Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

The Men's 200 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 76 competitors, with ten qualifying heats (76), five second-round races (40) and two semi-finals (16), before the final (8) took off on Wednesday September 28, 1988.[1]

Men's 200 metres
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates26 September 1988 (heats and quarter-finals)
28 September 1988 (semi-finals and final)
Competitors72 from 54 nations
Winning time19.75 OR
Medalists
Joe DeLoach
 United States
Carl Lewis
 United States
Robson da Silva
 Brazil
Athletics at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen
Wheelchair races

Medalists
GoldJoe DeLoach
 United States
SilverCarl Lewis
 United States
BronzeRobson da Silva
 Brazil

Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World Record 19.72 Pietro Mennea Mexico City (MEX) September 12, 1979
Olympic Record 19.80 Carl Lewis Los Angeles (USA) August 8, 1984

The following Olympic record was set during this competition.

DateEventAthleteTimeORWR
September 28, 1988Final Joe DeLoach (USA)19.75sOR

Final
RANK FINAL TIME
 Joe DeLoach (USA) 19.75 (OR)
 Carl Lewis (USA) 19.79
 Robson da Silva (BRA) 20.04
4.  Linford Christie (GBR) 20.09 (NR)
5.  Atlee Mahorn (CAN) 20.39
6.  Gilles Quénéhervé (FRA) 20.40
7.  Michael Rosswess (GBR) 20.51
8.  Bruno Marie-Rose (FRA) 20.58

Carl Lewis' time of 19.79 seconds was the fastest non-winning time until the 1996 Olympic final.

Semifinals
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Carl Lewis (USA) 20.23
2.  Robson da Silva (BRA) 20.28
3.  Atlee Mahorn (CAN) 20.43
4.  Gilles Quénéhervé (FRA) 20.54
5.  Stefano Tilli (ITA) 20.59
6.  Roy Martin (USA) 20.62
7.  John Regis (GBR) 20.69
8.  Ralf Lübke (FRG) 21.23


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Joe DeLoach (USA) 20.06
2.  Linford Christie (GBR) 20.33
3.  Bruno Marie-Rose (FRA) 20.50
4.  Michael Rosswess (GBR) 20.51
5.  Cyprian Enweani (CAN) 20.57
6.  Olapade Adeniken (NGR) 20.67
7.  Edgardo Guilbe (PUR) 20.77
8.  Troy Douglas (BER) 20.84

Quarterfinals
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Carl Lewis (USA) 20.57
2.  John Regis (GBR) 20.61
3.  Cyprian Enweani (CAN) 20.62
4.  Edgardo Guilbe (PUR) 20.73
5.  Kenji Yamauchi (JPN) 20.94
6.  Jimmy Flemming (ISV) 21.23
7.  Moustafa Kamel Salmi (ALG) 21.26
8.  Ousmane Diarra (MLI) 21.46


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Bruno Marie-Rose (FRA) 20.48
2.  Roy Martin (USA) 20.54
3.  Troy Douglas (BER) 20.70
4.  Kennedy Ondiek (KEN) 20.79
5.  Attila Kovács (HUN) 21.19
6.  Lee Shiunn-Long (TPE) 21.34
7.  Harouna Pale (BUR) 21.35
8.  Pietro Mennea (ITA) DNS


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Linford Christie (GBR) 20.49
2.  Atlee Mahorn (CAN) 20.59
3.  Ralf Lübke (FRG) 20.80
4.  Luís Barroso (POR) 20.81
5.  Patrick Stevens (BEL) 20.94
6.  John Myles-Mills (GHA) 20.95
7.  Andreas Berger (AUT) 21.40
8.  Ibrahima Tamba (SEN) 21.93


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Joe DeLoach (USA) 20.56
2.  Gilles Quénéhervé (FRA) 20.77
3.  Olapade Adeniken (NGR) 20.92
4.  Norbert Dobeleit (FRG) 20.98
5.  Mark Garner (AUS) 21.08
6.  Jang Jae-Geun (KOR) 21.35
7.  Li Feng (CHN) 21.38
8.  Oliver Daniels (LBR) 22.25


RANK HEAT 5 TIME
1.  Robson da Silva (BRA) 20.41
2.  Stefano Tilli (ITA) 20.67
3.  Michael Rosswess (GBR) 20.74
4.  Daniel Sangouma (FRA) 20.81
5.  Clive Wright (JAM) 20.87
6.  Isiag Adeyanju (NGR) 21.01
7.  Courtney Brown (CAN) 21.18
8.  Samuel Nchinda-Kaya (CMR) 21.39

