1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres
# 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 13 and 14 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Irina Privalova Russia | Melinda Gainsford Australia | Natalya Voronova Russia |

## Results

### Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Melinda Gainsford | Australia | 23.16 | Q, AR |
| 2 | 3 | Wendy Vereen | United States | 23.32 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Natalya Voronova | Russia | 23.42 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 23.48 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 1 | Jacqueline Poelman | Netherlands | 23.51 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 23.55 | Q, =NR |
| 7 | 2 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 23.57 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Dyan Webber | United States | 23.70 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Sisko Hanhijoki | Finland | 23.72 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Marika Johansson | Sweden | 23.82 | q, NR |
| 11 | 1 | Merlene Frazer | Jamaica | 23.85 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Wang Huei-Chen | Chinese Taipei | 24.13 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Ekaterini Koffa | Greece | 24.17 | |
| 14 | 3 | Chen Zhaojing | China | 24.25 | NR |
| 15 | 2 | Shanti Govindasamy | Malaysia | 24.34 | NR |
| 16 | 3 | Marcia Richardson | Great Britain | 24.50 | |
| 17 | 1 | Éva Barati | Hungary | 24.59 | |
| 18 | 1 | Arely Franco | El Salvador | 27.00 | NR |
| | 4 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | DQ | |
| | 2 | Sabine Tröger | Austria | DNS | |
| | 4 | Karen Clarke | Canada | DNS | |

### Semifinals

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 22.58 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Melinda Gainsford | Australia | 22.83 | Q, AR |
| 3 | 1 | Natalya Voronova | Russia | 23.00 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Wendy Vereen | United States | 23.07 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Dyan Webber | United States | 23.54 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 23.56 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 23.63 | |
| 8 | 2 | Jacqueline Poelman | Netherlands | 23.70 | |
| 9 | 2 | Merlene Frazer | Jamaica | 23.83 | |
| 10 | 2 | Sisko Hanhijoki | Finland | 23.84 | |
| 11 | 1 | Wang Huei-Chen | Chinese Taipei | 24.43 | |
| 12 | 1 | Marika Johansson | Sweden | 24.58 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 22.15 | CR |
| | 3 | Melinda Gainsford | Australia | 22.73 | AR |
| | 4 | Natalya Voronova | Russia | 22.90 | |
| 4 | 6 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 23.03 | NR |
| 5 | 1 | Wendy Vereen | United States | 23.34 | |
| 6 | 2 | Dyan Webber | United States | 23.53 | |
