Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres was the second-shortest of the four women's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 18 October and 19 October 1964. 42 athletes from 27 nations entered, with 6 not starting in the first round. The first round and the semifinal were held on 18 October, with the final on 19 October. The winning margin was 0.1 seconds.

Results

First round

The top two runners in each of the 6 heats advanced, as well as the next four fastest runners from across the heats.

First round, heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Janet Simpson	Template:FlagIOC	24.0 seconds
2	Eva Lehocká	Template:FlagIOC	24.2 seconds
3	Joyce Bennett	Template:FlagIOC	24.3 seconds
4	Michele Lurot	Template:FlagIOC	24.7 seconds
5	Erzsébet Bartos	Template:FlagIOC	24.9 seconds
6	E. E. Giron Olivares	Template:FlagIOC	25.3 seconds
—	Halina Gorecka	Template:FlagIOC	Did not start

First round, heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Miguelina Cobián	Template:FlagIOC	23.8 seconds
2	Barbara Sobotta	Template:FlagIOC	24.1 seconds
3	Irene Piotrowski	Template:FlagIOC	24.4 seconds
4	Inge Aigner	Template:FlagIOC	24.7 seconds
5	Susana Ritchie	Template:FlagIOC	24.7 seconds
—	Margit Nemesházi	Template:FlagIOC	Did not start
	Ulla-Britt Wieslander	Template:FlagIOC	Did not start

First round, heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Margaret Burvill	Template:FlagIOC	24.2 seconds
2	Heilwig Jacob	Template:FlagIOC	24.2 seconds
3	Galina Gaida	Template:FlagIOC	24.4 seconds
4	Deborah Thompson	Template:FlagIOC	24.6 seconds
5	Irene Muyanca	Template:FlagIOC	27.6 seconds
—	Clarice Ahanotu	Template:FlagIOC	Did not start
	Jean Mitchell	Template:FlagIOC	Did not start

First round, heat 4

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Lyudmila Samotyosova	Template:FlagIOC	23.8 seconds
2	Dorothy Hyman	Template:FlagIOC	24.0 seconds
3	Vivian Brown	Template:FlagIOC	24.1 seconds
4	Louise Sydranski	Template:FlagIOC	24.6 seconds
5	Adlin Mair	Template:FlagIOC	25.0 seconds
6	Kusolwan Soraja	Template:FlagIOC	26.1 seconds
7	Marcela Daniel	Template:FlagIOC	26.6 seconds

First round, heat 5

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Edith McGuire	Template:FlagIOC	23.4 seconds
2	Marilyn Black	Template:FlagIOC	23.7 seconds
3	Una Morris	Template:FlagIOC	24.2 seconds
4	Mona Sulaiman	Template:FlagIOC	25.4 seconds
5	Song Yang Ja	Template:FlagIOC	26.5 seconds
—	Jutta Heine	Template:FlagIOC	Disqualified
	Maria Itkina	Template:FlagIOC	Did not start

First round, heat 6

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Irena Kirszenstein	Template:FlagIOC	23.8 seconds
2	Daphne Arden	Template:FlagIOC	24.2 seconds
3	Doreen Porter	Template:FlagIOC	24.2 seconds
4	Erika Pollmann	Template:FlagIOC	24.4 seconds
5	Makiko Izawa	Template:FlagIOC	25.4 seconds
6	Delceita Oakley	Template:FlagIOC	26.2 seconds
7	Yeh Chu-mei	Template:FlagIOC	27.1 seconds

Semifinals

The top four runners in each of the two semifinals advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Edith McGuire	Template:FlagIOC	23.3 seconds
2	Irena Kirszenstein	Template:FlagIOC	23.6 seconds
3	Janet Simpson	Template:FlagIOC	23.7 seconds
4	Daphne Arden	Template:FlagIOC	24.0 seconds
5	Margaret Burvill	Template:FlagIOC	24.3 seconds
6	Eva Lehocká	Template:FlagIOC	24.5 seconds
7	Joyce Bennett	Template:FlagIOC	24.7 seconds
—	Miguelina Cobián	Template:FlagIOC	Disqualified

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Marilyn Black	Template:FlagIOC	23.4 seconds
2	Lyudmila Samotyosova	Template:FlagIOC	23.7 seconds
3	Una Morris	Template:FlagIOC	23.7 seconds
4	Barbara Sobotta	Template:FlagIOC	23.7 seconds
5	Dorothy Hyman	Template:FlagIOC	23.9 seconds
6	Doreen Porter	Template:FlagIOC	24.0 seconds
7	Heilwig Jacob	Template:FlagIOC	24.1 seconds
8	Vivian Brown	Template:FlagIOC	24.3 seconds

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Edith McGuire	Template:FlagIOC	23.0 seconds OR
2	Irena Kirszenstein	Template:FlagIOC	23.1 seconds
3	Marilyn Black	Template:FlagIOC	23.1 seconds
4	Una Morris	Template:FlagIOC	23.5 seconds
5	Lyudmila Samotyosova	Template:FlagIOC	23.5 seconds
6	Barbara Sobotta	Template:FlagIOC	23.9 seconds
7	Janet Simpson	Template:FlagIOC	23.9 seconds
8	Daphne Arden	Template:FlagIOC	24.0 seconds