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200 metres, Women

Date	4 – 7 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiastadion, Olympiapark, München
Participants	37 from 27 countries

In 1970 Taiwan’s Cheng Chi set three world records over 200 metres/220 yards, but she was injured early in 1972 and she could not compete at the Olympics. Renate Stecher (GDR) had won the 1971 European Championships and was favored, having won over 40 consecutive races over 100 and 200 metres. Defending champion Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein was also back, having finished third to Stecher at the 1971 Europeans. Australia’s Raelene Boyle was also a challenger, having won the 1970 Commonwealth Games. In the final, Stecher took the early lead and was never caught, but Boyle stayed close throughout, losing by only 0.05, with Szewińska-Kirszenstein winning the bronze medal.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	147	Renate Stecher	GDR	22.96 (1 h2)	23.31 (1 h3)	22.83 (1 h2)	22.40 (1)	Gold	WR
2	2	Raelene Boyle	AUS	23.58 (2 h2)	23.06 (1 h4)	22.92 (2 h1)	22.45 (2)	Silver
3	285	Irena Szewińska	POL	23.37 (1 h5)	22.79 (1 h1)	22.92 (3 h1)	22.74 (3)	Bronze
4	149	Ellen Strophal	GDR	23.54 (1 h4)	22.93 (1 h2)	22.90 (1 h1)	22.75 (4)
=5	165	Anne Kroniger	FRG	23.37 (1 h3)	23.14 (2 h4)	23.03 (2 h2)	22.89 (=5)
=5	130	Christina Heinich	GDR	23.90 (3 h6)	23.23 (3 h1)	23.28 (3 h2)	22.89 (=5)
7	183	Alice Annum	GHA	23.15 (1 h1)	22.95 (2 h2)	23.30 (4 h2)	22.99 (7)
8	220	Rosie Allwood	JAM	23.56 (3 h1)	23.33 (2 h3)	23.14 (4 h1)	23.11 (8)
5 h1 r3/4	164	Christiane Krause	FRG	23.51 (2 h5)	23.22 (4 h2)	23.17 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	334	Nadezhda Besfamilnaya	URS	23.62 (3 h2)	23.20 (2 h1)	23.31 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	394	Jackie Thompson	USA	23.67 (3 h5)	23.22 (3 h4)	23.18 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	93	Sylviane Telliez	FRA	23.51 (2 h6)	23.69 (3 h3)	23.34 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	359	Marina Sidorova	URS	23.46 (1 h6)	23.33 (4 h4)	23.40 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	374	Barbara Ferrell	USA	23.38 (2 h1)	23.30 (4 h1)	23.39 (7 h2)	–
8 h2 r3/4	107	Donna Murray	GBR	23.76 (4 h1)	23.69 (4 h3)	24.03 (8 h2)	–
3 h2 r2/4	191	Wilma van Gool-van den Berg	NED	23.86 (2 h3)	23.22 (3 h2)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	226	Una Morris	JAM	23.99 (3 h4)	23.62 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	109	Della Pascoe	GBR	23.97 (3 h3)	23.72 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	379	Pam Greene	USA	23.96 (2 h4)	23.85 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	83	Pirjo Wilmi	FIN	24.16 (4 h4)	23.68 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	27	Marcia Trotman	BAR	24.06 (5 h6)	24.00 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	60	Juana Mosquera	COL	24.20 (5 h1)	24.00 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	17	Karoline Käfer	AUT	24.42 (4 h5)	23.92 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	99	Margaret Critchley	GBR	24.04 (4 h6)	24.05 (6 h4)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	262	Amelita Alanes	PHI	25.28 (4 h2)	24.98 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	261	María Luisa Vilca	PER	24.46 (5 h3)	24.48 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	182	Hannah Afriyie	GHA	24.38 (4 h3)	24.47 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	205	Carolina Rieuwpassa	INA	24.68 (6 h1)	25.03 (7 h4)	–	–
8 h2 r2/4	333	Rose Musani	UGA	25.37 (5 h4)	25.28 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h4 r2/4	252	Helen Olaye	NGR	25.30 (5 h2)	25.09 (8 h4)	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	246	Russel Carrero	NCA	28.02 (5 h5)	– (DNS h3)	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	245	Mabel Saeluzika	MAW	28.29 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	364	Josefa Vicent	URU	25.09 (6 h3)	– (DNS h1)	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	331	Laura Pierre	TTO	26.32 (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	407	Beatrice Lungu	ZAM	25.11 (6 h6)	–	–	–
7 h3 r1/4	237	Meas Kheng	CAM	25.86 (7 h3)	–	–	–
7 h6 r1/4	241	Fatima El-Faquir	MAR	25.27 (7 h6)	–	–	–
DNS	22	Claudette Powell	BAH	– (DNS h5)	–	–	–
DNS	66	Silvia Chivás	CUB	– (DNS h5)	–	–	–
DNS	73	Carmen Valdés	CUB	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–
DNS	324	Eva Glesková	TCH	– (DNS h4)	–	–	–

Round One (4 September 1972 — 10:50)

Top five in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One

Wind	-0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	6	Alice Annum	GHA	23.15	Q
2	5	Barbara Ferrell	USA	23.38	Q
3	1	Rosie Allwood	JAM	23.56	Q
4	3	Donna Murray	GBR	23.76	Q
5	2	Juana Mosquera	COL	24.20	Q
6	7	Carolina Rieuwpassa	INA	24.68	q

