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Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games:
Women's 200 metres
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Host City: Tokyo, Japan
Venue(s): National Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Date Started: October 18, 1964
Date Finished: October 19, 1964
| Gold: |  Edith McGuire |
| Silver: |  Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein |
| Bronze: |  Marilyn Black |
Summary
In 1962 the European Championships were won by Jutta Heine (FRG), who had won the Olympic silver medal in 1960, but she was disqualified in round one for false starts. The final was led by Australian Marilyn Black but McGuire caught her at the top of the homestretch and pulled away to win, with Poland’s Irena Szewińska-Kirszensteinfinishing quickly for the silver medal. Both McGuire and Szewińska-Kirszenstein had won silver medals earlier in the Olympics, McGuire in the 100 and Szewińska-Kirszenstein in the long jump.
Final Standings
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edith McGuire | 20 | United States | USA | Gold | OR |
| 2 | Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein | 18 | Poland | POL | Silver | |
| 3 | Marilyn Black | 20 | Australia | AUS | Bronze | |
| 4 | Una Morris | 17 | Jamaica | JAM | ||
| 5 | Lyudmila Ignatyeva-Samotesova | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 6 | Barbara Lerczak-Janiszewska-Sobotta | 27 | Poland | POL | ||
| 7 | Janet Simpson | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 8 | Daphne Arden | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 5 h1 r2/3 | Margaret Burvill | 23 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 5 h2 r2/3 | Dorothy Hyman | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 6 h1 r2/3 | Eva Lehocká-Glesková | 21 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| 6 h2 r2/3 | Doreen Porter | 23 | New Zealand | NZL | ||
| 7 h1 r2/3 | Joyce Bennett | 19 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 7 h2 r2/3 | Heilwig Jacob | 22 | Germany | GER | ||
| 8 h2 r2/3 | Vivian Brown | 22 | United States | USA | ||
| AC h1 r2/3 | Miguelina Cobián | 22 | Cuba | CUB | ||
| 3 h2 r1/3 | Irene Piotrowski | 23 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 3 h3 r1/3 | Galina Gayda | 28 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 4 h1 r1/3 | Michèle Lurot | 21 | France | FRA | ||
| 4 h2 r1/3 | Inge Aigner | 21 | Austria | AUT | ||
| 4 h3 r1/3 | Debbie Thompson | 22 | United States | USA | ||
| 4 h4 r1/3 | Miriam Sidranski | 22 | Israel | ISR | ||
| 4 h5 r1/3 | Mona Sulaiman | 22 | Philippines | PHI | ||
| 4 h6 r1/3 | Erika Pollmann | 20 | Germany | GER | ||
| 5 h1 r1/3 | Erzsébet Bartos-Heldt | 23 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 5 h2 r1/3 | Susana Ritchie | 19 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 5 h3 r1/3 | Irene Muyanga | 20 | Uganda | UGA | ||
| 5 h4 r1/3 | Adlin Mair-Clarke | 22 | Jamaica | JAM | ||
| 5 h5 r1/3 | Song Yang-Ja | 20 | South Korea | KOR | ||
| 5 h6 r1/3 | Makiko Izawa | 18 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 6 h1 r1/3 | Esperanza Girón | 16 | Mexico | MEX | ||
| 6 h4 r1/3 | Kusolwan Soraja | 23 | Thailand | THA | ||
| 6 h6 r1/3 | Delceita Oakley | 20 | Panama | PAN | ||
| 7 h4 r1/3 | Marcela Daniel | 21 | Panama | PAN | ||
| 7 h6 r1/3 | Yeh Chu-Mei | 20 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | ||
| AC h5 r1/3 | Jutta Heine | 24 | Germany | GER |
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