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Events at the 1995 World Championships
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These are the official results of the Women's 200 metres event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 37 participating athletes, with two semi-finals and five qualifying heats and the final held on Thursday 1995-08-10.

Final

RANK	FINAL Wind: -2.2	TIME
	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	22.12
	Irina Privalova (RUS)	22.12
	Galina Malchugina (RUS)	22.37
4.	Melanie Paschke (GER)	22.60
5.	Silke Knoll (GER)	22.66
6.	Mary Onyali (NGR)	22.71
7.	Marina Trandenkova (RUS)	22.84
—	Gwen Torrence (USA)	DQ

• Torrence ran a time of 21.77, but was disqualified due to a lane violation.

Semi-finals

• Held on Thursday 1995-08-10

RANK	HEAT 1 Wind: +2.3	TIME
1.	Irina Privalova (RUS)	22.18w
2.	Gwen Torrence (USA)	22.25w
3.	Mary Onyali (NGR)	22.58w
4.	Melanie Paschke (GER)	22.60w
5.	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (AUS)	22.61w
6.	Beverly McDonald (JAM)	22.91w
7.	Petya Pendareva (BUL)	22.92w
8.	Paula Thomas (GBR)	23.03w

RANK	HEAT 2 Wind: -0.7	TIME
1.	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	22.25
2.	Galina Malchugina (RUS)	22.45
3.	Silke Knoll (GER)	22.57
4.	Marina Trandenkova (RUS)	22.71
5.	Cathy Freeman (AUS)	22.82
6.	Carlette Guidry-White (USA)	22.91
7.	Zlatka Georgieva (BUL)	22.98
8.	Celena Mondie-Milner (USA)	23.33

Qualifying heats

• Held on Wednesday 1995-08-09

RANK	HEAT 1 Wind: +0.7	TIME
1.	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	22.55
2.	Marina Trandenkova (RUS)	22.69
3.	Carlette Guidry-White (USA)	22.71
4.	Erika Suchovska (CZE)	23.13
5.	Viktoriya Fomenko (UKR)	23.18
6.	Heather Samuel (ATG)	23.64
7.	Wang Huei-Chen (TPE)	23.77

RANK	HEAT 2 Wind: -0.2	TIME
1.	Mary Onyali (NGR)	22.59
2.	Celena Mondie-Milner (USA)	22.90
3.	Cathy Freeman (AUS)	22.90
4.	Zhanna Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich (UKR)	23.30
5.	Patricia Rodríguez (COL)	23.67
6.	Nora Ivanova (BUL)	23.98
7.	Nadjina Kaltouma (CHA)	24.57
—	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 3 Wind: -0.5	TIME
1.	Irina Privalova (RUS)	22.23
2.	Silke Knoll (GER)	22.46
3.	Paula Thomas (GBR)	22.95
4.	Petya Pendareva (BUL)	22.96
5.	Sevatheda Fynes (BAH)	23.01
6.	Maguy Nestoret (FRA)	23.16
—	Heide Seyerling (RSA)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 4 Wind: +0.0	TIME
1.	Galina Malchugina (RUS)	22.46
2.	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (AUS)	22.71
3.	Silke Lichtenhagen (GER)	23.19
4.	Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllönen (FIN)	23.20
5.	Natalya Vinogradova-Safronnikova (BLR)	23.33
6.	Debbie Ferguson (BAH)	23.33
7.	Dora Kyriakou (CYP)	23.77
8.	Marcela Tiscornia (URU)	24.39

RANK	HEAT 5 Wind: +0.7	TIME
1.	Gwen Torrence (USA)	22.61
2.	Beverly McDonald (JAM)	22.74
3.	Melanie Paschke (GER)	22.81
4.	Zlatka Georgieva (BUL)	22.95
5.	Ekaterini Koffa (GRE)	23.16
6.	Maya Azarashvili (GEO)	23.18
7.	Damayanthi Dharsha-Kobalavithanage (SRI)	23.45

References

1. Longman, Jere (1995-08-11). "Disqualification in 200 Stings Torrence". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-09-23.

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