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2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

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The women's 200 metres event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 29–31 August (final) at the Nagai Stadium.

Having run the fastest time in the world this year, Allyson Felix entered as the favorite to retain her World Championship title. Her rival Veronica Campbell-Brown was her only threat from retaining her title.

In the final both Felix and Campbell-Brown shot out of the blocks like rockets, matching each other stride for stride, it was a bloody battle for the gold medal position. Coming into the straight, at the midpoint of the race, Veronica seemed to have a slight advantage over Allyson. Then Felix produced a display of speed and strength endurance that was simply astonishing, pulling away from the reigning olympic champion to win by a five-metre margin. Veronica and Susanthika Jayasinghe took second and third place respectively.

At 21 years old Felix ran under 22 seconds for the first time, winning in 21.81 seconds (the only athlete to run under 22 seconds for this race) - this being the time of the Century at the time. Felix wrote herself into history and gave the world a glimpse of what was to come and would go on to be: one of the best track and field athletes in history - the most decorated track and field athlete ever.

As of 2024, Felix's winning margin of 0.53 seconds remains the only time the women's 200 metres has been won by more than half a second at these championships.

Medalists

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Gold Allyson Felix
 United States (USA)
Silver Veronica Campbell
 Jamaica (JAM)
Bronze Susanthika Jayasinghe
 Sri Lanka (SRI)

Records

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World Record 21.34 Florence Griffith-Joyner Seoul, South Korea September 29, 1988
Championship Record 21.74 Silke Gladisch Rome, Italy September 3, 1987

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the quarterfinals.

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
1 4 Allyson Felix  United States (USA) 22.50 Q
2 8 Susanthika Jayasinghe  Sri Lanka (SRI) 22.55 Q, SB
3 3 Sherry Fletcher  Grenada (GRN) 22.94 Q
4 7 Roxana Díaz  Cuba (CUB) 23.06 Q
5 5 Tahesia Harrigan  Cayman Islands (CAY) 23.46 q
6 6 Myriam Léonie Mani  Cameroon (CMR) 23.66
- 2 Fabienne Féraez  Benin (BEN) DNS

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
1 2 LaShauntea Moore  United States (USA) 22.93 Q
2 6 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie  Bahamas (BAH) 23.07 Q
3 5 Yelena Bolsun  Russia (RUS) 23.11 Q
4 4 Zudikey Rodríguez  Mexico (MEX) 23.96 Q
5 3 Kay Khine Lwin  Myanmar (MYA) 24.50 SB
6 8 Abdikarim Sheikh Fowzio  Somalia (SOM) 30.87 PB
- 7 Emily Freeman  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) DSQ
- 9 Rakia Al-Gassra  Bahrain (BHR) DNS

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
1 2 Tezzhan Naimova  Bulgaria (BUL) 22.84 Q
2 4 LaVerne Jones  U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV) 23.04 Q
3 7 Yuliya Chermoshanskaya  Russia (RUS) 23.21 Q
4 3 Iryna Shtanhyeyeva  Ukraine (UKR) 23.23 Q
5 5 Geraldine Pillay  South Africa (RSA) 23.39 q
6 6 Gretta Taslakian  Lebanon (LIB) 24.35
- 8 Monika Bejnar  Poland (POL) DNS

Heat 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
1 4 Sanya Richards  United States (USA) 22.74 Q
2 8 Cydonie Mothersill  British Virgin Islands (IVB) 22.86 Q
3 7 Aleen Bailey  Jamaica (JAM) 22.94 Q
4 2 Vida Anim  Ghana (GHA) 23.16 Q
5 3 Guzel Khubbieva  Uzbekistan (UZB) 23.25 q, SB
6 6 Louise Ayétotché  Ivory Coast (CIV) 23.34 q
7 8 Ewelina Klocek  Poland (POL) 23.38 q
8 9 Kirsten Nieuwendam  Suriname (SUR) 24.52 NR

Heat 5

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
1 3 Muriel Hurtis-Houairi  France (FRA) 22.83 Q
2 2 Kim Gevaert  Belgium (BEL) 22.91 Q
3 4 Virgil Hodge  Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 23.00 Q
4 7 Cathleen Tschirch  Germany (GER) 23.30 Q
5 5 Felipa Palacios  Colombia (COL) 23.32 q
6 8 Olena Chebanu  Ukraine (UKR) 23.40 q, SB
7 6 Kadiatou Camara  Mali (MLI) 23.48

Heat 6

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
1 5 Veronica Campbell  Jamaica (JAM) 22.87 Q
2 2 Torri Edwards  United States (USA) 22.90 Q
3 4 Joice Maduaka  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 23.22 Q
4 3 Affoué Amandine Allou  Ivory Coast (CIV) 23.24 Q, SB
5 7 Natalia Rusakova  Russia (RUS) 23.24 q
6 8 Ionela Târlea-Manolache  Romania (ROM) 23.48
7 6 Sakie Nobuoka  Japan (JPN) 23.74 SB

Quarterfinals

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First 4 of each Quarterfinal qualifies (Q).

