Today, I'm going to list my top 10 women's 200m spinners of all time. Now let me know that this is only for the 200m dash, so I don't factor in the 100m, 400m, 4x100m, or the 4x400m relay. This is also my own personal list. Everyone has differing opinions on which criteria holds more weight, whether it's world records, Olympic medals, overall consistency, etc. So go in the comments below and list your top women's 200m spinners of all time. And don't forget to like the video and subscribe to the channel to keep up to date with all the future content. So with that, let's jump into the list. I'll start off with 5 honorable mentions before getting into my top 10. For my first honorable mention, I have Marita Koch from Germany. Now, she's the world champion from the 1983 Games in Helsinki, and she's a 4x world record holder. She's also the first person to ever break the 22nd barrier, which she has done 9x through her career. Her personal best of 21.71 seconds currently still stands as number 7 all time in the 200m. Next up again from Germany, I have Hikey Dreschler. Now she's the bronze medalist from the soul 1988 Olympic Games, but she has a world indoor gold medal at the 1987 in theapolis Games. She's a world record holder, which she broke 2x through her career, and her current personal best of 21.71 seconds still ranks her as number 7 all time, and she has gone under 22 seconds 6 times through her career. My third honorable mention goes to Barbara Wackel from Germany. She's a 2x Olympic gold medalist from 1976 and 1980. Her personal best of 21.85 seconds was number 5 all time back in 1974, and still stands as number 20 all time. She has gone under 22 seconds only 1x through her career, but she has also ranked number 1 2x through her career in 1980 and 1982. Next on my honorable mention, I have Wilma Rudolph from the United States. She won the Olympic gold medal in Rome 1960 at those Olympic Games. A personal best of 22.9 seconds hand timed was the former world record, and she became the first person to ever break the 23 second barrier. In that year of 1960, she ranked number 1 in the world because of her performance. Finally for my honorable mention, I have Elaine Thompson from Jamaica. Now she is the Olympic gold medalist from Rio 2016. She also has a silver medal from the Beijing 2015 World Championships. Her current personal best of 21.66 seconds ranks her as number 5 all time in the 200 meters, and she has broken 22 seconds 4 times through her career. Now let's jump into my top 10. First off at number 10, I have Elaine Boyle from Australia. She is a two time Olympic medalist winning silver in Mexico City 1968, and then another silver four years later in Munich 1972. Her personal best of 22.45 seconds was number 2 all time back in 1972, and that's why I have her at number 10. Moving up to number 9, I have Gaffney Schippers from the Netherlands. She is an Olympic silver medalist from Rio 2016, and has two world championship gold medals from Beijing 2015 and London 2017. Her personal best of 21.63 seconds run in Beijing 2015 is now number 3 all time in the 200 meters. She has also broken 22 seconds on 5 occasions throughout her entire career, and she has ranked number 1 in the world in that 2015 year. Moving in at my number 8, I have run out of stekker from Germany. Now she is a two time Olympic medalist winning gold in Munich 1972, and then a bronze four years later in Montreal 1976. Her personal best of 22.38 seconds was a world record in the event, and she actually broke the world record on two occasions in her career. And she has five number 1 rankings throughout her entire career, so I have stekker at number 8. I have Betty Cuppert from Australia. Now she is an Olympic gold medalist from Melbourne 1956, and her personal best of 23.2 seconds hand timed was the former world record back in her time, and she also broke the world record on two occasions throughout her entire career. Her multiple rankings culminates with two number 1 world rankings throughout her entire career, so that's why I have Betty Cuppert coming in at my number 7. At my number 6, I have Gwen Torrance from the United States. She's an Olympic gold medalist from Barcelona 1992, and a two time world championship silver medalist from Tokyo 1991 and Stugar at 1993. Her personal best of 21.72 seconds was number 5 all time back in 1992, and still ranks as number 9 all time. She has broken 22 seconds on 10 occasions throughout her career, which is the third most of any woman in history. Also with her number 1 ranking from 1992, that puts her at my number 6 all time. Now jumping into my top 5 all time, I have Florence Griffith join her from the United States, two time Olympic medalists with the silver in 1984, and then that gold medal in soul 1988. She also has one world championship medal with a silver from Rome 1987. Her personal best of 21.34 seconds is the current world record in the 200 meters. She has also broken 22 seconds seven times through her career, which is the fifth most of any woman throughout the entire event. She also has a number 1 ranking from that 1988 legendary season, so I have flow Joe at my number 5. Up onto number 4 Veronica Campbell Brown from Jamaica is my number 4. She's a two time Olympic gold medalist from Athens 2004, and defending it four years later in Beijing 2008. She also has four world championship medals, two silver medals from Osaka in 2007 and 2009 in Berlin, a gold medal in DeGu 2011 and a bronze medal from Beijing 2015. Personal best of 21.74 seconds, which was number 8 all time back in 2008, but still stands at number 11 all time. She has broken 22 seconds five times through her career, and has ranked number 1 in the event in four seasons throughout her entire career. Veronica Campbell Brown coming in at my number 4. Now getting into that top 3 at my number 3, I have arena Chavinska from Poland, a three time Olympic medalist in the event. Silver in 1964, gold in 1968, and a bronze in 1972, three consecutive Olympic medals. Personal best of 22.21 seconds, which is the former world record, but she also broke the world record three times in her career. She has seven number 1 rankings throughout her entire career, which spanned from 1964 down to 1979. So that's why I have her coming in at my number 3. Getting into that runner up spot at number 2, I have Merlene Adi from Jamaica. She is one of the most decorated 200m sprinters in the history of the event, a four time Olympic medalist, three bronze medals in 1980, 1984, and 1992, and then a silver medal in Atlanta in 1996. Nine time world championship medalists, including two gold medals from 1993 and 1995, a silver medal from 1983, and three bronze medals in 1987, 1991 and 1997. She also has an indoor silver medal in 1987, as well as two indoor gold medals in 1989 and 1991. So she is not lacking at all in the medals, both at the world championships and at the Olympics. Her personal best is 21.64 seconds, which ranked number 2 all time back when she set it, but is still number 4 all time to this day. She has broken 22 seconds 16 times through her entire career, which is the most of any woman in the history of the 200m dash. And she also owns the world indoor record in the 200 at 21.87 seconds, being the only woman to ever break the 22 second barrier indoors. She is ranked number 1 three times in her career and has masked a plethora of accolades from 1980 all the way to 1997. So Merlene Audie comes in at my number 2 spot. Finally at my number 1, I have Alison Felix from the United States as my greatest woman's 200m runner of all time. She is a three time Olympic medalist, winning silver in 2004 and 2008, and then she got that gold medal in London 2012. Five times she's won a world championship medal, winning three consecutive golds in 2005, 2007 and 2009, as well as a bronze medal in 2011. Her personal best of 21.69 seconds was number 4 all time in 2012, but still sits at number 6 all time in the event. She has broken 22 seconds on six occasions throughout her entire career, which is the 6 most of any woman in the history of the event. In 2003 and 2016, she is ranked number 1 on seven occasions in the 200m. So with all those accolades, the Olympic and world championship medals, the times and the number 1 rankings, Alison Felix comes up as my number 1 women's 200m runner of all time. So those are my top 10 women's 200m runners of all time. Again this is just my personal top 10. So go in the comments below and let me know who your top women are in the 200m all time. Thanks for watching.