2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

2009 World Championships in Athletics

The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....

was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 18 and August 20.

The race favourites were Tyson Gay

Tyson Gay

Tyson 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...

and Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt

The 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...

. Gay entered the competition as the reigning world champion, championship record holder, and 200 m

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...

world leader with 19.58 seconds. Bolt, the current Olympic champion and world record holder, had a season's best of 19.59 seconds. The last time the two athletes raced was at the 2007 World Championships

2007 World Championships in Athletics

The 11th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007...

in Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

, where Gay beat Bolt by a margin of 0.15 seconds. Osaka bronze medallist 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...

was the only other athlete to run under twenty seconds that season and former Olympic champion 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....

was also competing. Up-and-coming athletes Alonso Edward

Alonso Edward

Alonso Edward is a Panamanian sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.He set a South American junior record in the 100 m in 2007 and he attended his first World Junior Championships in 2008, finishing in sixth place...

, Steve Mullings

Steve Mullings

Steve Mullings was a sprint athlete who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres events.Mullings began his international athletics career with a bronze medal win in the 100 m at the Pan American Junior Championships...

and Ramil Guliyev

Ramil Guliyev

Ramil Guliyev is a Azerbaijani-born Turkish sprint athlete. He competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He competed at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships, winning a silver medal in the 100 m and a gold medal in the 200 m.He holds the national and...

were among the season's fastest sprinters prior to the championships.

After hurting his groin during his American record run in the 100 metres

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 15 and August 16. The two main contenders for the event were the reigning World Champion Tyson Gay and Usain Bolt, the reigning Olympic champion and world record holder...

two days earlier, Gay withdrew from the race, effectively rescinding his second world title. The withdrawal of Dwain Chambers

Dwain Chambers

Dwain Anthony Chambers is an English sprinter of Afro-Caribbean descent. He has won medals on the international stage numerous times and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of recorded athletics. His primary event is the 100 metres sprint, in which he has the second...

, Churandy Martina

Churandy Martina

Churandy Martina is a sprinter from Curaçao, currently representing the Netherlands. His personal best time over 100 metres is 9.93 seconds, a national record, achieved in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games final...

and Jaysuma Saidy Ndure

Jaysuma Saidy Ndure

Jaysuma 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...

also reduced the quality of the field.
There were no surprise eliminations in the heats, where Crawford, Mullings, Robert Hering

Robert Hering

Robert Hering is a German sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.41 seconds, achieved at the 2009 German Athletics Championships in Ulm, where he won gold.-External links:* *...

, and Martial Mbandjock

Martial Mbandjock

Martial Mbandjock is an a French sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.06 seconds, achieved in July 2008 in Albi....

were the fastest qualifiers, and Mullings had the fastest time of the quarter-finals round, with all the favourite athletes progressing. On the second day of competition, German number one Hering was eliminated. Bolt and Spearmon were the two semi-final winners, while the third-fastest, 19-year-old Alonso Edward, demonstrated medal winning form.

In the final race, Usain Bolt, the clear favourite, had another world record-breaking run following his 9.58 second record in the 100 metres

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

four days earlier. After having the fastest reaction time of the race, Bolt came out of the bend in first place and extended his lead further in the home straight, beating his previous mark of 19.30 seconds set at the Olympics by 0.11 seconds to take the gold medal and Championship record. Crawford, second fastest at the bend, was overtaken by Edward and Spearmon and eventually finished fourth. Edward vastly improved his previous best to set a South American record of 19.81, while Spearmon was third with 19.85 seconds.

Although the race between Gay and Bolt had not materialised, Bolt's world record of 19.19 seconds was a highlight of the championships. The overall quality of the event was also high: Edward had improved from 20.62 to 19.81 seconds over the course of one year. Also, with Crawford running 19.89 seconds, it was the first ever 200 m race to see four athletes run under 19.9 seconds. Bolt's winning margin of 0.62 seconds over second-placed Edward was the biggest in World Championship history. He received a $100,000 bonus for his performance, which was 0.13 seconds faster than Michael Johnson

Michael Johnson (athlete)

Michael Duane Johnson is a retired American sprinter. He won four Olympic gold medals and eight world championship gold medals. Johnson currently holds the world and Olympic records in the 400 m and 4 x 400 meters relay. He formerly held the world and Olympic record in the 200 m, and the world...

