Host City: Seoul, South Korea |
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final. |
Date Started: September 28, 1988 |
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals |
Date Finished: September 29, 1988 |
Format: Top three in each heat and next eight fastest advanced to the quarter-finals. |
(Competitors: 59; Countries: 42; Finalists: 8) |
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Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
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Overview by IAAF |
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After setting a US and Olympic record of 21.76 in the quarter-finals, Griffith Joyner broke the world record (of 21.71) with 21.56 in the first semi, after passing 100m in 11.24. She beat Ottey (22.07) by 5m, with 1987 World Champion Möller third in 22.15. Jackson won the other semi in 22.13, with previous world record holder Drechsler second in 22.27. Ottey passed 50m a metre up on Griffith Joyner, but the American caught up at the 100m mark and went 3m clear by 150m. Ottey had begun to slow because of tight hamstrings, and eventually had to give way to Drechsler for the bronze medal. Ottey’s tall graceful compatriot, Jackson, had moved from fifth at 100m to second at 150m, and she lost just one more metre to the flying Griffith Joyner in the last 50m, as the American broke the world record for the second time in 100 minutes. |
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Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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East Germany had two of the favorites in Heike Drechsler-Daute, who had twice equaled the world record of 21.71, once in winning the European title; and Silke Gladisch, the 1987 World Champion. America’s top bet was Florence Griffith Joyner, second in this event 1984, but with the East Germans absent. She had been dominant at the US Olympic Trials, running 21.77 in the semi-finals for an American record, and shattering the 100 world record in 10.49. In Seoul Griffith Joyner had already won the 100 by over three metres. In the 200 she broke the US and Olympic record in the quarter-finals with 21.76, and then in the semi-finals, posted a world record 21.56. The final was highly anticipated but it was not much of a race as FloJo destroyed the field, winning by four metres from Jamaica’s Grace Jackson with Drechsler another two metres back in third. Her world record time of 21.34 was considered Beamonesque and still stood as the world record 20 years later. |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
The following World and Olympic records were set during this competition.
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Results |
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The Women's 200 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 60 competitors, with eight qualifying heats (60), four second-round races (32) and two semi-finals (16), before the final (8) took off on Thursday September 29, 1988.
At the 1988 Olympic Trials, her 21.77 American record already showed Florence Griffith-Joyner was going to be a contender against the East Germans who had dominated the sprints for the previous decade. Marita Koch had retired but her equal Heike Drechsler was here. In the quarter final round, Griffith-Joyner improved to 21.76, but then she had set the world record in the 100 metres in a pressure less quarter finals a month earlier. The semi-finals the following day showed she had more, her 21.56 was a .15 improvement on the world record. More than a quarter century later, the time still stands as the second fastest 200 metres ever run by a woman. The final was more impressive, Griffith-Joyner gradually making up the stagger on Grace Jackson to her outside and Merlene Ottey running about equal through the turn. From there she simply pulled away from the best in the world. The tall Jackson was able to separate from her Jamaican teammate but was still three long steps behind Griffith-Joyner. Inhibited by the tight turn of lane 1, Drechsler made a late rush on the inside to catch Ottey for bronze.
21.34 +1.3 knocked another .22 off her world record from earlier in the day. .37 taken from the world record on one day. The time has never been approached since. Jackson, in second place in this race missed the previous world record by .01 and did not look in contention. Five women have since surpassed Koch and Drechsler's world record, including 4th place Ottey twice.
