200 metres

Athletics 200 metres
Athletes leaving starting blocks for a 200 meters heat at the 2012 Olympic Games
Men's records
World	Usain Bolt 19.19 (2009)
Olympic	Usain Bolt 19.30 (2008)
Women's records
World	Florence Griffith 21.34 (1988)
Olympic	Florence Griffith 21.34 (1988)

Athletics Men's 200 Final - 27th Summer Universiade 2013 - Kazan

The 200 metres (also spelled 200 meters) is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first recorded event at the ancient Olympic Games. The 200 m places more emphasis on speed endurance than shorter sprint distances as athletes rely on different energy systems during the longer sprint.

In the United States and elsewhere, athletes previously ran the 220-yard dash (201.168 m) instead of the 200 m (218.723 yards), though the distance is now obsolete. The standard adjustment used for the conversion from times recorded over 220 yards to 200 m times is to subtract 0.1 seconds,^[1] but other conversion methods exist.

The race attracts runners from other events, primarily the 100 metres, wishing to double up and claim both titles. This feat has been achieved by men ten times at the Olympic Games, by; Archie Hahn in 1904, Ralph Craig in 1912, Percy Williams in 1928, Eddie Tolan in 1932, Jesse Owens in 1936, Bobby Morrow in 1956, Valeriy Borzov in 1972 and Carl Lewis in 1984. It was most recently accomplished by Jamaica's Usain Bolt in Beijing 2008 who repeated the feat in London 2012. And it has been accomplished by women six or seven times, depending on how you look at it, by; Fanny Blankers-Koen in 1948, Marjorie Jackson in 1952, Betty Cuthbert in 1956, Wilma Rudolph in 1960, Renate Stecher in 1972 and Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988. Marion Jones finished first in both races in 2000 but was later disqualified and stripped of her medals after admitting to taking performance-enhancing drugs. An Olympic double of 200 m and 400 m was first achieved by Valerie Brisco-Hooks in 1984, and later by Michael Johnson from the United States and Marie-José Pérec of France both in 1996. Bolt is the only man to repeat as Olympic champion, Bärbel Wöckel (née Eckert) and Veronica Campbell-Brown are the two women who have repeated as Olympic champion.

The men's world record holder is Usain Bolt, who ran 19.19 s at the 2009 World Championships. The women's world record holder is Florence Griffith-Joyner of the United States, who ran 21.34 s at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The reigning Olympic champions are Usain Bolt (Jamaica) and Allyson Felix (USA). The reigning World Champions are Bolt and Dafne Schippers.

Races run with an aiding wind measured over 2.0 meters per second are not acceptable for record purposes.

All-time fastest 200 m athletes

• Only the fastest time for each athlete is listed.
• A = Altitude

Men

As of January 2015.^[2]

All-time top 25 (outdoors)

As of 25 July 2015

Rank	Res.	Wind	Athlete	Nation	Date	Location	Ref
1.	19.19	−0.3	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	20 August 2009	Berlin
2.	19.26	+0.7	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	16 September 2011	Brussels
3.	19.32	+0.4	Michael Johnson	United States	1 August 1996	Atlanta
4.	19.53	+0.7	Walter Dix	United States	16 September 2011	Brussels
5.	19.57	+0.4	Justin Gatlin	United States	28 June 2015	Eugene	[3]
6.	19.58	+1.3	Tyson Gay	United States	30 May 2009	New York City
7.	19.63	+0.4	Xavier Carter	United States	11 July 2006	Lausanne
8.	19.65	0.0	Wallace Spearmon	United States	28 September 2006	Daegu
9.	19.68	+0.4	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	1 August 1996	Atlanta
10.	19.72A	+1.8	Pietro Mennea	Italy	12 September 1979	Mexico City
11.	19.73	−0.2	Michael Marsh	United States	5 August 1992	Barcelona
12.	19.75	+1.5	Carl Lewis	United States	19 June 1983	Indianapolis
		+1.7	Joe DeLoach	United States	28 September 1988	Seoul
14.	19.77	+0.7	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	13 July 1997	Stuttgart
15.	19.79	+1.2	Shawn Crawford	United States	26 August 2004	Athens
		+0.9	Warren Weir	Jamaica	23 June 2013	Kingston
17.	19.80	+0.8	Christophe Lemaitre	France	3 September 2011	Daegu
		+2.0	Rasheed Dwyer	Jamaica	23 July 2015	Toronto	[4]
19.	19.81	−0.3	Alonso Edward	Panama	20 August 2009	Berlin
20.	19.83A	+0.9	Tommie Smith	United States	16 October 1968	Mexico City
21.	19.84	+1.7	Francis Obikwelu	Nigeria	25 August 1999	Seville
22.	19.85	−0.3	John Capel	United States	23 July 2000	Sacramento
		−0.5	Konstadinos Kederis	Greece	9 August 2002	Munich
		+1.4	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	23 August 2012	Lausanne
		0.0	Nickel Ashmeade	Jamaica	30 August 2012	Zurich

