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


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The men's 200 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in four rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, between 5 and 8 August 2024. This was the 29th time that the men's 200 metres was contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 48 athletes were able to qualify for the event by entry standard or ranking.

Men's 200 metres

at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad

VenueStade de France, Paris, France[1]
Dates
  • 5 August 2024 (heats)
  • 6 August 2024 (repechage round)
  • 7 August 2024 (semi-finals)
  • 8 August 2024 (final)
Competitors45 from 26 nations
Winning time19.46 WL
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Letsile Tebogo  Botswana
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kenneth Bednarek  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Noah Lyles  United States

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The event is surprisingly stable, with the first six at the previous Olympics all returning. After winning three successive World Championships in a row, the 2020 bronze medalist, Noah Lyles was the favorite. The defending champion, Andre De Grasse, was the silver medalist in 2016 and at the 2019 World Championships. The returning silver medalist, Kenny Bednarek also finished second to Lyles in 2022 but was left off the podium in 2023, finishing fifth. Fourth place in 2021 was the youngster Erriyon Knighton, now 20 years old but experienced, having finished third in 2022 and second in 2023. Lyles' forte that has helped him win not only 200 metre races but more recently the 100 metres in 2023 and these Olympics is his closing top end speed. Fifth place in 2021 was Joseph Fahnbulleh with a notorious poor start, consistently has fast closing speed, picking off competitors down the home stretch year after year. And in 2023, bronze medalist Letsile Tebogo was actually gaining on Lyles toward the finish. Another wild card here is the sole appearance of these games by 400 metre world record holder and 2016 Olympic champion Wayde van Niekerk.

The first semi-final saw Bednarek running a relaxed 20.00 but Alexander Ogando displaced De Grasse. The second saw Tebogo beat Lyles with a 19.96. Knighton and Fahnbulleh qualified out of semi 3 with van Niekerk tying for last place. Time qualifiers were both from Zimbabwe; Tapiwanashe Makarawu and Makanakaishe Charamba.[2]

In the final, Tebogo achieved the fastest start, with Lyles giving 0.1 seconds. Bednarek quickly moved out through the turn to take the lead by 0.05 seconds over Tebogo, who was starting to move. Bednarek and Tebogo entered the straightaway, side by side, with Lyles a small distance behind. From there Tebogo accelerated for a relaxed win. Lyles struggled to achieve a fast closing speed, as his form fell apart towards the end. He held his position ahead of Knighton to finish third. Second, third, and fourth places were identical to the previous Olympics, but with Tebogo taking first place.[3]

Tebogo became the 5th fastest performer in history, setting a new African record. Bednarek and Lyles also recorded sprints that ranked among the top ten fastest 200m times in Olympic history.[4]

After the race, Lyles collapsed on the track and was taken off in a wheelchair. It was later confirmed that he had tested positive for COVID-19 two days prior, which affected his performance.[5] He later stated he would not run in the 4x100m or 4x400m relay races.[6]

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
Record Athlete (nation) Time (s) Location Date
World record   Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.19[7] Berlin, Germany 20 August 2009
Olympic record 19.30 Beijing, China 20 August 2008
World leading   Noah Lyles (USA) 19.53[8] Eugene, United States 29 June 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[9]
Area record Athlete (nation) Time (s)
Africa (records)   Letsile Tebogo (BOT) 19.50
Asia (records)   Xie Zhenye (CHN) 19.88
Europe (records)   Pietro Mennea (ITA) 19.72
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
  Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.19 WR
Oceania (records)   Peter Norman (AUS) 20.06
South America (records)   Alonso Edward (PAN) 19.81

The 2024 edition of the event introduced a significant change to the competition format, in the addition of a repechage round. For the first round to semifinals advancement, instead of the "fastest losers" method used previously (and still used for the repechage to semifinals and the semifinals to final advancements), all of the runners who did not qualify on place received a second chance to run in the repechage round. This increased the number of rounds from three to four, and guaranteed that all runners could run at least twice.[10]

In the first round, the top 3 in each of the 6 heats advanced to the semifinals, with all remaining runners relegated to the repechage. The repechage had 4 heats, with the top 1 runner in each heat plus the next 2 fastest overall advancing to the semifinals. For the semifinals, the top 2 in each of the 3 heats advanced along with the next 2 fastest overall.

For the men's 200 metres event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.[11] 48 athletes were 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.[11]

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

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Joseph Fahnbulleh   Liberia 20.20 Q
2 9 Eseosa Desalu   Italy 20.26 Q
3 3 Wayde van Niekerk   South Africa 20.42 Q
4 7 Ryan Zeze   France 20.49
5 8 Felix Svensson   Switzerland 20.54 (.534)
6 2 Cheickna Traore   Ivory Coast 20.54 (.536)
7 5 Calab Law   Australia 20.75
8 6 Albert Komański   Poland 20.77
Wind: +0.1 m/s

[12]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Tarsis Orogot   Uganda 20.32 Q
2 9 Wanya McCoy   Bahamas 20.35 Q
3 6 Renan Gallina   Brazil 20.41 Q
4 7 Andrew Hudson   Jamaica 20.53
5 2 Udodi Onwuzurike   Nigeria 20.55
6 8 César Almirón   Paraguay 20.87
7 4 Tomáš Němejc   Czech Republic 21.03
5 José González   Dominican Republic DNS
Wind: -0.1 m/s

