2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:	Men's 200 metres
Competition:	2001 World Championships
Venue:	Commonwealth Stadium
Dates:	7 August (heats and quarter-finals) 8 August (semi-finals) 9 August (final)
Competitors:	52
Win Value:	20.04
Gold:	Konstantinos Kenteris
Goldnoc:	GRE
Silver:	Christopher Williams
Silvernoc:	JAM
Bronze:	Kim Collins
Bronzenoc:	SKN
Prev:	1999
Next:	2003

These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. There were a total number of 52 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Thursday 9 August 2001 at 21:40h. The finals were one of the closest events in the history of the World Athletics Championship. As, all the medal winners except for gold were given the same time. The winning margin was 0.16 seconds.

Medalists

Gold	Konstantinos Kenteris Greece (GRE)
Silver	Christopher Williams Jamaica (JAM)
Bronze	Kim Collins Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
	19.32	August 1, 1996
Championship Record	19.79	August 11, 1995	Gothenburg, Sweden
Season Best	20.05	July 4, 2001

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		20.04
		20.20
		20.20
		20.20
5.		20.22
6.		20.24
7.		20.25
8.		20.38

Semi-final

Held on Wednesday 8 August 2001

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		20.08
2.		20.13
3.		20.15
4.		20.26
5.		20.48
6.		20.56
7.		20.65
8.		20.66

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		20.03
2.		20.11
3.		20.21
4.		20.29
5.		20.38
6.		20.39
7.		20.40
8.		20.64

Quarter-finals

Held on Tuesday 7 August 2001

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		20.13
2.		20.19
3.		20.23
4.		20.31 =NR
5.		20.43
6.		20.71
7.		21.02
-		DQ

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		20.30
2.		20.43
3.		20.44
4.		20.48
5.		20.54
6.		20.65
7.		20.83
8.		20.86

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		20.24
2.		20.25
3.		20.48
4.		20.78
5.		20.80
6.		20.83
7.		20.87
8.		23.58

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		20.34
2.		20.54
3.		20.58
4.		20.58
5.		20.60
6.		20.66
7.		20.88
-		DQ

Heats

Held on Tuesday 7 August 2001

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		20.53
2.		20.61
3.		20.65
4.		20.78
5.		20.85
6.		21.25
7.		21.87
8.		22.13

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		20.63
2.		20.69
3.		20.80
4.		21.00
5.		21.17
6.		22.86
-		DQ
-		DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		20.46
2.		20.58
3.		20.63
4.		20.69
5.		21.03
6.		21.63
-		DQ

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		20.60
2.		20.63
3.		20.63
4.		20.77
5.		20.92
6.		21.03
7.		21.94

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		20.37
2.		20.43
3.		20.65
4.		20.68
5.		20.75
6.		20.83
-		DNS

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.		20.36
2.		20.57
3.		20.58
4.		20.84
5.		21.17
6.		21.30
7.		21.63

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.		20.25
2.		20.41
3.		20.41
4.		20.51
5.		20.79
6.		20.87
7.		20.96
8.		21.45