2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

Summary

Out of the blocks in the final, Adam Gemili took a slight lead through the turn with Andre De Grasse then Noah Lyles giving up as much as a meter. Coming off the turn, Lyles accelerated past Gemili. Once Lyles hit his top end speed, there was no catching him. Behind him, Álex Quiñónez was gaining on De Grasse and both were edging closer to Gemili. 20 metres out, both went by. Lyles won by 2 metres, De Grasse held off Quiñónez for silver.

Lyles' victory capped an evening of 3 men's gold medals for USA also including Sam Kendricks in the pole vault and Donavan Brazier in the 800 metres.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

World record  Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.19 Berlin, Germany 20 August 2009
Championship record
World Leading  Noah Lyles (USA) 19.50 Lausanne, Switzerland 5 July 2019
African Record  Frank Fredericks (NAM) 19.68 Atlanta, United States 1 August 1996
Asian Record  Xie Zhenye (CHN) 19.88 London, Great Britain 21 July 2019
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.19 Berlin, Germany 20 August 2009
South American Record  Alonso Edward (PAN) 19.81 Berlin, Germany 20 August 2009
European Record  Pietro Mennea (ITA) 19.72A Mexico City, Mexico 12 September 1979
Oceanian record  Peter Norman (AUS) 20.06A Mexico City, Mexico 16 October 1968

The following records were set at the competition:[3]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.Date
Lebanese 20.84 Noureddine Hadid  LIB 29 Sep 2019
Yemeni 22.37 Ahmed Al-Yaari  YEM

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.40.[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
29 September20:05Heats
30 September20:50Semi-finals
1 October22:40Final

Results

Heats

The first three in each heat (Q) and the next three fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.[6]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s, Heat 3: +0.8 m/s, Heat 4: +0.7 m/s, Heat 5: +1.0 m/s, Heat 6: +0.9 m/s, Heat 7: +0.2 m/s

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
117Adam Gemili Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)20.06Q, SB
234Álex Quiñónez Ecuador (ECU)20.08Q
354Aaron Brown Canada (CAN)20.10Q
455Miguel Francis Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)20.11Q
546Kyle Greaux Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)20.19Q
624Xie Zhenye China (CHN)20.20Q
767Andre De Grasse Canada (CAN)20.20Q
878Jereem Richards Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)20.23Q
838Yohan Blake Jamaica (JAM)20.23Q, SB
1023Zharnel Hughes Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)20.24Q, SB
1173Noah Lyles United States (USA)20.26Q
1212Ramil Guliyev Turkey (TUR)20.27Q
1369Clarence Munyai South Africa (RSA)20.29Q
1425Anaso Jobodwana South Africa (RSA)20.35Q, SB
1556Rasheed Dwyer Jamaica (JAM)20.37Q
1616Taymir Burnet Netherlands (NED)20.37Q
1772Brendon Rodney Canada (CAN)20.38Q
1866Serhiy Smelyk Ukraine (UKR)20.39Q
1919Divine Oduduru Nigeria (NGR)20.40q
2036Alex Wilson Switzerland (SUI)20.40Q
2177Andre Ewers Jamaica (JAM)20.41q
2253Eseosa Desalu Italy (ITA)20.43q
2337Aldemir da Silva Júnior Brazil (BRA)20.44
2428Yuki Koike Japan (JPN)20.46
2542Yancarlos Martínez Dominican Republic (DOM)20.47Q
2627Fahhad Al-Subaie Saudi Arabia (KSA)20.51
2744Reynier Mena Cuba (CUB)20.52Q
2863Sydney Siame Zambia (ZAM)20.58
2947Jeremy Dodson Samoa (SAM)20.60
3064Kirara Shiraishi Japan (JPN)20.62
3158Jun Yamashita Japan (JPN)20.62
3276Mouhamadou Fall France (FRA)20.63
3343Bernardo Baloyes Colombia (COL)20.64
3468Steven Müller Germany (GER)20.69
3574Guy Maganga Gorra Gabon (GAB)20.74
3615Paulo André de Oliveira Brazil (BRA)20.75
3757Abdelaziz Mohamed Qatar (QAT)20.75SB
3832Yang Chun-han Chinese Taipei (TPE)20.80
3935Noureddine Hadid Lebanon (LIB)20.84NR
4065Sibusiso Matsenjwa Eswatini (SWZ)20.85
4148Emmanuel Eseme Cameroon (CMR)20.87
4239Antonio Infantino Italy (ITA)20.89
4318Rodney Rowe United States (USA)20.92
4459Emmanuel Arowolo Nigeria (NGR)21.07
4513Fodé Sissoko Mali (MLI)21.30
4645Kenneth Bednarek United States (USA)21.50
4726José Andrés Salazar El Salvador (ESA)21.64
4829Muhd Noor Firdaus Ar-Rasyid Brunei (BRU)21.99
4962Ahmed Al-Yaari Yemen (YEM)22.37NR
5033Grégory Bradai French Polynesia (PYF)22.79SB
14Terrance Jones Bahamas (BAH)DQ163.3(a)
52Jeffrey Vanan Suriname (SUR)
75Alonso Edward Panama (PAN)DNS

Semi-finals

The first 2 in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.[7]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
125Noah Lyles United States (USA)19.86Q
224Álex Quiñónez Ecuador (ECU)19.95Q
326Xie Zhenye China (CHN)20.03q
415Adam Gemili Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)20.03Q, SB
536Andre De Grasse Canada (CAN)20.08Q
614Ramil Guliyev Turkey (TUR)20.16Q
716Aaron Brown Canada (CAN)20.20q
837Kyle Greaux Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)20.24Q
928Yancarlos Martínez Dominican Republic (DOM)20.28SB
1017Jereem Richards Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)20.28
1135Zharnel Hughes Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)20.30
1238Taymir Burnet Netherlands (NED)20.34PB
1329Brendon Rodney Canada (CAN)20.34
1439Anaso Jobodwana South Africa (RSA)20.34SB
1534Yohan Blake Jamaica (JAM)20.37
1618Rasheed Dwyer Jamaica (JAM)20.54
1719Clarence Munyai South Africa (RSA)20.55
1812Serhiy Smelyk Ukraine (UKR)20.55
1923Andre Ewers Jamaica (JAM)20.61
2033Reynier Mena Cuba (CUB)20.61
2122Eseosa Desalu Italy (ITA)20.73
2232Divine Oduduru Nigeria (NGR)20.84
13Alex Wilson Switzerland (SUI)DNS
27Miguel Francis Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)

Final

The final was started on 1 October at 22:40.[8]

Wind: +0.3 m/s

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Noah Lyles United States (USA)19.83
7Andre De Grasse Canada (CAN)19.95
4Álex Quiñónez Ecuador (ECU)19.98
46Adam Gemili Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)20.03SB
59Ramil Guliyev Turkey (TUR)20.07
63Aaron Brown Canada (CAN)20.10
72Xie Zhenye China (CHN)20.14
88Kyle Greaux Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)20.39

References
  1. "200 Metres Men − Round 1 − Start List" (PDF). IAAF. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  2. "100 Metres Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  3. "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. "Competitions Entry Standards 2019 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019". iaaf.org. 2 August 2019.
  5. "200 Metres Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  6. Heats results (Archived version)
  7. Semi-finals results
  8. Final results
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