Heat Two

Wind	-0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	2	Renate Stecher	GDR	22.96	Q
2	4	Raelene Boyle	AUS	23.58	Q
3	3	Nadezhda Besfamilnaya	URS	23.62	Q
4	5	Amelita Alanes	PHI	25.28	Q
5	1	Helen Olaye	NGR	25.30	Q
6	6	Mabel Saeluzika	MAW	28.29
DNS	7	Carmen Valdés	CUB	–

Heat Three

Wind	-1.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Anne Kroniger	FRG	23.37	Q
2	6	Wilma van Gool-van den Berg	NED	23.86	Q
3	2	Della Pascoe	GBR	23.97	Q
4	3	Hannah Afriyie	GHA	24.38	Q
5	1	María Luisa Vilca	PER	24.46	Q
6	7	Josefa Vicent	URU	25.09	q
7	5	Meas Kheng	CAM	25.86

Heat Four

Wind	-0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1	Ellen Strophal	GDR	23.54	Q
2	7	Pam Greene	USA	23.96	Q
3	6	Una Morris	JAM	23.99	Q
4	3	Pirjo Wilmi	FIN	24.16	Q
5	5	Rose Musani	UGA	25.37	Q
6	4	Laura Pierre	TTO	26.32
DNS	324	Eva Glesková	TCH	–

Heat Five

Wind	0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Irena Szewińska	POL	23.37	Q
2	7	Christiane Krause	FRG	23.51	Q
3	6	Jackie Thompson	USA	23.67	Q
4	1	Karoline Käfer	AUT	24.42	Q
5	5	Russel Carrero	NCA	28.02	Q
DNS	2	Claudette Powell	BAH	–
DNS	4	Silvia Chivás	CUB	–

Heat Six

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Marina Sidorova	URS	23.46	Q
2	4	Sylviane Telliez	FRA	23.51	Q
3	6	Christina Heinich	GDR	23.90	Q
4	2	Margaret Critchley	GBR	24.04	Q
5	7	Marcia Trotman	BAR	24.06	Q
6	1	Beatrice Lungu	ZAM	25.11
7	3	Fatima El-Faquir	MAR	25.27

Quarter-Finals (4 September 1972 — 16:20)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Wind	0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	7	Irena Szewińska	POL	22.79	Q
2	3	Nadezhda Besfamilnaya	URS	23.20	Q
3	6	Christina Heinich	GDR	23.23	Q
4	1	Barbara Ferrell	USA	23.30	Q
5	5	Una Morris	JAM	23.62
6	2	Marcia Trotman	BAR	24.00
7	4	Amelita Alanes	PHI	24.98
DNS	8	Josefa Vicent	URU	–

Heat Two

Wind	1.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	8	Ellen Strophal	GDR	22.93	Q
2	5	Alice Annum	GHA	22.95	Q
3	2	Wilma van Gool-van den Berg	NED	23.22	Q
4	4	Christiane Krause	FRG	23.22	Q
5	3	Della Pascoe	GBR	23.72
6	1	Juana Mosquera	COL	24.00
7	7	María Luisa Vilca	PER	24.48
8	6	Rose Musani	UGA	25.28

Heat Three

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1	Renate Stecher	GDR	23.31	Q
2	7	Rosie Allwood	JAM	23.33	Q
3	8	Sylviane Telliez	FRA	23.69	Q
4	6	Donna Murray	GBR	23.69	Q
5	5	Pam Greene	USA	23.85
6	4	Karoline Käfer	AUT	23.92
7	3	Hannah Afriyie	GHA	24.47
DNS	2	Russel Carrero	NCA	–

Heat Four

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	7	Raelene Boyle	AUS	23.06	Q
2	3	Anne Kroniger	FRG	23.14	Q
3	4	Jackie Thompson	USA	23.22	Q
4	8	Marina Sidorova	URS	23.33	Q
5	5	Pirjo Wilmi	FIN	23.68
6	2	Margaret Critchley	GBR	24.05
7	1	Carolina Rieuwpassa	INA	25.03
8	6	Helen Olaye	NGR	25.09

Semi-Finals (7 September 1972 — 15:15)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Wind	0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	7	Ellen Strophal	GDR	22.90	Q
2	3	Raelene Boyle	AUS	22.92	Q
3	6	Irena Szewińska	POL	22.92	Q
4	1	Rosie Allwood	JAM	23.14	Q
5	2	Christiane Krause	FRG	23.17
6	4	Jackie Thompson	USA	23.18
7	8	Marina Sidorova	URS	23.40

Heat Two

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	8	Renate Stecher	GDR	22.83	Q
2	5	Anne Kroniger	FRG	23.03	Q
3	6	Christina Heinich	GDR	23.28	Q
4	4	Alice Annum	GHA	23.30	Q
5	1	Nadezhda Besfamilnaya	URS	23.31
6	3	Sylviane Telliez	FRA	23.34
7	2	Barbara Ferrell	USA	23.39
8	7	Donna Murray	GBR	24.03

Final (7 September 1972 — 17:45)

Wind	1.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	6	Renate Stecher	GDR	22.40	WR
2	4	Raelene Boyle	AUS	22.45
3	5	Irena Szewińska	POL	22.74
4	3	Ellen Strophal	GDR	22.75
=5	7	Christina Heinich	GDR	22.89
=5	1	Anne Kroniger	FRG	22.89
7	8	Alice Annum	GHA	22.99
8	2	Rosie Allwood	JAM	23.11