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Women's 200 metres at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	3 August 1992 (heats and quarter-finals) 5 August 1992 (semi-finals) 6 August 1992 (final)
Competitors	51 from 40 nations
Winning time	21.81
Medalists
Gwen Torrence  United States Juliet Cuthbert  Jamaica Merlene Ottey  Jamaica
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Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races
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These are the official results of the women's 200 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 52 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats. The winning margin was 0.21 seconds.

Medalists

Gold	Gwen Torrence  United States
Silver	Juliet Cuthbert  Jamaica
Bronze	Merlene Ottey  Jamaica

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record	21.34	Florence Griffith-Joyner	Seoul (KOR)	September 29, 1988
Olympic Record	21.34	Florence Griffith-Joyner	Seoul (KOR)	September 29, 1988

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Gwen Torrence (USA)	21.81
	Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)	22.02
	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	22.09
4.	Irina Privalova (EUN)	22.19
5.	Carlette Guidry (USA)	22.30
6.	Grace Jackson (JAM)	22.58
7.	Michelle Finn (USA)	22.61
8.	Galina Malchugina (EUN)	22.63

Semifinals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	22.12
2.	Carlette Guidry (USA)	22.31
3.	Galina Malchugina (EUN)	22.44
4.	Grace Jackson (JAM)	22.58
5.	Silke Knoll (GER)	22.60
6.	Pauline Davis (BAH)	22.61
7.	Elinda Vorster (RSA)	23.08
8.	Sisko Hanhijoki (FIN)	23.26

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Gwen Torrence (USA)	21.72
2.	Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)	21.75
3.	Irina Privalova (EUN)	22.08
4.	Michelle Finn (USA)	22.39
5.	Mary Onyali (NGR)	22.60
6.	Jennifer Stoute (GBR)	23.01
7.	Melinda Gainsford (AUS)	23.03
—	Anelia Nuneva (BUL)	DNS

Quarterfinals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)	22.01
2.	Michelle Finn (USA)	22.42
3.	Pauline Davis (BAH)	22.44
4.	Silke Knoll (GER)	22.46
5.	Marina Trandenkova (EUN)	22.50
6.	Wang Huei-Chen (TPE)	22.93
7.	Simmone Jacobs (GBR)	23.61
8.	Valérie Jean-Charles (FRA)	23.64

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Gwen Torrence (USA)	22.21
2.	Grace Jackson (JAM)	22.59
3.	Elinda Vorster (RSA)	22.99
4.	Sisko Hanhijoki (FIN)	23.09
5.	Lucrécia Jardim (POR)	23.09
6.	Lalao Robine Ravaonirina (MAD)	23.63
7.	Damayanthi Dharsha (SRI)	23.89
8.	Georgette N'Koma (CMR)	24.06

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Galina Malchugina (EUN)	22.22
2.	Carlette Guidry (USA)	22.26
3.	Anelia Nuneva (BUL)	22.62
4.	Jennifer Stoute (GBR)	22.73
5.	Sabine Günther (GER)	23.10
6.	Iolanda Oanță (ROM)	23.75
7.	Karen Clarke (CAN)	23.80
8.	Heather Samuel (ANT)	24.12

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	21.94
2.	Irina Privalova (EUN)	22.45
3.	Mary Onyali (NGR)	22.60
4.	Melinda Gainsford (AUS)	23.03
5.	Andrea Thomas (GER)	23.19
6.	Karin de Lange (NED)	23.41
7.	Sabine Tröger (AUT)	23.41
8.	Ruth Morris (ISV)	24.26

Heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Mary Onyali (NGR)	23.06
2.	Irina Privalova (EUN)	23.22
3.	Lucrécia Jardim (POR)	23.26
4.	Damayanthi Dharsha (SRI)	23.82
5.	Melissa Moore (AUS)	23.86
6.	Olga Mutanda (CIV)	24.19
7.	Vaciseva Tavaga (FIJ)	25.07

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	22.95
2.	Jennifer Stoute (GBR)	23.15
3.	Sisko Hanhijoki (FIN)	23.27
4.	Wang Huei-Chen (TPE)	23.37
5.	Andrea Thomas (GER)	23.52
6.	Trương Hoàng Mỹ Linh (VIE)	24.45
7.	Zoila Stewart (CRC)	24.64

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)	22.99
2.	Elinda Vorster (RSA)	23.14
3.	Pauline Davis (BAH)	23.47
4.	Heather Samuel (ANT)	24.09
5.	Maguy Nestoret (FRA)	24.15
6.	Ngozi Mwanamwambwa (ZAM)	24.59
7.	Nednapa Chommuak (THA)	24.76
8.	Deirdre Caruana (MLT)	25.28

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Silke Knoll (GER)	22.83
2.	Michelle Finn (USA)	23.00
3.	Karin de Lange (NED)	23.53
4.	Simmone Jacobs (GBR)	23.90
5.	Ágnes Kozáry (HUN)	24.50
6.	Prisca Philip (BAR)	24.56
—	Oumou Sow (GUI)	DNF

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Galina Malchugina (EUN)	23.08
2.	Sabine Günther (GER)	23.41
3.	Sabine Tröger (AUT)	23.72
4.	Ruth Morris (ISV)	24.17
5.	Dawnette Douglas (BER)	25.03
6.	Manda Kanouté (MLI)	26.03
—	Chen Zhaojing (CHN)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Carlette Guidry (USA)	22.99
2.	Melinda Gainsford (AUS)	23.18
3.	Anelia Nuneva (BUL)	23.32
4.	Karen Clarke (CAN)	23.57
5.	Valérie Jean-Charles (FRA)	23.69
6.	Gaily Dube (ZIM)	24.15
7.	Melrose Mansaray (SLE)	24.67
—	Jacqueline Solíz (BOL)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.	Gwen Torrence (USA)	22.66
2.	Grace Jackson (JAM)	22.72
3.	Marina Trandenkova (EUN)	22.79
4.	Lalao Robine Ravaonirina (MAD)	23.58
5.	Iolanta Oanță (ROM)	23.83
6.	Georgette N'Koma (CMR)	23.85
7.	Ruth Mangue (GEQ)	27.65

See also

• 1988 Women's Olympic 200 metres (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships 200 metres (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships 200 metres (Tokyo)
• 1993 Women's World Championships 200 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Women's European Championships 200 metres (Helsinki)

References

1. "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Games: Women's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

External links

• Official Report
• Results

• Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• 200 metres at the Olympics
• 1992 in women's athletics
• Women's events at the 1992 Summer Olympics