2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:	Men's 200 metres
Competition:	2013 World Championships
Venue:	Luzhniki Stadium
Dates:	16 August (heats & semifinals) 17 August (final)
Competitors:	55
Nations:	41
Win Value:	19.66
Gold:	Usain Bolt
Silver:	Warren Weir
Bronze:	Curtis Mitchell
Prev:	2011
Next:	2015

The men's 200 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 16 and 17 August.^[1] The winning margin was 0.13 seconds.

In the final, Adam Gemili seemed to get the best start, but flanked by the Jamaican uniforms, he was quickly swallowed up. Midway into the turn, Usain Bolt had a clear lead. Coming off the turn, Bolt had several meters on the field. The winner determined, Bolt eased off and cruised across the finish in what would be a great time for any other human being, just a slow 200 for Bolt in 19.66.^[2] Coming off the turn about even with Gemili and Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir out in lane 8 separated from those two and gained significantly on the slowing Bolt, setting a personal best of 19.79.^[3] Taking a lesson from American teammate Wallace Spearmon who was vanquished in the semis, Curtis Mitchell spotted the field several meters then closed from dead last at the end of the turn to take the bronze. Gemili took a full dive at the finish to try to beat Ashmeade but still finished in fifth.^[4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record		19.19	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
Championship record
World Leading		19.73	Saint-Denis, France	6 July 2013
African Record		19.68	Atlanta, GA, United States	1 August 1996
Asian Record		20.03	Yokohama, Japan	7 June 2003
North, Central American and Caribbean record		19.19	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
South American Record		19.81	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
European Record		19.72A	Mexico City, Mexico	12 September 1979
Oceanian record		20.06A	Mexico City, Mexico	15 October 1968

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
16 August 2013	10:35	Heats
16 August 2013	19:40	Semifinals
17 August 2013	20:05	Final

Results

KEY:

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q

Fastest non-qualifiers

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Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.^[5]

Wind: Heat 1: −0.4 m/s, Heat 2: −0.2 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: −0.7 m/s, Heat 5: −0.6 m/s, Heat 6: +0.2 m/s, Heat 7: +0.2 m/s.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	7			20.17	Q
1	6	7			20.17	Q, PB
3	3	6			20.34	Q
4	2	3			20.37	Q
4	1	2			20.37	Q
6	1	7			20.44	Q
7	4	8			20.45	Q
8	2	8			20.46	Q
9	2	6			20.47	q
9	3	4			20.47	Q, NR
11	3	3			20.50	Q
12	1	5			20.52	Q, PB
13	4	5			20.54	Q
14	1	6			20.55	q
14	5	7			20.55	Q
16	4	7			20.56	Q
17	5	2			20.59	Q
17	5	4			20.59	Q
19	5	6			20.60	q
19	3	7			20.60
21	7	6			20.66	Q
22	2	4			20.68
23	6	6			20.70	Q
24	6	3			20.71	Q
25	7	4			20.72	Q
26	4	4			20.73
27	5	5			20.74
28	1	4			20.84
29	7	7			20.85	Q
30	6	5			20.88
30	6	4			20.88
32	1	8			20.89
33	3	2			20.96
34	4	3			20.97
34	7	3			20.97
36	5	8			21.02	SB
37	7	2			21.11
38	5	3			21.13
38	6	2			21.13
40	2	5			21.27
41	1	3			21.33
42	7	5			21.35
43	3	1			21.37
44	7	1			21.40
45	2	1			21.45
46	4	1			21.46
47	4	2			21.85
48	2	2			21.90
49	1	1			21.98	SB
49	5	1			21.98
51	3	5			21.99	SB
52	7	8			22.01	PB
53	6	8			22.27
54	3	8			22.37
55	6	1			22.98
	4	6			DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.^[6]

Wind: Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: −0.3 m/s.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	5			19.97	Q, PB
2	3	6			19.98	Q, PB
3	3	4			20.00	Q, SB
4	2	4			20.12	Q
5	2	3			20.13	Q, PB
6	3	5			20.13	q
7	1	3			20.20	Q
8	1	4			20.33	q, SB
9	2	8			20.36
10	3	7			20.42	PB
11	2	6			20.44
12	2	5			20.46
13	2	7			20.47
14	1	7			20.51
15	1	1			20.55
16	1	6			20.55
17	3	2			20.56
18	1	8			20.61
19	2	1			20.61
20	2	2			20.66
21	3	1			20.66
22	3	3			20.67
23	3	8			20.68
24	1	2			21.14

Final

The final was started at 20:10.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			19.66	WL
	8			19.79	PB
	3			20.04
4	6			20.05
5	5			20.08
6	7			20.14
7	1			20.35
8	2			20.37

• By winning this 200m final, Usain Bolt became the first man ever to retain the 200m world title three times in a row (winning the title in 2009, in 19.19, and 2011, in 19.40). Calvin Smith and Michael Johnson both won the title twice (in 1983 and 1987, and in 1991 and 1995, respectively) yet only Bolt has retained the title three times (2009, 2011 and 2013).

External links

• 200 metres results at IAAF website

Notes and References

1. http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-200-M-h----.SL2.pdf?v=535895192 Start list
2. Web site: Bolt cruises to world 200m title in 19.66 seconds. 17 August 2013.
3. Web site: Usain Bolt wins 200m gold at World Athletics 2013. 17 August 2013. BBC Sport. 19 August 2013 .
4. Web site: Usain Bolt wins 200m world title with ease as Adam Gemili comes fifth. 17 August 2013. The Guardian. 19 August 2013 .
5. http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-200-M-h----.RS6.pdf?v=1394179945 Heats Results
6. http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-200-M-sf----.RS4.pdf?v=-1246704464 Semifinals Results
7. Web site: Final Results . 17 August 2013 . 6 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006153917/http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-200-M-f----.RS6.pdf?v=263382396 . dead .