1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres

Events at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m		men		women
60 m hurdles		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
3000 m walk				women
5000 m walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women

The women's 200 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 9 and 10 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Merlene Ottey  Jamaica	Irina Sergeyeva  Soviet Union	Grit Breuer  Germany

Results

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Andrea Thomas	Germany	22.95	Q
2	3	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	23.30	Q
3	2	Irina Sergeyeva	Soviet Union	23.35	Q
4	1	Grit Breuer	Germany	23.49	Q
5	1	Fabienne Ficher	France	23.56	Q
5	5	Sisko Hanhijoki	Finland	23.56	Q, NR
7	1	Celena Mondie-Milner	United States	23.64	q
8	5	Renata Kubalová	Czechoslovakia	23.73	q, PB
9	3	Angela Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	23.75	Q
10	4	Galina Malchugina	Soviet Union	23.77	Q
11	2	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	23.78	Q
12	5	Wang Huei-chen	Chinese Taipei	23.81	AR
13	4	Sølvi Olsen	Norway	24.01	Q, NR
14	2	Monika Špičková	Czechoslovakia	24.06
15	1	Norfalia Carabalí	Colombia	24.16
16	5	France Gareau	Canada	24.18
17	4	Karen Clarke	Canada	24.28
18	2	Tian Yumei	China	25.04	NR
19	2	Claudia Acerenza	Uruguay	25.69
20	1	Juana Mejía	Dominican Republic	26.34
21	3	Mamaissata Cisse	Guinea	DQ
22	3	Rochelle Stevens	United States	DNS
22	3	Lasnet Nkouka	Republic of the Congo	DNS
22	4	Juliet Cuthbert	Jamaica	DNS

Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	22.64	Q
2	2	Irina Sergeyeva	Soviet Union	22.86	Q
3	1	Andrea Thomas	Germany	22.98	Q
4	1	Galina Malchugina	Soviet Union	23.07	Q
5	2	Grit Breuer	Germany	23.10	Q
6	2	Sisko Hanhijoki	Finland	23.55	Q, NR
7	1	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	23.58
8	2	Fabienne Ficher	France	23.63
9	1	Angela Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	23.66
10	2	Celena Mondie-Milner	United States	23.73
11	1	Renata Kubalová	Czechoslovakia	23.74
12	2	Sølvi Olsen	Norway	24.70

Final

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	22.24	=WR
	6	Irina Sergeyeva	Soviet Union	22.41	NR
	3	Grit Breuer	Germany	22.58	WJR
4	5	Andrea Thomas	Germany	22.94
5	2	Galina Malchugina	Soviet Union	23.20
6	1	Sisko Hanhijoki	Finland	24.10

References

1. Heats results
2. Semifinals results
3. Final results