1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres
# 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest on 4 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Merlene Ottey Jamaica | Grace Jackson Jamaica | Natalya Kovtun Soviet Union |

## Results

### Heats

The first 2 of each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 23.27 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Silke-Beate Knoll | West Germany | 23.50 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Marie-José Pérec | France | 23.73 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Maria Magnólia Figueiredo | Brazil | 23.81 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Natalya Kovtun | Soviet Union | 23.84 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Grace Jackson | Jamaica | 23.86 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Alice Jackson | United States | 23.97 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Tsvetanka Ilieva | Bulgaria | 24.03 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Sisko Hanhijoki | Finland | 24.04 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Sabine Tröger | Austria | 24.04 | q |
| 11 | 2 | Ágnes Kozáry | Hungary | 24.18 | q |
| 11 | 3 | Terri Dendy | United States | 24.18 | q |
| 13 | 3 | Elma Muros | Philippines | 25.05 | AR |
| 14 | 3 | Orit Kolodni | Israel | 25.35 | |
| 15 | 2 | Kinah Chikontwe | Zambia | 27.32 | NR |
| | 1 | Claudia Acerenza | Uruguay | DQ | |

### Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 22.72 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Grace Jackson | Jamaica | 23.05 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Silke-Beate Knoll | West Germany | 23.26 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Marie-José Pérec | France | 23.36 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Natalya Kovtun | Soviet Union | 23.38 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Maria Magnólia Figueiredo | Brazil | 23.71 | Q, AR |
| 7 | 1 | Terri Dendy | United States | 23.75 | |
| 8 | 2 | Sisko Hanhijoki | Finland | 23.94 | |
| 9 | 1 | Tsvetanka Ilieva | Bulgaria | 23.98 | |
| 10 | 1 | Sabine Tröger | Austria | 24.24 | |
| 11 | 2 | Ágnes Kozáry | Hungary | 24.37 | |
| | 2 | Alice Jackson | United States | DQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 22.34 | AR |
| | 6 | Grace Jackson | Jamaica | 22.95 | PB |
| | 1 | Natalya Kovtun | Soviet Union | 23.28 | |
| 4 | 5 | Silke-Beate Knoll | West Germany | 23.30 | |
| 5 | 3 | Maria Magnólia Figueiredo | Brazil | 23.83 | |
| 6 | 2 | Marie-José Pérec | France | 23.99 | |
