2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres
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The Men's 200 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships
2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, UK from 14 March to 16 March 2003. It was the first time the Championships had been held in the UK...

 was held on March 14–15.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Marlon Devonish
Marlon Devonish
Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent...


 United Kingdom
Joseph Batangdon
Joseph Batangdon
Joseph Batangdon is a Cameroonian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Batangdon became African champion in 2004, a month before the 2004 Summer Olympics. Competing in the 200 metres contest, he did advance from the heats but pulled out of the competition.- Achievements...


Dominic Demeritte
Dominic Demeritte
Dominic Demeritte is a sprints athlete who specializes in the 200 metres.He became indoor world champion in 2004, his result 20.66 a new Bahamian record...



Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
3 Shawn Crawford
Shawn Crawford
Shawn Crawford is an American sprint athlete. He competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 meters....

 
20.69 Q
4 Matic Osovnikar
Matic Osovnikar
Matic Osovnikar is a Slovenian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.Osovnikar competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics where he achieved third place in his 100 metres heat, thus making through to the second round but narrowly missed out on a placing in the semi-finals after achieving fourth place in...

 
20.77 Q, NR
1 Marco Torrieri
Marco Torrieri
Marco Torrieri is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.He finished sixth at the 2002 European Championships in Munich and fifth at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. At the 2001 Mediterranean Games he finished fourth over 200 m and won a gold medal in 4 x 100...

 
20.78 Q, PB
6 Marlon Devonish
Marlon Devonish
Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent...

 
 United Kingdom 20.78 Q
6 Bobby Williams  20.90 Q
4 Patrick van Balkom
Patrick van Balkom
Patrick Petrus Marinus van Balkom is a former Dutch sprinter. Together with Caimin Douglas, Timothy Beck and Troy Douglas he won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics...

 
20.91 Q, SB
2 Joseph Batangdon
Joseph Batangdon
Joseph Batangdon is a Cameroonian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Batangdon became African champion in 2004, a month before the 2004 Summer Olympics. Competing in the 200 metres contest, he did advance from the heats but pulled out of the competition.- Achievements...

 
20.95 Q
4 Leslie Djhone
Leslie Djhone
Leslie Djhone is a French athlete. Competing mainly in the 400 metres event, he placed 5th at the 2003 World Championships and 2007 World Championships and 7th at the 2004 Olympics...

 
20.95 q
5 Dominic Demeritte
Dominic Demeritte
Dominic Demeritte is a sprints athlete who specializes in the 200 metres.He became indoor world champion in 2004, his result 20.66 a new Bahamian record...

 
21.00 Q
10 5 Paul Brizzel  21.02 Q
11 2 Gary Ryan
Gary Ryan
Gary Ryan is a former Irish sprinter who specialised in the 200 metres. On retirement he worked for the Irish athletics association as Director of Coaching before leaving in January, 2009 for a position with the National University of Ireland, Galway.Ryan won the bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres...

 
21.07 Q
12 1 Allyn Condon
Allyn Condon
Allyn Condon is an English former sprinter and current bobsleigher. At the Vancouver Olympic Games in 2010 he became the second person to have competed for Great Britain in both the summer and winter Olympic games having already competed in the Sydney Olympics in 2000.-Athletics:Condon has been...

 
 United Kingdom 21.14 Q
13 2 Johan Wissman
Johan Wissman
Johan Lukas Wissman is a Swedish athlete from Helsingborg, specializing in the 200 and 400 m. He is the current national record holder in both of these events....

 
21.17
14 3 Stefano Dacastello  21.29 Q
15 3 Santiago Ezquerro  21.31
16 1 Johan Engberg  21.36
17 5 Adrian Durant
Adrian Durant
Adrian Durant is a sprinter from the United States Virgin Islands who specializes in the 100 and 200 meters.He has competed in 60, 100 and 200 meters at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, the 2003 World Championships, the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2008 World Indoor Championships.He has 10.25...

 
21.60 NR
18 4 Oumar Loum
Oumar Loum
Oumar Loum is a former Senegalese sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...

 
21.62
19 5 Chao Un Kei  22.42
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Heber Viera
Heber Williams Viera da Silva is a Uruguayan sprinter who has been prominent in South American sprints since the turn of the century. He competed at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004 and 2008, being knocked out in the heats each time.Viera represented Uruguay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...

