1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres event at the 1983 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Marita Koch East Germany	Joan Baptiste Great Britain	Christina Sussiek West Germany

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Marita Koch	East Germany	23.12	Q
2	1	Joan Baptiste	Great Britain	23.48	Q
3	1	Raisa Makhova	Soviet Union	23.55	q
4	2	Christina Sussiek	West Germany	23.82	Q
5	2	Els Vader	Netherlands	24.08	Q
6	2	Renata Černochová	Czechoslovakia	24.15
7	2	Ezsébet Juhász	Hungary	24.21
8	1	Susanna Bergman	Sweden	24.76
9	1	Semra Aksu	Turkey	25.04

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Marita Koch	East Germany	22.39	WB
	4	Joan Baptiste	Great Britain	23.37
	2	Christina Sussiek	West Germany	23.61
4	5	Els Vader	Netherlands	23.64
	1	Raisa Makhova	Soviet Union	DNF