The men's
200 metres
The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...
at the
2005 World Championships in Athletics
The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland (6 August 2005 – 14 August 2005), the site of the first IAAF ...
was held at the
Helsinki Olympic Stadium
The Helsinki Olympic Stadium ( fi, Helsingin Olympiastadion; sv, Helsingfors Olympiastadion), located in the Töölö district about from the centre of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country, nowadays mainly used f ...
on August 9, 10 and 11 August.
Medals
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.
Heats
August 9
Heat 1
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Stéphane Buckland
Stéphane is a male French given name an equivalent of Stephen/Steven. Notable people with this given name include:
* Stéphane Adam (born 1969), French footballer
* Stéphane Agbre Dasse (born 1989), Burkinabé football player
* Stéphane Allagno ...
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Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...
20.94 Q
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Andrew Howe
Andrew Howe (born 12 May 1985) is an American-born Italian athlete who specializes in the long jump and sprinting. 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 a ...
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Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
21.08 Q
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Aaron Armstrong
Aaron Nigel Armstrong (born 14 October 1977) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago. He is the 2008 Olympic champion in 4 × 100 metres relay.
Armstrong attended the University of Florida in Ga ...
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Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...
21.10 Q
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Panagiotis Sarris
Panagiotis Sarris (born 14 September 1975) is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.
He won the bronze medal at the 2001 Mediterranean GamesGreece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
21.43
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André da Silva
André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew, and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries. It is a variation o ...
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Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
21.44
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Heber Viera
Heber Williams Viera da Silva (born April 29, 1979 in Salto) 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 ...
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Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
21.71
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Nabie Foday Fofana,
Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
22.16 (SB)
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Afzal Baig,
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
22.54
Heat 2
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Ronald Pognon
Ronald Pognon (born 16 November 1982) is a French sprint athlete. ,
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
20.37 Q
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Brian Dzingai
Brian Dzingai (born 29 April 1981) is a former Zimbabwean Olympic sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres ,
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...
20.76 Q
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Yordan Ilinov,
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...
20.85 Q
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Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi
Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi (born 3 March 1982) 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. He also c ...
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Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
21.03
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Julieon Raeburn
Julieon Raeburn (born 18 September 1978 in Trincity) is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 200 metres.
He attended the Abilene Christian University
Abilene Christian University (ACU) is a private Christian university i ...
, Trinidad and Tobago 21.12
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Evans Marie,
Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, V ...
21.65
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Noor Adi Bin Rostam,
Brunei
Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely sur ...
24.05
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Obadele Thompson
Obadele "Oba" Thompson BSS (born 30 March 1976) is a Barbados-born former sprinter, lawyer, author, and speaker. He won Barbados's first and only Olympic medal as an independent country by placing third in the 100 metres at the 2000 Sydney Olymp ...
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Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...
DNS
Heat 3
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Christian Malcolm
Christian Sean Malcolm (born 3 June 1979) is a retired Welsh track and field athlete who specialised in the 200 metres. In 2020 he was appointed Head Coach of the British Athletics Olympic Programme.
Early life
Malcolm was born and was brought ...
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Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...
20.36 Q
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John Capel
John Capel Jr. (born October 27, 1978) is an American former 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 fie ...
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United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
20.40 Q (SB)
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Sebastian Ernst
Sebastian Ernst (born 11 October 1984 in Gelsenkirchen) 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 200m ...
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Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
20.45 Q (SB)
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Patrick Johnson,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
20.56 q (SB)
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Tommi Hartonen
Tommi Mikael Hartonen (born May 12, 1977 in Helsinki) is a retired Finnish sprinter. He holds the Finnish national records at men's 100 m and 200 m. He won national championship in 100m run four times, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004. He also was 400m ch ...
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Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
20.59 q (SB)
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Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé,
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
21.10 (PB)
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Nicholas Mangham,
Palau
Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. The nation has approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the Caro ...
