1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
Appearance
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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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.
Medalists
[edit]Gold | ![]() Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
Silver | ![]() Namibia (NAM) |
Bronze | ![]() 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 | ![]() |
20.09 | Q |
2 | 2 | Frankie Fredericks | ![]() |
20.18 | Q |
3 | 2 | Jon Drummond | ![]() |
20.29 | Q |
4 | 1 | Claudinei da Silva | ![]() |
20.35 | Q |
5 | 1 | Iván García | ![]() |
20.39 | Q |
6 | 2 | Patrick Stevens | ![]() |
20.42 | Q |
7 | 1 | Georgios Panagiotopoulos | ![]() |
20.43 | Q, PB |
7 | 2 | Troy Douglas | ![]() |
20.43 | SB |
9 | 1 | Obadele Thompson | ![]() |
20.46 | Q |
10 | 1 | Sergey Osovich | ![]() |
20.51 | |
11 | 1 | Kevin Little | ![]() |
20.57 | |
12 | 1 | Julian Golding | ![]() |
20.61 | |
12 | 2 | Douglas Walker | ![]() |
20.61 | |
14 | 2 | Deji Aliu | ![]() |
20.78 | |
15 | 2 | Chris Donaldson | ![]() |
20.92 | |
16 | 1 | Carlos Gats | ![]() |
21.44 |
Final
[edit]Wind: 2.3 m/s
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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3 | Ato Boldon | ![]() |
20.03 | |
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4 | Frankie Fredericks | ![]() |
20.23 | |
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5 | Claudinei da Silva | ![]() |
20.26 | |
4 | 6 | Iván García | ![]() |
20.31 | |
5 | 7 | Georgios Panagiotopoulos | ![]() |
20.32 | |
6 | 2 | Obadele Thompson | ![]() |
20.37 | |
7 | 1 | Jon Drummond | ![]() |
20.44 | |
8 | 8 | Patrick Stevens | ![]() |
20.44 |