Olympedia – 200 metres, Women
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| Date | 4 – 7 September 1972 |
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| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Olympiastadion, Olympiapark, München |
| Participants | 37 from 27 countries |
In 1970 Taiwan’s Cheng Chi set three world records over 200 metres/220 yards, but she was injured early in 1972 and she could not compete at the Olympics. Renate Stecher (GDR) had won the 1971 European Championships and was favored, having won over 40 consecutive races over 100 and 200 metres. Defending champion Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein was also back, having finished third to Stecher at the 1971 Europeans. Australia’s Raelene Boyle was also a challenger, having won the 1970 Commonwealth Games. In the final, Stecher took the early lead and was never caught, but Boyle stayed close throughout, losing by only 0.05, with Szewińska-Kirszenstein winning the bronze medal.
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | R1 | QF | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 147 | Renate Stecher |  GDR | 22.96 (1 h2) | 23.31 (1 h3) | 22.83 (1 h2) | 22.40 (1) | Gold | WR | |
| 2 | 2 | Raelene Boyle |  AUS | 23.58 (2 h2) | 23.06 (1 h4) | 22.92 (2 h1) | 22.45 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 285 | Irena Szewińska |  POL | 23.37 (1 h5) | 22.79 (1 h1) | 22.92 (3 h1) | 22.74 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 149 | Ellen Strophal | GDR | 23.54 (1 h4) | 22.93 (1 h2) | 22.90 (1 h1) | 22.75 (4) | |||
| =5 | 165 | Anne Kroniger |  FRG | 23.37 (1 h3) | 23.14 (2 h4) | 23.03 (2 h2) | 22.89 (=5) | |||
| =5 | 130 | Christina Heinich | GDR | 23.90 (3 h6) | 23.23 (3 h1) | 23.28 (3 h2) | 22.89 (=5) | |||
| 7 | 183 | Alice Annum |  GHA | 23.15 (1 h1) | 22.95 (2 h2) | 23.30 (4 h2) | 22.99 (7) | |||
| 8 | 220 | Rosie Allwood |  JAM | 23.56 (3 h1) | 23.33 (2 h3) | 23.14 (4 h1) | 23.11 (8) | |||
| 5 h1 r3/4 | 164 | Christiane Krause | FRG | 23.51 (2 h5) | 23.22 (4 h2) | 23.17 (5 h1) | – | |||
| 5 h2 r3/4 | 334 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya |  URS | 23.62 (3 h2) | 23.20 (2 h1) | 23.31 (5 h2) | – | |||
| 6 h1 r3/4 | 394 | Jackie Thompson |  USA | 23.67 (3 h5) | 23.22 (3 h4) | 23.18 (6 h1) | – | |||
| 6 h2 r3/4 | 93 | Sylviane Telliez |  FRA | 23.51 (2 h6) | 23.69 (3 h3) | 23.34 (6 h2) | – | |||
| 7 h1 r3/4 | 359 | Marina Sidorova | URS | 23.46 (1 h6) | 23.33 (4 h4) | 23.40 (7 h1) | – | |||
| 7 h2 r3/4 | 374 | Barbara Ferrell | USA | 23.38 (2 h1) | 23.30 (4 h1) | 23.39 (7 h2) | – | |||
| 8 h2 r3/4 | 107 | Donna Murray |  GBR | 23.76 (4 h1) | 23.69 (4 h3) | 24.03 (8 h2) | – | |||
| 3 h2 r2/4 | 191 | Wilma van Gool-van den Berg |  NED | 23.86 (2 h3) | 23.22 (3 h2) | – | – | |||
| 5 h1 r2/4 | 226 | Una Morris | JAM | 23.99 (3 h4) | 23.62 (5 h1) | – | – | |||
| 5 h2 r2/4 | 109 | Della Pascoe | GBR | 23.97 (3 h3) | 23.72 (5 h2) | – | – | |||
| 5 h3 r2/4 | 379 | Pam Greene | USA | 23.96 (2 h4) | 23.85 (5 h3) | – | – | |||
| 5 h4 r2/4 | 83 | Pirjo Wilmi |  FIN | 24.16 (4 h4) | 23.68 (5 h4) | – | – | |||
| 6 h1 r2/4 | 27 | Marcia Trotman |  BAR | 24.06 (5 h6) | 24.00 (6 h1) | – | – | |||
| 6 h2 r2/4 | 60 | Juana Mosquera |  COL | 24.20 (5 h1) | 24.00 (6 h2) | – | – | |||
| 6 h3 r2/4 | 17 | Karoline Käfer |  AUT | 24.42 (4 h5) | 23.92 (6 h3) | – | – | |||
| 6 h4 r2/4 | 99 | Margaret Critchley | GBR | 24.04 (4 h6) | 24.05 (6 h4) | – | – | |||
| 7 h1 r2/4 | 262 | Amelita Alanes |  PHI | 25.28 (4 h2) | 24.98 (7 h1) | – | – | |||
| 7 h2 r2/4 | 261 | María Luisa Vilca |  PER | 24.46 (5 h3) | 24.48 (7 h2) | – | – | |||
| 7 h3 r2/4 | 182 | Hannah Afriyie | GHA | 24.38 (4 h3) | 24.47 (7 h3) | – | – | |||
