# 1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 200 metres event at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland, held at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10 and 11 August 1994.

## Medalists

| Gold | Irina Privalova Russia |
| Silver | Zhanna Tarnopolskaya Ukraine |
| Bronze | Galina Malchugina Russia |

## Results
### Final

11 August Wind: 0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Irina Privalova | Russia | 22.32 |
| | Zhanna Tarnopolskaya | Ukraine | 22.77 |
| | Galina Malchugina | Russia | 22.90 |
| 4 | Silke Knoll | Germany | 22.99 |
| 5 | Maya Azarashvili | Georgia | 23.01 |
| 6 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 23.24 |
| 7 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 23.28 |
| 8 | Zlatka Georgieva | Bulgaria | 23.46 |

### Semi-finals

11 August

#### Semi-final 1

Wind: 0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Silke Knoll | Germany | 22.75 | Q |
| 2 | Galina Malchugina | Russia | 22.90 | Q |
| 3 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 23.25 | Q |
| 4 | Zlatka Georgieva | Bulgaria | 23.36 | Q |
| 5 | Yekaterina Leshchova | Russia | 23.36 | |
| 6 | Regula Anliker-Aebi | Switzerland | 23.50 | |
| 7 | Viktoriya Fomenko | Ukraine | 23.52 | |
| 8 | Katharine Merry | United Kingdom | 23.55 | |

#### Semi-final 2

Wind: 1.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 22.61 | Q |
| 2 | Zhanna Tarnopolskaya | Ukraine | 23.01 | Q |
| 3 | Maya Azarashvili | Georgia | 23.24 | Q |
| 4 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 23.28 | Q |
| 5 | Erika Suchovská | Czech Republic | 23.34 | |
| 6 | Paula Thomas | United Kingdom | 23.41 | |
| 7 | Silke Lichtenhagen | Germany | 23.45 | |
| 8 | Jacqueline Poelman | Netherlands | 23.58 | |

### Heats

10 August

#### Heat 1

Wind: -2.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Zhanna Tarnopolskaya | Ukraine | 23.33 | Q |
| 2 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 23.41 | Q |
| 3 | Silke Lichtenhagen | Germany | 23.42 | Q |
| 4 | Regula Anliker-Aebi | Switzerland | 23.48 | q |
| 5 | Jacqueline Poelman | Netherlands | 23.56 | q |
| 6 | Simmone Jacobs | United Kingdom | 23.75 | |
| 7 | Maria Staafgård | Sweden | 24.09 | |
| 8 | Karin Solbakken | Norway | 24.18 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: 0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Galina Malchugina | Russia | 23.32 | Q |
| 2 | Zlatka Georgieva | Bulgaria | 23.35 | Q |
| 3 | Katharine Merry | United Kingdom | 23.73 | Q |
| 4 | Sara Wüest | Switzerland | 23.89 | |
| 5 | Sabine Tröger | Austria | 23.91 | |
| 6 | Anu Pirttimaa | Finland | 24.02 | |
| 7 | Yana Burtasenkova | Moldova | 24.37 | |
| 8 | Antonina Slyusar | Ukraine | 24.50 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 22.93 | Q |
| 2 | Maya Azarashvili | Georgia | 23.14 | Q |
| 3 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 23.32 | Q |
| 4 | Paula Thomas | United Kingdom | 23.39 | q |
| 5 | Giada Gallina | Italy | 23.69 | |
| 6 | Eva Barati | Hungary | 23.88 | |
| 7 | Birgit Rockmeier | Germany | 23.89 | |
| 8 | Dora Kyriacou | Cyprus | 24.18 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: -1.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Silke Knoll | Germany | 23.25 | Q |
| 2 | Erika Suchovská | Czech Republic | 23.52 | Q |
| 3 | Yekaterina Leshchova | Russia | 23.59 | Q |
| 4 | Viktoriya Fomenko | Ukraine | 23.67 | q |
| 5 | Mireille Donders | Switzerland | 23.97 | |
| 6 | Marika Johansson | Sweden | 24.05 | |
| 7 | Tarja Leveelahti | Finland | 24.24 | |
| 8 | Aksel Gürcan | Turkey | 24.40 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Finland (3)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (3)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (1)
* Moldova (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Russia (3)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (3)
* Turkey (1)
* Ukraine (3)
* United Kingdom (3)