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200m |
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8 August |
-0.7 |
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Event Report Women 200m Finals
Zhanna Pintusevich of Ukraine took her second medal of these championships in the women’s 200m, winning in 22.32 and denying Jamaica’s Merlene Ottey her third straight world 200m title. Ottey, however, won her 14th World Championships medal, a record, by finishing third in 22.40. She was just beaten for second by Susanthika Jayasinghe of Sri Lanka who ran 22.39 to give her country its first athletics medal at any major championships since Duncan White won the 400 hurdles silver medal at the 1948 London Olympics. At that time, the nation was known by its colonial name, Ceylon. The race: Ottey, in lane three, flew out of the blocks and was up on Jayasinghe, in lane four, by the crown of the bend. Pintusevich, in lane five, also ran a fast turn but was a metre or two down on Ottey as they hit the straight; Jayasinghe was further back still. In the straight Pintusevich’s strength began to tell as Ottey started to tie up. The champion was struggling from the 150m mark and Pintusevich caught her with 10 metres to go. Jayasinghe, coming fast in the lane between them, took advantage of Ottey’s failing form and dipped for the silver medal at the line.
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Final |
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| 1 |
Zhanna Block |
UKR |
6 Jul 72 |
22.32 |
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| 2 |
Susanthika Jayasinghe |
SRI |
17 Dec 75 |
22.39 |
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| 3 |
Merlene Ottey |
JAM |
10 May 60 |
22.40 |
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| 4 |
Yekaterina Grigoryeva |
RUS |
21 Apr 74 |
22.50 |
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| 5 |
Inger Miller |
USA |
12 Jun 72 |
22.52 |
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| 6 |
Marina Trandenkova |
RUS |
7 Jan 67 |
22.65 |
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| 7 |
Melinda Gainsford-Taylor |
AUS |
1 Oct 71 |
22.73 |
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| 8 |
Sylviane Félix |
FRA |
31 Oct 77 |
22.81 |
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Event report women 200m semi finals
Jamaican Merlene Ottey, the 1993 and 1995 world champion recorded the fastest time of today’s semifinals of the 200 metres by winning the 2nd heat in 22.26. Ottey looked very relaxed and always in control of the race, and in Friday’s final will not face the woman who beat her at the 1996 Olympic games, France’s Marie-Jose Perec who withdrew from the 1st semifinal due to an injury. Second in Ottey’s semifinal was Sri Lanka’s Susanthika Jayasinghe who set an Asian record for the 2nd time in these championships, with 22.33. Third was the 1996 world junior champion, France’s Sylvianne Felix (22.57) and 4th, Russian Yekaterina Leshchova, with 22.59. The 1997 U.S. champion Inger Miller won the 1st heat in 22.59 (wind -2.3). Second was the 100 metres silver medallist, Ukrainian Zhanna Pintusevich with 22.65, 3rd Russian Marina Trandenkova (22.69), and 4th Oceania’s record holder and 1995 world indoor champion, Australian Melinda Gainsford-Taylor with 22.70. Greece’s Ekaterini Koffa was 5th in the 2nd heat with a season’s best of 22.70, but didn’t advance to the final.
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Semifinals |
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7 August |
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Heat 1 |
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-2.3 |
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| 1 |
Inger Miller |
USA |
12 Jun 72 |
22.59 |
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| 2 |
Zhanna Block |
UKR |
6 Jul 72 |
22.65 |
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| 3 |
Marina Trandenkova |
RUS |
7 Jan 67 |
22.69 |
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| 4 |
Melinda Gainsford-Taylor |
AUS |
1 Oct 71 |
22.70 |
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| 5 |
Merlene Frazer |
JAM |
27 Dec 73 |
22.81 |
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| 6 |
Juliet Campbell |
JAM |
17 Mar 70 |
22.94 |
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| 7 |
Xiaomei Liu |
CHN |
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23.03 |
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| - |
Marie-Jose Perec |
FRA |
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DNS |
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Heat 2 |
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0.2 |
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| 1 |
Merlene Ottey |
JAM |
10 May 60 |
22.26 |
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| 2 |
Susanthika Jayasinghe |
SRI |
17 Dec 75 |
22.33 |
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| 3 |
Sylviane Félix |
FRA |
31 Oct 77 |
22.57 |
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| 4 |
Yekaterina Grigoryeva |
RUS |
21 Apr 74 |
22.59 |
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| 5 |
Katerína Kóffa |
GRE |
10 Apr 69 |
22.70 |
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| 6 |
Zundra Feagin |
USA |
12 Jul 73 |
22.92 |
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| 7 |
Juliet Cuthbert |
JAM |
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23.03 |
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| - |
Petya Pendareva |
BUL |
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DNS |
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Event report women 200m heats round 2
Athletes in the 200m second round faced a variety of conditions. In two of the races, there was a huge negative wind ( -2.4 in the 1st and -3.1 in the 3rd). However, in the 2nd heat the wind was +0.3 and in the 4th heat it was +0.0. Fastest of the round was Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (Australia), who won heat 4 in 22.45. Second fastest was Susanthika Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka) with 22.47. She was the winner in heat 2. Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) was the winner of heat 2 in 22.65 (against a 2.4 headwind). Marie-Jose Perec (France) also battled strong winds, taking the third heat in 22.69 against a stiff 3.1 gust. Many good names were left out of the next round, in part because the fickle nature of the winds contributed to the fact that all of the time-based qualifiers came out of the final heat. In the first heat, Li Xuemei (China), who ran an Asian Record of 22.44 in heats; and Hana Benesova, U23 European Champion, 22.76 in heats, were not able to make it. In heat 2, Cheryl Taplin (USA) and Chandra Sturrup (Bahamas) were left out. Heat 3 non-qualifiers included Pauline Davis (Bahamas) and Melanie Paschke (Germany).
