2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres


The women's 200 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 15–16 August.
Before the race, without her nemesis of the last 8 years, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Allyson Felix came into this race as the favorite. She had won three gold medals in a row, but that streak was interrupted by Campbell Brown. Felix was back to start a new streak. But she was not without challengers, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was just two-tenths behind her at the previous Olympics and like the previous two Olympics, Fraser-Pryce had already won the 100. And Kimberlyn Duncan had actually beaten Felix at the American Championships, but after a long college season, she didn't make it to the [|final].
At the gun, Fraser-Pryce was out quick, making up the stagger on Blessing Okagbare to her outside halfway through the turn. The pressure was on, Fraser-Pryce was pulling away and before the turn was over, Felix was rolling to the ground with a pulled hamstring. Jeneba Tarmoh and Murielle Ahouré were the next best to the straight, Okagbare a step back. As Tarmoh faded, Okagbare managed to pass Ahouré, but Ahouré came back. As the two battled, they were gaining on Fraser-Pryce, but not enough to make a dent in her huge lead. After giving up.026 to Okagbare in reaction time at the start, Ahouré beat her by.008 to take silver, with nobody else close to the medalists.
Two sprinters, Turkmenistan's Yelena Ryabova and Ukraine's Yelyzaveta Bryzhina, gave positive drug tests at the competition.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record21.34Seoul, South Korea29 September 1988
Championship record21.74Rome, Italy3 September 1987
World Leading22.13Kingston, Jamaica23 June 2013
African record22.07Zürich, Switzerland14 August 1996
Asian record22.01Shanghai, People's Republic of China22 October 1997
North, Central American and Caribbean record21.34Seoul, South Korea29 September 1988
South American record22.48São Paulo, Brazil6 August 2011
European record21.71Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany10 June 1979
European record21.71Potsdam, East Germany21 July 1984
European record21.71Jena, East Germany29 June 1986
European record21.71Stuttgart, West Germany29 August 1986
Oceanian record22.23Stuttgart, Germany13 July 1997

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 3 fastest advanced to the [|semifinals].
Wind: Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s, Heat 5: −0.1 m/s, Heat 6: +0.3 m/s, Heat 7: +0.4 m/s
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
165Allyson Felix22.59Q
255Mariya Ryemyen22.63Q
358Anthonique Strachan22.66Q
377Murielle Ahouré22.66Q
536Shaunae Miller22.72Q
663Anneisha McLaughlin22.78Q
644Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce22.78Q
825Blessing Okagbare22.79Q
923Charonda Williams22.83Q
964Myriam Soumaré22.83Q
1114Kimberlyn Duncan22.84Q
1278Hrystyna Stuy22.86Q, SB
1373Jeneba Tarmoh22.88Q
1452Lenora Guion-Firmin22.91Q, PB
1575Ivet Lalova22.92q
1667Jodie Williams23.00q
1615Johanna Danois23.00Q
1876Mariely Sánchez23.05q
1916Hanna-Maari Latvala23.07Q
2017Gloria Hooper23.10SB
2148Kai Selvon23.14Q
2226Kimberly Hyacinthe23.19Q
2346Franciela Krasucki23.20
2427Marika Popowicz23.22SB
2572Mujinga Kambundji23.24PB
2668Nivea Smith23.25
2637Patricia Hall23.25Q
2862Elizabeta Savlinis23.27
2918Ana Cláudia Lemos23.31
3012Moa Hjelmer23.33
3153Anyika Onuora23.36
3234Maria Belibasaki23.41Q
3328Kineke Alexander23.42
3442Justine Palframan23.64
3556Olga Safronova23.83
3632Andreea Ogrăzeanu23.83
3745Chisato Fukushima23.85
3843Melissa Breen23.95
3974Karene King23.97
4031Isidora Jiménez24.06
4113Janet Amponsah24.07
4154Eleni Artymata24.07
4357Toea Wisil24.13
4422Viktoriya Zyabkina24.47
4566Dana Hussain24.57
4633Afa Ismail26.21SB
38Crystal Emmanuel163.3
47Yelyzaveta Bryzhina 22.84 DQ
35Yelena Ryabova 24.61 DQ
24Ángela Tenorio

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat and the next 2 fastest advanced to the final.
Wind: Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: −0.2 m/s
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
123Allyson Felix22.30Q, SB
224Blessing Okagbare22.39Q
314Murielle Ahouré22.46Q
434Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce22.54Q
516Shaunae Miller22.66Q
618Jeneba Tarmoh22.70q, SB
635Mariya Ryemyen22.70Q
836Charonda Williams22.80q
933Anthonique Strachan22.81
912Ivet Lalova22.81
1138Myriam Soumaré22.85
1226Kimberlyn Duncan22.91
1325Hrystyna Stuy22.98
1422Mariely Sánchez23.05
1527Lenora Guion-Firmin23.11
1631Kimberly Hyacinthe23.12
1717Johanna Danois23.15
1821Kai Selvon23.21
1832Jodie Williams23.21
1837Hanna-Maari Latvala23.21
2128Patricia Hall23.26
2211Maria Belibasaki23.46
2313Anneisha McLaughlin27.13
15Yelyzaveta Bryzhina 22.87 DQ

Final

The final was started at 21:15.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce22.17
6Murielle Ahouré22.32
5Blessing Okagbare22.32
47Shaunae Miller22.74
51Jeneba Tarmoh22.78
62Charonda Williams22.81
78Mariya Ryemyen22.84
3Allyson Felix