Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Medalists
 Michael Johnson  United States
 Frank Fredericks  Namibia
 Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago
Official Video Highlights
Athletics at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the men's 200 metres event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 81 participating athletes (and three-finishers), with two rounds (eleven heats in round 1, five heats at round 2), two semifinals and a final.

Medalists

Gold Michael Johnson
United States (USA)
Silver Frankie Fredericks
Namibia (NAM)
Bronze Ato Boldon
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record 19.66 United States Michael Johnson Atlanta (USA) June 23, 1996
Olympic Record 19.73 United States Michael Marsh Barcelona (ESP) August 5, 1992

In the final, Michael Johnson set a new world record with a time of 19.32.

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Michael Johnson (USA) 19.32
 Frank Fredericks (NAM) 19.68 AR
 Ato Boldon (TRI) 19.80
4.  Obadele Thompson (BAR) 20.14
5.  Jeff Williams (USA) 20.17
6.  Ivan Garcia (CUB) 20.21
7.  Patrick Stevens (BEL) 20.27
8.  Michael Marsh (USA) 20.48

Semifinals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Michael Johnson (USA) 20.27
2.  Ivan Garcia (CUB) 20.34
3.  Jeff Williams (USA) 20.39
4.  Patrick Stevens (BEL) 20.46
5.  Francis Obikwelu (NGR) 20.56
6.  John Regis (GBR) 20.58
7.  Emmanuel Tuffour (GHA) 20.61
8.  Neil De Silva (TRI) 21.26


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Frank Fredericks (NAM) 19.98
2.  Ato Boldon (TRI) 20.05
3.  Michael Marsh (USA) 20.26
4.  Obadele Thompson (BAR) 20.32
5.  Steve Brimacombe (AUS) 20.38
6.  Koji Ito (JPN) 20.45
7.  Sergejs Insakovs (LAT) 20.48
8.  Geir Moen (NOR) 20.96

Round 2 - Heats

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Frank Fredericks (NAM) 20.38
2.  Jeff Williams (USA) 20.47
3.  Obadele Thompson (BAR) 20.53
4.  Erik Wymeersch (BEL) 20.59
5.  Percival Spencer (JAM) 20.59
6.  Troy Douglas (BER) 20.63
7.  Francisco Navarro (ESP) 21.06
—  O'Brian Gibbons (CAN) DNS


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Michael Johnson (USA) 20.37
2.  Geir Moen (NOR) 20.48
3.  Neil De Silva (TRI) 20.62
4.  Robson Da Silva (BRA) 20.65
5.  Jordi Mayoral (ESP) 20.68
6.  George Panayiotopoulos (GRE) 20.86
7.  Dean Capobianco (AUS) 21.03
8.  Oumar Loum (SEN) 21.31


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Ivan Garcia (CUB) 20.36
2.  Koji Ito (JPN) 20.47
3.  Steve Brimacombe (AUS) 20.53
4.  Robert Mackowiak (POL) 20.61
5.  Anninos Markoullides (CYP) 20.63
6.  Vladyslav Dolohodin (UKR) 20.65
7.  Elston Cawley (JAM) 20.75
8.  Franck Waota (CIV) 21.14


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Michael Marsh (USA) 20.39
2.  Patrick Stevens (BEL) 20.43
3.  John Regis (GBR) 20.56
4.  Sergejs Insakovs (LAT) 20.58
5.  Albert Agyemang (GHA) 20.87
6.  Seun Ogunkoya (NGR) 21.00
7.  Joseph Loua (GUI) 21.01
—  Claudinei da Silva (BRA) DNF


RANK HEAT 5 TIME
1.  Ato Boldon (TRI) 20.25
2.  Francis Obikwelu (NGR) 20.49
3.  Emmanuel Tuffour (GHA) 20.49
4.  Linford Christie (GBR) 20.59
5.  Edson Ribeiro (BRA) 20.60
6.  Torbjorn Eriksson (SWE) 20.83
7.  Carlos Gats (ARG) 20.84
8.  Gary Ryan (IRL) 20.89

Round 1 - Heats

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Michael Marsh (USA) 20.27
2.  Sergejs Insakovs (LAT) 20.41
3.  Troy Douglas (BER) 20.41
4.  Steve Brimacombe (AUS) 20.45
5.  Alfred Visagie (RSA) 21.10
6.  Mohamed Al Hooti (OMA) 21.10
7.  Takahiro Mazuka (JPN) 21.13