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Quarterfinals |
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6 August |
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Heat 1 |
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-2.4 |
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| 1 |
Merlene Ottey |
JAM |
10 May 60 |
22.65 |
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| 2 |
Yekaterina Grigoryeva |
RUS |
21 Apr 74 |
22.91 |
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| 3 |
Ekaterini Koffa |
GRE |
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23.05 |
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| 4 |
Xuemei Li |
CHN |
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23.06 |
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| 5 |
Lucrecia Jardim |
POR |
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23.16 |
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| 6 |
Hana Benesova |
CZE |
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23.34 |
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| 7 |
Lauren Hewitt |
AUS |
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23.53 |
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| 8 |
Katharine Merry |
GBR |
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23.98 |
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Heat 2 |
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0.3 |
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| 1 |
Susanthika Jayasinghe |
SRI |
17 Dec 75 |
22.47 |
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| 2 |
Marina Trandenkova |
RUS |
7 Jan 67 |
22.63 |
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| 3 |
Juliet Cuthbert |
JAM |
9 Apr 64 |
22.83 |
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| 4 |
Yan Jiankui |
CHN |
19 Mar 76 |
22.97 |
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| 5 |
Cheryl Taplin |
USA |
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23.07 |
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| 6 |
Chandra Sturrup |
BAH |
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23.07 |
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| 7 |
Katia Benth |
FRA |
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23.20 |
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| 8 |
Simmone Jacobs |
GBR |
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23.49 |
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Heat 3 |
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-3.1 |
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| 1 |
Marie-José Pérec |
FRA |
9 May 68 |
22.69 |
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| 2 |
Inger Miller |
USA |
12 Jun 72 |
22.85 |
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| 3 |
Merlene Frazer |
JAM |
27 Dec 73 |
22.92 |
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| 4 |
Pauline Davis-Thompson |
BAH |
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23.13 |
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| 5 |
Melanie Paschke |
GER |
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23.22 |
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| 6 |
Felipa Palacios |
COL |
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23.34 |
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| 7 |
Alenka Bikar |
SLO |
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23.43 |
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| 8 |
Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen |
FIN |
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23.52 |
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Heat 4 |
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0.0 |
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| 1 |
Melinda Gainsford-Taylor |
AUS |
1 Oct 71 |
22.45 |
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| 2 |
Sylviane Félix |
FRA |
31 Oct 77 |
22.56 |
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| 3 |
Zhanna Block |
UKR |
6 Jul 72 |
22.56 |
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| 4 |
Juliet Campbell |
JAM |
17 Mar 70 |
22.75 |
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| 5 |
Zundra Feagin |
USA |
12 Jul 73 |
22.81 |
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| 6 |
Petya Pendareva |
BUL |
20 Jan 71 |
22.90 |
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| 7 |
Liu Xiaomei |
CHN |
11 Jan 72 |
22.95 |
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| 8 |
Shanta Ghosh |
GER |
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23.62 |
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Event report women 200m heats
Two new Asian records were the best times of the women’s 200m 1st round. Sri Lanka’s Susanthika Jayasinghe won the 4th heat in 22.44. She improved the former area record by 12 hundredths of second, and her personal best by 51/100ths. Chinese Li Xuemei took the 7th heat and equaled Jayasinghe’s mark. Xuemei entered the event with a personal best of 22.60. Both performances had the same wind reading, +1.8 m/s. Overall the first round of this event didn’t produce any big surprises. The 1996 Olympic champion, France’s Marie-Jose Perec won the 3rd heat with 22.87 (wind -1.4). The silver medallist of the 100m, Ukrainian Zhanna Pintussevich took the 1st heat in 22.85. Oceania’s record holder, Australian Melinda Gainsford-Taylor won the 2nd in 22.76. Defending world champion, Jamaican Merlene Ottey was 3rd in Jayasinghe’s heat with 22.47, the same time as the 2nd place, Russian Yekaterina Leshchova, who set a personal best. Another Jamaican, Juliet Cuthbert was the winner of heat 5 in 23.08 (wind -2.0). In this race Russian Natalya Voronova (22.63 this year) did not finish due to an injury suffered at the 60m mark. The 1997 U.S. Champion Inger Miller won the 6th heat in 22.55, way ahead of the runner in 2nd, Chinese Liu Xiaomei (22.99). In the 7th heat, won by Xuemei, Czech Republic’s Hana Benesova, the European under 23 champion was 2nd in 22.76.