All-time top 10 (indoors)

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nation	Date	Location	Ref
1.	19.92	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	18 February 1996	Lievin	[5]
2.	20.10	Wallace Spearmon	United States	11 March 2005	Fayetteville
3.	20.19	Trayvon Bromell	United States	14 March 2015	Fayetteville	[6]
4.	20.25	Linford Christie	United Kingdom	19 February 1995	Lievin
5.	20.26	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	6 March 1999	Maebashi
		Shawn Crawford	United States	10 March 2000	Fayetteville
		John Capel	United States	10 March 2000	Fayetteville
		Andre De Grasse	Canada	14 March 2015	Fayetteville	[7]
9.	20.27	Walter Dix	United States	10 March 2006	Fayetteville
10.	20.30	Xavier Carter	United States	10 March 2006	Fayetteville

Best Year Performances

As of 27 August 2015

Year	Result	Wind	Athlete	Nation	Date	Location	Ref
1966	20.14yh	+0.1	Tommie Smith	United States	11 June 1966	Sacramento
1967	20.14Ay	+0.9	Tommie Smith	United States	17 June 1967	Provo
1968	19.83A	+0.9	Tommie Smith	United States	16 October 1968	Mexico City
1969	20.24Ah	+0.4	John Carlos	United States	12 September 1969	South Lake Tahoe
1970	20.42yh	+0.3	John Carlos	United States	17 March 1970	Melbourne
1971	19.86A	+1.0	Donald Quarrie	Jamaica	3 August 1971	Cali
1972	20.00	+0.0	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	4 September 1972	Munich
1973	20.33y	+0.0	Steve Williams	United States	16 June 1973	Bakersfield
1974	20.06	+0.4	Donald Quarrie	Jamaica	16 August 1974	Zurich
1975	20.04h	+1.3	Donald Quarrie	Jamaica	7 June 1975	Eugene
1976	20.10	+1.7	Millard Hampton	United States	22 June 1976	Eugene
1977	20.08A	+0.1	Silvio Leonard	Cuba	12 August 1977	Guadalajara
1978	20.03	+1.6	Clancy Edwards	United States	29 April 1978	Westwood
1979	19.72A	+1.8	Pietro Mennea	Italy	12 September 1979	Mexico City
1980	19.96	+0.0	Pietro Mennea	Italy	17 August 1980	Barletta
1981	20.20	+1.4	James Sanford	United States	10 May 1981	Westwood
1982	20.15A	+0.3	Mike Miller	United States	2 June 1982	Provo
1983	19.75	+1.5	Carl Lewis	United States	19 June 1983	Indianapolis
1984	19.80	-0.9	Carl Lewis	United States	8 August 1984	Los Angeles
1985	20.07	+1.5	Lorenzo Daniel	United States	18 May 1985	Starkville
1986	20.12	+0.6	Floyd Heard	United States	7 July 1986	Moscow
1987	19.92	+1.3	Carl Lewis	United States	4 May 1987	Madrid
1988	19.75	+1.7	Joe DeLoach	United States	28 August 1988	Seoul
1989	19.96	+0.4	Robson da Silva	Brazil	25 August 1977	Brussels
1990	19.85	+0.4	Michael Johnson	United States	6 July 1990	Edinburgh
1991	19.88	-0.9	Michael Johnson	United States	20 September 1991	Barcelona
1992	19.73	-0.2	Michael Marsh	United States	5 August 1992	Barcelona
1993	19.85	+0.3	Frank Fredericks	Namibia	20 August 1993	Stuttgart
1994	19.87A	+1.8	John Regis	United Kingdom	31 July 1994	Sestriere
1995	19.79	+0.5	Michael Johnson	United States	11 August 1995	Goteborg
1996	19.32	+0.4	Michael Johnson	United States	1 August 1996	Atlanta
1997	19.77	+0.7	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	13 July 1997	Stuttgart
1998	19.88	-0.4	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	17 June 1998	Athens
1999	19.84	+1.7	Francis Obikwelu	Nigeria	25 August 1999	Sevilla
2000	19.71A	+1.8	Michael Johnson	United States	18 March 2000	Pietersburg
2001	19.88	+0.1	Joshua J. Johnson	United States	24 August 2001	Brussels
2002	19.85A	+0.0	Shawn Crawford	United States	12 April 2002	Pretoria
		-0.5	Konstadínos Kedéris	Greece	9 August 2002	Munchen
2003	20.01	+0.3	Bernard Williams	United States	11 July 2003	Rome
2004	19.79	+1.2	Shawn Crawford	United States	26 August 2004	Athens
2005	19.89	+1.8	Wallace Spearmon	United States	22 July 2005	London
2006	19.63	+0.4	Xavier Carter	United States	11 July 2006	Lausanne
2007	19.62	-0.3	Tyson Gay	United States	24 June 2007	Indianapolis
2008	19.30	-0.9	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	20 August 2008	Beijing
2009	19.19	-0.3	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	20 August 2009	Berlin
2010	19.56	-0.8	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	1 May 2010	Kingston
2011	19.26	+0.7	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	16 September 2011	Brussels
2012	19.32	+0.4	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	9 August 2012	London
2013	19.66	+0.0	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	17 August 2013	Moscow
2014	19.68	-0.5	Justin Gatlin	United States	18 July 2014	Monaco
2015	19.55	-0.1	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	27 August 2015	Beijing

