200 metres
Half-lap track event
The 200 metres is a sprint event in track and field, run around a curve and into the straightaway.
It's one of the standard Olympic distances, shorter than the 400 but requiring more sustained speed than the 100.
She won gold in the 200 metres.
Also spelled 200 meters.
- raceCompetition of speed
- track eventCompetitive running contest
- laneDesignated travel strip
- runnerOne who sprints
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
athletics · 200m · half lap · straightaway · home stretch · relay · world record · personal best · Usain Bolt · gold medal · finals · finish line · heats · competition · photo finish · speed · velocity · length
- metre wordsmillimetre, centimetre, decimetre, kilometre, nanometre