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200 metres, Women

Date	18 – 19 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Kyogijo, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	36 from 24 countries

In 1962 the European Championships were won by Jutta Heine (FRG), who had won the Olympic silver medal in 1960, but she was disqualified in round one for false starts. The final was led by Australian Marilyn Black but McGuire caught her at the top of the homestretch and pulled away to win, with Poland’s Irena Szewińska-Kirszensteinfinishing quickly for the silver medal. Both McGuire and Szewińska-Kirszenstein had won silver medals earlier in the Olympics, McGuire in the 100 and Szewińska-Kirszenstein in the long jump.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	216	Edith McGuire	USA	23.4w (1 h5)	23.3 (1 h1)	23.0 (1)	Gold	OR
2	168	Irena Kirszenstein	POL	23.8w (1 h6)	23.6 (2 h1)	23.1 (2)	Silver
3	8	Marilyn Black	AUS	23.7w (2 h5)	23.4w (1 h2)	23.1 (3)	Bronze
4	123	Una Morris	JAM	24.2w (3 h5)	23.7w (3 h2)	23.5 (4)
5	196	Lyudmila Samotesova	URS	23.8 (1 h4)	23.7w (2 h2)	23.5 (5)
6	167	Barbara Sobotta	POL	24.1w (2 h2)	23.7w (4 h2)	23.9 (6)
7	52	Janet Simpson	GBR	24.0w (1 h1)	23.7 (3 h1)	23.9 (7)
8	49	Daphne Arden	GBR	24.2w (2 h6)	24.0 (4 h1)	24.0 (8)
5 h1 r2/3	10	Margaret Burvill	AUS	24.2w (1 h3)	24.3 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	51	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	24.0 (2 h4)	23.9w (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r2/3	35	Eva Lehocká	TCH	24.2w (2 h1)	24.5 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	150	Doreen Porter	NZL	24.2w (3 h6)	24.0w (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r2/3	7	Joyce Bennett	AUS	24.3w (3 h1)	24.7 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	68	Heilwig Jacob	GER	24.2w (2 h3)	24.1w (7 h2)	–
8 h2 r2/3	219	Vivian Brown	USA	24.1 (3 h4)	24.3w (8 h2)	–
AC h1 r2/3	34	Miguelina Cobián	CUB	23.8w (1 h2)	– (DQ h1)	–
3 h2 r1/3	27	Irene Piotrowski	CAN	24.4w (3 h2)	–	–
3 h3 r1/3	195	Galina Gayda	URS	24.4w (3 h3)	–	–
4 h1 r1/3	43	Michèle Lurot	FRA	24.7w (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	19	Inge Aigner	AUT	24.7w (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	220	Debbie Thompson	USA	24.6w (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	119	Miriam Sidranski	ISR	24.6 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r1/3	158	Mona Sulaiman	PHI	25.4w (4 h5)	–	–
4 h6 r1/3	70	Erika Pollmann	GER	24.4w (4 h6)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	103	Erzsébet Bartos-Heldt	HUN	24.9w (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	2	Susana Ritchie	ARG	24.7w (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	191	Irene Muyanga	UGA	27.6w (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	124	Adlin Mair-Clarke	JAM	25.0 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	126	Song Yang-Ja	KOR	26.5w (5 h5)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	240	Makiko Izawa	JPN	25.4w (5 h6)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	134	Esperanza Girón	MEX	25.3w (6 h1)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	182	Kusolwan Sorut	THA	26.1 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h6 r1/3	154	Delceita Oakley	PAN	26.2w (6 h6)	–	–
7 h4 r1/3	153	Marcella Daniel	PAN	26.6 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h6 r1/3	189	Yeh Chu-Mei	TPE	27.1w (7 h6)	–	–
AC h5 r1/3	71	Jutta Heine	GER	– (DQ h5)	–	–
DNS	165	Halina Górecka	POL	– (DNS h1)	–	–
DNS	102	Margit Markó-Nemesházi	HUN	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	137	Clarice Ahanotu	NGR	– (DNS h3)	–	–
DNS	155	Jean Mitchell	PAN	– (DNS h3)	–	–
DNS	180	Ulla-Britt Wieslander	SWE	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	197	Mariya Itkina	URS	– (DNS h5)	–	–

Round One (18 October 1964 — 10:00)

