1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest on 4 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Merlene Ottey Jamaica	Grace Jackson Jamaica	Natalya Kovtun Soviet Union

Results

Heats

The first 2 of each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	23.27	Q
2	3	Silke-Beate Knoll	West Germany	23.50	Q
3	3	Marie-José Pérec	France	23.73	Q
4	3	Maria Magnólia Figueiredo	Brazil	23.81	q
5	2	Natalya Kovtun	Soviet Union	23.84	Q
6	1	Grace Jackson	Jamaica	23.86	Q
7	1	Alice Jackson	United States	23.97	Q
8	1	Tsvetanka Ilieva	Bulgaria	24.03	q
9	1	Sisko Hanhijoki	Finland	24.04	q
9	2	Sabine Tröger	Austria	24.04	q
11	2	Ágnes Kozáry	Hungary	24.18	q
11	3	Terri Dendy	United States	24.18	q
13	3	Elma Muros	Philippines	25.05	AR
14	3	Orit Kolodni	Israel	25.35
15	2	Kinah Chikontwe	Zambia	27.32	NR
	1	Claudia Acerenza	Uruguay	DQ

Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	22.72	Q
2	2	Grace Jackson	Jamaica	23.05	Q
3	2	Silke-Beate Knoll	West Germany	23.26	Q
4	2	Marie-José Pérec	France	23.36	Q
5	1	Natalya Kovtun	Soviet Union	23.38	Q
6	1	Maria Magnólia Figueiredo	Brazil	23.71	Q, AR
7	1	Terri Dendy	United States	23.75
8	2	Sisko Hanhijoki	Finland	23.94
9	1	Tsvetanka Ilieva	Bulgaria	23.98
10	1	Sabine Tröger	Austria	24.24
11	2	Ágnes Kozáry	Hungary	24.37
	2	Alice Jackson	United States	DQ

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	22.34	AR
	6	Grace Jackson	Jamaica	22.95	PB
	1	Natalya Kovtun	Soviet Union	23.28
4	5	Silke-Beate Knoll	West Germany	23.30
5	3	Maria Magnólia Figueiredo	Brazil	23.83
6	2	Marie-José Pérec	France	23.99