Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres
# Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres

The Women's 200 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme was held at Stadium Australia on Wednesday 27 September, and Thursday 28 September 2000.

The top four runners in each of the initial seven heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next four fastest runners from across the heats also qualified for the second round, and the top four runners in each of the four second round heats automatically qualified for the semi-final.

The top four runners in each semi-final automatically qualified for the final. There were a total number of 54 participating athletes.

U.S. sprinter Marion Jones was stripped of her gold medal following her 2007 admission of taking performance-enhancing steroids. Medals were reallocated accordingly.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

| World Record | 21.34 s | Florence Griffith-Joyner | United States | Seoul, South Korea | 29 September 1988 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic Record | 21.34 s | Florence Griffith-Joyner | United States | Seoul, South Korea | 29 September 1988 |

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

## Medals

| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| - | - | - |
| Pauline Davis-Thompson, Bahamas | Susanthika Jayasinghe, Sri Lanka | Beverly McDonald, Jamaica |

## Results

All times shown are in seconds.

* Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
* q denotes qualification by overall place.
* DNS denotes did not start.
* DNF denotes did not finish.
* DQ denotes disqualification.
* NR denotes national record.
* OR denotes Olympic record.
* WR denotes world record.
* PB denotes personal best.
* SB denotes season best.

## Qualifying heats

### Round 1

Heat 1 of 7 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 :

| Place | Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heat | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 6 | Marion Jones | United States | 5 | 0.225 | 22.75 | Q | |
| 2 | 7 | Cydonie Mothersill | Cayman Islands | 4 | 0.246 | 22.78 | Q | |
| 3 | 12 | Felipa Palacios | Colombia | 6 | 0.215 | 23.08 | Q | SB |
| 4 | 17 | Oksana Ekk | Russia | 3 | 0.159 | 23.17 | Q | |
| 5 | 21T | Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju | Nigeria | 2 | 0.222 | 23.21 | q | |
| 6 | 23 | Alenka Bikar | Slovenia | 8 | 0.191 | 23.26 | q | |
| 7 | 35 | Monica Afia Twum | Ghana | 7 | 0.164 | 23.51 | | |

Heat 2 of 7 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 :

| Place | Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heat | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 4 | Leonie Mani | Cameroon | 5 | 0.150 | 22.68 | Q | |
| 2 | 10 | Muriel Hurtis | France | 6 | 0.220 | 23.04 | Q | |
| 3 | 14 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | 2 | 0.261 | 23.11 | Q | |
| 4 | 18T | Juliet Campbell | Jamaica | 3 | 0.289 | 23.18 | Q | |
| 5 | 32 | Sarah Reilly | Ireland | 1 | 0.175 | 23.43 | | |
| 6 | 38 | Zuzanna Radecka | Poland | 7 | 0.157 | 23.57 | | |
| 7 | 41 | Nadjina Kaltouma | Chad | 8 | 0.344 | 23.81 | | |
| 8 | 51 | Hana Ali Salah | Yemen | 4 | | 30.46 | | |

Heat 3 of 7 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 :

| Place | Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heat | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 11 | Lauren Hewitt | Australia | 3 | 0.226 | 23.07 | Q | |
| 2 | 16 | Mercy Nku | Nigeria | 2 | 0.180 | 23.14 | Q | |
| 3 | 18T | Nanceen Perry | United States | 7 | 0.179 | 23.18 | Q | |
| 4 | 31 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 8 | 0.222 | 23.40 | Q | |
| 5 | 36 | Ekaterini Koffa | Greece | 6 | 0.245 | 25.53 | | |
| 6 | 50 | Dineo Shoal | Lesotho | 1 | 0.171 | 25.57 | | |
| | | Manuela Levorato | Italy | 4 | | DNS | | |
| | | Andrea Philipp | Germany | 5 | | DNS | | |

