Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

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Men's 200 metres
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
20090818 Shawn Crawford.jpg
Shawn Crawford (2009)
Venue Athens Olympic Stadium
Dates24–26 August
Competitors54 from 41 nations
Winning time19.79
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Shawn Crawford Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Bernard Williams Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Justin Gatlin Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2000
2008  

The men's 200 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 24 to 26. [1] There were 54 competitors from 41 nations. [2] The event was won by Shawn Crawford of the United States, the nation's 17th victory in the men's 200 metres. His teammates Bernard Williams (silver) and Justin Gatlin (bronze) completed the sixth American sweep in the event and first since 1984.

Barely turned eighteen, Usain Bolt came to the Olympics injured and was not able to compete at the level he had achieved earlier in the season. He was eliminated in the heats in his only Olympic defeat. He would eventually go on to win double gold at the Beijing, triple at London and Rio Olympics.

Background

This was the 24th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Olympics in 1896 but has been on the program ever since. Two of the eight finalists from the 2000 Games returned: silver medalist Darren Campbell and fifth-place finisher Christian Malcolm, both of Great Britain. The 1992 and 1996 silver medalist, Frankie Fredericks of Namibia, had missed the 2000 Games due to injury but returned in 2004. Reigning Olympic champion Konstantinos Kenteris of Greece missed a drug test the day before the Games opened, resulting in his suspension. [2]

Azerbaijan, the Czech Republic, Palau, and Slovenia each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 23rd appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Summary

The final pool looked similar to the 100 metres final pool, with the favorites, Justin Gatlin, Francis Obikwelu and Shawn Crawford in the center of the track. Bernard Williams also was in the final, along with perennial silver medalist Frankie Fredericks. From the gun, Williams near the inside got a clearly better start, quickly making up a step on the stagger to Crawford to his outside. But through the turn, Crawford maintained the distance while running the further distance. Crawford and Gatlin ran about even last portion of the turn looked more powerful than Williams and Gatlin on either side. By the end of the turn, it was the three Americans in the lead, led by Crawford, Obikwelu the closest challenger a step behind. Crawford separated from Gatlin at the head of the straight and the race was for second. Gatlin held the edge down the straight until the last ten metres when Gatlin seemed to struggle and Williams cruised to silver. Next to last at the beginning of the straight, veteran Fredericks gained steadily and was able to dip past Obikwelu for fourth, [3] [4] but not enough to break up the American sweep.

Qualification

The Olympic qualification period for the athletics ran from 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For this event, each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter up to three athletes, provided they had run below 20.59 seconds during this period in IAAF-sanctioned meetings or tournaments. If a NOC had no athletes qualified under this standard, it could enter up to one athlete that had run below 20.75 seconds.

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 7 heats of 7 or 8 runners each, with the top 4 men in each advancing to the quarterfinals along with the next 4 fastest overall. The quarterfinals consisted of 4 heats of 8 athletes each; the 3 fastest men in each heat and the next 4 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

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Michael Johnson  (USA)19.32 Atlanta, United States1 August 1996
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Michael Johnson  (USA)19.32 Atlanta, United States1 August 1996

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

The competition used a three-day schedule rather than a two-day schedule, splitting the semifinals and final into two days. The three-day schedule had previously been used in 1992, but before that had last been used in 1908.

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 24 August 200410:35
20:00
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 25 August 200422:50Semifinals
Thursday, 26 August 200422:50Final

Results

Heats

Qualification rule: The first four finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next four fastest overall runners (q) qualified. [5]

Heat 1

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
16 Stéphane Buckland Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 0.18520.29Q
22 Francis Obikwelu Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0.24320.40Q
22 Juan Pedro Toledo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0.21420.40Q, NR
44 Yang Yaozu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0.21720.59Q, SB
57 Johan Wissman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0.24520.60q
61 Paul Brizzel Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 0.17921.00
73 Nabie Foday Fofanah Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 0.22721.45
8 Hamed Al-Bishi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia DNS
Wind: +1.5 m/s

Heat 2

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
15 Shawn Crawford Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.27220.55Q
28 Christopher Williams Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.14020.57Q
33 Marcin Urbaś Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0.17420.71Q, SB
42 Darren Campbell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0.15520.72Q
51 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Flag of The Gambia.svg  The Gambia 0.15820.78q
64 Leigh Julius Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0.16420.80
76 Geronimo Goeloe Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg  Netherlands Antilles 0.16721.09
87 Basílio de Moraes Júnior Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0.23621.14
Wind: +1.4 m/s

Heat 3

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
15 Frankie Fredericks Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 0.23520.54Q
23 Malik Louahla Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 0.18720.67Q
34 David Canal Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0.18120.72Q
41 Brian Dzingai Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 0.18420.72Q
57 Heber Viera Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 0.25620.94SB
62 Oleg Sergeyev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0.26920.95
78 Menzi Dlamini Flag of Swaziland.svg  Swaziland 0.27021.82
6 Chris Lambert Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0.244DNF
Wind: +2.0 m/s

