1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Melinda Gainsford	Australia	23.16	Q, AR
2	3	Wendy Vereen	United States	23.32	Q
3	4	Natalya Voronova	Russia	23.42	Q
4	1	Lucrécia Jardim	Portugal	23.48	Q, NR
5	1	Jacqueline Poelman	Netherlands	23.51	Q
6	4	Sanna Hernesniemi	Finland	23.55	Q, =NR
7	2	Irina Privalova	Russia	23.57	Q
8	4	Dyan Webber	United States	23.70	q
9	2	Sisko Hanhijoki	Finland	23.72	Q
10	3	Marika Johansson	Sweden	23.82	q, NR
11	1	Merlene Frazer	Jamaica	23.85	q
12	1	Wang Huei-Chen	Chinese Taipei	24.13	q
13	2	Ekaterini Koffa	Greece	24.17
14	3	Chen Zhaojing	China	24.25	NR
15	2	Shanti Govindasamy	Malaysia	24.34	NR
16	3	Marcia Richardson	Great Britain	24.50
17	1	Éva Barati	Hungary	24.59
18	1	Arely Franco	El Salvador	27.00	NR
	4	Cathy Freeman	Australia	DQ
	2	Sabine Tröger	Austria	DNS
	4	Karen Clarke	Canada	DNS

First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Irina Privalova	Russia	22.58	Q
2	1	Melinda Gainsford	Australia	22.83	Q, AR
3	1	Natalya Voronova	Russia	23.00	Q
4	1	Wendy Vereen	United States	23.07	q
5	2	Dyan Webber	United States	23.54	Q
6	1	Sanna Hernesniemi	Finland	23.56	q
7	2	Lucrécia Jardim	Portugal	23.63
8	2	Jacqueline Poelman	Netherlands	23.70
9	2	Merlene Frazer	Jamaica	23.83
10	2	Sisko Hanhijoki	Finland	23.84
11	1	Wang Huei-Chen	Chinese Taipei	24.43
12	1	Marika Johansson	Sweden	24.58

[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Irina Privalova	Russia	22.15	CR
	3	Melinda Gainsford	Australia	22.73	AR
	4	Natalya Voronova	Russia	22.90
4	6	Sanna Hernesniemi	Finland	23.03	NR
5	1	Wendy Vereen	United States	23.34
6	2	Dyan Webber	United States	23.53