Men's 200 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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The 200 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme were held at Stadium Australia on Wednesday 27 September and Thursday 28 September 2000.
The top three runners in each of the initial nine heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next five fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 32 runners competed in 4 heats in the second round, with the top fours runners from each heat qualifying for the semifinals. There were two semifinals, and only the top four from each heat advanced to the final.
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: |
Konstantinos Kenteris, Greece |
Darren Campbell, Great Britain |
Ato Boldon, Trinidad and Tobago |
Qualification
Results
All times shown are in seconds.- Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
- q denotes qualification by overall place.
- DNS denotes did not start.
- DNF denotes did not finish.
- DQ denotes disqualification.
- NR denotes national record.
- OR denotes Olympic record.
- WR denotes world record.
- PB denotes personal best.
- SB denotes season best.
Round 1
| Heat 1 of 9 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Time: 10:05 a.m. Wind: -0.3 m/s | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | =17 | Francis Obikwelu |
Nigeria | 1 | 0.201 s | 20.76 s | Q | |
| 2 | 20 | Stephane Bukland |
Mauritius | 8 | 0.269 s | 20.81 s | Q | |
| 3 | =32 | Renward Wells |
Bahamas | 5 | 0.147 s | 20.95 s | Q | |
| 4 | =39 | John Ertzgaard |
Norway | 6 | 0.154 s | 21.00 s | ||
| 5 | =44 | Sayon Cooper |
Liberia | 3 | 0.261 s | 21.10 s | ||
| 6 | 51 | Albert Agyemang |
Ghana | 4 | 0.240 s | 21.22 s | ||
| 7 | 63 | Jayson Jones |
Belize | 7 | 0.163 s | 22.20 s | ||
| - | - | Mohammad Mahabub Alam |
Bangladesh | 2 | 0.240 s | DNF | ||
| Heat 2 of 9 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Time: 10:11 a.m. Wind: -0.2 m/s | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 11 | Floyd Heard |
United States | 7 | 0.167 s | 20.68 s | Q | |
| 2 | 16 | Koji Ito |
Japan | 4 | 0.191 s | 20.75 s | Q | SB |
| 3 | =21 | Tommi Hartonen |
Finland | 8 | 0.187 s | 20.82 s | Q | |
| 4 | =29 | Petko Yankov |
Bulgaria | 5 | 0.152 s | 20.91 s | q | |
| 5 | =36 | Darryl Wohlsen |
Australia | 2 | 0.161 s | 20.98 s | ||
| 6 | =53 | Pierre Browne |
Canada | 6 | 0.258 s | 21.28 s | ||
| - | - | Tanko Braimah |
Ghana | 3 | 0.192 s | DQ* | ||
| Heat 3 of 9 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Time: 10:17 a.m. Wind: +0.5 m/s | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | =4 | Ato Boldon |
Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 0.157 s | 20.52 s | Q | |
| 2 | =4 | Kim Collins |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5 | 0.175 s | 20.52 s | Q | |
| 3 | 10 | Marcin Urbas |
Poland | 4 | 0.152 s | 20.62 s | Q | |
| 4 | =17 | Geir Moen |
Norway | 7 | 0.160 s | 20.76 s | q | |
| 5 | 31 | Gidon Jablonka |
Israel | 8 | 0.185 s | 20.92 s | ||
| 6 | =32 | Gennadiy Chernovol |
Kazakhstan | 3 | 0.190 s | 20.95 s | SB | |
| - | - | Alexios Alexopoulos |
Greece | 6 | - | DNS | ||
| Heat 4 of 9 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Time: 10:23 a.m. Wind: +0.2 m/s | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | =2 | Coby Miller |
United States | 6 | 0.182 s | 20.49 s | Q | |
| 2 | 15 | Darren Campbell |
Great Britain | 4 | 0.194 s | 20.71 s | Q | |
| 3 | =25 | Uchenna Emedolu |
Nigeria | 5 | 0.179 s | 20.87 s | Q | |
| 4 | =36 | Ahmed Yves Douhou |
Côte d'Ivoire | 7 | 0.169 s | 20.98 s | ||
| 5 | 43 | Ricardo Williams |
Jamaica | 2 | 0.289 s | 21.09 s | ||
| 6 | 50 | Julian Raeburn |
Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 0.326 s | 21.21 s | ||
| 7 | =55 | Keita Cline |
British Virgin Islands | 3 | 0.199 s | 21.42 s | ||
| Heat 5 of 9 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Time: 10:29 a.m. Wind: +0.3 m/s | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 7 | Konstantinos Kenteris |
Greece | 6 | 0.179 s | 20.57 s | Q | |
| 2 | 23 | Anninos Marcoullides |
Cyprus | 5 | 0.190 s | 20.83 s | Q | |
| 3 | 28 | Marlon Devonish |
Great Britain | 2 | 0.178 s | 20.89 s | Q | |
| 4 | =32 | Andre Silva |
Brazil | 3 | 0.237 s | 20.95 s | ||
| 5 | =42 | Aleksandr Ryabov |
Russia | 8 | 0.216 s | 21.02 s | ||
| 6 | =53 | Marián Vanderka |
Slovakia | 7 | 0.254 s | 21.28 s | ||
| 7 | 62 | Ali K. R. A. Al Neyadi |
United Arab Emirates | 4 | 0.280 s | 21.93 s | ||
| 8 | 65 | Christie van Wyk |
Namibia | 1 | 0.147 s | 46.57 s | ||
| Heat 6 of 9 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Time: 10:35 a.m. Wind: -0.4 m/s | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | Christopher Williams |
Jamaica | 5 | 0.189 s | 20.45 s | Q | |
| 2 | 9 | Shingo Suetsugu |
Japan | 1 | 0.184 s | 20.60 s | Q | |
| 3 | =32 | Venancio Jose |
Spain | 7 | 0.179 s | 20.95 s | Q | |
| 4 | =39 | Martin Lachkovics |
Austria | 3 | 0.163 s | 21.00 s | ||
| 5 | =39 | Andrew Tynes |
Bahamas | 4 | 0.169 s | 21.00 s | ||
| 6 | =55 | Jimmy Pino |
Colombia | 6 | 0.179 s | 21.42 s | ||
| 7 | 58 | Pascal Dangbo |
Benin | 8 | 0.158 s | 21.54 s | ||
| 8 | 60 | Maqsood Ahmad |
Pakistan | 2 | 0.181 s | 21.70 s | ||
| Heat 7 of 9 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Time: 10:41 a.m. Wind: +0.5 m/s | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Reaction | Time | Qual. | Record | |
| Heat | Overall | |||||||
| 1 | 12 | Obadele Thompson |
Barbados | 4 | 0.192 s | 20.69 s | Q | |
| 2 | =13 | Joseph Batangdon |
Cameroon | 8 | 0.176 s | 20.70 s | Q | |
| 3 | 19 | Antoine Boussombo |
Gabon | 6 | 0.161 s | 20.78 s | Q | |
| 4 | =29 | Matt Shirvington |
Australia | 3 | 0.168 s | 20.91 s | q | |
| 5 | 46 | Carlos Gats |
Argentina | 1 | 0.181 s | 21.15 s | ||
| 6 | 49 | Ricardo Roach |
Chile | 5 | 0.154 s | 21.20 s | ||
| 7 | 52 | Ezra Kenyoke Sambu |
Kenya | 7 | 0.377 s | 21.23 s | ||
| 8 | 64 | Sherwin James |
Dominica | 2 | 0.195 s | 22.40 s | ||
Round 2
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