24.39 (PB)
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Omar Brown,
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
DNF
Heat 4
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Tobias Unger
Tobias Benjamin Unger (born 10 July 1979 ) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in sprints. , Germany 20.45 Q
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Christopher Williams, Jamaica 20.64 Q
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Marlon Devonish
Marlon Ronald Devonish, (born 1 June 1976) is an English former sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres. A prodigious relay runner with particular strength as a 'bend' runner, Devonish ran the third leg for the Great Britain q ...
, Great Britain 20.75 Q
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Olusoji Fasuba
Olusoji Adetokunbo Fasuba (born 9 July 1984) is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. ,
Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...
20.88 q
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Matic Osovnikar
Matic Osovnikar (born January 19, 1980 in Kranj) is a former 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 th ...
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Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
20.94
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Basílio de Moraes, Brazil 20.99
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Abubaker El Tawerghi,
Libya
Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...
21.72 (SB)
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Darian Forbes,
Turks and Caicos Islands
The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; and ) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and n ...
DNS
Heat 5
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Usain Bolt
Usain St. Leo Bolt, , (; born 21 August 1986) is a retired Jamaican sprinter, widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time. He is the world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay.
An eight- ...
, Jamaica 20.80 Q
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
20.85 Q
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Kristof Beyens
Kristof Beyens (born 13 July 1983 in Herentals) is a Belgian Sprint (running), sprint Track and field athletics, athlete, who specialises in the 100 metres, 100 and 200 metres. His personal best time over 200 metres is 20.44 s, achieved in Osaka ...
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Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
20.88 Q
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Koura Kaba Fantoni, Italy 21.10
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Kevon Pierre
Kevon Pierre (born March 30, 1982) is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago. Pierre traveled to the 2005 World Championships having set personal bests in both 100 and 200 metres (10.22 and 20.47) two months prior to the meet. He competed in the 200 ...
, Trinidad and Tobago 21.24
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Oumar Loum
Oumar Loum (born December 31, 1973) is a former Senegalese sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. He competed at the Olympic Games three times, never progressing to the final.
Competition record
Personal bests
Outdoor
*100 metres – 10.17 ...
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Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
21.37
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Béranger Bosse,
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...
22.02
Heat 6
Wind: 4.3 m/s
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Tyson Gay
Tyson Gay (born August 9, 1982) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 and 200 meters. His 100 m personal best of 9.69 seconds is the American record and makes him tied for the second fastest athlete over 100 m ...
, United States 19.99 Q
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Marcin Jędrusiński
Marcin Jędrusiński (born 28 September 1981) is a Polish former sprint athlete.
Jędrusiński represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Dariu ...
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
20.14 Q
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Jaysuma Saidy Ndure
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (born 1 January 1984) is a Gambian-Norwegian sprinter. He is of Serer heritage of the noble Ndure family. In 2002, he went to Oslo, aged 18 and settled with his father who has lived in Norway since the 1970s. Having changed ...
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Gambia
The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...
20.14 Q
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Uchenna Emedolu
Uchenna Emedolu (born 17 September 1976, in Adazi-Ani) is a retired Nigerian athlete who specialised in short-distance sprints, particularly the 100 metres and the 200 metres. ,
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
20.22 q
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Johan Wissman
Johan Lukas Wissman (born 2 November 1982) 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.
Wissman won the gold medal at the European Indoor Championshi ...
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
20.26 q
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Leigh Julius
Leigh Ignatius Julius (born 25 March 1985) is a South African sprinter.
Julius was born in Cradock, Eastern Cape, He represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Hannes Dr ...
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
20.37 q
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Paul Hession
Paul Hession (born 27 January 1983 in Galway) is an Irish international track and field athlete who is the fastest Irishman in history over 200 metres. He specialises in the sprinting events, particularly the 200 metres. He has won silver and br ...
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Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
20.40 q
Heat 7
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Daniel Batman
Daniel Batman (20 March 1981 – 26 June 2012) was an Australian sprinter. He was the Australian national men's 200-metres champion in 2005 and 2008. He competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and his best international achievement was a si ...
, Australia 20.68 Q
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Guus Hoogmoed
Guus Hoogmoed is a retired Dutch sprinter, who specialised in the 100 and 200 metres.[Netherlands
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20.80 Q
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Justin Gatlin
Justin Alexander Gatlin (born February 10, 1982) is a retired American sprinter who competed in the 60 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters. He is the 2004 Olympic Champion in the 100 meters, the 2005 and 2017 World Champion in the 100 meters, ...
