2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 19, 20 and 21 August.

Olympic silver medalist and defending World champion Allyson Felix (USA) established herself as the pre-race favorite, having run under 22 seconds earlier in the season. Double Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) suffered a toe injury and entered Berlin below her peak form.

In the final, Campbell-Brown and Allyson Felix both went out of the blocks quickly and entered the home straight even with one another. Felix, however, was able to hold her form as Campbell-Brown faltered, crossing the line in 22.02 seconds to win her third World 200m title. Campbell-Brown earned another silver medal in the 200m, and Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH) won the bronze medal.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Allyson Felix  United States (USA)	Veronica Campbell-Brown  Jamaica (JAM)	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie  Bahamas (BAH)

Records

World Record	Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)	21.34	Seoul, South Korea	29 September 1988
Championship Record	Silke Gladisch-Möller (GDR)	21.74	Rome, Italy	3 September 1987
World Leading	Allyson Felix (USA)	21.88	Stockholm, Sweden	31 July 2009
African Record	Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (NGR)	22.07	Zürich, Switzerland	14 August 1996
Asian Record	Li Xuemei (CHN)	22.01	Shanghai, China	22 October 1997
North American record	Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)	21.34	Seoul, South Korea	29 September 1988
South American record	Lucimar de Moura (BRA)	22.60	Bogotá, Colombia	26 June 1999
European Record	Marita Koch (GDR)	21.71	Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany	10 June 1979
Oceanian Record	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (AUS)	22.23	Stuttgart, Germany	13 July 1997

Qualification standards

A time	B time
23.00	23.30

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 19, 2009	19:45	Heats
August 20, 2009	19:50	Semifinals
August 21, 2009	21:00	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Marshevet Hooker	United States (USA)	22.51	Q, SB
2	5	Cydonie Mothersille	Cayman Islands (CAY)	22.69	Q
3	4	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	Bahamas (BAH)	22.71	Q
4	2	Muna Lee	United States (USA)	22.76	Q, SB
5	1	Simone Facey	Jamaica (JAM)	22.83	Q
5	4	Eleni Artymata	Cyprus (CYP)	22.83	Q, NR
7	3	Allyson Felix	United States (USA)	22.88	Q
8	5	Anneisha McLaughlin	Jamaica (JAM)	22.91	Q, PB
9	3	Monique Williams	New Zealand (NZL)	22.96	Q, NR
10	5	LaVerne Jones-Ferrette	U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV)	22.97	Q
11	2	Kelly-Ann Baptiste	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	23.00	Q
12	6	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica (JAM)	23.01	Q
13	4	Yelena Bolsun	Russia (RUS)	23.06	q
14	2	Yuliya Gushchina	Russia (RUS)	23.07	Q
15	1	ChaRonda Williams	United States (USA)	23.08	Q
16	6	Emily Freeman	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	23.10	Q
17	6	Olivia Borlée	Belgium (BEL)	23.25	Q
18	3	Tameka Williams	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	23.27	Q, SB
19	3	Olga Zaytseva	Russia (RUS)	23.28	q
20	1	Johanna Danois	France (FRA)	23.29	Q
21	5	Vida Anim	Ghana (GHA)	23.33	q
22	2	Virgil Hodge	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	23.34	q
22	3	Roqaya Al-Gassra	Bahrain (BHR)	23.34	q, SB
24	6	Sheniqua Ferguson	Bahamas (BAH)	23.35	q, SB
25	3	Adrienne Power	Canada (CAN)	23.38
26	1	Chisato Fukushima	Japan (JPN)	23.40
27	1	Darlenis Obregón	Colombia (COL)	23.42
27	1	Andreea Ograzeanu	Romania (ROM)	23.42
29	2	Carol Rodríguez	Puerto Rico (PUR)	23.54
30	4	Alena Kievich	Belarus (BLR)	23.59
31	4	Ivet Lalova	Bulgaria (BUL)	23.60	SB
32	3	Momoko Takahashi	Japan (JPN)	23.61
32	5	Isabel Le Roux	South Africa (RSA)	23.61
34	6	Guzel Khubbieva	Uzbekistan (UZB)	23.61	SB
35	4	Meritzer Williams	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	23.72
36	2	Sabina Veit	Slovenia (SLO)	23.77
37	6	Jade Bailey	Barbados (BAR)	23.84
38	5	Makelesi Batimala	Fiji (FIJ)	24.13	SB
39	5	Oludamola Osayomi	Nigeria (NGR)	24.24
40	2	Sunayna Wahi	Suriname (SUR)	24.74	PB
41	1	Nomvula Dlamini	Swaziland (SWZ)	25.70	PB
42	2	Saria Traboulsi	Lebanon (LIB)	26.90
43	3	Selloane Tsoaeli	Lesotho (LES)	28.34
	1	Munira Saleh	Syria (SYR)		DNF
	6	Elizaveta Bryzhina	Ukraine (UKR)		DNS

Key: PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	Bahamas (BAH)	22.24	Q
2	1	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica (JAM)	22.29	Q, SB
3	3	Muna Lee	United States (USA)	22.30	Q, SB
4	2	Allyson Felix	United States (USA)	22.44	Q
5	2	Anneisha McLaughlin	Jamaica (JAM)	22.55	Q, PB
6	3	Simone Facey	Jamaica (JAM)	22.58	Q, SB
7	1	Emily Freeman	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	22.64	q, PB
8	1	Eleni Artymata	Cyprus (CYP)	22.64	q, NR
9	2	LaVerne Jones-Ferrette	U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV)	22.74
10	2	Cydonie Mothersille	Cayman Islands (CAY)	22.80
11	2	ChaRonda Williams	United States (USA)	22.81
12	3	Monique Williams	New Zealand (NZL)	22.90	NR
13	3	Kelly-Ann Baptiste	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	22.96
14	1	Johanna Danois	France (FRA)	23.03	PB
15	2	Olga Zaytseva	Russia (RUS)	23.19
16	3	Virgil Hodge	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	23.19	SB
17	3	Yuliya Gushchina	Russia (RUS)	23.24
18	1	Roqaya Al-Gassra	Bahrain (BHR)	23.26	SB
19	1	Yelena Bolsun	Russia (RUS)	23.27
20	3	Vida Anim	Ghana (GHA)	23.36
21	2	Sheniqua Ferguson	Bahamas (BAH)	23.40
22	3	Olivia Borlée	Belgium (BEL)	23.42
23	2	Tameka Williams	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	23.47
	1	Marshevet Hooker	United States (USA)		DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Allyson Felix	United States (USA)	22.02
	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica (JAM)	22.35
	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	Bahamas (BAH)	22.41
4	Muna Lee	United States (USA)	22.48
5	Anneisha McLaughlin	Jamaica (JAM)	22.62
6	Simone Facey	Jamaica (JAM)	22.80
7	Emily Freeman	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	22.98
8	Eleni Artymata	Cyprus (CYP)	23.05

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