Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres

The Men's 200 metres
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 1984 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 41 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 17 by women. There were a total number of 1273 participating athletes from 124 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:...

in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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had an entrylist of 75 competitors, with ten qualifying heats (75), four quarterfinals (29) and two semi-finals (16), before the final (8) took off on Wednesday August 8, 1984.

Medalists

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
OR	olympic record
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.

World Record	19.72	Pietro Mennea Pietro Mennea Pietro Paolo Mennea is an Italian former sprinter and politician, who was the 1980 Moscow Olympic 200 meter Champion, and also held the 200 m world record for 17 years.-Biography:...	Mexico City 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... (MEX 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... )	September 12, 1979
Olympic Record	19.83	Tommie Smith Tommie Smith Tommie Smith is an African American former track & field athlete and wide receiver in the American Football League. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Smith won the 200-meter dash finals in 19.83 seconds – the first time the 20 second barrier was broken...	Mexico City 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... (MEX 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... )	October 16, 1968

In the final Carl Lewis

Carl Lewis

Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 gold, and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were gold. His career spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and...

set a new Olympic record with 19.80 seconds.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		19.80 OR
		19.96
		20.26
4.		20.30
5.		20.51
6.		20.55
7.		20.55
8.		20.85

Semifinals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		20.29
2.		20.40
3.		20.47
4.		20.55
5.		20.77
6.		20.80
7.		21.17
8.		21.22

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		20.27
2.		20.61
3.		20.63
4.		20.67
5.		20.70
6.		20.72
7.		20.77
8.		20.92

Quarterfinals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		20.48
2.		20.64
3.		20.69
4.		20.82
5.		20.93
6.		20.95
7.		21.10
8.		21.35

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		20.40
2.		20.50
3.		20.55
4.		20.61
5.		20.95
6.		20.14
7.		21.46

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		20.47
2.		20.54
3.		20.57
4.		20.88
5.		21.45
6.		21.46
7.		21.55

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		20.48
2.		20.57
3.		20.75
4.		20.86
5.		21.09
6.		21.14
7.		21.44

Qualifying Heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		20.70
2.		21.06
3.		21.08
4.		21.39
5.		21.52
6.		22.16
7.		22.59
—		DNF

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		20.62
2.		20.88
3.		21.26
4.		21.48
5.		21.88
6.		21.88
7.		22.55
8.		22.75

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		21.06
2.		21.12
3.		21.12
4.		21.50
5.		21.56
6.		22.04
7.		22.20
8.		22.76

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		20.63
2.		20.70
3.		20.70
4.		21.10
5.		21.20
6.		21.93
7.		22.14
8.		22.94

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		20.88
2.		20.98
3.		21.14
4.		21.35
5.		21.37
6.		21.58
7.		21.64
8.		22.46

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.		20.84
2.		21.24
3.		21.31
4.		21.53
5.		22.28
6.		22.83
7.		22.90
8.		22.91

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.		21.02
2.		21.42
3.		21.62
4.		21.71
5.		21.87
6.		22.03
7.		22.75

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.		20.63
2.		21.05
3.		21.12
4.		21.15
5.		21.24
6.		21.97
7.		22.14
8.		22.19

RANK	HEAT 9	TIME
1.		20.72
2.		20.82
3.		21.01
4.		21.29
5.		21.54
6.		21.72
7.		21.87

RANK	HEAT 10	TIME
1.		21.32
2.		21.59
3.		21.70
4.		21.72
5.		21.72
6.		22.16