Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres

The 200 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium August 24 to August 26.

The top four runners in each of the initial seven heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next four fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 32 runners competed in 4 heats in the second round, with the top three runners from each heat and the four next fastest runner qualifying for the semifinals. There were two semifinal heats, and only the top four from each heat advanced to the final.

Records

Medalists

Qualification

The qualification period for Athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's 200 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 20.59 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 20.75 seconds or faster could be entered.

Results

All times shown are in seconds.
Q denotes qualification by place.
q denotes qualification by time.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
NR denotes national record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes season best.

Round 1

Round 1, Heat 1

# 20.29 s Q
# 20.40 s Q
# 20.40 s Q NR
# 20.59 s Q SB
# 20.60 s q
# 21.00 s SB
# 21.45 s DNS

Round 1, Heat 2

# 20.55 s Q
# 20.57 s Q
# 20.71 s Q SB
# 20.72 s Q
# 20.78 s q
# 20.80 s
# 21.09 s
# 21.14 s

Round 1, Heat 3

# 20.54 s Q
# 20.67 s Q
# 20.72 s Q
# 20.72 s Q
# 20.94 s SB
# 20.95 s
# 21.82 s, Great Britain DNF

Round 1, Heat 4

# , Poland 20.63 s Q SB
# 20.65 s Q
# 20.92 s Q
# 21.02 s Q
# , Jamaica 21.05 s
# 21.06 s
# 21.82 s
# 24.59 s

Round 1, Heat 5

# 20.62 s Q
# , Great Britain 20.62 s Q
# 20.67 s Q
# , Jamaica 20.77 s Q
# 20.79 s
# 20.85 s
# 21.24 s
# 21.31 s

Round 1, Heat 6

# , United States 20.29 s Q
# , Greece 20.44 s Q PB
# 20.55 s Q
# 20.57 s Q PB
# , Germany 20.73 s - q
# 20.97 s
# 23.94 s

Round 1, Heat 7

# , Germany 20.47 s Q PB
# , United States 20.51 s Q
# , Italy 20.68 s Q
# , Brazil 20.70 s Q SB
# 20.71 s q
# , Japan 21.05 s
# 21.60 s
# 24.89 s

Round 2

Round 2, Heat 1

# , United States 19.95s Q
# , Namibia 20.20s Q SB
# , Germany 20.30s Q PB
# , Jamaica 20.34s q SB
# , Sweden 20.74s
# , Hungary 20.90s
# l, Spain 21.18sn, Cameroon DNS

Round 2, Heat 2

# Bernard Williams, United States 20.40s Q
# Anastasios Gousis, Greece 20.46s Q
# Marcin Jedrusinski, Poland 20.55s Q SB
# Till Helmke, Germany 20.76s
# Brian Dzingai, Zimbabwe 20.87s
# Marco Torrieri, Italy 20.89s
# Malik Louahla, Algeria 20.93s
# Yaozu Yang, China 21.03s

Round 2, Heat 3

# Justin Gatlin, United States 20.03s Q
# Asafa Powell, Jamaica 20.23s Q
# Sebastian Ernst, Germany 20.36s Q PB
# Matic Osovnikar, Slovenia 20.47s q NR
# Christian Malcolm, Great Britain 20.56s q
# Dominic Demeritte, Bahamas 20.61s
# Brendan Christian, Antigua and Barbuda 20.63s Marcin Urbas, Poland DNF

Round 2, Heat 4

# Francis Obikwelu, Portugal 20.33s Q
# Stéphan Buckland, Mauritius 20.36s Q
# Juan Pedro Toledo, Mexico 20.43s Q
# Darren Campbell, Great Britain 20.59s q =SB
# Claudio Roberto Souza, Brazil 20.64s SB
# Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, Gambia 20.73s
# Panayiotis Sarris, Greece 20.92s
# Andrew Howe, Italy 21.17s

emifinals

emifinal 1

# Shawn Crawford, United States 20.05s Q
# Bernard Williams, United States 20.18s Q
# Frankie Fredericks, Namibia 20.43s Q
# Tobias Unger, Germany 20.54s Q
# Anastasios Gousis, Greece 20.68s
# Christopher Williams, Jamaica 20.80s
# Marcin Jedrusinski, Poland 20.81s
# Darren Campbell, Great Britain 20.89s

emifinal 2

# Justin Gatlin, United States 20.35s Q
# Francis Obikwelu, Portugal 20.36s Q
# Stéphan Buckland, Mauritius 20.37s Q
# Asafa Powell, Jamaica 20.56s Q
# Sebastian Ernst, Germany 20.63s
# Juan Pedro Toledo, Mexico 20.64s
# Christian Malcolm, Great Britain 20.77s
# Matic Osovnikar, Slovenia 20.89s

Final

# Shawn Crawford, United States 19.80s PB
# Bernard Williams, United States 20.01s PB
# Justin Gatlin, United States 20.03s
# Frank Fredericks, Namibia 20.14s SB
# Francis Obikwelu, Portugal 20.14s
# Stéphan Buckland, Mauritius 20.24s
# Tobias Unger, Germany 20.64s Asafa Powell, Jamaica DNS