's former world record, a mark that had been regarded as one of the best records in the history of athletics.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Usain Bolt Usain Bolt The 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... '	Alonso Edward Alonso Edward Alonso Edward is a Panamanian sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.He set a South American junior record in the 100 m in 2007 and he attended his first World Junior Championships in 2008, finishing in sixth place... '	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... '

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record	19.30	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... , China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...	20 August 2008
Championship record	19.76	Osaka Osaka is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe... , Japan Japan Japan 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...	30 August 2007
World leading	19.58	New York New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	30 May 2009
African record	19.68	Atlanta, United States	1 August 1996
Asian Record	20.03	Yokohama Yokohama is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu... , Japan Japan Japan 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...	7 June 2003
North American record	19.30	Beijing, China	20 August 2008
South American record	19.89	Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... , Germany Germany Germany , 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...	11 September 1999
European record	19.72	Mexico Mexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole... , Mexico Mexico The 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...	12 September 1979
Oceanian record	20.06	Mexico, Mexico	16 October 1968

Qualification standards

A time	B time
20.59	20.75

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 18, 2009	10:05	Heats
August 18, 2009	18:55	Quarterfinals
August 19, 2009	19:25	Semifinals
August 20, 2009	20:35	Final

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	WR	World record	AR	Area record	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 5 fastest(q) advance to the quarterfinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
	1	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....	20.60	Q
	3	Steve Mullings Steve Mullings Steve Mullings was a sprint athlete who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres events.Mullings began his international athletics career with a bronze medal win in the 100 m at the Pan American Junior Championships...	20.62	Q
	9	Robert Hering Robert Hering Robert Hering is a German sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.41 seconds, achieved at the 2009 German Athletics Championships in Ulm, where he won gold.-External links:* *...	20.64	Q
	7	Martial Mbandjock Martial Mbandjock Martial Mbandjock is an a French sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.06 seconds, achieved in July 2008 in Albi....	20.65	Q
	3	Paul Hession Paul Hession Paul Hession is an Irish international track and field athlete who specialises in the sprinting events, particularly the 200 metres...	20.66	Q
	9	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...	20.66	Q
	3	Kenji Fujimitsu Kenji Fujimitsu Kenji Fujimitsu is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-References:...	20.69	Q
	5	Usain Bolt Usain Bolt The 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...	20.70	Q
	6	Alonso Edward Alonso Edward Alonso Edward is a Panamanian sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.He set a South American junior record in the 100 m in 2007 and he attended his first World Junior Championships in 2008, finishing in sixth place...	20.71	Q
	9	Gavin Smellie	20.71	Q
11	3	David Alerte David Alerte David 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...	20.72	q
12	5	Rondell Sorrillo Rondell Sorrillo Rondell Sorrillo is a Trinidad and Tobago sprinter, who specializes in the 200 meters.Sorrillo competed in the 200 meters event at the 2008 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final round....	20.74	Q
13	6	Marc Schneeberger Marc Schneeberger Marc Schneeberger is a Swiss sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.He was born in Täuffeln. He competed at the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final...	20.76	Q
14	7	Marco Cribari Marco Cribari Marco Cribari is a Swiss sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.He was born in Zurich. He competed at the 2004 World Junior Championships, the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final...	20.80	Q
14	5	Sam Effah Sam Effah Sam Effah is a Canadian sprinter. Effah's parents both immigrated from Ghana before moving to Calgary where Sam Effah was born. Effah is the fourth fastest Canadian ever after running a 10.06 in the 100 metre in July 2010...	20.80	Q
16	2	Brendan Christian Brendan Christian Brendan Kyle Akeem Christian is a sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda who specializes in the 200 metres. Born in Antigua, he is the son of Donald Christian who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as a cyclist. His personal best 100 metres time is 10.11 seconds, achieved in May 2004 in...	20.81	Q
16	6	Emmanuel Callander	20.81	Q
18	8	Jared Connaughton Jared Connaughton -Biography:He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The son of Susan and Neal Connaughton and resident of New Haven, Prince Edward Island...	20.82	Q
19	7	Rolando Palacios Rolando Palacios Rolando Cruz Palacios is a Honduran sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. He was born in Sambo Creek. His personal best time is 10.22 seconds, achieved in July 2008 in Toluca....	20.83	Q
19	7	Kim Collins Kim Collins Kim Collins is a track and field sprinter from the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 m. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics on four occasions, from 1996 to 2008, and was the country's first athlete to ever reach an event...	20.83	q
21	2	Aleixo-Platini Menga	20.84	Q
22	1	Roman Smirnov Roman Smirnov (athlete) Roman Petrovich Smirnov is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.57 seconds, achieved in June 2008 in Chania. He also has 10.38 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Zhukovskiy; and 6.74 seconds in the 60 metres, achieved in December 2005...	20.85	Q
