Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres

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The 200 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium August 24 to August 26.

The top four runners in each of the initial seven heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next four fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 32 runners competed in 4 heats in the second round, with the top three runners from each heat and the four next fastest runner qualifying for the semifinals. There were two semifinal heats, and only the top four from each heat advanced to the final.

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Records

World Record	19.32	Michael Johnson	USA	Atlanta (USA)	1 August, 1996
Olympic Record	19.32	Michael Johnson	USA	Atlanta (USA)	1 August, 1996

Medals

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Shawn Crawford, United States	Bernard Williams, United States	Justin Gatlin, United States

Qualification

The qualification period for Athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's 200 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 20.59 seconds or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 20.75 seconds or faster could be entered.

Results

All times shown are in seconds.
Q denotes qualification by place.
q denotes qualification by time.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
NR denotes national record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes season best.

Round 1

Round 1, Heat 1

Stephane Buckland, Mauritius 20.29 s Q

Francis Obikwelu, Portugal 20.40 s Q

Juan Pedro Toledo, Mexico 20.40 s Q NR

Yaozu Yang, China 20.59 s Q SB

Johan Wissman, Sweden 20.60 s q

Paul Brizzel, Ireland 21.00 s SB

Nabie Foday Fofanah, Guinea 21.45 s

Hamed Hamadan Al Bishi, Saudi Arabia DNS

Round 1, Heat 2

Shawn Crawford, United States 20.55 s Q

Christopher Williams, Jamaica 20.57 s Q

Marcin Urbas, Poland 20.71 s Q SB

Darren Campbell, Great Britain 20.72 s Q

Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, Gambia 20.78 s q

Leigh Julius, South Africa 20.80 s

Geronimo Goeloe, Netherlands Antilles 21.09 s

Basilio Emidio de Morais, Brazil 21.14 s

Round 1, Heat 3

Frankie Fredericks, Namibia 20.54 s Q

Malik Louahla, Algeria 20.67 s Q

David Canal, Spain 20.72 s Q

Brian Dzingai, Zimbabwe 20.72 s Q

Heber Viera, Uruguay 20.94 s SB

Oleg Sergeyev, Russia 20.95 s

Mphelave Dlamini, Swaziland 21.82 s

Chris Lambert, Great Britain DNF

Round 1, Heat 4

Marcin Jedrusinski, Poland 20.63 s Q SB

Tobias Unger, Germany 20.65 s Q

Joseph Batangdon, Cameroon 20.92 s Q

Geza Pauer, Hungary 21.02 s Q

Usain Bolt, Jamaica 21.05 s

Christian Nsiah, Ghana 21.06 s

Hamoud Abdallah Al Dalhami, Oman 21.82 s

Ryo Matsuda, Japan 24.59 s

Round 1, Heat 5

Dominic Demeritte, Bahamas 20.62 s Q

Christian Malcolm, Great Britain 20.62 s Q

Panayiotis Sarris, Greece 20.67 s Q

Asafa Powell, Jamaica 20.77 s Q

Jiri Vojtik, Czech Republic 20.79 s

Dion Crabbe, British Virgin Islands 20.85 s

Nazmizan Muhammad, Malaysia 21.24 s

Adam Miller, Australia 21.31 s

Round 1, Heat 6

Bernard Williams, United States 20.29 s Q

Anastasios Gousis, Greece 20.44 s Q PB

Andrew Howe, Italy 20.55 s Q

Matic Osovnikar, Slovenia 20.57 s Q PB

Till Helmke, Germany 20.73 s - q

Oumar Loum, Senegal 20.97 s

Anninos Marcoullides, Cyprus 23.94 s

Round 1, Heat 7

Sebastian Ernst, Germany 20.47 s Q PB

Justin Gatlin, United States 20.51 s Q

Marco Torrieri, Italy 20.68 s Q

Claudio Roberto Souza, Brazil 20.70 s Q SB

Brendan Christian, Antigua and Barbuda 20.71 s q

Shinji Takahira, Japan 21.05 s

Dadas Ibrahimov, Azerbaijan 21.60 s

Russel Roman, Palau 24.89 s

Round 2

Round 2, Heat 1

Shawn Crawford, United States 19.95s Q

Frankie Fredericks, Namibia 20.20s Q SB

Tobias Unger, Germany 20.30s Q PB

Christopher Williams, Jamaica 20.34s q SB

Johan Wissman, Sweden 20.74s

Geza Pauer, Hungary 20.90s

David Canal, Spain 21.18s

Joseph Batangdon, Cameroon DNS

Round 2, Heat 2

Bernard Williams, United States 20.40s Q

Anastasios Gousis, Greece 20.46s Q

Marcin Jedrusinski, Poland 20.55s Q SB

Till Helmke, Germany 20.76s

Brian Dzingai, Zimbabwe 20.87s

Marco Torrieri, Italy 20.89s

Malik Louahla, Algeria 20.93s

Yaozu Yang, China 21.03s

Round 2, Heat 3

Justin Gatlin, United States 20.03s Q

Asafa Powell, Jamaica 20.23s Q

Sebastian Ernst, Germany 20.36s Q PB

Matic Osovnikar, Slovenia 20.47s q NR

Christian Malcolm, Great Britain 20.56s q

Dominic Demeritte, Bahamas 20.61s

Brendan Christian, Antigua and Barbuda 20.63s

Marcin Urbas, Poland DNF

Round 2, Heat 4

Francis Obikwelu, Portugal 20.33s Q

Stephane Buckland, Mauritius 20.36s Q

Juan Pedro Toledo, Mexico 20.43s Q

Darren Campbell, Great Britain 20.59s q =SB

Claudio Roberto Souza, Brazil 20.64s SB

Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, Gambia 20.73s

Panayiotis Sarris, Greece 20.92s

Andrew Howe, Italy 21.17s

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Shawn Crawford, United States 20.05s Q

Bernard Williams, United States 20.18s Q

Frankie Fredericks, Namibia 20.43s Q

Tobias Unger, Germany 20.54s Q

Anastasios Gousis, Greece 20.68s

Christopher Williams, Jamaica 20.80s

Marcin Jedrusinski, Poland 20.81s

Darren Campbell, Great Britain 20.89s

Semifinal 2

Justin Gatlin, United States 20.35s Q

Francis Obikwelu, Portugal 20.36s Q

Stephane Buckland, Mauritius 20.37s Q

Asafa Powell, Jamaica 20.56s Q

Sebastian Ernst, Germany 20.63s

Juan Pedro Toledo, Mexico 20.64s

Christian Malcolm, Great Britain 20.77s

Matic Osovnikar, Slovenia 20.89s

Final

Shawn Crawford, United States 19.79s PB

Bernard Williams, United States 20.01s =PB

Justin Gatlin, United States 20.03s

Frank Fredericks, Namibia 20.14s SB

Francis Obikwelu, Portugal 20.14s

Stephane Buckland, Mauritius 20.24s

Tobias Unger, Germany 20.64s

Asafa Powell, Jamaica DNS

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