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Athletics — 200 metres, Women

Times held 19
Total participants 664
Total countries 142

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1948 200 metres, Women Olympic 33 17
1952 200 metres, Women Olympic 38 21
1956 200 metres, Women Olympic 27 12
1960 200 metres, Women Olympic 29 17
1964 200 metres, Women Olympic 36 24
1968 200 metres, Women Olympic 36 21
1972 200 metres, Women Olympic 37 27
1976 200 metres, Women Olympic 36 21
1980 200 metres, Women Olympic 35 25
1984 200 metres, Women Olympic 37 28
1988 200 metres, Women Olympic 59 42
1992 200 metres, Women Olympic 51 40
1996 200 metres, Women Olympic 47 34
2000 200 metres, Women Olympic 51 35
2004 200 metres, Women Olympic 43 32
2008 200 metres, Women Olympic 46 36
2012 200 metres, Women Olympic 52 37
2016 200 metres, Women Olympic 72 49
2020 200 metres, Women Olympic 41 31

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1948 Fanny Blankers-KoenNED Audrey WilliamsonGBR Mickey PattersonUSA
1952 Marjorie JacksonAUS Puck BrouwerNED Nadezhda Khnik'inaURS
1956 Betty CuthbertAUS Christa StubnickGER Marlene MathewsAUS
1960 Wilma RudolphUSA Jutta HeineGER Dorothy HymanGBR
1964 Edith McGuireUSA Irena KirszensteinPOL Marilyn BlackAUS
1968 Irena SzewińskaPOL Raelene BoyleAUS Jennifer LamyAUS
1972 Renate StecherGDR Raelene BoyleAUS Irena SzewińskaPOL
1976 Bärbel EckertGDR Annegret RichterFRG Renate StecherGDR
1980 Bärbel WöckelGDR Nataliya BochinaURS Merlene OtteyJAM
1984 Valerie Brisco-HooksUSA Florence GriffithUSA Merlene Ottey-PageJAM
1988 Florence Griffith JoynerUSA Grace JacksonJAM Heike DrechslerGDR
1992 Gwen TorrenceUSA Juliet CuthbertJAM Merlene OtteyJAM
1996 Marie-José PérecFRA Merlene OtteyJAM Mary OnyaliNGR
2000 Pauline Davis-ThompsonBAH Susanthika JayasingheSRI Beverly McDonaldJAM
2004 Veronica CampbellJAM Allyson FelixUSA Debbie FergusonBAH
2008 Veronica Campbell-BrownJAM Allyson FelixUSA Kerron StewartJAM
2012 Allyson FelixUSA Shelly-Ann Fraser-PryceJAM Carmelita JeterUSA
2016 Elaine ThompsonJAM Dafne SchippersNED Tori BowieUSA
2020 Elaine Thompson-HerahJAM Christine MbomaNAM Gabby ThomasUSA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 6 3 4 13
Jamaica JAM 4 4 5 13
East Germany GDR 3 0 2 5
Australia AUS 2 2 3 7
Netherlands NED 1 2 0 3
Poland POL 1 1 1 3
The Bahamas BAH 1 0 1 2
France FRA 1 0 0 1
Germany GER 0 2 0 2
Great Britain GBR 0 1 1 2
Soviet Union URS 0 1 1 2
Namibia NAM 0 1 0 1
Sri Lanka SRI 0 1 0 1
West Germany FRG 0 1 0 1
Nigeria NGR 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Bärbel Eckert-Wöckel GDR 2 0 0 2
Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM 2 0 0 2
Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM 2 0 0 2
Allyson Felix USA 1 2 0 3
Irena Kirszenstein-Szewińska POL 1 1 1 3