1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:	Men's 200 metres
Competition:	1991 World Championships
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Dates:	26 August (heats and quarter-finals) 27 August (semi-finals and final)
Competitors:	61
Win Value:	20.01
Gold:	Michael Johnson
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Frankie Fredericks
Silvernoc:	NAM
Bronze:	Atlee Mahorn
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	1987
Next:	1993

These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 61 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats and the final held on Tuesday August 27, 1991. The winning margin was 0.33 seconds. For the final there was an unusually strong headwind of (-)3.4 m/s.

Medalists

Gold	Michael Johnson United States (USA)
Silver	Frankie Fredericks Namibia (NAM)
Bronze	Atlee Mahorn Canada (CAN)

Schedule

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Heats
26.08.1991  - 11:35h
Quarterfinals
26.08.1991  - 16:50h
Semifinals
27.08.1991  - 16:25h
Final
27.08.1991  - 19:10h

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record		19.72	Mexico City, Mexico	September 12, 1972
Championship Record		20.14	Helsinki, Finland	August 14, 1983

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		20.01
		20.34
		20.49
4.		20.49
5.		20.51
6.		20.58
7.		20.59
8.		20.78

Semifinals

• Held on 1991-08-27

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		20.40
2.		20.43
3.		20.48
4.		20.48
5.		20.61
6.		20.62
7.		20.85
8.		21.01

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		20.06
2.		20.27
3.		20.47
4.		20.47
5.		20.52
6.		20.82
7.		20.91
8.		21.04

Quarterfinals

• Held on Monday 1991-08-26

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		20.17
2.		20.18
3.		20.56
4.		20.59
5.		20.69
6.		20.82
7.		21.11
8.		21.12

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		20.41
2.		20.58
3.		20.61
4.		20.85
5.		20.90
6.		21.07
7.		21.09
-		DSQ

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		20.05
2.		20.20
3.		20.30
4.		20.38
5.		20.77
6.		20.80
7.		20.92
8.		21.09

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		20.36
2.		20.40
3.		20.54
4.		20.63
5.		21.00
6.		21.21
7.		21.23
8.		21.40

Qualifying heats

• Held on Monday 1991-08-26

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		20.70
2.		20.88
3.		21.00
4.		21.07
5.		21.55
6.		22.31
7.		22.80

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		20.52
2.		20.80
3.		20.89
4.		20.98
5.		21.09
6.		21.87
		DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		20.51
2.		20.58
3.		20.68
4.		20.73
5.		20.78
6.		21.48
7.		21.58
8.		22.36

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		20.28
2.		20.38
3.		20.43
4.		20.95
5.		20.97
6.		21.65
7.		21.91
		DNS

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		20.63
2.		20.78
3.		21.19
4.		21.31
5.		21.43
6.		21.60
7.		22.68
		DQ

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.		20.75
2.		20.83
3.		20.93
4.		20.94
5.		21.09
6.		21.10
7.		21.85
8.		21.91

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.		20.50
2.		20.62
3.		20.67
4.		20.85
5.		21.84
		DQ
		DNS

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.		20.67
2.		20.90
3.		21.06
3.		21.06
5.		21.08
6.		21.36
7.		22.29
8.		23.44

See also

• 1988 Men's Olympic 200 metres (Seoul)
• 1990 Men's European Championships 200 metres (Split)
• 1992 Men's Olympic 200 metres (Barcelona)
• 1993 Men's World Championships 200 metres (Stuttgart)

References

• Results