, United States 20.90 Q
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Shinji Takahira
is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. , Japan 21.03
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Dmytro Hlushchenko
Dmytro Hlushchenko, ukr. Дмитро Леонідович Глущенко (born 17 February 1981) is a Ukrainian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. ,
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
21.15
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Mphelave Dlamin,
Swaziland
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21.79 (PB)
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Dion Crabbe
Dion Kwasi Crabbe (born March 10, 1977) is a sprinter from the British Virgin Islands. He won the 100 metres race at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games.
Born in Tortola, Crabbe won the bronze medal over 200 metres at the 1999 Centr ...
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British Virgin Islands
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21.82
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Francis Obikwelu
Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, GOIH (born 22 November 1978) is a retired Nigerian-born Portuguese sprinter, who specialized in 100 metres and 200 metres. He was the 2004 Olympic silver medalist in the 100 metres. In the same race, he ...
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
DNS
Heat 8
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Wallace Spearmon
Wallace Spearmon Jr. (born December 24, 1984, in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, USA) is a retired American Sprint (running), sprint Track and field, athlete, who specializes in the 200 metres, 200 meters. He is a two-time NCAA ...
, United States 20.51 Q
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Juan Pedro Toledo
Juan Pedro Toledo Domínguez (born June 17, 1978 in Huatabampo, Sonora) 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
The Central American and Caribbea ...
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Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
20.78 Q
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Joseph Batangdon
Joseph Batangdon (born July 29, 1978) is a former Cameroonian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.
Batangdon became African champion in 2004, a month before the 2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ο ...
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Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
20.84 Q
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Dominic Demeritte
Dominic Demeritte (born 22 February 1978 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a retired track and field sprint (running), sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.
Demeritte was coached some part of his professional career by Henry Rolle (coach), Henry R ...
,
Bahamas
The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to ...
20.90 q
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Yaozu Yang,
PR China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
21.03
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Bruno Pacheco
Bruno de Jesus Pacheco (born 8 December 1991), known as Bruno Pacheco, is a Brazilian footballer, is currently without a club
He was known as ''Tatá'' in the beginning of his career.
Career statistics
Honours
Ceará
* Copa do Nordeste: 2 ...
, Brazil 21.05
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David Alerte
David Alerte (born 18 September 1984 in La Trinité, Martinique) 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 ...
, France DNF
Quarterfinals
August 10
Heat 1
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Tobias Unger
Tobias Benjamin Unger (born 10 July 1979 ) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in sprints. , Germany 20.91 Q
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Wallace Spearmon
Wallace Spearmon Jr. (born December 24, 1984, in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, USA) is a retired American Sprint (running), sprint Track and field, athlete, who specializes in the 200 metres, 200 meters. He is a two-time NCAA ...
, United States 20.91 Q
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Patrick Johnson, Australia 20.94 Q
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Joseph Batangdon
Joseph Batangdon (born July 29, 1978) is a former Cameroonian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.
Batangdon became African champion in 2004, a month before the 2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ο ...
, Cameroon 21.38
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Paul Hession
Paul Hession (born 27 January 1983 in Galway) is an Irish international track and field athlete who is the fastest Irishman in history over 200 metres. He specialises in the sprinting events, particularly the 200 metres. He has won silver and br ...
, Ireland 21.69
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Yordan Ilinov, Bulgaria 21.94
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Brian Dzingai
Brian Dzingai (born 29 April 1981) is a former Zimbabwean Olympic sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres , Zimbabwe 22.32
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Juan Pedro Toledo
Juan Pedro Toledo Domínguez (born June 17, 1978 in Huatabampo, Sonora) 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
The Central American and Caribbea ...
, Mexico DSQ
Heat 2
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Tyson Gay
Tyson Gay (born August 9, 1982) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 and 200 meters. His 100 m personal best of 9.69 seconds is the American record and makes him tied for the second fastest athlete over 100 m ...
