The Women's 200 metres at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

as part of the athletics programme was held at Stadium Australia on Wednesday 27 September, and Thursday 28 September 2000. The top four runners in each of the initial seven heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next four fastest runners from across the heats also qualified for the second round, and the top four runners in each of the four second round heats automatically qualified for the semi-final. The top four runners in each semi-final automatically qualified for the final. There were a total number of 54 participating athletes. U.S. sprinter Marion Jones was stripped of her gold medal following her 2007 admission of taking performance-enhancing steroids. Medals were reallocated accordingly.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Medals

Results

All times shown are in seconds. * Q denotes qualification by place in heat. * q denotes qualification by overall place. * DNS denotes did not start. * DNF denotes did not finish. * DQ denotes disqualification. * NR denotes national record. * OR denotes Olympic record. * WR denotes world record. * PB denotes personal best. * SB denotes season best.

Qualifying heats

Round 1

Overall Results Round 1

Round 2

Overall Results Round 2

Semi-Finals

Overall Results Semi-Finals

Final

References

External links

Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics

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