2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
Introduction The '''women's 200 metres''' at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 19, 20 and 21 August.Olympic silver medalist and defending World champion Allyson Felix (USA) established herself as the pre-race favorite, having run under 22 seconds earlier in the season. Double Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) suffered a toe injury and entered Berlin below her peak form.In the final, Campbell-Brown and Allyson Felix both went out of the blocks quickly and entered the home straight even with one another. Felix, however, was able to hold her form as Campbell-Brown faltered, crossing the line in 22.02 seconds to win her third World 200m title. Campbell-Brown earned another silver medal in the 200m, and Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH) won the bronze medal.
Medalists '''Gold''''''Silver''''''Bronze'''Allyson Felix''''Veronica Campbell-Brown''''Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie''''
Records '''World Record''''''21.34'''Seoul, South Korea29 September 1988'''Championship Record''''''21.74'''Rome, Italy3 September 1987'''World Leading''''''21.88'''Stockholm, Sweden31 July 2009'''African Record''''''22.07'''Zürich, Switzerland14 August 1996'''Asian Record''''''22.01'''Shanghai, China22 October 1997'''North American record''''''21.34'''Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988'''South American record''''''22.60'''Bogotá, Colombia26 June 1999'''European Record''''''21.71'''Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany10 June 1979'''Oceanian Record''''''22.23'''Stuttgart, Germany13 July 1997
Qualification standards A timeB time 23.00 23.30
Schedule  Date Time RoundAugust 19, 2009  '''19:45'''   '''Heats'''August 20, 2009  '''19:50'''   '''Semifinals'''August 21, 2009  '''21:00'''  '''Final'''
Results ===Heats===Qualification: First 3 in each heat ('''Q''') and the next 6 fastest ('''q''') advance to the semifinals.Rank  Heat   Name  Nationality  Time  Notes    4  Marshevet Hooker    22.51  Q, SB   5  Cydonie Mothersille    22.69   Q    4  Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie    22.71    Q     2  Muna Lee    22.76  Q, SB     1  Simone Facey    22.83    Q   4  Eleni Artymata    22.83   Q, '''NR'''    3  Allyson Felix    22.88  Q    5  Anneisha McLaughlin    22.91   Q, PB     3  Monique Williams    22.96  Q, '''NR''' 10   5  LaVerne Jones-Ferrette    22.97 Q 11   2  Kelly-Ann Baptiste    23.00  Q 12   6  Veronica Campbell-Brown    23.01  Q  13   4  Yelena Bolsun    23.06  q  14   2  Yuliya Gushchina    23.07   Q 15    1  ChaRonda Williams    23.08   Q 16   6  Emily Freeman    23.10 Q 17   6  Olivia Borlée    23.25   Q 18   3  Tameka Williams    23.27  Q, SB 19  3  Olga Zaytseva    23.28  q 20    1  Johanna Danois    23.29  Q 21   5  Vida Anim    23.33  q 22   2  Virgil Hodge    23.34   q 22   3  Roqaya Al-Gassra    23.34  q, SB 24   6  Sheniqua Ferguson    23.35   q, SB 25   3  Adrienne Power    23.38    26    1  Chisato Fukushima    23.40     27    1  Darlenis Obregón    23.42    27    1  Andreea Ograzeanu    23.42  29  2  Carol Rodríguez    23.54   30   4  Alena Kievich    23.59  31   4  Ivet Lalova    23.60  SB 32   3  Momoko Takahashi    23.61  32   5  Isabel Le Roux    23.61  34   6  Guzel Khubbieva    23.61   SB 35  4  Meritzer Williams    23.72   36  2  Sabina Veit    23.77  37   6  Jade Bailey    23.84  38   5  Makelesi Batimala    24.13   SB 39   5  Oludamola Osayomi    24.24  40   2  Sunayna Wahi    24.74  PB  41    1  Nomvula Dlamini    25.70  PB   42   2  Saria Traboulsi    26.90  43   3  Selloane Tsoaeli    28.34       1  Munira Saleh      DNF     6  Elizaveta Bryzhina     DNS'''Key''':  PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best===Semifinals===Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal ('''Q''') and the next 2 fastest ('''q''') advance to the final.Rank  Heat   Name  Nationality  Time  Notes    1  Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie    22.24    Q     1  Veronica Campbell-Brown    22.29  Q, SB    3  Muna Lee    22.30  Q, SB    2  Allyson Felix    22.44  Q    2  Anneisha McLaughlin    22.55   Q, PB      3  Simone Facey    22.58    Q, SB    1  Emily Freeman    22.64 q, PB   1  Eleni Artymata    22.64   q, '''NR''' 9  2  LaVerne Jones-Ferrette    22.74  10  2  Cydonie Mothersille    22.80  11  2  ChaRonda Williams    22.81  12  3  Monique Williams    22.90   '''NR''' 13   3  Kelly-Ann Baptiste    22.96   14    1  Johanna Danois    23.03  PB 15  2  Olga Zaytseva    23.19  16  3  Virgil Hodge    23.19   SB 17   3  Yuliya Gushchina    23.24  18  1  Roqaya Al-Gassra    23.26  SB 19   1  Yelena Bolsun    23.27    20   3  Vida Anim    23.36  21   2  Sheniqua Ferguson    23.40  22   3  Olivia Borlée    23.42  23  2  Tameka Williams    23.47      1  Marshevet Hooker       DNF===Final===Rank    Name  Nationality  Time  Notes   Allyson Felix    22.02        Veronica Campbell-Brown    22.35    Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie    22.41   4  Muna Lee    22.48   5  Anneisha McLaughlin    22.62   6  Simone Facey    22.80    7  Emily Freeman    22.98  8  Eleni Artymata    23.05
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