2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
# 2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 200 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada.

## Medalists

| Gold | Debbie Ferguson Bahamas (BAH) |
| - | - |
| Silver | LaTasha Jenkins United States (USA) |
| Bronze | Cydonie Mothersill Cayman Islands (CAY) |

## Results

### Heats

First 4 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Cydonie Mothersill | Cayman Islands | 22.54 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 2 | Beverly McDonald | Jamaica | 22.70 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 4 | LaTasha Jenkins | United States | 22.82 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Myriam Léonie Mani | Cameroon | 22.82 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Mary Onyali-Omagbemi | Nigeria | 22.87 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 1 | K.V.Damayanthi Dharsha | Sri Lanka | 22.88 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | Juliet Campbell | Jamaica | 22.88 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Aïda Diop | Senegal | 22.91 | Q, SB |
| 9 | 4 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 22.93 | Q, PB |
| 9 | 5 | Alenka Bikar | Slovenia | 22.93 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Gabi Rockmeier | Germany | 22.95 | q |
| 12 | 5 | Inger Miller | United States | 22.98 | Q, SB |
| 13 | 3 | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 23.00 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Birgit Rockmeier | Germany | 23.01 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Sarah Reilly | Ireland | 23.02 | Q, NR |
| 16 | 2 | Lauren Hewitt | Australia | 23.07 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Fabe Dia | France | 23.07 | q, SB |
| 18 | 1 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 23.10 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Louise Ayetotche | Ivory Coast | 23.15 | Q |
| 20 | 5 | Manuela Levorato | Italy | 23.23 | q |
| 21 | 1 | Irina Khabarova | Russia | 23.25 | Q |
| 22 | 1 | Natalya Safronnikova | Belarus | 23.30 | q |
| 23 | 1 | Liliana Allen | Mexico | 23.32 | |
| 24 | 5 | Felipa Palacios | Colombia | 23.40 | |
| 25 | 1 | Aleen Bailey | Jamaica | 23.70 | |
| 26 | 2 | LaDonna Antoine | Canada | 23.76 | |
| 27 | 3 | Lyubov Perepelova | Uzbekistan | 24.03 | |
| 28 | 2 | Gabriela Patterson | Costa Rica | 24.37 | PB |
| 29 | 3 | Karin Mayr | Austria | 24.38 | |
| 30 | 5 | Natasha Mayers | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24.91 | |
| 31 | 5 | Marcia Daniel | Dominica | 25.04 | |
| 32 | 2 | Ann Mooney | Papua New Guinea | 25.34 | |
| 33 | 3 | Ekundayo Williams | Sierra Leone | 25.35 | |
| 34 | 1 | Kaitinano Mwemweata | Kiribati | 28.76 | NR |
| | 2 | Susanthika Jayasinghe | Sri Lanka | DQ | |
| | 2 | Kelli White | United States | DQ | |
| | 3 | Marion Jones | United States | DQ | |
| | 3 | Yekaterina Leshchova | Russia | DQ | |
| | 4 | Valma Bass | Saint Kitts and Nevis | DNS | |
| | 4 | Nadjina Kaltouma | Chad | DNS | |

### Semifinals

First 2 of each Heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 22.39 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | Myriam Léonie Mani | Cameroon | 22.59 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | LaTasha Jenkins | United States | 22.63 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Cydonie Mothersill | Cayman Islands | 22.63 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Juliet Campbell | Jamaica | 22.68 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Alenka Bikar | Slovenia | 22.76 | q, NR |
| 7 | 3 | Mary Onyali-Omagbemi | Nigeria | 22.80 | SB |
| 8 | 3 | Inger Miller | United States | 22.80 | SB |
| 9 | 3 | Beverly McDonald | Jamaica | 22.84 | |
| 10 | 1 | K.V.Damayanthi Dharsha | Sri Lanka | 22.88 | SB |
| 11 | 2 | Aïda Diop | Senegal | 22.94 | |
| 12 | 1 | Birgit Rockmeier | Germany | 22.97 | |
| 13 | 2 | Natalya Safronnikova | Belarus | 23.02 | |
| 14 | 2 | Lauren Hewitt | Australia | 23.05 | |
| 15 | 1 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 23.11 | |
| 16 | 1 | Manuela Levorato | Italy | 23.13 | |
| 17 | 1 | Fabe Dia | France | 23.14 | |
| 18 | 3 | Sarah Reilly | Ireland | 23.24 | |
| 19 | 1 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 23.29 | |
| 20 | 3 | Irina Khabarova | Russia | 23.43 | |
| 21 | 2 | Louise Ayetotche | Ivory Coast | 23.47 | |
| | 3 | Gabi Rockmeier | Germany | DNF | |
| | 1 | Marion Jones | United States | DQ | |
| | 3 | Kelli White | United States | DQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 0.176 | 22.52 |
| | 7 | LaTasha Jenkins | United States | 0.157 | 22.85 |
| | 1 | Cydonie Mothersill | Cayman Islands | 0.164 | 22.88 |
| 4 | 2 | Juliet Campbell | Jamaica | 0.169 | 22.99 |
| 5 | 8 | Alenka Bikar | Slovenia | 0.160 | 23.00 |
| 6 | 6 | Myriam Léonie Mani | Cameroon | 0.140 | 23.15 |
| | 5 | Marion Jones | United States | 0.186 | DQ |
| | 3 | Kelli White | United States | 0.147 | DQ |