23	8	Shinji Takahira Shinji Takahira is 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...	20.86	Q
24	2	Charles Clark Charles Clark (athlete) Charles Clark is an American sprinter, who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.22 seconds, but he also ran a wide-aided 20.00 at the 2009 USA Outdoor Championships....	20.87	Q
25	9	Thuso Mpuang Thuso Mpuang Thuso Mpuang is a South African sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Mpuang represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Leigh Julius, Ishmael Kumbane and Hannes Dreyer. In their qualification heat they did not finish...	20.91	q
26	4	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...	20.92	Q
27	2	Ben Youssef Meité	20.93	q
28	2	Omar Jouma Bilal Al-Salfa	20.94	q
29	1	Brian Dzingai Brian Dzingai Brian 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...	20.97	Q
29	9	Ramone McKenzie Ramone McKenzie Ramone McKenzie is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He turned professional on November 2, 2009, now being trained by American coach Lance Brauman....	20.97
31	7	Alexander Kosenkow Alexander Kosenkow Alexander Kosenkow or Aleksandr Kosenkov is a German sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He represents the sports club TV Wattenscheid....	20.99
32	8	Stéphan Buckland	21.00	Q
32	6	Ihor Bodrov Ihor Bodrov Ihor Bodrov is a Ukrainian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.He was born in Kharkiv. He finished fourth at the 2006 World Junior Championships...	21.00
32	6	Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi Hamed 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:...	21.00
35	9	Seth Amoo Seth Amoo Seth Amoo is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Amoo represented Ghana at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...	21.04
36	8	Patrick van Luijk Patrick van Luijk Patrick Jermaine Herschel van Luijk is a Dutch sprinter.-Biography:Patrick van Luijk was born in 1984 out of a Dutch mother and a Jamaican father. Sports have always been the most important hobby of Van Luijk and he started with football at an early age for local team FC Bakestijn...	21.05
37	4	Ramil Guliyev Ramil Guliyev Ramil Guliyev is a Azerbaijani-born Turkish sprint athlete. He competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He competed at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships, winning a silver medal in the 100 m and a gold medal in the 200 m.He holds the national and...	21.12	Q
38	5	Sandro Viana Sandro Viana Sandro Rodrigues Viana is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Brazil.Viana represented Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 6th in his heat without advancing to the second round. He ran the distance in a time...	21.18
39	4	Marek Niit Marek Niit Marek Niit is a male sprinter from Estonia who won gold medal at the 200 metres at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China...	21.21	Q
40	5	Eddy De Lépine Eddy De Lépine Eddy De Lépine is a French sprinter. Together with Ladji Doucouré, Ronald Pognon, and Lueyi Dovy, he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics....	21.23
41	3	Khalid Idrissi Zougari	21.24
42	4	Nathaniel McKinney Nathaniel McKinney Nathaniel Benjamin McKinney is a Bahamian athlete competing mainly in the 4 x 400 m relay.At the 2004 Olympic Games McKinney's relay team finished sixth...	21.26
43	1	Adam Harris Adam Harris (athlete) Adam Harris is an American sprinter who represented Guyana in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Harris specializes in the 200 metres.He competed in the 200 metres event at the 2008 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final round....	21.28
44	6	Ramon Gittens	21.33
45	4	Joel Redhead	21.37
45	7	Ángel David Rodríguez Ángel David Rodríguez Ángel David Rodríguez García is a Spanish sprinter. He specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.14 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Salamanca, and 20.61 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Barcelona.Rodríguez finished eighth in 100 m and 4×100...	21.37
47	1	Aaron Armstrong Aaron Armstrong Aaron 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...	21.38	SB
47	4	Ronalds Arājs Ronalds Arajs Ronalds Arājs is a Latvian athlete. Arājs is the current Latvian record holder in 100 metres, having a personal best of 10.18 seconds. His personal record in the 200 metres is 20.75 seconds....	21.38
47	5	Hitoshi Saito	21.38
50	2	Niko Verekauta Niko Verekauta Niko Verekauta is a Fiji Islands sprinter. He represented Fiji in the 400m sprint at 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 400m sprint at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He also won five gold medals at the Mini South Pacific Games in 2009.-External links:...	21.43	SB
51	2	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud	21.44
52	6	Vyacheslav Muravyev Vyacheslav Muravyev Vyacheslav Muravyev is a Kazakhstani sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.He competed in the 60 metres at the 2006 World Indoor Championships,and finished eighth in the 100 metres at the 2006 Asian Games...	21.48
53	8	Fanuel Kenosi	21.75	SB
54	3	Franklin Nazareno Franklin Nazareno Franklin Andrés Nazareno Macías is a Ecuadorian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. He was born in Portoviejo, Manabí. His personal best time is 20.47 seconds, achieved in June 2007 in Cochabamba...	21.84
55	4	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	21.93	PB
56	1	Khalil Al Hanahneh Khalil Al Hanahneh Khalil Al-Hanahneh is a Jordanian athlete specializing in the 100 metres. A two-time Olympian , Al-Hanahneh has also represented his country at the World Championships in Athletics on three occasions...	21.98
57	8	Nikolai Portelli Nikolai Portelli Nikolai Portelli is an Maltese athlete. Ameur competed in the 200 meters at the 2008 Olympic Games. He failed to qualify to the second round. He finished 8th in Heat 4 with a time of 22.31 seconds.-External links:*...	22.11
58	4	Andrew Hinds Andrew Hinds Andrew Hinds is a Barbadian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.03 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in Bridgetown, and 20.38 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in Bridgetown....	22.60
59	8	Gabriel Mvumvure	22.67

