2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres
at the 2015 World Championships
Men's 200 metres ; at the 2015 World Championships
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	25 August (heats); 26 August (semifinals); 27 August (final)
Competitors	58 from 44 nations
Winning time	19.55
Medalists
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Last updated May 27, 2024

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The men's 200 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 25, 26 and 27 August.^[1]^[2] The winning margin was 0.19 seconds.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:^[3]

The following records were established during the competition:
World record	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.19	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
Championship record	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.19	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
World Leading	Justin Gatlin (USA)	19.57	Eugene, OR, United States	28 June 2015
African record	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	19.68	Atlanta, GA, United States	1 August 1996
Asian record	Shingo Suetsugu (JPN)	20.03	Yokohama, Japan	7 June 2003
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)	19.72A	Mexico City, Mexico	12 September 1979
Oceanian record	Peter Norman (AUS)	20.06A	Mexico City, Mexico	15 October 1968
World leading	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.55	Beijing, China	27 August 2015

Qualification standards

Entry standards^[4]
20.50

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
25 August 2015	19:30	Heats
26 August 2015	20:30	Semifinals
27 August 2015	20:55	Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ramil Guliyev	Turkey (TUR)	20.01	Q, NR
2	2	Alonso Edward	Panama (PAN)	20.11	Q
3	5	Zharnel Hughes	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	20.13	Q
4	6	Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas	Greece (GRE)	20.14	Q
5	5	Julian Forte	Jamaica (JAM)	20.16	Q
6	5	Brendon Rodney	Canada (CAN)	20.18	Q, PB
7	4	Justin Gatlin	United States (USA)	20.19	Q
8	2	Churandy Martina	Netherlands (NED)	20.22	Q, SB
8	7	Anaso Jobodwana	South Africa (RSA)	20.22	Q
10	5	Akani Simbine	South Africa (RSA)	20.23	q, PB
11	6	Warren Weir	Jamaica (JAM)	20.24	Q, SB
12	7	Femi Ogunode	Qatar (QAT)	20.25	Q
13	1	Kenji Fujimitsu	Japan (JPN)	20.28	Q
13	3	Usain Bolt	Jamaica (JAM)	20.28	Q
15	2	Christophe Lemaitre	France (FRA)	20.29	Q
15	3	Roberto Skyers	Cuba (CUB)	20.29	Q
17	5	Jeremy Dodson	Samoa (SAM)	20.31	q, NR
18	2	Kei Takase	Japan (JPN)	20.33	q
19	3	Yancarlos Martínez	Dominican Republic (DOM)	20.34	Q
20	4	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	Japan (JPN)	20.35	Q
20	6	Daniel Talbot	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	20.35	Q
22	1	Reynier Mena	Cuba (CUB)	20.37	Q
23	7	Miguel Francis	Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)	20.38	Q
24	1	Hua Wilfried Koffi	Ivory Coast (CIV)	20.39	SB
25	4	Nickel Ashmeade	Jamaica (JAM)	20.40	Q
26	2	Bruno de Barros	Brazil (BRA)	20.42
27	4	Carvin Nkanata	Kenya (KEN)	20.43
27	7	Aaron Brown	Canada (CAN)	20.43
29	4	Jeffrey John	France (FRA)	20.48
30	2	Tega Odele	Nigeria (NGR)	20.49
31	1	Mike Mokamba Nyang'au	Kenya (KEN)	20.51
31	3	Julian Reus	Germany (GER)	20.51
31	1	Isiah Young	United States (USA)	20.51
31	7	Kyle Greaux	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	20.51
35	3	Julius Morris	Montserrat (MNT)	20.56
36	7	Aldemir da Silva Junior	Brazil (BRA)	20.59
37	5	Serhiy Smelyk	Ukraine (UKR)	20.60
38	6	Robin Erewa	Germany (GER)	20.67
39	4	Antoine Adams	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	20.75
40	6	Karol Zalewski	Poland (POL)	20.77
41	5	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Swaziland (SWZ)	20.78	SB
42	6	Adama Jammeh	Gambia (GAM)	20.81	SB
43	3	Teray Smith	Bahamas (BAH)	20.91
44	5	Harold Houston	Bermuda (BER)	20.92
45	3	Sydney Siame	Zambia (ZAM)	21.08
46	2	Tatenda Tsumba	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	21.21
47	1	Mohammed Abukhousa	Palestine (PLE)	21.36	SB
48	6	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho (LES)	21.43
49	1	Liaquat Ali	Pakistan (PAK)	21.55
50	2	Luka Rakić	Montenegro (MNE)	21.86
51	4	Phearath Nget	Cambodia (CAM)	22.11
52	3	Mauriel Carty	Anguilla (AIA)	22.63	SB
53	4	Jerai Torres	Gibraltar (GIB)	22.77	SB
54	2	Beouch Ngirchongor	Northern Mariana Islands (NMI)	23.93	PB
	7	Xie Zhenye	China (CHN)	DQ	20.35
	7	Álex Quiñónez	Ecuador (ECU)	DQ
	1	Ahmed Ali	Sudan (SUD)	DQ
	3	Rolando Palacios	Honduras (HON)	DQ
	4	Mohammad Hossein Abareghi	Iran (IRI)	DNS
	6	Wallace Spearmon	United States (USA)	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Justin Gatlin	United States (USA)	19.87	Q
2	3	Usain Bolt	Jamaica (JAM)	19.95	Q, SB
3	3	Anaso Jobodwana	South Africa (RSA)	20.01	Q, PB
4	2	Alonso Edward	Panama (PAN)	20.02	Q
5	2	Femi Ogunode	Qatar (QAT)	20.05	q, NR
6	3	Ramil Guliyev	Turkey (TUR)	20.10	q
7	1	Zharnel Hughes	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	20.14	Q
7	3	Miguel Francis	Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)	20.14
9	1	Nickel Ashmeade	Jamaica (JAM)	20.19	Q
10	1	Churandy Martina	Netherlands (NED)	20.20	SB
11	1	Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas	Greece (GRE)	20.22
12	3	Roberto Skyers	Cuba (CUB)	20.23
13	3	Daniel Talbot	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	20.27	PB
14	2	Yancarlos Martínez	Dominican Republic (DOM)	20.31
15	1	Christophe Lemaitre	France (FRA)	20.34
15	3	Kenji Fujimitsu	Japan (JPN)	20.34
17	1	Akani Simbine	South Africa (RSA)	20.37
18	1	Warren Weir	Jamaica (JAM)	20.43
19	1	Brendon Rodney	Canada (CAN)	20.46
20	2	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	Japan (JPN)	20.47
21	2	Jeremy Dodson	Samoa (SAM)	20.53
22	2	Reynier Mena	Cuba (CUB)	20.56
23	2	Julian Forte	Jamaica (JAM)	20.57
24	3	Kei Takase	Japan (JPN)	20.64

