200 metres

The 200 metres (also spelled 200 meters) is a sprint running event. On an outdoor race 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first recorded event at the ancient Olympic Games. The 200 m places more emphasis on speed endurance than shorter sprint distances as athletes predominantly rely on anaerobic energy system during the 200 m sprint. Similarly to other sprint distances, the 200 m begins from the starting blocks. When the sprinters adopt the 'set' position in the blocks they are able to adopt a more efficient starting posture and isometrically preload their muscles. This enables them to stride forwards more powerfully when the race begins and start faster.

Athletics 200 metres
Athletes leaving starting blocks for a 200 metres heat at the 2012 Olympic Games
World records
Men	Usain Bolt 19.19 (2009)
Women	Florence Griffith-Joyner 21.34 (1988)
Olympic records
Men	Usain Bolt 19.30 (2008)
Women	Florence Griffith-Joyner 21.34 (1988)
Championship records
Men	Usain Bolt 19.19 (2009)
Women	Dafne Schippers 21.63 (2015)

In the United States and elsewhere, athletes previously ran the 220-yard dash (201.168 m) instead of the 200 m (218.723 yards), though the distance is now obsolete. The standard adjustment used for the conversion from times recorded over 220 yards to 200 m times is to subtract 0.1 seconds,[1] but other conversion methods exist. Another obsolete version of this race is the 200 metres straight, which was run on tracks that contained such a straight. Initially, when the International Amateur Athletic Association (now known as the International Association of Athletics Federations) started to ratify world records in 1912, only records set on a straight track were eligible for consideration. In 1951, the IAAF started to recognise records set on a curved track. In 1976, the straight record was discarded.

The race attracts runners from other events, primarily the 100 metres, wishing to double up and claim both titles. This feat has been achieved by men eleven times at the Olympic Games: by Archie Hahn in 1904, Ralph Craig in 1912, Percy Williams in 1928, Eddie Tolan in 1932, Jesse Owens in 1936, Bobby Morrow in 1956, Valeriy Borzov in 1972, Carl Lewis in 1984, and most recently by Jamaica's Usain Bolt in 2008, 2012, and 2016. The double has been accomplished by women seven times: by Fanny Blankers-Koen in 1948, Marjorie Jackson in 1952, Betty Cuthbert in 1956, Wilma Rudolph in 1960, Renate Stecher in 1972, Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988, and Elaine Thompson in 2016. Marion Jones finished first in both races in 2000 but was later disqualified and stripped of her medals after admitting to taking performance-enhancing drugs. An Olympic double of 200 m and 400 m was first achieved by Valerie Brisco-Hooks in 1984, and later by Michael Johnson from the United States and Marie-José Pérec of France both in 1996. Usain Bolt is the only man to repeat as Olympic champion, Bärbel Wöckel (née Eckert) and Veronica Campbell-Brown are the two women who have repeated as Olympic champion.

The men's world record holder is Usain Bolt of Jamaica, who ran 19.19 s at the 2009 World Championships. The women's world record holder is Florence Griffith-Joyner of the United States, who ran 21.34 s at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The reigning Olympic champions are Usain Bolt and Elaine Thompson (JAM). The reigning World Champions are Noah Lyles (USA) and Dina Asher-Smith (GBR).

Races run with an aiding wind measured over 2.0 metres per second are not acceptable for record purposes.

Continental records

• Updated 22 October 2019.[2][3]

Area	Men				Women
	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation
Africa (records)	19.68	+0.4	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	22.04	+0.5	Blessing Okagbare	Nigeria
Asia (records)	19.88	+0.9	Xie Zhenye	China	22.01	0.0	Li Xuemei	China
Europe (records)	19.72^[A]	+1.8	Pietro Mennea	Italy	21.63	+0.2	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands
North, Central America and Caribbean (records)	19.19 WR	−0.3	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	21.34 WR	+1.3	Florence Griffith-Joyner	United States
Oceania (records)	20.06^[A]	+0.9	Peter Norman	Australia	22.23	+0.8	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	Australia
South America (records)	19.81	−0.3	Alonso Edward	Panama	22.48	+1.0	Ana Cláudia Lemos	Brazil

All-time top 25 sprinters

• Only the fastest time for each athlete is listed.
• A = Altitude

Men (outdoor)

See also: Men's 200 metres world record progression

• Updated 10 August 2020.[4][5]

