# 2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 14 and 15 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Dafne Schippers Netherlands |
| Silver | Jodie Williams Great Britain |
| Bronze | Myriam Soumaré France |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) | 21.34 | Seoul, South Korea | 29 September 1988 |
| 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 |
| Championship record | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 21.71 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 29 August 1986 |
| World Leading | Tori Bowie (USA) | 22.18 | Eugene, United States | 31 May 2014 |
| European Leading | Dafne Schippers (NED) | 22.34 | Glasgow, Great Britain | 12 July 2014 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 14 August 2014 | 10:50 | Round 1 |
| 14 August 2014 | 19:42 | Semifinal |
| 15 August 2014 | 20:25 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s, Heat 4: −0.4 m/s, Heat 5: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 3 | 6 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands | 22.63 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain | 22.65 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 2 | 7 | Jodie Williams | Great Britain | 22.78 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 6 | Myriam Soumaré | France | 22.87 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland | 22.95 | Q, NUR |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Jamile Samuel | Netherlands | 23.00 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | 7 | Hanna-Maari Latvala | Finland | 23.13 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 4 | 7 | Léa Sprunger | Switzerland | 23.15 | Q, SB |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Ivet Lalova | Bulgaria | 23.17 | Q, SB |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Marzia Caravelli | Italy | 23.27 | Q, SB |
| 11 | 2 | 5 | Nataliya Pohrebnyak | Ukraine | 23.31 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | 5 | Yekaterina Renzhina | Russia | 23.33 | q |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Maria Belibasáki | Greece | 23.34 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 4 | Kelly Proper | Ireland | 23.37 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 3 | Irene Ekelund | Sweden | 23.38 | Q, =SB |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Bianca Williams | Great Britain | 23.38 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 5 | Inna Eftimova | Bulgaria | 23.42 | Q |
| 18 | 1 | 5 | Nataliya Strohova | Ukraine | 23.47 | Q |
| 19 | 1 | 7 | Irene Siragusa | Italy | 23.61 | Q |
| =20 | 5 | 5 | Martina Amidei | Italy | 23.64 | q |
| =20 | 3 | 8 | Andreea Ograzeanu | Romania | 23.64 | Q |
| 22 | 1 | 8 | Yekaterina Vukolova | Russia | 23.69 | Q |
| 23 | 5 | 8 | Ramona Papaioannou | Cyprus | 23.70 | q |
| 24 | 3 | 4 | Sabina Veit | Slovenia | 23.72 | q |
| 25 | 1 | 3 | Joëlle Golay | Switzerland | 23.82 | |
| 26 | 2 | 8 | Andriána Férra | Greece | 23.88 | |
| 27 | 4 | 6 | Carla Tavares | Portugal | 23.90 | |
| 28 | 2 | 4 | Hafdís Sigurðardóttir | Iceland | 23.93 | =PB |
| 29 | 1 | 6 | Éva Kaptur | Hungary | 24.07 | =PB |
| 30 | 3 | 7 | Elisabeth Slettum | Norway | 24.09 | |
| 31 | 2 | 2 | Kristina Žumer | Slovenia | 24.24 | |
| 32 | 1 | 4 | Lenka Kršáková | Slovakia | 24.69 | |
| 33 | 5 | 2 | Nimet Karakuş | Turkey | 25.31 | |
| 34 | 4 | 8 | Diana Khubeseryan | Armenia | 25.74 | |
| | 3 | 3 | Jennifer Galais | France | DQ | R162.7 |

### Semifinals

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
Wind: Heat 1: +0.3 m/s, Heat 2: −0.6 m/s, Heat 3: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands | 22.38 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Myriam Soumaré | France | 22.46 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain | 22.61 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Jodie Williams | Great Britain | 22.80 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Bianca Williams | Great Britain | 22.81 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland | 22.84 | q, NUR |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | Hanna-Maari Latvala | Finland | 22.98 | q, =PB |
| 8 | 2 | 7 | Nataliya Pohrebnyak | Ukraine | 23.10 | |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Léa Sprunger | Switzerland | 23.12 | SB |
| 10 | 1 | 8 | Kelly Proper | Ireland | 23.15 | PB |
| 11 | 3 | 6 | Jamile Samuel | Netherlands | 23.18 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 8 | Marzia Caravelli | Italy | 23.23 | SB |
| 13 | 3 | 7 | Irene Ekelund | Sweden | 23.26 | SB |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Yekaterina Renzhina | Russia | 23.26 | |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Inna Eftimova | Bulgaria | 23.27 | SB |
| 16 | 2 | 3 | Ivet Lalova | Bulgaria | 23.30 | |
| 17 | 3 | 4 | Nataliya Strohova | Ukraine | 23.36 | |
| 18 | 3 | 3 | Maria Belibasáki | Greece | 23.37 | |
| 18 | 1 | 2 | Yekaterina Vukolova | Russia | 23.37 | |
| 20 | 3 | 8 | Irene Siragusa | Italy | 23.50 | |
| 21 | 1 | 1 | Martina Amidei | Italy | 23.51 | |
| 22 | 2 | 2 | Sabina Veit | Slovenia | 23.99 | |
| | 3 | 1 | Ramona Papaioannou | Cyprus | DNF | |
| | 2 | 1 | Andreea Ograzeanu | Romania | DNS | |

### Final

Wind: −0.5 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 3 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands | 22.03 | WL, NR |
| | 4 | Jodie Williams | Great Britain | 22.46 | PB |
| | 5 | Myriam Soumaré | France | 22.58 | |
| 4 | 8 | Bianca Williams | Great Britain | 22.68 | |
| 5 | 2 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland | 22.83 | NR |
| 6 | 7 | Jamile Samuel | Netherlands | 23.31 | |
| 7 | 1 | Hanna-Maari Latvala | Finland | 23.48 | |
| | 6 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain | DNF | |