World Athletics Championships 1999/200 m men

7th World Athletics Championships
discipline	200 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	70 athletes from 52 countries
venue	Seville
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 24th (preliminary / quarter finals) August 25th (semi-finals) August 27th (final)
Medalist Maurice Greene ( USA )   Claudinei da Silva ( BRA )   Francis Obikwelu ( NGR )

The Olympic Stadium of Seville in 2011

The men's 200-meter run at the 1999 World Athletics Championships was held from August 24 to 27, 1999 in the Olympic Stadium in the Spanish city ​​of Seville .

It won the two-time world champion over 100 meters ( 1997/1999 ) Maurice Greene from the United States , who won his third World Cup gold medal here and fourth overall on the final day with the 4 x 100 meter relay of his country . Second place went to the Brazilian World Cup, third in 1997, Claudinei da Silva , who two days later won another bronze medal with his sprint relay. In third place came Francis Obikwelu , who was still starting for Nigeria , who won bronze in the Nigerian 4 x 100 meter relay in 1997. He became a Portuguese citizen in 2001 and from then on represented Portugal at its competitions.

Existing records

World record	19.32 s	Michael Johnson	OS 1996 in Atlanta , USA	August 1, 1996
World championship record	19.79 s		World Cup 1995 in Gothenburg , Sweden	August 11, 1995

The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.

There were the following records / best performances.

• a world best of the year:
  • Francis Obikwelu ( Nigeria ) - 19.84 (2nd semifinals, August 25)
• four national records:
  • Torbjörn Eriksson ( Sweden ) - 20.58 (3rd heat, August 24th)
  • Mohamed Al-Houti ( Oman ) - 20.80 (4th preliminary, August 24th)
  • Tommy Kafri ( Israel ) - 20.89 (4th forerun, August 24)
  • Marcin Urbaś ( Poland ) - 19.98 (2nd semifinals, August 25)

Preliminary round

August 5, 1999, 5:35 p.m.

The preliminary round was carried out in ten runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals.

Forward 1

Kim Collins, 100 meter world champion from 1997 , was sixth place in the first heat not enough to advance

August 24, 1999, 11:36 a.m.

Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Francis Obikwelu	Nigeria	20.54
2	Glenn Smith	Canada	20.68
3	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	20.76
4th	Panayiótis Sarrís	Greece	20.78
5	Sergei Slukin	Russia	20.92
6th	Kim Collins	St. Kitts and Nevis	20.95
7th	Salem Mubarak Al-Yami	Saudi Arabia	21.27

Forward 2

Carlos Gats was disqualified for violating the track

August 24, 1999, 11:36 a.m.

Wind: -0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Frank Fredericks	Namibia	20.60
2	John Ertzgaard	Norway	20.74
3	Matthew Shirvington	Australia	20.75
4th	Martin Lachkovics	Austria	20.77
5	Ricardo Roach	Chile	21.13
6th	Haseri Asli	Brunei	22.91
DSQ	Carlos Gats	Argentina	IAAF Rule 163.3 - Crossing the Track

Forward 3

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  André da Silva missed the quarter-finals by one place

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  Heber Viera - disqualified for breaching the track

August 24, 1999, 11:42 a.m.

Wind: -0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Torbjörn Eriksson	Sweden	20.58 NO
2	Kôji Itô	Japan	20.59
3	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	20.73
4th	André da Silva	Brazil	21.04
DSQ	Petko Yankov	Bulgaria	IAAF Rule 163.3 - Crossing the Track
	Heber Viera	Uruguay
DNS	Robert M. Dennis	Liberia

Forward 4

August 24, 1999, 11:48 a.m.

