2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
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The men's 200 metres
at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics
was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium
on August 9, 10 and 11 August.
Q denotes qualification by place.
q denotes qualification by time.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
AR denotes area record
NR denotes national record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes season's best.
200 metres
A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...
at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics
2005 World Championships in Athletics
The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland , the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983. One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic sports, some of...
was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Helsinki Olympic Stadium
The Helsinki Olympic Stadium , located in the Töölö district about from the center of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country, nowadays mainly used for hosting sports events and big concerts. The stadium is best known for being the center of activities in the 1952...
on August 9, 10 and 11 August.
Medals
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 Justin GatlinJustin Gatlin Justin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Wallace Spearmon Wallace Spearmon Wallace Spearmon, Jr., is a sprint athlete, who specializes in the 200 meters. He is a two-time NCAA outdoor champion in the 200 m and won the silver medal in the event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
John Capel John Capel John Capel, Jr. is an American track and field athlete who was a world champion sprinter. Capel played college football for the University of Florida, where he was also a member of the Florida Gators track and field team.... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
Results
All times shown are in seconds.Q denotes qualification by place.
q denotes qualification by time.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
AR denotes area record
NR denotes national record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes season's best.
Heat 1
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Stéphane BucklandStéphane BucklandStéphan Buckland is a retired Mauritian track and field athlete who competed in the 100 and 200 metres....
, MauritiusMauritiusMauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
20.94 Q -
Andrew HoweAndrew HoweAndrew Howe is an Italian athlete who specializes in the long jump. He won this event as well as the 200 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships. He was successful at senior level at a young age, winning a long jump bronze at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships before becoming the...
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
21.08 Q -
Aaron ArmstrongAaron ArmstrongAaron Nigel Armstrong is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago.Armstrong attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he ran for the Florida Gators track and field team in NCAA competition...
, Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
21.10 Q -
Panagiotis SarrisPanagiotis SarrisPanagiotis Sarris is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He won the bronze medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games and finished eighth in 4 x 100 m relay at the 2006 IAAF World Cup...
, GreeceGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
21.43 -
André da SilvaAndré da SilvaAndré Domingos da Silva is a Brazilian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 and 200 metres....
, BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
21.44 -
Heber VieraHeber VieraHeber 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...
, UruguayUruguayUruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
21.71 -
Nabie Foday Fofana, GuineaGuineaGuinea , officially the Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea , it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures...
22.16 (SB) -
Afzal Baig, PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
22.54
Heat 2
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Ronald PognonRonald PognonRonald Pognon is a French sprint athlete. He originally specialized in the 200 metres, but later shifted to the shorter sprint distances...
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
20.37 Q -
Brian DzingaiBrian DzingaiBrian Dzingai is a Zimbabwean Olympic sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. He ran to his personal best time of 20.12 seconds in June 2004 at Austin. This is the current Zimbabwean record. He is an Old Georgian, and attended St George's College, Harare in Harare, Zimbabwe...
, ZimbabweZimbabweZimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
20.76 Q -
Yordan IlinovYordan IlinovYordan Ilinov is a Bulgarian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He won the 2005 Balkan Games. He competed at the 2005 World Championships and the 2006 European Championships, but on both occasions only reached the semi-final....
, MauritiusMauritiusMauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
20.85 Q -
Hamed Hamadan Al-BishiHamed Hamadan Al-BishiHamed Hamadan Al-Bishi is a Saudi Arabian track and field athlete who specialises in sprint running. He won a gold medal in 4 x 400 m relay at the 2002 Asian Games and became Asian champion over 200 metres in 2005.-Achievements:...
, Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaThe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
21.03 - Julieon RaeburnJulieon RaeburnJulieon Raeburn is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 200 metres.He attended the Abilene Christian College in the United States.-Achievements:-External links:*...
, Trinidad and Tobago 21.12 -
Evans MarieEvans MarieEvans Marie is a sprinter from Seychelles. He represented Seychelles at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Commonwealth Games.-External links:...
, SeychellesSeychellesSeychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....
21.65 -
Noor Adi Bin Rostam, BruneiBruneiBrunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...
24.05 Obadele ThompsonObadele ThompsonObadele Thompson is a sprint athlete from Barbados;. In 2000, he became the first Olympic medalist from Barbados with a bronze medal in the 100m race.-Biography:...
, BarbadosBarbadosBarbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
DNS
Heat 3
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Christian MalcolmChristian MalcolmChristian Sean Malcolm is a Welsh athlete, specialising in the 200m.Malcolm was born in Cardiff and resides in Newport, Wales. He won the title of World Junior Athlete of the Year in 1998 and in the 1998 World Junior Championships, he won the 200m in 20.44 seconds...
, Great BritainUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
20.36 Q - John CapelJohn CapelJohn Capel, Jr. is an American track and field athlete who was a world champion sprinter. Capel played college football for the University of Florida, where he was also a member of the Florida Gators track and field team....
, United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
20.40 Q (SB) -
Sebastian ErnstSebastian ErnstSebastian Ernst is a German sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.36 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2004 Summer Olympics. This ranks him third among German 200 m sprinters, only behind Tobias Unger and Frank Emmelmann...
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
20.45 Q (SB) -
Patrick JohnsonPatrick Johnson (sprinter)Patrick Johnson is an Australian athlete. He is the current Oceanian and Australian record holder in the 100 metres with a time of 9.93 seconds, achieved in Mito, Japan, on 5 May 2003. The time has made him the 17th fastest man in history at the time and 38th man to crack the 10-second barrier...
, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
20.56 q (SB) -
Tommi HartonenTommi HartonenTommi Mikael Hartonen is a Finnish sprinter. He holds the Finnish national records at men's 100 m and 200 m. His personal trainer is Markus Hartonen...
, FinlandFinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
20.59 q (SB) -
Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé, LuxembourgLuxembourgLuxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...
21.10 (PB) -
Nicholas Mangham, PalauPalauPalau , officially the Republic of Palau , is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Philippines and south of Tokyo. In 1978, after three decades as being part of the United Nations trusteeship, Palau chose independence instead of becoming part of the Federated States of Micronesia, a...
24.39 (PB) Omar BrownOmar BrownCommonwealth GamesOmar Brown is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres.He was successful as a junior athlete, winning the silver and bronze medals in the 200 m and 100 metres races at the 1999 World Youth Championships. The following year he finished fourth at the World Junior...
, JamaicaJamaicaJamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
DNF
Heat 4
- Tobias UngerTobias UngerTobias Benjamin Unger is a German athlete, specialist in 100 m and 200 m. Unger is 1.79 metres tall, weighing 70 kilograms....
, Germany 20.45 Q -
Christopher WilliamsChristopher Williams (sprinter)Christopher Williams is a Jamaican sprinter.Williams is best known for winning the silver medal in the 200m at the 2001 World Championships. In 2001 he was named Jamaica Sportsman of the Year. Williams has competed in the Olympic Games three times, in 2000, 2004 and 2008, reaching the semi-finals...
, Jamaica 20.64 Q - Marlon DevonishMarlon DevonishMarlon 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...
, Great Britain 20.75 Q -
Olusoji FasubaOlusoji FasubaOlusoji Adetokunbo Fasuba is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He is the current African record holder in the event with 9.85 seconds....
, Great BritainUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
20.88 q -
Matic OsovnikarMatic OsovnikarMatic 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...
, SloveniaSloveniaSlovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
20.94 - Basílio de Moraes, Brazil 20.99
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Abubaker El Tawerghi, LibyaLibyaLibya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
21.72 (SB) -
Darian ForbesDarian ForbesDarian Forbes is a sprinter from Turks and Caicos Islands who specializes in the 200 metres.Grew up in Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands. He became the top sprinter throughout Inter-High, Inter-School, Annual Relays Competitions, competing for the H.J...
, Turks and Caicos IslandsTurks and Caicos IslandsThe Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the Caribbean, the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands, known for tourism and as an offshore financial centre.The Turks and...
DNS
Heat 5
- Usain BoltUsain BoltThe Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. , is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay...
, Jamaica 20.80 Q -
Shingo SuetsuguShingo Suetsuguis a Japanese sprinter. He is the Asian record holder in the 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay.Suetsugu won a bronze medal in the 200 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in a time of 20.38 seconds. The same year he set an Asian record of 20.03 seconds at the Japanese...
, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
20.85 Q -
Kristof BeyensKristof BeyensKristof Beyens is a Belgian sprint athlete, specialised in the 100 and 200 metres. His personal best time over 200 metres is 20.44 s, achieved in Osaka during the World Championships....
, BelgiumBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
20.88 Q - Koura Kaba Fantoni, Italy 21.10
- Kevon PierreKevon PierreKevon Pierre is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago. Pierre traveled to the 2005 World Championships having set personal bests in both 100 and 200 metres two months prior to the meet. He competed in the 200 metres contest, but was knocked out in the heats...
