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Women's 200 metres world record progression

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The first World Record in the 200 m for women (athletics) was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922. The FSFI was absorbed by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1936. However, the IAAF did not maintain a record category for 200 m (bend) as opposed to 200 m (straight) until after 1951. The IAAF eliminated the 200 m (straight) record after 1976. "y" denotes times set at 220 yards (201.17 m) which were ratified as world records.

To June 21, 2009, the IAAF (and the FSFI before it) have ratified 26 outdoor world records in the event.

Indoor

Indoor records are run on a shorter 200 metres track. "y" indicates marks were set over the 220 yards imperial distance, and an asterisk indicates a record was repeated. All records since Koch's 22.39 in 1983 were ratified by the IAAF.

Time	Athlete	Nationality	Location of race	Date
28.8y	Ellen Brough	cnuie	New York	December 9, 1925
28.6y	Ellen Brough	cnuie	Newark	March 10, 1927
26.1y	Stanislawa Walasiewicz	cnuie	New York	February 13, 1930
26.0	Stanislawa Walasiewicz	cnuie	New York	April 14, 1934
25.8y	Stanislawa Walasiewicz	cnuie	Cleveland	March 16, 1941
25.7	Stanislawa Walasiewicz	cnuie	Atlantic City	April 12, 1941
25.7y	Wilma Rudolph	cnuie	Chicago	April 16, 1960
25.0y	Wilma Rudolph	cnuie	Columbus	March 11, 1961
24.8y*	Marylin White	cnuie	Columbus	March 23, 1963
24.8y	Vivian Brown	cnuie	Columbus	March 23, 1963
24.7	Kirsten Roggenkamp	cnuie	Stuttgart	March 6, 1965
24.5y	Edith McGuire	cnuie	Albuquerque	March 5, 1966
24.4y	Edith McGuire	cnuie	Albuquerque	March 5, 1966
24.1y	Edith McGuire	cnuie	Albuquerque	March 5, 1966
24.1	Anneliese Wilden	cnuie	Berlin Est	February 21, 1971
23.6	Annegret Richter	cnuie	Dortmund	February 8, 1975
23.4	Rita Wilden	cnuie	Stuttgart	February 15, 1975
23.4y	Rosalyn Bryant	cnuie	New York	February 25, 1977
23.70	Rita Wilden	cnuie	Stuttgart	February 26, 1972
23.51	Rita Wilden	cnuie	Stuttgart	February 22, 1975
23.38	Marita Koch	cnuie	Berlin East	February 9, 1977
23.22	Annegret Richter	cnuie	Sindelfingen	February 26, 1977
23.19	Jarmila Kratochvilova	cnuie	Wien	February 4, 1979
23.15	Angela Taylor-Issajenko	cnuie	Downsview	February 24, 1980
22.76	Jarmila Kratochvilova	cnuie	Wien	January 28, 1981
22.64	Gesine Walther	cnuie	Budapest	February 20, 1982
22.64*	Marita Koch	cnuie	Budapest	February 26, 1983
22.39	Marita Koch	cnuie	Budapest	March 5, 1983
22.27	Heike Drechsler	cnuie	Indianapolis	March 7, 1987
22.24	Merlene Ottey	cnuie	Sindelfingen	March 3, 1991
22.24*	Merlene Ottey	cnuie	Sevilla	March 10, 1991
21.87	Merlene Ottey	cnuie	Liévin	February 13, 1993

Outdoor

Records 1922–36; 1951–76

Time	Wind	Auto	Athlete	Nationality	Venue	Date
27.8+			Alice Cast		Paris, France	August 20, 1922
26.8y			Mary Lines		Waddon, United Kingdom	September 23, 1922
26.2y			Eileen Edwards		London, United Kingdom	August 20, 1924
26.0			Eileen Edwards		Paris, France	October 3, 1926
25.4			Eileen Edwards		Berlin, Germany	June 12, 1927
24.6			Tollien Schuurman		Brussels, Belgium	August 13, 1933
23.6			Stanislawa Walasiewicz	Poland	Warsaw, Poland	August 4, 1935
23.6		23.73	Marjorie Jackson		Helsinki, Finland	July 25, 1952
23.4		23.59	Marjorie Jackson		Helsinki, Finland	July 25, 1952
23.2			Betty Cuthbert		Sydney, Australia	September 16, 1956
23.2y			Betty Cuthbert		Hobart, Tasmania	March 7, 1960
22.9	1.4		Wilma Rudolph		Corpus Christi, USA	July 9, 1960
22.9y	0.0		Margaret Burvill		Perth, Australia	February 22, 1964
22.7	0.8		Irena Szewińska	Poland	Warsaw, Poland	August 8, 1965
22.5A	2.0	22.58A	Irena Szewińska	Poland	Mexico City, Mexico	October 18, 1968
22.4	0.8	22.62	Chi Cheng		Munich, Germany	July 12, 1970
22.4	1.1	22.40	Renate Stecher		Munich, Germany	September 7, 1972
22.1	1.6	22.38	Renate Stecher		Dresden, Germany	July 21, 1973
22.1	1.9	22.21	Irena Szewińska	Poland	Potsdam, Germany	June 13, 1974

(+) denotes en route time set during longer race

The "Time" column indicates the ratified mark; the "Wind" column indicates the wind assistance in metres per second, 2.0 m/s the current maximum allowable, a negative indicates the mark was set running into a wind; the "Auto" column indicates a fully automatic time that was also recorded in the event when hand-timed marks were used for official records, or which was the basis for the official mark, rounded to the 10th or 100th of a second, depending on the rules then in place. A "y" indicates a distance measured in yards and ratified as a world record in this event.

Records from 1977

From 1975, the IAAF accepted separate automatically electronically timed records for events up to 400 metres. Starting January 1, 1977, the IAAF required fully automatic timing to the hundredth of a second for these events.

Irena Szewińska's 22.21 from 1974 was the fastest eligible 200 metre performance at that time.

Time	Wind	Athlete	Nationality	Venue	Date
22.21	1.9	Irena Szewińska	Poland	Potsdam, East Germany	June 13, 1974
22.06	1.2	Marita Koch		Erfurt, East Germany	May 28, 1978
22.02	−1.4	Marita Koch		Leipzig, East Germany	June 3, 1979
21.71	0.7	Marita Koch		Karl Marx Stadt, East Germany	June 10, 1979
21.71	0.3	Marita Koch		Potsdam, East Germany	July 21, 1984
21.71	1.9	Heike Drechsler		Jena, East Germany	June 29, 1986
21.71	−0.8	Heike Drechsler		Stuttgart, West Germany	August 29, 1986
21.56	1.7	Florence Griffith-Joyner		Seoul, South Korea	September 29, 1988
21.34	1.2	Florence Griffith-Joyner		Seoul, South Korea	September 29, 1988

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