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

Men's 200 metres at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Medalists
Konstantinos Kenteris   Greece   Darren Campbell   Great Britain   Ato Boldon   Trinidad and Tobago

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

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

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 am 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	Stéphan Buckland	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 am 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*

* Tanko Braimah was disqualified under IAAF rule 163.3 - lane infringement

Heat 3 of 9 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Time: 10:17 am 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 Urbaś	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 am 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 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 am 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	André da 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 am 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 José	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 am 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

Heat 8 of 9 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Time: 10:47 am Wind: +0.4 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	=2	John Capel, Jr.	United States	4	0.216 s	20.49 s	Q
2	=4	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	6	0.272 s	20.52 s	Q
3	8	Alessandro Cavallaro	Italy	5	0.192 s	20.58 s	Q
4	=21	Héber Viera	Uruguay	8	0.180 s	20.82 s	q	SB
5	27	Patrick Johnson	Australia	2	0.225 s	20.88 s	q
6	=44	Anastasios Gousis	Greece	7	0.325 s	21.10 s
7	47	Salem M. M. Al Yami	Saudi Arabia	3	0.261 s	21.18 s

Heat 9 of 9 Date: Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Time: 10:53 am Wind: -1.0 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	=13	Claudinei da Silva	Brazil	5	0.176 s	20.70 s	Q
2	24	Dwight Thomas	Jamaica	3	0.192 s	20.85 s	Q
3	=25	Oumar Loum	Senegal	7	0.201 s	20.87 s	Q
4	=36	Paul Brizzell	Ireland	6	0.178 s	20.98 s
5	48	Mohamed Al Hooti	Oman	1	0.226 s	21.19 s
6	57	Dominic Demeritte	Bahamas	4	0.167 s	21.47 s
7	59	Joseph Loua	Guinea	2	0.244 s	21.60 s
8	61	N'Kosie Barnes	Antigua and Barbuda	8	0.205 s	21.82 s

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

Round 2

Heat 1 of 4 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Time: 7:30 pm Wind: +0.3 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	=1	Darren Campbell	Great Britain	3	0.175 s	20.13 s	Q	PB
2	3	Konstantinos Kenteris	Greece	6	0.203 s	20.14 s	Q	NR
3	9	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	4	0.160 s	20.28 s	Q
4	=11	Shingo Suetsugu	Japan	5	0.182 s	20.37 s	Q
5	13	Marcin Urbaś	Poland	8	0.159 s	20.43 s		SB
6	21	Geir Moen	Norway	7	0.165 s	20.65 s
7	=23	Antoine Boussombo	Gabon	2	0.163 s	20.71 s
8	30	Héber Viera	Uruguay	1	0.196 s	20.97 s

Heat 2 of 4 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Time: 7:37 pm Wind: 0.0 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	4	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	6	0.195 s	20.16 s	Q
2	=11	Coby Miller	United States	3	0.239 s	20.37 s	Q
3	=14	Kim Collins	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4	0.171 s	20.47 s	Q
4	18	Koji Ito	Japan	5	0.208 s	20.56 s	Q	SB
5	19	Dwight Thomas	Jamaica	8	0.206 s	20.58 s		PB
6	25	Petko Yankov	Bulgaria	2	0.169 s	20.75 s
7	26	Venancio José	Spain	7	0.182 s	20.79 s
8	29	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	1	0.195 s	20.93 s

Heat 3 of 4 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Time: 7:44 pm Wind: -0.2 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	=1	John Capel, Jr.	United States	5	0.169 s	20.13 s	Q
2	5	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	3	0.196 s	20.19 s	Q	PB
3	=6	Claudinei da Silva	Brazil	4	0.139 s	20.24 s	Q
4	=14	Tommi Hartonen	Finland	8	0.179 s	20.47 s	Q	NR
5	17	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	6	0.247 s	20.55 s
6	22	Alessandro Cavallaro	Italy	3	0.190 s	20.95 s		SB
7	28	Patrick Johnson	Australia	7	0.252 s	20.87 s
8	31	Renward Wells	Bahamas	2	0.162 s	21.26 s

Heat 4 of 4 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Time: 7:51 pm Wind: +0.4 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	=6	Floyd Heard	United States	5	0.173 s	20.24 s	Q
2	8	Christopher Williams	Jamaica	4	0.187 s	20.25 s	Q
3	10	Francis Obikwelu	Nigeria	6	0.195 s	20.33 s	Q
4	16	Stéphan Buckland	Mauritius	3	0.237 s	20.53 s	Q
5	20	Oumar Loum	Senegal	1	0.186 s	20.60 s
6	=23	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	8	0.196 s	20.71 s		SB
7	27	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	7	0.163 s	20.82 s
-	-	Matt Shirvington	Australia	2		DNS

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

Semi-Finals

Heat 1 of 2 Date: Thursday 28 September 2000 Wind: -1.1 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	John Capel, Jr.	United States	3	0.177 s	20.10 s	Q
2	2	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	6	0.161 s	20.19 s	Q
3	=3	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	8	0.147 s	20.20 s	Q
4	5	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	5	0.199 s	20.21 s	Q
5	9	Christopher Williams	Jamaica	4	0.197 s	20.47 s
6	10	Stéphan Buckland	Mauritius	4	0.197 s	20.56 s
7	15	Francis Obikwelu	Nigeria	7	0.241 s	20.71 s
8	16	Tommi Hartonen	Finland	2	0.170 s	20.88 s

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Thursday 28 September 2000 Wind: +0.3 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	=3	Konstantinos Kenteris	Greece	5	0.200 s	20.20 s	Q
2	6	Darren Campbell	Great Britain	3	0.234 s	20.23 s	Q
3	7	Claudinei da Silva	Brazil	7	0.196 s	20.30 s	Q
4	8	Coby Miller	United States	4	0.174 s	20.45 s	Q
5	11	Kim Collins	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	0.177 s	20.57 s
6	12	Floyd Heard	United States	6	0.169 s	20.63 s
7	13	Koji Ito	Japan	8	0.212 s	20.67 s
8	14	Shingo Suetsugu	Japan	2	0.177 s	20.69 s

Final

Date: Thursday 28 September 2000 Wind: -1.1 m/s
Place	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Record
1	Konstantinos Kenteris	Greece	5	0.163 s	20.09 s	NR
2	Darren Campbell	Great Britain	6	0.174 s	20.14 s
3	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	8	0.163 s	20.20 s
4	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	7	0.205 s	20.20 s
5	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	3	0.202 s	20.23 s
6	Claudinei da Silva	Brazil	1	0.192 s	20.28 s
7	Coby Miller	United States	2	0.185 s	20.35 s
8	John Capel, Jr.	United States	4	0.348 s	20.49 s

References

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