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200 m |
Women |
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Final |
29 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
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Records |
1 |
21.34 |
1.3 |
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Florence Griffith-Joyner |
United States |
USA |
21 Dec 59 |
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WR |
2 |
21.72 |
1.3 |
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Grace Jackson Small |
Jamaica |
JAM |
14 Jun 61 |
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3 |
21.95 |
1.3 |
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Heike Drechsler |
East Germany |
GDR |
16 Dec 64 |
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4 |
21.99 |
1.3 |
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Merlene Ottey |
Jamaica |
JAM |
10 May 60 |
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5 |
22.09 |
1.3 |
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Silke Möller |
East Germany |
GDR |
20 Jun 64 |
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6 |
22.17 |
1.3 |
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Gwen Torrence |
United States |
USA |
12 Jun 65 |
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7 |
22.33 |
1.3 |
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Maya Azarashvili |
Soviet Union |
URS |
6 Apr 64 |
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8 |
22.42 |
1.3 |
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Galina Malchugina |
Soviet Union |
URS |
17 Dec 62 |
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200 m |
Women |
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Semifinal 1 |
29 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
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Records |
1 |
21.56 |
1.7 |
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Florence Griffith-Joyner |
United States |
USA |
21 Dec 59 |
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WR |
2 |
22.07 |
1.7 |
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Merlene Ottey |
Jamaica |
JAM |
10 May 60 |
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3 |
22.15 |
1.7 |
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Silke Möller |
East Germany |
GDR |
20 Jun 64 |
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4 |
22.33 |
1.7 |
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Maya Azarashvili |
Soviet Union |
URS |
6 Apr 64 |
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5 |
22.43 |
1.7 |
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Mary Onyali |
Nigeria |
NGR |
3 Feb 68 |
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6 |
22.59 |
1.7 |
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Katrin Krabbe |
East Germany |
GDR |
22 Nov 69 |
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7 |
22.67 |
1.7 |
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Pauline Davis-Thompson |
Bahamas |
BAH |
9 Jul 66 |
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8 |
22.91 |
1.7 |
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Andrea Thomas |
Jamaica |
JAM |
6 Apr 63 |
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200 m |
Women |
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Semifinal 2 |
29 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
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Records |
1 |
22.13 |
1.8 |
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Grace Jackson Small |
Jamaica |
JAM |
14 Jun 61 |
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2 |
22.27 |
1.8 |
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Heike Drechsler |
East Germany |
GDR |
16 Dec 64 |
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3 |
22.53 |
1.8 |
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Gwen Torrence |
United States |
USA |
12 Jun 65 |
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4 |
22.55 |
1.8 |
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Galina Malchugina |
Soviet Union |
URS |
17 Dec 62 |
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5 |
22.67 |
1.8 |
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Nadezhda Georgieva |
Bulgaria |
BUL |
2 Sep 61 |
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6 |
23.14 |
1.8 |
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Paula Thomas |
Great Britain |
GBR |
3 Dec 64 |
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7 |
23.20 |
1.8 |
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Agnieszka Siwek |
Poland |
POL |
21 May 62 |
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8 |
23.33 |
1.8 |
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Regula Anliker-Aebi |
Switzerland |
SUI |
12 Nov 65 |
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200 m |
Women |
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Heat 1 |
28 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
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Records |
1 |
21.76 |
0.7 |
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Florence Griffith-Joyner |
United States |
USA |
21 Dec 59 |
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2 |
22.37 |
0.7 |
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Maya Azarashvili |
Soviet Union |
URS |
6 Apr 64 |
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3 |
22.38 |
0.7 |
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Heike Drechsler |
East Germany |
GDR |
16 Dec 64 |
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4 |
22.88 |
0.7 |
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Regula Anliker-Aebi |
Switzerland |
SUI |
12 Nov 65 |
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5 |
23.01 |
0.7 |
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Kerry Johnson |
Australia |
AUS |
23 Oct 63 |
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6 |
23.15 |
0.7 |
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Silke Knoll |
West Germany |
FRG |
21 Feb 67 |
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7 |
23.48 |
0.7 |
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Angela Williams |
Trinidad and Tobago |
TTO |
15 May 65 |
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8 |
23.63 |
0.7 |
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Marie-Christine Cazier |
France |
FRA |
23 Aug 63 |
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200 m |
Women |
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Heat 2 |
28 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
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Records |
1 |
22.25 |
0.7 |
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Gwen Torrence |
United States |
USA |
12 Jun 65 |
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2 |
22.30 |
0.7 |
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Merlene Ottey |
Jamaica |
JAM |
10 May 60 |
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3 |
22.60 |
0.7 |
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Nadezhda Georgieva |
Bulgaria |
BUL |
2 Sep 61 |
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4 |
22.67 |
0.7 |
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Katrin Krabbe |
East Germany |
GDR |
22 Nov 69 |
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5 |
22.88 |
0.7 |
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Falilat Ogunkoya |
Nigeria |
NGR |
5 Dec 68 |
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6 |
23.33 |
0.7 |
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Rita Angotzi |
Italy |
ITA |
12 Feb 67 |
