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

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.[2] 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.

Men's 200 metres
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Stadium Australia
VenueStadium Australia
Dates27–28 September
Competitors67 from 50 nations
Winning time20.09
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Konstantinos Kenteris
 Greece
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Darren Campbell
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ato Boldon
 Trinidad and Tobago
← 1996
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Background

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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

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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

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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

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

World record   Michael Johnson (USA) 19.32 Atlanta, United States 1 August 1996
Olympic record   Michael Johnson (USA) 19.32 Atlanta, United States 1 August 1996

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

Schedule

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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

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All times shown are in seconds.

Heats

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Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 1 Francis Obikwelu   Nigeria 0.201 20.76 Q
2 8 Stéphan Buckland   Mauritius 0.269 20.81 Q
3 5 Renward Wells   Bahamas 0.147 20.95 Q
4 6 John Ertzgaard   Norway 0.154 21.00
5 3 Sayon Cooper   Liberia 0.261 21.10
6 4 Albert Agyemang   Ghana 0.240 21.22
7 7 Jayson Jones   Belize 0.163 22.20
2 Mohamed Mahbub Alam   Bangladesh 0.240 DNF
Wind: −0.3 m/s

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 7 Floyd Heard   United States 0.167 20.68 Q
2 4 Koji Ito   Japan 0.191 20.75 Q, SB
3 8 Tommi Hartonen   Finland 0.187 20.82 Q
4 5 Petko Yankov   Bulgaria 0.152 20.91 q
5 2 Darryl Wohlsen   Australia 0.161 20.98
6 6 Pierre Browne   Canada 0.258 21.28
3 Tanko Braimah   Ghana 0.192 DSQ R163.3
Wind: −0.2 m/s

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 2 Ato Boldon   Trinidad and Tobago 0.157 20.52 Q
2 5 Kim Collins   Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.175 20.52 Q
3 4 Marcin Urbaś   Poland 0.152 20.62 Q
4 7 Geir Moen   Norway 0.160 20.76 q
5 8 Gidon Jablonka   Israel 0.185 20.92
6 3 Gennadiy Chernovol   Kazakhstan 0.190 20.95 SB
6 Alexios Alexopoulos   Greece DNS
Wind: +0.5 m/s

Heat 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 6 Coby Miller   United States 0.182 20.49 Q
2 4 Darren Campbell   Great Britain 0.194 20.71 Q
3 5 Uchenna Emedolu   Nigeria 0.179 20.87 Q
4 7 Ahmed Douhou   Ivory Coast 0.169 20.98
5 2 Ricardo Williams   Jamaica 0.289 21.09
6 8 Julieon Raeburn   Trinidad and Tobago 0.326 21.21
7 3 Keita Cline   British Virgin Islands 0.199 21.42
Wind: +0.2 m/s

Heat 5

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

Heat 6

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

Heat 7

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

Heat 8

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 4 John Capel   United States 0.216 20.49 Q
2 6 Christian Malcolm   Great Britain 0.272 20.52 Q
3 5 Alessandro Cavallaro   Italy 0.192 20.58 Q
4 8 Héber Viera   Uruguay 0.180 20.82 q, SB
5 2 Patrick Johnson   Australia 0.225 20.88 q
6 7 Anastasios Gousis   Greece 0.325 21.10
7 3 Salem M. M. Al Yami   Saudi Arabia 0.261 21.18
Wind: +0.4 m/s

