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2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

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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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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.

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Noah Lyles  United States (USA) 19.31 WL NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Kenny Bednarek  United States (USA) 19.77 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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.