1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres
# 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6–7 March. It was the first time that this event was held at the European Athletics Indoor Championships.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Gesine Walther East Germany | Yelena Kelchevskaya Soviet Union | Heide-Elke Gaugel West Germany |

## Results

### Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Gesine Walther | East Germany | 23.36 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 2 | Yelena Kelchevskaya | Soviet Union | 23.44 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Nadezhda Georgieva | Bulgaria | 23.57 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Heide-Elke Gaugel | West Germany | 23.68 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Marie-Christine Cazier | France | 23.74 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Els Vader | Netherlands | 23.84 | q |
| 7 | 3 | Ruth Patten | Great Britain | 23.85 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Irén Orosz | Hungary | 23.92 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Claudia Steger | West Germany | 24.07 | |
| 10 | 3 | Liliane Meganck | Belgium | 24.65 | |

### Semifinals

First 2 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Gesine Walther | East Germany | 22.89 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 2 | Yelena Kelchevskaya | Soviet Union | 23.45 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Heide-Elke Gaugel | West Germany | 23.56 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Irén Orosz | Hungary | 23.61 | NR |
| 5 | 2 | Els Vader | Netherlands | 23.63 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Ruth Patten | Great Britain | 23.79 | |
| 7 | 1 | Marie-Christine Cazier | France | 23.82 | |
| 8 | 2 | Nadezhda Georgieva | Bulgaria | 23.85 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Gesine Walther | East Germany | 22.80 | CR |
| | Yelena Kelchevskaya | Soviet Union | 23.35 | NR |
| | Heide-Elke Gaugel | West Germany | 23.39 | |
| 4 | Els Vader | Netherlands | 23.89 | |
