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200 metres, Women

Date	23 – 25 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Stadio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Participants	43 from 32 countries

Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell had not lost in this event in four years, but her competition had mostly been at the collegiate level in the United States, and she had not been world ranked in the 200 prior to 2000. She was considered a slight favorite over American Allyson Felix, an 18-year-old who had quickly become the top 200 metre runner in the US. The final held form as Campbell took the lead with a strong curve and was never caught. Felix closed quickly to get the silver medal but was over a metre back at the line. Her 22.18 was a world junior record. The bronze medal went to the 2002 Commonwealth champion, Debbie Ferguson of the Bahamas.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	2223	Veronica Campbell	JAM	22.59 (1 h1)	22.49 (1 h1)	22.13 (1 h2)	22.05 (1)	Gold
2	3259	Allyson Felix	USA	22.39 (1 h4)	22.69 (1 h3)	22.36 (1 h1)	22.18 (2)	Silver
3	1124	Debbie Ferguson	BAH	22.57 (1 h7)	22.53 (2 h1)	22.49 (4 h2)	22.30 (3)	Bronze
4	2213	Aleen Bailey	JAM	22.73 (1 h6)	22.97 (2 h2)	22.33 (2 h2)	22.42 (4)
5	1285	Ivet Lalova	BUL	22.88 (1 h2)	22.81 (2 h4)	22.56 (3 h1)	22.57 (5)
6	1147	Kim Gevaert	BEL	22.76 (2 h6)	22.68 (3 h1)	22.48 (3 h2)	22.84 (6)
=7	1829	Abi Oyepitan	GBR	22.50 (2 h4)	22.79 (2 h3)	22.56 (2 h1)	22.87 (=7)
=7	3299	Muna Lee	USA	22.57 (1 h5)	22.74 (1 h2)	22.69 (4 h1)	22.87 (=7)
5 h1 r3/4	3185	Maryna Maidanova	UKR	22.76 (3 h4)	22.86 (3 h3)	22.75 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	1330	Cydonie Mothersill	CAY	22.40 (1 h3)	22.76 (1 h4)	22.76 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	2237	Beverly McDonald	JAM	22.90 (2 h3)	22.99 (3 h4)	23.02 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	3313	LaShauntea Moore	USA	23.10 (3 h1)	22.96 (4 h1)	22.93 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	1717	Christine Arron	FRA	22.60 (2 h7)	22.90 (4 h3)	23.05 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	1737	Sylviane Félix	FRA	22.94 (2 h2)	23.08 (5 h1)	22.99 (7 h2)	–
8 h2 r3/4	1985	Olga Kaidantzi	GRE	23.11 (3 h6)	23.15 (3 h2)	23.30 (8 h2)	–
AC h1 r3/4	3016	Merlene Ottey	SLO	22.72 (3 h7)	23.07 (4 h4)	– (DNF h1)	–
4 h2 r2/4	1417	Digna Murillo	COL	22.98 (5 h7)	23.19 (4 h2)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	2907	Tatyana Levina	RUS	23.05 (2 h5)	23.23 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	1163	Fabienne Féraez	BEN	23.12 (4 h6)	23.24 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	1817	Joice Maduaka	GBR	23.15 (4 h3)	23.30 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	2152	LaVerne Jones	ISV	23.20 (3 h5)	23.09 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	1745	Muriel Hurtis	FRA	22.77 (4 h4)	23.33 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	2969	Yelena Bolsun	RUS	23.00 (3 h3)	23.26 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	2687	Anna Pacholak	POL	23.00 (6 h7)	23.35 (6 h4)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	1104	Karin Mayr-Krifka	AUT	22.81 (5 h4)	23.19 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	3007	Alenka Bikar	SLO	23.09 (2 h1)	23.38 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	1483	Marilia Grigoriou	CYP	23.23 (4 h5)	23.65 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	2892	Yekaterina Kondratyeva	RUS	23.03 (3 h2)	23.37 (7 h4)	–	–
8 h1 r2/4	1237	Lucimar Moura	BRA	23.40 (4 h1)	23.44 (8 h1)	–	–
8 h2 r2/4	1192	Natallia Safronnikava	BLR	23.28 (4 h2)	23.63 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h3 r2/4	2610	Mary Onyali-Omagbemi	NGR	23.37 (6 h4)	23.75 (8 h3)	–	–
8 h4 r2/4	1065	Lauren Hewitt	AUS	22.87 (4 h7)	23.44 (8 h4)	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	2839	Heide Seÿerling	RSA	23.66 (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	3384	Lyubov Perepelova	UZB	24.10 (5 h2)	–	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	2114	Saraswati Saha	IND	23.43 (5 h3)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	1168	Emma Wade	BIZ	23.43 (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	1697	Johanna Manninen	FIN	23.45 (5 h6)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	1279	Monika Gachevska	BUL	23.71 (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	2440	Gretta Taslakian	LBN	24.30 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	3086	Gcinile Moyane	SWZ	25.62 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	1332	Michelle Banga Moudzoula	CGO	24.37 (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	2542	Kadiatou Camara	MLI	23.56 (6 h6)	–	–	–
7 h4 r1/4	2434	Gladys Thompson	LBR	27.51 (7 h4)	–	–	–

