Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Install
Faster access than browser!
 

Women's 200 metres world record progression

Index Women's 200 metres world record progression

The first World Record in the 200 m for women (athletics) was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922. [1]

52 relations: Australia, Belgium, Berlin, Betty Cuthbert, Brussels, Chemnitz, Chi Cheng (athlete), Corpus Christi, Texas, Dresden, East Germany, England, Erfurt, Finland, Florence Griffith Joyner, France, Fully automatic time, Germany, Heike Drechsler, Helsinki, Hobart, International Association of Athletics Federations, Irena Szewińska, Jena, Leipzig, London, Margaret Burvill, Marita Koch, Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, Mary Lines, Mexico, Mexico City, Munich, Paris, Perth, Poland, Potsdam, Renate Stecher, Seoul, South Korea, Sport of athletics, Stanisława Walasiewicz, Stuttgart, Sydney, Tasmania, Tollien Schuurman, United States, Waddon, Warsaw, West Germany, Wilma Rudolph, ..., World record, 200 metres. Expand index (2 more) »

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Australia · See more »

Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Belgium · See more »

Berlin

Berlin is the capital and the largest city of Germany, as well as one of its 16 constituent states.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Berlin · See more »

Betty Cuthbert

Elizabeth Alyse Cuthbert, (20 April 1938 – 6 August 2017) was an Australian athlete and a fourfold Olympic champion.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Betty Cuthbert · See more »

Brussels

Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Brussels · See more »

Chemnitz

Chemnitz, known from 1953 to 1990 as Karl-Marx-Stadt, is the third-largest city in the Free State of Saxony, Germany.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Chemnitz · See more »

Chi Cheng (athlete)

Chi Cheng (born March 15, 1944 in Hsinchu, Taiwan), is a Taiwanese track and field athlete.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Chi Cheng (athlete) · See more »

Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi, colloquially Corpus (Latin: Body of Christ), is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Corpus Christi, Texas · See more »

Dresden

Dresden (Upper and Lower Sorbian: Drježdźany, Drážďany, Drezno) is the capital city and, after Leipzig, the second-largest city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Dresden · See more »

East Germany

East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR), existed from 1949 to 1990 and covers the period when the eastern portion of Germany existed as a state that was part of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War period.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and East Germany · See more »

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and England · See more »

Erfurt

Erfurt is the capital and largest city in the state of Thuringia, central Germany.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Erfurt · See more »

Finland

Finland (Suomi; Finland), officially the Republic of Finland is a country in Northern Europe bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, and Russia to the east.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Finland · See more »

Florence Griffith Joyner

Florence Delorez Griffith–Joyner (born Florence Delorez Griffith; December 21, 1959 – September 21, 1998), also known as Flo-Jo, was an American track and field athlete.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Florence Griffith Joyner · See more »

France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and France · See more »

Fully automatic time

Fully automatic time (abbreviated FAT) is a form of race timing in which the clock is automatically activated by the starting device, and the finish time is either automatically recorded, or timed by analysis of a photo finish.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Fully automatic time · See more »

Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Germany · See more »

Heike Drechsler

Heike Gabriela Drechsler née Daute; born 16 December 1964) is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany and later Germany. One of the most successful long jumpers of all-time, she is a former world record holder and ranks third on the all-time list with her legal best of 7.48 metres in 1988. Her marginally wind-assisted jump of 7.63 metres (+2.1) in 1992 at altitude in Sestriere, is still the furthest a woman has ever long jumped. She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump, winning in 1992 and 2000. Drechsler also won Olympic medals in the 100 metres and 200 metres in 1988, a silver medal in the 100 metres at the 1987 World Championships, and is a former world record holder in the 200 metres with 21.71 secs in 1986.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Heike Drechsler · See more »

Helsinki

Helsinki (or;; Helsingfors) is the capital city and most populous municipality of Finland.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Helsinki · See more »

Hobart

Hobart is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Hobart · See more »

