Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as part of the athletics programme, was held at Stadium Australia on Wednesday 27 September and Thursday 28 September 2000.[1] There were 67 competitors from 50 nations.[2] The event was won by Konstantinos Kenteris of Greece, the nation's first medal in the event. Darren Campbell's silver was Great Britain's first men's 200 metres medal since 1980 and matched the nation's best result in the event (third silver with no golds). Ato Boldon of Trinidad and Tobago repeated as bronze medalist, the ninth man to earn multiple medals in the 200 metres.

Men's 200 metres
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Stadium Australia
VenueStadium Australia
Dates27–28 September
Competitors67 from 50 nations
Winning time20.09
Medalists
Konstantinos Kenteris
 Greece
Darren Campbell
 Great Britain
Ato Boldon
 Trinidad and Tobago
Athletics at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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Background

This was the 23rd appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Olympics in 1896 but has been on the program ever since. Two of the eight finalists from the 1996 Games returned: bronze medalist Ato Boldon of Trinidad and Tobago and fourth-place finisher Obadele Thompson of Barbados. Boldon had won the 1997 World Championship; Maurice Greene of the United States won in 1999. Neither Greene nor reigning Olympic champion Michael Johnson, both suffering from minor injuries, made the U.S. team in the 200 metres (though they did in other events).[2]

Dominica, Kazakhstan, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Slovakia each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 22nd appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

The qualification period for athletics took place between 1 January 1999 to 11 September 2000. For the men's 200 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 20.70 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 20.90 seconds or faster could be entered.

The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.

Competition format

The competition used the four round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The "fastest loser" system introduced in 1960 was used in the heats.

There were 9 heats of 7 or 8 runners each, with the top 3 men in each advancing to the quarterfinals along with the next 5 fastest overall. The quarterfinals consisted of 4 heats of 8 athletes each; the 4 fastest men in each heat advanced to the semifinals. There were 2 semifinals, each with 8 runners. The top 4 athletes in each semifinal advanced. The final had 8 runners. The races were run on a 400 metre track.[2]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the Olympics.

World record Michael Johnson (USA)19.32Atlanta, United States1 August 1996
Olympic record Michael Johnson (USA)19.32Atlanta, United States1 August 1996

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 27 September 200010:05
19:30		Heats
Quarterfinals
Thursday, 28 September 200018:20
20:20		Semifinals
Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

Heat 1
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
1 1 Francis Obikwelu  Nigeria 0.201 20.76 Q
2 8 Stéphan Buckland  Mauritius 0.269 20.81 Q
3 5 Renward Wells  Bahamas 0.147 20.95 Q
4 6 John Ertzgaard  Norway 0.154 21.00
5 3 Sayon Cooper  Liberia 0.261 21.10
6 4 Albert Agyemang  Ghana 0.240 21.22
7 7 Jayson Jones  Belize 0.163 22.20
— 2 Mohamed Mahbub Alam  Bangladesh 0.240 DNF
Wind: −0.3 m/s

Heat 2
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
1 7 Floyd Heard  United States 0.167 20.68 Q
2 4 Koji Ito  Japan 0.191 20.75 Q, SB
3 8 Tommi Hartonen  Finland 0.187 20.82 Q
4 5 Petko Yankov  Bulgaria 0.152 20.91 q
5 2 Darryl Wohlsen  Australia 0.161 20.98
6 6 Pierre Browne  Canada 0.258 21.28
– 3 Tanko Braimah  Ghana 0.192 DSQ R163.3
Wind: −0.2 m/s

Heat 3
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
1 2 Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago 0.157 20.52 Q
2 5 Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.175 20.52 Q
3 4 Marcin Urbaś  Poland 0.152 20.62 Q
4 7 Geir Moen  Norway 0.160 20.76 q
5 8 Gidon Jablonka  Israel 0.185 20.92
6 3 Gennadiy Chernovol  Kazakhstan 0.190 20.95 SB
— 6 Alexios Alexopoulos  Greece — DNS
Wind: +0.5 m/s

