2025 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

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Men's 200 metres
at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Venue National Stadium
Location Tokyo, Japan
Dates17 September (heats)
18 September (semi-finals)
19 September (final)
Competitors54 from 34 nations
  2023
2027  

The men's 200 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships will be held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 17, 18 and 19 September 2025. [1]

Contents

Summary


Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [2]

RecordAthlete & Nat.Perf.LocationDate
World record Flag of Jamaica.svg  Usain Bolt  (JAM)19.19 Berlin, Germany 20 August 2009
Championship record
World LeadingFlag of the United States.svg  Noah Lyles  (USA)19.63 Eugene, United States3 August 2025
African Record Flag of Botswana.svg  Letsile Tebogo  (BOT)19.46 Paris, France8 August 2024
Asian Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xie Zhenye  (CHN)19.88 London, United Kingdom21 July 2019
European Record Flag of Italy.svg  Pietro Mennea  (ITA)19.72 Mexico City, Mexico12 September 1979
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of Jamaica.svg  Usain Bolt  (JAM)19.19 Berlin, Germany20 August 2009
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Gout Gout  (AUS)20.02 Ostrava, Czech Republic24 June 2025
South American Record Flag of Panama.svg  Alonso Edward  (PAN)19.81 Berlin, Germany20 August 2009

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.16. [3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows: [1]

DateTimeRound
17 September20:15 Heats
18 September21:02 Semi-finals
19 September22:06 Final

Results

Heats

Semi-finals

Final

References

  1. 1 2 "Timetable - Tokyo 25 - World Athletics Championship - Men 200 Metres". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  2. "200 Metres Men − Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  3. "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.