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Women's 200 metres at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Stadium Australia
Date	27 September 2000 (heats and quarter-finals) 28 September 2000 (semi-finals and final)
Competitors	52 from 38 nations
Winning time	22.27
Medalists
Pauline Davis-Thompson  Bahamas Susanthika Jayasinghe  Sri Lanka Beverly McDonald  Jamaica
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The Women's 200 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme was held at Stadium Australia on Wednesday 27 September, and Thursday 28 September 2000.^[1]

The top four runners in each of the initial seven heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next four fastest runners from across the heats also qualified for the second round, and the top four runners in each of the four second round heats automatically qualified for the semi-final.

The top four runners in each semi-final automatically qualified for the final. There were a total number of 54 participating athletes.

U.S. sprinter Marion Jones was stripped of her gold medal following her 2007 admission of taking performance-enhancing steroids. Medals were reallocated accordingly.

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

All times shown are in seconds.

• Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
• q denotes qualification by overall place.
• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• OR denotes Olympic record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best.

• 1998 Women's European Championships 200 metres (Budapest)
• 1999 Women's World Championships 200 metres (Seville)
• 2001 Women's World Championships 200 metres (Edmonton)
• 2002 Women's European Championships 200 metres (Munich)