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Men's 200 metres
at the 2005 World Championships
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates9 August (heats)
10 August (quarter-finals and semi-finals)
11 August (final)
Competitors61 from 43 nations
Winning time20.04
Medalists
gold medal Justin Gatlin   United States
silver medal Wallace Spearmon   United States
bronze medal John Capel   United States
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The men's 200 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 9, 10 and 11 August. The winning margin was 0.16 seconds.

Medals

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
United States Justin Gatlin, United States United States Wallace Spearmon, United States United States John Capel, United States

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

  1. Mauritius Stéphane Buckland, Mauritius 20.94 Q
  2. Italy Andrew Howe, Italy 21.08 Q
  3. Trinidad and Tobago Aaron Armstrong, Trinidad and Tobago 21.10 Q
  4. Greece Panagiotis Sarris, Greece 21.43
  5. Brazil André da Silva, Brazil 21.44
  6. Uruguay Heber Viera, Uruguay 21.71
  7. Guinea Nabie Foday Fofana, Guinea 22.16 (SB)
  8. Pakistan Afzal Baig, Pakistan 22.54

Heat 2

  1. France Ronald Pognon, France 20.37 Q
  2. Zimbabwe Brian Dzingai, Zimbabwe 20.76 Q
  3. Bulgaria Yordan Ilinov, Bulgaria 20.85 Q
  4. Saudi Arabia Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi, Saudi Arabia 21.03
  5. Trinidad and Tobago Julieon Raeburn, Trinidad and Tobago 21.12
  6. Seychelles Evans Marie, Seychelles 21.65
  7. Brunei Noor Adi Bin Rostam, Brunei 24.05

Heat 3

  1. United Kingdom Christian Malcolm, Great Britain 20.36 Q
  2. United States John Capel, United States 20.40 Q (SB)
  3. Germany Sebastian Ernst, Germany 20.45 Q (SB)
  4. Australia Patrick Johnson, Australia 20.56 q (SB)
  5. Finland Tommi Hartonen, Finland 20.59 q (SB)
  6. Luxembourg Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé, Luxembourg 21.10 (PB)
  7. Palau Nicholas Mangham, Palau 24.39 (PB)

Heat 4

  1. Germany Tobias Unger, Germany 20.45 Q
  2. Jamaica Christopher Williams, Jamaica 20.64 Q
  3. United Kingdom Marlon Devonish, Great Britain 20.75 Q
  4. Nigeria Olusoji Fasuba, Nigeria 20.88 q
  5. Slovenia Matic Osovnikar, Slovenia 20.94
  6. Brazil Basílio de Moraes, Brazil 20.99
  7. Libya Abubaker El Tawerghi, Libya 21.72 (SB)
  8. Turks and Caicos Islands Darian Forbes, Turks and Caicos Islands DNS

Heat 5

  1. Jamaica Usain Bolt, Jamaica 20.80 Q
  2. Japan Shingo Suetsugu, Japan 20.85 Q
  3. Belgium Kristof Beyens, Belgium 20.88 Q
  4. Italy Koura Kaba Fantoni, Italy 21.10
  5. Trinidad and Tobago Kevon Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago 21.24
  6. Senegal Oumar Loum, Senegal 21.37
  7. Central African Republic Béranger Bosse, Central African Republic 22.02

Heat 6

Wind: 4.3 m/s

  1. United States Tyson Gay, United States 19.99 Q
  2. Poland Marcin Jędrusiński, Poland 20.14 Q
  3. The Gambia Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, Gambia 20.14 Q
  4. Nigeria Uchenna Emedolu, Nigeria 20.22 q
  5. Sweden Johan Wissman, Sweden 20.26 q
  6. South Africa Leigh Julius, South Africa 20.37 q
  7. Republic of Ireland Paul Hession, Ireland 20.40 q

Heat 7

  1. Australia Daniel Batman, Australia 20.68 Q
  2. Netherlands Guus Hoogmoed, Netherlands 20.80 Q
  3. United States Justin Gatlin, United States 20.90 Q
  4. Japan Shinji Takahira, Japan 21.03
  5. Ukraine Dmytro Hlushchenko, Ukraine 21.15
  6. Eswatini Mphelave Dlamin, Swaziland 21.79 (PB)
  7. British Virgin Islands Dion Crabbe, British Virgin Islands 21.82

