Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres explained
| Event: | Women's 200 metres |
| Games: | 1992 Summer |
| Venue: | Olympic Stadium |
| Dates: | 3 August 1992 (heats and quarter-finals)
5 August 1992 (semi-finals)
6 August 1992 (final) |
| Competitors: | 51 |
| Nations: | 40 |
| Win Value: | 21.81 |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Gwen Torrence |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Juliet Cuthbert |
| Silvernoc: | JAM |
| Bronze: | Merlene Ottey |
| Bronzenoc: | JAM |
| Prev: | 1988 |
| Next: | 1996 |
These are the official results of the women's 200 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 52 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats.[1] The winning margin was 0.21 seconds.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Final
| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
|---|
| | 21.81 |
| | 22.02 |
| | 22.09 |
| 4. | | 22.19 |
| 5. | | 22.30 |
| 6. | | 22.58 |
| 7. | | 22.61 |
| 8. | | 22.63 | |
Semifinals
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
|---|
| 1. | | 22.12 |
| 2. | | 22.31 |
| 3. | | 22.44 |
| 4. | | 22.58 |
| 5. | | 22.60 |
| 6. | | 22.61 |
| 7. | | 23.08 |
| 8. | | 23.26 | |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
|---|
| 1. | | 21.72 |
| 2. | | 21.75 |
| 3. | | 22.08 |
| 4. | | 22.39 |
| 5. | | 22.60 |
| 6. | | 23.01 |
| 7. | | 23.03 |
| - | | DNS | |
Quarterfinals
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
|---|
| 1. | | 22.01 |
| 2. | | 22.42 |
| 3. | | 22.44 |
| 4. | | 22.46 |
| 5. | | 22.50 |
| 6. | | 22.93 |
| 7. | | 23.61 |
| 8. | | 23.64 | |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
|---|
| 1. | | 22.21 |
| 2. | | 22.59 |
| 3. | | 22.99 |
| 4. | | 23.09 |
| 5. | | 23.09 |
| 6. | | 23.63 |
| 7. | | 23.89 |
| 8. | | 24.06 | |
| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
|---|
| 1. | | 22.22 |
| 2. | | 22.26 |
| 3. | | 22.62 |
| 4. | | 22.73 |
| 5. | | 23.10 |
| 6. | | 23.75 |
| 7. | | 23.80 |
| 8. | | 24.12 | |
| RANK | HEAT 4 | TIME |
|---|
| 1. | | 21.94 |
| 2. | | 22.45 |
| 3. | | 22.60 |
| 4. | | 23.03 |
| 5. | | 23.19 |
| 6. | | 23.41 |
| 7. | | 23.41 |
| 8. | | 24.26 | |
Heats
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
|---|
| 1. | | 23.06 |
| 2. | | 23.22 |
| 3. | | 23.26 |
| 4. | | 23.82 |
| 5. | | 23.86 |
| 6. | | 24.19 |
| 7. | | 25.07 | |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
|---|
| 1. | | 22.95 |
| 2. | | 23.15 |
| 3. | | 23.27 |
| 4. | | 23.37 |
| 5. | | 23.52 |
| 6. | | 24.45 |
| 7. | | 24.64 | |
| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
|---|
| 1. | | 22.99 |
| 2. | | 23.14 |
| 3. | | 23.47 |
| 4. | | 24.09 |
| 5. | | 24.15 |
| 6. | | 24.59 |
| 7. | | 24.76 |
| 8. | | 25.28 | |
| RANK | HEAT 4 | TIME |
|---|
| 1. | | 22.83 |
| 2. | | 23.00 |
| 3. | | 23.53 |
| 4. | | 23.90 |
| 5. | | 24.50 |
| 6. | | 24.56 |
| - | | DNF | |
| RANK | HEAT 5 | TIME |
|---|
| 1. | | 23.08 |
| 2. | | 23.41 |
| 3. | | 23.72 |
| 4. | | 24.17 |
| 5. | | 25.03 |
| 6. | | 26.03 |
| - | | DQ | |
| RANK | HEAT 6 | TIME |
|---|
| 1. | | 22.99 |
| 2. | | 23.18 |
| 3. | | 23.32 |
| 4. | | 23.57 |
| 5. | | 23.69 |
| 6. | | 24.15 |
| 7. | | 24.67 |
| - | | DQ | |
| RANK | HEAT 7 | TIME |
|---|
| 1. | | 22.66 |
| 2. | | 22.72 |
| 3. | | 22.79 |
| 4. | | 23.58 |
| 5. | | 23.83 |
| 6. | | 23.85 |
| 7. | | 27.65 | |
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Games: Women's 200 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173641/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/ATH/womens-200-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 18 July 2017 . Sports Reference.
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