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Ivan Garcia (CUB) 20.49
2.  Albert Agyemang (GHA) 20.69
3.  Elston Cawley (JAM) 20.73
4.  Owusu Dako (GBR) 20.83
5.  Thomas Sbokos (GRE) 20.88
6.  Anton Ivanov (BUL) 21.20
7.  David Wilson (GUM) 21.85
8.  Mohamed Ould Brahim (MTN) 22.71


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Ato Boldon (TRI) 20.26
2.  Obadele Thompson (BAR) 20.42
3.  Anninos Markoullides (CYP) 20.57
4.  Carlos Gats (ARG) 20.82
5.  Joseph Gikonyo (KEN) 20.88
6.  Chris Donaldson (NZL) 20.96
7.  Wu-Shiun Tao (TPE) 21.25


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Michael Johnson (USA) 20.55
2.  Erik Wymeersch (BEL) 20.68
3.  Percival Spencer (JAM) 20.73
4.  Franck Waota (CIV) 20.78
5.  Benjamin Sirimou (CMR) 21.00
6.  Antoine Boussombo (GAB) 21.06
—  Venancio Jose (ESP) DNS


RANK HEAT 5 TIME
1.  Francis Obikwelu (NGR) 20.62
2.  Edson Ribeiro (BRA) 20.69
3.  John Regis (GBR) 20.78
4.  Pierre Lisk (SLE) 20.86
5.  Lars Hedner (SWE) 20.97
6.  Thomas Griesser (AUT) 21.20
7.  Pascal Dangbo (BEN) 21.65
8.  Hadhari Djaffar (COM) 22.68


RANK HEAT 6 TIME
1.  Patrick Stevens (BEL) 20.60
2.  Jordi Mayoral (ESP) 20.65
3.  Claudinei da Silva (BRA) 20.80
4.  Joseph Loua (GUI) 20.81
5.  Boevi Lawson (TOG) 20.99
6.  Anderson Vilien (HAI) 21.62
7.  Peter Ogilvie (CAN) 22.00
8.  Gustavo Envela (GEQ) 22.09


RANK HEAT 7 TIME
1.  Linford Christie (GBR) 20.64
2.  Robert Mackowiak (POL) 20.67
3.  George Panayiotopoulos (GRE) 20.69
4.  Geir Moen (NOR) 20.78
5.  O'Brian Gibbons (CAN) 20.79
6.  Andrey Fedoriv (RUS) 20.95
7.  Brahim Abdoulaye (CHA) 21.67


RANK HEAT 8 TIME
1.  Neil De Silva (TRI) 20.54
2.  Robson Da Silva (BRA) 20.61
3.  Oumar Loum (SEN) 20.69
4.  Dean Capobianco (AUS) 20.76
5.  Matthew Coad (NZL) 21.25
6.  Amos Ali (PNG) 21.37
7.  Laurence Jack (VAN) 21.94
—  Olapade Adeniken (NGR) DNS


RANK HEAT 9 TIME
1.  Jeff Williams (USA) 20.37
2.  Vladyslav Dolohodin (UKR) 20.57
3.  Francisco Navarro (ESP) 20.87
4.  Alain Reimann (SUI) 20.99
5.  Ousmane Diarra (MLI) 21.20
6.  Mohd Al Aswad (UAE) 21.77
—  Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT) DNS


RANK HEAT 10 TIME
1.  Koji Ito (JPN) 20.56
2.  Torbjorn Eriksson (SWE) 20.77
3.  Emmanuel Tuffour (GHA) 20.85
4.  Mark Keddell (NZL) 20.93
5.  Justice Dipeba (BOT) 21.09
6.  Carlton Chambers (CAN) 21.32
7.  Miguel Janssen (ARU) 21.72


RANK HEAT 11 TIME
1.  Frank Fredericks (NAM) 20.59
2.  Seun Ogunkoya (NGR) 20.78
3.  Gary Ryan (IRL) 20.78
4.  Sebastian Keitel (CHI) 20.96
5.  Christoph Pöstinger (AUT) 20.98
6.  Sandro Floris (ITA) 21.01
7.  Wenzhong Chen (CHN) 21.05

References

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