Heat 4

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
17 Marcin Jędrusiński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0.25620.63Q, SB
22 Tobias Unger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0.16020.65Q
36 Joseph Batangdon Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 0.23920.92Q
48 Géza Pauer Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0.25721.02Q
55 Usain Bolt Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.25421.05
61 Christian Nsiah Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 0.14621.06
73 Hamoud Abdallah Al-Dalhami Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 0.15221.82
84 Ryo Matsuda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0.22324.59
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 5

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
17 Dominic Demeritte Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 0.24620.62Q
28 Christian Malcolm Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0.28420.62Q
35 Panagiotis Sarris Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0.25420.67Q
43 Asafa Powell Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.20720.77Q
52 Jiří Vojtík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0.17920.79
64 Dion Crabbe Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands 0.23120.85
76 Nazmizan Mohamad Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 0.23821.24
81 Adam Miller Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 0.19821.31
Wind: +2.2 m/s

Heat 6

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
12 Bernard Williams Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.20720.29Q
28 Anastasios Gousis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0.23620.44Q, PB
33 Andrew Howe Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 0.19820.55Q
44 Matic Osovnikar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 0.20320.57Q
56 Till Helmke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0.24120.72q
65 Oumar Loum Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 0.24020.97
77 Anninos Marcoullides Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 0.24723.94
Wind: +1.8 m/s

Heat 7

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
12 Sebastian Ernst Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0.22020.47Q, =PB
28 Justin Gatlin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.28220.51Q
36 Marco Torrieri Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 0.22220.68Q
45 Cláudio Roberto Souza Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0.16520.70Q, =SB
57 Brendan Christian Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 0.25120.71q
64 Shinji Takahira Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0.21221.05
73 Dadaş İbrahimov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 0.14121.60
81 Russel Roman Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 0.26424.89
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Quarterfinals

Qualification rule: The first three finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next four fastest overall runners (q) advance to the semifinals. [6]

Quarterfinal 1

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
14 Shawn Crawford Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.20719.95Q
25 Frankie Fredericks Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 0.22820.20Q, SB
33 Tobias Unger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0.16220.30Q, PB
46 Christopher Williams Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.18620.34q, SB
51 Johan Wissman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0.18620.74
67 Géza Pauer Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0.24120.90
72 David Canal Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0.17921.18
8 Joseph Batangdon Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon DNS
Wind: +1.1 m/s

Quarterfinal 2

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
14 Bernard Williams Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.21720.40Q
23 Anastasios Gousis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0.19520.46Q
36 Marcin Jędrusiński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0.19420.55Q, SB
47 Till Helmke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0.14420.76
58 Brian Dzingai Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 0.20620.87
62 Marco Torrieri Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 0.17720.89
75 Malik Louahla Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 0.17520.93
81 Yang Yaozu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0.16221.03
Wind: +0.2 m/s

Quarterfinal 3

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
14 Justin Gatlin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.22020.03Q
28 Asafa Powell Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.20620.23Q
35 Sebastian Ernst Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0.24420.36Q, PB
47 Matic Osovnikar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 0.23520.47q, NR
56 Christian Malcolm Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0.25920.56q
63 Dominic Demeritte Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 0.14120.61
72 Brendan Christian Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 0.18220.63
1 Marcin Urbaś Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0.162DNF
Wind: +0.5 m/s

Quarterfinal 4

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
13 Francis Obikwelu Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0.19120.33Q
25 Stéphane Buckland Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 0.23920.36Q
36 Juan Pedro Toledo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0.27620.43Q
42 Darren Campbell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0.17920.59q, =SB
58 Cláudio Roberto Souza Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0.15920.64SB
67 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Flag of The Gambia.svg  The Gambia 0.24820.73
71 Panagiotis Sarris Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0.18420.92
84 Andrew Howe Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 0.21121.17
Wind: +0.1 m/s

Semifinals

Qualification rule: The first four runners in each semifinal heat (Q) moves on to the final. [7]

Semifinal 1

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
16 Shawn Crawford Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.23120.05Q
24 Bernard Williams Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.20020.18Q
33 Frankie Fredericks Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 0.15220.43Q
42 Tobias Unger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0.17320.54Q
55 Anastasios Gousis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0.20520.68
67 Christopher Williams Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.16420.80
78 Marcin Jędrusiński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0.24520.81
81 Darren Campbell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0.15020.89
Wind: −0.1 m/s

Semifinal 2

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
14 Justin Gatlin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.19520.35Q
26 Francis Obikwelu Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0.24420.36Q
33 Stéphane Buckland Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 0.18320.37Q
45 Asafa Powell Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.23620.56Q
58 Sebastian Ernst Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0.29920.63
62 Juan Pedro Toledo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0.21520.64
77 Christian Malcolm Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0.23920.77
81 Matic Osovnikar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 0.19720.89
Wind: +0.2 m/s

Final

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Shawn Crawford Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.22619.79PB
Silver medal icon.svg3 Bernard Williams Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.17320.01PB
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Justin Gatlin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.19520.03
48 Frankie Fredericks Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 0.24820.14SB
56 Francis Obikwelu Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0.18320.14
67 Stéphane Buckland Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 0.29420.24
71 Tobias Unger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0.15320.64
2 Asafa Powell Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica DNS
Wind: +1.2 m/s [8]

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