2025 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres
| Women's 200 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | National Stadium | |||||||||
| Location | Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||
| Dates | 17 September (heats) 18 September (semi-finals) 19 September (final) | |||||||||
| Winning time | 21.68 WL | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The women's 200 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 17, 18 and 19 September 2025.[1]
Summary
Records
Before the competition records were as follows:[2]
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)
|
21.34 | Seoul, South Korea | 29 September 1988 |
| Championship record |  Shericka Jackson (JAM)
|
21.41 | Budapest, Hungary | 25 August 2023 |
| World Leading |  Julien Alfred (LCA)
|
21.71 | London, United Kingdom | 19 July 2025 |
| African Record |  Christine Mboma (NAM)
|
21.78 | Zürich, Switzerland | 9 September 2021 |
| Asian Record |  Li Xuemei (CHN)
|
22.01 | Shanghai, China | 22 October 1997 |
| European Record |  Dafne Schippers (NED)
|
21.63 | Beijing, China | 28 August 2015 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)
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21.34 | Seoul, South Korea | 29 September 1988 |
| Oceanian record | .svg.png){kind=small} Melinda Gainsford (AUS)
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22.23 | Stuttgart, Germany | 13 July 1997 |
| South American Record |  Vitoria Cristina Rosa (BRA)
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22.47 | Eugene, United States | 19 July 2022 |
Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 22.57.[3]
Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows:[1]
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 17 September | 19:30 | Heats |
| 18 September | 21:24 | Semi-finals |
| 19 September | 22:22 | Final |
Results
Heats
The heats will take place on 17 September. The first three athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the semi-finals.
Heat 1
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Anavia Battle | United States
|
22.07 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith |  Ivory Coast
|
22.39 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Polyniki Emmanouilidou |  Greece
|
22.92 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 9 | Shanti Pereira |  Singapore
|
23.13 | |
| 5 | 5 | Boglárka Takács |  Hungary
|
23.18 | |
| 6 | 2 | Jacqueline Madogo | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada
|
23.23 | |
| 7 | 6 | Gabrielle Matthews | Jamaica
|
23.40 | |
| 8 | 7 | Fatouma Conde |  Guinea
|
23.42 | NR |
| [4] | Wind: (+0.1 m/s) | ||||
Heat 2
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | United States
|
22.24 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Thelma Davies |  Liberia
|
22.76 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Jessika Gbai | Ivory Coast
|
22.81 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | Helene Parisot |  France
|
22.90 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Olivia Fotopoulou |  Cyprus
|
22.98 | q |
| 6 | 8 | Mia Gross |  Australia
|
23.24 | |
| 7 | 3 | Jessica-Bianca Wessolly |  Germany
|
23.33 | |
| 8 | 4 | Maria Carmona |  Nicaragua
|
24.14 | |
| [4] | Wind: (−0.3 m/s) | ||||
Heat 3
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Mckenzie Long | United States
|
22.51 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Ashanti Moore | Jamaica
|
22.57 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Sophia Junk | Germany
|
22.81 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | Julia Henriksson |  Sweden
|
22.86 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Beyonce Defreitas |  British Virgin Islands
|
23.30 | |
| 6 | 6 | Kristie Edwards | Australia
|
23.39 | |
| 7 | 8 | Alinny Delgadillo Silva |  Bolivia
|
25.13 | |
| 4 | Liranyi Alonso |  Dominican Republic
|
DNS | ||
| [4] | Wind: (−0.2 m/s) | ||||
Heat 4
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Brittany Brown | United States
|
22.50 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Anthonique Strachan |  Bahamas
|
22.57 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 5 | Daryll Neita |  Great Britain & N.I.
|
22.59 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | Léonie Pointet |  Switzerland
|
23.04 | |
| 5 | 2 | Dalia Kaddari |  Italy
|
23.11 | |
| 6 | 8 | Leah Bertrand |  Trinidad and Tobago
|
23.33 | |
| 7 | 7 | Nora Lindahl | Sweden
|
23.35 | |
| 8 | 6 | Li Yuting | China
|
23.64 | |
| [4] | Wind: (+0.1 m/s) | ||||
Heat 5
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Shericka Jackson | Jamaica
|
22.33 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Amy Hunt | Great Britain & N.I.