Heat 9

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

Heats overall results

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Rank Athlete Nation Heat Lane Place Wind Time Qual. Record
1 Christopher Williams   Jamaica 6 5 1 -0.4 20.45 Q
2 John Capel   United States 8 4 1 +0.4 20.49 Q
Coby Miller   United States 4 6 1 +0.2 20.49 Q
4 Ato Boldon   Trinidad and Tobago 3 2 1 +0.5 20.52 Q
Kim Collins   Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 5 2 +0.5 20.52 Q
Christian Malcolm   Great Britain 8 6 2 +0.4 20.52 Q
7 Konstantinos Kenteris   Greece 5 6 1 +0.3 20.57 Q
8 Alessandro Cavallaro   Italy 8 5 3 +0.4 20.58 Q
9 Shingo Suetsugu   Japan 6 1 2 -0.4 20.60 Q
10 Marcin Urbaś   Poland 3 4 3 +0.5 20.62 Q
11 Floyd Heard   United States 2 7 1 -0.2 20.68 Q
12 Obadele Thompson   Barbados 7 4 1 +0.5 20.69 Q
13 Joseph Batangdon   Cameroon 7 8 2 +0.5 20.70 Q
Claudinei da Silva   Brazil 9 5 1 -0.1 20.70 Q
15 Darren Campbell   Great Britain 4 4 2 +0.2 20.71 Q
16 Koji Ito   Japan 2 4 2 -0.2 20.75 Q SB
17 Francis Obikwelu   Nigeria 1 1 1 -0.3 20.76 Q
Geir Moen   Norway 3 7 4 +0.5 20.76 q
19 Antoine Boussombo   Gabon 7 6 3 +0.5 20.78 Q
20 Stéphan Buckland   Mauritius 1 8 2 -0.3 20.81 Q
21 Tommi Hartonen   Finland 2 8 3 -0.2 20.82 Q
Héber Viera   Uruguay 8 8 4 +0.4 20.82 q SB
23 Anninos Marcoullides   Cyprus 5 5 2 +0.3 20.83 Q
24 Dwight Thomas   Jamaica 9 3 2 -0.1 20.85 Q
25 Uchenna Emedolu   Nigeria 4 5 3 +0.2 20.87 Q
Oumar Loum   Senegal 9 7 3 -0.1 20.87 Q
27 Patrick Johnson   Australia 8 2 5 +0.4 20.88 q
28 Marlon Devonish   Great Britain 5 2 3 +0.3 20.89 Q
29 Matt Shirvington   Australia 7 3 4 +0.5 20.91 q
Petko Yankov   Bulgaria 2 5 4 -0.2 20.91 q
31 Gidon Jablonka   Israel 3 8 5 +0.5 20.92
32 Venancio José   Spain 6 7 3 -0.4 20.95 Q
Renward Wells   Bahamas 1 5 3 -0.3 20.95 Q
Gennadiy Chernovol   Kazakhstan 3 3 6 +0.5 20.95
André da Silva   Brazil 5 3 4 +0.3 20.95
36 Paul Brizzell   Ireland 9 6 4 -0.1 20.98
Ahmed Yves Douhou   Ivory Coast 4 7 4 +0.2 20.98
Darryl Wohlsen   Australia 2 2 5 -0.2 20.98
39 John Ertzgaard   Norway 1 6 4 -0.3 21.00
Martin Lachkovics   Austria 6 3 4 -0.4 21.00
Andrew Tynes   Bahamas 6 4 5 -0.4 21.00 s
42 Aleksandr Ryabov   Russia 5 8 5 +0.3 21.02
43 Ricardo Williams   Jamaica 4 2 5 +0.2 21.09
44 Sayon Cooper   Liberia 1 3 5 -0.3 21.10
Anastasios Gousis   Greece 8 7 6 +0.4 21.10 s
46 Carlos Gats   Argentina 7 1 5 +0.5 21.15
47 Salem M. M. Al Yami   Saudi Arabia 8 3 7 +0.4 21.18
48 Mohamed Al Hooti   Oman 9 1 5 -0.1 21.19
49 Ricardo Roach   Chad 7 5 6 +0.5 21.20
50 Julieon Raeburn   Trinidad and Tobago 4 8 6 +0.2 21.21
51 Albert Agyemang   Ghana 1 4 6 -0.3 21.22
52 Ezra Kenyoke Sambu   Kenya 7 7 7 +0.5 21.23
53 Pierre Browne   Canada 2 6 6 -0.2 21.28
Marián Vanderka   Slovakia 5 7 6 +0.3 21.28
55 Keita Cline   British Virgin Islands 4 3 7 +0.2 21.42
Jimmy Pino   Colombia 6 6 6 -0.4 21.42
57 Dominic Demeritte   Bahamas 9 4 6 -0.1 21.47
58 Pascal Dangbo   Benin 6 8 7 -0.4 21.54
59 Joseph Loua   Guinea 9 2 7 -0.1 21.60
60 Maqsood Ahmad   Pakistan 6 2 8 -0.4 21.70 s
61 N'Kosie Barnes   Antigua and Barbuda 9 8 8 -0.1 21.82
62 Ali K. R. A. Al Neyadi   United Arab Emirates 5 4 7 +0.3 21.93
63 Jayson Jones   Belize 1 7 7 -0.3 22.20
64 Sherwin James   Dominica 7 2 8 +0.5 22.40 s
65 Christie van Wyk   Namibia 5 1 8 +0.3 46.57
Tanko Braimah   Ghana 2 3 - -0.2 DSQ
Mohammad Mahabub Alam   Bangladesh 1 2 - -0.3 DNF
Alexios Alexopoulos   Greece 3 6 - +0.5 DNS

Quarterfinals

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Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 3 Darren Campbell   Great Britain 0.175 20.13 Q, PB
2 6 Konstantinos Kenteris   Greece 0.203 20.14 Q, NR
3 4 Ato Boldon   Trinidad and Tobago 0.160 20.28 Q
4 5 Shingo Suetsugu   Japan 0.182 20.37 Q
5 8 Marcin Urbaś   Poland 0.159 20.43 SB
6 7 Geir Moen   Norway 0.165 20.65
7 2 Antoine Boussombo   Gabon 0.163 20.71
8 1 Héber Viera   Uruguay 0.196 20.97
Wind: +0.3 m/s

