Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:	Men's 200 metres
Games:	2000 Summer
Venue:	Stadium Australia
Dates:	27–28 September
Competitors:	67
Nations:	50
Win Value:	20.09
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Konstantinos Kenteris
Goldnoc:	GRE
Silver:	Darren Campbell
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	Ato Boldon
Bronzenoc:	TRI
Prev:	1996
Next:	2004

The men's 200 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as part of the athletics programme, was held at Stadium Australia on Wednesday 27 September and Thursday 28 September 2000.^[1] There were 67 competitors from 50 nations. The event was won by Konstantinos Kenteris of Greece, the nation's first medal in the event. Darren Campbell's silver was Great Britain's first men's 200 metres medal since 1980 and matched the nation's best result in the event (third silver with no golds). Ato Boldon of Trinidad and Tobago repeated as bronze medalist, the ninth man to earn multiple medals in the 200 metres.

Background

This was the 23rd appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Olympics in 1896 but has been on the program ever since. Two of the eight finalists from the 1996 Games returned: bronze medalist Ato Boldon of Trinidad and Tobago and fourth-place finisher Obadele Thompson of Barbados. Boldon had won the 1997 World Championship; Maurice Greene of the United States won in 1999. Neither Greene nor reigning Olympic champion and world record holder Michael Johnson, both suffering from minor injuries, made the U.S. team in the 200 metres (though they did in other events).^[2]

Dominica, Kazakhstan, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Slovakia each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 22nd appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

The qualification period for athletics took place between 1 January 1999 to 11 September 2000. For the men's 200 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 20.70 seconds or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 20.90 seconds or faster could be entered.

The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.

Competition format

The competition used the four round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The "fastest loser" system introduced in 1960 was used in the heats.

There were 9 heats of 7 or 8 runners each, with the top 3 men in each advancing to the quarterfinals along with the next 5 fastest overall. The quarterfinals consisted of 4 heats of 8 athletes each; the 4 fastest men in each heat advanced to the semifinals. There were 2 semifinals, each with 8 runners. The top 4 athletes in each semifinal advanced. The final had 8 runners. The races were run on a 400-metre track.^[2]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the Olympics.

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday, 27 September 2000	10:05 19:30	Heats Quarterfinals
Thursday, 28 September 2000	18:20 20:20	Semifinals Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	1	Francis Obikwelu		0.201	20.76
2	8	Stéphan Buckland		0.269	20.81
3	5			0.147	20.95
4	6	John Ertzgaard		0.154	21.00
5	3	Sayon Cooper		0.261	21.10
6	4	Albert Agyemang		0.240	21.22
7	7	Jayson Jones		0.163	22.20
data-sort-value=8	—	2	Mohamed Mahbub Alam		0.240	data-sort-value=99.99
				Wind: −0.3 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	7	Floyd Heard		0.167	20.68
2	4	Koji Ito		0.191	20.75	,
3	8	Tommi Hartonen		0.187	20.82
4	5	Petko Yankov		0.152	20.91
5	2	Darryl Wohlsen		0.161	20.98
6	6	Pierre Browne		0.258	21.28
data-sort-value=7	–	3	Tanko Braimah		0.192	data-sort-value=99.99
				Wind: −0.2 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	2	Ato Boldon		0.157	20.52
2	5	Kim Collins		0.175	20.52
3	4	Marcin Urbaś		0.152	20.62
4	7	Geir Moen		0.160	20.76
5	8	Gidon Jablonka		0.185	20.92
6	3	Gennadiy Chernovol		0.190	20.95
data-sort-value=7	—	6	Alexios Alexopoulos		data-sort-value=1.000	—	data-sort-value=99.99
				Wind: +0.5 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	6	Coby Miller		0.182	20.49
2	4	Darren Campbell		0.194	20.71
3	5			0.179	20.87
4	7	Ahmed Douhou		0.169	20.98
5	2	Ricardo Williams		0.289	21.09
6	8	Julieon Raeburn		0.326	21.21
7	3	Keita Cline		0.199	21.42
				Wind: +0.2 m/s

