1986 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

Events at the 1986 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
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The women's 200 metres event at the 1986 European Athletics Championships was held in Stuttgart, then West Germany, at Neckarstadion on 28 and 29 August 1986.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Heike Drechsler  East Germany
Silver	Marie-Christine Cazier  France
Bronze	Silke Gladisch  East Germany

Results

Final

29 August Wind: -0.8m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	21.71	AR
02 !	Marie-Christine Cazier	France	22.32	NR
03 !	Silke Gladisch	East Germany	22.49
4	Marina Molokova	Soviet Union	22.71
5	Ewa Kasprzyk	Poland	22.73
6	Natalya Bochina	Soviet Union	22.87
7	Sabine Günther	East Germany	22.98
8	Marina Zhirova	Soviet Union	23.18

Semi-finals

28 August

Semi-final 1

Wind: 0.5m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Silke Gladisch	East Germany	22.29	Q
2	Marie-Christine Cazier	France	22.45	NR Q
3	Marina Zhirova	Soviet Union	22.93	Q
4	Sabine Günther	East Germany	22.93	Q
5	Kathy Cook	United Kingdom	23.20
6	Anke Köninger	West Germany	23.58
7	Jolanta Janota	Poland	23.59
8	Martha Grossenbacher	Switzerland	23.81

Semi-final 2

Wind: 0.3m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	22.33	Q
2	Ewa Kasprzyk	Poland	22.60	Q
3	Marina Molokova	Soviet Union	22.61	Q
4	Natalya Bochina	Soviet Union	22.61	Q
5	Heather Oakes	United Kingdom	22.92
6	Claudia Lepping	West Germany	23.39
7	Virginia Gomes	Portugal	24.44
8	Sandra Whittaker	United Kingdom	DNS

Heats

28 August

Heat 1

Wind: -2.0m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Heather Oakes	United Kingdom	23.01	Q
2	Silke Gladisch	East Germany	23.01	Q
3	Natalya Bochina	Soviet Union	23.21	Q
4	Claudia Lepping	West Germany	23.44	Q
5	Sølvi Meinseth	Norway	24.46

Heat 2

Wind: -1.7m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ewa Kasprzyk	Poland	23.11	Q
2	Marina Molokova	Soviet Union	23.17	Q
3	Sabine Günther	East Germany	23.24	Q
4	Sandra Whittaker	United Kingdom	23.39	Q
5	Martha Grossenbacher	Switzerland	23.67	q

Heat 3

Wind: -1.1m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	22.52	Q
2	Marie-Christine Cazier	France	22.62	Q
3	Marina Zhirova	Soviet Union	23.11	Q
4	Kathy Cook	United Kingdom	23.11	Q
5	Jolanta Janota	Poland	23.32	q
6	Anke Köninger	West Germany	23.70	q
7	Virginia Gomes	Portugal	24.38	q

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References