2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 2 and September 3. The winning margin was 0.30 seconds. Usain Bolt, the world record holder and defending champion was the favourite going into the race with a world leading time of 19.86 seconds. He had also won his three major races after return from injury convincingly.[1]

Men's 200 metres
at the 2011 World Championships
Usain Bolt winning the 200m
VenueDaegu Stadium
Dates2 September (heats and semi-finals)
3 September (final)
Competitors53
Winning time19.40
Medalists
gold medal    Jamaica
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    France
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Remembering his false start in the 100 metres, favorite Bolt had the slowest reaction time to the gun, but cruised easily into the semi-finals.

The semi-finals began with another false start, but it was Sandro Viana. Christophe Lemaitre led the qualifying winning semi 1, as Bolt casually cruised through semi 2 and Walter Dix ran a controlled semi 3.

The finals were Bolt's redemption. Still cautious, Bolt had the slowest reaction time in the field, but he easily charged into the lead, making up the stagger on Dix 2/3 of the way through the turn as returning silver medalist Alonso Edward pulled up. Bolt made one glance back at Dix and the rest of the field, then charged home in 19.40 his third best time, the number four time ever.[2] Dix was clearly second in 19.70, with Christophe Lemaitre separating from Jaysuma Saidy Ndure in 19.80, the French National Record for the bronze medal. The rest of the field was more than 3/10ths of a second behind. Note these were Fully automatic times, it was just a fluke that all the medal times were evenly divisible by a tenth of a second.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Usain Bolt
  Jamaica (JAM)
Walter Dix
  United States (USA)
Christophe Lemaitre
  France (FRA)

Records

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Prior to the competition, the men's 200 m records were as follows:

World record   Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.19 Berlin, Germany 20 August 2009
Championship record
World leading 19.86 Oslo, Norway 9 June 2011
African record   Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 19.68 Atlanta, United States 1 August 1996
Asian Record   Shingo Suetsugu (JPN) 20.03 Yokohama, Japan 7 June 2003
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) 19.72 Mexico City, Mexico 12 September 1979
Oceanian record   Peter Norman (AUS) 20.06 Mexico City, Mexico 16 October 1968

Qualification standards

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Usain Bolt the defending champion
A time B time
20.60 20.70[3]

schedule

Date Time Round
September 2, 2011 11:10 Heats[4]
September 2, 2011 19:55 Semifinals[4]
September 3, 2011 21:20 Final[5]

Results

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KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

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Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.3 m/s, Heat 2: -0.3 m/s, Heat 3: -1.1 m/s, Heat 4: -1.1 m/s, Heat 5: -0.8 m/s, Heat 6: +0.4 m/s, Heat 7: -0.7 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Usain Bolt   Jamaica (JAM) 20.30 Q
2 1 Walter Dix   United States (USA) 20.42 Q
3 1 Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud   Egypt (EGY) 20.44 Q, SB
4 2 Michael Mathieu   Bahamas (BAH) 20.46 Q
5 5 Nickel Ashmeade   Jamaica (JAM) 20.47 Q
6 4 Christophe Lemaitre   France (FRA) 20.51 Q
7 1 Kim Collins   Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 20.52 Q, SB
8 1 Femi Seun Ogunode   Qatar (QAT) 20.54 q
9 6 Alonso Edward   Panama (PAN) 20.55 Q
10 5 Sandro Viana   Brazil (BRA) 20.62 Q
11 2 Pavel Maslák   Czech Republic (CZE) 20.63 Q, PB
11 6 Bruno de Barros   Brazil (BRA) 20.63 Q
13 3 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure   Norway (NOR) 20.65 Q
14 2 Christian Malcolm   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.66 q
15 7 Rondel Sorrillo   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 20.68 Q
15 7 Mario Forsythe   Jamaica (JAM) 20.68 Q
17 2 Churandy Martina   Netherlands (NED) 20.70 q
18 2 Bryan Barnett   Canada (CAN) 20.75
19 7 Michael Herrera   Cuba (CUB) 20.76 Q
20 6 Reto Schenkel   Switzerland (SUI) 20.77 Q
21 3 Darvis Patton   United States (USA) 20.80 Q
21 5 Hitoshi Saito   Japan (JPN) 20.80 Q
23 1 Marc Schneeberger   Switzerland (SUI) 20.81
24 5 James Ellington   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.82
25 6 Jared Connaughton   Canada (CAN) 20.83
26 3 Jonathan Åstrand   Finland (FIN) 20.87 Q
26 4 Shinji Takahira   Japan (JPN) 20.87 Q
26 7 Daniel Grueso   Colombia (COL) 20.87
29 7 Marek Niit   Estonia (EST) 20.90
30 5 Jeremy Dodson   United States (USA) 20.92
31 7 Nilson André   Brazil (BRA) 20.93
32 1 Sebastian Ernst   Germany (GER) 20.95
33 2 Emmanuel Callander   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 20.97
33 6 Ben Youssef Meité   Ivory Coast (CIV) 20.97
35 3 Paul Hession   Ireland (IRL) 21.02
36 4 Mosito Lehata   Lesotho (LES) 21.03 Q
37 6 Thuso Mpuang   South Africa (RSA) 21.07
38 4 Lebogang Moeng   South Africa (RSA) 21.09
38 4 Marvin Anderson   Jamaica (JAM) 21.09
40 7 Arnaldo Abrantes   Portugal (POR) 21.10
41 5 Gabriel Mvumvure   Zimbabwe (ZIM) 21.11
42 5 Calvin Dascent   U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV) 21.15
43 3 Brijesh Lawrence   Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 21.16
44 3 Rolando Palacios   Honduras (HON) 21.22
45 4 Alex Wilson   Switzerland (SUI) 21.25
46 3 Yuichi Kobayashi   Japan (JPN) 21.27
47 1 Sibusiso Matsenjwa   Swaziland (SWZ) 21.29 PB
48 6 Omar Jouma Al-Salfa   United Arab Emirates (UAE) 21.45
49 7 Holder da Silva   Guinea-Bissau (GBS) 21.82 SB
50 4 Leeroy Henriette   Seychelles (SEY) 21.83
51 1 Roudy Monrose   Haiti (HAI) 22.18
52 6 Luka Rakić   Montenegro (MNE) 22.73
53 3 Khalilur Rahman   Bangladesh (BAN) 23.53
4 Brendan Christian   Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) DNS