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Uchenna Emedolu
Uchenna Emedolu is a Nigerian athlete specializing in short-distance sprints, particularly the 100 metres and the 200 metres. In 100 metres his personal best time is 9.97 seconds, achieved at the 2003 All-Africa Games where he finished second...

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Semifinals

First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
3 Marlon Devonish
Marlon Devonish
Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent...

 
 United Kingdom 20.63 Q
2 Joseph Batangdon
Joseph Batangdon
Joseph Batangdon is a Cameroonian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Batangdon became African champion in 2004, a month before the 2004 Summer Olympics. Competing in the 200 metres contest, he did advance from the heats but pulled out of the competition.- Achievements...

 
20.65 Q
1 Dominic Demeritte
Dominic Demeritte
Dominic Demeritte is a sprints athlete who specializes in the 200 metres.He became indoor world champion in 2004, his result 20.66 a new Bahamian record...

 
20.67 Q, NR
Bahamian records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Bahamas maintained by Bahamas' national athletics federation: Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not officially ratified...

2 Matic Osovnikar
Matic Osovnikar
Matic Osovnikar is a Slovenian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.Osovnikar competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics where he achieved third place in his 100 metres heat, thus making through to the second round but narrowly missed out on a placing in the semi-finals after achieving fourth place in...

 
20.87 Q
3 Marco Torrieri
Marco Torrieri
Marco Torrieri is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.He finished sixth at the 2002 European Championships in Munich and fifth at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. At the 2001 Mediterranean Games he finished fourth over 200 m and won a gold medal in 4 x 100...

 
20.91 Q
3 Paul Brizzel  20.96
1 Allyn Condon
Allyn Condon
Allyn Condon is an English former sprinter and current bobsleigher. At the Vancouver Olympic Games in 2010 he became the second person to have competed for Great Britain in both the summer and winter Olympic games having already competed in the Sydney Olympics in 2000.-Athletics:Condon has been...

 
 United Kingdom 21.03 Q
1 Leslie Djhone
Leslie Djhone
Leslie Djhone is a French athlete. Competing mainly in the 400 metres event, he placed 5th at the 2003 World Championships and 2007 World Championships and 7th at the 2004 Olympics...

 
21.09
2 Gary Ryan
Gary Ryan
Gary Ryan is a former Irish sprinter who specialised in the 200 metres. On retirement he worked for the Irish athletics association as Director of Coaching before leaving in January, 2009 for a position with the National University of Ireland, Galway.Ryan won the bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres...

 
21.13
10 2 Stefano Dacastello  21.20
11 1 Patrick van Balkom
Patrick van Balkom
Patrick Petrus Marinus van Balkom is a former Dutch sprinter. Together with Caimin Douglas, Timothy Beck and Troy Douglas he won a bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics...

 
21.26
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Shawn Crawford
Shawn Crawford is an American sprint athlete. He competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 meters....

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Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time React Notes
6 Marlon Devonish
Marlon Devonish
Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent...

 
 United Kingdom 20.62 0.163
5 Joseph Batangdon
Joseph Batangdon
Joseph Batangdon is a Cameroonian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Batangdon became African champion in 2004, a month before the 2004 Summer Olympics. Competing in the 200 metres contest, he did advance from the heats but pulled out of the competition.- Achievements...

 
20.76 0.195
4 Dominic Demeritte
Dominic Demeritte
Dominic Demeritte is a sprints athlete who specializes in the 200 metres.He became indoor world champion in 2004, his result 20.66 a new Bahamian record...

 
20.92 0.222
4 3 Matic Osovnikar
Matic Osovnikar
Matic Osovnikar is a Slovenian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.Osovnikar competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics where he achieved third place in his 100 metres heat, thus making through to the second round but narrowly missed out on a placing in the semi-finals after achieving fourth place in...

 
21.17 0.178
5 1 Marco Torrieri
Marco Torrieri
Marco Torrieri is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.He finished sixth at the 2002 European Championships in Munich and fifth at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. At the 2001 Mediterranean Games he finished fourth over 200 m and won a gold medal in 4 x 100...

 
21.68 0.206
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Allyn Condon
Allyn Condon is an English former sprinter and current bobsleigher. At the Vancouver Olympic Games in 2010 he became the second person to have competed for Great Britain in both the summer and winter Olympic games having already competed in the Sydney Olympics in 2000.-Athletics:Condon has been...

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