Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres
Women's 200 metres at the Games of the XX Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | September 4 & 7 | |||||||||
Competitors | 37 from 27 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 22.40 WR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
The women's 200 metres sprint event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 4 & 7.[1] The favorite would have been Republic of China's Chi Cheng, who set world records in the 200 meters and 220 yards distances in 1970. She suffered a career ending injury at the end of 1970. An attempted surgery in 1971 failed. The top three ranked women in the world in 1971, were the three women on the podium in Munich -- European Champion Renate Stecher (GDR) who won by 0.05 seconds, Commonwealth Champion Raelene Boyle (AUS), and the defending Champion Irena Szewinska of Poland.
Heats
[edit]Top five in each heat (blue) and the next two fastest (pink) advanced to quarterfinal round.
Heat 1
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Alice Anum | ![]() | 6 | 23.15 |
2 | Barbara Ferrell | ![]() | 5 | 23.38 |
3 | Rosie Allwood | ![]() | 1 | 23.56 |
4 | Donna Murray | ![]() | 3 | 23.76 |
5 | Juana Mosquera | ![]() | 2 | 24.20 |
6 | Carolina Rieuwpassa | ![]() | 7 | 24.68 |
- | Irene Fitzner | ![]() | 4 | DNS |
Heat 2
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Renate Stecher | ![]() | 2 | 22.96 |
2 | Raelene Boyle | ![]() | 4 | 23.58 |
3 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | ![]() | 3 | 23.62 |
4 | Amelita Alanes | ![]() | 5 | 25.28 |
5 | Helen Olaye | ![]() | 1 | 25.30 |
6 | Mabel Saeluzika | ![]() | 6 | 28.29 |
- | Carmen Valdes | ![]() | 7 | DNS |
Heat 3
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Annegret Kroniger | ![]() | 4 | 23.37 |
2 | Wilma van Gool | ![]() | 6 | 23.86 |
3 | Della Pascoe | ![]() | 2 | 23.97 |
4 | Hannah Afriyie | ![]() | 3 | 24.38 |
5 | María Luisa Vilca | ![]() | 1 | 24.46 |
6 | Josefa Vicent | ![]() | 7 | 25.09 |
7 | Meas Kheng | ![]() | 5 | 25.86 |
Heat 4
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Ellen Strophal | ![]() | 1 | 23.54 |
2 | Pam Greene | ![]() | 7 | 23.96 |
3 | Una Morris | ![]() | 6 | 23.99 |
4 | Pirjo Wilmi | ![]() | 3 | 24.16 |
5 | Rose Musani | ![]() | 5 | 25.37 |
6 | Laura Pierre | ![]() | 4 | 26.32 |
- | Eva Glesková | ![]() | 2 | DNS |
Heat 5
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Irena Szewińska | ![]() | 3 | 23.37 |
2 | Christiane Krause | ![]() | 7 | 23.51 |
3 | Jackie Thompson | ![]() | 6 | 23.67 |
4 | Karoline Käfer | ![]() | 1 | 24.42 |
5 | Russel Carrero | ![]() | 5 | 28.02 |
- | Silvia Chivas | ![]() | 2 | DNS |
- | Claudette Powell | ![]() | 4 | DNS |
Heat 6
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Marina Sidorova | ![]() | 5 | 23.46 |
2 | Sylviane Telliez | ![]() | 4 | 23.51 |
3 | Christina Heinich | ![]() | 6 | 23.90 |
4 | Margaret Critchley | ![]() | 2 | 24.04 |
5 | Marcia Trotman | ![]() | 7 | 24.06 |
6 | Beatrice Lungu | ![]() | 1 | 25.11 |
7 | Fatima El-Faquir | ![]() | 3 | 25.27 |
Quarterfinals
[edit]Top four in each heat advanced to semifinal round (blue).