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
1 6 Sanya Richards  United States (USA) 22.31 Q, SB
2 7 Susanthika Jayasinghe  Sri Lanka (SRI) 22.55 Q, SB
3 4 Virgil Hodge  Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 22.84 Q
4 5 LaVerne Jones  U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV) 23.03 Q
5 8 Yuliya Chermoshanskaya  Russia (RUS) 23.15
6 3 Olena Chebanu  Ukraine (UKR) 23.21 SB
7 9 Felipa Palacios  Colombia (COL) 23.24
8 2 Cathleen Tschirch  Germany (GER) 23.50

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
1 5 Allyson Felix  United States (USA) 22.61 Q
2 7 Yelena Bolsun  Russia (RUS) 22.80 Q
3 4 Cydonie Mothersill  Cayman Islands (CAY) 22.82 Q
4 6 Kim Gevaert  Belgium (BEL) 22.96 Q
5 3 Guzel Khubbieva  Uzbekistan (UZB) 23.28
6 2 Tahesia Harrigan  British Virgin Islands (IVB) 23.52
7 8 Joice Maduaka  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 23.62
8 9 Zudikey Rodríguez  Mexico (MEX) 24.31

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
1 5 Veronica Campbell  Jamaica (JAM) 22.55 Q
2 6 Torri Edwards  United States (USA) 22.62 Q
3 7 Tezzhan Naimova  Bulgaria (BUL) 22.87 Q
4 3 Sherry Fletcher  Grenada (GRN) 23.02 Q
5 8 Iryna Shtanhyeyeva  Ukraine (UKR) 23.17
6 9 Ewelina Klocek  Poland (POL) 23.26 PB
7 2 Vida Anim  Ghana (GHA) 23.47
8 3 Louise Ayétotché  Ivory Coast (CIV) 23.60

Heat 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
1 5 Aleen Bailey  Jamaica (JAM) 22.60 Q, SB
2 7 LaShauntea Moore  United States (USA) 22.71 Q
3 8 Roxana Díaz  Cuba (CUB) 22.79 Q
4 6 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie  Bahamas (BAH) 22.81 Q
5 4 Muriel Hurtis-Houairi  France (FRA) 22.86
6 3 Natalia Rusakova  Russia (RUS) 22.97
7 9 Affoué Amandine Allou  Ivory Coast (CIV) 23.46
8 2 Geraldine Pillay  South Africa (RSA) 23.55

Semifinals

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First 4 of each Semifinal qualifies (Q).

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
1 7 Allyson Felix  United States (USA) 22.21 Q
2 5 Veronica Campbell  Jamaica (JAM) 22.44 Q
3 4 Torri Edwards  United States (USA) 22.51, SB Q
4 9 Cydonie Mothersill  Cayman Islands (CAY) 22.78 Q
5 8 Sherry Fletcher  Grenada (GRN) 22.96
6 6 Yelena Bolsun  Russia (RUS) 23.01
7 3 Virgil Hodge  Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 23.06
- 2 Kim Gevaert  Belgium (BEL) DNS

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
1 6 Sanya Richards  United States (USA) 22.50 Q
2 7 Aleen Bailey  Jamaica (JAM) 22.65 Q
3 5 Susanthika Jayasinghe  Sri Lanka (SRI) 22.66 Q
4 4 LaShauntea Moore  United States (USA) 22.73 Q
5 3 Tezzhan Naimova  Bulgaria (BUL) 22.88
6 8 Roxana Diaz  Cuba (CUB) 22.98
7 9 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie  Bahamas (BAH) 23.27
8 2 LaVerne Jones  U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV) 23:34

Final

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31 August 2007

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Allyson Felix  United States (USA) 21.81 WL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Veronica Campbell  Jamaica (JAM) 22.34 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Susanthika Jayasinghe  Sri Lanka (SRI) 22.63
4 Torri Edwards  United States (USA) 22.65
5 Sanya Richards  United States (USA) 22.70
6 Aleen Bailey  Jamaica (JAM) 22.72
7 LaShauntea Moore  United States (USA) 22.97
8 Cydonie Mothersille  Cayman Islands (CAY) 23.08

References

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