Heat 4 of 7 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 :

| Place | Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heat | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 5 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | Australia | 7 | 0.251 | 22.71 | Q | |
| 2 | 8 | Louise Ayetotche | Ivory Coast | 5 | 0.283 | 22.85 | Q | NR |
| 3 | 13 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 2 | 0.181 | 23.09 | Q | |
| 4 | 39T | Olena Pastushenko | Ukraine | 8 | 0.208 | 23.64 | Q | |
| 5 | 42 | Lyubov Perepelova | Uzbekistan | 3 | 0.300 | 23.83 | | |
| 6 | 43T | Karin Mayr | Austria | 6 | 0.164 | 23.90 | | |
| 7 | 49 | Akonga Nsimbo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4 | 0.240 | 25.35 | | NR |
| | | Ameerah Bello | Virgin Islands | 1 | 0.240 | DNF | | |

Heat 5 of 7 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 :

| Place | Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heat | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 1 | Beverly McDonald | Jamaica | 5 | 0.198 | 22.50 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | Pauline Davis-Thompson | Bahamas | 4 | 0.214 | 22.61 | Q | |
| 3 | 21T | Irina Khabarova | Russia | 3 | 0.278 | 23.21 | Q | |
| 4 | 30 | Valma Bass | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8 | 0.209 | 23.37 | Q | |
| 5 | 33 | Mireille Donders | Switzerland | 1 | 0.186 | 23.44 | | |
| 6 | 37 | Liu Xiaomei | China | 6 | 0.230 | 23.56 | | |
| 7 | 43T | Joanne Durant | Barbados | 7 | 0.265 | 23.90 | | |
| 8 | 48 | Heather Samuel | Antigua and Barbuda | 2 | 0.189 | 24.44 | | |

Heat 6 of 7 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 :

| Place | Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heat | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 9 | Mary Onyali-Omagbemi | Nigeria | 8 | 0.243 | 22.90 | Q | |
| 2 | 20 | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 1 | 0.237 | 23.31 | Q | |
| 3 | 25T | Sabrina Mulrain | Germany | 7 | 0.216 | 23.31 | Q | |
| 4 | 27 | Astia Walker | Jamaica | 5 | 0.203 | 23.30 | Q | |
| 5 | 28T | Samantha Davies | Great Britain | 4 | 0.215 | 23.36 | q | |
| 6 | 45 | Qin Wangping | China | 3 | 0.271 | 24.10 | | |
| 7 | 46 | Mila Savić | FR Yugoslavia | 2 | 0.330 | 24.12 | | |
| 8 | 47 | Monika Gachevska | Bulgaria | 6 | 0.176 | 24.16 | | |

Heat 7 of 7 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 :

| Place | Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heat | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 2 | Susanthika Jayasinghe | Sri Lanka | 6 | 0.229 | 22.53 | Q | |
| 2 | 15 | Zhanna Pintusevych | Ukraine | 5 | 0.213 | 23.13 | Q | |
| 3 | 24 | Torri Edwards | United States | 3 | 0.164 | 23.29 | Q | |
| 4 | 25T | Marina Trandenkova | Russia | 8 | 0.176 | 23.31 | Q | |
| 5 | 28T | Joice Maduaka | Great Britain | 7 | 0.196 | 23.36 | q | |
| 6 | 34 | Aïda Diop | Senegal | 4 | 0.196 | 23.46 | | |
| 7 | | Hellena Wrappah | Ghana | 2 | | 23.64 | | |

Overall Results Round 1

Round 1 Overall Results :

