1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:	Men's 200 metres
Competition:	1997 World Championships
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Dates:	6 August (heats and quarter-finals) 7 August (semi-finals) 8 August (final)
Competitors:	63
Win Value:	20.03
Gold:	Ato Boldon
Goldnoc:	TRI
Silver:	Frankie Fredericks
Silvernoc:	NAM
Bronze:	Claudinei da Silva
Bronzenoc:	BRA
Prev:	1995
Next:	1999

These are the results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece. The winning margin was 0.20 seconds.

Medalists

Gold	Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
Silver	Frank Fredericks Namibia (NAM)
Bronze	Claudinei da Silva Brazil (BRA)

Results

Heats

First 3 of each Heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	9			20.41	Q
	4			20.45	Q
	9			20.46	Q
	9			20.47	Q
	1			20.48	Q
	1			20.49	Q, PB
	4			20.49	Q
	9			20.56	q
	7			20.59	Q
10	1			20.60	Q
11	1			20.60	q
12	6			20.68	Q
13	6			20.69	Q, NR
14	6			20.70	Q, SB
15	1			20.71	q, SB
15	2			20.71	Q, SB
17	1			20.72	q, SB
17	3			20.72	Q, SB
17	9			20.72	q
20	5			20.73	Q
21	2			20.74	Q
22	3			20.75	Q
22	5			20.75	Q
22	6			20.75
22	7			20.75	Q
26	5			20.76	Q
27	3			20.77	Q
27	5			20.77
29	5			20.79	NR
29	8			20.79	Q
31	8			20.80	Q
31	5			20.80
33	3			20.82
34	7			20.84	Q
35	8			20.86	Q
36	2			20.88	Q
36	2			20.88	SB
36	7			20.88
39	4			20.90	Q
40	6			20.92
41	4			20.93
42	8			20.94
43	8			20.95
44	2			20.96	SB
45	4			20.98
46	7			20.99
47	6			21.00
48	3			21.03
49	8			21.08
50	3			21.30
51	9			21.31
52	1			21.45
52	2			21.45
52	8			21.45
55	4			21.58
56	8			21.59	NR
57	4			21.64
58	3			21.85
59	5			22.08
60	6			22.37
61	7			22.45
62	9			22.86
63	9			23.54
	2
	7

Quarterfinals

First 3 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2			20.13	Q
	3			20.27	Q, PB
	2			20.28	Q
	3			20.38	Q
	4			20.48	Q
	3			20.54	Q, SB
	3			20.56	q
	3			20.57	q
	2			20.59	Q
10	4			20.62	Q
11	3			20.65	q
12	2			20.69	q
13	2			20.73
14	1			20.77	Q
14	3			20.77
16	1			20.78	Q
16	2			20.78
18	2			20.83
18	3			20.83
20	4			20.87	Q
21	4			20.91
22	4			20.94
23	4			20.96
24	1			21.04	Q
25	1			21.08
26	2			21.14
27	1			21.22
28	1			21.25
29	1			21.39
30	1			21.52
31	4			22.77
	4

Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2			20.09	Q
	2			20.18	Q
	2			20.29	Q
	1			20.35	Q
	1			20.39	Q
	2			20.42	Q
	1			20.43	Q, PB
	2			20.43	SB
	1			20.46	Q
10	1			20.51
11	1			20.57
12	1			20.61
12	2			20.61
14	2			20.78
15	2			20.92
16	1			21.44

Final

Wind: 2.3 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			20.03
	4			20.23
	5			20.26
4	6			20.31
5	7			20.32
6	2			20.37
7	1			20.44
8	8			20.44

References

Results
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