1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:	Men's 200 metres
Competition:	1999 World Championships
Venue:	Estadio Olímpico
Dates:	21 August (heats) 21 August (quarter-finals) 25 August (semi-finals) 27 August (final)
Competitors:	72
Win Value:	19.90
Gold:	Maurice Greene
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Claudinei da Silva
Silvernoc:	BRA
Bronze:	Francis Obikwelu
Bronzenoc:	NGR
Prev:	1997
Next:	2001

These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 72 participating athletes, with ten qualifying heats, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Friday 27 August 1999 at 20:00h. The winning margin was 0.10 seconds.

Final

Frank Fredericks was forced to scratch from the final after he injured his hamstring while warming up.

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		19.90
		20.00
		20.11
4.		20.23
5.		20.30
6.		20.37
7.		20.48
		DNS

Semi-final

• Held on Wednesday 25 August 1999

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		20.10
2.		20.13
3.		20.28
4.		20.36
5.		20.48
6.		20.51
7.		20.72
8.		21.89

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		19.84
2.		19.98 (NR)
3.		20.10
4.		20.10
5.		20.25
6.		20.38
7.		20.72
		DNS

Quarter-finals

• Held on Saturday 21 August 1999

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		20.22
2.		20.26
3.		20.38
4.		20.59
5.		20.65
6.		20.66
7.		20.67
8.		21.08

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		20.23
2.		20.32
3.		20.61
4.		20.65
5.		20.81
6.		20.89
		DNS
		DQ

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		20.51
2.		20.57
3.		20.59
4.		20.62
5.		20.74
6.		20.76
7.		20.83
8.		20.96

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		20.11
2.		20.15
3.		20.32
4.		20.49
5.		20.59
6.		20.70
7.		20.74
8.		20.93

Heats

• Held on Saturday 21 August 1999

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		20.54
2.		20.68
3.		20.76
4.		20.78
5.		20.92
6.		20.95
7.		21.27

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		20.60
2.		20.74
3.		20.75
4.		20.77
5.		21.13
6.		22.91
		DQ

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		20.58
2.		20.59
3.		20.73
4.		21.04
		DNS
		DQ
		DQ

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		20.48
2.		20.54
3.		20.68
4.		20.80 (NR)
5.		20.89 (NR)
6.		20.94
7.		20.97

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		20.68
2.		20.72
3.		20.76
4.		21.02
5.		21.48
6.		21.69
		DQ

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.		20.56
2.		20.65
3.		20.73
4.		20.79
5.		20.94
6.		21.21
7.		21.27
8.		24.10

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.		20.78
2.		20.80
3.		20.86
4.		21.25
5.		21.32
6.		21.36
7.		22.88
		DNS

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.		20.38
2.		20.59
3.		20.72
4.		20.89
5.		20.90
6.		21.38
7.		21.54

RANK	HEAT 9	TIME
1.		20.76
2.		20.87
3.		20.91
4.		21.00
5.		21.05
6.		21.31
7.		21.41

RANK	HEAT 10	TIME
1.		20.70
2.		20.74
3.		20.80
4.		20.82
5.		20.86
6.		21.12
7.		21.39

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20140310195631/http://www2.iaaf.org/sevilla99/results/