Heat 4
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
1 6 Coby Miller  United States 0.182 20.49 Q
2 4 Darren Campbell  Great Britain 0.194 20.71 Q
3 5 Uchenna Emedolu  Nigeria 0.179 20.87 Q
4 7 Ahmed Douhou  Ivory Coast 0.169 20.98
5 2 Ricardo Williams  Jamaica 0.289 21.09
6 8 Julieon Raeburn  Trinidad and Tobago 0.326 21.21
7 3 Keita Cline  British Virgin Islands 0.199 21.42
Wind: +0.2 m/s

Heat 5
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
1 6 Konstantinos Kenteris  Greece 0.179 20.57 Q
2 5 Anninos Marcoullides  Cyprus 0.190 20.83 Q
3 2 Marlon Devonish  Great Britain 0.178 20.89 Q
4 3 André da Silva  Brazil 0.237 20.95
5 8 Aleksandr Ryabov  Russia 0.216 21.02
6 7 Marián Vanderka  Slovakia 0.254 21.28
7 4 Ali Khamis Rashid Al-Neyadi  United Arab Emirates 0.280 21.93
8 1 Christie van Wyk  Namibia 0.147 46.57
Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 6
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
1 5 Christopher Williams  Jamaica 0.189 20.45 Q
2 1 Shingo Suetsugu  Japan 0.184 20.60 Q
3 7 Venancio José  Spain 0.179 20.95 Q
4 3 Martin Lachkovics  Austria 0.163 21.00
5 4 Andrew Tynes  Bahamas 0.169 21.00
6 6 Jimmy Pino  Colombia 0.179 21.42
7 8 Pascal Dangbo  Benin 0.158 21.54
8 2 Maqsood Ahmad  Pakistan 0.181 21.70
Wind: −0.4 m/s

Heat 7
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
1 4 Obadele Thompson  Barbados 0.192 20.69 Q
2 8 Joseph Batangdon  Cameroon 0.176 20.70 Q
3 6 Antoine Boussombo  Gabon 0.161 20.78 Q
4 3 Matt Shirvington  Australia 0.168 20.91 q
5 1 Carlos Gats  Argentina 0.181 21.15
6 5 Ricardo Roach  Chad 0.154 21.20
7 7 Ezra Kenyoke Sambu  Kenya 0.377 21.23
8 2 Sherwin James  Dominica 0.195 22.40
Wind: +0.5 m/s

Heat 8
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
1 4 John Capel  United States 0.216 20.49 Q
2 6 Christian Malcolm  Great Britain 0.272 20.52 Q
3 5 Alessandro Cavallaro  Italy 0.192 20.58 Q
4 8 Héber Viera  Uruguay 0.180 20.82 q, SB
5 2 Patrick Johnson  Australia 0.225 20.88 q
6 7 Anastasios Gousis  Greece 0.325 21.10
7 3 Salem M. M. Al Yami  Saudi Arabia 0.261 21.18
Wind: +0.4 m/s

Heat 9
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
1 5 Claudinei da Silva  Brazil 0.176 20.70 Q
2 3 Dwight Thomas  Jamaica 0.192 20.85 Q
3 7 Oumar Loum  Senegal 0.201 20.87 Q
4 6 Paul Brizzell  Ireland 0.178 20.98
5 1 Mohamed Al Hooti  Oman 0.226 21.19
6 4 Dominic Demeritte  Bahamas 0.167 21.47
7 2 Joseph Loua  Guinea 0.244 21.60
8 8 N'Kosie Barnes  Antigua and Barbuda 0.205 21.82
Wind: −1.0 m/s

