Paris 2024: Women’s 200m preview, full schedule and how to watch live
Gabrielle Thomas was fastest after heat 1 of the women's 200m on Sunday (4 August) and will be chasing a first Olympic gold medal come the semi-final on Monday and, all being well for her, the final on Tuesday.
One of her main competitors in the distance, two-time world champion Shericka Jackson will not contend however, after not turning up for round one.
Jackson had previously also pulled out of the 100m.
Thomas has enjoyed the best of times, moving up to the fourth-fastest 200m time in history of 21.60s.
"When I came back from the Tokyo Olympics with a bronze medal and a silver, I was very happy with that,” the American explained in an interview with Sky Sports.
“I would have been happy ending my career there. It's really all the outward talk and chatter that you hear that makes you want that gold medal. You're like, 'Dang, well I really got to go get that!' But it wasn't about that for me. It was about the fact that I put on a performance that I was proud of, and that was my best season to date. If I can go and replicate that in Paris, I'll be really happy. Hopefully, that ends up with a gold medal."
But the consistency and grit of experienced sprinters like Dina Asher-Smith, Great Britain’s 2019 world 200m champion – who qualified with the third fastest time behind Nigeria's Favour Ofili – and the new history-making 100m Olympic champion, Julien Alfred of St Lucia, could challenge at the Stade de France.
The unpredictable nature of the 200m at the Olympics could also work in favour of 2018 Youth Olympic 100m silver medallist Alfred, who is also the reigning world indoor 60m champion.
Two-time Olympic champion in the distance, Elaine Thompson-Herah is missing the Games through injury.
Below is the complete women’s 200m schedule at Paris 2024 and how to watch all the action live.
The full women’s 200m schedule at the Paris 2024 Olympics
The women’s 200m started on the fourth day of the track and field programme at Paris 2024 on Sunday 4 August with the repechage and semi-finals taking place on 5 August.
The repechage rounds will offer competitors in the 200m through 1,500m races a second shot at the semi-finals if they don't qualify in their opening heat.
The finals are scheduled for Tuesday (6 August).
All times local to Paris.
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Sunday 4, August
10:55 – Women’s 200m preliminary round -
Monday, 5 August
12:50 – Women’s 200m repechage
20:45 – Women’s 200m semi-final -
Tuesday, 6 August
21:40 – Women’s 200m final
How to watch the women’s 200m live at Paris 2024
All of the women’s 200m action from the preliminary rounds through to the final race at Paris 2024 can be watched via media rights holders (MRHs).
Check out the listings for your local broadcaster here.