The Women's 200 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6–8 August.[1] The winning margin was 0.21 seconds.
In the final Felix took lead through the turn and extended it to the finish. Campbell-Brown was second coming into the straight but was overtaken by Fraser-Pryce and Jeter who took the silver and bronze respectively.
Competition format
The Women's 200m competition consisted of heats (Round 1), semifinals and a Final.[2] The fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the semifinals along with the fastest overall competitors not already qualified that were required to fill the available spaces in the semifinals. A total of eight competitors qualified for the Final from the semifinals.[2]
Records
Prior to the competition[update], the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.