Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres
The Women's 200 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.
The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6–8 August.
The times in the three semi-finals were very close, but while Allyson Felix appeared to put a minimum of effort to hold off Murielle Ahouré in heat two, in heat one Veronica Campbell- Brown dipped at the finish to edge Carmelita Jeter and in heat three Sanya Richards- Ross raced Shelly- Ann Fraser- Pryce to the line.
Semoy Hackett set the Trinidad and Tobago national record as the first time qualifier, Myriam Soumaré only one hundredth behind as the other time qualifier in 22.56.
In the final Shelly- Ann went out hard in lane 4, going stride for stride with Campbell- Brown to her immediate outside, both passing Richards- Ross in lane
6.
Outside Sanya, Felix ran an exceptional bend gaining the stagger on Murielle Ahouré outside her, passing her halfway into the bend.
Jeter was going well outside the whole field.
Coming into the stretch first was Felix, a step behind her were the Jamaicans, Fraser- Pryce and Campbell- Brown.
Jeter was in fourth position.
Veronica began to fade and Jeter stayed strong passing her and Richards- Ross was coming strong in fifth position trying to catch- up.
Fraser- Pryce in bid to achieve the double( having won the 100 m) took the fight to Felix.
The move failed as Allyson pushed for home, showing superior speed and strength- endurance.
Fraser- Pryce unable to respond to Felix, broke form coming in second place as Felix extended her lead crossing the finish line first in the time of 21.88 seconds, the only athlete to run under 22 seconds in this final.
Fraser- Pryce and Jeter took the silver and bronze medals respectively, Campbell- Brown and Richards- Ross took fourth and fifth place.
Vida Anim
Vida Anim( born 7 December 1983 in Accra, Greater Accra) is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.
Together with Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum and Vida Nsiah she holds the Ghanaian record in 4 x 100 metres relay with 43.19 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Vida
Anim represented Ghana at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 100 metres sprint.
In her first round heat she placed second behind Shelly- Ann Fraser in a time of 11.47 to advance to the second round.
There she improved her time to 11.32 seconds, finishing third behind Debbie Ferguson and Oludamola Osayomi.
In the semi finals she was unable to qualify for the final as her time of 11.51 was only the eighth and last time of her heat, causing elimination.
Wyomia Tyus
Wyomia Tyus( pronunciation:" why- o-mia"; born August 29, 1945) is a retired American track and field sprinter, and the first person to retain the Olympic title in the 100 m( a feat since duplicated by Carl Lewis, Gail Devers, Shelly- Ann Fraser- Pryce and Usain Bolt).
Lindsey Fraser
Lindsey Ann Fraser( born 1958), is a female former diver who competed for Great Britain and England.
Benjamin Franklin Cooling
Benjamin Franklin Cooling III( born 8 December 1938, in Washington, D.C.) is a professor of national security studies at Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy at the National Defense University in Washington DC.
He is the author of more than a dozen books on the American Civil War, including a trilogy on the defense of District of Columbia, a biography of Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Franklin Tracy, and most recently" Jubal Early: Robert E. Lee's Bad Old Man".
Wyomia Tyus
Wyomia Tyus( pronunciation:" why- o-mia"; born August 29, 1945) is a retired American track and field sprinter, and the first person to retain the Olympic title in the 100 m( a feat since duplicated by Carl Lewis, Gail Devers, Shelly- Ann Fraser- Pryce and Usain Bolt).
Benjamin F. Newhall
Benjamin Franklin Newhall was an American businessman, abolitionist, politician, and writer.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Shelly- Ann Fraser- Pryce, OD( née" Fraser", born 27 December 1986) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter.
Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, Fraser- Pryce ascended to prominence in 2008 when at 21 years old, the relatively unknown athlete became the first Caribbean woman to win 100 m gold at the Olympics.
In 2012, she became the third woman in history to successfully defend an Olympic 100 m title.
Fraser- Pryce took a break from athletics in 2017 to have her first child.
At the 2019 World Championships, at the age of 32, she became the oldest woman and second mother ever to win 100 m gold at a global championship.
Fraser- Pryce is the only sprinter to be crowned world champion over 100 m four times( 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2019).
Since 2008, she has won four of the five world 100 m titles she has contested, as well as two of the last three Olympic 100 m titles.
She is the second female sprinter to hold world and Olympic 100 m titles simultaneously —and the first woman to hold dual titles on two separate occasions.
In 2013 she became the first female sprinter to win gold medals in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m in a single World Championship, and also became the first woman to hold world titles at 60 m, 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay simultaneously.
With over a decade of dominance in the sport, Fraser- Pryce has won more global 100 m titles than any other female sprinter in history.
Nicknamed the" Pocket Rocket" for her petite frame( she stands 5 feet tall) and explosive block starts, her personal best of 10.70 seconds is the joint fourth fastest of all time.
Due to her achievements and consistency, many publications and sports analysts, including former Olympian Michael Johnson, refer to Fraser- Pryce as the greatest female sprinter of all time.
World Athletics calls her “ the greatest female sprinter of her generation".
2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 23 and 24 August.
Shelly- Ann Fraser- Pryce entered the competition as the defending champion and the world leading athlete that season with a time of 10.74 seconds.
Kerron Stewart
Kerron Stewart( born 16 April 1984) is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres.
She is the 2008 Jamaican national champion in the 100 m clocking 10.80s.
She defeated World Champion Veronica Campbell- Brown in the process and now is the 2008 Summer Olympics silver medalist after she tied with Sherone Simpson in a time of 10.98s.
She also earned a bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics with a time of 22.00s.
She was born in Kingston.
Stewart holds the fastest non-winning time for the women's 100 metres.
In the 2009 World Athletics Championships from Berlin, she ran 10.75 seconds only to finish second to campatriot, Shelly- Ann Fraser who ran a 10.73 race.
Stewart also anchored the Jamaican 4x100 m relay team to victory in a time of 42.06.

Question: Do Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Benjamin Franklin Cooling share the same nationality?
Answer: no