The women's 200 metres was the second-shortest of the four women's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 18 October and 19 October 1964. 42 athletes from 27 nations entered, with 6 not starting in the first round. The first round and the semifinal were held on 18 October, with the final on 19 October. The winning margin was 0.1 seconds.

Results

First round

The top two runners in each of the 6 heats advanced, as well as the next four fastest runners from across the heats.

First round, heat 1

Wind: +5.0 m/s Place Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) 1 Janet Simpson 24.0 24.06 2 Eva Lehocká 24.2 24.30 3 Joyce Bennett 24.3 24.34 4 Michele Lurot 24.7 24.75 5 Erzsébet Bartos 24.9 24.90 6 E. E. Giron Olivares 25.3 – — Halina Gorecka Did not start –

First round, heat 2 Wind: +3.5 m/s Place Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) 1 Miguelina Cobián 23.8 23.89 2 Barbara Sobotta 24.1 24.19 3 Irene Piotrowski 24.4 24.47 4 Inge Aigner 24.7 24.77 5 Susana Ritchie 24.7 24.79 — Margit Nemesházi Did not start – Ulla-Britt Wieslander Did not start –

First round, heat 3 Wind: +3.1 m/s

Place Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) 1 Margaret Burvill 24.2 24.22 2 Heilwig Jacob 24.2 24.23 3 Galina Gaida 24.4 24.45 4 Deborah Thompson 24.6 24.62 5 Irene Muyanca 27.6 – — Clarice Ahanotu Did not start – Jean Mitchell Did not start –

First round, heat 4 Wind: +1.0 m/s Place Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) 1 Lyudmila Samotyosova 23.8 23.86 2 Dorothy Hyman 24.0 24.02 3 Vivian Brown 24.1 24.17 4 Louise Sydranski 24.6 24.68 5 Adlin Mair 25.0 – 6 Kusolwan Soraja 26.1 – 7 Marcela Daniel 26.6 –

First round, heat 5

Wind: +2.9 m/s Place Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) 1 Edith McGuire 23.4 23.47 2 Marilyn Black 23.7 23.78 3 Una Morris 24.2 24.24 4 Mona Sulaiman 25.4 – 5 Song Yang Ja 26.5 – — Jutta Heine Disqualified – Maria Itkina Did not start –

First round, heat 6 Wind: +4.1 m/s Place Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) 1 Irena Kirszenstein 23.8 23.82 2 Daphne Arden 24.2 24.21 3 Doreen Porter 24.2 24.24 4 Erika Pollmann 24.4 24.44 5 Makiko Izawa 25.4 – 6 Delceita Oakley 26.2 – 7 Yeh Chu-mei 27.1 –

Semifinals

The top four runners in each of the two semifinals advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Wind: +1.0 m/s Place Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) 1 Edith McGuire 23.3 23.37 2 Irena Kirszenstein 23.6 23.62 3 Janet Simpson 23.7 23.75 4 Daphne Arden 24.0 24.01 5 Margaret Burvill 24.3 – 6 Eva Lehocká 24.5 – 7 Joyce Bennett 24.7 – — Miguelina Cobián Disqualified –

Semifinal 2

Wind: +3.3 m/s Place Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) 1 Marilyn Black 23.4 23.42 2 Lyudmila Samotyosova 23.7 23.74 3 Una Morris 23.7 23.77 4 Barbara Sobotta 23.7 23.78 5 Dorothy Hyman 23.9 23.93 6 Doreen Porter 24.0 24.03 7 Heilwig Jacob 24.1 24.10 8 Vivian Brown 24.3 24.39

Final Wind: +0.8 m/s Place Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) 1 Edith McGuire 23.0 OR 23.05 2 Irena Kirszenstein 23.1 23.13 3 Marilyn Black 23.1 23.18 4 Una Morris 23.5 23.58 5 Lyudmila Samotyosova 23.5 23.59 6 Barbara Sobotta 23.9 23.97 7 Janet Simpson 23.9 23.98 8 Daphne Arden 24.0 24.01

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