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Revision as of 10:42, 18 August 2013
| Athletics 200 metres | |
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 Athletes leaving starting blocks for a 200 meters race (2010 Josef Odložil Memorial in Prague. | |
| World records | |
| Men |  Usain Bolt 19.19 (2009) |
| Women |  Florence Griffith 21.34 (1988) |
| Olympic records | |
| Men | Usain Bolt 19.30 (2008) |
| Women | Florence Griffith 21.34 (1988) |
The 200 metres (also spelled 200 meters) 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 recorded event at the ancient Olympic Games. The 200 m places more emphasis on speed endurance than shorter sprint distances as athletes rely on different energy systems during the longer sprint.
In the United States and elsewhere, athletes previously ran the 220-yard dash (201.168 m) instead of the 200 m (218.723yards), though the distance is now obsolete. The standard adjustment used for the conversion from times recorded over 220 yards to 200 m times is to subtract 0.1 seconds, but other conversion methods exist.
The race attracts runners from other events wishing to double up and claim both titles. This feat has been achieved nine times at the Olympic Games, most recently by Jamaica's Usain Bolt in Beijing 2008 and again in London 2012. An Olympic double of 200 m and 400 m was first achieved by Valerie Brisco-Hooks in 1984, and later by Michael Johnson from the United States and Marie-José Pérec of France both in 1996. Bolt is the only man to repeat as Olympic champion, Bärbel Wöckel (née Eckert) and Veronica Campbell-Brown are the two women who have repeated as Olympic champion.
The men's world record holder is Usain Bolt, who ran 19.19 s at the 2009 World Championships. The women's world record holder is Florence Griffith-Joyner of the United States, who ran 21.34 s at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The reigning Olympic champions are Usain Bolt (Jamaica) and Allyson Felix (USA).
Races run with an aiding wind measured over 2.0 meters per second are not acceptable for record purposes.
All-time fastest 200 m athletes
- Only the fastest time for each athlete is listed.
- A = Altitude
Men
See also: Men's 200 metres world record progressionAs of August 2012.
All-time top 25 (outdoors)
As of June 2013
| Rank | Res. | Wind | Athlete | Nation | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 19.19 | −0.3 | Usain Bolt |  |
20 August 2009 | Berlin |
| 2. | 19.26 | +0.7 | Yohan Blake | |
16 September 2011 | Brussels |
| 3. | 19.32 | +0.4 | Michael Johnson |  |
1 August 1996 | Atlanta |
| 4. | 19.53 | +0.7 | Walter Dix | |
16 September 2011 | Brussels |
| 5. | 19.58 | +1.3 | Tyson Gay | |
30 May 2009 | New York City |
| 6. | 19.63 | +0.4 | Xavier Carter | |
11 July 2006 | Lausanne |
| 7. | 19.65 | 0.0 | Wallace Spearmon | |
28 September 2006 | Daegu |
| 8. | 19.68 | +0.4 | Frankie Fredericks |  |
1 August 1996 | Atlanta |
| 9. | 19.72A | +1.8 | Pietro Mennea |  |
12 September 1979 | Mexico City |
| 10. | 19.73 | −0.2 | Michael Marsh | |
5 August 1992 | Barcelona |
| 11. | 19.75 | +1.5 | Carl Lewis | |
19 June 1983 | Indianapolis |
| +1.7 | Joe DeLoach | |
28 September 1988 | Seoul | ||
| 13. | 19.77 | +0.7 | Ato Boldon |  |
13 July 1997 | Stuttgart |
| 14. | 19.79 | +1.2 | Shawn Crawford | |
26 August 2004 | Athens |
| + 0.9 | Warren Weir | |
23 June 2013 | Kingston | ||
| 16. | 19.80 | +0.8 | Christophe Lemaitre |  |
3 September 2011 | Daegu |
| 17. | 19.81 | −0.3 | Alonso Edward |  |
20 August 2009 | Berlin |
| 18. | 19.83A | +0.9 | Tommie Smith | |
16 October 1968 | Mexico City |
| 19. | 19.84 | +1.7 | Francis Obikwelu |  |
25 August 1999 | Seville |
| 20. | 19.85 | −0.3 | John Capel | |
23 July 2000 | Sacramento |
| −0.5 | Konstadinos Kederis |  |
9 August 2002 | Munich | ||
| +1.4 | Churandy Martina |  |
23 August 2012 | Lausanne | ||
| 0.0 | Nickel Ashmeade | |
30 August 2012 | Zurich | ||
| 24. | 19.86 | +1.0 | Donald Quarrie | |
3 August 1971 | Cali |
| +1.6 | Maurice Greene | |
7 July 1997 | Stockholm | ||
| +1.5 | Justin Gatlin | |
12 May 2002 | Starkville | ||
| +1.5 | Jason Young | |
17 July 2012 | Luzern | ||
| +1.6 | Isiah Young | |
23 June 2013 | Des Moines |
All-time top 10 (indoors)
| Rank | Result | Athlete | Nation | Date | Location | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 19.92 | Frankie Fredericks | |
