Date November 29–30 Winning time 23.4 | Competitors 27 from 12 nations | |
Venue Melbourne Cricket Ground | ||
The women's 200 metres competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia was held at the Olympic Stadium on November 29–30.
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Competition format
The women's 200m competition started with six heats, where the fastest two from each heat qualified to one of the two semifinals groups. The three fastest runners from each semifinals group advanced to the final.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
Heats
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Heat 5
Heat 6
Semifinals
Group 1
Group 2
References
Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA