1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres

1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
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The women's 200 metres event at the 1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 2 and 3 March.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Marita Koch  East Germany	Kirsten Emmelmann  East Germany	Els Vader  Netherlands

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Marita Koch	East Germany	23.61	Q
2	2	Joan Baptiste	Great Britain	23.88	Q
3	1	Kirsten Emmelmann	East Germany	23.95	Q
4	3	Els Vader	Netherlands	23.99	Q
5	1	Sølvi Olsen	Norway	24.38	Q
6	1	Ann-Louise Skoglund	Sweden	24.48	q
7	3	Daniela Ferrian	Italy	24.51	Q
8	3	Maria Fernström	Sweden	24.62	q
9	2	Mercedes Cano	Spain	24.89	q
10	1	Cristina Pérez	Spain	24.95	q
11	2	Susanna Bergman	Sweden	25.08
12	3	Josiane Reinesch	Luxembourg	25.17
	1	Saša Kranjc	Yugoslavia	DNF

First 2 from each semifinal (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Marita Koch	East Germany	23.09	Q
2	1	Kirsten Emmelmann	East Germany	23.38	Q
3	1	Joan Baptiste	Great Britain	23.48	Q
4	2	Els Vader	Netherlands	23.73	Q
5	1	Ann-Louise Skoglund	Sweden	24.09	q
6	1	Daniela Ferrian	Italy	24.15
7	2	Mercedes Cano	Spain	24.31
8	2	Sølvi Olsen	Norway	24.34
9	2	Maria Fernström	Sweden	24.41
10	1	Cristina Pérez	Spain	24.52

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Marita Koch	East Germany	22.82
	4	Kirsten Emmelmann	East Germany	23.06
	1	Els Vader	Netherlands	23.64
4	2	Joan Baptiste	Great Britain	23.67
5	5	Ann-Louise Skoglund	Sweden	24.00