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	6	Konstantinos Kenteris		0.179	20.57
2	5	Anninos Marcoullides		0.190	20.83
3	2			0.178	20.89
4	3	André da Silva		0.237	20.95
5	8	Aleksandr Ryabov		0.216	21.02
6	7	Marián Vanderka		0.254	21.28
7	4	Ali Khamis Rashid Al-Neyadi		0.280	21.93
8	1	Christie van Wyk		0.147	46.57
				Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	5	Christopher Williams		0.189	20.45
2	1	Shingo Suetsugu		0.184	20.60
3	7	Venancio José		0.179	20.95
4	3	Martin Lachkovics		0.163	21.00
5	4	Andrew Tynes		0.169	21.00
6	6	Jimmy Pino		0.179	21.42
7	8	Pascal Dangbo		0.158	21.54
8	2	Maqsood Ahmad		0.181	21.70
				Wind: −0.4 m/s

Heat 7

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	4	Obadele Thompson		0.192	20.69
2	8			0.176	20.70
3	6	Antoine Boussombo		0.161	20.78
4	3	Matt Shirvington		0.168	20.91
5	1	Carlos Gats		0.181	21.15
6	5	Ricardo Roach		0.154	21.20
7	7	Ezra Kenyoke Sambu		0.377	21.23
8	2	Sherwin James		0.195	22.40
				Wind: +0.5 m/s

Heat 8

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	4	John Capel		0.216	20.49
2	6	Christian Malcolm		0.272	20.52
3	5			0.192	20.58
4	8	Héber Viera		0.180	20.82	,
5	2			0.225	20.88
6	7	Anastasios Gousis		0.325	21.10
7	3	Salem M. M. Al Yami		0.261	21.18
				Wind: +0.4 m/s

Heat 9

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	5	Claudinei da Silva		0.176	20.70
2	3	Dwight Thomas		0.192	20.85
3	7			0.201	20.87
4	6	Paul Brizzell		0.178	20.98
5	1	Mohamed Al Hooti		0.226	21.19
6	4	Dominic Demeritte		0.167	21.47
7	2	Joseph Loua		0.244	21.60
8	8	N'Kosie Barnes		0.205	21.82
				Wind: −1.0 m/s

