2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

None 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 - making it the time of the Century at the time. Felix is the most decorated track and field athlete in history. 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 GoldAllyson Felix USASilverVeronica Campbell JAMBronzeSusanthika Jayasinghe SRI Records 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 Heats Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the quarterfinals. Heat 1 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes 1 4Allyson Felix USA 22.50 Q 2 8Susanthika Jayasinghe SRI 22.55 Q, SB 3 3Sherry Fletcher GRN 22.94 Q 4 7Roxana Díaz CUB 23.06 Q 5 5Tahesia Harrigan CAY 23.46 q 6 6Myriam Léonie Mani CMR 23.66 - 2Fabienne Féraez BEN DNS Heat 2 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes 1 2LaShauntea Moore USA 22.93 Q 2 6Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie BAH 23.07 Q 3 5Yelena Bolsun RUS 23.11 Q 4 4Zudikey Rodríguez MEX 23.96 Q 5 3Kay Khine Lwin MYA 24.50 SB 6 8Abdikarim Sheikh Fowzio SOM 30.87 PB - 7Emily Freeman GBR DSQ - 9Rakia Al-Gassra BHR DNS Heat 3 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes 1 2Tezzhan Naimova BUL 22.84 Q 2 4LaVerne Jones ISV 23.04 Q 3 7Yuliya Chermoshanskaya RUS 23.21 Q 4 3Iryna Shtanhyeyeva UKR 23.23 Q 5 5Geraldine Pillay RSA 23.39 q 6 6Gretta Taslakian LIB 24.35 - 8Monika Bejnar POL DNS Heat 4 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes 1 4Sanya Richards USA 22.74 Q 2 8Cydonie Mothersill IVB 22.86 Q 3 7Aleen Bailey JAM 22.94 Q 4 2Vida Anim GHA 23.16 Q 5 3Guzel Khubbieva UZB 23.25 q, SB 6 6Louise Ayétotché CIV 23.34 q 7 8Ewelina Klocek POL 23.38 q 8 9Kirsten Nieuwendam SUR 24.52 NR Heat 5 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes 1 3Muriel Hurtis-Houairi FRA 22.83 Q 2 2Kim Gevaert BEL 22.91 Q 3 4Virgil Hodge SKN 23.00 Q 4 7Cathleen Tschirch GER 23.30 Q 5 5Felipa Palacios COL 23.32 q 6 8Olena Chebanu UKR 23.40 q, SB 7 6Kadiatou Camara MLI 23.48 Heat 6 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes 1 5Veronica Campbell JAM 22.87 Q 2 2Torri Edwards USA 22.90 Q 3 4Joice Maduaka GBR 23.22 Q 4 3Affoué Amandine Allou CIV 23.24 Q, SB 5 7Natalia Rusakova RUS 23.24 q 6 8Ionela Târlea-Manolache ROM 23.48 7 6Sakie Nobuoka JPN 23.74 SB Quarterfinals First 4 of each Quarterfinal qualifies (Q). Heat 1 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes 1 6Sanya Richards USA 22.31 Q, SB 2 7Susanthika Jayasinghe SRI 22.55 Q, SB 3 4Virgil Hodge SKN 22.84 Q 4 5 LaVerne Jones ISV 23.03 Q 5 8Yuliya Chermoshanskaya RUS 23.15 6 3Olena Chebanu UKR 23.21 SB 7 9Felipa Palacios COL 23.24 8 2Cathleen Tschirch GER 23.50 Heat 2 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes 1 5Allyson Felix USA 22.61 Q 2 7Yelena Bolsun RUS 22.80 Q 3 4Cydonie Mothersill CAY 22.82 Q 4 6 Kim Gevaert BEL 22.96 Q 5 3Guzel Khubbieva UZB 23.28 6 2Tahesia Harrigan IVB 23.52 7 8Joice Maduaka GBR 23.62 8 9Zudikey Rodríguez MEX 24.31 Heat 3 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes 1 5Veronica Campbell JAM 22.55 Q 2 6Torri Edwards USA 22.62 Q 3 7Tezzhan Naimova BUL 22.87 Q 4 3 Sherry Fletcher GRN 23.02 Q 5 8Iryna Shtanhyeyeva UKR 23.17 6 9Ewelina Klocek POL 23.26 PB 7 2Vida Anim GHA 23.47 8 3Louise Ayétotché CIV 23.60 Heat 4 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes 1 5Aleen Bailey JAM 22.60 Q, SB 2 7LaShauntea Moore USA 22.71 Q 3 8Roxana Díaz CUB 22.79 Q 4 6 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie BAH 22.81 Q 5 4Muriel Hurtis-Houairi FRA 22.86 6 3Natalia Rusakova RUS 22.97 7 9Affoué Amandine Allou CIV 23.46 8 2Geraldine Pillay RSA 23.55 Semifinals First 4 of each Semifinal qualifies (Q). Heat 1 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes 1 7Allyson Felix USA 22.21 Q 2 5Veronica Campbell JAM 22.44 Q 3 4Torri Edwards USA 22.51, SB Q 4 9 Cydonie Mothersill CAY 22.78 Q 5 8Sherry Fletcher GRN 22.96 6 6Yelena Bolsun RUS 23.01 7 3Virgil Hodge SKN 23.06 - 2Kim Gevaert BEL DNS Heat 2 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes 1 6Sanya Richards USA 22.50 Q 2 7Aleen Bailey JAM 22.65 Q 3 5Susanthika Jayasinghe SRI 22.66 Q 4 4 LaShauntea Moore USA 22.73 Q 5 3Tezzhan Naimova BUL 22.88 6 8Roxana Diaz CUB 22.98 7 9Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie BAH 23.27 8 2LaVerne Jones ISV 23:34 Final 31 August 2007 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Allyson Felix USA 21.81 WL Veronica Campbell JAM 22.34 SB Susanthika Jayasinghe SRI 22.63 4Torri Edwards USA 22.65 5Sanya Richards USA 22.70 6Aleen Bailey JAM 22.72 7 LaShauntea Moore USA 22.97 8Cydonie Mothersille CAY 23.08 References Official results Category:Women's events at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics Category:200 metres at the World Athletics Championships