Rank	Time	Wind	Athlete	Nation	Date	Location	Ref
1	19.19	−0.3	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	20 August 2009	Berlin	[6]
2	19.26	+0.7	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	16 September 2011	Brussels	[7]
3	19.32	+0.4	Michael Johnson	United States	1 August 1996	Atlanta
4	19.50	−0.1	Noah Lyles	United States	5 July 2019	Lausanne	[8]
5	19.53	+0.7	Walter Dix	United States	16 September 2011	Brussels
6	19.57	+0.4	Justin Gatlin	United States	28 June 2015	Eugene	[9]
7	19.58	+1.3	Tyson Gay	United States	30 May 2009	New York City
8	19.63	+0.4	Xavier Carter	United States	11 July 2006	Lausanne
9	19.65	0.0	Wallace Spearmon	United States	28 September 2006	Daegu
10	19.68	+0.4	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	1 August 1996	Atlanta
11	19.69 A	−0.5	Clarence Munyai	South Africa	16 March 2018	Pretoria	[10]
12	19.70	+0.7	Michael Norman	United States	6 June 2019	Rome	[11]
13	19.72 A	+1.8	Pietro Mennea	Italy	12 September 1979	Mexico City
14	19.73	−0.2	Michael Marsh	United States	5 August 1992	Barcelona
		+0.8	Divine Oduduru	Nigeria	7 June 2019	Austin	[12]
16	19.74	+1.4	LaShawn Merritt	United States	8 July 2016	Eugene	[13]
17	19.75	+1.5	Carl Lewis	United States	19 June 1983	Indianapolis
		+1.7	Joe DeLoach	United States	28 September 1988	Seoul
		+0.3	Steven Gardiner	Bahamas	7 April 2018	Coral Gables	[14]
20	19.76	+0.7	Ramil Guliyev	Turkey	9 August 2018	Berlin	[15]
21	19.77	+0.7	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	13 July 1997	Stuttgart
		0.0	Isaac Makwala	Botswana	14 July 2017	Madrid	[16]
23	19.79	+1.2	Shawn Crawford	United States	26 August 2004	Athens
		+0.9	Warren Weir	Jamaica	23 June 2013	Kingston
25	19.80	+0.8	Christophe Lemaitre	France	3 September 2011	Daegu
		+2.0	Rasheed Dwyer	Jamaica	23 July 2015	Toronto	[17]
		−0.3	Andre De Grasse	Canada	17 August 2016	Rio de Janeiro	[18]
		+1.0	Kenny Bednarek	United States	10 August 2020	Montverde

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 19.70:

• Usain Bolt also ran 19.30 (2008), 19.32 (2012), 19.40 (2011), 19.55 (2015), 19.56 (2010), 19.57 (2009), 19.58 (2012), 19.59 (2009), 19.63 (2008), 19.66 (2012 & 2013), 19.67 (2008) and 19.68 (2009).
• Yohan Blake also ran 19.44 (2012) and 19.54 (2012).
• Tyson Gay also ran 19.62 (2007), 19.68 (2006) and 19.70 (2006).
• Noah Lyles also ran 19.65 (2018 & 2019), 19.67 (2018) and 19.69 (2 × 2018).
• Michael Johnson also ran 19.66 (1996).
• Justin Gatlin also ran 19.68 (2014 & 2015).
• Walter Dix also ran 19.69 (2007) and 19.70 (2011).

Assisted marks

Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of the fastest wind-assisted times (equal or superior to 19.70). Only times that are superior to legal bests are shown:

• Kenny Bednarek ran 19.49 (+6.1 m/s) at high altitude in Hobbs, New Mexico on 17 May 2019.[19][20]
• Andre De Grasse ran 19.58 (+2.4 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 12 June 2015.
• Leroy Burrell ran 19.61 (+4.1 m/s) in College Station, Texas on 19 May 1990. Until 1 August 1996, it was the best performance in any condition.[21]
• Terrance Laird ran 19.64 (+5.6 m/s) at high altitude in Hobbs, New Mexico on 17 May 2019.[20]

Women (outdoor)

See also: Women's 200 metres world record progression

• Updated 22 October 2019.[22][23]