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Heat | Lane | Place | Time | Qual. | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Beverly McDonald | Jamaica | 5 | 5 | 1 | 22.50 | Q | |
| 2 | Susanthika Jayasinghe | Sri Lanka | 7 | 6 | 1 | 22.53 | Q | |
| 3 | Pauline Davis-Thompson | Bahamas | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22.61 | Q | |
| 4 | Leonie Mani | Cameroon | 2 | 5 | 1 | 22.68 | Q | |
| 5 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | Australia | 4 | 7 | 1 | 22.71 | Q | |
| 6 | Marion Jones | United States | 1 | 5 | 1 | 22.75 | Q | |
| 7 | Cydonie Mothersill | Cayman Islands | 1 | 4 | 2 | 22.78 | Q | |
| 8 | Louise Ayetotche | Ivory Coast | 4 | 5 | 2 | 22.85 | Q | NR |
| 9 | Mary Onyali-Omagbemi | Nigeria | 6 | 8 | 1 | 22.90 | Q | |
| 10 | Muriel Hurtis | France | 2 | 6 | 2 | 23.04 | Q | |
| 11 | Lauren Hewitt | Australia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 23.07 | Q | |
| 12 | Felipa Palacios | Colombia | 1 | 6 | 3 | 23.08 | Q | SB |
| 13 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 4 | 2 | 3 | 23.09 | Q | |
| 14 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 23.11 | Q | |
| 15 | Zhanna Pintusevych | Ukraine | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23.13 | Q | |
| 16 | Mercy Nku | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 2 | 23.14 | Q | |
| 17 | Oxana Ekk | Russia | 1 | 3 | 4 | 23.17 | Q | |
| 18 | Juliet Campbell | Jamaica | 2 | 3 | 4 | 23.18 | Q | |
| 18 | Nanceen Perry | United States | 3 | 7 | 3 | 23.18 | Q | |
| 20 | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23.19 | Q | |
| 21 | Irina Khabarova | Russia | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23.21 | Q | |
| 21 | Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju | Nigeria | 1 | 2 | 5 | 23.21 | q | |
| 23 | Alenka Bikar | Slovenia | 1 | 8 | 6 | 23.26 | q | |
| 24 | Torri Edwards | United States | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23.29 | Q | |
| 25 | Sabrina Mulrain | Germany | 6 | 7 | 3 | 23.31 | Q | |
| 25 | Marina Trandenkova | Russia | 7 | 8 | 4 | 23.31 | Q | |
| 27 | Astia Walker | Jamaica | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23.33 | Q | |
| 28 | Samantha Davies | Great Britain | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23.36 | q | |
| 28 | Joice Maduaka | Great Britain | 7 | 7 | 5 | 23.36 | q | |
| 30 | Valma Bass | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5 | 8 | 4 | 23.37 | Q | |
| 31 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 3 | 8 | 4 | 23.40 | Q | |
| 32 | Sarah Reilly | Ireland | 2 | 1 | 5 | 23.43 | | |
| 33 | Mireille Donders | Switzerland | 5 | 1 | 5 | 23.44 | | |
| 34 | Aïda Diop | Senegal | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23.46 | | |
| 35 | Monica Afia Twum | Ghana | 1 | 7 | 7 | 23.51 | | |
| 36 | Ekaterini Koffa | Greece | 3 | 6 | 5 | 23.53 | | |
| 37 | Liu Xiaomei | China | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23.56 | | |
| 38 | Zuzanna Radecka | Poland | 2 | 7 | 6 | 23.57 | | |
| 39 | Olena Pastushenko | Ukraine | 4 | 8 | 4 | 23.64 | Q | |
| 39 | Hellena Wrappah | Ghana | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23.64 | | |
| 41 | Nadjina Kaltouma | Chad | 2 | 8 | 7 | 23.81 | | |
| 42 | Lyubov Perepelova | Uzbekistan | 4 | 3 | 5 | 23.83 | | |
| 43 | Joanne Durant | Barbados | 5 | 7 | 7 | 23.90 | | |
| 43 | Karin Mayr | Austria | 4 | 6 | 6 | 23.90 | | |
| 45 | Qin Wangping | China | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24.10 | | |
| 46 | Mila Savic | FR Yugoslavia | 6 | 2 | 7 | 24.12 | | |
| 47 | Monika Gachevska | Bulgaria | 6 | 6 | 8 | 24.16 | | |
| 48 | Heather Samuel | Antigua and Barbuda | 5 | 2 | 8 | 24.44 | | |
| 49 | Akonga Nsimbo | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4 | 4 | 7 | 25.35 | | NR |
| 50 | Dineo Shoal | Lesotho | 3 | 1 | 6 | 25.57 | | |
| 51 | Hana Ali Salah | Yemen | 2 | 4 | 8 | 30.36 | | |
| | Ameerah Bello | Virgin Islands | 4 | 1 | | DNS | | |
| | Manuela Levorato | Italy | 3 | 4 | | DNS | | |
| | Andrea Philipp | Germany | 3 | 5 | | DNS | | |

