2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene from 18 to 21 July 2022.[1] The winning margin was 0.46 seconds.

Men's 200 metres
at the 2022 World Championships
VenueHayward Field
Dates18 July (heats)
19 July (semi-finals)
21 July (final)
Competitors55 from 33 nations
Winning time19.31
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    United States
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Video on YouTube
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Summary

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A cramp in the semi-final round quashed Fred Kerley's bid to win a medal in all three sprint events. The Olympic Gold Medalist Andre De Grasse did not start in the heats, #2 of all time Yohan Blake did not start the semi-final round. The world leader coming into this was 18-year-old Erriyon Knighton with a 19.49. Alexander Ogando set a national record to win heat 1, Knighton won heat 3 and defending champion Noah Lyles won semi 2 ahead of the next fastest qualifier Kenny Bednarek, putting those four in the center of the track for the final. The first six qualifiers ran under 20 in the semis.

In the final, Knighton had lane 3, Ogando 4, Bednarek 5 and Lyles 6. In the past Lyles had been slow to start, depending on his superior top end speed to win at the end. That strategy also resulted in him "only" getting the bronze medal in the Olympics. Here, Lyles was fast at the start, making up the stagger on also notoriously slow starting Joseph Fahnbulleh just past the halfway point in the turn. Only Bednarek was able to stay close. Coming onto the straightaway, Lyles was up a metre on Bednarek who had another metre on Knighton. Lyles turned on the top end jets and pulled away. Knighton also accelerated, closing on Bednarek, while holding off the fast close of Fahnbulleh for the bronze.

Lyles 19.31 broke Michael Johnson's American Record set winning the 1996 Olympics to become the third fastest 200 runner of all time. Additionally, bronze medalist Knighton became the youngest medalist in the 200 metres in Championship history. It was the third sweep on home soil for the American team. Prior to these Championships, no Men's team had a sweep since 2015.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record   Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.19 Berlin, Germany 20 August 2009
Championship record
World Leading   Erriyon Knighton (USA) 19.49 Baton Rouge, United States 30 April 2022
African Record   Frank Fredericks (NAM) 19.68 Atlanta, United States 1 August 1996
Asian Record   Xie Zhenye (CHN) 19.88 London, Great Britain 21 July 2019
North, Central American and Caribbean record   Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.19 Berlin, Germany 20 August 2009
South American Record   Alonso Edward (PAN) 19.81 Berlin, Germany 20 August 2009
European Record   Pietro Mennea (ITA) 19.72 Mexico City, Mexico 12 September 1979
Oceanian record   Peter Norman (AUS) 20.06 Mexico City, Mexico 16 October 1968

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.24.[3]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date Time Round
18 July 17:05 Heats
19 July 18:50 Semi-finals
21 July 19:50 Final

Results

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Heats

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The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the semi-finals.[4]