Heat 8

  1. United States Wallace Spearmon, United States 20.51 Q
  2. Mexico Juan Pedro Toledo, Mexico 20.78 Q
  3. Cameroon Joseph Batangdon, Cameroon 20.84 Q
  4. The Bahamas Dominic Demeritte, Bahamas 20.90 q
  5. China Yaozu Yang, PR China 21.03
  6. Brazil Bruno Pacheco, Brazil 21.05

Quarterfinals

August 10

Heat 1

  1. Germany Tobias Unger, Germany 20.91 Q
  2. United States Wallace Spearmon, United States 20.91 Q
  3. Australia Patrick Johnson, Australia 20.94 Q
  4. Cameroon Joseph Batangdon, Cameroon 21.38
  5. Republic of Ireland Paul Hession, Ireland 21.69
  6. Bulgaria Yordan Ilinov, Bulgaria 21.94
  7. Zimbabwe Brian Dzingai, Zimbabwe 22.32

Heat 2

  1. United States Tyson Gay, United States 20.64 Q
  2. Mauritius Stéphane Buckland, Mauritius 20.66 Q
  3. The Gambia Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, Gambia 20.95 Q
  4. Poland Marcin Jędrusiński, Poland 21.07 q
  5. Sweden Johan Wissman, Sweden 21.16
  6. Italy Andrew Howe, Italy 21.19
  7. The Bahamas Dominic Demeritte, Bahamas 21.25

Heat 3

  1. United States John Capel, United States 20.78 Q
  2. Jamaica Usain Bolt, Jamaica 20.87 Q
  3. Trinidad and Tobago Aaron Armstrong, Trinidad and Tobago 20.94 Q
  4. United Kingdom Christian Malcolm, Great Britain 21.02 q
  5. Japan Shingo Suetsugu, Japan 21.11 q
  6. South Africa Leigh Julius, South Africa 21.45
  7. Germany Sebastian Ernst, Germany 21.54
  8. Nigeria Olusoji Fasuba, Nigeria 21.92

Heat 4

  1. Jamaica Christopher Williams, Jamaica 20.93 Q
  2. United States Justin Gatlin, United States 20.94 Q
  3. United Kingdom Marlon Devonish, Great Britain 20.95 Q
  4. Australia Daniel Batman, Australia 20.95 q
  5. France Ronald Pognon, France 21.26
  6. Netherlands Guus Hoogmoed, Netherlands 21.26
  7. Belgium Kristof Beyens, Belgium 21.43
  8. Finland Tommi Hartonen, Finland 21.54

Semifinals

August 10

Heat 1

  1. United States John Capel, United States 20.45 Q
  2. United States Wallace Spearmon, United States 20.49 Q
  3. Germany Tobias Unger, Germany 20.63 Q
  4. Jamaica Usain Bolt, Jamaica 20.68 Q
  5. The Gambia Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, Gambia 20.75
  6. Australia Daniel Batman, Australia 20.98
  7. United Kingdom Christian Malcolm, Great Britain 21.09

Heat 2

  1. United States Tyson Gay, United States 20.27 Q
  2. United States Justin Gatlin, United States 20.47 Q
  3. Mauritius Stéphane Buckland, Mauritius 20.54 Q
  4. Australia Patrick Johnson, Australia 20.65 Q
  5. Jamaica Christopher Williams, Jamaica 20.72
  6. Japan Shingo Suetsugu, Japan 20.84
  7. United Kingdom Marlon Devonish, Great Britain 20.93
  8. Poland Marcin Jędrusiński, Poland 20.99

Final

August 11

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Justin Gatlin United States United States (USA) 20.04
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Wallace Spearmon United States United States (USA) 20.20
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 John Capel United States United States (USA) 20.31 SB
4 5 Tyson Gay United States United States (USA) 20.34
5 7 Stéphane Buckland Mauritius Mauritius (MRI) 20.41
6 8 Patrick Johnson Australia Australia (AUS) 20.58
7 2 Tobias Unger Germany Germany (GER) 20.81
8 1 Usain Bolt Jamaica Jamaica (JAM) 26.27

External links

References

200 metres at the World Athletics Championships
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World champions in men's 200 metres
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