18 February 1996 | Lievin | |
| 2. | 20.10 | Wallace Spearmon | |
11 March 2005 | Fayetteville | |
| 3. | 20.25 | Linford Christie |  |
19 February 1995 | Lievin | |
| 4. | 20.26 | Obadele Thompson |  |
6 March 1999 | Maebashi | |
| Shawn Crawford | |
10 March 2000 | Fayetteville | |||
| John Capel | |
10 March 2000 | Fayetteville | |||
| 7. | 20.27 | Walter Dix | |
10 March 2006 | Fayetteville | |
| 8. | 20.30 | Xavier Carter | |
10 March 2006 | Fayetteville | |
| 9. | 20.31 | Coby Miller | |
3 March 2001 | Atlanta | |
| 10. | 20.32 | Rohsaan Griffin | |
27 February 1999 | Atlanta | |
| Kevin Little | |
5 March 1999 | Maebashi |
Women
All-time top 25 (outdoors)
See also: Women's 200 metres world record progressionAs of January 2013
| Rank | Result | Wind | Athlete | Nation | Date | Location | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 21.34 | +1.3 | Florence Griffith-Joyner | |
29 September 1988 | Seoul | |
| 2. | 21.62A | −0.6 | Marion Jones | |
11 September 1998 | Johannesburg | |
| 3. | 21.64 | +0.8 | Merlene Ottey | |
13 September 1991 | Brussels | |
| 4. | 21.69 | +1.0 | Allyson Felix | |
30 June 2012 | Eugene | |
| 5. | 21.71 | +0.7 | Marita Koch |  |
10 June 1979 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | |
| +1.2 | Heike Drechsler | |
29 June 1986 | Jena | |||
| 7. | 21.72 | +1.3 | Grace Jackson | |
29 September 1988 | Seoul | |
| −0.1 | Gwen Torrence | |
15 August 1992 | Barcelona | |||
| 9. | 21.74 | +0.4 | Marlies Göhr | |
3 June 1984 | Erfurt | |
| +1.2 | Silke Gladisch-Möller | |
3 September 1987 | Rome | |||
| +0.6 | Veronica Campbell-Brown | |
21 August 2008 | Beijing | |||
| 12. | 21.75 | −0.1 | Juliet Cuthbert | |
5 August 1992 | Barcelona | |
| 13. | 21.77 | +0.6 | Inger Miller | |
27 August 1999 | Seville | |
| 14. | 21.81 | −0.1 | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | |
9 August 1984 | Los Angeles | |
| 15. | 21.83 | −0.2 | Evelyn Ashford | |
24 August 1979 | Montreal | |
| 16. | 21.85 | +0.3 | Barbel Wockel | |
21 July 1984 | Potsdam | |
| 17. | 21.87 | 0.0 | Irina Privalova |  |
25 July 1995 | Monaco | |
| 18. | 21.93 | +1.3 | Pam Marshall | |
23 July 1988 | Indianapolis | |
| 19. | 21.95 | +0.3 | Katrin Krabbe | |
30 August 1990 | Split | |
| 20. | 21.97 | +1.9 | Jarmila Kratochvilova |  |
6 June 1981 | Bratislava | |
| 21. | 21.99 | +0.9 | Chandra Cheeseborough | |
19 June 1983 | Indianapolis | |
| +1.1 | Marie-Jose Perec | |
2 July 1993 | Villeneuve d'Ascq | |||
| +1.1 | Kerron Stewart | |
29 July 2008 | Kingston | |||
| 24. | 22.00 | +1.3 | Sherone Simpson | |
25 June 2006 | Kingston | |
| 25. | 22.01 | −0.5 | Anelia Nuneva |  |
16 August 1987 | Sofia | |
| 0.0 | Li Xuemei |  |
22 October 1997 | Shanghai | |||
| +0.6 | Muna Lee | |
21 August 2008 | Beijing |
- Note: Marita Koch also ran 21.71 in Potsdam in June 1984.
- Note: Heike Dreschler also ran 21.71 at the European Championships in Stuttgart in August 1986.
All-time top 10 (indoors)
| Rank | Result | Athlete | Nation | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 21.87 | Merlene Ottey | |
13 February 1993 | Lievin |
| 2. | 22.10 | Irina Privalova | |
19 February 1995 | Toronto |
| 3. | 22.27 | Heike Drechsler | |
7 March 1987 | Indianapolis |
| 4. | 22.33 | Gwen Torrence | |
3 February 1996 | Atlanta |
| 5. | 22.38 | Veronica Campbell-Brown | |
18 February 2005 | Birmingham |
| 6. | 22.39 | Marita Koch | |
5 March 1983 | Budapest |
| Ionela Tirlea |  |
6 March 1999 | Maebashi | ||
| 8. | 22.40 | Bianca Knight | |
14 March 2008 | Fayetteville |
| 9. | 22.41 | Galina Malchugina | |
13 March 1994 | Paris |
| 10. | 22.43 | Svetlana Goncharenko | |
22 February 1998 | Lievin |
Olympic medalists
Men
Women
World Championship medalists
Men
Women
References
- "Converting Times from English to Metric Distances". National Federation of State High School Associations. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2007.
- "200 Meters All Time". IAAF. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- http//://www.alltime-athletics.com/m_200ok.htm
- Ed Gordon (1 July 2012). "Marritt hurdles world-leading 12.93, Felix blazes 21.69 in Eugene – U.S. Olympic Trials, Day 7". IAAF. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
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