2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres


The women's 200 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 30 September to 2 October 2019.

Summary

The season world No. 1 and previous bronze medalist Shaunae Miller-Uibo concentrated on the 400 metres and did not enter. The defending champion and world No. 13 Dafne Schippers and previous silver medalist and world No. 9 Marie-Josée Ta Lou opted not to start in the heats. Olympic champion and world No. 2 Elaine Thompson didn't start in the semi-finals. 2013 bronze medallist and world No. 3 Blessing Okagbare was disqualified in the heats due to a lane infringement. 2013 champion and world No. 7 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce focused on 100m. The only athlete in the field with a personal best below 22 seconds was Dina Asher-Smith, making her the overwhelming favorite going into the Championshps.
In the first steps of the final, Asher-Smith took a clear lead, making up the stagger on Dezerea Bryant to her outside just after half way through the turn. As the stagger resolved coming onto the straight, it revealed Bryant was in second place, slightly ahead of Brittany Brown and Mujinga Kambundji, meaning Asher-Smith had a huge lead. Down the straight, the only athlete looking like she was making any progress cutting down the gap was Brown. Asher-Smith didn't let up, crossing the finish line with a clear win by 3 metres, Brown also clearly ahead by another 3 metres over Kambundji.
Asher-Smith's 21.88 was a new British national record. Kambundji won the first sprint medal for Switzerland at a global outdoor championship. The closest was Marcel Schelbert who also took a bronze in the 400 hurdles in 1999.
In the semi-finals, winner Asher-Smith returned to the track to assist an injured rival, Antonique Strachan, a gesture which earned her a nomination for the International Fair Play Award.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthleteDateLocation
World21.34Florence Griffith Joyner29 Sep 1988Seoul, South Korea
Championship21.63Dafne Schippers28 Aug 2015Beijing, China
World leading21.74Shaunae Miller-Uibo29 Aug 2019Zürich, Switzerland
African22.04Blessing Okagbare24 Mar 2018Abilene, United States
Asian22.01Li Xuemei24 Mar 2018Shanghai, China
NACAC21.34Florence Griffith Joyner29 Sep 1988Seoul, South Korea
South American22.48Ana Cláudia Lemos6 Aug 2011São Paulo, Brazil
European21.63Dafne Schippers28 Aug 2015Beijing, China
Oceanian22.23Melinda Gainsford-Taylor13 Jul 1997Stuttgart, Germany

The following records were set at the competition:
RecordAthleteDate
Nigerien22.58Aminatou Seyni30 Sep 2019
British21.88Dina Asher-Smith2 Oct 2019

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time, was as follows:
DateTimeRound
30 September17:05Heats
1 October21:35Semi-finals
2 October22:35Final

Results

Heats

The first three in each heat and the next six fastest qualify for the semifinal.
Wind:
Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +0.7 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s, Heat 5: +0.8 m/s, Heat 6: -0.1 m/s

Semi-finals

The first two in each heat and the next two fastest qualified for the final.
Wind:
Heat 1: +0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s, Heat 3: +0.5 m/s

Final

The final was started on 2 October 22:35.
Wind: +0.9 m/s
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
7Dina Asher-Smith21.88
6Brittany Brown22.22
4Mujinga Kambundji22.51
45Anglerne Annelus22.59
58Dezerea Bryant22.63
62Gina Bass22.71
73Ivet Lalova-Collio22.77
89Tynia Gaither22.90