2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
Men's 200 metres at the 2007 World Championships | ||||||||||
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![]() World Champion Tyson Gay (center) receiving his gold medal alongside silver medalist Usain Bolt (left) and bronze medalist Wallace Spearmon (right). | ||||||||||
Venue | Osaka Nagai Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | 28 August (heats and quarter-finals) 29 August (semi-finals) 30 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 49 | |||||||||
Winning time | 19.76 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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These are the official results of the men's 200 metres event at the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan. There were a total number of 49 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats and the final held on Thursday August 30. This event is notable for being one of the two solo World Championship events in which Usain Bolt has been beaten as of July 2017, the other event being men's 200 metres in 2005 World Championships.
The winning margin for the final was 0.15 seconds.
Medalists
[edit]Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Tyson Gay![]() |
Usain Bolt![]() |
Wallace Spearmon![]() |
Records
[edit]Existing records at the start of the event.
World Record | ![]() |
19.32 | Atlanta, United States | August 1, 1996 |
Championship Record | ![]() |
19.79 | Gothenburg, Sweden | August 11, 1995 |
Schedule
[edit]Date | Time | Round |
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August 28, 2007 | 11:10 | Heats |
August 28, 2007 | 20:10 | Quarterfinals |
August 29, 2007 | 22:20 | Semifinals |
August 30, 2007 | 22:20 | Final |
Results
[edit]KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | WR | World record | AR | Area record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats
[edit]Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) and the next 8 fastest(q) advance to the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals
[edit]Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) advance to the semifinals.
Semifinals
[edit]First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the final.
Semifinal 1
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
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1 | 6 | Usain Bolt | ![]() |
0.169 | 20.03 | Q |
2 | 7 | Wallace Spearmon | ![]() |
0.133 | 20.05 | Q |
3 | 4 | Rodney Martin | ![]() |
0.165 | 20.18 | Q, SB |
4 | 3 | Churandy Martina | ![]() |
0.140 | 20.20 | Q, NR |
5 | 8 | Francis Obikwelu | ![]() |
0.167 | 20.40 | |
6 | 5 | Brian Dzingai | ![]() |
0.125 | 20.45 | |
7 | 9 | Marcin Jędrusiński | ![]() |
0.151 | 20.54 | |
8 | 2 | Bryan Barnett | ![]() |
0.142 | 20.68 |
Semifinal 2
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Tyson Gay | ![]() |
0.157 | 20.00 | Q |
2 | 6 | Marvin Anderson | ![]() |
0.163 | 20.06 | Q, PB |
3 | 9 | Christopher Williams | ![]() |
0.143 | 20.24 | Q |
4 | 7 | Anastasios Gousis | ![]() |
0.151 | 20.33 | Q |
5 | 3 | Brendan Christian | ![]() |
0.139 | 20.36 | |
6 | 4 | Paul Hession | ![]() |
0.154 | 20.50 | |
7 | 8 | Kristof Beyens | ![]() |
0.152 | 20.53 | |
8 | 2 | Patrick Johnson | ![]() |
0.151 | 20.73 |
Final
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Osaka07_D6A_M200M_nearfinish.jpg/220px-Osaka07_D6A_M200M_nearfinish.jpg)
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
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4 | Tyson Gay | ![]() |
0.143 | 19.76 | CR |
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5 | Usain Bolt | ![]() |
0.159 | 19.91 | |
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6 | Wallace Spearmon | ![]() |
0.144 | 20.05 | |
4 | 8 | Rodney Martin | ![]() |
0.186 | 20.06 | PB |
5 | 3 | Churandy Martina | ![]() |
0.144 | 20.28 | |
6 | 7 | Marvin Anderson | ![]() |
0.171 | 20.28 | |
7 | 9 | Christopher Williams | ![]() |
0.154 | 20.57 | |
8 | 2 | Anastasios Gousis | ![]() |
0.143 | 20.75 |