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#1 · women's 200 m · United States
Women's 200 Meters
Jamaican athlete. women's 200 m mark of 21.41 seconds at Budapest on August 25, 2023, the personal best on the World Athletics all-time list.
Shericka Jackson's race time is 21.41 s, an official figure.
Race time
21.41s
women's 200 m, Budapest, wind +0.224 mph (+0.1 m/s). One personal best per athlete.
Quick answers
Shericka Jackson's race time is 21.41 s, an official figure.
Shericka Jackson is labeled Official. Ratified by a governing body such as the FIA, World Athletics or Guinness World Records.
The figure cites World Athletics, “200 metres women, senior, outdoor all-time list.”
Shericka Jackson is 2nd of 9 on Fastest Women's 200 m.
Mechanism
Shericka Jackson's mark is a women's 200 meters of 21.41 seconds at Budapest on August 25, 2023. The race is a bend and then a straight. Dividing 200 meters by that time is about 20.9 mph for the whole race, bend included.
A 200 meters leaves the blocks on a curve. Shericka Jackson cannot run the bend the way a straight 100 is run, and the 21.41 includes that curve plus the straight. What counts is the full race at Budapest on August 25, 2023. A speed on the straight alone is not a separate figure.
200 meters in 21.41 seconds is about 20.9 mph from start to finish. That average is slower than a peak on the straight because the bend is in the denominator. Shericka Jackson's mark is the personal best on the all-time list. This does not add a wind reading the entry does not keep.
Provenance
Claimed, measured and official figures side by side, each with its source. The ranked figure is marked.
women's 200 m, Budapest, wind +0.224 mph (+0.1 m/s). One personal best per athlete.
Reference
Context
Shericka Jackson's ranked women's 200 m time is 21.41 seconds at Budapest on August 25, 2023, wind +0.224 mph (+0.1 m/s). World Athletics, Athletic Stats (refreshed October 5, 2026) and Track & Field News say that time and date.
The list is one event. A mark from another distance is a different page, with its own slug. Wind above +4.5 mph (+2.0 m/s) is not legal. Lower is faster.
Every report is read by a person, and corrections are dated on the page.