| 7 h4 r2/4 | 205 | Carolina Rieuwpassa |  INA | 24.68 (6 h1) | 25.03 (7 h4) | – | – | |||
| 8 h2 r2/4 | 333 | Rose Musani |  UGA | 25.37 (5 h4) | 25.28 (8 h2) | – | – | |||
| 8 h4 r2/4 | 252 | Helen Olaye |  NGR | 25.30 (5 h2) | 25.09 (8 h4) | – | – | |||
| 5 h2 r1/4 | 246 | Russel Carrero |  NCA | 28.02 (5 h5) | – (DNS h3) | – | – | |||
| 6 h2 r1/4 | 245 | Mabel Saeluzika |  MAW | 28.29 (6 h2) | – | – | – | |||
| 6 h3 r1/4 | 364 | Josefa Vicent |  URU | 25.09 (6 h3) | – (DNS h1) | – | – | |||
| 6 h4 r1/4 | 331 | Laura Pierre |  TTO | 26.32 (6 h4) | – | – | – | |||
| 6 h6 r1/4 | 407 | Beatrice Lungu |  ZAM | 25.11 (6 h6) | – | – | – | |||
| 7 h3 r1/4 | 237 | Meas Kheng |  CAM | 25.86 (7 h3) | – | – | – | |||
| 7 h6 r1/4 | 241 | Fatima El-Faquir |  MAR | 25.27 (7 h6) | – | – | – | |||
| DNS | 22 | Claudette Powell |  BAH | – (DNS h5) | – | – | – | |||
| DNS | 66 | Silvia Chivás |  CUB | – (DNS h5) | – | – | – | |||
| DNS | 73 | Carmen Valdés | CUB | – (DNS h2) | – | – | – | |||
| DNS | 324 | Eva Glesková |  TCH | – (DNS h4) | – | – | – |
Round One (4 September 1972 — 10:50)
Top five in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.
Heat One
| Wind | -0.4 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Alice Annum | GHA | 23.15 | Q | ||
| 2 | 5 | Barbara Ferrell | USA | 23.38 | Q | ||
| 3 | 1 | Rosie Allwood | JAM | 23.56 | Q | ||
| 4 | 3 | Donna Murray | GBR | 23.76 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | Juana Mosquera | COL | 24.20 | Q | ||
| 6 | 7 | Carolina Rieuwpassa | INA | 24.68 | q |
Heat Two
| Wind | -0.2 m/s |
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| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Renate Stecher | GDR | 22.96 | Q | ||
| 2 | 4 | Raelene Boyle | AUS | 23.58 | Q | ||
| 3 | 3 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | URS | 23.62 | Q | ||
| 4 | 5 | Amelita Alanes | PHI | 25.28 | Q | ||
| 5 | 1 | Helen Olaye | NGR | 25.30 | Q | ||
| 6 | 6 | Mabel Saeluzika | MAW | 28.29 | |||
| DNS | 7 | Carmen Valdés | CUB | – |
Heat Three
| Wind | -1.2 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Anne Kroniger | FRG | 23.37 | Q | ||
| 2 | 6 | Wilma van Gool-van den Berg | NED | 23.86 | Q | ||
| 3 | 2 | Della Pascoe | GBR | 23.97 | Q | ||
| 4 | 3 | Hannah Afriyie | GHA | 24.38 | Q | ||
| 5 | 1 | María Luisa Vilca | PER | 24.46 | Q | ||
| 6 | 7 | Josefa Vicent | URU | 25.09 | q | ||
| 7 | 5 | Meas Kheng | CAM | 25.86 |
Heat Four
| Wind | -0.7 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ellen Strophal | GDR | 23.54 | Q | ||
| 2 | 7 | Pam Greene | USA | 23.96 | Q | ||
| 3 | 6 | Una Morris | JAM | 23.99 | Q | ||
| 4 | 3 | Pirjo Wilmi | FIN | 24.16 | Q | ||
| 5 | 5 | Rose Musani | UGA | 25.37 | Q | ||
| 6 | 4 | Laura Pierre | TTO | 26.32 | |||
| DNS | 324 | Eva Glesková | TCH | – |
Heat Five
| Wind | 0.2 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Irena Szewińska | POL | 23.37 | Q | ||
| 2 | 7 | Christiane Krause | FRG | 23.51 | Q | ||
| 3 | 6 | Jackie Thompson | USA | 23.67 | Q | ||
| 4 | 1 | Karoline Käfer | AUT | 24.42 | Q | ||
| 5 | 5 | Russel Carrero | NCA | 28.02 | Q | ||
| DNS | 2 | Claudette Powell | BAH | – | |||
| DNS | 4 | Silvia Chivás | CUB | – |
Heat Six
| Wind | 0.0 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Marina Sidorova | URS | 23.46 | Q | ||
| 2 | 4 | Sylviane Telliez | FRA | 23.51 | Q | ||
| 3 | 6 | Christina Heinich | GDR | 23.90 | Q | ||
| 4 | 2 | Margaret Critchley | GBR | 24.04 | Q | ||
| 5 | 7 | Marcia Trotman | BAR | 24.06 | Q | ||
| 6 | 1 | Beatrice Lungu | ZAM | 25.11 | |||
| 7 | 3 | Fatima El-Faquir | MAR | 25.27 |
Quarter-Finals (4 September 1972 — 16:20)
Top four in each heat advanced to the final.
