# 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

The Women's 200 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 2.
The defending three-time world champion Allyson Felix and reigning two time Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown were the principal contenders, although both were aiming for sprint doubles of 200/400 m and 100/200 m, respectively. Shalonda Solomon was the world-leader before the championships with her run of 22.15 seconds which made her the 2011 US champion. Other contenders included Carmelita Jeter, who was second in the rankings, and Jeneba Tarmoh (the fourth American runner) who was ranked fifth.
The results of the three semifinals placed three Jamaicans and three Southern California athletes as the automatic qualifiers. Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie and Hrystyna Stuy were the time qualifiers.
In the final, Campbell-Brown burst out of the blocks, making up the stagger on Solomon to her outside. In the home stretch, Campbell-Brown and Jeter separated from the rest of the field, until Campbell-Brown pulled ahead for a clear victory. Defending champion Felix, who looked sluggish throughout the season, closed fast to challenge Jeter near the line.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Veronica Campbell-Brown Jamaica (JAM) | Carmelita Jeter United States (USA) | Allyson Felix United States (USA) |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) | 21.34 | Seoul, South Korea | 29 September 1988 |
| Championship record | Silke Gladisch-Möller (GDR) | 21.74 | Rome, Italy | 3 September 1987 |
| World Leading | Shalonda Solomon (USA) | 22.15 | Eugene, OR, United States | 26 June 2011 |
| African record | Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (NGR) | 22.07 | Zürich, Switzerland | 14 August 1996 |
| 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 Silva (BRA) | 22.48 | São Paulo, Brazil | 6 August 2011 |
| European record | Marita Koch (GDR) | 21.71 | Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany | 10 June 1979 |
| European record | Marita Koch (GDR) | 21.71 | Potsdam, East Germany | 21 July 1984 |
| European record | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 21.71 | Jena, East Germany | 29 June 1986 |
| European record | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 21.71 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 29 August 1986 |
| Oceanian record | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (AUS) | 22.23 | Stuttgart, Germany | 13 July 1997 |

