Men's 200 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships | |
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Venue | National Stadium |
Location | Tokyo, Japan |
Dates | 17 September (heats) 18 September (semi-finals) 19 September (final) |
Competitors | 54 from 34 nations |
Events at the 2025 World Championships | ||
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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 | women |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
mixed | ||
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | women |
35 km walk | men | women |
Field events | ||
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | women |
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | women |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
World Team event | ||
World Team | ||
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]
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 | ![]() | 19.63 | Eugene, United States | 3 August 2025 |
African Record | ![]() | 19.46 | Paris, France | 8 August 2024 |
Asian Record | ![]() | 19.88 | London, United Kingdom | 21 July 2019 |
European Record | ![]() | 19.72 | Mexico City, Mexico | 12 September 1979 |
North, Central American and Caribbean record | ![]() | 19.19 | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 |
Oceanian record | ![]() | 20.02 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 24 June 2025 |
South American Record | ![]() | 19.81 | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 |
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.16. [3]
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows: [1]
Date | Time | Round |
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17 September | 20:15 | Heats |
18 September | 21:02 | Semi-finals |
19 September | 22:06 | Final |