, Trinidad and Tobago 21.24 -
Oumar LoumOumar LoumOumar Loum is a former Senegalese sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...
, SenegalSenegalSenegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
21.37 -
Béranger BosseBéranger BosseAymard Bosse Béranger is a Central African sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He competed at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without progressing to the second round...
, Central African RepublicCentral African RepublicThe Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...
22.02
Heat 6
Wind: 4.3 m/s- Tyson GayTyson GayTyson Gay is an American track and field sprinter. His primary events are the 100 meters and 200 meters. His personal bests establish him as the second fastest athlete in the 100 meters and the fifth fastest athlete in the history of the 200 meters, with times of 9.69 and...
, United States 19.99 Q -
Marcin JędrusińskiMarcin JedrusinskiMarcin Jędrusiński is a Polish sprint athlete.Jędrusiński represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Dariusz Kuc, Lukasz Chyla and Marcin Andrzej Nowak. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the...
, PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
20.14 Q -
Jaysuma Saidy NdureJaysuma Saidy NdureJaysuma Saidy Ndure is a Gambian-Norwegian sprinter. Having changed nationality from Gambia to Norway in 2006, he holds both the Gambian and Norwegian records in both the 100 and 200 metres, and is the seventh and fourth fastest European of all times on the two distances...
, Gambia 20.14 Q - Uchenna EmedoluUchenna EmedoluUchenna 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...
, NigeriaNigeriaNigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
20.22 q -
Johan WissmanJohan WissmanJohan 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....
, SwedenSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
20.26 q -
Leigh JuliusLeigh JuliusLeigh Ignatius Julius is a South African sprinter.Julius represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Hannes Dreyer, Ishmael Kumbane and Thuso Mpuang...
, South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
20.37 q -
Paul HessionPaul HessionPaul Hession is an Irish international track and field athlete who specialises in the sprinting events, particularly the 200 metres...
, IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
20.40 q
Heat 7
- Daniel BatmanDaniel BatmanDaniel Batman is an Australian sprinter. His greatest achievement has been a sixth place at the 2003 World Indoor Championships. He is known for being similarly competitive over 100, 200 and 400 metre sprint distances.Batman attended The Scots College and Cranbrook School...
, Australia 20.68 Q -
Guus HoogmoedGuus HoogmoedGuus Hoogmoed is a Dutch sprinter, specializing in the 200 metres.He finished fourth in 60 metres at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and eighth in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2006 European Championships....
, NetherlandsNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
20.80 Q - Justin GatlinJustin GatlinJustin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended...
, United States 20.90 Q - Shinji TakahiraShinji Takahirais a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.Tsukahara competed in the 200 m at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2005 World Championships but failed to progress beyond the heats. He took the silver medal at the 2005 Summer Universiade...
, Japan 21.03 -
Dmytro HlushchenkoDmytro HlushchenkoDmytro Hlushchenko, ukr. Дмитро Леонідович Глущенко is a Ukrainian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. His personal best time in the 200 metres is 20.75 seconds, achieved in May 2004 in Kiev. In the 100 metres he has 10.25 seconds, achieved in July 2004 in Kiev.He finished fifth at...
, UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
21.15 -
Mphelave Dlamin, SwazilandSwazilandSwaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...
21.79 (PB) -
Dion CrabbeDion CrabbeDion Kwasi Crabbe is a sprinter from the British Virgin Islands.He won the 100 metres race at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games, and won the bronze medal over 200 metres at the 1999 Central American and Caribbean Championships. He finished sixth at the 2006 Central American and...
, British Virgin IslandsBritish Virgin IslandsThe Virgin Islands, often called the British Virgin Islands , is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union, located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. The islands make up part of the Virgin Islands archipelago, the remaining islands constituting the U.S...
21.82 Francis ObikweluFrancis ObikweluFrancis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds...
, PortugalPortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
DNS
Heat 8
- Wallace SpearmonWallace SpearmonWallace Spearmon, Jr., is a sprint athlete, who specializes in the 200 meters. He is a two-time NCAA outdoor champion in the 200 m and won the silver medal in the event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics...
, United States 20.51 Q -
Juan Pedro ToledoJuan Pedro ToledoJuan Pedro Toledo Domínguez is a sprint athlete from Mexico. He twice won the gold medal in the men's 200 metres at the Central American and Caribbean Games, and competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000.-References:*...
, MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
20.78 Q -
Joseph BatangdonJoseph BatangdonJoseph 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...
, CameroonCameroonCameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
20.84 Q -
Dominic DemeritteDominic DemeritteDominic 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...
, Bahamas 20.90 q -
Yaozu Yang, PR China 21.03 - Bruno Pacheco, Brazil 21.05 David AlerteDavid AlerteDavid Alerte is a French sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.At the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg he finished seventh in the 200 metres and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay...
, France DNF
Heat 1
- Tobias UngerTobias UngerTobias Benjamin Unger is a German athlete, specialist in 100 m and 200 m. Unger is 1.79 metres tall, weighing 70 kilograms....
, Germany 20.91 Q - Wallace SpearmonWallace SpearmonWallace Spearmon, Jr., is a sprint athlete, who specializes in the 200 meters. He is a two-time NCAA outdoor champion in the 200 m and won the silver medal in the event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics...
, United States 20.91 Q - Patrick JohnsonPatrick Johnson (sprinter)Patrick Johnson is an Australian athlete. He is the current Oceanian and Australian record holder in the 100 metres with a time of 9.93 seconds, achieved in Mito, Japan, on 5 May 2003. The time has made him the 17th fastest man in history at the time and 38th man to crack the 10-second barrier...
, Australia 20.94 Q - Joseph BatangdonJoseph BatangdonJoseph 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...
, Cameroon 21.38 - Paul HessionPaul HessionPaul Hession is an Irish international track and field athlete who specialises in the sprinting events, particularly the 200 metres...
, Ireland 21.69 - Yordan IlinovYordan IlinovYordan Ilinov is a Bulgarian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He won the 2005 Balkan Games. He competed at the 2005 World Championships and the 2006 European Championships, but on both occasions only reached the semi-final....
, Bulgaria 21.94 - Brian DzingaiBrian DzingaiBrian Dzingai is a Zimbabwean Olympic sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. He ran to his personal best time of 20.12 seconds in June 2004 at Austin. This is the current Zimbabwean record. He is an Old Georgian, and attended St George's College, Harare in Harare, Zimbabwe...
, Zimbabwe 22.32 Juan Pedro ToledoJuan Pedro ToledoJuan Pedro Toledo Domínguez is a sprint athlete from Mexico. He twice won the gold medal in the men's 200 metres at the Central American and Caribbean Games, and competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000.-References:*...
, Mexico DSQ
Heat 2
- Tyson GayTyson GayTyson Gay is an American track and field sprinter. His primary events are the 100 meters and 200 meters. His personal bests establish him as the second fastest athlete in the 100 meters and the fifth fastest athlete in the history of the 200 meters, with times of 9.69 and...
, United States 20.64 Q - Stéphane BucklandStéphane BucklandStéphan Buckland is a retired Mauritian track and field athlete who competed in the 100 and 200 metres....
, Mauritius 20.66 Q - Jaysuma Saidy NdureJaysuma Saidy NdureJaysuma Saidy Ndure is a Gambian-Norwegian sprinter. Having changed nationality from Gambia to Norway in 2006, he holds both the Gambian and Norwegian records in both the 100 and 200 metres, and is the seventh and fourth fastest European of all times on the two distances...
, Gambia 20.95 Q - Marcin JędrusińskiMarcin JedrusinskiMarcin Jędrusiński is a Polish sprint athlete.Jędrusiński represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Dariusz Kuc, Lukasz Chyla and Marcin Andrzej Nowak. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the...
, Poland 21.07 q - Johan WissmanJohan WissmanJohan 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....
, Sweden 21.16 - Andrew HoweAndrew HoweAndrew Howe is an Italian athlete who specializes in the long jump. He won this event as well as the 200 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships. He was successful at senior level at a young age, winning a long jump bronze at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships before becoming the...
, Italy 21.19 - Dominic DemeritteDominic DemeritteDominic 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...
, Bahamas 21.25 Uchenna EmedoluUchenna EmedoluUchenna 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...
, Nigeria DNF
Heat 3
- John CapelJohn CapelJohn Capel, Jr. is an American track and field athlete who was a world champion sprinter. Capel played college football for the University of Florida, where he was also a member of the Florida Gators track and field team....
, United States 20.78 Q - Usain BoltUsain BoltThe Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. , is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay...