Heats overall results
RankAthleteNationHeatLanePlaceWindTimeQual.Record
1 Christopher Williams  Jamaica 6 5 1 -0.4 20.45 Q
2 John Capel  United States 8 4 1 +0.4 20.49 Q
Coby Miller  United States 4 6 1 +0.2 20.49 Q
4 Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago 3 2 1 +0.5 20.52 Q
Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 5 2 +0.5 20.52 Q
Christian Malcolm  Great Britain 8 6 2 +0.4 20.52 Q
7 Konstantinos Kenteris  Greece 5 6 1 +0.3 20.57 Q
8 Alessandro Cavallaro  Italy 8 5 3 +0.4 20.58 Q
9 Shingo Suetsugu  Japan 6 1 2 -0.4 20.60 Q
10 Marcin Urbaś  Poland 3 4 3 +0.5 20.62 Q
11 Floyd Heard  United States 2 7 1 -0.2 20.68 Q
12 Obadele Thompson  Barbados 7 4 1 +0.5 20.69 Q
13 Joseph Batangdon  Cameroon 7 8 2 +0.5 20.70 Q
Claudinei da Silva  Brazil 9 5 1 -0.1 20.70 Q
15 Darren Campbell  Great Britain 4 4 2 +0.2 20.71 Q
16 Koji Ito  Japan 2 4 2 -0.2 20.75 Q SB
17 Francis Obikwelu  Nigeria 1 1 1 -0.3 20.76 Q
Geir Moen  Norway 3 7 4 +0.5 20.76 q
19 Antoine Boussombo  Gabon 7 6 3 +0.5 20.78 Q
20 Stéphan Buckland  Mauritius 1 8 2 -0.3 20.81 Q
21 Tommi Hartonen  Finland 2 8 3 -0.2 20.82 Q
Héber Viera  Uruguay 8 8 4 +0.4 20.82 q SB
23 Anninos Marcoullides  Cyprus 5 5 2 +0.3 20.83 Q
24 Dwight Thomas  Jamaica 9 3 2 -0.1 20.85 Q
25 Uchenna Emedolu  Nigeria 4 5 3 +0.2 20.87 Q
Oumar Loum  Senegal 9 7 3 -0.1 20.87 Q
27 Patrick Johnson  Australia 8 2 5 +0.4 20.88 q
28 Marlon Devonish  Great Britain 5 2 3 +0.3 20.89 Q
29 Matt Shirvington  Australia 7 3 4 +0.5 20.91 q
Petko Yankov  Bulgaria 2 5 4 -0.2 20.91 q
31 Gidon Jablonka  Israel 3 8 5 +0.5 20.92
32 Venancio José  Spain 6 7 3 -0.4 20.95 Q
Renward Wells  Bahamas 1 5 3 -0.3 20.95 Q
Gennadiy Chernovol  Kazakhstan 3 3 6 +0.5 20.95
André da Silva  Brazil 5 3 4 +0.3 20.95
36 Paul Brizzell  Ireland 9 6 4 -0.1 20.98
Ahmed Yves Douhou  Ivory Coast 4 7 4 +0.2 20.98
Darryl Wohlsen  Australia 2 2 5 -0.2 20.98
39 John Ertzgaard  Norway 1 6 4 -0.3 21.00
Martin Lachkovics  Austria 6 3 4 -0.4 21.00
Andrew Tynes  Bahamas 6 4 5 -0.4 21.00 s
42 Aleksandr Ryabov  Russia 5 8 5 +0.3 21.02
43 Ricardo Williams  Jamaica 4 2 5 +0.2 21.09
44 Sayon Cooper  Liberia 1 3 5 -0.3 21.10
Anastasios Gousis  Greece 8 7 6 +0.4 21.10 s
46 Carlos Gats  Argentina 7 1 5 +0.5 21.15
47 Salem M. M. Al Yami  Saudi Arabia 8 3 7 +0.4 21.18
48 Mohamed Al Hooti  Oman 9 1 5 -0.1 21.19
49 Ricardo Roach  Chad 7 5 6 +0.5 21.20
50 Julieon Raeburn  Trinidad and Tobago 4 8 6 +0.2 21.21
51 Albert Agyemang  Ghana 1 4 6 -0.3 21.22
52 Ezra Kenyoke Sambu  Kenya 7 7 7 +0.5 21.23
53 Pierre Browne  Canada 2 6 6 -0.2 21.28
Marián Vanderka  Slovakia 5 7 6 +0.3 21.28
55 Keita Cline  British Virgin Islands 4 3 7 +0.2 21.42
Jimmy Pino  Colombia 6 6 6 -0.4 21.42
57 Dominic Demeritte  Bahamas 9 4 6 -0.1 21.47
58 Pascal Dangbo  Benin 6 8 7 -0.4 21.54
59 Joseph Loua  Guinea 9 2 7 -0.1 21.60
60 Maqsood Ahmad  Pakistan 6 2 8 -0.4 21.70 s
61 N'Kosie Barnes  Antigua and Barbuda 9 8 8 -0.1 21.82
62 Ali K. R. A. Al Neyadi  United Arab Emirates 5 4 7 +0.3 21.93
63 Jayson Jones  Belize 1 7 7 -0.3 22.20
64 Sherwin James  Dominica 7 2 8 +0.5 22.40 s
65 Christie van Wyk  Namibia 5 1 8 +0.3 46.57
— Tanko Braimah  Ghana 2 3 - -0.2 DSQ
Mohammad Mahabub Alam  Bangladesh 1 2 - -0.3 DNF
Alexios Alexopoulos  Greece 3 6 - +0.5 DNS

