2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:Men's 200 metres
Competition:2017 World Championships
Venue:Olympic Stadium
Dates:7 August (heats)
9 August (semifinal)
10 August (final)
Competitors:49
Nations:38
Win Value:20.09
Gold:Ramil Guliyev
Goldnoc:TUR
Silver:Wayde van Niekerk
Silvernoc:RSA
Bronze:Jereem Richards
Bronzenoc:TTO
Prev:2015
Next:2019

The men's 200 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 7, 9, and 10 August.[1] The winning margin was 0.02 seconds.

Summary

Coming out of the blocks in the final, Wayde van Niekerk and Isaac Makwala were the first to make up ground on the stagger, coming off the turn with Ramil Guliyev about even. Makwala started to lose ground, passed by Jereem Richards to his outside. van Niekerk seemed to have the edge until the last 30 metres when Guliyev pulled ahead. As Richards closed, all the athletes leaned for a photo finish. Guliyev had a clear win, but van Niekerk's edge for silver on Richards was the narrowest possible, .001 of a second 20.106 to 20.107.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Athlete Date Location
World19.19Usain Bolt Jamaica20 Aug 2009Berlin, Germany
Championship
World leading19.77Isaac Makwala14 Jul 2017Madrid, Spain
African19.68Frank Fredericks1 Aug 1996Atlanta, United States
Asian19.97Femi Ogunode Qatar11 Sep 2015Brussels, Belgium
NACAC19.19Usain Bolt JamaicaBerlin, Germany
South American19.81Alonso Edward Panama20 Aug 2009Berlin, Germany
European19.72Pietro Mennea Italy12 Sep 1979Mexico City, Mexico
Oceanian20.08Peter Norman Australia16 Oct 1968Mexico City, Mexico

The following records were set at the competition:[3]

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.44.[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:[5]

DateTimeRound
7 August 18:30 Heats
9 August 20:55 Semifinals
10 August 21:50 Final

Results

Heats

The first round took place on 7 August in seven heats. However, Isaac Makwala, who was prevented from competing due to being quarantined for norovirus, was allowed to run in an additional heat on the 9 August following an appeal by the Botswana delegation.[6] The 8 heats were as follows:[7]

Heat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Date7 Aug 9 Aug
Start time18:30 18:38 18:46 18:54 19:02 19:10 19:18 18:41
Wind (m/s)−0.5 −0.6 +0.3 +0.7 −0.6 +0.6 +0.7 +1.4
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The first three in each heat ( 

Q ) and the next four fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:[8]
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 2 20.05
2 7 4 20.08
3 4 5 20.16
4 3 7 20.16
5 3 8 20.16 ,
6 8 7 20.20
7 6 8 20.19
8 4 2 20.22
9 6 7 20.26
10 5 3 20.29 ,
11 6 4 20.37
12 1 6 20.39
13 4 4 20.40
14 2 7 20.41
15 6 6 20.43
16 5 6 20.48
17 4 7 20.49
18 2 8 20.49
19 1 8 20.52
20 3 5 20.52
21 1 7 20.54
22 4 3 20.54
23 1 3 20.58
24 7 3 20.58
25 5 4 20.59
26 2 6 20.60
27 5 8 20.60
28 7 7 20.61
29 3 3 20.61
30 6 3 20.64
31 2 4 20.66
32 3 4 20.67
33 2 5 20.74
34 1 2 20.77
35 5 2 20.79
36 5 5 20.81
37 3 2 20.82
38 4 8 20.84
39 1 5 20.86
40 6 2 20.97
41 3 6 20.99
42 6 5 21.40
43 1 4 21.50
44 2 3 21.91
45 7 2 22.36
46 4 6 Kabongo Mulumba 23.57
7 5
7 6
4 9
7 8

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 9 August in three heats as follows:[9]

Heat 1 2 3
Start time20:55 21:04 21:13
Wind (m/s)+2.1 −0.3 +0.3
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The first two in each heat ( 

Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:[10]
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 7 20.12
2 2 5 20.14
3 1 1 20.14
4 3 4 20.17
5 1 5 20.19
6 3 5 20.22
7 3 6 20.28
8 3 8 20.30
9 3 7 20.38
10 2 9 20.43
11 2 7 20.52
12 2 6 20.54
13 1 2 20.56
14 2 4 20.59
15 2 8 20.61
16 1 8 20.62
17 1 3 20.62
18 1 4 20.62
19 1 6 20.65
20 1 9 20.69
21 3 9 20.73
22 3 2 20.74
23 3 3 20.80
24 2 3 20.85
25 2 2 21.22

Final

The final took place on 10 August at 21:52. The wind was −0.1 metres per second and the results were as follows (photo finish):[11]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
5 20.09
3 20.11 20.106
7 20.11 20.107
4 2 20.24
5 9 20.26
6 6 20.44
7 8 20.63
8 4 20.64

Notes and References

  1. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5151/AT-200-M-h----.SL2.pdf Start list
  2. Web site: 200 Metres Men − Records. IAAF. 31 July 2017.
  3. Web site: Records Set - Final. IAAF. 14 August 2017.
  4. Web site: Qualification System and Entry Standards. IAAF. 9 August 2017.
  5. Web site: 200 Metres Men − Timetable. IAAF. 9 August 2017.
  6. News: The Latest: Allyson Felix wins 14th career medal at worlds. https://web.archive.org/web/20170819064753/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/the-latest-makwala-qualifies-for-200-semifinals-in-solo-run/2017/08/09/5b7f1a38-7d2b-11e7-b2b1-aeba62854dfa_story.html. dead. 19 August 2017. The Washington Post. 10 August 2017. 9 August 2017.
  7. Web site: 200 Metres Men − Heats − Results. IAAF. 9 Aug 2017.
  8. Web site: 200 Metres Men − Heats − Summary. IAAF. 9 Aug 2017.
  9. Web site: 200 Metres Men − Semi-Final − Results. IAAF. 9 Aug 2017.
  10. Web site: 200 Metres Men − Semi-Final − Summary. IAAF. 9 Aug 2017.
  11. Web site: 200 Metres Men − Final − Results. IAAF. 10 Aug 2017.

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