### Round 2

Heat 1 of 4 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 :

| Place | Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heat | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 1 | Beverly McDonald | Jamaica | 5 | 0.192 | 22.44 | Q | |
| 2 | 6T | Pauline Davis-Thompson | Bahamas | 3 | 0.228 | 22.72 | Q | |
| 3 | 8 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | 7 | 0.245 | 22.75 | Q | |
| 4 | 11T | Nanceen Perry | United States | 6 | 0.168 | 22.95 | Q | |
| 5 | 17 | Marina Trandenkova | Russia | 2 | 0.173 | 23.10 | | |
| 6 | 27 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 1 | 0.157 | 23.41 | | |
| 7 | 28T | Joice Maduaka | Great Britain | 8 | 0.208 | 23.57 | | |
| | | Cydonie Mothersill | Cayman Islands | 4 | | DNS | | |

Heat 2 of 4 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 :

| Place | Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heat | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 2 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | Australia | 3 | 0.231 | 22.49 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | Marion Jones | United States | 5 | 0.221 | 22.50 | Q | |
| 3 | 5 | Zhanna Pintusevych | Ukraine | 6 | 0.181 | 22.79 | Q | SB |
| 4 | 11T | Mercy Nku | Nigeria | 4 | 0.179 | 22.95 | Q | PB |
| 5 | 15 | Alenka Bikar | Slovenia | 8 | 0.167 | 23.01 | | |
| 6 | 19 | Oxana Ekk | Russia | 7 | 0.153 | 23.17 | | |
| 7 | 21 | Samantha Davies | Great Britain | 2 | 0.213 | 23.20 | | |
| 8 | 24 | Sabrina Mulrain | Germany | 1 | 0.209 | 23.24 | | |

Heat 3 of 4 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 :

| Place | Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heat | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 6T | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 3 | 0.180 | 22.72 | Q | |
| 2 | 10 | Leonie Mani | Cameroon | 6 | 0.166 | 22.88 | Q | |
| 3 | 13T | Torri Edwards | United States | 7 | 0.186 | 22.98 | Q | |
| 4 | 13T | Muriel Hurtis | France | 5 | 0.196 | 22.98 | Q | |
| 5 | 16 | Mary Onyali-Omagbemi | Nigeria | 4 | 0.252 | 23.03 | | |
| 6 | 25 | Irina Khabarova | Russia | 2 | 0.204 | 23.27 | | |
| 7 | 30 | Olena Pastushenko | Ukraine | 1 | 0.145 | 23.63 | | |
| | | Astia Walker | Jamaica | 8 | 0.184 | DNF | | |

Heat 4 of 4 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 :

| Place | Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heat | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 4 | Susanthika Jayasinghe | Sri Lanka | 6 | 0.211 | 22.54 | Q | |
| 2 | 9 | Louise Ayetotche | Ivory Coast | 3 | 0.222 | 22.86 | Q | |
| 3 | 18 | Lauren Hewitt | Australia | 5 | 0.180 | 23.12 | Q | |
| 4 | 20 | Felipa Palacios | Colombia | 4 | 0.185 | 23.19 | Q | |
| 5 | 22T | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 7 | 0.169 | 23.21 | | |
| 6 | 22T | Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju | Nigeria | 2 | 0.229 | 23.21 | | |
| 7 | 26 | Juliet Campbell | Jamaica | 1 | 0.190 | 23.34 | | |
| 8 | 28T | Valma Bass | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8 | 0.268 | 23.57 | | |

