Misplaced Pages

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 69.196.21.5 (talk) at 19:50, 29 June 2006 (→Men). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

200 m is a sprint running event. It is less popular than the 100 m, and often attracts runners from that event who wish to "double up" and claim both titles. This feat has been achieved eight times at the Olympic Games, the last by Carl Lewis in 1984. An Olympic double of 200 m and 400 m was first achieved by Valerie Brisco-Hooks in 1984, and later by Michael Johnson and Marie-José Perec in 1996.

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. To most trained runners, this is a pure power race. A slightly shorter race, run on a straight track, was the first recorded event at the Ancient Olympics.

The current men's world record holder is Michael Johnson, who ran 19.32 seconds at the 1996 Olympic Games. The reigning Olympic champions are Shawn Crawford and Veronica Campbell.

Famous 200m. runners

Men

• Shawn Crawford
• Michael Johnson (World Record Holder)
• Konstantinos Kenteris
• Carl Lewis
• Michael Marsh
• Pietro Mennea
• Jesse Owens
• Tommie Smith
• Frank Fredericks

Top ten All time athletes on the 200 meters - men

Updated May 12 2006. Note that the fastest time represents an average speed of 10.35 m/s (or 37.267 km/h), faster than the average speed for the current 100 m world record (9.77 s, average speed 10.24 m/s).

Women

• Fanny Blankers-Koen
• Florence Griffith Joyner
• Marion Jones
• Marie-José Perec
• Gwen Torrence

Top ten All time athletes on the 200 meters - women

Updated June 10, 2005

v t e Athletics events
Track and field Cross country running Road running Racewalking
Track	Sprints 50 m 55 m 60 m 100 y 100 m 150 m 200 m (straight) 300 m 400 m 440 y Hurdles 50 m 55 m 60 m 80 m 100 m 110 m 200 m (low) 300 m 400 m Middle-distance 500 m 600 m 800 m 1000 m 1500 m 1600 m One mile 2000 m 2000 m steeplechase 3000 m 3000 m steeplechase 3200 m Two miles Long-distance 5000 m 10,000 m 20,000 m One hour run Relays 4 × 100 m 4 × 200 m 4 × 400 m 4 × 800 m 4 × 1500 m 4 × mile Sprint medley relay Distance medley relay Swedish relay Shuttle hurdle relay Walking Mile 3000 m 5000 m 10,000 m 20,000 m
Field	Throws Shot put Club Discus Hammer Javelin Weight throw Softball throw Jumps High jump (standing) Pole vault Long jump (standing) Triple jump (standing)
Combined	Athletics pentathlon women's throws Hexathlon Heptathlon Octathlon Decathlon Tetradecathlon Icosathlon
Road	Running 5 km 10 km 15 km 10 mi 20 km 25 km Half marathon Marathon Ekiden Ultramarathon Walking 10 km 20 km 35 km 50 km 50 mi 100 km Marathon mixed relay
Other	Frame running Multiday race Wheelchair racing Backward running
Sport of athletics portal • Current Olympic events shown in italics

• Events in athletics