Women

All-time top 25 (outdoors)

As of August 2015

Rank	Result	Wind	Athlete	Nation	Date	Location	Ref
1.	21.34	+1.3	Florence Griffith-Joyner	United States	29 September 1988	Seoul
2.	21.62A	−0.6	Marion Jones	United States	11 September 1998	Johannesburg
3.	21.63	+0.2	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	28 August 2015	Beijing	[8]
4.	21.64	+0.8	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	13 September 1991	Brussels
5.	21.66	+0.2	Elaine Thompson	Jamaica	28 August 2015	Beijing	[9]
6.	21.69	+1.0	Allyson Felix	United States	30 June 2012	Eugene	[10]
7.	21.71	+0.7	Marita Koch	East Germany	10 June 1979	Karl-Marx-Stadt
		+1.2	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	29 June 1986	Jena
9.	21.72	+1.3	Grace Jackson	Jamaica	29 September 1988	Seoul
		−0.1	Gwen Torrence	United States	15 August 1992	Barcelona
11.	21.74	+0.4	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	3 June 1984	Erfurt
		+1.2	Silke Gladisch	East Germany	3 September 1987	Rome
		+0.6	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	21 August 2008	Beijing
14.	21.75	−0.1	Juliet Cuthbert	Jamaica	5 August 1992	Barcelona
15.	21.77	+0.6	Inger Miller	United States	27 August 1999	Seville
16.	21.81	−0.1	Valerie Brisco-Hooks	United States	9 August 1984	Los Angeles
17.	21.83	−0.2	Evelyn Ashford	United States	24 August 1979	Montreal
18.	21.85	+0.3	Bärbel Wöckel	East Germany	21 July 1984	Potsdam
19.	21.87	0.0	Irina Privalova	Russia	25 July 1995	Monaco
20.	21.93	+1.3	Pam Marshall	United States	23 July 1988	Indianapolis
21.	21.95	+0.3	Katrin Krabbe	East Germany	30 August 1990	Split
22.	21.97	+1.9	Jarmila Kratochvilova	Czechoslovakia	6 June 1981	Bratislava
23.	21.99	+0.9	Chandra Cheeseborough	United States	19 June 1983	Indianapolis
		+1.1	Marie-Jose Perec	France	2 July 1993	Villeneuve d'Ascq
		+1.1	Kerron Stewart	Jamaica	29 July 2008	Kingston

• Note: Marita Koch also ran 21.71 in Potsdam in June 1984.
• Note: Heike Drechsler also ran 21.71 at the European Championships in Stuttgart in August 1986.