|
22.57 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Imke Vervaet | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium
|
22.74 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Audrey Leduc | Canada
|
22.82 | q |
| 5 | 4 | Abigeirufuka Ido |  Japan
|
22.98 | q |
| 6 | 7 | Lorène Bazolo | .svg.png){kind=small} Portugal
|
23.07 | |
| 7 | 3 | Ann Marii Kivikas |  Estonia
|
23.14 | |
| 8 | 2 | Anahí Suárez |  Ecuador
|
23.50 | |
| [4] | Wind: (±0.0 m/s) | ||||
Heat 6
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain & N.I.
|
22.40 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Torrie Lewis | Australia
|
22.56 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 5 | Jaël Bestué |  Spain
|
22.74 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Miriam Sánchez |  Mexico
|
23.01 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Maboundou Koné | Ivory Coast
|
23.11 | |
| 6 | 6 | Marije van Hunenstijn | Netherlands
|
23.13 | |
| 7 | 9 | Chen Yujie | China
|
23.26 | |
| 8 | 3 | Vittoria Fontana | Italy
|
23.31 | |
| [4] | Wind: (±0.0 m/s) | ||||
Semi-finals
The semi-finals took place on 17 September. The first two athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next three fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. As Anthonique Strachan and Mckenzie Long each finished with the same time to the thousandth of a second, both runners qualified for the final.
Heat 1
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Shericka Jackson | Jamaica
|
21.99 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 5 | Amy Hunt | Great Britain & N.I.
|
22.08 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 8 | Brittany Brown | United States
|
22.13 | q, =SB |
| 4 | 6 | Anthonique Strachan | Bahamas
|
22.48 [.478] | q, SB |
| 5 | 4 | Jessika Gbai | Ivory Coast
|
22.56 | SB |
| 6 | 9 | Jaël Bestué | Spain
|
22.80 | |
| 7 | 2 | Helene Parisot | France
|
22.87 | |
| 8 | 3 | Abigeirufuka Ido | Japan
|
23.15 | |
| [5] | Wind: (−0.1 m/s) | ||||
Heat 2
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | United States
|
22.00 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain & N.I.
|
22.21 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Ashanti Moore | Jamaica
|
22.51 | |
| 4 | 8 | Torrie Lewis | Australia
|
22.69 | |
| 5 | 5 | Sophia Junk | Germany
|
22.71 | |
| 6 | 9 | Imke Vervaet | Belgium
|
22.79 | |
| 7 | 3 | Julia Henriksson | Sweden
|
22.93 | |
| 8 | 2 | Olivia Fotopoulou | Cyprus
|
23.02 | |
| [5] | Wind: (+0.1 m/s) | ||||
Heat 3
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Anavia Battle | United States
|
22.09 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith | Ivory Coast
|
22.17 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 8 | Mckenzie Long | United States
|
22.48 [.478] | q |
| 4 | 9 | Daryll Neita | Great Britain & N.I.
|
22.77 | |
| 5 | 2 | Audrey Leduc | Canada
|
22.90 | |
| 6 | 4 | Thelma Davies | Liberia
|
23.00 | |
| 7 | 5 | Polyniki Emmanouilidou | Greece
|
23.04 | |
| 8 | 3 | Miriam Sánchez | Mexico
|
23.12 | |
| [5] | Wind: (−0.3 m/s) | ||||
Final
The final took place on 19 September.
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | United States
|
21.68 | WL |
|
5 | Amy Hunt | Great Britain & N.I.
|
22.14 | |
|
7 | Shericka Jackson | Jamaica
|
22.18 | |
| 4 | 8 | Anavia Battle | United States
|
22.22 | |
| 5 | 9 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain & N.I.
|
22.43 | |
| 6 | 3 | Brittany Brown | United States
|
22.54 | |
| 7 | 4 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith | Ivory Coast
|
22.62 | |
| 8 | 2 | Mckenzie Long | United States
|
22.78 | |
| — | 1 | Anthonique Strachan | Bahamas
|
DQ | TR16.8 |
| [6] | Wind: (−0.1 m/s) | ||||
References
- ^ a b "Timetable - Tokyo 25 - World Athletics Championship - W"omen 200 Metres". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ "200 Metres Women − Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f "Women's 200 metres - Heat results" (PDF). World Athletics. 17 September 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ a b c "Women's 200 metres - Semi-finals results" (PDF). World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ "Women's 200 metres - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 September 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
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