, Jamaica 20.87 Q - Aaron ArmstrongAaron ArmstrongAaron Nigel Armstrong is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago.Armstrong attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he ran for the Florida Gators track and field team in NCAA competition...
, Trinidad and Tobago 20.94 Q - Christian MalcolmChristian MalcolmChristian Sean Malcolm is a Welsh athlete, specialising in the 200m.Malcolm was born in Cardiff and resides in Newport, Wales. He won the title of World Junior Athlete of the Year in 1998 and in the 1998 World Junior Championships, he won the 200m in 20.44 seconds...
, Great Britain 21.02 q - Shingo SuetsuguShingo Suetsuguis a Japanese sprinter. He is the Asian record holder in the 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay.Suetsugu won a bronze medal in the 200 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in a time of 20.38 seconds. The same year he set an Asian record of 20.03 seconds at the Japanese...
, Japan 21.11 q - Leigh JuliusLeigh JuliusLeigh Ignatius Julius is a South African sprinter.Julius represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Hannes Dreyer, Ishmael Kumbane and Thuso Mpuang...
, South Africa 21.45 - Sebastian ErnstSebastian ErnstSebastian Ernst is a German sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.36 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2004 Summer Olympics. This ranks him third among German 200 m sprinters, only behind Tobias Unger and Frank Emmelmann...
, Germany 21.54 - Olusoji FasubaOlusoji FasubaOlusoji Adetokunbo Fasuba is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He is the current African record holder in the event with 9.85 seconds....
, Nigeria 21.92
Heat 4
- Christopher WilliamsChristopher Williams (sprinter)Christopher Williams is a Jamaican sprinter.Williams is best known for winning the silver medal in the 200m at the 2001 World Championships. In 2001 he was named Jamaica Sportsman of the Year. Williams has competed in the Olympic Games three times, in 2000, 2004 and 2008, reaching the semi-finals...
, Jamaica 20.93 Q - Justin GatlinJustin GatlinJustin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended...
, United States 20.94 Q - Marlon DevonishMarlon DevonishMarlon 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...
, Great Britain 20.95 Q - Daniel BatmanDaniel BatmanDaniel Batman is an Australian sprinter. His greatest achievement has been a sixth place at the 2003 World Indoor Championships. He is known for being similarly competitive over 100, 200 and 400 metre sprint distances.Batman attended The Scots College and Cranbrook School...
, Australia 20.95 q - Ronald PognonRonald PognonRonald Pognon is a French sprint athlete. He originally specialized in the 200 metres, but later shifted to the shorter sprint distances...
, France 21.26 - Guus HoogmoedGuus HoogmoedGuus Hoogmoed is a Dutch sprinter, specializing in the 200 metres.He finished fourth in 60 metres at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and eighth in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2006 European Championships....
, Netherlands 21.26 - Kristof BeyensKristof BeyensKristof Beyens is a Belgian sprint athlete, specialised in the 100 and 200 metres. His personal best time over 200 metres is 20.44 s, achieved in Osaka during the World Championships....
, Belgium 21.43 - Tommi HartonenTommi HartonenTommi Mikael Hartonen is a Finnish sprinter. He holds the Finnish national records at men's 100 m and 200 m. His personal trainer is Markus Hartonen...
, Finland 21.54
Heat 1
- John CapelJohn CapelJohn Capel, Jr. is an American track and field athlete who was a world champion sprinter. Capel played college football for the University of Florida, where he was also a member of the Florida Gators track and field team....
, United States 20.45 Q - Wallace SpearmonWallace SpearmonWallace Spearmon, Jr., is a sprint athlete, who specializes in the 200 meters. He is a two-time NCAA outdoor champion in the 200 m and won the silver medal in the event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics...
, United States 20.49 Q - Tobias UngerTobias UngerTobias Benjamin Unger is a German athlete, specialist in 100 m and 200 m. Unger is 1.79 metres tall, weighing 70 kilograms....
, Germany 20.63 Q - Usain BoltUsain BoltThe Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. , is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay...
, Jamaica 20.68 Q - Jaysuma Saidy NdureJaysuma Saidy NdureJaysuma Saidy Ndure is a Gambian-Norwegian sprinter. Having changed nationality from Gambia to Norway in 2006, he holds both the Gambian and Norwegian records in both the 100 and 200 metres, and is the seventh and fourth fastest European of all times on the two distances...
