Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres
| Women's 200 metres at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
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| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground | ||||||||||||
| Date | November 29–30 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 27 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 23.4 | ||||||||||||
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Betty Cuthbert |
 Australia
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Christa Stubnick |
 United Team of Germany
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Marlene Mathews-Willard |
Australia
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The women's 200 metres competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia was held at the Olympic Stadium on November 29–30.
The women's 200m competition started with six heats, where the fastest two from each heat qualified to one of the two semifinals groups. The three fastest runners from each semifinals group advanced to the final.
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Heat 5
Heat 6
Group 1
Group 2
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