Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

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Men's 200 metres
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
The Soviet Union 1988 CPA 5959 stamp (Games of the XXIV Olympiad Seoul '1988. Long jump).jpg
Soviet stamp commemorating 1988 Olympic athletics
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates26 September 1988 (heats and quarterfinals)
28 September 1988 (semifinals and final)
Competitors72 from 59 nations
Winning time19.75 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Joe DeLoach
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Carl Lewis
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Robson da Silva
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil
  1984
1992  

The men's 200 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 72 competitors from 59 nations, with ten qualifying heats (72), five quarterfinal races (40) and two semifinals (16), before the final (8) took off on Wednesday September 28, 1988. [1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Joe DeLoach of the United States, beating his teammate and defending champion Carl Lewis by 0.04 seconds in the final. The defeat ended Lewis's hopes of repeating his 1984 quadruple, despite running the final under his own Olympic record time. It was the United States' 14th victory in the men's 200 metres. Lewis was the seventh man to win multiple medals in the event, matching Andy Stanfield for the best result to that point (a gold and a silver). Robson da Silva earned Brazil's first medal in the event with his bronze.

Background

This was the 20th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Olympics in 1896 but has been on the program ever since. Three of the eight finalists from the 1984 Games returned: gold medalist Carl Lewis of the United States, fifth-place finisher Ralf Lübke of West Germany, and seventh-place finisher Pietro Mennea of Italy. Mennea was competing in his fifth Games in this event, having won bronze in 1972, finished fourth in 1976, and won gold in 1980 previously. Lewis was attempting to repeat his 1984 quadruple of winning the 100 metres, 200 metres, long jump, and 4x100 metres relay (and had started well on that goal, winning the 100 and the long jump). He had placed second in the U.S. trials to Joe DeLoach in this event, however, and the competition between the two was expected to be tight. Nobody else running the event was thought to be close to the American pair. [2]

Burkina Faso, Chinese Taipei, the Maldives, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Yemen, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Vietnam each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 19th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format

The competition used the four round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The "fastest loser" system introduced in 1960 was used in the heats and quarterfinals.

There were 10 heats of 7 or 8 runners each, with the top 3 men in each advancing to the quarterfinals along with the next 10 fastest overall. The quarterfinals consisted of 5 heats of 8 athletes each; the 3 fastest men in each heat and the next fastest overall advanced to the semifinals. There were 2 semifinals, each with 8 runners. The top 4 athletes in each semifinal advanced. The final had 8 runners. The races were run on a 400-metre track. [2]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World recordFlag of Italy.svg  Pietro Mennea  (ITA)19.72 Mexico City, Mexico 12 September 1979
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Carl Lewis  (USA)19.80 Los Angeles, United States 8 August 1984

Joe DeLoach and Carl Lewis both finished the final under the Olympic record time; DeLoach's 19.75 seconds became the new record, while Lewis's 19.79 seconds was good for silver.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

DateTimeRound
Monday, 26 September 198811:05
14:00
Heats
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 28 September 198813:40
16:00
Semifinals
Final

Results

Heats

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 10 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.

RankHeatAthleteNationTimeNotes
12 Gilles Quénéhervé Flag of France.svg  France 20.55Q
3 Atlee Mahorn Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 20.55Q
31 Roy Martin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.65Q
8 Cyprian Enweani Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 20.65Q
510 Stefano Tilli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20.68Q
68 Daniel Sangouma Flag of France.svg  France 20.70Q
710 Carl Lewis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.72Q
810 Olapade Adeniken Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 20.77Q
96 Kennedy Ondiek Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 20.79Q
103 Ralf Lübke Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 20.81Q
118 Patrick Stevens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 20.84Q
128 Norbert Dobeleit Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 20.86q
134 John Regis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 20.90Q
146 Troy Douglas Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda 20.91Q
154 Clive Wright Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 20.94Q
161 Michael Rosswess Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 20.95Q
172 Kenji Yamauchi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 20.98Q
5 Joe DeLoach Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.98Q
6 Attila Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 20.98Q
2010 John Myles-Mills Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 21.04q
217 Linford Christie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 21.05Q
225 Mark Garner Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 21.09Q
235 Edgardo Guilbe Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 21.09Q
242 Iziaq Adeyanju Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 21.10Q
6 Pietro Mennea Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 21.10q
267 Bruno Marie-Rose Flag of France.svg  France 21.11Q
279 Robson da Silva Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 21.12Q
2810 Mostefa-Kamel Selmi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 21.24q
292 Jang Jae-keun Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 21.27q
305 Andreas Berger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 21.29q
319 Luís Barroso Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 21.31Q
321 Harouna Pale Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 21.33Q
8 Li Feng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 21.33q
9 Jimmy Flemming Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 21.33Q
351 Nchinda Samuel-Kaya Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 21.45q
7 Courtney Brown Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 21.45Q
372 Lee Shiunn-Long Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 21.53q
388 Ousmane Diarra Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 21.55q
393 Oliver Daniels Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 21.59Q
401 Henri Ndinga Flag of the People's Republic of Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 21.66
411 Fabian Muyaba Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 21.66
424 Ibrahima Tamba Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 21.68Q
433 Leung Wing Kwong Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong 21.69
447 Luís Cunha Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 21.72
454 Issa Alassane Ousséni Flag of Benin (1975-1990).svg  Benin 21.74
466 Lindel Hodge Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands 21.78
473 Sunday Olweny Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 21.79
486 Abdullah Al-Khalidi Flag of Oman (1970-1995).svg  Oman 21.82
492 Aouf Abdul Rahman Youssef Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg  Iraq 21.88
6 André François Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 21.88
513 Muhammad Afzal Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 21.89
522 Takale Tuna Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 21.95
535 Henriko Atkins Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 21.98
5410 Jerry Jeremiah Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 22.01
551 Markus Büchel Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 22.02
563 Mohamed Fahd Al-Bishi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 22.09
578 Abdullah Ali Ahmed Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya 22.11
587 Carlos Moreno Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 22.13
599 Alexandre Yougbare Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 22.14
607 Odia Silweya Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 22.24
619 Gustavo Envela Mahua Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 22.33
624 Maloni Bole Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 22.44
637 Peauope Suli Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 22.49
641 Mohamed Shah Alam Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 22.52
654 Claude Roumain Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 22.60
10 Howard Lindsay Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 22.60
678 Nguyễn Đình Minh Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 22.65
685 Robert Loua Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 22.78
699 Benny Kgarametso Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 22.79
702 Sahim Saleh Mehdi Flag of South Yemen.svg  South Yemen 22.95
716 Ismail Asif Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 23.17
9 Gaspar Fernandes Flag of Angola.svg  Angola DSQ
4 Samuel Birch Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia DNS
5 Simon Kipkemboi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya DNS
7 Boeviyoulou Lawson Flag of Togo.svg  Togo DNS