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Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 4 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
	3	Steve Mullings Steve Mullings Steve Mullings was a sprint athlete who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres events.Mullings began his international athletics career with a bronze medal win in the 100 m at the Pan American Junior Championships...	20.23	Q
	4	Alonso Edward Alonso Edward Alonso Edward is a Panamanian sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.He set a South American junior record in the 100 m in 2007 and he attended his first World Junior Championships in 2008, finishing in sixth place...	20.33	Q
	2	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....	20.37	Q
	3	Ramil Guliyev Ramil Guliyev Ramil Guliyev is a Azerbaijani-born Turkish sprint athlete. He competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He competed at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships, winning a silver medal in the 100 m and a gold medal in the 200 m.He holds the national and...	20.40	Q
	1	Usain Bolt Usain Bolt The 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...	20.41	Q
	4	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...	20.44	Q
	3	Paul Hession Paul Hession Paul Hession is an Irish international track and field athlete who specialises in the sprinting events, particularly the 200 metres...	20.48	Q
	1	David Alerte David Alerte David 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...	20.51	Q, SB
	1	Martial Mbandjock Martial Mbandjock Martial Mbandjock is an a French sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.06 seconds, achieved in July 2008 in Albi....	20.55	Q, PB
	1	Charles Clark Charles Clark (athlete) Charles Clark is an American sprinter, who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.22 seconds, but he also ran a wide-aided 20.00 at the 2009 USA Outdoor Championships....	20.55	q
11	4	Robert Hering Robert Hering Robert Hering is a German sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.41 seconds, achieved at the 2009 German Athletics Championships in Ulm, where he won gold.-External links:* *...	20.58	Q
11	3	Brendan Christian Brendan Christian Brendan Kyle Akeem Christian is a sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda who specializes in the 200 metres. Born in Antigua, he is the son of Donald Christian who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as a cyclist. His personal best 100 metres time is 10.11 seconds, achieved in May 2004 in...	20.58	q
11	1	Rondell Sorrillo Rondell Sorrillo Rondell Sorrillo is a Trinidad and Tobago sprinter, who specializes in the 200 meters.Sorrillo competed in the 200 meters event at the 2008 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final round....	20.58	q
14	3	Emmanuel Callander	20.62	q
15	2	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...	20.66	Q
16	3	Aleixo-Platini Menga	20.68
17	2	Rolando Palacios Rolando Palacios Rolando Cruz Palacios is a Honduran sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. He was born in Sambo Creek. His personal best time is 10.22 seconds, achieved in July 2008 in Toluca....	20.69	Q, SB
17	2	Shinji Takahira Shinji Takahira is 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...	20.69
19	2	Roman Smirnov Roman Smirnov (athlete) Roman Petrovich Smirnov is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.57 seconds, achieved in June 2008 in Chania. He also has 10.38 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Zhukovskiy; and 6.74 seconds in the 60 metres, achieved in December 2005...	20.72	SB
20	3	Ben Youssef Meité	20.78
21	4	Marco Cribari Marco Cribari Marco Cribari is a Swiss sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.He was born in Zurich. He competed at the 2004 World Junior Championships, the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final...	20.81
22	1	Kim Collins Kim Collins Kim Collins is a track and field sprinter from the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 m. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics on four occasions, from 1996 to 2008, and was the country's first athlete to ever reach an event...	20.84
23	4	Thuso Mpuang Thuso Mpuang Thuso Mpuang is a South African sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Mpuang represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Leigh Julius, Ishmael Kumbane and Hannes Dreyer. In their qualification heat they did not finish...	20.87
24	1	Marc Schneeberger Marc Schneeberger Marc Schneeberger is a Swiss sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.He was born in Täuffeln. He competed at the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final...	20.91
25	2	Omar Jouma Bilal Al-Salfa	20.97
25	4	Kenji Fujimitsu Kenji Fujimitsu Kenji Fujimitsu is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-References:...	20.97
25	4	Sam Effah Sam Effah Sam Effah is a Canadian sprinter. Effah's parents both immigrated from Ghana before moving to Calgary where Sam Effah was born. Effah is the fourth fastest Canadian ever after running a 10.06 in the 100 metre in July 2010...	20.97
28	1	Gavin Smellie	21.27
29	3	Stéphan Buckland	21.33

