# 2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 30 September to 2 October 2019.

## Summary

The season world No. 1 and previous bronze medalist Shaunae Miller-Uibo concentrated on the 400 metres and did not enter. The defending champion and world No. 13 Dafne Schippers and previous silver medalist and world No. 9 Marie-Josée Ta Lou opted not to start in the heats. Olympic champion and world No. 2 Elaine Thompson didn't start in the semi-finals. 2013 bronze medallist and world No. 3 Blessing Okagbare was disqualified in the heats due to a lane infringement. 2013 champion and world No. 7 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce focused on 100m. The only athlete in the field with a personal best below 22 seconds was Dina Asher-Smith, making her the overwhelming favorite going into the Championships.
In the first steps of the final, Asher-Smith took a clear lead, making up the stagger on Dezerea Bryant to her outside just after halfway through the turn. As the stagger resolved coming onto the straight, it revealed Bryant was in second place, slightly ahead of Brittany Brown and Mujinga Kambundji, meaning Asher-Smith had a huge lead. Down the straight, the only athlete looking like she was making any progress cutting down the gap was Brown.
Asher-Smith didn't let up, crossing the finish line with a clear win by 3 metres, Brown also clearly ahead by another 3 metres over Kambundji.
Asher-Smith's 21.88 was a new British national record. Kambundji won the first sprint medal for Switzerland at a global outdoor championship. The closest was Marcel Schelbert who also took a bronze in the 400 hurdles in 1999.
In the semi-finals, winner Asher-Smith returned to the track to assist an injured rival, Anthonique Strachan, a gesture which earned her a nomination for the International Fair Play Award.

## 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 | 21.74 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | BAH | 29 Aug 2019 | Zürich, Switzerland |
| African | 22.04 | Blessing Okagbare | NGA | 24 Mar 2018 | Abilene, United States |
| Asian | 22.01 | Li Xuemei | CHN | 24 Mar 2018 | Shanghai, China |
| NACAC | 21.34 | Florence Griffith Joyner | USA | 29 Sep 1988 | Seoul, South Korea |
| South American | 22.48 | Ana Cláudia Lemos | 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 |
| Nigerien | 22.58 | Aminatou Seyni | NIG | 30 Sep 2019 |
| British | 21.88 | Dina Asher-Smith | GBR | 2 Oct 2019 |

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 30 September | 17:05 | Heats |
| 1 October | 21:35 | Semi-finals |
| 2 October | 22:35 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The first three in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) qualify for the semifinal.
Wind: Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +0.7 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s, Heat 5: +0.8 m/s, Heat 6: -0.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 7 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 22.32 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 9 | Brittany Brown | United States (USA) | 22.33 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 6 | 8 | Anglerne Annelus | United States (USA) | 22.56 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 6 | Dezerea Bryant | United States (USA) | 22.56 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Tynia Gaither | Bahamas (BAH) | 22.57 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Aminatou Seyni | Niger (NIG) | 22.58 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Elaine Thompson | Jamaica (JAM) | 22.61 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 4 | Tatjana Pinto | Germany (GER) | 22.63 | Q, PB |
| 9 | 5 | 8 | Gina Bass | Gambia (GAM) | 22.67 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Lisa-Marie Kwayie | Germany (GER) | 22.77 | Q, PB |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Maja Mihalinec | Slovenia (SLO) | 22.78 | q, PB |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Ivet Lalova-Collio | Bulgaria (BUL) | 22.79 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | Jodie Williams | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 22.80 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland (SUI) | 22.81 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Anthonique Strachan | Bahamas (BAH) | 22.86 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | 6 | Basant Hemida | Egypt (EGY) | 22.88 | q |
| 17 | 4 | 3 | Jamile Samuel | Netherlands (NED) | 22.90 | q, SB |
| 18 | 6 | 9 | Carolle Zahi | France (FRA) | 22.99 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | 8 | Crystal Emmanuel | Canada (CAN) | 23.00 | q |
| 20 | 3 | 2 | Marileidy Paulino | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 23.04 | q, SB |
| 21 | 1 | 4 | Kamaria Durant | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 23.08 | Q |
| 22 | 4 | 4 | Jessica-Bianca Wessolly | Germany (GER) | 23.10 | q |
| 23 | 6 | 3 | Beth Dobbin | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 23.14 | Q |
| 24 | 1 | 3 | Shashalee Forbes | Jamaica (JAM) | 23.15 | Q |
| 25 | 5 | 3 | Olga Safronova | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 23.16 | |
| 26 | 6 | 4 | Krystsina Tsimanouskaya | Belarus (BLR) | 23.22 | |
| 27 | 6 | 5 | Imke Vervaet | Belgium (BEL) | 23.24 | PB |
| 28 | 2 | 9 | Liang Xiaojing | China (CHN) | 23.27 | |
| 29 | 1 | 6 | Sarah Atcho | Switzerland (SUI) | 23.29 | |
| 30 | 3 | 8 | Gunta Vaičule | Latvia (LAT) | 23.32 | |
| 31 | 2 | 3 | Mauricia Prieto | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 23.33 | |
| 32 | 4 | 2 | Gloria Hooper | Italy (ITA) | 23.33 | |
| 33 | 4 | 9 | Gulsumbi Sharifova | Tajikistan (TJK) | 23.45 | |
| 34 | 6 | 7 | Rafaéla Spanoudaki-Hatziriga | Greece (GRE) | 23.48 | |
| 35 | 6 | 2 | Schillonie Calvert-Powell | Jamaica (JAM) | 23.52 | |
| 36 | 2 | 8 | Sindija Bukša | Latvia (LAT) | 23.53 | |
| 37 | 1 | 5 | Phil Healy | Ireland (IRL) | 23.56 | |
| 38 | 5 | 6 | Lorraine Martins | Brazil (BRA) | 23.56 | |
| 39 | 5 | 5 | Zhang Man | China (CHN) | 23.60 | |
| 40 | 2 | 4 | Archana Suseendran | India (IND) | 23.65 | |
| 41 | 3 | 7 | Vitória Cristina Rosa | Brazil (BRA) | 23.81 | |
| 42 | 1 | 8 | Zoe Hobbs | New Zealand (NZL) | 23.94 | |
| 43 | 5 | 7 | Shanti Pereira | Singapore (SIN) | 24.00 | |
| | 5 | 9 | Blessing Okagbare | Nigeria (NGR) | DQ | 163.3(a) |
| | 6 | 6 | Natacha Ngoye Akamabi | Congo (CGO) | DQ | 163.3(a) |
| | 1 | 7 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast (CIV) | DNS | DNS |
| | 1 | 9 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands (NED) | DNS | DNS |
| | 3 | 4 | Ketura Ndoye Ti Nzapa | Central African Republic (CAF) | DNS | DNS |

