These are the results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece. The winning margin was 0.20 seconds.
Men's 200 metres at the 1997 World Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | 6 August (heats and quarter-finals) 7 August (semi-finals) 8 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 63 | |||||||||
Winning time | 20.03 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Medalists edit
Gold | Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
Silver | Frank Fredericks Namibia (NAM) |
Bronze | Claudinei da Silva Brazil (BRA) |
Results edit
Heats edit
First 3 of each Heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals edit
First 3 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Semifinals edit
First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.09 | Q |
2 | 2 | Frankie Fredericks | Namibia | 20.18 | Q |
3 | 2 | Jon Drummond | United States | 20.29 | Q |
4 | 1 | Claudinei da Silva | Brazil | 20.35 | Q |
5 | 1 | Iván García | Cuba | 20.39 | Q |
6 | 2 | Patrick Stevens | Belgium | 20.42 | Q |
7 | 1 | Georgios Panagiotopoulos | Greece | 20.43 | Q, PB |
7 | 2 | Troy Douglas | Bermuda | 20.43 | SB |
9 | 1 | Obadele Thompson | Barbados | 20.46 | Q |
10 | 1 | Sergey Osovich | Ukraine | 20.51 | |
11 | 1 | Kevin Little | United States | 20.57 | |
12 | 1 | Julian Golding | Great Britain | 20.61 | |
12 | 2 | Douglas Walker | Great Britain | 20.61 | |
14 | 2 | Deji Aliu | Nigeria | 20.78 | |
15 | 2 | Chris Donaldson | New Zealand | 20.92 | |
16 | 1 | Carlos Gats | Argentina | 21.44 |
Final edit
Wind: 2.3 m/s
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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3 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.03 | ||
4 | Frankie Fredericks | Namibia | 20.23 | ||
5 | Claudinei da Silva | Brazil | 20.26 | ||
4 | 6 | Iván García | Cuba | 20.31 | |
5 | 7 | Georgios Panagiotopoulos | Greece | 20.32 | |
6 | 2 | Obadele Thompson | Barbados | 20.37 | |
7 | 1 | Jon Drummond | United States | 20.44 | |
8 | 8 | Patrick Stevens | Belgium | 20.44 |