Quarterfinal 1
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
1 3 Darren Campbell  Great Britain 0.175 20.13 Q, PB
2 6 Konstantinos Kenteris  Greece 0.203 20.14 Q, NR
3 4 Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago 0.160 20.28 Q
4 5 Shingo Suetsugu  Japan 0.182 20.37 Q
5 8 Marcin Urbaś  Poland 0.159 20.43 SB
6 7 Geir Moen  Norway 0.165 20.65
7 2 Antoine Boussombo  Gabon 0.163 20.71
8 1 Héber Viera  Uruguay 0.196 20.97
Wind: +0.3 m/s

Quarterfinal 2
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
1 6 Obadele Thompson  Barbados 0.195 20.16 Q
2 3 Coby Miller  United States 0.239 20.37 Q
3 4 Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.171 20.47 Q
4 5 Koji Ito  Japan 0.208 20.56 Q, SB
5 8 Dwight Thomas  Jamaica 0.206 20.58 PB
6 2 Petko Yankov  Bulgaria 0.169 20.75
7 7 Venancio José  Spain 0.182 20.79
8 1 Uchenna Emedolu  Nigeria 0.195 20.93
Wind: −0.0 m/s

Quarterfinal 3
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
1 5 John Capel  United States 0.169 20.13 Q
2 3 Christian Malcolm  Great Britain 0.196 20.19 Q, PB
3 4 Claudinei da Silva  Brazil 0.139 20.24 Q
4 8 Tommi Hartonen  Finland 0.179 20.47 Q, NR
5 6 Joseph Batangdon  Cameroon 0.247 20.55
6 3 Alessandro Cavallaro  Italy 0.190 20.95 SB
7 7 Patrick Johnson  Australia 0.252 20.87
8 2 Renward Wells  Bahamas 0.162 21.26
Wind: −0.2 m/s

Quarterfinal 4
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
1 5 Floyd Heard  United States 0.173 20.24 Q
2 4 Christopher Williams  Jamaica 0.187 20.25 Q
3 6 Francis Obikwelu  Nigeria 0.195 20.33 Q
4 3 Stéphan Buckland  Mauritius 0.237 20.53 Q
5 1 Oumar Loum  Senegal 0.186 20.60
6 8 Anninos Marcoullides  Cyprus 0.196 20.71 SB
7 7 Marlon Devonish  Great Britain 0.163 20.82
— 2 Matt Shirvington  Australia — DNS
Wind: +0.4 m/s

