Women's 200m. World Record Progression Electric timing (Official from 1 Jan 1975)
TIME ATHLETE COUNTRY DATE VENUE
21.34 Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) 29 Sep 88 Seoul
21.56 Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) 29 Sep 88 Seoul
21.71 Heike Drechsler (GDR) 28 Aug 86 Stuttgart
21.71 Heike Drechsler (GDR) 29 Jun 86 Jena
21.71 Marita Koch (GDR) 21 Jul 84 Potsdam
21.71 Marita Koch (GDR) 10 Jun 79 Karl-Marx Stad
22.02 Marita Koch (GDR) 03 Jun 79 Leipzig
22.06 Marita Koch (GDR) 28 May 78 Erfurt
22.21 Irena Szewinska (POL) 13 Jun 74 Potsdam
22.38 Renate Stecher (GDR) 21 Jul 73 Dresden
22.40 Renate Stecher (GDR) 07 Sep 72 Münich
22.58 Irena Szewinska (POL) 18 Oct 68 México City
22.86 Barbara Ferrell (USA) 17 Oct 68 México City
22.94 Barbara Ferrell (USA) 17 Oct 68 México City
23.05 Edith McGuire (USA) 19 Oct 64 Tokyo
23.30 Wilma Rudolph (USA) 03 Sep 60 Rome
23.55 Betty Cuthbert (AUS) 30 Nov 56 Melbourne
23.59 Marjorie Jackson (AUS) 25 Jul 52 Helsinki
23.74 Marjorie Jackson (AUS) 25 Jul 52 Helsinki
24.48 Nadezhda Khnykina (URS) 25 Jul 52 Helsinki
25.03 Sylvia Cheeseman (GBR) 25 Jul 52 Helsinki
IAAF era:
22.4 Renate Stecher (GDR) 01 Jul 73 Leipzig
22.4a(22.40) Renate Stecher (GDR) 07 Sep 72 Münich
22.4(22.62) Chi Cheng (TPE) 12 Jul 70 Münich
22.6y Chi Cheng (TPE) 07 Jul 70 Los Angeles
22.7y Chi Cheng (TPE) 13 Jun 70 Portland
22.5a(22.58) Irena Kirszenstein/Szewinska(POL) 18 Oct 68 México City
22.7 Irena Kirszenstein (POL) 01 Jul 67 Chorzów
22.7 Irena Kirszenstein (POL) 08 Aug 65 Warsaw
22.9y Margaret Burvill (AUS) 22 Feb 64 Perth
23.2y Margaret Burvill (AUS) 12 Jan 63 Perth
22.9 Wilma Rudolph (USA) 09 Jul 60 Corpus Christi
23.2y Berry Cuthbert (AUS) 07 Mar 60 Hobart
23.4y Marlene Willard (AUS) 22 Mar 60 Sydney
23.5y Berry Cuthbert (AUS) 08 Mar 58 Sydney
23.6y Berry Cuthbert (AUS) 18 Jan 58 Perth
23.2 Berry Cuthbert (AUS) 16 Sep 56 Sydney
23.6y Maria Itkina (URS) 22 Jul 56 Kiev
23.8y Christa Stubnick (GDR) 29 May 55 Erfurt
24.0y Marjorie Jackson/Nelson (AUS) 05 Aug 54 Vancouver
23.4(23.59) Marjorie Jackson (AUS) 25 Jul 52 Helsinki
23.6(23.74) Marjorie Jackson (AUS) 25 Jul 52 Helsinki
24.0 Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) 27 Aug 50 Brussels
24.2y Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) 29 Jun 50 Brescia
24.3y Marjorie Jackson (AUS) 09 Feb 50 Auckland
24.0y Stanislawa Walasiewicz* (POL) 18 Jun 39 Cleveland
24.1y Stanislawa Walasiewicz* (POL) 12 Jun 38 Cleveland
24.5y Decima Norman (AUS) 10 Feb 38 Sydney
24.9y Aileen Meagher (CAN) 10 Feb 38 Sydney
24.9y Decima Norman (AUS) 10 Feb 38 Sydney
24.1 Helen Stephens (USA) 19 Aug 36 Wuppertal
23.6 Stanislawa Walasiewicz* (POL) 15 Aug 35 Warsaw
24.3y Stanislawa Walasiewicz* (POL) 09 Jun 35 Cleveland
FSFI era:
23.6 Stanislawa Walasiewicz* (POL) 04 Aug 35 Warsaw
24.4 Helen Stephens (USA) 01 Jun 35 St. Louis
24.8y Barbara Burke (SAF) 22 Apr 35 Pretoria
24.5 Stanislawa Walasiewicz* (POL) 19 Aug 34 Posen
25.0y Eileen Hiscock (GBR) 07 Aug 34 London
24.5 Stanislawa Walasiewicz* (POL) 04 Aug 34 Warsaw
24.6 Käthe Krauss (GER) 28 Jul 34 Nüremberg
24.6 Käthe Krauss (GER) 01 Jul 34 Berlin
24.6 Tollien Schuurman (NED) 13 Aug 33 Brussels
25.1y Betty Robinson (USA) 20 Jun 31 Milwaukee
25.2y Nellie Halstead (GBR) 16 Aug 30 London
25.4y Stanislawa Walasiewicz* (POL) 04 Jul 30 Dallas
25.4y Ivy Walker (GBR) 16 Jun 30 London
25.8y Agnes Morris (CAN) 01 May 29 Hamilton
25.8y Marion King (GBR) 14 Jul 28 London
25.8y Kinue Hitomi (JPN) 14 Jul 28 London
25.8y Edna Potter (GBR) 23 Jun 28 London
25.8y Eileen Edwards (GBR) 09 Jul 27 Reading
25.4 Eileen Edwards (GBR) 12 Jun 27 Berlin
26.0 Eileen Edwards (GBR) 03 Oct 26 Paris
25.8y Eileen Edwards (GBR) 18 Sep 26 Romford
26.0y Rosa Grosse (CAN) 14 Sep 26 Toronto
26.1 Eileen Edwards (GBR) 31 Aug 26 Stockholm
26.1y Rosa Grosse (CAN) 01 Aug 25 Blandford
26.2y Eileen Edwards (GBR) 20 Aug 24 London
26.8y Gladys Elliott (GBR) 24 May 24 Nottingham
26.8y Mary Lines (GBR) 23 Sep 22 Waddon
27.0y Mary Lines (GBR) 20 Sep 22 London
27.8/28.0y Alice Cast (GBR) 20 Aug 22 Paris
28.6 Marie Mejzlíková (TCH) 21 May 22 Paris
This record was the last hand-timed one to be ratified by the IAAF.
22.1 (22.38) Renate Stecher (GDR) 21 Jul 73 Dresden
'y' denotes 220yards (=201.17m.)
*= Questionable gender status
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