Rank	Time	Wind	Athlete	Nation	Date	Location	Ref
1	21.34	+1.3	Florence Griffith-Joyner	United States	29 September 1988	Seoul
2	21.62 A	−0.6	Marion Jones	United States	11 September 1998	Johannesburg
3	21.63	+0.2	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	28 August 2015	Beijing	[24]
4	21.64	+0.8	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	13 September 1991	Brussels
5	21.66	+0.2	Elaine Thompson	Jamaica	28 August 2015	Beijing	[24]
6	21.69	+1.0	Allyson Felix	United States	30 June 2012	Eugene	[25]
7	21.71	+0.7	Marita Koch	East Germany	10 June 1979	Karl-Marx-Stadt
		+0.3			21 July 1984	Potsdam
		+1.2	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	29 June 1986	Jena
		−0.8			29 August 1986	Stuttgart
9	21.72	+1.3	Grace Jackson	Jamaica	29 September 1988	Seoul
		−0.1	Gwen Torrence	United States	5 August 1992	Barcelona
11	21.74	+0.4	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	3 June 1984	Erfurt
		+1.2	Silke Gladisch	East Germany	3 September 1987	Rome
		+0.6	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	21 August 2008	Beijing
		−0.4	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas	29 August 2019	Zürich	[26]
15	21.75	−0.1	Juliet Cuthbert	Jamaica	5 August 1992	Barcelona
16	21.77	+0.6	Inger Miller	United States	27 August 1999	Seville
		+1.5	Tori Bowie	United States	27 May 2017	Eugene	[27]
18	21.81	−0.1	Valerie Brisco-Hooks	United States	9 August 1984	Los Angeles
19	21.83	−0.2	Evelyn Ashford	United States	24 August 1979	Montreal
20	21.85	+0.3	Bärbel Wöckel	East Germany	21 July 1984	Potsdam
21	21.87	0.0	Irina Privalova	Russia	25 July 1995	Monaco
22	21.88	+0.9	Dina Asher-Smith	United Kingdom	2 October 2019	Doha	[28]
23	21.93	+1.3	Pam Marshall	United States	23 July 1988	Indianapolis
24	21.95	+0.3	Katrin Krabbe	East Germany	30 August 1990	Split
25	21.97	+1.9	Jarmila Kratochvilova	Czechoslovakia	6 June 1981	Bratislava

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 21.80:

• Florence Griffith-Joyner also ran 21.56 (1988), 21.76 (1988) and 21.77 (1988).
• Merlene Ottey also ran 21.66 (1990), 21.77 (1993) and 21.80 (1990).
• Marita Koch also ran 21.76 (1982) and 21.78 (1985).
• Marion Jones also ran 21.76 (1997) and 21.80 (1998).
• Gwen Torrence also ran 21.77 (1995).
• Elaine Thompson also ran 21.78 (2016).
• Silke Gladisch also ran 21.79 (1987).

Assisted marks

Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of the fastest wind-assisted times (equal or superior to 21.80). Only times that are superior to legal bests are shown:

• Kimberlyn Duncan ran 21.80 (+3.2 m/s) in Des Moines, Iowa on 23 June 2013.

Men (indoor)

Updated 22 October 2019.[29]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Location	Ref
1	19.92	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	18 February 1996	Liévin	[30]
2	20.02	Elijah Hall	United States	10 March 2018	College Station	[31]
3	20.08	Divine Oduduru	Nigeria	23 February 2019	Lubbock	[32]
4	20.10	Wallace Spearmon	United States	12 March 2005	Fayetteville
5	20.11	Christian Coleman	United States	11 March 2017	College Station	[33]
6	20.19	Trayvon Bromell	United States	14 March 2015	Fayetteville	[34]
7	20.25	Linford Christie	United Kingdom	19 February 1995	Liévin
8	20.26	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	6 March 1999	Maebashi
		Shawn Crawford	United States	10 March 2000	Fayetteville
		John Capel	United States	10 March 2000	Fayetteville
		Andre De Grasse	Canada	14 March 2015	Fayetteville	[34]
12	20.27	Walter Dix	United States	10 March 2006	Fayetteville
13	20.30	Xavier Carter	United States	10 March 2006	Fayetteville
		Kenny Bednarek	United States	2 February 2019	Lincoln	[35]
15	20.31	Coby Miller	United States	2 March 2001	Atlanta
		Jereem Richards	Trinidad and Tobago	11 March 2017	College Station	[33]
17	20.32	Rohsaan Griffin	United States	27 February 1999	Atlanta
		Kevin Little	United States	5 March 1999	Maebashi
	20.32 A	Diondre Batson	United States	14 March 2014	Albuquerque
19	20.33	Andrew Hudson	United States	22 February 2019	Lubbock
20	20.34 A	Dedric Dukes	United States	14 March 2014	Albuquerque
	20.34	Rai Benjamin	United States	10 March 2018	College Station	[31]
22	20.35	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	23 February 1997	Birmingham
23	20.36	Bruno Marie-Rose	France	22 February 1987	Liévin
		Derrick Thompson	United States	8 March 1996	Indianapolis
		Rubin Williams	United States	14 March 2008	Fayetteville
		Just'n Thymes	United States	11 March 2017	College Station	[36]

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 20.30:

• Frankie Fredericks also ran 20.10 (1999), 20.18 (1999) and 20.26 (1995).
• Wallace Spearmon also ran 20.10 (2005), 20.19 (2008) and 20.21 (2005).
• Divine Oduduru also ran 20.18 (2018) and 20.21 (2018).
• Trayvon Bromell also ran 20.23 (2015).
• Elijah Hall also ran 20.26 (2018).
• Shawn Crawford also ran 20.30 (2002).