Heat 1
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Irena Szewińska | ![]() | 7 | 22.79 |
2 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | ![]() | 3 | 23.20 |
3 | Christina Heinich | ![]() | 6 | 23.23 |
4 | Barbara Ferrell | ![]() | 1 | 23.30 |
5 | Una Morris | ![]() | 5 | 23.62 |
6 | Marcia Trotman | ![]() | 2 | 24.00 |
7 | Amelita Alanes | ![]() | 4 | 24.98 |
- | Josefa Vicent | ![]() | 8 | DNS |
Heat 2
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Ellen Strophal | ![]() | 8 | 22.93 |
2 | Alice Anum | ![]() | 5 | 22.95 |
3 | Wilma van Gool | ![]() | 2 | 23.22 |
4 | Christiane Krause | ![]() | 4 | 23.22 |
5 | Della Pascoe | ![]() | 73 | 23.72 |
6 | Juana Mosquera | ![]() | 1 | 24.00 |
7 | María Luisa Vilca | ![]() | 7 | 24.48 |
8 | Rose Musani | ![]() | 6 | 25.28 |
Heat 3
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Renate Stecher | ![]() | 1 | 23.31 |
2 | Rosie Allwood | ![]() | 7 | 23.33 |
3 | Sylviane Telliez | ![]() | 8 | 23.69 |
4 | Donna Murray | ![]() | 6 | 23.69 |
5 | Pam Greene | ![]() | 5 | 23.85 |
6 | Karoline Käfer | ![]() | 4 | 23.92 |
7 | Hannah Afriyie | ![]() | 3 | 24.47 |
- | Russel Carrero | ![]() | 2 | DNS |
Heat 4
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Raelene Boyle | ![]() | 7 | 23.06 |
2 | Annegret Kroniger | ![]() | 3 | 23.14 |
3 | Jackie Thompson | ![]() | 4 | 23.22 |
4 | Marina Sidorova | ![]() | 8 | 23.33 |
5 | Pirjo Wilmi | ![]() | 5 | 23.68 |
6 | Margaret Critchley | ![]() | 2 | 24.05 |
7 | Carolina Rieuwpassa | ![]() | 1 | 25.03 |
8 | Helen Olaye | ![]() | 6 | 25.09 |
Semifinals
[edit]Top four in each heat advanced to the final round (blue).
Heat 1
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Ellen Strophal | ![]() | 7 | 22.90 |
2 | Raelene Boyle | ![]() | 3 | 22.92 |
3 | Irena Szewińska | ![]() | 6 | 22.92 |
4 | Rosie Allwood | ![]() | 1 | 23.14 |
5 | Christiane Krause | ![]() | 2 | 23.17 |
6 | Jackie Thompson | ![]() | 4 | 23.18 |
7 | Marina Sidorova | ![]() | 8 | 23.40 |
- | Wilma van Gool | ![]() | 5 | DNS |
Heat 2
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Renate Stecher | ![]() | 8 | 22.83 |
2 | Annegret Kroniger | ![]() | 5 | 23.05 |
3 | Christina Heinich | ![]() | 6 | 23.28 |
4 | Alice Anum | ![]() | 4 | 23.30 |
5 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | ![]() | 1 | 23.31 |
6 | Sylviane Telliez | ![]() | 3 | 23.34 |
7 | Barbara Ferrell | ![]() | 2 | 23.39 |
8 | Donna Murray | ![]() | 7 | 24.03 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Renate Stecher | ![]() | 6 | 22.40 | WR |
![]() | Raelene Boyle | ![]() | 4 | 22.45 | |
![]() | Irena Szewińska | ![]() | 5 | 22.74 | |
4 | Ellen Strophal | ![]() | 3 | 22.75 | |
5 | Christina Heinich | ![]() | 7 | 22.89 | |
Annegret Kroniger | ![]() | 1 | 22.89 | ||
7 | Alice Anum | ![]() | 8 | 22.99 | |
8 | Rosie Allwood | ![]() | 2 | 23.11 |
Key: WR = world record; DNS = did not start; T = Tie
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2017.