1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 13 and 14 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Irina Privalova Russia	Melinda Gainsford  Australia	Natalya Voronova Russia

Results

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Melinda Gainsford	Australia	23.16	Q, AR
2	3	Wendy Vereen	United States	23.32	Q
3	4	Natalya Voronova	Russia	23.42	Q
4	1	Lucrécia Jardim	Portugal	23.48	Q, NR
5	1	Jacqueline Poelman	Netherlands	23.51	Q
6	4	Sanna Hernesniemi	Finland	23.55	Q, =NR
7	2	Irina Privalova	Russia	23.57	Q
8	4	Dyan Webber	United States	23.70	q
9	2	Sisko Hanhijoki	Finland	23.72	Q
10	3	Marika Johansson	Sweden	23.82	q, NR
11	1	Merlene Frazer	Jamaica	23.85	q
12	1	Wang Huei-Chen	Chinese Taipei	24.13	q
13	2	Ekaterini Koffa	Greece	24.17
14	3	Chen Zhaojing	China	24.25	NR
15	2	Shanti Govindasamy	Malaysia	24.34	NR
16	3	Marcia Richardson	Great Britain	24.50
17	1	Éva Barati	Hungary	24.59
18	1	Arely Franco	El Salvador	27.00	NR
	4	Cathy Freeman	Australia	DQ
	2	Sabine Tröger	Austria	DNS
	4	Karen Clarke	Canada	DNS

Semifinals

First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Irina Privalova	Russia	22.58	Q
2	1	Melinda Gainsford	Australia	22.83	Q, AR
3	1	Natalya Voronova	Russia	23.00	Q
4	1	Wendy Vereen	United States	23.07	q
5	2	Dyan Webber	United States	23.54	Q
6	1	Sanna Hernesniemi	Finland	23.56	q
7	2	Lucrécia Jardim	Portugal	23.63
8	2	Jacqueline Poelman	Netherlands	23.70
9	2	Merlene Frazer	Jamaica	23.83
10	2	Sisko Hanhijoki	Finland	23.84
11	1	Wang Huei-Chen	Chinese Taipei	24.43
12	1	Marika Johansson	Sweden	24.58

Final

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Irina Privalova	Russia	22.15	CR
	3	Melinda Gainsford	Australia	22.73	AR
	4	Natalya Voronova	Russia	22.90
4	6	Sanna Hernesniemi	Finland	23.03	NR
5	1	Wendy Vereen	United States	23.34
6	2	Dyan Webber	United States	23.53