2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 7, 9, and 10 August.[1] The winning margin was 0.02 seconds.

Men's 200 metres
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates7 August (heats)
9 August (semifinal)
10 August (final)
Competitors49 from 38 nations
Winning time20.09
Medalists
gold medal    Turkey
silver medal    South Africa
bronze medal    Trinidad and Tobago
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Summary

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Coming out of the blocks in the final, Wayde van Niekerk and Isaac Makwala were the first to make up ground on the stagger, coming off the turn with Ramil Guliyev about even. Makwala started to lose ground, passed by Jereem Richards to his outside. van Niekerk seemed to have the edge until the last 30 metres when Guliyev pulled ahead. As Richards closed, all the athletes leaned for a photo finish. Guliyev had a clear win, but van Niekerk's edge for silver on Richards was the narrowest possible, .001 of a second 20.106 to 20.107.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 19.19 Usain Bolt   JAM 20 Aug 2009 Berlin, Germany
Championship
World leading 19.77 Isaac Makwala   BOT 14 Jul 2017 Madrid, Spain
African 19.68 Frank Fredericks   NAM 1 Aug 1996 Atlanta, United States
Asian 19.97 Femi Ogunode   QAT 11 Sep 2015 Brussels, Belgium
NACAC 19.19 Usain Bolt   JAM 20 Aug 2009 Berlin, Germany
South American 19.81 Alonso Edward   PAN 20 Aug 2009 Berlin, Germany
European 19.72 Pietro Mennea   ITA 12 Sep 1979 Mexico City, Mexico
Oceanian 20.08 Peter Norman   AUS 16 Oct 1968 Mexico City, Mexico

The following records were set at the competition:[3]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date
Zambian 20.29 Sydney Siame   ZAM 7 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.44.[4]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
7 August 18:30 Heats
9 August 20:55 Semifinals
10 August 21:50 Final

Results

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Heats

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The first round took place on 7 August in seven heats. However, Isaac Makwala, who was prevented from competing due to being quarantined for norovirus, was allowed to run in an additional heat on the 9 August following an appeal by the Botswana delegation.[6] The 8 heats were as follows:[7]

Heat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Date 7 Aug 9 Aug
Start time 18:30 18:38 18:46 18:54 19:02 19:10 19:18 18:41
Wind (m/s) −0.5 −0.6 +0.3 +0.7 −0.6 +0.6 +0.7 +1.4
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The first three in each heat ( Q ) and the next four[a] fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:[8]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 2 Jereem Richards   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 20.05 Q
2 7 4 Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.08 Q
3 4 5 Ramil Guliyev   Turkey (TUR) 20.16 Q
4 3 7 Wayde van Niekerk   South Africa (RSA) 20.16 Q
5 3 8 Daniel Talbot   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.16 Q, PB
6 8 7 Isaac Makwala   Botswana (BOT) 20.20 q
7 6 8 Isiah Young   United States (USA) 20.19 Q
8 4 2 Ameer Webb   United States (USA) 20.22 Q
9 6 7 Akani Simbine   South Africa (RSA) 20.26 Q
10 5 3 Sydney Siame   Zambia (ZAM) 20.29 Q, NR
11 6 4 Likourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas   Greece (GRE) 20.37 Q
12 1 6 Yohan Blake   Jamaica (JAM) 20.39 Q
13 4 4 Christophe Lemaitre   France (FRA) 20.40 Q
14 2 7 Kyree King   United States (USA) 20.41 Q
15 6 6 Zharnel Hughes   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.43 q
16 5 6 Kyle Greaux   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 20.48 Q
17 4 7 Wilfried Koffi Hua   Ivory Coast (CIV) 20.49 q
18 2 8 Rasheed Dwyer   Jamaica (JAM) 20.49 Q
19 1 8 Abdul Hakim Sani Brown   Japan (JPN) 20.52 Q
20 3 5 Ján Volko   Slovakia (SVK) 20.52 Q
21 1 7 Alex Wilson   Switzerland (SUI) 20.54 Q
22 4 3 David Lima   Portugal (POR) 20.54 q
23 1 3 Serhiy Smelyk   Ukraine (UKR) 20.58
24 7 3 Shota Iizuka   Japan (JPN) 20.58 Q
25 5 4 Filippo Tortu   Italy (ITA) 20.59 Q
26 2 6 Jonathan Quarcoo   Norway (NOR) 20.60
27 5 8 Warren Weir   Jamaica (JAM) 20.60
28 7 7 Winston George   Guyana (GUY) 20.61 Q
29 3 3 Alonso Edward   Panama (PAN) 20.61 SB
30 6 3 Ahmed Ali   Sudan (SUD) 20.64
31 2 4 Jeffrey John   France (FRA) 20.66
32 3 4 Sibusiso Matsenjwa   Swaziland (SWZ) 20.67
33 2 5 Mark Otieno Odhiambo   Kenya (KEN) 20.74
34 1 2 Teray Smith   Bahamas (BAH) 20.77
35 5 2 Adama Jammeh   Gambia (GAM) 20.79
36 5 5 Jeremy Dodson   Samoa (SAM) 20.81
37 3 2 Aldemir da Silva Júnior   Brazil (BRA) 20.82
38 4 8 Salem Eid Yaqoob   Bahrain (BHR) 20.84
39 1 5 Bernardo Baloyes   Colombia (COL) 20.86
40 6 2 Joseph Millar   New Zealand (NZL) 20.97
41 3 6 Burkheart Ellis, Jr.   Barbados (BAR) 20.99
42 6 5 Fabrice Dabla   Togo (TOG) 21.40
43 1 4 Mohamed Obaid Al-Saadi   Oman (OMN) 21.50
44 2 3 Ifeanyichukwu Otuonye   Turks and Caicos Islands (TKS) 21.91
45 7 2 Muhd Noor Firdaus ar-Rasyid   Brunei (BRU) 22.36
46 4 6 Kabongo Mulumba   DR Congo (COD) 23.57 SB
7 5 Aaron Brown   Canada (CAN) DQ R 163.3(a)
7 6 Clarence Munyai   South Africa (RSA) DQ R 163.3(a)
4 9 Paul Nalau   Vanuatu (VAN) DQ R 163.3(a)
7 8 Julius Morris   Montserrat (MNT) DNS