All-time top 10 (indoors)

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nation	Date	Location
1.	21.87	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	13 February 1993	Lievin
2.	22.10	Irina Privalova	Russia	19 February 1995	Toronto
3.	22.27	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	7 March 1987	Indianapolis
4.	22.33	Gwen Torrence	United States	3 February 1996	Atlanta
5.	22.38	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	18 February 2005	Birmingham
6.	22.39	Marita Koch	East Germany	5 March 1983	Budapest
		Ionela Tirlea	Romania	6 March 1999	Maebashi
8.	22.40	Bianca Knight	United States	14 March 2008	Fayetteville
9.	22.41	Galina Malchugina	Russia	13 March 1994	Paris
10.	22.43	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	22 February 1998	Lievin

Best Year Performances

As of 28 August 2015

Year	Result	Wind	Athlete	Nation	Date	Location
1970	22.62	+0.8	Chi Cheng	Republic of China	12 July 1970	Munich
1971	22.70	+0.0	Renate Stecher	East Germany	13 August 1971	Helsinki
1972	22.40	+1.1	Renate Stecher	East Germany	7 September 1972	Munchen
1973	22.38	+1.6	Renate Stecher	East Germany	21 July 1973	Dresden
1974	22.21	+1.9	Irena Szewinska	Poland	13 June 1974	Potsdam
1975	22.44	N/A	Renate Stecher	East Germany	10 August 1975	Potsdam
1976	22.37	+0.0	Bärbel Wöckel	East Germany	24 August 1976	Zurich
1977	22.37	+0.8	Irena Szewinska	Poland	24 August 1977	Zurich
1978	22.06	+1.2	Marita Koch	East Germany	28 May 1978	Erfurt
1979	21.71	+0.7	Marita Koch	East Germany	6 June 1979	Karl-Marx-Stadt
1980	22.01	+0.6	Bärbel Wöckel	East Germany	18 July 1980	Cottbus
1981	21.84	-1.1	Evelyn Ashford	United States	28 August 1981	Bruxelles
1982	21.76	+0.3	Marita Koch	East Germany	3 July 1982	Dresden
1983	21.82	+1.3	Marita Koch	East Germany	18 June 1983	Karl-Marx-Stadt
1984	21.71	+0.3	Marita Koch	East Germany	21 July 1984	Potsdam
1985	21.78	-1.3	Marita Koch	East Germany	11 August 1985	Leipzig
1986	21.71	+1.2	Heike Drechsler	Germany	29 June 1986	Jena
		-0.7	Heike Drechsler	Germany	29 August 1986	Stuttgart
1987	21.74	+1.3	Silke Möller	Germany	3 September 1987	Roma
1988	21.34	+1.3	Florence Griffith-Joyner	United States	29 August 1988	Seoul
1989	22.04A	+0.7	Dawn Sowell	United States	2 June 1989	Provo
1990	21.66	-1.0	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	15 August 1990	Zurich
1991	21.64	+0.8	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	13 September 1991	Bruxelles
1992	21.72	-0.1	Gwen Torrence	United States	5 August 1992	Barcelona
1993	21.77	+1.0	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	7 August 1993	Monaco
1994	21.85	-0.8	Gwen Torrence	United States	12 August 1994	Durham
1995	21.77	-0.3	Gwen Torrence	United States	18 August 1995	Koln
1996	22.07	+0.4	Marie-José Pérec	France	1 August 1996	Atlanta
		-0.1	Mary Onyali	Nigeria	14 August 1996	Zurich
1997	21.76	-0.8	Marion Jones	United States	13 August 1997	Zurich
1998	21.62A	-0.6	Marion Jones	United States	11 September 1998	Johannesburg
1999	21.77	+0.6	Inger Miller	United States	27 August 1999	Sevilla
2000	21.94	+1.8	Marion Jones	United States	23 July 2000	Sacramento
2001	22.39	+1.8	LaTasha Jenkins	United States	23 June 2001	Eugene
		-0.3	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	Bahamas	9 August 2001	Edmonton
2002	22.20	+0.0	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	Bahamas	29 July 2002	Manchester
2003	22.11A	-0.5	Allyson Felix	United States	3 May 2003	Ciudad de Mexico
2004	22.05	+0.8	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	25 August 2004	Athinai
2005	22.13	+0.3	Allyson Felix	United States	26 June 2005	Carson
2006	22.00	+1.3	Sherone Simpson	Jamaica	25 June 2001	Kingston
		-0.3	Sherone Simpson	Jamaica	25 July 2006	Stockholm
2007	21.81	+1.7	Allyson Felix	United States	31 August 2007	Osaka
2008	21.74	+0.6	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	21 August 2008	Beijing
2009	21.88	+1.3	Allyson Felix	United States	31 July 2009	Stockholm
2010	21.98	+1.4	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	12 June 2010	New York City
2011	22.15	+1.0	Shalonda Solomon	United States	26 June 2011	Eugene
2012	21.69	+1.0	Allyson Felix	United States	30 June 2012	Eugene
2013	22.13	+1.0	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	23 June 2013	Kingston
2014	22.02	+0.1	Allyson Felix	United States	5 September 2014	Bruxelles
2015	21.63	+0.2	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	28 August 2015	Beijing

