| Men's 200 metres at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad |
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| Venue | Athens Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
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| Dates | August 24 to August 26 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 69 from 46 nations | |||||||||
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| Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics |
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| 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 |
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| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | women | ||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The 200 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium August 24 to August 26.
The top four runners in each of the initial seven heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next four fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 32 runners competed in four heats in the second round, with the top three runners from each heat and the four next fastest runners qualifying for the semifinals. There were two semifinal heats, and only the top four from each heat advanced to the final.
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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record | Michael Johnson (USA) | 19.32 s | Atlanta, United States | 1 August 1996 |
| Olympic record | Michael Johnson (USA) | 19.32 s | Atlanta, United States | 1 August 1996 |
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
The qualification period for Athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's 200 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 20.59 seconds or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 20.75 seconds or faster could be entered.
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Round 2.
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Shawn Crawford | United States | 20.05 | Q |
| 2 | Bernard Williams | United States | 20.18 | Q |
| 3 | Frankie Fredericks | Namibia | 20.43 | Q |
| 4 | Tobias Unger | Germany | 20.54 | Q |
| 5 | Anastasios Gousis | Greece | 20.68 | |
| 6 | Christopher Williams | Jamaica | 20.80 | |
| 7 | Marcin Jędrusiński | Poland | 20.81 | |
| 8 | Darren Campbell | Great Britain | 20.89 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Justin Gatlin | United States | 20.35 | Q |
| 2 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal | 20.36 | Q |
| 3 | Stéphan Buckland | Mauritius | 20.37 | Q |
| 4 | Asafa Powell | Jamaica | 20.56 | Q |
| 5 | Sebastian Ernst | Germany | 20.63 | |
| 6 | Juan Pedro Toledo | Mexico | 20.64 | |
| 7 | Christian Malcolm | Great Britain | 20.77 | |
| 8 | Matic Osovnikar | Slovenia | 20.89 |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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| Shawn Crawford | United States | 19.79 | PB | |
| Bernard Williams | United States | 20.01 | PB | |
| Justin Gatlin | United States | 20.03 | ||
| 4 | Frank Fredericks | Namibia | 20.14 | SB |
| 5 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal | 20.14 | |
| 6 | Stéphan Buckland | Mauritius | 20.24 | |
| 7 | Tobias Unger | Germany | 20.64 | |
| Asafa Powell | Jamaica | DNS |
WR world record |AR Area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season)
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