In the World Athletics Championships 2025, the women’s 200m event opened a new chapter. While it has been one of the key events in the Championship since its inaugural edition in 1983, the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, experienced a new story.
World Athletics Championships 2025: Women’s 200m – Event Schedule
17th September – Heats
18th September – Semi-finals
19th September – Final
The women’s 200m event in the World Athletics Championships 2025 had three rounds. Starting with the Heats on 17th September, the Semi-finals and Final were held on 18th and 19th September, respectively.
World Athletics Championships 2025: Women’s 200m – Results
Heats
The first three athletes in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) qualified for the Semi-finals.
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete (Nation) | Time | Notes |
1 | Anavia Battle (United States) | 22.07 | Q |
2 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith (Ivory Coast) | 22.39 | Q |
3 | Polyniki Emmanouilidou (Greece) | 22.92 | Q, Season Best |
4 | Shanti Pereira (Singapore) | 23.13 | |
5 | Boglárka Takács (Hungary) | 23.18 | |
6 | Jacqueline Madogo (Canada) | 23.23 | |
7 | Gabrielle Matthews (Jamaica) | 23.40 | |
8 | Fatouma Conde (Guinea) | 23.42 | National Record |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete (Nation) | Time | Notes |
1 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (United States) | 22.24 | Q |
2 | Thelma Davies (Liberia) | 22.76 | Q |
3 | Jessika Gbai (Ivory Coast) | 22.81 | Q |
4 | Helene Parisot (France) | 22.90 | q |
5 | Olivia Fotopoulou (Cyprus) | 22.98 | q |
6 | Mia Gross (Australia) | 23.24 | |
7 | Jessica-Bianca Wessolly (Germany) | 23.33 | |
8 | Maria Carmona (Nicaragua) | 24.14 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete (Nation) | Time | Notes |
1 | Mckenzie Long (United States) | 22.51 | Q |
2 | Ashanti Moore (Jamaica) | 22.57 | Q |
3 | Sophia Junk (Germany) | 22.81 | Q |
4 | Julia Henriksson (Sweden) | 22.86 | q |
5 | Beyonce Defreitas (British Virgin Islands) | 23.30 | |
6 | Kristie Edwards (Australia) | 23.39 | |
7 | Alinny Delgadillo Silva (Bolivia) | 25.13 | |
Liranyi Alonso (Dominican Republic) | Did Not Start |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete (Nation) | Time | Notes |
1 | Brittany Brown (United States) | 22.50 | Q |
2 | Anthonique Strachan (Bahamas) | 22.57 | Q, Season Best |
3 | Daryll Neita (Great Britain & N.I.) | 22.59 | Q |
4 | Léonie Pointet (Switzerland) | 23.04 | |
5 | Dalia Kaddari (Italy) | 23.11 | |
6 | Leah Bertrand (Trinidad and Tobago) | 23.33 | |
7 | Nora Lindahl (Sweden) | 23.35 | |
8 | Li Yuting (China) | 23.64 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete (Nation) | Time | Notes |
1 | Shericka Jackson (Jamaica) | 22.33 | Q |
2 | Amy Hunt (Great Britain & N.I.) | 22.57 | Q |
3 | Imke Vervaet (Belgium) | 22.74 | Q |
4 | Audrey Leduc (Canada) | 22.82 | q |
5 | Abigeirufuka Ido (Japan) | 22.98 | q |
6 | Lorène Bazolo (Portugal) | 23.07 | |
7 | Ann Marii Kivikas (Estonia) | 23.14 | |
8 | Anahí Suárez (Ecuador) | 23.50 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete (Nation) | Time | Notes |
1 | Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain & N.I.) | 22.40 | Q |
2 | Torrie Lewis (Australia) | 22.56 | Q, Personal Best |
3 | Jaël Bestué (Spain) | 22.74 | Q |
4 | Miriam Sánchez (Mexico) | 23.01 | q |
5 | Maboundou Koné (Ivory Coast) | 23.11 | |
6 | Marije van Hunenstijn (Netherlands) | 23.13 | |
7 | Chen Yujie (China) | 23.26 | |
8 | Vittoria Fontana (Italy) | 23.31 |
Semi-finals
The first two athletes in each heat (Q) and the next three fastest (q) qualified for the Final. As Anthonique Strachan and Mckenzie Long each finished with the same time to the thousandth of a second, both runners qualified for the Final.
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete (Nation) | Time | Notes |
1 | Shericka Jackson (Jamaica) | 21.99 | Q, Season Best |
2 | Amy Hunt (Great Britain & N.I.) | 22.08 | Q, Personal Best |
3 | Brittany Brown (United States) | 22.13 | q, =Season Best |
4 | Anthonique Strachan (Bahamas) | 22.48 [.478] | q, Season Best |
5 | Jessika Gbai (Ivory Coast) | 22.56 | Season Best |
6 | Jaël Bestué (Spain) | 22.80 | |
7 | Helene Parisot (France) | 22.87 | |
8 | Abigeirufuka Ido (Japan) | 23.15 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete (Nation) | Time | Notes |
1 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (United States) | 22.00 | Q |
2 | Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain & N.I.) | 22.21 | Q |
3 | Ashanti Moore (Jamaica) | 22.51 | |
4 | Torrie Lewis (Australia) | 22.69 | |
5 | Sophia Junk (Germany) | 22.71 | |
6 | Imke Vervaet (Belgium) | 22.79 | |
7 | Julia HeNational Recordiksson (Sweden) | 22.93 | |
8 | Olivia Fotopoulou (Cyprus) | 23.02 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete (Nation) | Time | Notes |
1 | Anavia Battle (United States) | 22.09 | Q |
2 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith (Ivory Coast) | 22.17 | Q, Season Best |
3 | Mckenzie Long (United States) | 22.48 [.478] | q |
4 | Daryll Neita (Great Britain & N.I.) | 22.77 | |
5 | Audrey Leduc (Canada) | 22.90 | |
6 | Thelma Davies (Liberia) | 23.00 | |
7 | Polyniki Emmanouilidou (Greece) | 23.04 | |
8 | Miriam Sánchez (Mexico) | 23.12 |
Final
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden from the United States, who just won the women’s 100m gold medal in this Championship, secured her first gold medal in the women’s 200m event in the World Athletics Championships 2025. She achieved it with a world-leading performance.
Great Britain secured its first medal after the 2019 gold medal, as Amy Hunt secured the silver medal.
Two-time defending champion Shericka Jackson from Jamaica earned the bronze medal in this event.
Rank | Athlete (Nation) | Time | Notes |
1 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (United States) | 21.68 | World Leading |
2 | Amy Hunt (Great Britain & N.I.) | 22.14 | |
3 | Shericka Jackson (Jamaica) | 22.18 | |
4 | Anavia Battle (United States) | 22.22 | |
5 | Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain & N.I.) | 22.43 | |
6 | Brittany Brown (United States) | 22.54 | |
7 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith (Ivory Coast) | 22.62 | |
8 | Mckenzie Long (United States) | 22.78 | |
— | Anthonique Strachan (Bahamas) | Disqualified |
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