Round One (23 August 2004 — 11:00-11:50)

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

Heat One (11:00)

Wind	0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Veronica Campbell	JAM	22.59	0.252	Q
2	6	Alenka Bikar	SLO	23.09	0.217	Q	1
3	3	LaShauntea Moore	USA	23.10	0.253	Q
4	4	Lucimar Moura	BRA	23.40	0.211	Q
5	2	Heide Seÿerling	RSA	23.66	0.187
6	5	Monika Gachevska	BUL	23.71	0.175

Heat Two (11:08)

Wind	1.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	Ivet Lalova	BUL	22.88	0.168	Q
2	5	Sylviane Félix	FRA	22.94	0.295	Q
3	6	Yekaterina Kondratyeva	RUS	23.03	0.225	Q
4	2	Natallia Safronnikava	BLR	23.28	0.167	Q
5	4	Lyubov Perepelova	UZB	24.10	0.306
6	7	Gretta Taslakian	LBN	24.30	0.260

Heat Three (11:16)

Wind	1.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Cydonie Mothersill	CAY	22.40	0.266	Q
2	6	Beverly McDonald	JAM	22.90	0.191	Q
3	7	Yelena Bolsun	RUS	23.00	0.262	Q
4	3	Joice Maduaka	GBR	23.15	0.172	Q
5	4	Saraswati Saha	IND	23.43	0.275
6	2	Gcinile Moyane	SWZ	25.62	0.230

Heat Four (11:24)

Wind	2.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	2	Allyson Felix	USA	22.39	0.212	Q
2	5	Abi Oyepitan	GBR	22.50	0.180	Q
3	7	Maryna Maidanova	UKR	22.76	0.265	Q
4	3	Muriel Hurtis	FRA	22.77	0.217	Q
5	4	Karin Mayr-Krifka	AUT	22.81	0.189	q
6	6	Mary Onyali-Omagbemi	NGR	23.37	0.237	q
7	8	Gladys Thompson	LBR	27.51	0.281

Heat Five (11:32)

Wind	2.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Muna Lee	USA	22.57	0.197	Q
2	2	Tatyana Levina	RUS	23.05	0.187	Q
3	5	LaVerne Jones	ISV	23.20	0.239	Q
4	3	Marilia Grigoriou	CYP	23.23	0.192	Q
5	6	Emma Wade	BIZ	23.43	0.206
6	7	Michelle Banga Moudzoula	CGO	24.37	0.247

Heat Six (11:40)

Wind	-0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	2	Aleen Bailey	JAM	22.73	0.218	Q
2	7	Kim Gevaert	BEL	22.76	0.187	Q
3	6	Olga Kaidantzi	GRE	23.11	0.284	Q
4	3	Fabienne Féraez	BEN	23.12	0.181	Q
5	4	Johanna Manninen	FIN	23.45	0.166
6	5	Kadiatou Camara	MLI	23.56	0.287

Heat Seven (11:48)

Wind	1.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	2	Debbie Ferguson	BAH	22.57	0.171	Q
2	7	Christine Arron	FRA	22.60	0.252	Q
3	6	Merlene Ottey	SLO	22.72	0.254	Q
4	4	Lauren Hewitt	AUS	22.87	0.165	Q
5	3	Digna Murillo	COL	22.98	0.149	q
6	5	Anna Pacholak	POL	23.00	0.283	q

