These are the official results of the
women's 200 metres event at the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
in
Atlanta, Georgia
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. There were a total number of 47 participating athletes, with two rounds (six heats in round 1, four heats in round 2), two semifinals and a final.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Results
Heats
Top four in each heat and next eight fastest advanced to the quarterfinals.
Heat one
Heat two
Heat three
Heat four
Heat five
Heat six
Quarterfinals
Top four in each heat advanced to the semifinals.
Heat one
Heat two
Heat three
Heat four
Semifinals
Top four from each heat advanced to the finals.
Heat one
Heat two
Final
Wind
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in the finals = 0.3
m/sNotes: DNS = did not start
References
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Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
200 metres at the Olympics
1996 in women's athletics
Women's events at the 1996 Summer Olympics