Heats

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 10 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Gilles Quénéhervé France20.55Q
13Atlee Mahorn Canada20.55Q
31Roy Martin United States20.65Q
38Cyprian Enweani Canada20.65Q
510Stefano Tilli Italy20.68Q
68Daniel Sangouma France20.70Q
710Carl Lewis United States20.72Q
810Olapade Adeniken Nigeria20.77Q
96Kennedy Ondiek Kenya20.79Q
103Ralf Lübke West Germany20.81Q
118Patrick Stevens Belgium20.84Q
128Norbert Dobeleit West Germany20.86q
134John Regis Great Britain20.90Q
146Troy Douglas Bermuda20.91Q
154Clive Wright Jamaica20.94Q
161Michael Rosswess Great Britain20.95Q
172Kenji Yamauchi Japan20.98Q
175Joe DeLoach United States20.98Q
176Attila Kovács Hungary20.98Q
2010John Myles-Mills Ghana21.04q
217Linford Christie Great Britain21.05Q
225Mark Garner Australia21.09Q
235Edgardo Guilbe Puerto Rico21.09Q
242Iziaq Adeyanju Nigeria21.10Q
246Pietro Mennea Italy21.10q
267Bruno Marie-Rose France21.11Q
279Robson da Silva Brazil21.12Q
2810Mostefa-Kamel Selmi Algeria21.24q
292Jang Jae-keun South Korea21.27q
305Andreas Berger Austria21.29q
319Luís Barroso Portugal21.31Q
321Harouna Pale Burkina Faso21.33Q
328Li Feng China21.33q
329Jimmy Flemming United States Virgin Islands21.33Q
351Nchinda Samuel-Kaya Cameroon21.45q
357Courtney Brown Canada21.45Q
372Lee Shiunn-Long Chinese Taipei21.53q
388Ousmane Diarra Mali21.55q
393Oliver Daniels Liberia21.59Q
401Henri Ndinga Republic of the Congo21.66
411Fabian Muyaba Zimbabwe21.66
424Ibrahima Tamba Senegal21.68Q
433Leung Wing Kwong Hong Kong21.69
447Luís Cunha Portugal21.72
454Issa Alassane Ousséni Benin21.74
466Lindel Hodge British Virgin Islands21.78
473Sunday Olweny Uganda21.79
486Abdullah Al-Khalidi Oman21.82
492Aouf Abdul Rahman Youssef Iraq21.88
496André François Saint Vincent and the Grenadines21.88
513Muhammad Afzal Pakistan21.89
522Takale Tuna Papua New Guinea21.95
535Henriko Atkins Barbados21.98
5410Jerry Jeremiah Vanuatu22.01
551Markus Büchel Liechtenstein22.02
563Mohamed Fahd Al-Bishi Saudi Arabia22.09
578Abdullah Ali Ahmed Libya22.11
587Carlos Moreno Chile22.13
599Alexandre Yougbare Burkina Faso22.14
607Odia Silweya Malawi22.24
619Gustavo Envela Mahua Equatorial Guinea22.33
624Maloni Bole Fiji22.44
637Peauope Suli Tonga22.49
641Mohamed Shah Alam Bangladesh22.52
654Claude Roumain Haiti22.60
6510Howard Lindsay Antigua and Barbuda22.60
678Minh Nguyen Dinh Vietnam22.65
685Robert Loua Guinea22.78
699Benny Kgarametso Botswana22.79
702Sahim Saleh Mehdi South Yemen22.95
716Ismail Asif Maldives23.17
9Gaspar Fernandes AngolaDQ
4Samuel Birch LiberiaDNS
5Simon Kipkemboi KenyaDNS
7Boeviyoulou Lawson TogoDNS

See also
  • 1984 Men's Olympic 200 metres (Los Angeles)
  • 1986 Men's European Championships 200 metres (Stuttgart)
  • 1987 Men's World Championships 200 metres (Rome)
  • 1990 Men's European Championships 200 metres (Split)
  • 1991 Men's World Championships 200 metres (Tokyo)
  • 1992 Men's Olympic 200 metres (Barcelona)

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Games: Men's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
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