya Ryemyen | Ukraine | 22.82 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Viktoriya Pyatachenko | Ukraine | 23.04 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Myriam Soumaré | France | 23.04 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Hrystyna Stuy | Ukraine | 23.08 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Jamile Samuel | Netherlands | 23.13 | q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Eleni Artymata | Cyprus | 23.21 | q |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Abiodun Oyepitan | Great Britain | 23.22 | |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | Ivet Lalova | Bulgaria | 23.26 | SB |
| 10 | 1 | 8 | María Belibasáki | Greece | 23.31 | |
| 11 | 2 | 8 | Johanna Danois | France | 23.40 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | Lina Jacques-Sébastien | France | 23.45 | |
| 13 | 2 | 4 | Léa Sprunger | Switzerland | 23.49 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Marika Popowicz | Poland | 23.58 | |
| 15 | 3 | 8 | Yekaterina Voronenkova | Russia | 23.61 | |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Kateřina Čechová | Czech Republic | 23.64 | |
| 17 | 1 | 2 | Olivia Borlée | Belgium | 23.66 | |
| 18 | 2 | 7 | Andreea Ograzeanu | Romania | 23.66 | |
| 19 | 2 | 5 | Hanne Claes | Belgium | 23.68 | |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | Inna Weit | Germany | 23.95 | |
| 21 | 1 | 1 | Kristina Žumer | Slovenia | 24.20 | |
| 22 | 2 | 1 | Éva Kaptur | Hungary | 24.44 | |
| | 2 | 3 | Gloria Hooper | Italy | DQ | |
| | 3 | 1 | Nimet Karakuş | Turkey | DNS | |

### Final

Wind: -1.3 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 3 | Mariya Ryemyen | Ukraine | 23.05 |
| | 7 | Hrystyna Stuy | Ukraine | 23.17 |
| | 5 | Myriam Soumaré | France | 23.21 |
| 4 | 6 | Viktoriya Pyatachenko | Ukraine | 23.25 |
| 5 | 4 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands | 23.53 |
| 6 | 1 | Jamile Samuel | Netherlands | 23.55 |
| 7 | 2 | Eleni Artymata | Cyprus | 23.59 |
| 8 | 8 | Johanna Danois | France | 23.61 |