[13]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Letsile Tebogo   Botswana 20.10 Q
2 4 Makanakaishe Charamba   Zimbabwe 20.27 Q
3 8 Filippo Tortu   Italy 20.29 Q
4 2 Brendon Rodney   Canada 20.30 SB
5 5 Timothé Mumenthaler   Switzerland 20.63
6 7 Koki Ueyama   Japan 20.84
7 6 Benjamin Richardson   South Africa 51.86 injury[14]
Wind: -0.1 m/s

[15]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Kenneth Bednarek   United States 19.96 Q
2 5 Alexander Ogando   Dominican Republic 20.04 Q
3 2 Joshua Hartmann   Germany 20.30 Q
4 7 Diego Pettorossi   Italy 20.63
5 4 Shota Iizuka   Japan 20.67
6 6 Ondřej Macík   Czech Republic 21.04
8 Zharnel Hughes   Great Britain DNS
Wind: +0.2 m/s

[16]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Erriyon Knighton   United States 19.99 Q
2 3 Tapiwanashe Makarawu   Zimbabwe 20.07 Q
3 7 Shaun Maswanganyi   South Africa 20.20 Q
4 2 Aaron Brown   Canada 20.36
5 9 Ian Kerr   Bahamas 20.53
6 6 Pablo Mateo   France 20.58
7 8 Erik Erlandsson   Sweden 20.65
8 5 Eduard Kubelík   Czech Republic 21.14
Wind: +0.2 m/s

[17]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Noah Lyles   United States 20.19 Q
2 7 Andre De Grasse   Canada 20.30 Q
3 4 Towa Uzawa   Japan 20.33 Q
4 5 Bryan Levell   Jamaica 20.47
5 2 Blessing Afrifah   Israel 20.78
6 8 Chun-Han Yang   Chinese Taipei 20.83
7 3 William Reais   Switzerland 20.92
Wind: +0.1 m/s

[18]

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

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Udodi Onwuzurike   Nigeria 20.51 Q
2 8 Diego Pettorossi   Italy 20.53
3 5 Timothé Mumenthaler   Switzerland 20.67
4 7 Shota Iizuka   Japan 20.72
5 4 Ondřej Macík   Czech Republic 21.14
3 Cheickna Traore   Ivory Coast DNS
Wind: +1.0 m/s

[19]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Brendon Rodney   Canada 20.42 Q
2 5 Bryan Levell   Jamaica 20.47 q
3 8 Pablo Mateo   France 20.57
4 6 Koki Ueyama   Japan 20.92
3 César Almirón   Paraguay DQ TR 17.3.3
7 Calab Law   Australia DNS
Wind: +0.6 m/s

[20]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 7 Ryan Zeze   France 20.40 Q
2 4 Aaron Brown   Canada 20.42 q
3 6 Chun-Han Yang   Chinese Taipei 20.73
4 3 Blessing Afrifah   Israel 20.88
5 2 Albert Komański   Poland 20.90
6 8 Eduard Kubelík   Czech Republic 21.20
5 William Reais   Switzerland DNS
Wind: 0.0 m/s

[21]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Erik Erlandsson   Sweden 20.49 Q, PB
2 7 Andrew Hudson   Jamaica 20.55
3 8 Ian Kerr   Bahamas 20.60
4 5 Felix Svensson   Switzerland 20.65
5 3 Tomáš Němejc   Czech Republic 20.84
4 Benjamin Richardson   South Africa DNS
Wind: +0.3 m/s

[22]

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

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 7 Kenneth Bednarek   United States 20.00 Q
2 8 Alexander Ogando   Dominican Republic 20.09 Q
3 5 Andre De Grasse   Canada 20.41
4 4 Shaun Maswanganyi   South Africa 20.42
5 9 Wanya McCoy   Bahamas 20.61
6 6 Tarsis Gracious Orogot   Uganda 20.64
7 3 Ryan Zeze   France 20.81
8 2 Bryan Levell   Jamaica 20.93
Wind: -0.1 m/s

[23]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 8 Letsile Tebogo   Botswana 19.96 Q
2 6 Noah Lyles   United States 20.08 Q
3 4 Makanakaishe Charamba   Zimbabwe 20.31 q
4 7 Eseosa Fostine Desalu   Italy 20.37
5 5 Joshua Hartmann   Germany 20.47
6 9 Towa Uzawa   Japan 20.54
7 3 Aaron Brown   Canada 20.57
8 2 Erik Erlandsson   Sweden 20.93
Wind: -0.2 m/s

[24]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 8 Erriyon Knighton   United States 20.09 Q
2 6 Joseph Fahnbulleh   Liberia 20.12 Q
3 7 Tapiwanashe Makarawu   Zimbabwe 20.16 q
4 5 Filippo Tortu   Italy 20.54
5 3 Brendon Rodney   Canada 20.59
6 9 Renan Correa   Brazil 20.60
7 2 Udodi Chudi Onwuzurike   Nigeria 20.72 (.717)
7 4 Wayde van Niekerk   South Africa 20.72 (.717)
Wind: -0.6 m/s

[25]

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

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
  7 Letsile Tebogo   Botswana 19.46 AR, WL
  8 Kenneth Bednarek   United States 19.62
  5 Noah Lyles   United States 19.70 TR7.1[C]
4 6 Erriyon Knighton   United States 19.99
5 4 Alexander Ogando   Dominican Republic 20.02
6 2 Tapiwanashe Makarawu   Zimbabwe 20.10
7 9 Joseph Fahnbulleh   Liberia 20.15
8 3 Makanakaishe Charamba   Zimbabwe 20.53
Source:[26] Wind: +0.4 m/s
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