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7 |
23.34 |
0.7 |
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Jolanta Janota |
Poland |
POL |
6 Jul 64 |
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8 |
23.59 |
0.7 |
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Louise Stuart |
Great Britain |
GBR |
18 May 67 |
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200 m |
Women |
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Heat 3 |
28 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
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Records |
1 |
22.24 |
0.3 |
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Grace Jackson Small |
Jamaica |
JAM |
14 Jun 61 |
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2 |
22.84 |
0.3 |
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Andrea Thomas |
Jamaica |
JAM |
6 Apr 63 |
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3 |
22.86 |
0.3 |
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Silke Möller |
East Germany |
GDR |
20 Jun 64 |
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4 |
23.04 |
0.3 |
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Paula Thomas |
Great Britain |
GBR |
3 Dec 64 |
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5 |
23.22 |
0.3 |
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Muriel Leroy |
France |
FRA |
7 Jul 68 |
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6 |
23.52 |
0.3 |
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Marisa Masullo |
Italy |
ITA |
8 May 59 |
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7 |
23.59 |
0.3 |
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Jocelyn Joseph |
Antigua and Barbuda |
ANT |
11 Feb 64 |
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8 |
23.96 |
0.3 |
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Norfalia Carabalí |
Colombia |
COL |
21 Jan 64 |
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200 m |
Women |
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Heat 4 |
28 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
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Records |
1 |
22.77 |
-0.5 |
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Galina Malchugina |
Soviet Union |
URS |
17 Dec 62 |
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2 |
22.89 |
-0.5 |
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Mary Onyali |
Nigeria |
NGR |
3 Feb 68 |
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3 |
22.92 |
-0.5 |
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Pauline Davis-Thompson |
Bahamas |
BAH |
9 Jul 66 |
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4 |
22.96 |
-0.5 |
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Agnieszka Siwek |
Poland |
POL |
21 May 62 |
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5 |
23.38 |
-0.5 |
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Simmone Jacobs |
Great Britain |
GBR |
5 Sep 66 |
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6 |
23.67 |
-0.5 |
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Maria Magnólia Figueirêdo |
Brazil |
BRA |
11 Nov 63 |
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7 |
23.87 |
-0.5 |
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Karin Janke |
West Germany |
FRG |
14 Oct 63 |
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8 |
24.22 |
-0.5 |
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Marie-José Pérec |
France |
FRA |
9 May 68 |
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200 m |
Women |
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Heat 1 |
28 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
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Records |
1 |
22.93 |
-0.3 |
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Heike Drechsler |
East Germany |
GDR |
16 Dec 64 |
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2 |
23.10 |
-0.3 |
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Agnieszka Siwek |
Poland |
POL |
21 May 62 |
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3 |
23.12 |
-0.3 |
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Falilat Ogunkoya |
Nigeria |
NGR |
5 Dec 68 |
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4 |
23.76 |
-0.3 |
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Angela Williams |
Trinidad and Tobago |
TTO |
15 May 65 |
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5 |
24.00 |
-0.3 |
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Ximena Restrepo |
Colombia |
COL |
10 Mar 69 |
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6 |
25.42 |
-0.3 |
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Felicité Bada |
Benin |
BEN |
14 Mar 62 |
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7 |
26.08 |
-0.3 |
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Mariama Ouiminga |
Burkina Faso |
BUR |
24 Jan 70 |
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200 m |
Women |
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Heat 2 |
28 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
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Records |
1 |
22.80 |
0.9 |
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Nadezhda Georgieva |
Bulgaria |
BUL |
2 Sep 61 |
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2 |
22.82 |
0.9 |
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Mary Onyali |
Nigeria |
NGR |
3 Feb 68 |
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3 |
22.92 |
0.9 |
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Andrea Thomas |
Jamaica |
JAM |
6 Apr 63 |
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4 |
23.59 |
0.9 |
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Rita Angotzi |
Italy |
ITA |
12 Feb 67 |
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5 |
24.06 |
0.9 |
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Marina Skourti |
Greece |
GRE |
16 May 62 |
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6 |
24.51 |
0.9 |
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Ruth Morris |
United States Virgin Islands |
ISV |
7 Oct 66 |
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7 |
24.79 |
0.9 |
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Agnes Griffith |
Grenada |
GRN |
6 Mar 69 |
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8 |
25.35 |
0.9 |
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Ng Ka Yi |
Hong Kong |
HKG |
9 Sep 66 |
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200 m |
Women |
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Heat 3 |
28 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
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Records |
1 |
22.85 |
1.2 |
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Galina Malchugina |
Soviet Union |
URS |
17 Dec 62 |
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2 |
23.07 |
1.2 |
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Silke Möller |
East Germany |
GDR |
20 Jun 64 |
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3 |
23.40 |
1.2 |
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Jolanta Janota |
Poland |
POL |
6 Jul 64 |
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4 |
23.57 |
1.2 |
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Jocelyn Joseph |
Antigua and Barbuda |
ANT |
11 Feb 64 |
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5 |
23.58 |
1.2 |
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Marisa Masullo |
Italy |
ITA |
8 May 59 |
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6 |
24.94 |
1.2 |
