2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

Usain Bolt winning the 200m
Official Video

The men's 200 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 2 and September 3. 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]

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

GoldSilverBronze
Usain Bolt
 Jamaica (JAM)		 Walter Dix
 United States (USA)		 Christophe Lemaitre
 France (FRA)

Records

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

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

Schedule

Date Time Round
September 2, 201111:10Heats[4]
September 2, 201119:55Semifinals[4]
September 3, 201121:20Final[5]

Results

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Usain Bolt Jamaica (JAM)20.30Q
21Walter Dix United States (USA)20.42Q
31Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud Egypt (EGY)20.44Q, SB
42Michael Mathieu Bahamas (BAH)20.46Q
55Nickel Ashmeade Jamaica (JAM)20.47Q
64Christophe Lemaitre France (FRA)20.51Q
71Kim Collins Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)20.52Q, SB
81Femi Seun Ogunode Qatar (QAT)20.54q
96Alonso Edward Panama (PAN)20.55Q
105Sandro Viana Brazil (BRA)20.62Q
112Pavel Maslák Czech Republic (CZE)20.63Q, PB
116Bruno de Barros Brazil (BRA)20.63Q
133Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Norway (NOR)20.65Q
142Christian Malcolm Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)20.66q
157Rondel Sorrillo Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)20.68Q
157Mario Forsythe Jamaica (JAM)20.68Q
172Churandy Martina Netherlands (NED)20.70q
182Bryan Barnett Canada (CAN)20.75
197Michael Herrera Cuba (CUB)20.76Q
206Reto Schenkel Switzerland (SUI)20.77Q
213Darvis Patton United States (USA)20.80Q
215Hitoshi Saito Japan (JPN)20.80Q
231Marc Schneeberger Switzerland (SUI)20.81
245James Ellington Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)20.82
256Jared Connaughton Canada (CAN)20.83
263Jonathan Åstrand Finland (FIN)20.87Q
264Shinji Takahira Japan (JPN)20.87Q
267Daniel Grueso Colombia (COL)20.87
297Marek Niit Estonia (EST)20.90
305Jeremy Dodson United States (USA)20.92
317Nilson André Brazil (BRA)20.93
321Sebastian Ernst Germany (GER)20.95
332Emmanuel Callander Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)20.97
336Ben Youssef Meité Ivory Coast (CIV)20.97
353Paul Hession Ireland (IRL)21.02
364Mosito Lehata Lesotho (LES)21.03Q
376Thuso Mpuang South Africa (RSA)21.07
384Lebogang Moeng South Africa (RSA)21.09
384Marvin Anderson Jamaica (JAM)21.09
407Arnaldo Abrantes Portugal (POR)21.10
415Gabriel Mvumvure Zimbabwe (ZIM)21.11
425Calvin Dascent U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV)21.15
433Brijesh Lawrence Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)21.16
443Rolando Palacios Honduras (HON)21.22
454Alex Wilson Switzerland (SUI)21.25
463Yuichi Kobayashi Japan (JPN)21.27
471Sibusiso Matsenjwa Swaziland (SWZ)21.29PB
486Omar Jouma Al-Salfa United Arab Emirates (UAE)21.45
497Holder da Silva Guinea-Bissau (GBS)21.82SB
504Leeroy Henriette Seychelles (SEY)21.83
511Roudy Monrose Haiti (HAI)22.18
526Luka Rakić Montenegro (MNE)22.73
533Khalilur Rahman Bangladesh (BAN)23.53
4Brendan Christian Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)DNS

Semifinals

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Christophe Lemaitre France (FRA)20.17Q, SB
22Usain Bolt Jamaica (JAM)20.31Q
31Nickel Ashmeade Jamaica (JAM)20.32Q
43Walter Dix United States (USA)20.37Q
52Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Norway (NOR)20.50Q
63Alonso Edward Panama (PAN)20.52Q
72Bruno de Barros Brazil (BRA)20.54q
82Rondel Sorrillo Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)20.56q
91Femi Seun Ogunode Qatar (QAT)20.58
103Mario Forsythe Jamaica (JAM)20.63
111Kim Collins Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)20.64
122Darvis Patton United States (USA)20.72
133Michael Herrera Cuba (CUB)20.75
141Pavel Maslák Czech Republic (CZE)20.87
153Christian Malcolm Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)20.88
163Shinji Takahira Japan (JPN)20.90
173Jonathan Åstrand Finland (FIN)21.03
183Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud Egypt (EGY)21.15
192Hitoshi Saito Japan (JPN)21.17
202Reto Schenkel Switzerland (SUI)21.18
1Michael Mathieu Bahamas (BAH)DNF
1Sandro Viana Brazil (BRA)DSQ
1Mosito Lehata Lesotho (LES)DNS
2Churandy Martina Netherlands (NED)DNS

Final

Wind: +0.8 m/s

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)3Usain Bolt Jamaica (JAM)19.40WL
2nd, silver medalist(s)4Walter Dix United States (USA)19.70SB
3rd, bronze medalist(s)6Christophe Lemaitre France (FRA)19.80NR
48Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Norway (NOR)19.95SB
55Nickel Ashmeade Jamaica (JAM)20.29
62Bruno de Barros Brazil (BRA)20.31
71Rondel Sorrillo Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)20.34
7Alonso Edward Panama (PAN)DNF

References

  1. ↑ Len Johnson (2011-08-23). "Men's 200m – PREVIEW". IAAF. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
  2. ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=0/sex=M/all=y/legal=A/disc=200/detail.html
  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. 1 2 "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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