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| 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) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 46 from 36 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 21.74 s | |||||||||
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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.[1] The winning margin was 0.19 seconds. The winner had the second fastest reaction time in the final.
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).[2]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record |  Florence Griffith-Joyner (United States) |
21.34 s | Seoul, South Korea | 29 September 1988 |
| Olympic record |  Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) |
21.34 s | Seoul, South Korea | 29 September 1988 |
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Results
Round 1
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Round 2.
Round 2
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.
Semifinals
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.[4]
Semifinal 1
20 August 2008 - 21:55 Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes | React |
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| 1 | 5 | Veronica Campbell-Brown |  Jamaica |
22.19 | Q | 0.187 |
| 2 | 7 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica |
22.29 | Q | 0.217 |
| 3 | 4 | Muna Lee | United States |
22.29 | Q, PB | 0.186 |
| 4 | 9 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie |  Bahamas |
22.51 | Q | 0.165 |
| 5 | 6 | Yuliya Chermoshanskaya |  Russia |
22.57 | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_–_Women's_200_metres