Semifinals

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The semifinals took place on 9 August in three heats as follows:[9]

Heat 1 2 3
Start time 20:55 21:04 21:13
Wind (m/s) +2.1 −0.3 +0.3
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The first two in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:[10]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 7 Isiah Young   United States (USA) 20.12 Q
2 2 5 Jereem Richards   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 20.14 Q
3 1 1 Isaac Makwala   Botswana (BOT) 20.14 Q
4 3 4 Ramil Guliyev   Turkey (TUR) 20.17 Q
5 1 5 Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.19 q
6 3 5 Ameer Webb   United States (USA) 20.22 Q
7 3 6 Wayde van Niekerk   South Africa (RSA) 20.28 q
8 3 8 Christophe Lemaitre   France (FRA) 20.30
9 3 7 Daniel Talbot   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.38
10 2 9 Abdul Hakim Sani Brown   Japan (JPN) 20.43 Q
11 2 7 Yohan Blake   Jamaica (JAM) 20.52
12 2 6 Sydney Siame   Zambia (ZAM) 20.54
13 1 2 David Lima   Portugal (POR) 20.56
14 2 4 Kyree King   United States (USA) 20.59
15 2 8 Ján Volko   Slovakia (SVK) 20.61
16 1 8 Shota Iizuka   Japan (JPN) 20.62
17 1 3 Filippo Tortu   Italy (ITA) 20.62
18 1 4 Akani Simbine   South Africa (RSA) 20.62
19 1 6 Kyle Greaux   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 20.65
20 1 9 Rasheed Dwyer   Jamaica (JAM) 20.69
21 3 9 Likourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas   Greece (GRE) 20.73
22 3 2 Winston George   Guyana (GUY) 20.74
23 3 3 Wilfried Koffi Hua   Ivory Coast (CIV) 20.80
24 2 3 Zharnel Hughes   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.85
25 2 2 Alex Wilson   Switzerland (SUI) 21.22

Final

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The final took place on 10 August at 21:52. The wind was −0.1 metres per second and the results were as follows (photo finish):[11]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Ramil Guliyev   Turkey (TUR) 20.09
  3 Wayde van Niekerk   South Africa (RSA) 20.11 20.106
  7 Jereem Richards   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 20.11 20.107
4 2 Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.24
5 9 Ameer Webb   United States (USA) 20.26
6 6 Isaac Makwala   Botswana (BOT) 20.44
7 8 Abdul Hakim Sani Brown   Japan (JPN) 20.63
8 4 Isiah Young   United States (USA) 20.64

References

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  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "200 Metres Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. ^ "200 Metres Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ "The Latest: Allyson Felix wins 14th career medal at worlds". The Washington Post. 9 August 2017. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  7. ^ "200 Metres Men − Heats − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. ^ "200 Metres Men − Heats − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  9. ^ "200 Metres Men − Semi-Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  10. ^ "200 Metres Men − Semi-Final − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  11. ^ "200 Metres Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 10 August 2017.

Notes

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  1. ^ Originally three, but increases to four to accommodate Makwala's time in his additional heat.