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +2.1 m/s, Heat 4: +0.5 m/s, Heat 5: +0.4 m/s, Heat 6: +1.0 m/s, Heat 7: -0.3 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 7 Noah Lyles   United States (USA) 19.98 Q
2 4 Alexander Ogando   Dominican Republic (DOM) 20.01 Q, NR
2 3 Erriyon Knighton   United States (USA) 20.01 Q
4 3 Luxolo Adams   South Africa (RSA) 20.10 Q
5 3 Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.11 Q
6 1 Joseph Fahnbulleh   Liberia (LBR) 20.12 Q
7 3 Yancarlos Martínez   Dominican Republic (DOM) 20.13 q
8 5 Fred Kerley   United States (USA) 20.17 Q
9 6 Filippo Tortu   Italy (ITA) 20.18 Q
10 1 Koki Ueyama   Japan (JPN) 20.26 Q, PB
11 5 Sinesipho Dambile   South Africa (RSA) 20.29 Q, PB
12 7 Rasheed Dwyer   Jamaica (JAM) 20.29 Q
13 1 Jerome Blake   Canada (CAN) 20.30 Q
14 7 Xie Zhenye   China (CHN) 20.30 Q
15 1 Joe Ferguson   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.33 q
16 5 Udodi Onwuzurike   Nigeria (NGR) 20.34 Q
17 2 Jereem Richards   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 20.35 Q
18 4 Kenny Bednarek   United States (USA) 20.35 Q
19 5 Yohan Blake   Jamaica (JAM) 20.35 q
20 1 Joseph Amoah   Ghana (GHA) 20.40 SB
21 6 Guy Maganga Gorra   Gabon (GAB) 20.44 Q, NR
22 4 Tarsis Orogot   Uganda (UGA) 20.44 Q
23 6 Calab Law   Australia (AUS) 20.50 Q, PB
24 7 Owen Ansah   Germany (GER) 20.52
25 7 Eric Harrison Jr.   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 20.54
26 3 Akeem Bloomfield   Jamaica (JAM) 20.56
27 2 Aaron Brown   Canada (CAN) 20.60 Q
28 6 Adam Gemili   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.60
29 3 Sibusiso Matsenjwa   Eswatini (SWZ) 20.60
30 4 Fausto Desalu   Italy (ITA) 20.63
31 7 Lucas Vilar   Brazil (BRA) 20.65 SB
32 5 William Reais   Switzerland (SUI) 20.71 SB
33 2 Shota Iizuka   Japan (JPN) 20.72 Q
34 3 Tinotenda Matiyenga   Zimbabwe (ZIM) 20.72
35 7 Jan Jirka   Czech Republic (CZE) 20.73
36 5 Aidan Murphy   Australia (AUS) 20.75
37 2 Shaun Maswanganyi   South Africa (RSA) 20.79
38 2 Simon Hansen   Denmark (DEN) 20.80
39 2 Shainer Rengifo Montoya   Cuba (CUB) 20.80
40 4 Mouhamadou Fall[5]   France (FRA) 20.83
41 1 Lucas Rodrigues da Silva   Brazil (BRA) 20.90
42 4 Hachim Maaroufou   Comoros (COM) 20.91
43 2 Joseph Green   Guam (GUM) 22.04
44 6 Alonso Edward   Panama (PAN) 22.08
4 Marcos Santos   Angola (ANG) DQ
1 Terrence Talio   Papua New Guinea (PNG) DQ
6 Andre de Grasse   Canada (CAN) DNS
5 Emmanuel Eseme   Cameroon (CMR) DNS[6]
6 Yuki Koike   Japan (JPN) DNS

Semi-finals

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The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.[7]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +1.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.3 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Noah Lyles   United States (USA) 19.62 Q
2 3 Erriyon Knighton   United States (USA) 19.77 Q
3 2 Kenny Bednarek   United States (USA) 19.84 Q, SB
4 2 Jereem Richards   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 19.86 q
5 1 Alexander Ogando   Dominican Republic (DOM) 19.91 Q, NR
6 1 Joseph Fahnbulleh   Liberia (LBR) 19.92 Q
7 2 Luxolo Adams   South Africa (RSA) 20.09 q
8 3 Aaron Brown   Canada (CAN) 20.10 Q
9 3 Filippo Tortu   Italy (ITA) 20.10 PB
10 3 Yancarlos Martínez   Dominican Republic (DOM) 20.21 SB
11 1 Jerome Blake   Canada (CAN) 20.29
12 1 Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.30
13 2 Tarsis Orogot   Uganda (UGA) 20.35
14 2 Udodi Onwuzurike   Nigeria (NGR) 20.39
15 3 Xie Zhenye   China (CHN) 20.41
16 1 Sinesipho Dambile   South Africa (RSA) 20.47
17 3 Koki Ueyama   Japan (JPN) 20.48
18 2 Joe Ferguson   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.52
19 2 Guy Maganga Gorra   Gabon (GAB) 20.65
20 1 Fred Kerley   United States (USA) 20.68
21 3 Calab Law   Australia (AUS) 20.72
22 1 Shota Iizuka   Japan (JPN) 20.77
23 3 Rasheed Dwyer   Jamaica (JAM) 20.87
1 Yohan Blake   Jamaica (JAM) DNS

Final

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The final was started at 19:50 on 21 July.[8] The results were as follows:[9][10]

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  6 Noah Lyles   United States (USA) 19.31 WL NR
  5 Kenny Bednarek   United States (USA) 19.77 SB
  3 Erriyon Knighton   United States (USA) 19.80
4 7 Joseph Fahnbulleh   Liberia (LBR) 19.84
5 4 Alexander Ogando   Dominican Republic (DOM) 19.93
6 2 Jereem Richards   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 20.08
7 8 Aaron Brown   Canada (CAN) 20.18
8 1 Luxolo Adams   South Africa (RSA) 20.47

References

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  1. ^ Timetable
  2. ^ "200 Metres Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  4. ^ Heats Summary
  5. ^ Sub judice. [1]
  6. ^ For administrative reasons: [2]
  7. ^ Semi-finals Start List
  8. ^ "START LIST 200 Metres Men – Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  9. ^ "RESULTS 200 Metres Men – Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  10. ^ "RACE ANALYSIS 200 Metres Men – Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.