Final

The final was held at 20:55.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Usain Bolt	Jamaica (JAM)	19.55	WL
	4	Justin Gatlin	United States (USA)	19.74
	7	Anaso Jobodwana	South Africa (RSA)	19.87	NR
4	9	Alonso Edward	Panama (PAN)	19.87^[8]	SB
5	5	Zharnel Hughes	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	20.02	PB
6	3	Ramil Guliyev	Turkey (TUR)	20.11
7	2	Femi Ogunode	Qatar (QAT)	20.27
8	8	Nickel Ashmeade	Jamaica (JAM)	20.33

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References

↑ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
↑ Start list
↑ "Records & Lists – 200 meters". IAAF . Retrieved 17 August 2015.
↑ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 17 August 2015
↑ Heats results
↑ Semifinals results
↑ Final results
↑ Obodwana and Edward were awarded the same time, but Jobodwana was faster by 2 milliseconds – 19.861 versus 19.863

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[1] "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.

[2] Start list

[3] "Records & Lists – 200 meters". IAAF . Retrieved 17 August 2015.

[4] IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 17 August 2015

[5] Heats results

[6] Semifinals results

[7] Final results

[8] Obodwana and Edward were awarded the same time, but Jobodwana was faster by 2 milliseconds – 19.861 versus 19.863

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