1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
# 1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 200 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with four qualifying heats and the final held on Thursday 1987-09-03.

## Results

### Final

Thursday, 3 September 1987 Wind: +1.2

| Rank | Name | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Silke Gladisch (GDR) | 21.74 | CR |
| | Florence Griffith (USA) | 21.96 | |
| | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 22.06 | |
| 4 | Pam Marshall (USA) | 22.18 | |
| 5 | Gwen Torrence (USA) | 22.40 | |
| 6 | Mary Onyali (NGR) | 22.52 | |
| 7 | Ewa Kasprzyk (POL) | 22.52 | |
| 8 | Nadezhda Georgieva (BUL) | 22.55 | |

### Semifinals

Thursday, 3 September 1987 Wind: Heat 1: -1.0 Heat 2: -1.9

| Rank | Heat | Name | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Florence Griffith (USA) | 22.38 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 22.43 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Silke Gladisch (GDR) | 22.54 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Mary Onyali (NGR) | 22.54 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Ewa Kasprzyk (POL) | 22.60 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Gwen Torrence (USA) | 22.61 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Pam Marshall (USA) | 22.67 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Nadezhda Georgieva (BUL) | 22.72 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Pauline Davis (BAH) | 22.89 | |
| 9 | 2 | Marie-Christine Cazier (FRA) | 22.89 | |
| 11 | 2 | Maya Azarashvili (URS) | 22.91 | |
| 12 | 1 | Angela Bailey (CAN) | 22.97 | |
| 13 | 2 | Ulrike Sarvari (FRG) | 23.04 | |
| 14 | 2 | Heike Morgenstern (GDR) | 23.06 | |
| 15 | 1 | Vineta Ikauniece (URS) | 23.25 | |
| 16 | 1 | Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR) | 23.71 | |

### Heats

Tuesday, 1 September 1987 Wind: Heat 1: -3.4 Heat 2: -0.6 Heat 3: -2.6 Heat 4: -0.6

| Rank | Heat | Name | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Silke Gladisch (GDR) | 22.44 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Florence Griffith (USA) | 22.56 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Gwen Torrence (USA) | 22.61 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Nadezhda Georgieva (BUL) | 22.77 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Pam Marshall (USA) | 22.84 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Mary Onyali (NGR) | 22.87 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Angela Bailey (CAN) | 22.94 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Maya Azarashvili (URS) | 22.94 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Vineta Ikauniece (URS) | 22.98 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Ewa Kasprzyk (POL) | 22.98 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Ulrike Sarvari (FRG) | 23.02 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Heike Morgenstern (GDR) | 23.04 | q |
| 13 | 3 | Pauline Davis (BAH) | 23.08 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR) | 23.12 | q |
| 14 | 3 | Marie-Christine Cazier (FRA) | 23.12 | q |
| 16 | 4 | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 23.19 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | Natalya German (URS) | 23.26 | |
| 18 | 3 | Silke-Beate Knoll (FRG) | 23.40 | |
| 19 | 4 | Ingrid Verbruggen (BEL) | 23.77 | |
| 20 | 2 | Claudia Acerenza (URU) | 24.24 | |
| 21 | 4 | Amparo Caicedo (COL) | 24.30 | |
| 22 | 1 | Zoila Stewart (CRC) | 24.75 | |
| 23 | 2 | Sheila Vyapouri (MRI) | 25.32 | |
| 24 | 1 | Jabou Jawo (GAM) | 25.50 | |
| 25 | 4 | Guilhermina da Cruz (ANG) | 25.74 | |
| 26 | 1 | Elizabeth Arteaga (BOL) | 26.11 | |
| 27 | 3 | Aminata Diarra (MLI) | 26.46 | |
| 28 | 3 | Denise Ouabangui (CAF) | 28.37 | |
| 29 | 2 | Hanaa Ali Ahmed (YEM) | 29.00 | |
| – | 3 | Blanca Lacambra (ESP) | DNS | |
| – | 4 | Angella Issajenko (CAN) | DNS | |