Women (indoor)

• Updated 22 October 2019.[37]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Location	Ref
1	21.87	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	13 February 1993	Liévin
2	22.10	Irina Privalova	Russia	19 February 1995	Liévin
3	22.27	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	7 March 1987	Indianapolis
4	22.33	Gwen Torrence	United States	2 March 1996	Atlanta
5	22.38	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	18 February 2005	Birmingham
		Gabrielle Thomas	United States	10 March 2018	College Station	[31]
7	22.39	Marita Koch	East Germany	5 March 1983	Budapest
		Ionela Tirlea	Romania	6 March 1999	Maebashi
9	22.40	Bianca Knight	United States	14 March 2008	Fayetteville
10	22.41	Galina Malchugina	Russia	13 March 1994	Paris
		Ashley Henderson	United States	10 March 2018	College Station	[31]
12	22.42	Ariana Washington	United States	11 March 2017	College Station	[33]
13	22.43	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	22 February 1998	Liévin
14	22.45	Felicia Brown	United States	26 February 2016	Fayetteville
15	22.49	Muriel Hurtis	France	14 March 2003	Birmingham
		Muna Lee	United States	14 March 2003	Fayetteville
		Sanya Richards-Ross	United States	12 March 2004	Fayetteville
18	22.50	Melanie Paschke	Germany	1 March 1998	Valencia
		Kamaria Brown	United States	1 March 2014	College Station
20	22.52	Nanceen Perry	United States	13 February 2000	Liévin
		Jenna Prandini	United States	13 March 2015	Fayetteville
22	22.53	Hannah Cunliffe	United States	11 March 2017	College Station	[33]
23	22.54	Kimberlyn Duncan	United States	24 February 2013	Fayetteville
		Deanna Hill	United States	11 March 2017	College Station	[38]
25	22.55	Lynna Irby	United States	10 March 2018	College Station	[31]

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 22.45:

• Irina Privalova also ran 22.15 (1993), 22.16 (1994), 22.26 (1992), 22.32 (1995), 22.36 (1992), 22.41 (1991) and 22.45 (1991).
• Merlene Ottey also ran 22.24 (1991), 22.34 (1989) and 22.37 (1991).
• Veronica Campbell-Brown also ran 22.43 (2004).

Olympic medalists

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900 Paris	Walter Tewksbury  United States	Norman Pritchard  India	Stan Rowley  Australia
1904 St. Louis	Archie Hahn  United States	Nate Cartmell  United States	William Hogenson  United States
1908 London	Robert Kerr  Canada	Robert Cloughen  United States	Nate Cartmell  United States
1912 Stockholm	Ralph Craig  United States	Donald Lippincott  United States	Willie Applegarth  Great Britain
1920 Antwerp	Allen Woodring  United States	Charley Paddock  United States	Harry Edward  Great Britain
1924 Paris	Jackson Scholz  United States	Charley Paddock  United States	Eric Liddell  Great Britain
1928 Amsterdam	Percy Williams  Canada	Walter Rangeley  Great Britain	Helmut Körnig  Germany
1932 Los Angeles	Eddie Tolan  United States	George Simpson  United States	Ralph Metcalfe  United States
1936 Berlin	Jesse Owens  United States	Mack Robinson  United States	Tinus Osendarp  Netherlands
1948 London	Mel Patton  United States	Barney Ewell  United States	Lloyd LaBeach  Panama
1952 Helsinki	Andy Stanfield  United States	Thane Baker  United States	James Gathers  United States
1956 Melbourne	Bobby Morrow  United States	Andy Stanfield  United States	Thane Baker  United States
1960 Rome	Livio Berruti  Italy	Lester Carney  United States	Abdoulaye Seye  France
1964 Tokyo	Henry Carr  United States	Paul Drayton  United States	Edwin Roberts  Trinidad and Tobago
1968 Mexico City	Tommie Smith  United States	Peter Norman  Australia	John Carlos  United States
1972 Munich	Valeriy Borzov  Soviet Union	Larry Black  United States	Pietro Mennea  Italy
1976 Montreal	Don Quarrie  Jamaica	Millard Hampton  United States	Dwayne Evans  United States
1980 Moscow	Pietro Mennea  Italy	Allan Wells  Great Britain	Don Quarrie  Jamaica
1984 Los Angeles	Carl Lewis  United States	Kirk Baptiste  United States	Thomas Jefferson  United States
1988 Seoul	Joe DeLoach  United States	Carl Lewis  United States	Robson da Silva  Brazil
1992 Barcelona	Michael Marsh  United States	Frankie Fredericks  Namibia	Michael Bates  United States
1996 Atlanta	Michael Johnson  United States	Frankie Fredericks  Namibia	Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago
2000 Sydney	Konstantinos Kenteris  Greece	Darren Campbell  Great Britain	Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago
2004 Athens	Shawn Crawford  United States	Bernard Williams  United States	Justin Gatlin  United States
2008 Beijing	Usain Bolt  Jamaica	Shawn Crawford  United States	Walter Dix  United States
2012 London	Usain Bolt  Jamaica	Yohan Blake  Jamaica	Warren Weir  Jamaica
2016 Rio	Usain Bolt  Jamaica	Andre De Grasse  Canada	Christophe Lemaitre  France

