The women's 200 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–15.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Muriel Hurtis-Houairi France | Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Russia | Juliet Campbell Jamaica |
Note: Michelle Collins of the USA originally won the gold medal but lost it due to a doping case.
First 2 of each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Muriel Hurtis-Houairi | France | 22.75 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Anastasiya Kapachinskaya | Russia | 22.80 | Q |
| DQ | 6 | Michelle Collins |  United States | Q, Doping | |
| 3 | 5 | Juliet Campbell | Jamaica | 23.12 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Cydonie Mothersill |  Cayman Islands | 23.16 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Natallia Safronnikava |  Belarus | 23.26 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Maryna Maydanova |  Ukraine | 23.30 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Allyson Felix | United States | 23.36 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Manuela Levorato |  Italy | 23.46 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | Ciara Sheehy |  Ireland | 23.46 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Lucia Ivanová |  Slovakia | 23.47 | NR |
| 11 | 5 | Yuliya Tabakova | Russia | 23.58 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Amy Spencer |  Great Britain | 23.59 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Daniela Graglia | Italy | 23.66 | |
| 14 | 3 | Olena Pastushenko-Sinyavina | Ukraine | 23.80 | |
| 15 | 6 | Solen Désert-Mariller | France | 23.82 | |
| 16 | 5 | Céline Pace |  Malta | 25.93 | |
| 2 | Alenka Bikar |  Slovenia | DQ | ||
| 3 | Mary Onyali-Omagbemi |  Nigeria | DQ | ||
| 4 | Gretta Taslakian |  Lebanon | DQ | ||
| 5 | Roxana Díaz |  Cuba | DQ |
First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DQ | 2 | Michelle Collins | United States | Q, Doping | |
| 1 | 1 | Muriel Hurtis-Houairi | France | 22.49 | Q, WL, NR |
| 2 | 3 | Anastasiya Kapachinskaya | Russia | 22.76 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Juliet Campbell | Jamaica | 22.84 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 3 | Cydonie Mothersill | Cayman Islands | 22.85 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Natallia Safronnikava | Belarus | 22.91 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 2 | Ciara Sheehy | Ireland | 23.23 | |
| 7 | 1 | Maryna Maydanova | Ukraine | 23.26 | PB |
| 8 | 3 | Allyson Felix | United States | 23.29 | |
| 9 | 2 | Manuela Levorato | Italy | 23.52 | |
| 10 | 1 | Yuliya Tabakova | Russia | 23.64 | |
| 11 | 3 | Amy Spencer | Great Britain | 23.73 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | React | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DQ | 6 | Michelle Collins | United States | Doping | ||
 | 5 | Muriel Hurtis-Houairi | France | 22.54 | 0.160 | |
 | 3 | Anastasiya Kapachinskaya | Russia | 22.80 | 0.249 | |
 | 4 | Juliet Campbell | Jamaica | 22.81 | 0.146 | SB |
| 4 | 2 | Cydonie Mothersill | Cayman Islands | 23.18 | 0.172 | |
| 5 | 1 | Natallia Safronnikava | Belarus | 23.61 | 0.171 |