, United States 20.64 Q
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Stéphane Buckland
Stéphane is a male French given name an equivalent of Stephen/Steven. Notable people with this given name include:
* Stéphane Adam (born 1969), French footballer
* Stéphane Agbre Dasse (born 1989), Burkinabé football player
* Stéphane Allagno ...
, Mauritius 20.66 Q
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Jaysuma Saidy Ndure
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (born 1 January 1984) is a Gambian-Norwegian sprinter. He is of Serer heritage of the noble Ndure family. In 2002, he went to Oslo, aged 18 and settled with his father who has lived in Norway since the 1970s. Having changed ...
, Gambia 20.95 Q
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Marcin Jędrusiński
Marcin Jędrusiński (born 28 September 1981) is a Polish former sprint athlete.
Jędrusiński represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Dariu ...
, Poland 21.07 q
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Johan Wissman
Johan Lukas Wissman (born 2 November 1982) 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.
Wissman won the gold medal at the European Indoor Championshi ...
, Sweden 21.16
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Andrew Howe
Andrew Howe (born 12 May 1985) is an American-born Italian athlete who specializes in the long jump and sprinting. 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 a ...
, Italy 21.19
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Dominic Demeritte
Dominic Demeritte (born 22 February 1978 in Nassau, Bahamas) is a retired track and field sprint (running), sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.
Demeritte was coached some part of his professional career by Henry Rolle (coach), Henry R ...
, Bahamas 21.25
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Uchenna Emedolu
Uchenna Emedolu (born 17 September 1976, in Adazi-Ani) is a retired Nigerian athlete who specialised in short-distance sprints, particularly the 100 metres and the 200 metres. , Nigeria DNF
Heat 3
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John Capel
John Capel Jr. (born October 27, 1978) is an American former 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 fie ...
, United States 20.78 Q
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Usain Bolt
Usain St. Leo Bolt, , (; born 21 August 1986) is a retired Jamaican sprinter, widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time. He is the world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay.
An eight- ...
, Jamaica 20.87 Q
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Aaron Armstrong
Aaron Nigel Armstrong (born 14 October 1977) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago. He is the 2008 Olympic champion in 4 × 100 metres relay.
Armstrong attended the University of Florida in Ga ...
, Trinidad and Tobago 20.94 Q
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Christian Malcolm
Christian Sean Malcolm (born 3 June 1979) is a retired Welsh track and field athlete who specialised in the 200 metres. In 2020 he was appointed Head Coach of the British Athletics Olympic Programme.
Early life
Malcolm was born and was brought ...
, Great Britain 21.02 q
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, Japan 21.11 q
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Leigh Julius
Leigh Ignatius Julius (born 25 March 1985) is a South African sprinter.
Julius was born in Cradock, Eastern Cape, He represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Hannes Dr ...
, South Africa 21.45
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Sebastian Ernst
Sebastian Ernst (born 11 October 1984 in Gelsenkirchen) 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 200m ...
, Germany 21.54
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Olusoji Fasuba
Olusoji Adetokunbo Fasuba (born 9 July 1984) is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. , Nigeria 21.92
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Christopher Williams, Jamaica 20.93 Q
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Justin Gatlin
Justin Alexander Gatlin (born February 10, 1982) is a retired American sprinter who competed in the 60 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters. He is the 2004 Olympic Champion in the 100 meters, the 2005 and 2017 World Champion in the 100 meters, ...
, United States 20.94 Q
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Marlon Devonish
Marlon Ronald Devonish, (born 1 June 1976) is an English former sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres. A prodigious relay runner with particular strength as a 'bend' runner, Devonish ran the third leg for the Great Britain q ...
, Great Britain 20.95 Q
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Daniel Batman
Daniel Batman (20 March 1981 – 26 June 2012) was an Australian sprinter. He was the Australian national men's 200-metres champion in 2005 and 2008. He competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and his best international achievement was a si ...