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1948 London	Fanny Blankers-Koen  Netherlands	Audrey Williamson  Great Britain	Audrey Patterson  United States
1952 Helsinki	Marjorie Jackson  Australia	Bertha Brouwer  Netherlands	Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili  Soviet Union
1956 Melbourne	Betty Cuthbert  Australia	Christa Stubnick  United Team of Germany	Marlene Mathews  Australia
1960 Rome	Wilma Rudolph  United States	Jutta Heine  United Team of Germany	Dorothy Hyman  Great Britain
1964 Tokyo	Edith McGuire  United States	Irena Kirszenstein  Poland	Marilyn Black  Australia
1968 Mexico City	Irena Szewińska  Poland	Raelene Boyle  Australia	Jenny Lamy  Australia
1972 Munich	Renate Stecher  East Germany	Raelene Boyle  Australia	Irena Szewińska  Poland
1976 Montreal	Bärbel Eckert  East Germany	Annegret Richter  West Germany	Renate Stecher  East Germany
1980 Moscow	Bärbel Wöckel  East Germany	Natalya Bochina  Soviet Union	Merlene Ottey  Jamaica
1984 Los Angeles	Valerie Brisco-Hooks  United States	Florence Griffith  United States	Merlene Ottey  Jamaica
1988 Seoul	Florence Griffith-Joyner  United States	Grace Jackson  Jamaica	Heike Drechsler  East Germany
1992 Barcelona	Gwen Torrence  United States	Juliet Cuthbert  Jamaica	Merlene Ottey  Jamaica
1996 Atlanta	Marie-José Pérec  France	Merlene Ottey  Jamaica	Mary Onyali  Nigeria
2000 Sydney	Pauline Davis-Thompson  Bahamas	Susanthika Jayasinghe  Sri Lanka	Beverly McDonald  Jamaica
2004 Athens	Veronica Campbell  Jamaica	Allyson Felix  United States	Debbie Ferguson  Bahamas
2008 Beijing	Veronica Campbell-Brown  Jamaica	Allyson Felix  United States	Kerron Stewart  Jamaica
2012 London	Allyson Felix  United States	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica	Carmelita Jeter  United States
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Elaine Thompson  Jamaica	Dafne Schippers  Netherlands	Tori Bowie  United States

World Championships medalists

Men

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki	Calvin Smith (USA)	Elliott Quow (USA)	Pietro Mennea (ITA)
1987 Rome	Calvin Smith (USA)	Gilles Quénéhervé (FRA)	John Regis (GBR)
1991 Tokyo	Michael Johnson (USA)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Atlee Mahorn (CAN)
1993 Stuttgart	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	John Regis (GBR)	Carl Lewis (USA)
1995 Gothenburg	Michael Johnson (USA)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Jeff Williams (USA)
1997 Athens	Ato Boldon (TRI)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Claudinei da Silva (BRA)
1999 Seville	Maurice Greene (USA)	Claudinei da Silva (BRA)	Francis Obikwelu (NGR)
2001 Edmonton	Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE)	Christopher Williams (JAM)	Shawn Crawford (USA)
2003 Saint-Denis	John Capel (USA)	Darvis Patton (USA)	Shingo Suetsugu (JPN)
2005 Helsinki	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Wallace Spearmon (USA)	John Capel (USA)
2007 Osaka	Tyson Gay (USA)	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Wallace Spearmon (USA)
2009 Berlin	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Alonso Edward (PAN)	Wallace Spearmon (USA)
2011 Daegu	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Walter Dix (USA)	Christophe Lemaitre (FRA)
2013 Moscow	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Warren Weir (JAM)	Curtis Mitchell (USA)
2015 Beijing	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Anaso Jobodwana (RSA)
2017 London	Ramil Guliyev (TUR)	Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)	Jereem Richards (TTO)
2019 Doha	Noah Lyles (USA)	Andre De Grasse (CAN)	Álex Quiñónez (ECU)

