1983 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 200 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 200 metres
200 metres
A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships
1983 World Championships in Athletics
The inaugural World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between August 7 and August 14, 1983....

in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 44 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats and the final held on Sunday 1983-08-14.

Medalists

Gold	Marita Koch Marita Koch Marita Koch , is a former sprint track and field athlete... East Germany (GDR)
Silver	Merlene Ottey Merlene Ottey Merlene Joyce Ottey , is a Jamaican-born Slovenian track athlete. Ottey began her career representing Jamaica, but since 2002, has represented Slovenia, where she now resides... Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic... (JAM)
Bronze	Kathy Smallwood-Cook Great Britain United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... (GBR)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record		21.71	Chemnitz Chemnitz Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle... , East Germany	June 10, 1979
Championship Record	New event

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		22.13
		22.19
		22.37
4.		22.46
5.		22.63
6.		22.68
7.		22.93
8.		23.03

Semifinals

Held on Saturday 1983-08-13

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1. 22.41
2. 22.57
3. 22.62
4. 22.76
5. 22.86
6. 23.26
7. 23.36
8. 23.38

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		22.41
2.		22.57
3.		22.62
4.		22.76
5.		22.86
6.		23.26
7.		23.36
8.		23.38

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		22.67
2.		22.68
3.		22.82
4.		23.02
5.		23.24
6.		23.26
7.		23.34
8.		23.37

Quarterfinals

Held on Friday 1983-08-12

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1. 23.06
2. 23.22
3. 23.28
4. 23.48
5. 23.61
6. 23.68
7. 24.16
DNS

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		23.06
2.		23.22
3.		23.28
4.		23.48
5.		23.61
6.		23.68
7.		24.16
		DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		22.78
2.		22.93
3.		23.11
4.		23.14
5.		23.30
6.		23.75
7.		24.59
8.		24.74

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		22.38
2.		22.55
3.		23.25
4.		23.58
5.		23.58
6.		23.64
7.		24.72
		DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		23.03
2.		23.29
3.		23.38
4.		23.43
5.		23.56
6.		23.60
7.		24.09
		DNS

Qualifying heats

Held on Friday 1983-08-12

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1. 23.34
2. 23.59
3. 23.60
4. 24.45
5. 26.98
6. 27.90
7. 29.38

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		23.34
2.		23.59
3.		23.60
4.		24.45
5.		26.98
6.		27.90
7.		29.38

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		23.05
2.		23.55
3.		23.93
4.		24.11
5.		27.86
6.		28.50
		DQ

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		23.20
2.		23.37
3.		23.53
4.		23.82
5.		24.12
6.		24.84
7.		26.13
8.		26.29

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		23.09
2.		23.21
3.		23.31
4.		23.56
5.		23.63
6.		24.63
7.		25.52
8.		30.43

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		23.23
2.		23.65
3.		23.82
4.		23.84
5.		23.99
6.		25.59
7.		30.25