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2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

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Men's 200 metres
at the 2023 World Championships
Final of the event
VenueNational Athletics Centre
Dates23 August (heats)
24 August (semi-finals)
25 August (final)
Winning time19.52
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Botswana
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The men's 200 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest from 23 to 25 August 2023.[1] The winning margin was 0.23 seconds.

Summary

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As the carts were bringing the semi-finalists to the track from the warm-up area, one cart T-boned the other. Andrew Hudson received minor injuries with broken glass getting into his eye. The first semi was moved to last in the order to give Hudson and the other athletes a chance to recover. A relaxed defending champion Noah Lyles came through as the #1 qualifier. Hudson finished fourth in the semi-final, but was granted the extra lane in the final.

In the final, the start was fairly even, with the exception of Joseph Fahnbulleh's notoriously slow start, accentuated by Hudson's fast start in lane 1 next to him. As they were beginning to exit the turn, the three Americans, Lyles, Erriyon Knighton, and Kenny Bednarek, along with Letsile Tebogo all on the outside of the tracking Zharnel Hughes, were still even. With Lyles' notorious closing speed, that was bad news for the other competitors. From there, true to form, Lyles opened a gap that continued to widen to the finish. The next two runners to gain separation were the youngsters, 19 year old Knighton, then 20 year old Tebogo. Lyles had 3 metres over Knighton at the finish. Knighton was barely a metre clear of Tebogo. Lyles' 19.52 winning time equalled the #14 time in history, tied with two previous efforts from Lyles (but he's also run faster on four other occasions). Knighton's 19.75 means he owns all of the top 12 times ever run by a U20 athlete. This World Championship title was a three-peat for Lyles and completed the second leg of his pre-meet announced plan to take three gold medals.

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  Noah Lyles (USA) 19.47 London, Great Britain 23 July 2023
African Record  Letsile Tebogo (BOT) 19.50 London, Great Britain 23 July 2023
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 20.16 seconds.[3]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), is as follows:[1]

Date Time Round
23 August 12:15 Heats
24 August 20:20 Semi-finals
25 August 21:50 Final

Results

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Round 1 (heats)

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Round 1 took place on 23 August. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 3 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semi-final.[4] The overall results were as follows:[5]

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: −0.1 m/s, Heat 3: −1.4 m/s, Heat 4: −0.2 m/s, Heat 5: −0.2 m/s, Heat 6: −0.5 m/s, Heat 7: −0.1 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Zharnel Hughes  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 19.99 Q
2 7 Kenneth Bednarek  United States (USA) 20.01 Q
3 2 Noah Lyles  United States (USA) 20.05 Q
4 1 Aaron Brown  Canada (CAN) 20.08 Q
5 7 Alexander Ogando  Dominican Republic (DOM) 20.14 [.132] Q
6 4 Brendon Rodney  Canada (CAN) 20.14 [.133] Q, SB
7 1 Luxolo Adams  South Africa (RSA) 20.15 Q, SB
8 6 Erriyon Knighton  United States (USA) 20.17 Q
9 3 Letsile Tebogo  Botswana (BOT) 20.22 Q
10 2 Andrew Hudson  Jamaica (JAM) 20.25 Q
11 1 Shota Iizuka  Japan (JPN) 20.27 q, SB
12 6 Andre De Grasse  Canada (CAN) 20.28 Q
13 1 Taymir Burnet  Netherlands (NED) 20.31 q, PB
14 6 Sinesipho Dambile  South Africa (RSA) 20.34 [0.333] Q
15 5 Towa Uzawa  Japan (JPN) 20.34 [0.336] Q
16 5 Courtney Lindsey  United States (USA) 20.39 Q
17 2 Ondřej Macík  Czech Republic (CZE) 20.40 [0.393] Q
18 5 Rasheed Dwyer  Jamaica (JAM) 20.40 [0.394] Q
19 3 Joseph Fahnbulleh  Liberia (LBR) 20.42 Q
20 5 Tarsis Gracious Orogot  Uganda (UGA) 20.44 [0.431] q
21 4 Renan Correa  Brazil (BRA) 20.44 [0.440] Q
22 6 Filippo Tortu  Italy (ITA) 20.46
23 1 Eseosa Desalu  Italy (ITA) 20.49 SB
24 3 William Reais  Switzerland (SUI) 20.50 Q
25 3 Joshua Hartmann  Germany (GER) 20.51
26 7 Alaba Akintola  Nigeria (NGR) 20.54 Q
27 6 Joseph Amoah  Ghana (GHA) 20.56 [0.551]
28 4 Shaun Maswanganyi  South Africa (RSA) 20.56 [0.557] Q
29 7 Alonso Edward  Panama (PAN) 20.63
30 2 Tapiwanashe Makarawu  Zimbabwe (ZIM) 20.64
31 4 Koki Ueyama  Japan (JPN) 20.66
32 2 Ján Volko  Slovakia (SVK) 20.69
33 3 Blessing Akwasi Afrifah  Israel (ISR) 20.73
34 2 Jorge Vides  Brazil (BRA) 20.80
35 5 Yang Chun-han  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 20.82
36 7 Lucas Rodrigues da Silva [de]  Brazil (BRA) 20.86
37 6 Sibusiso Matsenjwa  Eswatini (SWZ) 20.88
38 5 Ramil Guliyev  Turkey (TUR) 20.89
39 1 Gediminas Truskauskas  Lithuania (LTU) 20.90 [0.893]
40 4 Nadale Buntin  Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 20.90 [0.894]
40 4 Zoltán Wahl  Hungary (HUN) 20.90 [0.894]
42 3 Aidan Murphy  Australia (AUS) 20.90 [0.895]
43 7 Taha Hussein Yaseen  Iraq (IRQ) 21.01
44 6 Guy Maganga Gorra  Gabon (GAB) 21.04
45 3 Marcos Santos  Angola (ANG) 21.05 NR
46 2 Ko Seung-hwan [de]  South Korea (KOR) 21.09
47 7 Albert Komański  Poland (POL) 21.16
48 2 Leroy Kamau  Papua New Guinea (PNG) 21.18
49 5 Mindia Endeladze [de]  Georgia (GEO) 21.20
50 3 Hachim Maaroufou  Comoros (COM) 21.29
51 4 Mohamed Obaid Alsadi  Oman (OMN) 21.39
52 1 Franko Burraj  Albania (ALB) 21.52
53 6 Yeykell Eliuth Romero  Nicaragua (NCA) 21.71
54 2 Jessy Franco  Gibraltar (GIB) 22.04
4 James Dadzie  Ghana (GHA) DNF
7 Ryan Zeze  France (FRA) DQ TR 16.8
5 Emmanuel Eseme  Cameroon (CMR) DNS