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Heats |
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6 August |
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Heat 1 |
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0.0 |
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| 1 |
Zhanna Block |
UKR |
6 Jul 72 |
22.85 |
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| 2 |
Zundra Feagin |
USA |
12 Jul 73 |
22.99 |
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| 3 |
Melanie Paschke |
GER |
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23.10 |
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| 4 |
Lauren Hewitt |
AUS |
25 Nov 78 |
23.18 |
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| 5 |
Katharine Merry |
GBR |
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23.20 |
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| 6 |
Melissa Taylor |
BAR |
23 Jan 76 |
23.45 |
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| 7 |
Ameerah Bello |
ISV |
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24.31 |
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Heat 2 |
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0.0 |
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| 1 |
Melinda Gainsford-Taylor |
AUS |
1 Oct 71 |
22.76 |
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| 2 |
Merlene Frazer |
JAM |
27 Dec 73 |
22.91 |
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| 3 |
Simmone Jacobs |
GBR |
5 Sep 66 |
23.23 |
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| 4 |
Shanta Ghosh |
GER |
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23.58 |
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| 5 |
Aïda Diop |
SEN |
27 Apr 70 |
23.71 |
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| 6 |
Danielle Perpoli |
ITA |
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23.96 |
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Nadjina Kaltouma |
CHA |
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DNS |
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Heat 3 |
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-1.4 |
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| 1 |
Marie-José Pérec |
FRA |
9 May 68 |
22.87 |
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| 2 |
Marina Trandenkova |
RUS |
7 Jan 67 |
22.94 |
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| 3 |
Katerína Kóffa |
GRE |
10 Apr 69 |
22.97 |
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| 4 |
Jiankui Yan |
CHN |
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23.11 |
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| 5 |
Felipa Palacios |
COL |
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23.15 |
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| 6 |
Natalya Vinogradova-Safronnikova |
BLR |
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23.66 |
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| 7 |
Svetlana Bodritskaya |
KZK |
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23.96 |
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Heat 4 |
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1.8 |
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| 1 |
Susanthika Jayasinghe |
SRI |
17 Dec 75 |
22.44 |
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| 2 |
Yekaterina Grigoryeva |
RUS |
21 Apr 74 |
22.47 |
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| 3 |
Merlene Ottey |
JAM |
10 May 60 |
22.47 |
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| 4 |
Sylviane Félix |
FRA |
31 Oct 77 |
22.71 |
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| 5 |
Petya Pendareva |
BUL |
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23.02 |
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| 6 |
Gabriele Rockmeier |
GER |
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23.22 |
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| 7 |
Patricia Rodríguez |
COL |
25 Oct 70 |
23.45 |
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| 8 |
Verneta Lesforis |
LCA |
4 May 75 |
24.27 |
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Heat 5 |
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-2.0 |
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| 1 |
Juliet Cuthbert |
JAM |
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23.08 |
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| 2 |
Pauline Davis-Thompson |
BAH |
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23.26 |
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| 3 |
Cheryl Taplin |
USA |
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23.28 |
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| 4 |
Katia Benth |
FRA |
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23.33 |
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| 5 |
Marina Filipovic |
YUG |
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23.54 |
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| 6 |
Heather Samuel |
ANT |
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23.93 |
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| 7 |
Sittina Djabiri |
COM |
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30.88 |
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| - |
Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova |
RUS |
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DNF |
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Heat 6 |
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-0.8 |
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| 1 |
Inger Miller |
USA |
12 Jun 72 |
22.55 |
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| 2 |
Liu Xiaomei |
CHN |
11 Jan 72 |
22.99 |
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| 3 |
Juliet Campbell |
JAM |
17 Mar 70 |
23.00 |
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| 4 |
Lucrécia Jardim |
POR |
28 Jan 71 |
23.04 |
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| 5 |
Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen |
FIN |
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23.17 |
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| 6 |
Monika Gachevska |
BUL |
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23.55 |
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| 7 |
Dora Kyriakou |
CYP |
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24.08 |
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| 8 |
Laure Kuetey |
BEN |
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25.15 |
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Heat 7 |
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1.8 |
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| 1 |
Li Xuemei |
CHN |
5 Jan 77 |
22.44 |
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| 2 |
Hana Benešová |
CZE |
19 Apr 75 |
22.76 |
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| 3 |
Chandra Sturrup |
BAH |
12 Sep 71 |
22.77 |
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| 4 |
Alenka Bikar |
SLO |
7 Jan 74 |
22.81 |
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| 5 |
Ladonna Antoine |
CAN |
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23.86 |
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| 6 |
Georgette Nkoma |
CMR |
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24.53 |
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| 7 |
Rossa Maira |
PNG |
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25.02 |
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| 8 |
Fanta Dao |
MLI |
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25.35 |
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