Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 10, 11 and 12 September 1979.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Marita Koch  East Germany	Kathy Smallwood  Great Britain	Bev Goddard  Great Britain

Results

Heats

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Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.3 m/s, Heat 4: +0.3 m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Bev Goddard	Great Britain	23.09	Q
2	1	Chantal Réga	France	23.27	Q[3]
3	1	Cornelia Schniggendiller	West Germany	23.60	Q
4	1	Gloria Ayanlaja	Nigeria	24.23	q
5	1	Kim Freakley	New Zealand	24.79
1	2	Helinä Laihorinne	Finland	23.64	Q
2	2	Marie-Pierre Philippe	France	23.67	Q[3]
3	2	Marisa Masullo	Italy	23.68	Q
4	2	Elly Henzen	Netherlands	24.00	q
1	3	Valerie Brisco	United States	23.47	Q
2	3	Els Vader	Netherlands	24.18	Q
1	4	Marita Koch	East Germany	22.52	Q
2	4	Kathy Smallwood	Great Britain	23.54	Q

Semifinals

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Wind:
Heat 1: -0.4 m/s, Heat 2: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Marita Koch	East Germany	22.32	Q
2	1	Kathy Smallwood	Great Britain	23.22	Q
3	1	Valerie Brisco	United States	23.38	Q
4	1	Marisa Masullo	Italy	23.65	Q[5]
5	1	Marie-Pierre Philippe	France	23.88	[3]
6	1	Tânia Miranda	Brazil	24.83
1	2	Chantal Réga	France	23.02	Q[3]
2	2	Bev Goddard	Great Britain	23.03	Q
3	2	Helinä Laihorinne	Finland	23.27	Q
4	2	Cornelia Schniggendiller	West Germany	23.70	Q
5	2	Elly Henzen	Netherlands	24.19
6	2	Gloria Ayanlaja	Nigeria	24.33

Final

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Wind: +1.9 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marita Koch	East Germany	21.91	UR
	Kathy Smallwood	Great Britain	22.70
	Bev Goddard	Great Britain	22.76
4	Chantal Réga	France	22.80
5	Valerie Brisco	United States	23.25
6	Marisa Masullo	Italy	23.41
7	Cornelia Schniggendiller	West Germany	23.58
	Helinä Laihorinne	Finland	??.??

References

1. Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). Bartels & Wernitz. 39/1979: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
2. "Universiade, atletiek" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 11 September 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
3. French results
4. "Na hordenexplosie bij Universiade Pont tiende ter wereld" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 13 September 1979. p. 19. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
5. "Tre medaglie sotto il diluvio" (in Italian). La Stampa. 13 September 1979. p. 21.
6. "Final results". The News-Press. 13 September 1979. p. 30. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
7. "Final results". Victoria Advocate. 13 September 1979. p. 16. Retrieved 22 March 2020.