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 | |||||||||
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 3 ranked women in the world in 1971, were the 3 women on the podium in Munich. European Champion Renate Stecher (GDR), 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 | Ghana | 6 | 23.15 |
2 | Barbara Ferrell | United States | 5 | 23.38 |
3 | Rosie Allwood | Jamaica | 1 | 23.56 |
4 | Donna Murray | Great Britain | 3 | 23.76 |
5 | Juana Mosquera | Colombia | 2 | 24.20 |
6 | Carolina Rieuwpassa | Indonesia | 7 | 24.68 |
- | Irene Fitzner | Argentina | 4 | DNS |
Heat 2[edit]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Renate Stecher | East Germany | 2 | 22.96 |
2 | Raelene Boyle | Australia | 4 | 23.58 |
3 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | Soviet Union | 3 | 23.62 |
4 | Amelita Alanes | Philippines | 5 | 25.28 |
5 | Helen Olaye | Nigeria | 1 | 25.30 |
6 | Mabel Saeluzika | Malawi | 6 | 28.29 |
- | Carmen Valdes | Cuba | 7 | DNS |
Heat 3[edit]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Annegret Kroniger | West Germany | 4 | 23.37 |
2 | Wilma van Gool | Netherlands | 6 | 23.86 |
3 | Della Pascoe | Great Britain | 2 | 23.97 |
4 | Hannah Afriyie | Ghana | 3 | 24.38 |
5 | María Luisa Vilca | Peru | 1 | 24.46 |
6 | Josefa Vicent | Uruguay | 7 | 25.09 |
7 | Meas Kheng | Khmer Republic | 5 | 25.86 |
Heat 4[edit]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Ellen Strophal | East Germany | 1 | 23.54 |
2 | Pam Greene | United States | 7 | 23.96 |
3 | Una Morris | Jamaica | 6 | 23.99 |
4 | Pirjo Wilmi | Finland | 3 | 24.16 |
5 | Rose Musani | Uganda | 5 | 25.37 |
6 | Laura Pierre | Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 26.32 |
- | Eva Glesková | Czechoslovakia | 2 | DNS |
Heat 5[edit]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Irena Szewińska | Poland | 3 | 23.37 |
2 | Christiane Krause | West Germany | 7 | 23.51 |
3 | Jackie Thompson | United States | 6 | 23.67 |
4 | Karoline Käfer | Austria | 1 | 24.42 |
5 | Russel Carrero | Nicaragua | 5 | 28.02 |
- | Silvia Chivas | Cuba | 2 | DNS |
- | Claudette Powell | Bahamas | 4 | DNS |
Heat 6[edit]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Marina Sidorova | Soviet Union | 5 | 23.46 |
2 | Sylviane Telliez | France | 4 | 23.51 |
3 | Christina Heinich | East Germany | 6 | 23.90 |
4 | Margaret Critchley | Great Britain | 2 | 24.04 |
5 | Marcia Trotman | Barbados | 7 | 24.06 |
6 | Beatrice Lungu | Zambia | 1 | 25.11 |
7 | Fatima El-Faquir | Morocco | 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 | Poland | 7 | 22.79 |
2 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | Soviet Union | 3 | 23.20 |
3 | Christina Heinich | East Germany | 6 | 23.23 |
4 | Barbara Ferrell | United States | 1 | 23.30 |
5 | Una Morris | Jamaica | 5 | 23.62 |
6 | Marcia Trotman | Barbados | 2 | 24.00 |
7 | Amelita Alanes | Philippines | 4 | 24.98 |
- | Josefa Vicent | Uruguay | 8 | DNS |
Heat 2[edit]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Ellen Strophal | East Germany | 8 | 22.93 |
2 | Alice Anum | Ghana | 5 | 22.95 |
3 | Wilma van Gool | Netherlands | 2 | 23.22 |
4 | Christiane Krause | West Germany | 4 | 23.22 |
5 | Della Pascoe | Great Britain | 73 | 23.72 |
6 | Juana Mosquera | Colombia | 1 | 24.00 |
7 | María Luisa Vilca | Peru | 7 | 24.48 |
8 | Rose Musani | Uganda | 6 | 25.28 |
Heat 3[edit]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Renate Stecher | East Germany | 1 | 23.31 |
2 | Rosie Allwood | Jamaica | 7 | 23.33 |
3 | Sylviane Telliez | France | 8 | 23.69 |
4 | Donna Murray | Great Britain | 6 | 23.69 |
5 | Pam Greene | United States | 5 | 23.85 |
6 | Karoline Käfer | Austria | 4 | 23.92 |
7 | Hannah Afriyie | Ghana | 3 | 24.47 |
- | Russel Carrero | Nicaragua | 2 | DNS |
Heat 4[edit]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Raelene Boyle | Australia | 7 | 23.06 |
2 | Annegret Kroniger | West Germany | 3 | 23.14 |
3 | Jackie Thompson | United States | 4 | 23.22 |
4 | Marina Sidorova | Soviet Union | 8 | 23.33 |
5 | Pirjo Wilmi | Finland | 5 | 23.68 |
6 | Margaret Critchley | Great Britain | 2 | 24.05 |
7 | Carolina Rieuwpassa | Indonesia | 1 | 25.03 |
8 | Helen Olaye | Nigeria | 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 | East Germany | 7 | 22.90 |
2 | Raelene Boyle | Australia | 3 | 22.92 |
3 | Irena Szewińska | Poland | 6 | 22.92 |
4 | Rosie Allwood | Jamaica | 1 | 23.14 |
5 | Christiane Krause | West Germany | 2 | 23.17 |
6 | Jackie Thompson | United States | 4 | 23.18 |
7 | Marina Sidorova | Soviet Union | 8 | 23.40 |
- | Wilma van Gool | Netherlands | 5 | DNS |
Heat 2[edit]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time |
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1 | Renate Stecher | East Germany | 8 | 22.83 |
2 | Annegret Kroniger | West Germany | 5 | 23.05 |
3 | Christina Heinich | East Germany | 6 | 23.28 |
4 | Alice Anum | Ghana | 4 | 23.30 |
5 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | Soviet Union | 1 | 23.31 |
6 | Sylviane Telliez | France | 3 | 23.34 |
7 | Barbara Ferrell | United States | 2 | 23.39 |
8 | Donna Murray | Great Britain | 7 | 24.03 |
Final[edit]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Lane | Time | Notes |
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Renate Stecher | East Germany | 6 | 22.40 | WR | |
Raelene Boyle | Australia | 4 | 22.45 | ||
Irena Szewińska | Poland | 5 | 22.74 | ||
4 | Ellen Strophal | East Germany | 3 | 22.75 | |
5 | Christina Heinich | East Germany | 7 | 22.89 | |
Annegret Kroniger | West Germany | 1 | 22.89 | ||
7 | Alice Anum | Ghana | 8 | 22.99 | |
8 | Rosie Allwood | Jamaica | 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.