Top two in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Wind	5.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Janet Simpson	GBR	24.0w	24.06w	Q
2	6	Eva Lehocká	TCH	24.2w	24.30w	Q
3	3	Joyce Bennett	AUS	24.3w	24.34w	q
4	2	Michèle Lurot	FRA	24.7w	24.75w
5	5	Erzsébet Bartos-Heldt	HUN	24.9w	24.90w
6	1	Esperanza Girón	MEX	25.3w	–
DNS	7	Halina Górecka	POL	–	–

Heat Two

Wind	3.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	7	Miguelina Cobián	CUB	23.8w	23.89w	Q
2	6	Barbara Sobotta	POL	24.1w	24.19w	Q
3	1	Irene Piotrowski	CAN	24.4w	24.47w
4	5	Inge Aigner	AUT	24.7w	24.77w
5	3	Susana Ritchie	ARG	24.7w	24.79w
DNS	2	Margit Markó-Nemesházi	HUN	–	–
DNS	4	Ulla-Britt Wieslander	SWE	–	–

Heat Three

Wind	3.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Margaret Burvill	AUS	24.2w	24.22w	Q
2	2	Heilwig Jacob	GER	24.2w	24.23w	Q
3	7	Galina Gayda	URS	24.4w	24.45w
4	1	Debbie Thompson	USA	24.6w	24.62w
5	3	Irene Muyanga	UGA	27.6w	–
DNS	5	Clarice Ahanotu	NGR	–	–
DNS	6	Jean Mitchell	PAN	–	–

Heat Four

Wind	1.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	3	Lyudmila Samotesova	URS	23.8	23.86	Q
2	5	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	24.0	24.02	Q
3	6	Vivian Brown	USA	24.1	24.17	q
4	4	Miriam Sidranski	ISR	24.6	24.68
5	1	Adlin Mair-Clarke	JAM	25.0	–
6	7	Kusolwan Sorut	THA	26.1	–
7	2	Marcella Daniel	PAN	26.6	–

Heat Five

Wind	2.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	6	Edith McGuire	USA	23.4w	23.47w	Q
2	2	Marilyn Black	AUS	23.7w	23.78w	Q
3	7	Una Morris	JAM	24.2w	24.24w	q
4	5	Mona Sulaiman	PHI	25.4w	–
5	1	Song Yang-Ja	KOR	26.5w	–
DQ	3	Jutta Heine	GER	–	–
DNS	4	Mariya Itkina	URS	–	–

Heat Six

Wind	4.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	2	Irena Kirszenstein	POL	23.8w	23.82w	Q
2	3	Daphne Arden	GBR	24.2w	24.21w	Q
3	4	Doreen Porter	NZL	24.2w	24.24w	q
4	7	Erika Pollmann	GER	24.4w	24.44w
5	5	Makiko Izawa	JPN	25.4w	–
6	6	Delceita Oakley	PAN	26.2w	–
7	1	Yeh Chu-Mei	TPE	27.1w	–

Semi-Finals (18 October 1964 — 14:25)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Wind	1.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	5	Edith McGuire	USA	23.3	23.37	Q
2	6	Irena Kirszenstein	POL	23.6	23.62	Q
3	7	Janet Simpson	GBR	23.7	23.75	Q
4	3	Daphne Arden	GBR	24.0	24.01	Q
5	1	Margaret Burvill	AUS	24.3	–
6	2	Eva Lehocká	TCH	24.5	–
7	4	Joyce Bennett	AUS	24.7	–
DQ	8	Miguelina Cobián	CUB	–	[23.82]

Heat Two

Wind	3.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	2	Marilyn Black	AUS	23.4w	23.42w	Q
2	5	Lyudmila Samotesova	URS	23.7w	23.74w	Q
3	8	Una Morris	JAM	23.7w	23.77w	Q
4	1	Barbara Sobotta	POL	23.7w	23.78w	Q
5	7	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	23.9w	23.93w
6	4	Doreen Porter	NZL	24.0w	24.03w
7	6	Heilwig Jacob	GER	24.1w	24.10w
8	3	Vivian Brown	USA	24.3w	24.39w

Final (19 October 1964 — 14:40)

Wind	0.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	2	Edith McGuire	USA	23.0	23.05	OR
2	4	Irena Kirszenstein	POL	23.1	23.13
3	8	Marilyn Black	AUS	23.1	23.18
4	1	Una Morris	JAM	23.5	23.58
5	6	Lyudmila Samotesova	URS	23.5	23.59
6	3	Barbara Sobotta	POL	23.9	23.97
7	5	Janet Simpson	GBR	23.9	23.98
8	7	Daphne Arden	GBR	24.0	24.01