The women's

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at the

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was held in four rounds at the

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, France, between 4 and 6 August 2024. This was the twentieth time that the women's 200 metres was contested at the

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. A total of 48 athletes were able to qualify for the event by entry standard or ranking.

Summary

Reigning Olympic champion

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was not able to defend her Olympic titles from

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, as an achilles tendon injury forced her to withdraw from the Jamaican Olympic trials, thus not allowing her to qualify for these games. Silver medalist

Christine Mboma Christine Mboma (born 22 May 2003) is a Namibian Sprint (running), sprinter who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres, 200 m. At the age of 18, she won a silver medal in the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres, 200 m ...

, with a previously noted elevated testosterone level, hasn't competed since 2022. Double World Championship Gold Medalist

Shericka Jackson Shericka Jackson (born 16 July 1994) is a Jamaican Sprint (running), sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 60 m, 100 metres, 100 m, 200 metres, 200 m, and 400 metres. In the 100 m, she’s the fifth fastest woman of all time, ...

was injured a few weeks before the Olympics and could not start. 2022 Silver medalist

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was injured in the heats of the

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, as was

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, fourth in 2016. 2023 bronze medalist

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placed 4th in the 200m at the US Olympic Trials and did not qualify. Participating was 2020 Olympic bronze medalist/2023 World silver medalist

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, who is also the season leader, the entire 2019 World podium including

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(also the 2022 bronze medalist), Brittany Brown and

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, 100m champion

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, whose stronger event is the 200m and current NCAA double champion

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. Thomas had the fastest time in the semis, 21.86. Next fastest was Alfred, who ran an eased up 21.98 almost jogging across the finish line ahead of Favour Ofili, who finishes third in 22.02. Brown won the remaining semi in 22.12. In the final, Alfred had a slight edge at the start, but Thomas made up the difference in the first 50m. As they finished the turn, it was Thomas in the lead, and a row of competitors across the track behind her. Asher-Smith had a slight edge over Brown and Alfred. The straightaway was Thomas' strong point, and she pulled away for a clear gold. Behind her, Alfred separated from the group for a clear margin for silver. In the final 30m, Brown was able to edge ahead of Asher-Smith to take bronze by 0.02.

Background

The women's 200 metres has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since

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Qualification

For the women's 200 metres event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.Sean McAlister,
How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained
, '' Olympics.com'', 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024. 48 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 22.57 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 4 August, starting at 10:55 (UTC+2) in the morning.Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics
, '' Olympics.com''. Retrieved 29 June 2024.

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Heat 4

Heat 5

Heat 6

Repechage round

The repechage rounds were held on 5 August, starting at 12:50 (UTC+2) in the afternoon.

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Heat 4

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were held on 5 August, starting at 20:45 (UTC+2) in the evening.

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Final

The final was held on 6 August, starting at 21:40 (UTC+2) in the evening.

References

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