Overall Results Round 2

Round 2 Overall Results :

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Heat | Lane | Place | Time | Qual. | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Beverly McDonald | Jamaica | 1 | 5 | 1 | 22.44 | Q | |
| 2 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | Australia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 22.49 | Q | |
| 3 | Marion Jones | United States | 2 | 5 | 2 | 22.50 | Q | |
| 4 | Susanthika Jayasinghe | Sri Lanka | 4 | 6 | 1 | 22.54 | Q | |
| 5 | Zhanna Pintusevych | Ukraine | 2 | 6 | 3 | 22.70 | Q | SB |
| 6 | Pauline Davis-Thompson | Bahamas | 3 | 3 | 1 | 22.72 | Q | |
| 6 | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 3 | 3 | 1 | 22.72 | Q | |
| 8 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | 1 | 7 | 3 | 22.75 | Q | |
| 9 | Louise Ayetotche | Ivory Coast | 4 | 3 | 2 | 22.86 | Q | |
| 10 | Leonie Mani | Cameroon | 3 | 6 | 2 | 22.86 | Q | |
| 11 | Mercy Nku | Nigeria | 2 | 4 | 4 | 22.95 | Q | PB |
| 11 | Nanceen Perry | United States | 1 | 6 | 4 | 22.95 | Q | |
| 13 | Torri Edwards | United States | 3 | 7 | 3 | 22.98 | Q | |
| 13 | Muriel Hurtis | France | 3 | 5 | 4 | 22.98 | Q | |
| 15 | Alenka Bikar | Slovenia | 2 | 8 | 5 | 23.01 | | |
| 16 | Mary Onyali-Omagbemi | Nigeria | 3 | 4 | 5 | 23.03 | | |
| 17 | Marina Trandenkova | Russia | 1 | 2 | 5 | 23.10 | | |
| 18 | Lauren Hewitt | Australia | 4 | 5 | 3 | 23.12 | Q | |
| 19 | Oxana Ekk | Russia | 2 | 7 | 6 | 23.17 | | |
| 20 | Felipa Palacios | Colombia | 4 | 4 | 4 | 23.19 | Q | |
| 21 | Samantha Davies | Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 7 | 23.20 | | |
| 22 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 4 | 7 | 5 | 23.21 | | |
| 22 | Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju | Nigeria | 4 | 2 | 6 | 23.21 | | |
| 24 | Sabrina Mulrain | Germany | 2 | 1 | 8 | 23.24 | | |
| 25 | Irina Khabarova | Russia | 3 | 2 | 6 | 23.27 | | |
| 26 | Juliet Campbell | Jamaica | 4 | 1 | 7 | 23.34 | | |
| 27 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 1 | 1 | 6 | 23.41 | | |
| 28 | Valma Bass | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 8 | 8 | 23.57 | | |
| 28 | Joice Maduaka | Great Britain | 1 | 8 | 7 | 23.57 | | |
| 30 | Olena Pastushenko | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 7 | 23.63 | | |
| | Astia Walker | Jamaica | 3 | 8 | | DNF | | |
| | Cydonie Mothersill | Cayman Islands | 1 | 4 | | DNS | | |