Wind: +0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Julian Golding	Great Britain	20.48
2	Patrick Stevens	Belgium	20.54
3	Christopher Williams	Jamaica	20.68
4th	Mohamed Al-Houti	Oman	20.80 NO
5	Tommy Kafri	Israel	20.89 NO
6th	Albert Agyemang	Ghana	20.94
7th	Francisco Javier Navarro	Spain	20.97

Forward 5

August 24, 1999, 11:54 am

Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Konstantinos Kenteris	Greece	20.68
2	Douglas Turner	Great Britain	20.72
3	Maurice Greene	United States	20.76
4th	Paul Brizzel	Ireland	21.02
5	Dean Capobianco	Australia	21.48
6th	Keita Cline	British Virgin Islands	21.69
DSQ	Christopher Silas Adolf	Palau	IAAF Rule 163.3 - Crossing the Track

Forward 6

August 24, 1999, 12:00 p.m.

Wind: -0.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	20.56
2	Patrick van Balkom	Netherlands	20.65
3	Renward Wells	Bahamas	20.73
4th	Darryl Wohlsen	Australia	20.79
5	Paul Gorries	South Africa	20.94
6th	Malik Louahla	Algeria	21.21
7th	Christie Van Wyk	Namibia	21.27
8th	Robert Craig	Norfolk Island	24.10

Forward 7

August 24, 1999, 12:06 p.m.

Wind: -0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marcus La Grange	South Africa	20.78
2	Marcin Urbaś	Poland	20.80
3	Curtis Perry	United States	20.86
4th	Joel Mascoll	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	21.25
5	Parakeet Suwonprateep	Thailand	21.32
6th	Christian Nsiah	Ghana	21.36
7th	Kwame Galloway	Montserrat	22.88
DNS	Nathanaël wit	Netherlands Antilles

Forward 8

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  For Erik Wijmeersch (left) it wasn't quite enough to advance to the next round

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  Sebastián Keitel (here in 2018) failed as fifth in his race in the preliminary round

August 24, 1999, 12:12 p.m.

Wind: -0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Claudinei da Silva	Brazil	20.38
2	Iván García	Cuba	20.59
3	Antoine Boussombo	Gabon	20.72
4th	Erik Wijmeersch	Belgium	20.89
5	Sebastián Keitel	Chile	20.90
6th	Tao Wu-Shiun	Chinese Taipei	21.38
7th	Sherwin James	Dominica	21.54

Forward 9

August 24, 1999, 12:18 p.m.

Wind: -0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Kevin Little	United States	20.76
2	Chris Donaldson	New Zealand	20.87
3	Sergey Osovic	Ukraine	20.91
4th	Juan Pedro Toledo	Mexico	21.00
5	Gennadiy Chernovol	Kazakhstan	21.05
6th	Kenneth Andam	Ghana	21.31
7th	Dominic Demeritte	Bahamas	21.41

Forward 10

August 24, 1999, 12:24 p.m.

Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	20.70
2	Stefan wood	Germany	20.74
3	Joseph Loua	Guinea	20.80
4th	Yeóryios Panayiotópoulos	Greece	20.82
5	Gary Ryan	Ireland	20.86
6th	Sunday Emmanuel	Nigeria	21.12
7th	Hadhari Djaffar	Comoros	21.39

Quarter finals

From the four quarter-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals.

Quarter-finals 1

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  Panayiótis Sarrís was six hundredths of a second missing to qualify for the semi-finals

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  Renward Wells (Photo: 2019) finished sixth in his quarter-finals and was eliminated

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  Matt Shirvington (front) did not reach the next lap as seventh of his race in the quarterfinals

Wind: +0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Claudinei da Silva	Brazil	20.22
2	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	20.26
3	Kevin Little	United States	20.38
4th	Stefan wood	Germany	20.59
5	Panayiótis Sarrís	Greece	20.65
6th	Renward Wells	Bahamas	20.66
7th	Matthew Shirvington	Australia	20.67
8th	Douglas Turner	Great Britain	21.08

Quarter-finals 2

August 24, 1999, 7:11 p.m.

