The women's

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

sprint event at the

1960 Olympic Games The 1960 Olympics may refer to: *The 1960 Winter Olympics, which were held in Squaw Valley, United States *The 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympi ...

took place between September 3 and September 5.

Results

Heats

Held on September 3 from 3pm The top two runners in each of the six heats (blue), plus the next two fastest (pink) advanced to the semifinal round. Heat one Heat two Heat three Heat four Heat five Heat six

Semifinals

Held on September 5 from 3:40pm The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round. Heat one Heat two

Final

Held on September 5 at 5:10pm Key: OR = Olympic record Note: For the only time in Olympic sprint history, every finalist ran their fastest time for the event in the heats and their slowest time in the final, owing to rain, head winds and the schedule where the finalists had less than 90 minutes rest between the semi-final and final, instead of the usual entire day.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metres Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics 200 metres at the Olympics 1960 in women's athletics Women's events at the 1960 Summer Olympics