Quarter-Finals (23 August 2004 — 20:25-20:45)

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

Heat One (20:25)

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Veronica Campbell	JAM	22.49	0.182	Q
2	4	Debbie Ferguson	BAH	22.53	0.175	Q
3	3	Kim Gevaert	BEL	22.68	0.169	Q
4	8	LaShauntea Moore	USA	22.96	0.306	q
5	5	Sylviane Félix	FRA	23.08	0.217	q
6	1	LaVerne Jones	ISV	23.09	0.188
7	7	Karin Mayr-Krifka	AUT	23.19	0.239
8	2	Lucimar Moura	BRA	23.44	0.165

Heat Two (20:31)

Wind	-0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Muna Lee	USA	22.74	0.239	Q
2	3	Aleen Bailey	JAM	22.97	0.227	Q
3	8	Olga Kaidantzi	GRE	23.15	0.235	Q
4	1	Digna Murillo	COL	23.19	0.189
5	5	Tatyana Levina	RUS	23.23	0.177
6	7	Muriel Hurtis	FRA	23.33	0.224
7	6	Alenka Bikar	SLO	23.38	0.163
8	2	Natallia Safronnikava	BLR	23.63	0.184

Heat Three (20:37)

Wind	0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Allyson Felix	USA	22.69	0.196	Q
2	3	Abi Oyepitan	GBR	22.79	0.168	Q
3	6	Maryna Maidanova	UKR	22.86	0.225	Q
4	5	Christine Arron	FRA	22.90	0.278	q
5	2	Fabienne Féraez	BEN	23.24	0.213
6	1	Yelena Bolsun	RUS	23.26	0.158
7	8	Marilia Grigoriou	CYP	23.65	0.228
8	7	Mary Onyali-Omagbemi	NGR	23.75	0.245

Heat Four (20:43)

Wind	-0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	Cydonie Mothersill	CAY	22.76	0.212	Q
2	4	Ivet Lalova	BUL	22.81	0.128	Q
3	5	Beverly McDonald	JAM	22.99	0.201	Q
4	6	Merlene Ottey	SLO	23.07	0.292	q
5	8	Joice Maduaka	GBR	23.30	0.219
6	7	Anna Pacholak	POL	23.35	0.247
7	1	Yekaterina Kondratyeva	RUS	23.37	0.188
8	2	Lauren Hewitt	AUS	23.44	0.149

Semi-Finals (24 August 2004 — 22:05-22:15)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One (22:05)

Wind	0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	Allyson Felix	USA	22.36	0.198	Q
2	5	Abi Oyepitan	GBR	22.56	0.125	Q
3	4	Ivet Lalova	BUL	22.56	0.160	Q
4	6	Muna Lee	USA	22.69	0.173	Q
5	8	Maryna Maidanova	UKR	22.75	0.219
6	1	Beverly McDonald	JAM	23.02	0.172
7	2	Christine Arron	FRA	23.05	0.184
DNF	7	Merlene Ottey	SLO	–	0.247

Heat Two (22:13)

Wind	1.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Veronica Campbell	JAM	22.13	0.160	Q
2	6	Aleen Bailey	JAM	22.33	0.283	Q
3	2	Kim Gevaert	BEL	22.48	0.154	Q
4	4	Debbie Ferguson	BAH	22.49	0.177	Q
5	3	Cydonie Mothersill	CAY	22.76	0.297
6	8	LaShauntea Moore	USA	22.93	0.346
7	1	Sylviane Félix	FRA	22.99	0.222
8	7	Olga Kaidantzi	GRE	23.30	0.225

Final (25 August 2004 — 23:20)

Wind	0.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Veronica Campbell	JAM	22.05	0.216
2	3	Allyson Felix	USA	22.18	0.207
3	8	Debbie Ferguson	BAH	22.30	0.193
4	6	Aleen Bailey	JAM	22.42	0.208
5	2	Ivet Lalova	BUL	22.57	0.162
6	1	Kim Gevaert	BEL	22.84	0.172
=7	7	Muna Lee	USA	22.87	0.259
=7	5	Abi Oyepitan	GBR	22.87	0.178