The women's

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was held at the

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, U.S. from 18 to 21 July 2022.

Summary

Coming into the championships,

Shericka Jackson Shericka Jackson, OD (born 16 July 1994) is a Jamaican Sprint (running), sprinter competing in the 100 metres, 100 m, 200 metres, 200 m, and 400 metres, 400 metres. She is the fastest woman alive and second fastest woman of all time in ...

was the world leader at 21.55 from her Jamaican National Championships, making her the third fastest 200m runner ever. Lined up to her inside was #2, the Olympic Champion

Elaine Thompson-Herah Elaine Sandra-Lee Thompson-Herah OD ( née Thompson; born June 28, 1992) is a Jamaican sprinter who competes in the 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres. Regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time, she is a five-time Olympic cham ...

. Between them was the defending champion

Dina Asher-Smith Geraldina "Dina" Rachel Asher-Smith, (; born 4 December 1995) is a British sprinter. She is the fastest British woman on record. She won a gold medal in the 200 metres, silver in the 100 metres and another silver in the 4×100 m relay a ...

. And to their outside, separated by #3 semi-finalist Tamara Clark was 100 metre champion

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Order of Distinction, OD, Order of Jamaica , OJ (née Fraser; born December 27, 1986) is a Jamaican track and field Sprint (running), sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 60 metres, 100 metres, 100 m and 200 m ...

who had set the Masters World Record in the semis. All 5 had run under 22 seconds just to get here. Fraser-Pryce was first out of the blocks, which is her forté. Asher-Smith was not too far behind and Jackson did not lose too much relative to the stagger. Two thirds of the way through the turn, Fraser-Pryce had already passed

Aminatou Seyni Aminatou Seyni (born 24 October 1996) is a Nigerien track and field sprinter. She has the Nigerien national records for the 200 metres and 400 metres. Seyni competed in the women's 100 metres and 200 metres at the 2019 African Games. She r ...

. Almost a metre behind at the 80 metre mark on the track, as they exited the turn Jackson accelerated to even up with Fraser-Pryce. From there she continued to pull away. Asher-Smith tried to make some ground on Fraser-Pryce but only maintained the gap at the first half of the straightaway before Fraser-Pryce pulled away to a clear second place, three metres behind Jackson. Asher-Smith's only challenge for bronze was a late run by Seyni, but she missed by a metre. Jackson's 21.45 was the second fastest of all time, the Championship record, a .1 improvement over her Jamaican Championship time and only .11 shy of FloJo's enduring world record from 1988. Jackson also became the first person to win medals in all three sprinting events, a feat

Fred Kerley Fredrick Lee Kerley (born May 7, 1995) is an American track and field sprinter known primarily for competing in the 400 meters distance but more recently the 100 meters and 200 meters. He has earned several medals at the World Championships in ...

was also attempting and failed to accomplish this year. In second, "Mommy Rocket" Fraser-Pryce's 21.81 took another .01 off the Masters record she had set the day earlier.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 22.80.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Results

Heats

The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the semi-finals. Wind:
Heat 1: +2.5 m/s, Heat 2: -0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +1.1 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s, Heat 5: +0.9 m/s, Heat 6: +1.9 m/s

Semi-finals

The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final. Wind:
Heat 1: +2.0 m/s, Heat 2: +1.4 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s

Final

The final was started at 19:35 on 21 July. The results were as follows: Wind: +0.6 m/s

References

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