, Australia 20.95 q
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Ronald Pognon
Ronald Pognon (born 16 November 1982) is a French sprint athlete. , France 21.26
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Guus Hoogmoed
Guus Hoogmoed is a retired Dutch sprinter, who specialised in the 100 and 200 metres.[Kristof Beyens
Kristof Beyens (born 13 July 1983 in Herentals) is a Belgian Sprint (running), sprint Track and field athletics, athlete, who specialises in the 100 metres, 100 and 200 metres. His personal best time over 200 metres is 20.44 s, achieved in Osaka ...](_blank)
, Belgium 21.43
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Tommi Hartonen
Tommi Mikael Hartonen (born May 12, 1977 in Helsinki) is a retired Finnish sprinter. He holds the Finnish national records at men's 100 m and 200 m. He won national championship in 100m run four times, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004. He also was 400m ch ...
, Finland 21.54
Semifinals
August 10
Heat 1
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John Capel
John Capel Jr. (born October 27, 1978) is an American former 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 fie ...
, United States 20.45 Q
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Wallace Spearmon
Wallace Spearmon Jr. (born December 24, 1984, in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, USA) is a retired American Sprint (running), sprint Track and field, athlete, who specializes in the 200 metres, 200 meters. He is a two-time NCAA ...
, United States 20.49 Q
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Tobias Unger
Tobias Benjamin Unger (born 10 July 1979 ) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in sprints. , Germany 20.63 Q
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Usain Bolt
Usain St. Leo Bolt, , (; born 21 August 1986) is a retired Jamaican sprinter, widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time. He is the world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay.
An eight- ...
, Jamaica 20.68 Q
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Jaysuma Saidy Ndure
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (born 1 January 1984) is a Gambian-Norwegian sprinter. He is of Serer heritage of the noble Ndure family. In 2002, he went to Oslo, aged 18 and settled with his father who has lived in Norway since the 1970s. Having changed ...
, Gambia 20.75
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Daniel Batman
Daniel Batman (20 March 1981 – 26 June 2012) was an Australian sprinter. He was the Australian national men's 200-metres champion in 2005 and 2008. He competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and his best international achievement was a si ...
, Australia 20.98
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Christian Malcolm
Christian Sean Malcolm (born 3 June 1979) is a retired Welsh track and field athlete who specialised in the 200 metres. In 2020 he was appointed Head Coach of the British Athletics Olympic Programme.
Early life
Malcolm was born and was brought ...
, Great Britain 21.09
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Aaron Armstrong
Aaron Nigel Armstrong (born 14 October 1977) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago. He is the 2008 Olympic champion in 4 × 100 metres relay.
Armstrong attended the University of Florida in Ga ...
, Trinidad and Tobago DNS
Heat 2
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Tyson Gay
Tyson Gay (born August 9, 1982) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 and 200 meters. His 100 m personal best of 9.69 seconds is the American record and makes him tied for the second fastest athlete over 100 m ...
, United States 20.27 Q
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Justin Gatlin
Justin Alexander Gatlin (born February 10, 1982) is a retired American sprinter who competed in the 60 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters. He is the 2004 Olympic Champion in the 100 meters, the 2005 and 2017 World Champion in the 100 meters, ...
, United States 20.47 Q
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Stéphane Buckland
Stéphane is a male French given name an equivalent of Stephen/Steven. Notable people with this given name include:
* Stéphane Adam (born 1969), French footballer
* Stéphane Agbre Dasse (born 1989), Burkinabé football player
* Stéphane Allagno ...
, Mauritius 20.54 Q
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Patrick Johnson, Australia 20.65 Q
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Christopher Williams, Jamaica 20.72
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, Japan 20.84
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Marlon Devonish
Marlon Ronald Devonish, (born 1 June 1976) is an English former sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres. A prodigious relay runner with particular strength as a 'bend' runner, Devonish ran the third leg for the Great Britain q ...
, Great Britain 20.93
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Marcin Jędrusiński
Marcin Jędrusiński (born 28 September 1981) is a Polish former sprint athlete.
Jędrusiński represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Dariu ...
, Poland 20.99
Final
August 11
External links
IAAF results
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2005 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 200 metres
200m
The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a Sprint (running), sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run th ...
200 metres at the World Athletics Championships