Women

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki	Marita Koch (GDR)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Kathy Smallwood-Cook (GBR)
1987 Rome	Silke Gladisch (GDR)	Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1991 Tokyo	Katrin Krabbe (GER)	Gwen Torrence (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1993 Stuttgart	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Gwen Torrence (USA)	Irina Privalova (RUS)
1995 Gothenburg	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Irina Privalova (RUS)	Galina Malchugina (RUS)
1997 Athens	Zhanna Pintusevich-Block (UKR)	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1999 Seville	Inger Miller (USA)	Beverly McDonald (JAM)	Merlene Frazer (JAM)  Andrea Philipp (GER)
2001 Edmonton	Debbie Ferguson (BAH)	LaTasha Jenkins (USA)	Cydonie Mothersille (CAY)
2003 Saint-Denis	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (RUS)	Torri Edwards (USA)	Muriel Hurtis (FRA)
2005 Helsinki	Allyson Felix (USA)	Rachelle Boone-Smith (USA)	Christine Arron (FRA)
2007 Osaka	Allyson Felix (USA)	Veronica Campbell (JAM)	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)
2009 Berlin	Allyson Felix (USA)	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH)
2011 Daegu	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)	Carmelita Jeter (USA)	Allyson Felix (USA)
2013 Moscow	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Murielle Ahouré (CIV)	Blessing Okagbare (NGR)
2015 Beijing	Dafne Schippers (NED)	Elaine Thompson (JAM)	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)
2017 London	Dafne Schippers (NED)	Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV)	Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH)
2019 Doha	Dina Asher-Smith (GBR)	Brittany Brown (USA)	Mujinga Kambundji (SUI)

World Indoor Championships medalists

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Paris^[A]	Aleksandr Yevgenyev (URS)	Ade Mafe (GBR)	João Batista da Silva (BRA)
1987 Indianapolis	Kirk Baptiste (USA)	Bruno Marie-Rose (FRA)	Robson da Silva (BRA)
1989 Budapest	John Regis (GBR)	Ade Mafe (GBR)	Kevin Little (USA)
1991 Seville	Nikolay Antonov (BUL)	Linford Christie (GBR)	Ade Mafe (GBR)
1993 Toronto	James Trapp (USA)	Damien Marsh (AUS)	Kevin Little (USA)
1995 Barcelona	Geir Moen (NOR)	Troy Douglas (BER)	Sebastián Keitel (CHI)
1997 Paris	Kevin Little (USA)	Iván García (CUB)	Francis Obikwelu (NGR)
1999 Maebashi	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Obadele Thompson (BAR)	Kevin Little (USA)
2001 Lisbon	Shawn Crawford (USA)	Christian Malcolm (GBR)	Patrick van Balkom (NED)
2003 Birmingham	Marlon Devonish (GBR)	Joseph Batangdon (CMR)	Dominic Demeritte (BAH)
2004 Budapest	Dominic Demeritte (BAH)	Johan Wissman (SWE)	Tobias Unger (GER)

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Paris^[A]	Marita Koch (GDR)	Marie-Christine Cazier (FRA)	Kim Robertson (NZL)
1987 Indianapolis	Heike Drechsler (GDR)	Merlene Ottey-Page (JAM)	Grace Jackson (JAM)
1989 Budapest	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Grace Jackson (JAM)	Natalya Kovtun (URS)
1991 Seville	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Irina Sergeyeva (URS)	Grit Breuer (GER)
1993 Toronto	Irina Privalova (RUS)	Melinda Gainsford (AUS)	Natalya Voronova (RUS)
1995 Barcelona	Melinda Gainsford (AUS)	Pauline Davis (BAH)	Natalya Voronova (RUS)
1997 Paris	Ekaterini Koffa (GRE)	Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)	Svetlana Goncharenko (RUS)
1999 Maebashi	Ionela Târlea (ROU)	Svetlana Goncharenko (RUS)	Pauline Davis (BAH)
2001 Lisbon	Juliet Campbell (JAM)	LaTasha Jenkins (USA)	Natalya Vinogradova-Safronnikova (BLR)
2003 Birmingham	Muriel Hurtis-Houairi (FRA)	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (RUS)	Juliet Campbell (JAM)
2004 Budapest	Natallia Safronnikava (BLR)	Svetlana Goncharenko (RUS)	Karin Mayr-Krifka (AUT)