### Semi-finals

The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.
Wind: Heat 1: +0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s, Heat 3: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 6 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 22.16 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Brittany Brown | United States (USA) | 22.46 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Anglerne Annelus | United States (USA) | 22.49 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 9 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland (SUI) | 22.49 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Dezerea Bryant | United States (USA) | 22.56 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 9 | Tynia Gaither | Bahamas (BAH) | 22.57 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Ivet Lalova-Collio | Bulgaria (BUL) | 22.58 | q |
| 8 | 3 | 9 | Gina Bass | Gambia (GAM) | 22.60 | q |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Crystal Emmanuel | Canada (CAN) | 22.65 | SB |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Aminatou Seyni | Niger (NIG) | 22.77 | |
| 11 | 1 | 4 | Jodie Williams | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 22.78 | |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Maja Mihalinec | Slovenia (SLO) | 22.81 | |
| 13 | 3 | 8 | Lisa-Marie Kwayie | Germany (GER) | 22.83 | |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Basant Hemida | Egypt (EGY) | 22.92 | |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Jamile Samuel | Netherlands (NED) | 23.02 | |
| 16 | 2 | 4 | Carolle Zahi | France (FRA) | 23.03 | |
| 17 | 3 | 2 | Marileidy Paulino | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 23.03 | SB |
| 18 | 1 | 7 | Tatjana Pinto | Germany (GER) | 23.11 | |
| 19 | 2 | 8 | Beth Dobbin | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 23.11 | |
| 20 | 1 | 8 | Shashalee Forbes | Jamaica (JAM) | 23.14 | |
| 21 | 2 | 3 | Jessica-Bianca Wessolly | Germany (GER) | 23.37 | |
| 22 | 3 | 5 | Kamaria Durant | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 23.44 | |
| 23 | 3 | 7 | Anthonique Strachan | Bahamas (BAH) | 25.44 | |
| | 2 | 6 | Elaine Thompson | Jamaica (JAM) | DNS | DNS |

### Final

The final was started on 2 October 22:35.
Wind: +0.9 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 7 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 21.88 | NR |
| | 6 | Brittany Brown | United States (USA) | 22.22 | PB |
| | 4 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland (SUI) | 22.51 | |
| 4 | 5 | Anglerne Annelus | United States (USA) | 22.59 | |
| 5 | 8 | Dezerea Bryant | United States (USA) | 22.63 | |
| 6 | 2 | Gina Bass | Gambia (GAM) | 22.71 | |
| 7 | 3 | Ivet Lalova-Collio | Bulgaria (BUL) | 22.77 | |
| 8 | 9 | Tynia Gaither | Bahamas (BAH) | 22.90 | |