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Carl Lewis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.57Q
2 John Regis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 20.61Q
3 Cyprian Enweani Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 20.62Q
4 Edgardo Guilbe Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 20.73q
5 Kenji Yamauchi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 20.94
6 Jimmy Flemming Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 21.23
7 Moustafa Kamel Salmi Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 21.26
8 Ousmane Diarra Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 21.46

Quarterfinal 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Bruno Marie-Rose Flag of France.svg  France 20.48Q
2 Roy Martin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.54Q
3 Troy Douglas Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda 20.70Q
4 Kennedy Ondiek Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 20.79
5 Attila Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 21.19
6 Lee Shiunn-Long Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 21.34
7 Harouna Pale Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 21.35
Pietro Mennea Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNS

Quarterfinal 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Linford Christie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 20.49Q
2 Atlee Mahorn Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 20.59Q
3 Ralf Lübke Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 20.80Q
4 Luís Barroso Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 20.81
5 Patrick Stevens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 20.94
6 John Myles-Mills Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 20.95
7 Andreas Berger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 21.40
8 Ibrahima Tamba Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 21.93

Quarterfinal 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Joe DeLoach Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.56Q
2 Gilles Quénéhervé Flag of France.svg  France 20.77Q
3 Olapade Adeniken Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 20.92Q
4 Norbert Dobeleit Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 20.98
5 Mark Garner Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 21.08
6 Jang Jae-Geun Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 21.35
7 Li Feng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 21.38
8 Oliver Daniels Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 22.25

Quarterfinal 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Robson da Silva Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 20.41Q
2 Stefano Tilli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20.67Q
3 Michael Rosswess Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 20.74Q
4 Daniel Sangouma Flag of France.svg  France 20.81
5 Clive Wright Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 20.87
6 Isiag Adeyanju Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 21.01
7 Courtney Brown Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 21.18
8 Samuel Nchinda-Kaya Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 21.39

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Carl Lewis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.23Q
2 Robson da Silva Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 20.28Q
3 Atlee Mahorn Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 20.43Q
4 Gilles Quénéhervé Flag of France.svg  France 20.54Q
5 Stefano Tilli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20.59
6 Roy Martin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.62
7 John Regis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 20.69
8 Ralf Lübke Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 21.23

Semifinal 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Joe DeLoach Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20.06Q
2 Linford Christie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 20.33Q
3 Bruno Marie-Rose Flag of France.svg  France 20.50Q
4 Michael Rosswess Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 20.51Q
5 Cyprian Enweani Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 20.57
6 Olapade Adeniken Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 20.67
7 Edgardo Guilbe Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 20.77
8 Troy Douglas Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda 20.84

Final

Carl Lewis' time of 19.79 seconds was the fastest non-winning time until the 1996 Olympic final.

As of 2023, DeLoach's winning margin of 0.04 seconds remains the smallest winning margin in the history of the event.

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Joe DeLoach Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19.75 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Carl Lewis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 19.79
Bronze medal icon.svg Robson da Silva Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 20.04
4 Linford Christie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 20.09NR
5 Atlee Mahorn Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 20.39
6 Gilles Quénéhervé Flag of France.svg  France 20.40
7 Michael Rosswess Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 20.51
8 Bruno Marie-Rose Flag of France.svg  France 20.58

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