Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's 200 metres explained

The men's 200 metres event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 10, 11 and 12 September 1979.^[1] ^[2]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Pietro Mennea	Leszek Dunecki Poland	Ainsley Bennett

Results

Heats

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +1.6 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: +0.5 m/s, Heat 5: +1.3 m/s
Heat 6: +0.7 m/s, Heat 7: +0.1 m/s, Heat 8: +2.3 m/s, Heat 9: +0.2 m/s^[3] ^[4]

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	9	19.96	Q, UR, AR
2	4	20.55	Q
2	5	20.55	Q
4	8	20.66	Q
5	4	20.71	Q
6	2	20.76	Q
7	4	20.83	q
8	8	20.84	Q
9	8	20.89	q
10	2	20.91	Q
11	1	20.94	Q
12	1	20.95	Q
13	9	21.01	Q
14	7	21.04	Q^[5]
15	5	21.05	Q
16	6	21.06	Q
17	9	21.09	q
18	2	21.11	q
19	3	21.14	Q
20	5	21.15	q
21	7	21.16	Q
22	3	21.21	Q
23	1	21.33	q
24	6	21.48	Q^[6]
25	7	21.49	PB
26	3	21.54
27	7	21.56	^[7]
28	6	21.58
29	3	21.64
30	8	21.65
31	8	21.65
32	9	21.71	^[8]
33	7	21.74
34	5	21.82
35	6	22.01
36	8	22.02
37	9	22.11
38	3	22.15
39	6	22.22
39	9	22.22
41	5	22.23
42	1	22.37
43	5	22.41
44	2	22.43
45	2	22.56
45	8	22.56
47	4	22.76
48	2	22.87
49	5	22.89
50	4	22.91
51	1	23.05
52	6	23.05
53	1	23.28
54	6	23.75
55	3	24.05
	9

Semifinals

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s^[3] ^[9]

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	1	20.04	Q
2	2	20.46	Q
3	1	20.48	Q, NR
4	1	20.67	q
5	3	20.69	Q
6	3	20.74	Q
7	2	20.78	Q
8	2	20.90	q
9	2	20.91
10	2	20.92
11	1	20.95	^[10]
12	1	21.04
13	3	21.07
14	2	21.09
14	3	21.09
16	3	21.10
17	1	21.13
18	3	21.14
19	1	21.18
19	3	21.18
21	1	21.23
21	2	21.33
23	2	21.37
24	3	21.56

Final

^[11] ^[12]

Wind: +1.8 m/s

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
	4	19.72	WR
	1	20.24	NR
	8	20.42
4	6	20.43
5	5	20.52	NR
6	2	20.74
7	3	20.88
8	7	22.97

Notes and References

Holzbach . Gerd . Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico . Leichtathletik . 25 September 1979 . 39/1979 . 1240–1245 . Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico . Bartels & Wernitz . German . 0343-5369.
https://www.tilastopaja.eu/db/results.php?Season=1979&CID=12981106 Results at Tilastopaja
atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Athletics-Annual-1981.pdf Year top list
News: Universiade, atletiek . 28 March 2020 . . 11 September 1979 . 17 . Dutch.
News: Lange aanloop Mennea . 29 March 2020 . . 12 September 1979 . 19 . Dutch.
https://www.rfea.es/ranking/altt/alltimeESP_2017.pdf Spanish top list
https://web.archive.org/web/20171223181439/http://cdm.athle.com/upload/ssites/001059/autres_championnats/universiades_annees.pdf French results
News: En 200 para Mennea; 400 para Hornillos; 110 para Moracho . . 12 September 1979 . 34 . Spanish.
News: Na hordenexplosie bij Universiade Pont tiende ter wereld . 29 March 2020 . . 13 September 1979 . 19 . Dutch.
http://www.docme.su/doc/1267330/koroleva-sporta-na-vsemirnyh-universiadah-1959–-2011-gg.-... Soviet results
News: Final results . 22 March 2020 . . 13 September 1979 . 30.
News: Final results . 22 March 2020 . . 13 September 1979 . 16.