Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

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Men's 200 metres
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue Stade de France, Paris, France [1]
Dates
  • 5 August 2024 (heats)
  • 6 August 2024 (repechage round)
  • 7 August 2024 (semi-finals)
  • 8 August 2024 (final)
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The men's 200 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in four rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, between 5 and 8 August 2024. This will be the 29th time that the men's 200 metres is contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 48 athletes will be able to qualify for the event by entry standard or ranking.

Background

The men's 200 metres has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900. The reigning Olympic champion is Andre De Grasse from Canada.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
RecordAthlete (Nation)Time (s)LocationDate
World record Flag of Jamaica.svg  Usain Bolt  (JAM)19.19 [2] Berlin, Germany20 August 2009
Olympic record 19.30 Beijing, China20 August 2008
World leadingFlag of the United States.svg  Noah Lyles  (USA)19.53 [3] Eugene, United States29 June 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics [4]
Area RecordAthlete (Nation)Time (s)
Africa ( records )Flag of Botswana.svg  Letsile Tebogo  (BOT)19.50
Asia ( records )Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xie Zhenye  (CHN)19.88
Europe ( records )Flag of Italy.svg  Pietro Mennea  (ITA)19.72
North, Central America

and Caribbean ( records )

Flag of Jamaica.svg  Usain Bolt  (JAM)19.19 WR
Oceania ( records )Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Peter Norman  (AUS)20.06
South America ( records )Flag of Panama.svg  Alonso Edward  (PAN)19.81

Qualification

For the men's 200 metres event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. [5] 48 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 20.16 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event. [5]

Rounds

Heats

The heats are scheduled to be held on 5 August, starting at 19:55 (UTC+2) in the evening. [1]


RankHeatLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
Noah Lyles Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Letsile Tebogo Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Kenneth Bednarek Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Erriyon Knighton Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Zharnel Hughes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Tarsis Orogot Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Andre De Grasse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Tapiwanashe Makarawu Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Wanya Mccoy Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
Cheickna Traore Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Makanakaishe Charamba Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Bryan Levell Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Aaron Brown Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Alexander Ogando Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Joshua Hartmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Andrew Hudson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Pablo Mateo Flag of France.svg  France
Joseph Fahnbulleh Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia
Shaun Maswanganyi Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Udodi Onwuzurike Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Jereem Richards Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Filippo Tortu Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Brendon Rodney Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Luxolo Adams Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Zhenye Xie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Benjamin Richardson Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Towa Uzawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
William Reais Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Ryan Zeze Flag of France.svg  France
Blessing Afrifah Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Eseosa Desalu Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Calab Law Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Ian Kerr Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
Timothé Mumenthaler Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Renan Gallina Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
César Almirón Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Koki Ueyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Albert Komański Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Eduard Kubelík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
José González Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Ondřej Macík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Shota Iizuka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Tomáš Němejc Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Chun-Han Yang Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Erik Erlandsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Felix Svensson Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Diego Pettorossi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

Repechage round

The repechage round is scheduled to be held on 6 August, starting at 12:30 (UTC+2) in the afternoon. [1]

Semi-finals

The semi-finals are scheduled to be held on 7 August, starting at 20:02 (UTC+2) in the evening. [1]

Final

The final is scheduled to be held on 8 August, starting at 20:30 (UTC+2) in the evening. [1]

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