200 meters
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
200 meters
| Year | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Fanny Blankers-Koen, NED | 24.4 | |
| 1952 | Marjorie Jackson, AUS | 23.7 | OR |
| 1956 | Betty Cuthbert, AUS | 23.4 | =OR |
| 1960 | Wilma Rudolph, USA | 24.0 | |
| 1964 | Edith McGuire, USA | 23.0 | OR |
| 1968 | Irena Szewinska, POL | 22.5 | WR |
| 1972 | Renate Stecher, E. Ger | 22.40 | =WR |
| 1976 | Bärbel Eckert, E. Ger | 22.37 | OR |
| 1980 | Bärbel Eckert Wockel, E. Ger | 22.03 | OR |
| 1984 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks, USA | 21.81 | OR |
| 1988 | Florence Griffith Joyner, USA | 21.34 | WR |
| 1992 | Gwen Torrence, USA | 21.81 | |
| 1996 | Marie-Jose Perec, FRA | 22.12 | |
| 2000 | Marion Jones, USA | 21.84 | |
| 2004 | Veronica Campbell, JAM | 22.05 | |
| 2008 | Veronica Campbell-Brown, JAM | 21.74 |
