# Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 meters at the 2024 Summer Olympics was a track athletics event contested over five rounds at the [Stade de France](https://www.edgepedia.org/stade-de-france) in Paris, culminating in a final on 6 August 2024 that was won by the United States' Gabby Thomas in 21.83 seconds.[1](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-athletics-7153115/news/article/paris-2024-olympics-report-women-200m) Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia took the silver medal in 22.08 seconds and Brittany Brown, also of the United States, the bronze in 22.20 seconds.[2](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/paris-2024/ATHW200M/results)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Final | 6 August 2024, 21:40, Stade de France, Paris[3](https://parigi2024.coni.it/en/schedule/calendar/dettagliocalendario.html?disciplina=1) |
| Gold | Gabby Thomas (USA), 21.83 s with wind of -0.6 m/s[1](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-athletics-7153115/news/article/paris-2024-olympics-report-women-200m) |
| Silver | Julien Alfred (Saint Lucia), 22.08 s[2](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/paris-2024/ATHW200M/results) |
| Bronze | Brittany Brown (USA), 22.20 s[2](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/paris-2024/ATHW200M/results) |
| Field | 45 participants from 29 National Olympic Committees[4](https://www.olympedia.org/event_names/96) |
| Notable absence | Shericka Jackson of Jamaica, the 2022 and 2023 world champion, withdrew days before the start while struggling with injuries[5](https://www.olympedia.org/results/2013833) |
| Format change | Paris 2024 introduced a repechage round for all individual track events from 200 m to 1500 m[6](https://www.olympic.sk/sites/default/files/field_media_file/2024-04/Paris%202024%20-%20Olympic%20Sports%20Guide_September%202023.pdf) |
## Schedule and format
The event ran across three days of the athletics program. The repechage was a Paris 2024 innovation: for the first time in the history of Olympic athletics, athletes who did not automatically advance in track events from 200 m to 1500 m received a second chance to qualify for the next round through an additional heat.[6](https://www.olympic.sk/sites/default/files/field_media_file/2024-04/Paris%202024%20-%20Olympic%20Sports%20Guide_September%202023.pdf)
Forty-five athletes from 29 NOCs competed, continuing the event's Olympic history that dates to 1948.[4](https://www.olympedia.org/event_names/96)
## The pre-race picture
Going into the event, observers expected [Gabby Thomas](https://www.edgepedia.org/gabby-thomas) to face a challenge from Jamaica's Shericka Jackson, winner of the 2022 and 2023 world titles, yet injuries hampered Jackson, who pulled out days before competition began.[5](https://www.olympedia.org/results/2013833) That left Thomas, who had taken bronze in the 200 m at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and world championship silver in 2023, as the pre-race favorite.[7](https://www.investing.com/news/world-news/olympicsathleticsamerican-thomas-wins-womens-200m-gold-medal-3557634) The other leading storyline was [Julien Alfred](https://www.edgepedia.org/julien-alfred), who had already won the 100 m title earlier in the Games with a Saint Lucian record of 10.72, upsetting world champion [Sha'Carri Richardson](https://www.edgepedia.org/shacarri-richardson).[8](https://worldathletics.org/news/series/2024-review-sprints)
## Rounds leading to the final
In the semi-finals, Alfred won the first in 21.98 seconds, while Thomas dominated the second, running 21.86 to distance Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith, who came home in 22.31.[5](https://www.olympedia.org/results/2013833)
## The final
As the runners approached the straight, Thomas pulled into the lead and then pulled away, winning by about a quarter of a second over Alfred, who finished strongly, with Brown taking the bronze medal just ahead of Asher-Smith.[5](https://www.olympedia.org/results/2013833) The winning time of 21.83 was recorded against a headwind of 0.6 m/s, and [World Athletics](https://www.edgepedia.org/world-athletics) described the race as one that went largely to the form book.[1](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-athletics-7153115/news/article/paris-2024-olympics-report-women-200m)
**Thomas's first global title.** The gold was the first individual global championship of Thomas's career. Reuters reported that she had finally claimed the title she had long promised, denying Alfred a sprint double, and noted that Thomas, 27, had taken Tokyo bronze and 2023 world silver before the Olympic gold.[7](https://www.investing.com/news/world-news/olympicsathleticsamerican-thomas-wins-womens-200m-gold-medal-3557634)
**Alfred's double medal haul.** Alfred's silver came two days after her 100 m gold, which had made her her country's Olympic champion in the shorter sprint.[8](https://worldathletics.org/news/series/2024-review-sprints) Her two medals in Paris placed [Saint Lucia](https://www.edgepedia.org/saint-lucia) on the [Olympic medal table](https://www.edgepedia.org/olympic-medal-table) for the women's 200 m for the first time.[4](https://www.olympedia.org/event_names/96)
**The British near-miss.** Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita finished within three-hundredths of a second of making the podium, in fourth and fifth place respectively.[9](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/c2edd0nv8ndo)
## Context in Olympic history
The United States' two medals in the event, gold and bronze, extended its lead in the all-time women's Olympic 200 m medal count, which stood at 15 medals (7 gold, 3 silver, 5 bronze) after the 2024 Games, ahead of Jamaica's 13.[4](https://www.olympedia.org/event_names/96) Thomas's gold made her the event's reigning Olympic champion going into the Los Angeles 2028 cycle, and she carried her Paris form into the inaugural [Athlos](https://www.edgepedia.org/athlos) all-female track meet in New York later that year.[10](https://apnews.com/article/5153bc58a3e1b0983a16c8167f6c4c23)
## References
1. [Thomas takes first global title with Olympic 200m gold in Paris, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxiii-olympic-games-athletics-7153115/news/article/paris-2024-olympics-report-women-200m)
2. [Women's 200m medal results - Paris Olympics 2024, BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/paris-2024/ATHW200M/results)
3. [Calendar, CONI Paris 2024 schedule](https://parigi2024.coni.it/en/schedule/calendar/dettagliocalendario.html?disciplina=1)
4. [Olympedia – Athletics — 200 metres, Women](https://www.olympedia.org/event_names/96)
5. [Olympedia – 200 metres, Women (2024 results)](https://www.olympedia.org/results/2013833)
6. [Paris 2024 Olympic Sports Guide, September 2023](https://www.olympic.sk/sites/default/files/field_media_file/2024-04/Paris%202024%20-%20Olympic%20Sports%20Guide_September%202023.pdf)
7. [Olympics-Athletics-Dominant Thomas lands first 200m global title, Reuters via Investing.com](https://www.investing.com/news/world-news/olympicsathleticsamerican-thomas-wins-womens-200m-gold-medal-3557634)
8. [2024 review: sprints, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/news/series/2024-review-sprints)
9. [Paris 2024 Olympics: Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita miss out as Gabby Thomas wins 200m gold, BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/c2edd0nv8ndo)
10. [Women's only track meet in NYC features Olympic champs, musicians and lucrative prize money, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/5153bc58a3e1b0983a16c8167f6c4c23)
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