Olympic medalists

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900 Paris	Walter Tewksbury (USA)	Norman Pritchard (IND)	Stan Rowley (AUS)
1904 St. Louis	Archie Hahn (USA)	Nate Cartmell (USA)	William Hogenson (USA)
1908 London	Robert Kerr (CAN)	Robert Cloughen (USA)	Nate Cartmell (USA)
1912 Stockholm	Ralph Craig (USA)	Donald Lippincott (USA)	Willie Applegarth (GBR)
1920 Antwerp	Allen Woodring (USA)	Charlie Paddock (USA)	Harry Edward (GBR)
1924 Paris	Jackson Scholz (USA)	Charlie Paddock (USA)	Eric Liddell (GBR)
1928 Amsterdam	Percy Williams (CAN)	Walter Rangeley (GBR)	Helmut Körnig (GER)
1932 Los Angeles	Eddie Tolan (USA)	George Simpson (USA)	Ralph Metcalfe (USA)
1936 Berlin	Jesse Owens (USA)	Mack Robinson (USA)	Tinus Osendarp (NED)
1948 London	Mel Patton (USA)	Barney Ewell (USA)	Lloyd LaBeach (PAN)
1952 Helsinki	Andy Stanfield (USA)	Thane Baker (USA)	James Gathers (USA)
1956 Melbourne	Bobby Morrow (USA)	Andy Stanfield (USA)	Thane Baker (USA)
1960 Rome	Livio Berruti (ITA)	Lester Carney (USA)	Abdoulaye Seye (FRA)
1964 Tokyo	Henry Carr (USA)	Paul Drayton (USA)	Edwin Roberts (TRI)
1968 Mexico City	Tommie Smith (USA)	Peter Norman (AUS)	John Carlos (USA)
1972 Munich	Valeriy Borzov (URS)	Larry Black (USA)	Pietro Mennea (ITA)
1976 Montreal	Don Quarrie (JAM)	Millard Hampton (USA)	Dwayne Evans (USA)
1980 Moscow	Pietro Mennea (ITA)	Allan Wells (GBR)	Don Quarrie (JAM)
1984 Los Angeles	Carl Lewis (USA)	Kirk Baptiste (USA)	Thomas Jefferson (USA)
1988 Seoul	Joe DeLoach (USA)	Carl Lewis (USA)	Robson da Silva (BRA)
1992 Barcelona	Michael Marsh (USA)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Michael Bates (USA)
1996 Atlanta	Michael Johnson (USA)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Ato Boldon (TRI)
2000 Sydney	Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE)	Darren Campbell (GBR)	Ato Boldon (TRI)
2004 Athens	Shawn Crawford (USA)	Bernard Williams (USA)	Justin Gatlin (USA)
2008 Beijing	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Shawn Crawford (USA)	Walter Dix (USA)
2012 London	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Yohan Blake (JAM)	Warren Weir (JAM)

