2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:	Men's 200 metres
Competition:	2003 World Championships
Venue:	Stade de France
Dates:	24 August (heats and quarter-finals) 25 August (semi-finals and final)
Competitors:	59
Win Value:	20.30
Gold:	John Capel
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Darvis Patton
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Shingo Suetsugu
Bronzenoc:	JPN
Prev:	2001
Next:	2005

These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 59 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Friday 29 August 2003 at 21:00h. The winning margin was 0.01 seconds.

On August 27, Troy Douglas, at 40 years, 270 days old, became the oldest ever competitor for the men's 200 m. Two days later, Frank Fredericks became the oldest finalist in the distance, at 35 years, 331 days old.^[1]

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		20.30
		20.31
		20.38
4.		20.39
5.		20.41
6.		20.47
7.		20.47
8.		20.62

Semi-final

Held on Thursday 28 August 2003

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		20.03
2.		20.11
3.		20.29
4.		20.36
5.		20.43
6.		20.48
7.		20.70
8.		20.71

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		20.18
2.		20.22
3.		20.34
4.		20.44
5.		20.45
6.		20.59
7.		20.59
8.		20.66

Quarter-finals

Held on Wednesday 27 August 2003

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		20.24
2.		20.51
3.		20.53
4.		20.59
5.		20.67
6.		20.69
7.		20.72
8.		20.81

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		20.40
2.		20.47
3.		20.58
4.		20.74
5.		20.79
6.		20.82
7.		20.83
8.		21.08

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		20.06
2.		20.22
3.		20.56
4.		20.59
5.		20.64
6.		20.70
7.		20.74
8.		20.79

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		20.30
2.		20.35
3.		20.49
4.		20.53
5.		20.56
6.		20.67
7.		20.70
8.		20.73

Heats

Held on Wednesday 27 August 2003

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		20.58
2.		20.59
3.		20.60
4.		20.69
5.		21.15
-		DQ
-		DQ

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		20.38
2.		20.57
3.		20.65
4.		20.73
5.		20.75
6.		20.79
7.		21.24
8.		23.24

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		20.73
2.		20.76
3.		20.82
4.		20.86
5.		20.87
6.		22.75
-		DQ

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		20.27
2.		20.42
3.		20.66
4.		20.71
5.		21.02
6.		21.42
7.		21.87

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		20.58
2.		20.71
3.		20.79
4.		20.93
5.		21.11
6.		21.33
7.		21.52

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.		20.82
2.		20.86
3.		20.89
4.		20.90
5.		21.11
6.		22.60
7.		23.84
-		DNS

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.		20.54
2.		20.55
3.		20.56
4.		20.83
5.		20.97
6.		21.31
7.		21.55

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.		20.54
2.		20.56
3.		20.65
4.		20.70
5.		20.96
6.		22.94
7.		23.77
-		DNS

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20080908084546/http://www.iaaf.org/WCH03/results/byEvent.html

Notes and References

. World Championship Statistics Handbook . . 2017-08-03.