2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

None thumb|110px|TCvs7uYhK6A Official video The women's 200 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 10, 11 and 12 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Olympic gold medalist Veronica Campbell, Christine Arron and Kim Gevaert were the early leaders out of the blocks. The powerful Campbell ran on the outside of her lane 7 and into the lane of Yulia Gushchina though she was so far ahead of Gushchina that she wasn't in danger of interfering. Arron held the lead as Gevaert faded from contention. Teenage sensation and Olympic silver medalist, Allyson Felix was more than a stride behind and slightly behind her was Rachelle Boone-Smith. While Campbell corrected her heading, Felix began to go by, gaining on Arron. Felix went by Arron and on to the win showing little strain. Arron and Campbell strained to get to the line against each other. Virtually unnoticed, Boone-Smith gained steadily and was able to nip both of them at the line with Arron holding on to beat Campbell for bronze. Medals Gold: Silver: Bronze:USA Allyson Felix (United States)USA Rachelle Boone-Smith (United States)FRA Christine Arron (France) Results All times shown are in seconds. Heats August 10, 2005 Heat 1 CAY Cydonie Mothersill 23.72 Q USA LaTasha Colander 23.89 Q ISV LaVerne Jones-Ferrette 24.12 Q AUS Lauren Hewitt 24.20 JAM Sheri-Ann Brooks 24.20 RUS Yelena Bolsun 24.30 AUT Karin Mayr-Krifka 24.61 Heat 2 RUS Yulia Gushchina 22.53 Q (PB) USA Allyson Felix 22.68 Q BEL Kim Gevaert 22.78 Q BLR Natallia Solohub 23.16 q UKR Maryna Maydanova 23.31 q CRC Tracy Joseph Hamblet 24.84 (PB) GEQ Gertrudis Luna 26.28 (NR) Heat 3 BEN Fabienne Féraez 23.72 Q RUS Irina Khabarova 23.78 Q USA Rachelle Boone-Smith 23.78 Q BAH Christine Amertil 23.88 GHA Vida Anim 24.16 PNG Mae Koime 25.31 SWZ Gcinile Moyane 27.79 (SB) Heat 4 FRA Christine Arron 22.89 Q JAM Veronica Campbell-Brown 23.28 Q BRA Lucimar Aparecida de Moura 23.36 Q RSA Geraldine Pillay 23.58 q SLO Alenka Bikar 23.77 q NGR Mercy Nku 23.99 Semifinals August 11, 2005 Heat 1 FRA Christine Arron 22.45 Q USA Rachelle Boone-Smith 22.69 Q USA LaTasha Colander 22.69 Q CAY Cydonie Mothersill 23.13 Q RUS Irina Khabarova 23.26 BRA Lucimar Aparecida de Moura 23.42 UKR Maryna Maydanova 23.78 RSA Geraldine Pillay 24.22 Heat 2 USA Allyson Felix 22.90 Q BEL Kim Gevaert 22.97 Q JAM Veronica Campbell-Brown 23.02 Q RUS Yulia Gushchina 23.10 Q BEN Fabienne Féraez 23.29 BLR Natallia Solohub 23.62 ISV LaVerne Jones-Ferrette 23.62 SLO Alenka Bikar 23.94 Final August 12, 2005 USA Allyson Felix 22.16 USA Rachelle Boone-Smith 22.31 FRA Christine Arron 22.31 (SB) JAM Veronica Campbell-Brown 22.38 USA LaTasha Colander 22.66 RUS Yulia Gushchina 22.75 BEL Kim Gevaert 22.86 CAY Cydonie Mothersill 23.00 External links Official results - IAAF.org 200 metres Category:200 metres at the World Athletics Championships