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The first world record in the 200 m for women (athletics) was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922. The FSFI was absorbed by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1936. However, the IAAF did not maintain a record category for 200 m (bend) as opposed to 200 m (straight) until after 1951. The IAAF eliminated the 200 m (straight) record after 1976. "y" denotes times set at 220 yards (201.17 m) which were ratified as world records.

To June 21, 2009, the IAAF (and the FSFI before it) have ratified 26 outdoor world records in the event.[1]

Indoor

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Indoor records are run on a shorter 200 metres track. "y" indicates marks were set over the 220 yards (201.17 m) imperial distance, and an asterisk indicates a record was repeated. All records since Koch's 22.39 in 1983 were ratified by the IAAF.[2]

TimeAthleteNationalityLocation of raceDate
Manual timing
28.8yEllen Brough United StatesNew York9 December 1925
28.6yEllen Brough United StatesNewark10 March 1927
26.1yStanislawa Walasiewicz PolandNew York13 February 1930
26.0Stanislawa Walasiewicz PolandNew York14 April 1934
25.8yStanislawa Walasiewicz United StatesCleveland16 March 1941
25.7Stanislawa Walasiewicz United StatesAtlantic City12 April 1941
25.7yWilma Rudolph United StatesChicago16 April 1960
25.0yWilma Rudolph United StatesColumbus11 March 1961
24.8y*Marylin White United StatesColumbus23 March 1963
24.8yVivian Brown United StatesColumbus23 March 1963
24.7Kirsten Roggenkamp West GermanyStuttgart6 March 1965
24.5yEdith McGuire United StatesAlbuquerque5 March 1966
24.4yEdith McGuire United StatesAlbuquerque5 March 1966
24.1yEdith McGuire United StatesAlbuquerque5 March 1966
24.1Anneliese Wilden West GermanyBerlin Est21 February 1971
23.6Annegret Richter West GermanyDortmund8 February 1975
23.4Rita Wilden West GermanyStuttgart15 February 1975
23.4yRosalyn Bryant United StatesNew York25 February 1977
Automatic timing
23.70Rita Wilden West GermanyStuttgart26 February 1972
23.51Rita Wilden West GermanyStuttgart22 February 1975
23.38Marita Koch East GermanyBerlin East9 February 1977
23.22Annegret Richter West GermanySindelfingen26 February 1977
23.19Jarmila Kratochvilova CzechoslovakiaWien4 February 1979
23.15Angela Taylor-Issajenko CanadaDownsview24 February 1980
22.76Jarmila Kratochvilova CzechoslovakiaWien28 January 1981
22.64Gesine Walther East GermanyBudapest20 February 1982
22.64*Marita Koch East GermanyBudapest26 February 1983
22.39Marita Koch East GermanyBudapest5 March 1983
22.27Heike Drechsler East GermanyIndianapolis7 March 1987
22.24Merlene Ottey JamaicaSindelfingen3 March 1991
22.24*Merlene Ottey JamaicaSevilla10 March 1991
21.87Merlene Ottey JamaicaLiévin13 February 1993

Outdoor

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Records 1922–36; 1951–76

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Time Wind Auto Athlete Nationality Venue Date
27.8+ Alice Cast  United Kingdom Paris, France 20 August 1922[1]
26.8y Mary Lines  United Kingdom Waddon, United Kingdom 23 September 1922[1]
26.2y Eileen Edwards  United Kingdom London, United Kingdom 20 August 1924[1]
26.0 Eileen Edwards  United Kingdom Paris, France 3 October 1926[1]
25.4 Eileen Edwards  United Kingdom Berlin, Germany 12 June 1927[1]
24.6 Tollien Schuurman  Netherlands Brussels, Belgium 13 August 1933[1]
23.6 Stanislawa Walasiewicz[3] Poland Warsaw, Poland 4 August 1935[1]
23.6 23.73 Marjorie Jackson  Australia Helsinki, Finland 25 July 1952[1]
23.4 23.59 Marjorie Jackson  Australia Helsinki, Finland 25 July 1952[1]
23.2 Betty Cuthbert  Australia Sydney, Australia 16 September 1956[1]
23.2y Betty Cuthbert  Australia Hobart, Tasmania 7 March 1960[1]
22.9 +1.4 Wilma Rudolph  United States Corpus Christi, United States 9 July 1960[1]
22.9y ±0.0 Margaret Burvill  Australia Perth, Australia 22 February 1964[1]
22.7 +0.8 Irena Szewińska Poland Warsaw, Poland 8 August 1965[1]
22.5 A +2.0 22.58 A Irena Szewińska Poland Mexico City, Mexico 18 October 1968[1]
22.4 +0.8 22.62 Chi Cheng  Taiwan Munich, Germany 12 July 1970[1]
22.4 +1.1 22.40 Renate Stecher  East Germany Munich, Germany 7 September 1972[1]
22.1 +1.6 22.38 Renate Stecher  East Germany Dresden, Germany 21 July 1973[1]
22.1 +1.9 22.21 Irena Szewińska Poland Potsdam, Germany 13 June 1974[1]

(+) denotes en route time set during longer race

The "Time" column indicates the ratified mark; the "Wind" column indicates the wind assistance in metres per second, 2.0 m/s the current maximum allowable, a negative indicates the mark was set running into a wind; the "Auto" column indicates a fully automatic time that was also recorded in the event when hand-timed marks were used for official records, or which was the basis for the official mark, rounded to the 10th or 100th of a second, depending on the rules then in place. A "y" indicates a distance measured in yards and ratified as a world record in this event.

Records from 1977

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From 1975, the IAAF accepted separate automatically electronically timed records for events up to 400 metres. Starting January 1, 1977, the IAAF required fully automatic timing to the hundredth of a second for these events.[1]

Irena Szewińska's 22.21 from 1974 was the fastest eligible 200 metre performance at that time.

Time Wind Athlete Nationality Venue Date
22.21 +1.9 Irena Szewińska Poland Potsdam, East Germany 13 June 1974[1]
22.06 +1.2 Marita Koch  East Germany Erfurt, East Germany 28 May 1978[1]
22.02 −1.4 Marita Koch  East Germany Leipzig, East Germany 3 June 1979[1]
21.71 +0.7 Marita Koch  East Germany Karl Marx Stadt, East Germany 10 June 1979[1]
21.71 +0.3 Marita Koch  East Germany Potsdam, East Germany 21 July 1984[1]
21.71 +1.9 Heike Drechsler  East Germany Jena, East Germany 29 June 1986[1]
21.71 −0.8 Heike Drechsler  East Germany Stuttgart, West Germany 29 August 1986[1]
21.56 +1.7 Florence Griffith Joyner  United States Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988[1]
21.34 +1.2 Florence Griffith Joyner  United States Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988[1]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 640, 641. Archived from the original (pdf) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Main > Records Progression - World Indoor Records Women, 200 m". trackfield.brinkster.net.
  3. ↑ Intersex
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