• ^A Known as the World Indoor Games

Season's best

Men Year Time Wind Athlete Date Place 1966 20.14yh +0.1  Tommie Smith (USA) 11 June Sacramento 1967 20.14Ay +0.9  Tommie Smith (USA) 17 June Provo 1968 19.83A +0.9  Tommie Smith (USA) 16 October Mexico City 1969 20.24Ah +0.4  John Carlos (USA) 12 September South Lake Tahoe 1970 20.42yh +0.3  John Carlos (USA) 17 March Melbourne 1971 19.86A +1.0  Donald Quarrie (JAM) 3 August Cali 1972 20.00 +0.0  Valeriy Borzov (URS) 4 September Munich 1973 20.33y +0.0  Steve Williams (USA) 16 June Bakersfield 1974 20.06 +0.4  Donald Quarrie (JAM) 16 August Zürich 1975 20.04h +1.3  Donald Quarrie (JAM) 7 June Eugene 1976 20.10 +1.7  Millard Hampton (USA) 22 June Eugene 1977 20.08A +0.1  Silvio Leonard (CUB) 12 August Guadalajara 1978 20.03 +1.6  Clancy Edwards (USA) 29 April Westwood 1979 19.72A +1.8  Pietro Mennea (ITA) 12 September Mexico City 1980 19.96 +0.0  Pietro Mennea (ITA) 17 August Barletta 1981 20.20 +1.4  James Sanford (USA) 10 May Westwood 1982 20.15A +0.3  Mike Miller (USA) 2 June Provo 1983 19.75 +1.5  Carl Lewis (USA) 19 June Indianapolis 1984 19.80 -0.9  Carl Lewis (USA) 8 August Los Angeles 1985 20.07 +1.5  Lorenzo Daniel (USA) 18 May Starkville 1986 20.12 +0.6  Floyd Heard (USA) 7 July Moscow 1987 19.92 +1.3  Carl Lewis (USA) 4 May Madrid 1988 19.75 +1.7  Joe DeLoach (USA) 28 August Seoul 1989 19.96 +0.4  Robson da Silva (BRA) 25 August Brussels 1990 19.85 +0.4  Michael Johnson (USA) 6 July Edinburgh 1991 19.88 -0.9  Michael Johnson (USA) 20 September Barcelona 1992 19.73 -0.2  Michael Marsh (USA) 5 August Barcelona 1993 19.85 +0.3  Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 20 August Stuttgart 1994 19.87A +1.8  John Regis (GBR) 31 July Sestriere 1995 19.79 +0.5  Michael Johnson (USA) 11 August Gothenburg 1996 19.32 +0.4  Michael Johnson (USA) 1 August Atlanta 1997 19.77 +0.7  Ato Boldon (TRI) 13 July Stuttgart 1998 19.88 -0.4  Ato Boldon (TRI) 17 June Athens 1999 19.84 +1.7  Francis Obikwelu (NGR) 25 August Sevilla 2000 19.71A +1.8  Michael Johnson (USA) 18 March Pietersburg 2001 19.88 +0.1  Joshua J. Johnson (USA) 24 August Brussels 2002 19.85A +0.0  Shawn Crawford (USA) 12 April Pretoria 19.85 -0.5  Konstadínos Kedéris (GRE) 9 August Munich 2003 20.01 +0.3  Bernard Williams (USA) 11 July Rome 2004 19.79 +1.2  Shawn Crawford (USA) 26 August Athens 2005 19.89 +1.8  Wallace Spearmon (USA) 22 July London 2006 19.63 +0.4  Xavier Carter (USA) 11 July Lausanne 2007 19.62 -0.3  Tyson Gay (USA) 24 June Indianapolis 2008 19.30 -0.9  Usain Bolt (JAM) 20 August Beijing 2009 19.19 -0.3  Usain Bolt (JAM) 20 August Berlin 2010 19.56 -0.8  Usain Bolt (JAM) 1 May Kingston 2011 19.26 +0.7  Yohan Blake (JAM) 16 September Brussels 2012 19.32 +0.4  Usain Bolt (JAM) 9 August London 2013 19.66 +0.0  Usain Bolt (JAM) 17 August Moscow 2014 19.68 -0.5  Justin Gatlin (USA) 18 July Monaco 2015 19.55 -0.1  Usain Bolt (JAM) 27 August Beijing 2016 19.74 +1.4  Lashawn Merritt (USA) 8 July Eugene 2017 19.77 0.0  Isaac Makwala (BOT) 14 July Madrid 2018 19.65 +0.9  Noah Lyles (USA) 20 July Monaco 2019 19.50 -0.1  Noah Lyles (USA) 5 July Lausanne 2020 19.76 +0.7  Noah Lyles (USA) 14 August Monaco