Heats overall results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Wind	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Christopher Williams		6	5	1	-0.4	20.45
2	John Capel		8	4	1	+0.4	20.49
	Coby Miller		4	6	1	+0.2	20.49
4	Ato Boldon		3	2	1	+0.5	20.52
	Kim Collins		3	5	2	+0.5	20.52
	Christian Malcolm		8	6	2	+0.4	20.52
7	Konstantinos Kenteris		5	6	1	+0.3	20.57
8			8	5	3	+0.4	20.58
9	Shingo Suetsugu		6	1	2	-0.4	20.60
10	Marcin Urbaś		3	4	3	+0.5	20.62
11	Floyd Heard		2	7	1	-0.2	20.68
12	Obadele Thompson		7	4	1	+0.5	20.69
13			7	8	2	+0.5	20.70
	Claudinei da Silva		9	5	1	-0.1	20.70
15	Darren Campbell		4	4	2	+0.2	20.71
16	Koji Ito		2	4	2	-0.2	20.75
17	Francis Obikwelu		1	1	1	-0.3	20.76
	Geir Moen		3	7	4	+0.5	20.76
19	Antoine Boussombo		7	6	3	+0.5	20.78
20	Stéphan Buckland		1	8	2	-0.3	20.81
21	Tommi Hartonen		2	8	3	-0.2	20.82
	Héber Viera		8	8	4	+0.4	20.82
23	Anninos Marcoullides		5	5	2	+0.3	20.83
24	Dwight Thomas		9	3	2	-0.1	20.85
25			4	5	3	+0.2	20.87
			9	7	3	-0.1	20.87
27			8	2	5	+0.4	20.88
28			5	2	3	+0.3	20.89
29	Matt Shirvington		7	3	4	+0.5	20.91
	Petko Yankov		2	5	4	-0.2	20.91
31	Gidon Jablonka		3	8	5	+0.5	20.92
32	Venancio José		6	7	3	-0.4	20.95
			1	5	3	-0.3	20.95	Q
	Gennadiy Chernovol		3	3	6	+0.5	20.95
	André da Silva		5	3	4	+0.3	20.95
36	Paul Brizzell		9	6	4	-0.1	20.98
	Ahmed Yves Douhou		4	7	4	+0.2	20.98
	Darryl Wohlsen		2	2	5	-0.2	20.98
39	John Ertzgaard		1	6	4	-0.3	21.00
	Martin Lachkovics		6	3	4	-0.4	21.00
	Andrew Tynes		6	4	5	-0.4	21.00 s
42	Aleksandr Ryabov		5	8	5	+0.3	21.02
43	Ricardo Williams		4	2	5	+0.2	21.09
44	Sayon Cooper		1	3	5	-0.3	21.10
	Anastasios Gousis		8	7	6	+0.4	21.10 s
46	Carlos Gats		7	1	5	+0.5	21.15
47	Salem M. M. Al Yami		8	3	7	+0.4	21.18
48	Mohamed Al Hooti		9	1	5	-0.1	21.19
49	Ricardo Roach		7	5	6	+0.5	21.20
50	Julieon Raeburn		4	8	6	+0.2	21.21
51	Albert Agyemang		1	4	6	-0.3	21.22
52	Ezra Kenyoke Sambu		7	7	7	+0.5	21.23
53	Pierre Browne		2	6	6	-0.2	21.28
	Marián Vanderka		5	7	6	+0.3	21.28
55	Keita Cline		4	3	7	+0.2	21.42
	Jimmy Pino		6	6	6	-0.4	21.42
57	Dominic Demeritte		9	4	6	-0.1	21.47
58	Pascal Dangbo		6	8	7	-0.4	21.54
59	Joseph Loua		9	2	7	-0.1	21.60
60	Maqsood Ahmad		6	2	8	-0.4	21.70 s
61	N'Kosie Barnes		9	8	8	-0.1	21.82
62	Ali K. R. A. Al Neyadi		5	4	7	+0.3	21.93
63	Jayson Jones		1	7	7	-0.3	22.20
64	Sherwin James		7	2	8	+0.5	22.40 s
65	Christie van Wyk		5	1	8	+0.3	46.57
data-sort-value=66 rowspan=3	—	Tanko Braimah		2	3	-	-0.2	data-sort-value=99.99
Mohammad Mahabub Alam		1	2	-	-0.3	data-sort-value=99.99
Alexios Alexopoulos		3	6	-	+0.5	data-sort-value=99.99

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	3	Darren Campbell		0.175	20.13	,
2	6	Konstantinos Kenteris		0.203	20.14	,
3	4	Ato Boldon		0.160	20.28
4	5	Shingo Suetsugu		0.182	20.37
5	8	Marcin Urbaś		0.159	20.43
6	7	Geir Moen		0.165	20.65
7	2	Antoine Boussombo		0.163	20.71
8	1	Héber Viera		0.196	20.97
				Wind: +0.3 m/s

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	6	Obadele Thompson		0.195	20.16
2	3	Coby Miller		0.239	20.37
3	4	Kim Collins		0.171	20.47
4	5	Koji Ito		0.208	20.56	,
5	8	Dwight Thomas		0.206	20.58
6	2	Petko Yankov		0.169	20.75
7	7	Venancio José		0.182	20.79
8	1			0.195	20.93
				Wind: −0.0 m/s

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	5	John Capel		0.169	20.13
2	3	Christian Malcolm		0.196	20.19	,
3	4	Claudinei da Silva		0.139	20.24
4	8	Tommi Hartonen		0.179	20.47	,
5	6			0.247	20.55
6	3			0.190	20.95
7	7			0.252	20.87
8	2			0.162	21.26
				Wind: −0.2 m/s

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	5	Floyd Heard		0.173	20.24
2	4	Christopher Williams		0.187	20.25
3	6	Francis Obikwelu		0.195	20.33
4	3	Stéphan Buckland		0.237	20.53
5	1			0.186	20.60
6	8	Anninos Marcoullides		0.196	20.71
7	7			0.163	20.82
data-sort-value=8	—	2	Matt Shirvington		data-sort-value=1.000	–	data-sort-value=99.99
				Wind: +0.4 m/s

Quarterfinals overall results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Wind	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Darren Campbell		1	3	1	+0.3	20.13
	John Capel		3	5	1	-0.2	20.13
3	Konstantinos Kenteris		1	6	2	+0.3	20.14
4	Obadele Thompson		2	6	1	+0.0	20.16
5	Christian Malcolm		3	3	2	-0.2	20.19
6	Floyd Heard		4	5	1	+0.4	20.24
	Claudinei da Silva		3	4	3	-0.2	20.24
8	Christopher Williams		4	4	2	+0.4	20.25
9	Ato Boldon		1	4	3	+0.3	20.28
10	Francis Obikwelu		3	4	3	+0.5	20.33
11	Coby Miller		2	3	2	+0.0	20.37
	Shingo Suetsugu		1	5	4	+0.3	20.37
13			1	8	5	+0.3	20.43
14	Kim Collins		2	4	3	+0.0	20.47
	Tommi Hartonen		3	8	4	-0.2	20.47
16	Stéphan Buckland		4	3	4	+0.4	20.53
17	Joseph Batangdon		3	6	5	-0.2	20.55
18	Koji Ito		2	5	4	+0.0	20.56
19	Dwight Thomas		2	8	5	+0.0	20.58
20			4	1	5	+0.4	20.60
21	Geir Moen		1	7	6	+0.3	20.65
22			3	1	6	-0.2	20.69
23	Antoine Boussombo		1	2	7	+0.3	20.71
	Anninos Marcoullides		4	8	6	+0.4	20.71
25	Petko Yankov		2	2	6	+0.0	20.75
26	Venancio José		2	7	7	-0.0	20.79
27			4	7	7	+0.4	20.82
28			3	7	7	-0.2	20.87
29			2	1	8	+0.0	20.93
30	Héber Viera		1	1	8	+0.3	20.97
31	Renward Wells		3	2	8	-0.2	21.26
data-sort-value=32	—	Matt Shirvington		4	2		+0.4	data-sort-value=99.99

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	3	John Capel		0.177	20.10
2	6	Christian Malcolm		0.161	20.19
3	8	Ato Boldon		0.147	20.20
4	5	Obadele Thompson		0.199	20.21
5	4	Christopher Williams		0.197	20.47
6	4	Stéphan Buckland		0.197	20.56
7	7	Francis Obikwelu		0.241	20.71
8	2	Tommi Hartonen		0.170	20.88
				Wind: −1.1 m/s

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	5	Konstantinos Kenteris		0.200	20.20
2	3	Darren Campbell		0.234	20.23
3	7	Claudinei da Silva		0.196	20.30
4	4	Coby Miller		0.174	20.45
5	1	Kim Collins		0.177	20.57
6	6	Floyd Heard		0.169	20.63
7	8	Koji Ito		0.212	20.67
8	2	Shingo Suetsugu		0.177	20.69
				Wind: +0.3 m/s

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
	5	Konstantinos Kenteris		0.163	20.09
	6	Darren Campbell		0.174	20.14
	8	Ato Boldon		0.163	20.20
4	7	Obadele Thompson		0.205	20.20
5	3	Christian Malcolm		0.202	20.23
6	1	Claudinei da Silva		0.192	20.28
7	2	Coby Miller		0.185	20.35
8	4	John Capel		0.348	20.49
				Wind: −0.6 m/s

References

Source: Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics available at https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Games: Men's 200 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174350/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/mens-200-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 21 July 2017 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: 200 metres, Men . Olympedia . 4 January 2021.