Wind: -0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Maurice Greene	United States	20.23
2	Julian Golding	Great Britain	20.32
3	John Ertzgaard	Norway	20.61
4th	Glenn Smith	Canada	20.65
5	Marcus La Grange	South Africa	20.81
6th	Martin Lachkovics	Austria	20.89
DSQ	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	IAAF Rule 163.3 - Crossing the Track
DNS	Konstantinos Kenteris	Greece

Quarter-finals 3

August 24, 1999, 7:17 pm

Wind: -0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	20.51
2	Iván García	Cuba	20.57
3	Christopher Williams	Jamaica	20.59
4th	Kôji Itô	Japan	20.62
5	Torbjörn Eriksson	Sweden	20.74
6th	Curtis Perry	United States	20.76
7th	Joseph Loua	Guinea	20.83
8th	Chris Donaldson	New Zealand	20.96

Quarter-finals 4

August 24, 1999, 7:23 pm

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Frank Fredericks	Namibia	20.11
2	Francis Obikwelu	Nigeria	20.15
3	Marcin Urbaś	Poland	20.32
4th	Patrick Stevens	Belgium	20.49
5	Patrick van Balkom	Netherlands	20.59
6th	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	20.70
7th	Antoine Boussombo	Gabon	20.74
8th	Sergey Osovic	Ukraine	20.93

Semifinals

From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Semi-final run 1

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  Christopher Williams' 20.48 s were not quite enough to make it to the final

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  John Ertzgaard made it to the semi-finals and was eliminated there in seventh place in his race

August 25, 1999, 7:50 p.m.

Wind: +1.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Maurice Greene	United States	20.10
2	Claudinei da Silva	Brazil	20.13
3	Julian Golding	Great Britain	20.28
4th	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	20.36
5	Christopher Williams	Jamaica	20.48
6th	Kôji Itô	Japan	20.51
7th	John Ertzgaard	Norway	20.72
8th	Stefan wood	Germany	21.89

Semi-final run 2

In a very fast semi-final run, Marlon Devonish was eliminated in fifth despite a good 20.25 s

August 25, 1999, 7:58 p.m.

Wind: +1.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Francis Obikwelu	Nigeria	19.84 WL
2	Marcin Urbaś	Poland	19.98 NO
3	Kevin Little	United States	20.10
4th	Frank Fredericks	Namibia	20.10
5	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	20.25
6th	Iván García	Cuba	20.38
7th	Glenn Smith	Canada	20.72
DNS	Patrick Stevens	Belgium

final

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  Maurice Greene. now double world champion after his victory over 100 meters - there was a third title on the final day with his  sprint relay

August 27, 1999, 8:00 p.m.

Wind: +1.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Maurice Greene	United States	19.90
2	Claudinei da Silva	Brazil	20.00
3	Francis Obikwelu	Nigeria	20.11
4th	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	20.23
5	Marcin Urbaś	Poland	20.32
6th	Kevin Little	United States	20.37
7th	Julian Golding	Great Britain	20.48
DNS	Frank Fredericks	Namibia

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  Vice World Champion was Claudinei da Silva, 1997 World Cup -Dritter - he won two days later with his bronze 4 × 100 Meters Relay

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  Bronze medalist Francis Obikwelu could not quite repeat his strong performance from the semifinals - he won a few more medals for Nigeria and especially later for Portugal

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  Fourth place Obadele Thompson

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  Marcin Urbaś reached fifth place after a strong semi-final with a new Polish record in the final

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  Frank Fredericks, multiple medalist and 1993 world champion, reached the finals, but did not compete there

Video

• Men's 200m Final World Athletics Champs Seville 1999 on youtube.com, accessed July 10, 2020

Web links

• 7th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed July 10, 2020
• Men 200m Athletics VII World Championship 1999 Sevilla (ESP) on todor66.com (English), accessed July 10, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 200 m, Seville 1999, p. 99f (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on July 10, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 200 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on July 10, 2020
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} IAAF competition rules, page 91 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on July 10, 2020