Semi-final

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The semi-final took place on 24 August, with the 24 athletes involved being split into 3 heats of 8 athletes each. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 2 fastest ( q ) will qualify for the final.[6] The overall results were as follows:[7]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: -0.4 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Noah Lyles  United States (USA) 19.76 Q
2 2 Kenneth Bednarek  United States (USA) 19.96 Q
3 2 Letsile Tebogo  Botswana (BOT) 19.97 Q
4 3 Erriyon Knighton  United States (USA) 19.98 Q
5 3 Zharnel Hughes  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.02 Q
6 1 Alexander Ogando  Dominican Republic (DOM) 20.02 Q
7 3 Andre De Grasse  Canada (CAN) 20.10 q
8 3 Joseph Fahnbulleh  Liberia (LBR) 20.21 q
9 2 Courtney Lindsey  United States (USA) 20.22
10 1 Tarsis Gracious Orogot  Uganda (UGA) 20.26
11 1 Brendon Rodney  Canada (CAN) 20.27
12 2 Sinesipho Dambile  South Africa (RSA) 20.28 PB
13 3 Towa Uzawa  Japan (JPN) 20.33
14 1 Andrew Hudson  Jamaica (JAM) 20.38 qR
15 2 Renan Correa  Brazil (BRA) 20.43
16 1 Luxolo Adams  South Africa (RSA) 20.44
17 3 Rasheed Dwyer  Jamaica (JAM) 20.49
18 1 Shota Iizuka  Japan (JPN) 20.54
19 2 Taymir Burnet  Netherlands (NED) 20.65
20 3 Shaun Maswanganyi  South Africa (RSA) 20.65
21 3 William Reais  Switzerland (SUI) 20.67
22 1 Ondřej Macík  Czech Republic (CZE) 20.71
23 2 Alaba Akintola  Nigeria (NGR) 20.75
2 Aaron Brown  Canada (CAN) DQ TR17.3.1

Final

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The final started at 21:54 on 25 August. The results were as follows:[8]

Wind: –0.2 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Noah Lyles  United States (USA) 19.52
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 Erriyon Knighton  United States (USA) 19.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9 Letsile Tebogo  Botswana (BOT) 19.81
4 4 Zharnel Hughes  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.02
5 7 Kenneth Bednarek  United States (USA) 20.07
6 3 Andre De Grasse  Canada (CAN) 20.14
7 5 Alexander Ogando  Dominican Republic (DOM) 20.23
8 1 Andrew Hudson  Jamaica (JAM) 20.40
9 2 Joseph Fahnbulleh  Liberia (LBR) 20.57

References

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  1. ^ a b "Timetable - Budapest 23 - World Athletics Championship - Men 200 Metres". WorldAthletics.org. IAAF. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  2. ^ "200 Metres Men − Records". IAAF. Archived from the original on 12 February 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  3. ^ "World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 - Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). iaaf.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  4. ^ "START LIST 200 Metres Men - Round 1" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 22 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  5. ^ "SUMMARY 200 Metres Men - Round 1" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 23 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  6. ^ "START LIST 200 Metres Men - Semi-final" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 23 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 September 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  7. ^ "SUMMARY 200 Metres Men - Semi-final" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 24 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  8. ^ "RESULTS 200 Metres Men - Final" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 25 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.