Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres
| Women's 200 metres at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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| Venue | Beijing National Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | August 19 August 20 August 21 (final) |
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| Competitors | 46 from 36 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 21.74 s | |||||||||
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Veronica Campbell-Brown Jamaica
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Allyson Felix United States
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Kerron Stewart Jamaica
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The women's 200 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 19–21 August (final) at the Beijing National Stadium.
Allyson Felix, the young American athlete and already a double World champion, entered the 200m race in Beijing as a favorite for the gold. Defending champion Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica also appeared to be in great form, setting a new personal best of 21.94 seconds at the Olympic trials.
In the final, Campbell-Brown had the quickest start and made up the stagger very quickly on Allyson Felix, who had been drawn in the lane outside of her. Running a stellar curve and accelerating out of the bend, the Jamaican athlete held her form to cross the line in 21.74 seconds, the fastest time of the decade and a new personal best.
Veronica Campbell-Brown, who suffered from injuries that led to disappointment in the 200m in the 2007 World Championships, returned to form to become only the second woman in history to win back-to-back Olympic 200m titles. Allyson Felix was once again relegated to the silver medal in a seasonal best of 21.93, the second-fastest time of her career. Jamaican Kerron Stewart won the bronze medal by just a hundredth of a second.
The qualifying standards were 23.00 s (A standard) and 23.20 s (B standard).
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Round 2.
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.
20 August 2008 - 21:55 Wind: 0.0 m/s
20 August 2008 - 22:04 Wind: -0.2 m/s
21 August 2008 - Wind: 0.6 m/s
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
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