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 6 Obadele Thompson   Barbados 0.195 20.16 Q
2 3 Coby Miller   United States 0.239 20.37 Q
3 4 Kim Collins   Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.171 20.47 Q
4 5 Koji Ito   Japan 0.208 20.56 Q, SB
5 8 Dwight Thomas   Jamaica 0.206 20.58 PB
6 2 Petko Yankov   Bulgaria 0.169 20.75
7 7 Venancio José   Spain 0.182 20.79
8 1 Uchenna Emedolu   Nigeria 0.195 20.93
Wind: −0.0 m/s

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 John Capel   United States 0.169 20.13 Q
2 3 Christian Malcolm   Great Britain 0.196 20.19 Q, PB
3 4 Claudinei da Silva   Brazil 0.139 20.24 Q
4 8 Tommi Hartonen   Finland 0.179 20.47 Q, NR
5 6 Joseph Batangdon   Cameroon 0.247 20.55
6 3 Alessandro Cavallaro   Italy 0.190 20.95 SB
7 7 Patrick Johnson   Australia 0.252 20.87
8 2 Renward Wells   Bahamas 0.162 21.26
Wind: −0.2 m/s

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 Floyd Heard   United States 0.173 20.24 Q
2 4 Christopher Williams   Jamaica 0.187 20.25 Q
3 6 Francis Obikwelu   Nigeria 0.195 20.33 Q
4 3 Stéphan Buckland   Mauritius 0.237 20.53 Q
5 1 Oumar Loum   Senegal 0.186 20.60
6 8 Anninos Marcoullides   Cyprus 0.196 20.71 SB
7 7 Marlon Devonish   Great Britain 0.163 20.82
2 Matt Shirvington   Australia DNS
Wind: +0.4 m/s

Quarterfinals overall results

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Rank Athlete Nation Heat Lane Place Wind Time Qual. Record
1 Darren Campbell   Great Britain 1 3 1 +0.3 20.13 Q PB
John Capel   United States 3 5 1 -0.2 20.13 Q
3 Konstantinos Kenteris   Greece 1 6 2 +0.3 20.14 Q NR
4 Obadele Thompson   Barbados 2 6 1 +0.0 20.16 Q
5 Christian Malcolm   Great Britain 3 3 2 -0.2 20.19 Q PB
6 Floyd Heard   United States 4 5 1 +0.4 20.24 Q
Claudinei da Silva   Brazil 3 4 3 -0.2 20.24 Q
8 Christopher Williams   Jamaica 4 4 2 +0.4 20.25 Q
9 Ato Boldon   Trinidad and Tobago 1 4 3 +0.3 20.28 Q
10 Francis Obikwelu   Nigeria 3 4 3 +0.5 20.33 Q
11 Coby Miller   United States 2 3 2 +0.0 20.37 Q
Shingo Suetsugu   Japan 1 5 4 +0.3 20.37 Q
13 Marcin Urbaś   Poland 1 8 5 +0.3 20.43 SB
14 Kim Collins   Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 4 3 +0.0 20.47 Q
Tommi Hartonen   Finland 3 8 4 -0.2 20.47 Q NR
16 Stéphan Buckland   Mauritius 4 3 4 +0.4 20.53 Q
17 Joseph Batangdon   Cameroon 3 6 5 -0.2 20.55
18 Koji Ito   Japan 2 5 4 +0.0 20.56 Q SB
19 Dwight Thomas   Jamaica 2 8 5 +0.0 20.58 PB
20 Oumar Loum   Senegal 4 1 5 +0.4 20.60
21 Geir Moen   Norway 1 7 6 +0.3 20.65
22 Alessandro Cavallaro   Italy 3 1 6 -0.2 20.69
23 Antoine Boussombo   Gabon 1 2 7 +0.3 20.71
Anninos Marcoullides   Cyprus 4 8 6 +0.4 20.71
25 Petko Yankov   Bulgaria 2 2 6 +0.0 20.75
26 Venancio José   Spain 2 7 7 -0.0 20.79
27 Marlon Devonish   Great Britain 4 7 7 +0.4 20.82
28 Patrick Johnson   Australia 3 7 7 -0.2 20.87
29 Uchenna Emedolu   Nigeria 2 1 8 +0.0 20.93
30 Héber Viera   Uruguay 1 1 8 +0.3 20.97
31 Renward Wells   Bahamas 3 2 8 -0.2 21.26
Matt Shirvington   Australia 4 2 +0.4 DNS

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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

Semifinal 2

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

Final

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

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Games: Men's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "200 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

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