International Association of Athletics Federations

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and International Association of Athletics Federations · See more »

Irena Szewińska

Irena Szewińska, née Kirszenstein (Polish pronunciation:; 24 May 1946 – 29 June 2018) was a Polish sprinter who was one of the world's foremost athletes for nearly two decades, in multiple events.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Irena Szewińska · See more »

Jena

Jena is a German university city and the second largest city in Thuringia.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Jena · See more »

Leipzig

Leipzig is the most populous city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Leipzig · See more »

London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and London · See more »

Margaret Burvill

Margaret Ann Burvill is a former athlete who twice set world 220 yard (201.17 m) running records, both at Perry Lakes Stadium in her home town of Perth, Western Australia.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Margaret Burvill · See more »

Marita Koch

Marita Koch (born 18 February 1957), married name Marita Koch Meier, is a German former sprint track and field athlete.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Marita Koch · See more »

Marjorie Jackson-Nelson

Marjorie Jackson-Nelson (born 13 September 1931) is a former Governor of South Australia and a former Australian athlete.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Marjorie Jackson-Nelson · See more »

Mary Lines

Mary Lines (later Smith, 3 December 1893 – December 1978) was a British athlete.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Mary Lines · See more »

Mexico

Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Mexico · See more »

Mexico City

Mexico City, or the City of Mexico (Ciudad de México,; abbreviated as CDMX), is the capital of Mexico and the most populous city in North America.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Mexico City · See more »

Munich

Munich (München; Minga) is the capital and the most populated city in the German state of Bavaria, on the banks of the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Munich · See more »

Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Paris · See more »

Perth

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Perth · See more »

Poland

Poland (Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country located in Central Europe.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Poland · See more »

Potsdam

Potsdam is the capital and largest city of the German federal state of Brandenburg.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Potsdam · See more »

Renate Stecher

Renate Stecher (née Meißner, born 12 May 1950) is a German (former East German) sprint runner and a triple Olympic champion.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Renate Stecher · See more »

Seoul

Seoul (like soul; 서울), officially the Seoul Special Metropolitan City – is the capital, Constitutional Court of Korea and largest metropolis of South Korea.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Seoul · See more »

South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (대한민국; Hanja: 大韓民國; Daehan Minguk,; lit. "The Great Country of the Han People"), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying east to the Asian mainland.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and South Korea · See more »

Sport of athletics

Athletics is a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Sport of athletics · See more »

Stanisława Walasiewicz

Stanisława Walasiewicz (3 April 1911 – 4 December 1980), also known as Stefania Walasiewicz,.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Stanisława Walasiewicz · See more »

Stuttgart

Stuttgart (Swabian: italics,; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Stuttgart · See more »

Sydney

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Sydney · See more »

Tasmania

Tasmania (abbreviated as Tas and known colloquially as Tassie) is an island state of Australia.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Tasmania · See more »

Tollien Schuurman

Tollina Wilhelmina "Tollien" Schuurman (20 January 1913 – 29 January 1994) was a Dutch sprint runner who set three world records in the 100 m and 200 m events between 1930 and 1933.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Tollien Schuurman · See more »

United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and United States · See more »

Waddon

Waddon is a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Croydon, to the west, north west and south west of central Croydon.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Waddon · See more »

Warsaw

Warsaw (Warszawa; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Poland.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Warsaw · See more »

West Germany

West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; Bundesrepublik Deutschland, BRD) in the period between its creation on 23 May 1949 and German reunification on 3 October 1990.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and West Germany · See more »

Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American sprinter from Clarksville, Tennessee, who became a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and Wilma Rudolph · See more »

World record

A world record is usually the best global performance ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill or sport.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and World record · See more »

200 metres

The 200 metres (also spelled 200 meters) is a sprint running event.

New!!: Women's 200 metres world record progression and 200 metres · See more »

Redirects here:

World record progression 200 metres women.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_200_metres_world_record_progression

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »