2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. There were a total number of 52 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Thursday 9 August 2001 at 21:40h. The finals were one of the closest events in the history of the World Athletics Championship. As, all the medal winners except for gold were given the same time.

Men's 200 metres
at the 2001 World Championships
VenueCommonwealth Stadium
Dates7 August (heats and quarter-finals)
8 August (semi-finals)
9 August (final)
Competitors52
Winning time20.04
Medalists
gold medal    Greece
silver medal    Jamaica
bronze medal    Saint Kitts and Nevis
← 1999
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Medalists edit

Gold   Konstantinos Kenteris
Greece (GRE)
Silver   Christopher Williams
Jamaica (JAM)
Bronze   Kim Collins
Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record   Michael Johnson (USA) 19.32 August 1, 1996   Atlanta, United States
Championship Record   Michael Johnson (USA) 19.79 August 11, 1995   Gothenburg, Sweden
Season Best   Ramon Clay (USA) 20.05 July 4, 2001   Lausanne, Switzerland

Final edit

RANK FINAL TIME
    Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE) 20.04
    Christopher Williams (JAM) 20.20
    Kim Collins (SKN) 20.20
    Shawn Crawford (USA) 20.20
5.   Christian Malcolm (GBR) 20.22
6.   Stéphane Buckland (MRI) 20.24
7.   Kevin Little (USA) 20.25
8.   Marlon Devonish (GBR) 20.38

Semi-final edit

  • Held on Wednesday 8 August 2001
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.   Christian Malcolm (GBR) 20.08
2.   Kevin Little (USA) 20.13
3.   Stéphane Buckland (MRI) 20.15
4.   Kim Collins (SKN) 20.26
5.   Marcin Urbaś (POL) 20.48
6.   Toshiyuki Fujimoto (JPN) 20.56
7.   Tommi Hartonen (FIN) 20.65
8.   Joseph Batangdon (CMR) 20.66


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.   Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE) 20.03
2.   Christopher Williams (JAM) 20.11
3.   Shawn Crawford (USA) 20.21
4.   Marlon Devonish (GBR) 20.29
5.   Marco Torrieri (ITA) 20.38
6.   Shingo Suetsugu (JPN) 20.39
7.   Uchenna Emedolu (NGR) 20.40
8.   Claudinei da Silva (BRA) 20.64

Quarter-finals edit

  • Held on Tuesday 7 August 2001
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.   Christian Malcolm (GBR) 20.13
2.   Shawn Crawford (USA) 20.19
3.   Stéphane Buckland (MRI) 20.23
4.   Joseph Batangdon (CMR) 20.31
=NR
5.   Oumar Loum (SEN) 20.43
6.   Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ) 20.71
7.   Frédéric Krantz (FRA) 21.02
  Ryo Matsuda (JPN) DQ


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.   Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE) 20.30
2.   Marco Torrieri (ITA) 20.43
3.   Marlon Devonish (GBR) 20.44
4.   Shingo Suetsugu (JPN) 20.48
5.   Troy Douglas (NED) 20.54
6.   Ricardo Williams (JAM) 20.65
7.   Heber Viera (URU) 20.83
8.   Dominic Demeritte (BAH) 20.86


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.   Christopher Williams (JAM) 20.24
2.   Kim Collins (SKN) 20.25
3.   Uchenna Emedolu (NGR) 20.48
4.   Toshiyuki Fujimoto (JPN) 20.78
5.   Juan Pedro Toledo (MEX) 20.80
6.   Marcus La Grange (RSA) 20.83
7.   Caimin Douglas (AHO) 20.87
8.   Ramon Clay (USA) 23.58


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.   Kevin Little (USA) 20.34
2.   Marcin Urbaś (POL) 20.54
3.   Tommi Hartonen (FIN) 20.58
4.   Claudinei da Silva (BRA) 20.58
5.   Dwain Chambers (GBR) 20.60
6.   Alexander Kosenkow (GER) 20.66
7.   John Ertzgard (NOR) 20.88
  Christophe Cheval (FRA) DQ

Heats edit

Held on Tuesday 7 August 2001

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.   Shingo Suetsugu (JPN) 20.53
2.   Stéphane Buckland (MRI) 20.61
3.   Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ) 20.65
4.   Claudinei da Silva (BRA) 20.78
5.   Ricardo Williams (JAM) 20.85
6.   Christie van Wyk (NAM) 21.25
7.   Rika Fardani (INA) 21.87
8.   Jayson Jones (BIZ) 22.13


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.   Marco Torrieri (ITA) 20.63
2.   Heber Viera (URU) 20.69
3.   Dwain Chambers (GBR) 20.80
4.   André da Silva (BRA) 21.00
5.   Jermaine Joseph (CAN) 21.17
6.   Conrad Rdechor (PLW) 22.86
  Christophe Cheval (FRA) DQ
  Mourade Mze Ali (COM) DNS


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.   Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE) 20.46
2.   Marlon Devonish (GBR) 20.58
3.   Caimin Douglas (AHO) 20.63
4.   Marcus La Grange (RSA) 20.69
5.   Radek Zachoval (CZE) 21.03
6.   Chang Po-Chih (TPE) 21.63
  Keita Cline (IVB) DQ


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.   Shawn Crawford (USA) 20.60
2.   Joseph Batangdon (CMR) 20.63
3.   Alexander Kosenkow (GER) 20.63
4.   Toshiyuki Fujimoto (JPN) 20.77
5.   Corne Du Plessis (RSA) 20.92
6.   Salem Mubarak Al-Yami (KSA) 21.03
7.   Darren Tuitt (MSR) 21.94


RANK HEAT 5 TIME
1.   Christian Malcolm (GBR) 20.37
2.   Ramon Clay (USA) 20.43
3.   Troy Douglas (NED) 20.65
4.   John Ertzgard (NOR) 20.68
5.   Dominic Demeritte (BAH) 20.75
6.   Juan Pedro Toledo (MEX) 20.83
  Frank Fredericks (NAM) DNS


RANK HEAT 6 TIME
1.   Kevin Little (USA) 20.36
2.   Tommi Hartonen (FIN) 20.57
3.   Uchenna Emedolu (NGR) 20.58
4.   Frédéric Krantz (FRA) 20.84
5.   Erik Wijmeersch (BEL) 21.17
6.   Tobias Unger (GER) 21.30
7.   Lei Wai-Kun (MAC) 21.63


RANK HEAT 7 TIME
1.   Christopher Williams (JAM) 20.25
2.   Kim Collins (SKN) 20.41
3.   Marcin Urbaś (POL) 20.41
4.   Oumar Loum (SEN) 20.51
5.   Ryo Matsuda (JPN) 20.79
6.   Eric Pacome N'Dri (CIV) 20.87
7.   Patrick van Balkom (NED) 20.96
8.   Hamoud Abdallah Al-Dalhami (OMN) 21.45

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