Quarterfinals overall results
RankAthleteNationHeatLanePlaceWindTimeQual.Record
1 Darren Campbell  Great Britain 1 3 1 +0.3 20.13 Q PB
John Capel  United States 3 5 1 -0.2 20.13 Q
3 Konstantinos Kenteris  Greece 1 6 2 +0.3 20.14 Q NR
4 Obadele Thompson  Barbados 2 6 1 +0.0 20.16 Q
5 Christian Malcolm  Great Britain 3 3 2 -0.2 20.19 Q PB
6 Floyd Heard  United States 4 5 1 +0.4 20.24 Q
Claudinei da Silva  Brazil 3 4 3 -0.2 20.24 Q
8 Christopher Williams  Jamaica 4 4 2 +0.4 20.25 Q
9 Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago 1 4 3 +0.3 20.28 Q
10 Francis Obikwelu  Nigeria 3 4 3 +0.5 20.33 Q
11 Coby Miller  United States 2 3 2 +0.0 20.37 Q
Shingo Suetsugu  Japan 1 5 4 +0.3 20.37 Q
13 Marcin Urbaś  Poland 1 8 5 +0.3 20.43 SB
14 Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 4 3 +0.0 20.47 Q
Tommi Hartonen  Finland 3 8 4 -0.2 20.47 Q NR
16 Stéphan Buckland  Mauritius 4 3 4 +0.4 20.53 Q
17 Joseph Batangdon  Cameroon 3 6 5 -0.2 20.55
18 Koji Ito  Japan 2 5 4 +0.0 20.56 Q SB
19 Dwight Thomas  Jamaica 2 8 5 +0.0 20.58 PB
20 Oumar Loum  Senegal 4 1 5 +0.4 20.60
21 Geir Moen  Norway 1 7 6 +0.3 20.65
22 Alessandro Cavallaro  Italy 3 1 6 -0.2 20.69
23 Antoine Boussombo  Gabon 1 2 7 +0.3 20.71
Anninos Marcoullides  Cyprus 4 8 6 +0.4 20.71
25 Petko Yankov  Bulgaria 2 2 6 +0.0 20.75
26 Venancio José  Spain 2 7 7 -0.0 20.79
27 Marlon Devonish  Great Britain 4 7 7 +0.4 20.82
28 Patrick Johnson  Australia 3 7 7 -0.2 20.87
29 Uchenna Emedolu  Nigeria 2 1 8 +0.0 20.93
30 Héber Viera  Uruguay 1 1 8 +0.3 20.97
31 Renward Wells  Bahamas 3 2 8 -0.2 21.26
— Matt Shirvington  Australia 4 2 +0.4 DNS

Semifinal 1
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
1 3 John Capel  United States 0.177 20.10 Q
2 6 Christian Malcolm  Great Britain 0.161 20.19 Q
3 8 Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago 0.147 20.20 Q
4 5 Obadele Thompson  Barbados 0.199 20.21 Q
5 4 Christopher Williams  Jamaica 0.197 20.47
6 4 Stéphan Buckland  Mauritius 0.197 20.56
7 7 Francis Obikwelu  Nigeria 0.241 20.71
8 2 Tommi Hartonen  Finland 0.170 20.88
Wind: −1.1 m/s

Semifinal 2
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
1 5 Konstantinos Kenteris  Greece 0.200 20.20 Q
2 3 Darren Campbell  Great Britain 0.234 20.23 Q
3 7 Claudinei da Silva  Brazil 0.196 20.30 Q
4 4 Coby Miller  United States 0.174 20.45 Q
5 1 Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.177 20.57
6 6 Floyd Heard  United States 0.169 20.63
7 8 Koji Ito  Japan 0.212 20.67
8 2 Shingo Suetsugu  Japan 0.177 20.69
Wind: +0.3 m/s

Final
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
5 Konstantinos Kenteris  Greece 0.163 20.09 NR
6 Darren Campbell  Great Britain 0.174 20.14
8 Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago 0.163 20.20
4 7 Obadele Thompson  Barbados 0.205 20.20
5 3 Christian Malcolm  Great Britain 0.202 20.23
6 1 Claudinei da Silva  Brazil 0.192 20.28
7 2 Coby Miller  United States 0.185 20.35
8 4 John Capel  United States 0.348 20.49
Wind: −1.1 m/s

References
  1. "Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Games: Men's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  2. "200 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

Source: Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics available at https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm

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