1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres

The winner of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Erika Suchovská	Czech Republic	23.26	Q
2	1	Nora Ivanova	Bulgaria	23.43	q
3	4	Zlatka Georgieva	Bulgaria	23.68	Q
4	6	Sandra Myers	Spain	23.71	Q
5	5	Fabé Dia	France	23.77	Q
6	6	Alenka Bikar	Slovenia	23.85	q
7	2	Christine Arron	France	23.88	Q
8	5	Maya Azarashvili	Georgia	23.91	q
9	2	Marina Zhirova	Russia	24.00	q
10	4	Agnė Visockaitė	Lithuania	24.04	q
11	6	Mireille Donders	Switzerland	24.05	q
12	1	Marina Vasarmidou	Greece	24.31
12	4	Mercedes Martín	Spain	24.31
13	3	Monika Gachevska	Bulgaria	24.40	Q
14	5	Éva Barati	Hungary	24.74
15	5	Aksel Gürcan	Turkey	24.84
16	3	Virna De Angeli	Italy	26.49
	3	Katerina Koffa	Greece	DQ
	2	Öznur Dursun	Turkey	DNS	[2]
	6	Rutti Luksepp	Estonia	DNS	[2]

The winner of each semifinal (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final. The following 4 fastest qualified for the B final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Sandra Myers	Spain	23.21	Q
2	3	Erika Suchovská	Czech Republic	23.39	Q
3	3	Alenka Bikar	Slovenia	23.54	q
4	2	Zlatka Georgieva	Bulgaria	23.58	Q
5	1	Fabé Dia	France	23.73	qB
6	1	Marina Zhirova	Russia	23.81	qB
7	2	Christine Arron	France	23.89	qB
8	2	Maya Azarashvili	Georgia	24.12	qB
9	3	Mireille Donders	Switzerland	24.13
10	2	Agnė Visockaitė	Lithuania	24.17
11	3	Monika Gachevska	Bulgaria	24.22
	1	Nora Ivanova	Bulgaria	DQ

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sandra Myers	Spain	23.15
	Erika Suchovská	Czech Republic	23.16	PB
	Zlatka Georgieva	Bulgaria	23.40
4	Alenka Bikar	Slovenia	23.68

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Marina Zhirova	Russia	23.72
2	Christine Arron	France	23.74
3	Fabé Dia	France	24.04
4	Maya Azarashvili	Georgia	24.06