Heat One
| Wind | 0.1 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Irena Szewińska | POL | 22.79 | Q | ||
| 2 | 3 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | URS | 23.20 | Q | ||
| 3 | 6 | Christina Heinich | GDR | 23.23 | Q | ||
| 4 | 1 | Barbara Ferrell | USA | 23.30 | Q | ||
| 5 | 5 | Una Morris | JAM | 23.62 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Marcia Trotman | BAR | 24.00 | |||
| 7 | 4 | Amelita Alanes | PHI | 24.98 | |||
| DNS | 8 | Josefa Vicent | URU | – |
Heat Two
| Wind | 1.6 m/s |
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| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Ellen Strophal | GDR | 22.93 | Q | ||
| 2 | 5 | Alice Annum | GHA | 22.95 | Q | ||
| 3 | 2 | Wilma van Gool-van den Berg | NED | 23.22 | Q | ||
| 4 | 4 | Christiane Krause | FRG | 23.22 | Q | ||
| 5 | 3 | Della Pascoe | GBR | 23.72 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Juana Mosquera | COL | 24.00 | |||
| 7 | 7 | María Luisa Vilca | PER | 24.48 | |||
| 8 | 6 | Rose Musani | UGA | 25.28 |
Heat Three
| Wind | 0.0 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Renate Stecher | GDR | 23.31 | Q | ||
| 2 | 7 | Rosie Allwood | JAM | 23.33 | Q | ||
| 3 | 8 | Sylviane Telliez | FRA | 23.69 | Q | ||
| 4 | 6 | Donna Murray | GBR | 23.69 | Q | ||
| 5 | 5 | Pam Greene | USA | 23.85 | |||
| 6 | 4 | Karoline Käfer | AUT | 23.92 | |||
| 7 | 3 | Hannah Afriyie | GHA | 24.47 | |||
| DNS | 2 | Russel Carrero | NCA | – |
Heat Four
| Wind | 0.3 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Raelene Boyle | AUS | 23.06 | Q | ||
| 2 | 3 | Anne Kroniger | FRG | 23.14 | Q | ||
| 3 | 4 | Jackie Thompson | USA | 23.22 | Q | ||
| 4 | 8 | Marina Sidorova | URS | 23.33 | Q | ||
| 5 | 5 | Pirjo Wilmi | FIN | 23.68 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Margaret Critchley | GBR | 24.05 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Carolina Rieuwpassa | INA | 25.03 | |||
| 8 | 6 | Helen Olaye | NGR | 25.09 |
Semi-Finals (7 September 1972 — 15:15)
Top four in each heat advanced to the final.
Heat One
| Wind | 0.7 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Ellen Strophal | GDR | 22.90 | Q | ||
| 2 | 3 | Raelene Boyle | AUS | 22.92 | Q | ||
| 3 | 6 | Irena Szewińska | POL | 22.92 | Q | ||
| 4 | 1 | Rosie Allwood | JAM | 23.14 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | Christiane Krause | FRG | 23.17 | |||
| 6 | 4 | Jackie Thompson | USA | 23.18 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Marina Sidorova | URS | 23.40 |
Heat Two
| Wind | 0.0 m/s |
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| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Renate Stecher | GDR | 22.83 | Q | ||
| 2 | 5 | Anne Kroniger | FRG | 23.03 | Q | ||
| 3 | 6 | Christina Heinich | GDR | 23.28 | Q | ||
| 4 | 4 | Alice Annum | GHA | 23.30 | Q | ||
| 5 | 1 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | URS | 23.31 | |||
| 6 | 3 | Sylviane Telliez | FRA | 23.34 | |||
| 7 | 2 | Barbara Ferrell | USA | 23.39 | |||
| 8 | 7 | Donna Murray | GBR | 24.03 |
Final (7 September 1972 — 17:45)
| Wind | 1.1 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Renate Stecher | GDR | 22.40 | WR | ||
| 2 | 4 | Raelene Boyle | AUS | 22.45 | |||
| 3 | 5 | Irena Szewińska | POL | 22.74 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Ellen Strophal | GDR | 22.75 | |||
| =5 | 7 | Christina Heinich | GDR | 22.89 | |||
| =5 | 1 | Anne Kroniger | FRG | 22.89 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Alice Annum | GHA | 22.99 | |||
| 8 | 2 | Rosie Allwood | JAM | 23.11 |