Men's 200 metres at the 2023 World Championships | ||||||||||
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![]() Final of the event | ||||||||||
Venue | National Athletics Centre | |||||||||
Dates | 23 August (heats) 24 August (semi-finals) 25 August (final) | |||||||||
Winning time | 19.52 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Events at the 2023 World Championships | ||
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World Team event | ||
World Team | ||
The men's 200 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest from 23 to 25 August 2023. [1] The winning margin was 0.23 seconds.
As the carts were bringing the semi-finalists to the track from the warm-up area, one cart T-boned the other. Andrew Hudson received minor injuries with broken glass getting into his eye. The first semi was moved to last in the order to give Hudson and the other athletes a chance to recover. A relaxed defending champion Noah Lyles came through as the #1 qualifier. Hudson finished fourth in the semi-final, but was granted the extra lane in the final.
In the final, the start was fairly even, with the exception of Joseph Fahnbulleh's notoriously slow start, accentuated by Hudson's fast start in lane 1 next to him. As they were beginning to exit the turn, the three Americans, Lyles, Erriyon Knighton, and Kenny Bednarek, along with Letsile Tebogo all on the outside of the tracking Zharnel Hughes, were still even. With Lyles' notorious closing speed, that was bad news for the other competitors. From there, true to form, Lyles opened a gap that continued to widen to the finish. The next two runners to gain separation were the youngsters, 19 year old Knighton, then 20 year old Tebogo. Lyles had 3 metres over Knighton at the finish. Knighton was barely a metre clear of Tebogo. Lyles' 19.52 winning time equalled the #14 time in history, tied with two previous efforts from Lyles (but he's also run faster on four other occasions). Knighton's 19.75 means he owns all of the top 12 times ever run by a U20 athlete. This World Championship title was a three-peat for Lyles and completed the second leg of his pre-meet announced plan to take three gold medals.
Before the competition records were as follows: [2]
Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
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World record | ![]() | 19.19 | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 |
Championship record | ||||
World Leading | ![]() | 19.47 | London, Great Britain | 23 July 2023 |
African Record | ![]() | 19.50 | London, Great Britain | 23 July 2023 |
Asian Record | ![]() | 19.88 | London, Great Britain | 21 July 2019 |
North, Central American and Caribbean record | ![]() | 19.19 | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 |
South American Record | ![]() | 19.81 | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 |
European Record | ![]() | 19.72 | Mexico City, Mexico | 12 September 1979 |
Oceanian record | ![]() | 20.06 | Mexico City, Mexico | 16 October 1968 |
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.16 seconds. [3]
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), is as follows: [1]
Date | Time | Round |
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23 August | 12:15 | Heats |
24 August | 20:20 | Semi-finals |
25 August | 21:50 | Final |
Round 1 took place on 23 August. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 3 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semi-final. [4] The overall results were as follows: [5]
Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: −0.1 m/s, Heat 3: −1.4 m/s, Heat 4: −0.2 m/s, Heat 5: −0.2 m/s, Heat 6: −0.5 m/s, Heat 7: −0.1 m/s
The semi-final took place on 24 August, with the 24 athletes involved being split into 3 heats of 8 athletes each. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 2 fastest ( q ) will qualify for the final. [6] The overall results were as follows: [7]
Wind:
Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: -0.4 m/s
The final started at 21:54 on 25 August. The results were as follows: [8]
Wind: –0.2 m/s
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 6 | Noah Lyles | ![]() | 19.52 | |
![]() | 8 | Erriyon Knighton | ![]() | 19.75 | |
![]() | 9 | Letsile Tebogo | ![]() | 19.81 | |
4 | 4 | Zharnel Hughes | ![]() | 20.02 | |
5 | 7 | Kenneth Bednarek | ![]() | 20.07 | |
6 | 3 | Andre De Grasse | ![]() | 20.14 | |
7 | 5 | Alexander Ogando | ![]() | 20.23 | |
8 | 1 | Andrew Hudson | ![]() | 20.40 | |
9 | 2 | Joseph Fahnbulleh | ![]() | 20.57 |
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