## Qualification standards

| A time | B time |
| 11.29 | 11.38 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| September 1, 2011 | 10:50 | Heats |
| September 1, 2011 | 19:25 | Semifinals |
| September 2, 2011 | 20:55 | Final |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: -0.5 m/s, Heat 3: -0.3 m/s, Heat 4: +0.3 m/s, Heat 5: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Veronica Campbell-Brown | Jamaica (JAM) | 22.46 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Ivet Lalova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 22.62 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | Carmelita Jeter | United States (USA) | 22.68 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands (NED) | 22.69 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 4 | Shalonda Solomon | United States (USA) | 22.69 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Myriam Soumaré | France (FRA) | 22.71 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 3 | Allyson Felix | United States (USA) | 22.71 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Mariya Ryemyen | Ukraine (UKR) | 22.77 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) | 22.83 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | Bahamas (BAH) | 22.86 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Yuliya Gushchina | Russia (RUS) | 22.88 | Q, SB |
| 12 | 4 | Kai Selvon | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 22.89 | Q, PB |
| 13 | 5 | Hrystyna Stuy | Ukraine (UKR) | 22.92 | Q, PB |
| 14 | 5 | Anyika Onuora | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 22.93 | q, PB |
| 15 | 2 | Sherone Simpson | Jamaica (JAM) | 22.94 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | Ana Cláudia Lemos Silva | Brazil (BRA) | 22.96 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | Nivea Smith | Bahamas (BAH) | 23.09 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | Elizabeta Savlinis | Russia (RUS) | 23.09 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Janelle Redhead | Grenada (GRN) | 23.11 | Q |
| 20 | 3 | Allison Peter | U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV) | 23.17 | q |
| 21 | 4 | Anthonique Strachan | Bahamas (BAH) | 23.20 | Q |
| 22 | 4 | Nelkis Casabona | Cuba (CUB) | 23.21 | q |
| 23 | 1 | Chisato Fukushima | Japan (JPN) | 23.25 | q |
| 24 | 5 | Moa Hjelmer | Sweden (SWE) | 23.31 | |
| 25 | 4 | Anna Kiełbasińska | Poland (POL) | 23.34 | |
| 26 | 3 | Endurance Abinuwa | Nigeria (NGR) | 23.53 | |
| 27 | 1 | Jeneba Tarmoh | United States (USA) | 23.60 | |
| 28 | 2 | Yelizaveta Bryzhina | Ukraine (UKR) | 23.70 | Q |
| 28 | 2 | Vanda Gomes | Brazil (BRA) | 23.70 | |
| 30 | 4 | Kimberly Hyacinthe | Canada (CAN) | 23.83 | |
| 31 | 2 | Viktoriya Zyabkina | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 24.09 | |
| 32 | 3 | Phumlile Ndzinisa | Swaziland (SWZ) | 24.15 | NR |
| 33 | 5 | Maryam Tousi | Iran (IRI) | 24.17 | |
| 34 | 4 | Hinikissia Albertine Ndikert | Chad (CHA) | 24.81 | PB |
| 35 | 2 | Mary Jane Vincent | Mauritius (MRI) | 25.20 | SB |
| 36 | 5 | Fanny Shonobi | Gambia (GAM) | 25.55 | SB |
| 37 | 1 | Chan Seyha | Cambodia (CAM) | 26.34 | PB |
| 38 | 3 | Afa Ismail | Maldives (MDV) | 26.48 | |
| | 1 | Ramona van der Vloot | Suriname (SUR) | DNS | |
| | 2 | Blessing Okagbare | Nigeria (NGR) | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
Wind: Heat 1: -0.7 m/s, Heat 2: -0.1 m/s, Heat 3: -1.8 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Shalonda Solomon | United States (USA) | 22.46 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Carmelita Jeter | United States (USA) | 22.47 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Veronica Campbell-Brown | Jamaica (JAM) | 22.53 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Allyson Felix | United States (USA) | 22.67 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) | 22.77 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Hrystyna Stuy | Ukraine (UKR) | 22.79 | q, PB |
| 7 | 2 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | Bahamas (BAH) | 22.85 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Sherone Simpson | Jamaica (JAM) | 22.88 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands (NED) | 22.92 | |
| 10 | 1 | Mariya Ryemyen | Ukraine (UKR) | 22.94 | |
| 11 | 1 | Ana Cláudia Lemos Silva | Brazil (BRA) | 22.97 | |
| 12 | 1 | Myriam Soumaré | France (FRA) | 23.02 | |
| 13 | 3 | Ivet Lalova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 23.03 | |
| 14 | 2 | Elizabeta Savlinis | Russia (RUS) | 23.04 | |
| 15 | 1 | Nivea Smith | Bahamas (BAH) | 23.06 | |
| 16 | 2 | Anyika Onuora | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 23.08 | |
| 17 | 2 | Kai Selvon | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 23.11 | |
| 18 | 3 | Yuliya Gushchina | Russia (RUS) | 23.26 | |
| 19 | 1 | Nelkis Casabona | Cuba (CUB) | 23.32 | |
| 20 | 1 | Chisato Fukushima | Japan (JPN) | 23.52 | |
| 21 | 2 | Allison Peter | U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV) | 23.56 | |
| 22 | 3 | Janelle Redhead | Grenada (GRN) | 23.57 | |
| 23 | 3 | Anthonique Strachan | Bahamas (BAH) | 23.85 | |
| | 3 | Yelizaveta Bryzhina | Ukraine (UKR) | DNF | |

### Final

Wind: -1.0 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Veronica Campbell-Brown | Jamaica (JAM) | 22.22 | SB |
| | 4 | Carmelita Jeter | United States (USA) | 22.37 | |
| | 3 | Allyson Felix | United States (USA) | 22.42 | |
| 4 | 6 | Shalonda Solomon | United States (USA) | 22.61 | |
| 5 | 8 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) | 22.70 | |
| 6 | 1 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | Bahamas (BAH) | 22.96 | |
| 7 | 2 | Hrystyna Stuy | Ukraine (UKR) | 23.02 | |
| 8 | 7 | Sherone Simpson | Jamaica (JAM) | 23.17 | |