# 2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam on 6 and 7 July.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) | 21.34 | Seoul, South Korea | 29 September 1988 |
| European record | Dafne Schippers (NED) | 21.63 | Beijing, China | 28 August 2015 |
| Championship record | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 21.71 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 29 August 1986 |
| World Leading | Dafne Schippers (NED) | 21.93 | Oslo, Norway | 9 June 2016 |
| European Leading | Dafne Schippers (NED) | 21.93 | Oslo, Norway | 9 June 2016 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 6 July 2016 | 12:10 | Round 1 |
| 6 July 2016 | 17:30 | Semifinal |
| 7 July 2016 | 19:10 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 4 (q) advance to the Semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +1.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s, Heat 4: +0.7 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Maja Mihalinec | Slovenia | 23.01 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 4 | 6 | Maria Belibasaki | Greece | 23.03 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Jamile Samuel | Netherlands | 23.04 | Q, =SB |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Nadine Gonska | Germany | 23.13 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland | 23.20 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Anna Kiełbasińska | Poland | 23.21 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 3 | 8 | Ellen Sprunger | Switzerland | 23.21 | Q, PB |
| 8 | 1 | 7 | Laura de Witte | Netherlands | 23.23 | Q, PB |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Yelizaveta Bryzgina | Ukraine | 23.37 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 8 | Estela García | Spain | 23.40 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 8 | Nana Jacob | Spain | 23.43 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Eleni Artymata | Cyprus | 23.46 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | Sabina Veit | Slovenia | 23.47 | q |
| 14 | 1 | 3 | Agata Forkasiewicz | Poland | 23.53 | q, PB |
| 15 | 4 | 3 | Alexandra Bezeková | Slovakia | 23.56 | q |
| 16 | 2 | 6 | Inna Eftimova | Bulgaria | 23.58 | q |
| 17 | 2 | 5 | Cornelia Halbheer | Switzerland | 23.61 | |
| 18 | 1 | 4 | Olivia Borlée | Belgium | 23.64 | |
| 19 | 3 | 6 | Mariya Ryemyen | Ukraine | 23.67 | |
| 20 | 4 | 7 | Klaudia Konopko | Poland | 23.76 | |
| 21 | 4 | 4 | Martina Amidei | Italy | 23.79 | |
| 22 | 1 | 5 | Irene Siragusa | Italy | 23.87 | |
| 23 | 3 | 7 | Olga Lenskiy | Israel | 23.90 | |
| 24 | 1 | 2 | Marcela Pírková | Czech Republic | 24.03 | |
| 25 | 3 | 2 | Pernilla Nilsson | Sweden | 24.18 | |
| 26 | 3 | 3 | Charlotte Wingfield | Malta | 24.46 | |
| 27 | 4 | 5 | Diana Khubeseryan | Armenia | 25.56 | |
| 28 | 2 | 8 | Zyanne Hook | Gibraltar | 26.78 | |

### Semifinals

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 2 (q) advance to the Semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +1.3 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Dina Asher-Smith* | Great Britain | 22.57 | Q, SB |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Ivet Lalova-Collio* | Bulgaria | 22.57 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Gina Luckenkemper* | Germany | 22.90 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Tessa van Schagen* | Netherlands | 22.95 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Nataliya Pohrebnyak* | Ukraine | 22.98 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | Jamile Samuel | Netherlands | 23.02 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Lisa Mayer* | Germany | 23.06 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Jodie Williams* | Great Britain | 23.14 | q |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Maria Belibasaki | Greece | 23.16 | |
| 10 | 3 | 5 | Maja Mihalinec | Slovenia | 23.17 | |
| 11 | 2 | 4 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland | 23.23 | |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | Nadine Gonska | Germany | 23.24 | |
| 13 | 1 | 4 | Gloria Hooper* | Italy | 23.25 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Anna Kiełbasińska | Poland | 23.36 | |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Nana Jacob | Spain | 23.45 | |
| 16 | 3 | 1 | Laura de Witte | Netherlands | 23.48 | |
| 17 | 3 | 8 | Estela García | Spain | 23.53 | |
| 18 | 1 | 8 | Ellen Sprunger | Switzerland | 23.54 | |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Inna Eftimova | Bulgaria | 23.54 | |
| 20 | 3 | 7 | Eleni Artymata | Cyprus | 23.58 | |
| 21 | 1 | 2 | Agata Forkasiewicz | Poland | 23.59 | |
| 22 | 2 | 8 | Yelizaveta Bryzgina | Ukraine | 23.64 | |
| 23 | 1 | 1 | Alexandra Bezeková | Slovakia | 23.71 | |
| 24 | 2 | 1 | Sabina Veit | Slovenia | 23.72 | |
*Athletes who received a bye to the semifinals

### Final

Wind: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 5 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain | 22.37 | SB |
| | 4 | Ivet Lalova-Collio | Bulgaria | 22.52 | SB |
| | 6 | Gina Lückenkemper | Germany | 22.74 | |
| 4 | 7 | Jamile Samuel | Netherlands | 22.83 | SB |
| 5 | 8 | Nataliya Pohrebnyak | Ukraine | 22.84 | |
| 6 | 1 | Jodie Williams | Great Britain | 22.96 | |
| 7 | 3 | Tessa van Schagen | Netherlands | 23.03 | |
| 8 | 2 | Lisa Mayer | Germany | 23.10 | |