2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:Men's 200 metres
Competition:2001 World Championships
Venue:Commonwealth Stadium
Dates:7 August (heats and quarter-finals)
8 August (semi-finals)
9 August (final)
Competitors:52
Win Value:20.04
Gold:Konstantinos Kenteris
Goldnoc:GRE
Silver:Christopher Williams
Silvernoc:JAM
Bronze:Kim Collins
Bronzenoc:SKN
Prev:1999
Next:2003

These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. There were a total number of 52 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Thursday 9 August 2001 at 21:40h. The finals were one of the closest events in the history of the World Athletics Championship. As, all the medal winners except for gold were given the same time. The winning margin was 0.16 seconds.

Medalists

Gold Konstantinos Kenteris
Greece (GRE)
Silver Christopher Williams
Jamaica (JAM)
Bronze Kim Collins
Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
19.32 August 1, 1996
Championship Record 19.79 August 11, 1995 Gothenburg, Sweden
Season Best 20.05 July 4, 2001

Final

RANKFINALTIME
20.04
20.20
20.20
20.20
5.20.22
6.20.24
7.20.25
8.20.38

Semi-final

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.20.08
2.20.13
3.20.15
4.20.26
5.20.48
6.20.56
7.20.65
8.20.66

RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.20.03
2.20.11
3.20.21
4.20.29
5.20.38
6.20.39
7.20.40
8.20.64

Quarter-finals

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.20.13
2.20.19
3.20.23
4.20.31
=NR
5.20.43
6.20.71
7.21.02
- DQ

RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.20.30
2.20.43
3.20.44
4.20.48
5.20.54
6.20.65
7.20.83
8.20.86

RANKHEAT 3TIME
1.20.24
2.20.25
3.20.48
4.20.78
5.20.80
6.20.83
7.20.87
8.23.58

RANKHEAT 4TIME
1.20.34
2.20.54
3.20.58
4.20.58
5.20.60
6.20.66
7.20.88
- DQ

Heats

Held on Tuesday 7 August 2001

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.20.53
2.20.61
3.20.65
4.20.78
5.20.85
6.21.25
7.21.87
8.22.13

RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.20.63
2.20.69
3.20.80
4.21.00
5.21.17
6.22.86
- DQ
- DNS

RANKHEAT 3TIME
1.20.46
2.20.58
3.20.63
4.20.69
5.21.03
6.21.63
- DQ

RANKHEAT 4TIME
1.20.60
2.20.63
3.20.63
4.20.77
5.20.92
6.21.03
7.21.94

RANKHEAT 5TIME
1.20.37
2.20.43
3.20.65
4.20.68
5.20.75
6.20.83
- DNS

RANKHEAT 6TIME
1.20.36
2.20.57
3.20.58
4.20.84
5.21.17
6.21.30
7.21.63

RANKHEAT 7TIME
1.20.25
2.20.41
3.20.41
4.20.51
5.20.79
6.20.87
7.20.96
8.21.45

References