Semifinals

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Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.0 m/s, Heat 2: -1.0 m/s, Heat 3: -0.7 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Christophe Lemaitre   France (FRA) 20.17 Q, SB
2 2 Usain Bolt   Jamaica (JAM) 20.31 Q
3 1 Nickel Ashmeade   Jamaica (JAM) 20.32 Q
4 3 Walter Dix   United States (USA) 20.37 Q
5 2 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure   Norway (NOR) 20.50 Q
6 3 Alonso Edward   Panama (PAN) 20.52 Q
7 2 Bruno de Barros   Brazil (BRA) 20.54 q
8 2 Rondel Sorrillo   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 20.56 q
9 1 Femi Seun Ogunode   Qatar (QAT) 20.58
10 3 Mario Forsythe   Jamaica (JAM) 20.63
11 1 Kim Collins   Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 20.64
12 2 Darvis Patton   United States (USA) 20.72
13 3 Michael Herrera   Cuba (CUB) 20.75
14 1 Pavel Maslák   Czech Republic (CZE) 20.87
15 3 Christian Malcolm   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.88
16 3 Shinji Takahira   Japan (JPN) 20.90
17 3 Jonathan Åstrand   Finland (FIN) 21.03
18 3 Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud   Egypt (EGY) 21.15
19 2 Hitoshi Saito   Japan (JPN) 21.17
20 2 Reto Schenkel   Switzerland (SUI) 21.18
1 Michael Mathieu   Bahamas (BAH) DNF
1 Sandro Viana   Brazil (BRA) DQ R 162.7
1 Mosito Lehata   Lesotho (LES) DNS
2 Churandy Martina   Netherlands (NED) DNS

Final

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Wind: +0.8 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Usain Bolt   Jamaica (JAM) 19.40 WL
  4 Walter Dix   United States (USA) 19.70 SB
  6 Christophe Lemaitre   France (FRA) 19.80 NR
4 8 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure   Norway (NOR) 19.95 SB
5 5 Nickel Ashmeade   Jamaica (JAM) 20.29
6 2 Bruno de Barros   Brazil (BRA) 20.31
7 1 Rondel Sorrillo   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 20.34
7 Alonso Edward   Panama (PAN) DNF

References

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  1. ^ Len Johnson (2011-08-23). "Men's 200m – PREVIEW". IAAF. Archived from the original on 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
  2. ^ "100 Metres - women - senior - outdoor - 2021".
  3. ^ "IAAF World Championships in Athletics – Daegu, Korea – 27 August – 4 September 2011: Entry Standards – Men". IAAF. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
  4. ^ a b "Timetable Day 7". IAAF. Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
  5. ^ "Timetable Day 8". IAAF. Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
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