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Woo Yang-Ja |
South Korea |
KOR |
4 Mar 71 |
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7 |
25.46 |
1.2 |
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Melvina Vulah |
Liberia |
LBR |
21 Dec 65 |
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8 |
26.16 |
1.2 |
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Erin Tierney |
Cook Islands |
COK |
29 Jun 70 |
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200 m |
Women |
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Heat 4 |
28 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
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Records |
1 |
23.06 |
0.7 |
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Merlene Ottey |
Jamaica |
JAM |
10 May 60 |
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2 |
23.49 |
0.7 |
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Marie-José Pérec |
France |
FRA |
9 May 68 |
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3 |
23.51 |
0.7 |
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Silke Knoll |
West Germany |
FRG |
21 Feb 67 |
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4 |
23.61 |
0.7 |
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Louise Stuart |
Great Britain |
GBR |
18 May 67 |
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5 |
24.26 |
0.7 |
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Joyce Odhiambo |
Kenya |
KEN |
29 Jun 63 |
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6 |
24.39 |
0.7 |
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Oliver Acii |
Uganda |
UGA |
24 May 68 |
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7 |
25.20 |
0.7 |
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Judith Diankolela Missengui |
Congo |
CGO |
12 Feb 68 |
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8 |
25.74 |
0.7 |
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Evelyne Farrell |
Aruba |
ARU |
10 Apr 60 |
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NR |
200 m |
Women |
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Heat 5 |
28 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
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Records |
1 |
22.51 |
0.7 |
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Florence Griffith-Joyner |
United States |
USA |
21 Dec 59 |
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2 |
23.14 |
0.7 |
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Katrin Krabbe |
East Germany |
GDR |
22 Nov 69 |
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3 |
23.19 |
0.7 |
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Muriel Leroy |
France |
FRA |
7 Jul 68 |
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4 |
23.22 |
0.7 |
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Regula Anliker-Aebi |
Switzerland |
SUI |
12 Nov 65 |
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5 |
24.08 |
0.7 |
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Zhang Xiaoqiong |
China |
CHN |
10 Jul 66 |
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6 |
24.95 |
0.7 |
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Yvette Bonapart |
Suriname |
SUR |
5 Jan 65 |
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7 |
25.62 |
0.7 |
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Guihermina Cruz |
Angola |
ANG |
20 Jan 70 |
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200 m |
Women |
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Heat 6 |
28 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
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Records |
1 |
22.66 |
0 |
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Grace Jackson Small |
Jamaica |
JAM |
14 Jun 61 |
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2 |
22.98 |
0 |
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Maya Azarashvili |
Soviet Union |
URS |
6 Apr 64 |
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3 |
23.78 |
0 |
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Norfalia Carabalí |
Colombia |
COL |
21 Jan 64 |
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4 |
23.81 |
0 |
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Yolanda Straughn |
Barbados |
BAR |
18 Mar 68 |
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5 |
24.42 |
0 |
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Gailey Dube |
Zimbabwe |
ZIM |
25 Jul 69 |
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NJR |
6 |
24.91 |
0 |
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Yvonne Hasler |
Liechtenstein |
LIE |
13 Oct 68 |
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7 |
25.81 |
0 |
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Aminata Diarra |
Mali |
MLI |
24 Feb 70 |
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200 m |
Women |
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Heat 7 |
28 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
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Records |
1 |
22.87 |
0.6 |
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Gwen Torrence |
United States |
USA |
12 Jun 65 |
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2 |
23.08 |
0.6 |
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Pauline Davis-Thompson |
Bahamas |
BAH |
9 Jul 66 |
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3 |
23.20 |
0.6 |
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Kerry Johnson |
Australia |
AUS |
23 Oct 63 |
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4 |
23.47 |
0.6 |
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Simmone Jacobs |
Great Britain |
GBR |
5 Sep 66 |
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5 |
23.50 |
0.6 |
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Marie-Christine Cazier |
France |
FRA |
23 Aug 63 |
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6 |
24.46 |
0.6 |
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Claudia Acerenza |
Uruguay |
URU |
15 Jan 66 |
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7 |
25.03 |
0.6 |
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Chen Ya-Li |
Chinese Taipei |
TPE |
2 Apr 69 |
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200 m |
Women |
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Heat 8 |
28 September |
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Rank |
Mark |
Wind |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
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Records |
1 |
23.32 |
0.6 |
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Paula Thomas |
Great Britain |
GBR |
3 Dec 64 |
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2 |
23.71 |
0.6 |
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Maria Magnólia Figueirêdo |
Brazil |
BRA |
11 Nov 63 |
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3 |
23.83 |
0.6 |
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Karin Janke |
West Germany |
FRG |
14 Oct 63 |
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4 |
24.01 |
0.6 |
|
Xie Zhiling |
China |
CHN |
8 Dec 63 |
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5 |
26.88 |
0.6 |
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Olivette Daruhi |
Vanuatu |
VAN |
12 May 68 |
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6 |
31.12 |
0.6 |
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Rosa Mbuamangongo |
Equatorial Guinea |
GEQ |
2 Jun 69 |
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|
|
DNF |
0.6 |
|
Pam Marshall |
United States |
USA |
16 Aug 60 |
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