Women Year Time Wind Athlete Date Place 1968 22.58A +2.0  Irena Szewinska (POL) 18 October Mexico City 1970 22.62 +0.8  Chi Cheng (ROC) 12 July Munich 1971 22.70 +0.0  Renate Stecher (GDR) 13 August Helsinki 1972 22.40 +1.1  Renate Stecher (GDR) 7 September Munich 1973 22.38 +1.6  Renate Stecher (GDR) 21 July Dresden 1974 22.21 +1.9  Irena Szewinska (POL) 13 June Potsdam 1975 22.44 N/A  Renate Stecher (GDR) 10 August Potsdam 1976 22.37 +0.0  Bärbel Wöckel (GDR) 24 August Zürich 1977 22.37 +0.8  Irena Szewinska (POL) 24 August Zürich 1978 22.06 +1.2  Marita Koch (GDR) 28 May Erfurt 1979 21.71 +0.7  Marita Koch (GDR) 6 June Karl-Marx-Stadt 1980 22.01 +0.6  Bärbel Wöckel (GDR) 18 July Cottbus 1981 21.84 -1.1  Evelyn Ashford (USA) 28 August Brussels 1982 21.76 +0.3  Marita Koch (GDR) 3 July Dresden 1983 21.82 +1.3  Marita Koch (GDR) 18 June Karl-Marx-Stadt 1984 21.71 +0.3  Marita Koch (GDR) 21 July Potsdam 1985 21.78 -1.3  Marita Koch (GDR) 11 August Leipzig 1986 21.71 +1.2  Heike Drechsler (GDR) 29 June Jena -0.7  Heike Drechsler (GDR) 29 August Stuttgart 1987 21.74 +1.3  Silke Möller (GDR) 3 September Rome 1988 21.34 +1.3  Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) 29 August Seoul 1989 22.04A +0.7  Dawn Sowell (USA) 2 June Provo 1990 21.66 -1.0  Merlene Ottey (JAM) 15 August Zürich 1991 21.64 +0.8  Merlene Ottey (JAM) 13 September Brussels 1992 21.72 -0.1  Gwen Torrence (USA) 5 August Barcelona 1993 21.77 +1.0  Merlene Ottey (JAM) 7 August Monaco 1994 21.85 -0.8  Gwen Torrence (USA) 12 August Durham 1995 21.77 -0.3  Gwen Torrence (USA) 18 August Cologne 1996 22.07 +0.4  Marie-José Pérec (FRA) 1 August Atlanta -0.1  Mary Onyali (NGR) 14 August Zürich 1997 21.76 -0.8  Marion Jones (USA) 13 August Zürich 1998 21.62A -0.6  Marion Jones (USA) 11 September Johannesburg 1999 21.77 +0.6  Inger Miller (USA) 27 August Sevilla 2000 21.94 +1.8  Marion Jones (USA) 23 July Sacramento 2001 22.39 +1.8  LaTasha Jenkins (USA) 23 June Eugene -0.3  Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH) 9 August Edmonton 2002 22.20 +0.0  Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH) 29 July Manchester 2003 22.11A -0.5  Allyson Felix (USA) 3 May Mexico City 2004 22.05 +0.8  Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) 25 August Athens 2005 22.13 +0.3  Allyson Felix (USA) 26 June Carson 2006 22.00 +1.3  Sherone Simpson (JAM) 25 June Kingston -0.3  Sherone Simpson (JAM) 25 July Stockholm 2007 21.81 +1.7  Allyson Felix (USA) 31 August Osaka 2008 21.74 +0.6  Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) 21 August Beijing 2009 21.88 +1.3  Allyson Felix (USA) 31 July Stockholm 2010 21.98 +1.4  Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) 12 June New York City 2011 22.15 +1.0  Shalonda Solomon (USA) 26 June Eugene 2012 21.69 +1.0  Allyson Felix (USA) 30 June Eugene 2013 22.13 +1.0  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) 23 June Kingston 2014 22.02 +0.1  Allyson Felix (USA) 5 September Brussels 2015 21.63 +0.2  Dafne Schippers (NED) 28 August Beijing 2016 21.78 -0.1  Elaine Thompson (JAM) 17 August Rio de Janeiro 2017 21.77 +1.5  Tori Bowie (USA) 27 May Eugene 2018 21.89 +0.2  Dina Asher-Smith (GBR) 11 August Berlin 2019 21.74 -0.4  Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH) 29 August Zürich

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External links

• IAAF list of 200-metres records in XML
• All time 200m men records