, Gambia 20.75 - Daniel BatmanDaniel BatmanDaniel Batman is an Australian sprinter. His greatest achievement has been a sixth place at the 2003 World Indoor Championships. He is known for being similarly competitive over 100, 200 and 400 metre sprint distances.Batman attended The Scots College and Cranbrook School...
, Australia 20.98 - Christian MalcolmChristian MalcolmChristian Sean Malcolm is a Welsh athlete, specialising in the 200m.Malcolm was born in Cardiff and resides in Newport, Wales. He won the title of World Junior Athlete of the Year in 1998 and in the 1998 World Junior Championships, he won the 200m in 20.44 seconds...
, Great Britain 21.09 Aaron ArmstrongAaron ArmstrongAaron Nigel Armstrong is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago.Armstrong attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he ran for the Florida Gators track and field team in NCAA competition...
, Trinidad and Tobago DNS
Heat 2
- Tyson GayTyson GayTyson Gay is an American track and field sprinter. His primary events are the 100 meters and 200 meters. His personal bests establish him as the second fastest athlete in the 100 meters and the fifth fastest athlete in the history of the 200 meters, with times of 9.69 and...
, United States 20.27 Q - Justin GatlinJustin GatlinJustin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended...
, United States 20.47 Q - Stéphane BucklandStéphane BucklandStéphan Buckland is a retired Mauritian track and field athlete who competed in the 100 and 200 metres....
, Mauritius 20.54 Q - Patrick JohnsonPatrick Johnson (sprinter)Patrick Johnson is an Australian athlete. He is the current Oceanian and Australian record holder in the 100 metres with a time of 9.93 seconds, achieved in Mito, Japan, on 5 May 2003. The time has made him the 17th fastest man in history at the time and 38th man to crack the 10-second barrier...
, Australia 20.65 Q - Christopher WilliamsChristopher Williams (sprinter)Christopher Williams is a Jamaican sprinter.Williams is best known for winning the silver medal in the 200m at the 2001 World Championships. In 2001 he was named Jamaica Sportsman of the Year. Williams has competed in the Olympic Games three times, in 2000, 2004 and 2008, reaching the semi-finals...
, Jamaica 20.72 - Shingo SuetsuguShingo Suetsuguis a Japanese sprinter. He is the Asian record holder in the 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay.Suetsugu won a bronze medal in the 200 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in a time of 20.38 seconds. The same year he set an Asian record of 20.03 seconds at the Japanese...
, Japan 20.84 - Marlon DevonishMarlon DevonishMarlon 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...
, Great Britain 20.93 - Marcin JędrusińskiMarcin JedrusinskiMarcin Jędrusiński is a Polish sprint athlete.Jędrusiński represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Dariusz Kuc, Lukasz Chyla and Marcin Andrzej Nowak. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the...
, Poland 20.99
Final
August 11- Justin GatlinJustin GatlinJustin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended...
, United States 20.04 - Wallace SpearmonWallace SpearmonWallace Spearmon, Jr., is a sprint athlete, who specializes in the 200 meters. He is a two-time NCAA outdoor champion in the 200 m and won the silver medal in the event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics...
, United States 20.20 - John CapelJohn CapelJohn Capel, Jr. is an American track and field athlete who was a world champion sprinter. Capel played college football for the University of Florida, where he was also a member of the Florida Gators track and field team....
, United States 20.31 (SB) - Tyson GayTyson GayTyson Gay is an American track and field sprinter. His primary events are the 100 meters and 200 meters. His personal bests establish him as the second fastest athlete in the 100 meters and the fifth fastest athlete in the history of the 200 meters, with times of 9.69 and...
, United States 20.34 - Stéphane BucklandStéphane BucklandStéphan Buckland is a retired Mauritian track and field athlete who competed in the 100 and 200 metres....
, Mauritius 20.41 - Patrick JohnsonPatrick Johnson (sprinter)Patrick Johnson is an Australian athlete. He is the current Oceanian and Australian record holder in the 100 metres with a time of 9.93 seconds, achieved in Mito, Japan, on 5 May 2003. The time has made him the 17th fastest man in history at the time and 38th man to crack the 10-second barrier...
, Australia 20.58 - Tobias UngerTobias UngerTobias Benjamin Unger is a German athlete, specialist in 100 m and 200 m. Unger is 1.79 metres tall, weighing 70 kilograms....
, Germany 20.81 - Usain BoltUsain BoltThe Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. , is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay...
, Jamaica 26.27