### Semi-finals

Heat 1 of 2 Date: Thursday 28 September 2000 :

| Place | Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heat | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 2 | Marion Jones | United States | 5 | 0.233 | 22.40 | Q | |
| 2 | 5 | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 4 | 0.191 | 22.62 | Q | |
| 3 | 6 | Beverly McDonald | Jamaica | 3 | 0.250 | 22.70 | Q | |
| 4 | 8 | Zhanna Pintusevych | Ukraine | 2 | 0.171 | 22.74 | Q | |
| 5 | 11 | Felipa Palacios | Colombia | 1 | 0.189 | 23.11 | | |
| 6 | 14 | Mercy Nku | Nigeria | 8 | 0.222 | 23.40 | | |
| 7 | 15 | Lauren Hewitt | Australia | 7 | 0.290 | 23.44 | | |
| 8 | 16 | Leonie Mani | Cameroon | 6 | 0.180 | 23.47 | | |

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Thursday 28 September 2000 :

| Place | Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heat | Overall | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record |
| 1 | 1 | Pauline Davis-Thompson | Bahamas | 5 | 0.227 | 22.38 | Q | PB |
| 2 | 3 | Susanthika Jayasinghe | Sri Lanka | 6 | 0.253 | 22.45 | Q | |
| 3 | 4 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | Australia | 3 | 0.226 | 22.61 | Q | |
| 4 | 7 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | 2 | 0.262 | 22.71 | Q | |
| 5 | 9 | Louise Ayetotche | Ivory Coast | 4 | 0.219 | 22.76 | | NR |
| 6 | 10 | Torri Edwards | United States | 7 | 0.170 | 23.06 | | |
| 7 | 12 | Muriel Hurtis | France | 8 | 0.208 | 23.13 | | |
| 8 | 13 | Nanceen Perry | United States | 1 | 0.159 | 23.16 | | |

Overall Results Semi-Finals

Semi-Finals Overall Results :

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Heat | Lane | Place | Time | Qual. | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pauline Davis-Thompson | Bahamas | 2 | 5 | 1 | 22.38 | Q | PB |
| 2 | Marion Jones | United States | 1 | 5 | 1 | 22.40 | Q | |
| 3 | Susanthika Jayasinghe | Sri Lanka | 2 | 6 | 2 | 22.45 | Q | |
| 4 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | Australia | 2 | 3 | 3 | 22.62 | Q | |
| 5 | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 1 | 4 | 2 | 22.62 | Q | |
| 6 | Beverly McDonald | Jamaica | 1 | 3 | 3 | 22.70 | Q | |
| 7 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 22.71 | Q | |
| 8 | Zhanna Pintusevych | Ukraine | 1 | 2 | 4 | 22.74 | Q | |
| 9 | Louise Ayetotche | Ivory Coast | 2 | 4 | 5 | 22.76 | | |
| 10 | Torri Edwards | United States | 2 | 7 | 6 | 23.06 | | |
| 11 | Felipa Palacios | Colombia | 1 | 1 | 5 | 23.11 | | |
| 12 | Muriel Hurtis | France | 2 | 8 | 7 | 23.13 | | |
| 13 | Nanceen Perry | United States | 2 | 1 | 8 | 23.16 | | |
| 14 | Mercy Nku | Nigeria | 1 | 8 | 6 | 23.40 | | |
| 15 | Lauren Hewitt | Australia | 1 | 1 | 7 | 23.44 | | |
| 16 | Leonie Mani | Cameroon | 1 | 6 | 8 | 23.47 | | |

### Final

Date: Thursday 28 September 2000 :

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Pauline Davis-Thompson | Bahamas | 3 | 0.185 | 22.27 | PB |
| | Susanthika Jayasinghe | Sri Lanka | 6 | 0.207 | 22.28 | NR |
| | Beverly McDonald | Jamaica | 1 | 0.151 | 22.35 | SB |
| 4 | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 5 | 0.196 | 22.37 | SB |
| 5 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | Australia | 7 | 0.178 | 22.42 | SB |
| 6 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | 2 | 0.235 | 22.53 | SB |
| 7 | Zhanna Pintusevich | Ukraine | 8 | 0.190 | 22.66 | SB |
| DSQ | Marion Jones | United States | 4 | 0.174 | 21.84 | SB |