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Jared Connaughton

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Brian Dzingai

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Marek Niit

Marek Niit is a male sprinter from Estonia who won gold medal at the 200 metres at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China...

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Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	React	Time	Notes
1	3	Usain Bolt Usain Bolt The 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...	0.177	20.08	Q
2	5	Alonso Edward Alonso Edward Alonso Edward is a Panamanian sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.He set a South American junior record in the 100 m in 2007 and he attended his first World Junior Championships in 2008, finishing in sixth place...	0.164	20.22	Q
3	6	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....	0.140	20.35	Q
4	4	David Alerte David Alerte David 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...	0.147	20.45	Q, SB
5	7	Robert Hering Robert Hering Robert Hering is a German sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.41 seconds, achieved at the 2009 German Athletics Championships in Ulm, where he won gold.-External links:* *...	0.157	20.52
6	2	Rondell Sorrillo Rondell Sorrillo Rondell Sorrillo is a Trinidad and Tobago sprinter, who specializes in the 200 meters.Sorrillo competed in the 200 meters event at the 2008 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final round....	0.128	20.63
7	8	Rolando Palacios Rolando Palacios Rolando Cruz Palacios is a Honduran sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. He was born in Sambo Creek. His personal best time is 10.22 seconds, achieved in July 2008 in Toluca....	0.191	20.67	SB
8	1	Brendan Christian Brendan Christian Brendan Kyle Akeem Christian is a sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda who specializes in the 200 metres. Born in Antigua, he is the son of Donald Christian who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as a cyclist. His personal best 100 metres time is 10.11 seconds, achieved in May 2004 in...	0.138	20.79

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	React	Time	Notes
1	5	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...	0.164	20.14	Q
2	3	Steve Mullings Steve Mullings Steve Mullings was a sprint athlete who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres events.Mullings began his international athletics career with a bronze medal win in the 100 m at the Pan American Junior Championships...	0.156	20.26	Q
3	2	Charles Clark Charles Clark (athlete) Charles Clark is an American sprinter, who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.22 seconds, but he also ran a wide-aided 20.00 at the 2009 USA Outdoor Championships....	0.163	20.27	Q, SB
4	4	Ramil Guliyev Ramil Guliyev Ramil Guliyev is a Azerbaijani-born Turkish sprint athlete. He competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He competed at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships, winning a silver medal in the 100 m and a gold medal in the 200 m.He holds the national and...	0.154	20.28	Q
5	7	Martial Mbandjock Martial Mbandjock Martial Mbandjock is an a French sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.06 seconds, achieved in July 2008 in Albi....	0.155	20.43	PB
6	8	Paul Hession Paul Hession Paul Hession is an Irish international track and field athlete who specialises in the sprinting events, particularly the 200 metres...	0.166	20.48
7	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...	0.154	20.62
8	1	Emmanuel Callander	0.145	20.70

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	React	Time	Notes
	5	Usain Bolt Usain Bolt The 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...	0.133	19.19	WR
	6	Alonso Edward Alonso Edward Alonso Edward is a Panamanian sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.He set a South American junior record in the 100 m in 2007 and he attended his first World Junior Championships in 2008, finishing in sixth place...	0.179	19.81	AR
	4	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...	0.152	19.85	SB
4	8	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....	0.148	19.89	SB
5	3	Steve Mullings Steve Mullings Steve Mullings was a sprint athlete who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres events.Mullings began his international athletics career with a bronze medal win in the 100 m at the Pan American Junior Championships...	0.146	19.98	PB
6	7	Charles Clark Charles Clark (athlete) Charles Clark is an American sprinter, who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.22 seconds, but he also ran a wide-aided 20.00 at the 2009 USA Outdoor Championships....	0.158	20.39
7	1	Ramil Guliyev Ramil Guliyev Ramil Guliyev is a Azerbaijani-born Turkish sprint athlete. He competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He competed at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships, winning a silver medal in the 100 m and a gold medal in the 200 m.He holds the national and...	0.165	20.61
8	2	David Alerte David Alerte David 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...	0.161	20.68

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