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1948 London	Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)	Audrey Williamson (GBR)	Audrey Patterson (USA)
1952 Helsinki	Marjorie Jackson (AUS)	Bertha Brouwer (NED)	Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili (URS)
1956 Melbourne	Betty Cuthbert (AUS)	Christa Stubnick (EUA)	Marlene Mathews (AUS)
1960 Rome	Wilma Rudolph (USA)	Jutta Heine (EUA)	Dorothy Hyman (GBR)
1964 Tokyo	Edith McGuire (USA)	Irena Kirszenstein (POL)	Marilyn Black (AUS)
1968 Mexico City	Irena Szewińska (POL)	Raelene Boyle (AUS)	Jenny Lamy (AUS)
1972 Munich	Renate Stecher (GDR)	Raelene Boyle (AUS)	Irena Szewińska (POL)
1976 Montreal	Bärbel Eckert (GDR)	Annegret Richter (FRG)	Renate Stecher (GDR)
1980 Moscow	Bärbel Wöckel (GDR)	Natalya Bochina (URS)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1984 Los Angeles	Valerie Brisco-Hooks (USA)	Florence Griffith (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1988 Seoul	Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)	Grace Jackson (JAM)	Heike Drechsler (GDR)
1992 Barcelona	Gwen Torrence (USA)	Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1996 Atlanta	Marie-José Pérec (FRA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Mary Onyali (NGR)
2000 Sydney	Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH)	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)	Beverly McDonald (JAM)
2004 Athens	Veronica Campbell (JAM)	Allyson Felix (USA)	Debbie Ferguson (BAH)
2008 Beijing	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)	Allyson Felix (USA)	Kerron Stewart (JAM)
2012 London	Allyson Felix (USA)	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Carmelita Jeter (USA)

World Championship medalists

Men

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki	Calvin Smith (USA)	Elliott Quow (USA)	Pietro Mennea (ITA)
1987 Rome	Calvin Smith (USA)	Gilles Quénéhervé (FRA)	John Regis (GBR)
1991 Tokyo	Michael Johnson (USA)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Atlee Mahorn (CAN)
1993 Stuttgart	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	John Regis (GBR)	Carl Lewis (USA)
1995 Gothenburg	Michael Johnson (USA)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Jeff Williams (USA)
1997 Athens	Ato Boldon (TRI)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Claudinei da Silva (BRA)
1999 Seville	Maurice Greene (USA)	Claudinei da Silva (BRA)	Francis Obikwelu (NGR)
2001 Edmonton	Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE)	Christopher Williams (JAM)	Shawn Crawford (USA)
2003 Paris	John Capel (USA)	Darvis Patton (USA)	Shingo Suetsugu (JPN)
2005 Helsinki	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Wallace Spearmon (USA)	John Capel (USA)
2007 Osaka	Tyson Gay (USA)	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Wallace Spearmon (USA)
2009 Berlin	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Alonso Edward (PAN)	Wallace Spearmon (USA)
2011 Daegu	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Walter Dix (USA)	Christophe Lemaitre (FRA)
2013 Moscow	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Warren Weir (JAM)	Curtis Mitchell (USA)
2015 Beijing	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Anaso Jobodwana (RSA)

Women

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki	Marita Koch (GDR)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Kathy Smallwood-Cook (GBR)
1987 Rome	Silke Gladisch (GDR)	Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1991 Tokyo	Katrin Krabbe (GER)	Gwen Torrence (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1993 Stuttgart	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Gwen Torrence (USA)	Irina Privalova (RUS)
1995 Gothenburg	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Irina Privalova (RUS)	Galina Malchugina (RUS)
1997 Athens	Zhanna Pintusevich-Block (UKR)	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1999 Seville	Inger Miller (USA)	Beverly McDonald (JAM)	Merlene Frazer (JAM)  Andrea Philipp (GER)
2001 Edmonton	Debbie Ferguson (BAH)	LaTasha Jenkins (USA)	Cydonie Mothersille (CAY)
2003 Paris	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (RUS)	Torri Edwards (USA)	Muriel Hurtis (FRA)
2005 Helsinki	Allyson Felix (USA)	Rachelle Boone-Smith (USA)	Christine Arron (FRA)
2007 Osaka	Allyson Felix (USA)	Veronica Campbell (JAM)	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)
2009 Berlin	Allyson Felix (USA)	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)	Debbie Ferguson (BAH)
2011 Daegu	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)	Carmelita Jeter (USA)	Allyson Felix (USA)
2013 Moscow	Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM)	Murielle Ahouré (CIV)	Blessing Okagbare (NGR)
2015 Beijing	Dafne Schippers (NED)	Elaine Thompson (JAM)	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)

Notes and references

External links

• All time 200m men records