World Athletics Championships 2001/200 m men

8th World Athletics Championships
discipline	200 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	50 athletes from 38 countries
venue	Edmonton
Competition location	Commonwealth Stadium
Competition phase	August 7th (preliminary / quarter-finals) August 8th (semi-finals) August 9th (final)
Medalist Konstantinos Kenteris ( GRE )   Christopher Williams ( JAM )   Kim Collins ( SKN ) Shawn Crawford ( USA )

The Commonwealth Stadium by Edmonton in 2005

The men's 200-meter run at the 2001 World Athletics Championships was held from August 7th to 9th, 2001 at the Commonwealth Stadium in the Canadian city ​​of Edmonton .

The Greek Olympic champion in 2000 Konstantinos Kenteris became world champion . He won ahead of the Jamaican Christopher Williams , who had previously won medals with two seasons of his country: Olympic Games 2000: bronze ( 4 × 400 m ) / Pan American Games 1999 : silver ( 4 × 100 m ). Here in Edmonton, too, he won bronze over 4 × 400 m. In third place, two sprinters crossed the finish line together at the same time: Kim Collins from St. Kitts and Nevis and the American Shawn Crawford .

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 was a world record for the year and five national records.

• World annual best:
  • 20.03 s - Konstantinos Kenteris ( Greece ), second semi-final with a tail wind of 0.7 m / s
• National records:
  • 20.23 s - Stéphan Buckland ( Mauritius ), first quarter-finals with a tail wind of 1.2 m / s
  • 20.15 s - Stéphan Buckland (Mauritius), first semi-final with a tail wind of 0.1 m / s
  • 20.31 s - Joseph Batangdon ( Cameroon ), first quarter-finals with a tail wind of 1.2 m / s
  • 20.25 s - Kim Collins ( St. Kitts and Nevis ), third quarter-finals with a headwind of 0.3 m / s
  • 20.20 s - Kim Collins (St. Kitts and Nevis), final with a tail wind of 0.1 m / s

doping

There were two doping cases in this competition.

• The Frenchman Christophe Cheval , who was eliminated in the quarter-finals, tested positive for nandrolone twice . His results at these world championships - also with his country's 4 x 100 meter relay - were canceled and received a two-year ban.
• The American Ramon Clay , also eliminated in the quarterfinals, was proven to have used steroids for the period from 2000 to 2005 . All his results from this period were annulled and received a two-year ban after he had already retired from active competitive sports.

Two sprinters suffered whose performance would have entitled them to participate in the quarter-finals:

• André da Silva , Brazil - Eligibility for his fourth place in the second run
• Eric Pacome N'Dri , Ivory Coast - Eligible over his time of 20.87 s in the seventh run-up

Preliminary round

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

Forward 1

August 7, 2001, 9:45 am

Wind: +0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Shingo Suetsugu	Japan	20.53
2	Stéphan Buckland	Mauritius	20.61
3	Gennadiy Chernovol	Kazakhstan	20.65
4th	Claudinei da Silva	Brazil	20.78
5	Ricardo Williams	Jamaica	20.85
6th	Christie Van Wyk	Namibia	21.25
7th	Rika Fardani	Indonesia	21.87
8th	Jayson Jones	Belize	22.13

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  André da Silva was eliminated with 21.00 s, but could have participated in the quarter-finals after the doping offenders were disqualified

Forward 2

August 7, 2001, 9:52 a.m.

Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marco Torrieri	Italy	20.63
2	Heber Viera	Uruguay	20.69
3	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain	20.80
4th	André da Silva	Brazil	21.00 actually qualified for the quarter-finals
5	Jermaine Joseph	Canada	21.17
6th	Conrad Rdechor	Palau	22.86
DOP	Christophe Cheval	France	admitted to the quarter-finals
DNS	Mourade Mze Ali	Comoros

Forward 3

August 7, 2001, 9:59 a.m.

Wind: -1.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Konstantinos Kenteris	Greece	20.46
2	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	20.58
3	Caimin Douglas	Netherlands Antilles	20.63
4th	Marcus La Grange	South Africa	20.69
5	Radek Zachoval	Czech Republic	21.03
6th	Chang Po-Chih	Chinese Taipei	21.63
DSQ	Keita Cline	British Virgin Islands	IAAF Rule 163.3b - Crossing the track

Forward 4

August 7, 2001, 10:06 am

Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Shawn Crawford	United States	20.46
2	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	20.58
3	Alexander Kosenkow	Germany	20.63
4th	Toshiyuki Fujimoto	Japan	20.77
5	Corné du Plessis	South Africa	20.92
6th	Salem Mubarak Al-Yami	Saudi Arabia	21.03
7th	Darren Tuitt	Montserrat	21.94

Forward 5

August 7, 2001, 10:13 am

Wind: -0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	20.37
2	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	20.65
3	John Ertzgaard	Norway	20.68
4th	Dominic Demeritte	Bahamas	20.75
5	Juan Pedro Toledo	Mexico	20.83
DOP	Ramon Clay	United States	admitted to the quarter-finals
DNS	Frank Fredericks	Namibia

Forward 6

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  Erik Wijmeersch (left) failed in the preliminary round as fifth in his race

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  Tobias Unger - his sixth place in the sixth preliminary run was not enough for participation in the quarter-finals

August 7, 2001, 10:20 am

Wind: +1.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Kevin Little	United States	20.36
2	Tommi Hartonen	Finland	20.57
3	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	20.58
4th	Frédéric Krantz	France	20.84
5	Erik Wijmeersch	Belgium	21.17
6th	Tobias Unger	Germany	21.30
7th	Wai-kun Lei	Macau	21.63

Forward 7

August 7, 2001, 10:27 am

Wind: +0.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Christopher Williams	Jamaica	20.25
2	Kim Collins	St. Kitts and Nevis	20.41
3	Marcin Urbaś	Poland	20.41
4th	Oumar Loum	Senegal	20.51
5	Ryo Matsuda	Japan	20.79
6th	Eric Pacome N'Dri	Ivory Coast	20.87 actually qualified for the quarter-finals
7th	Patrick van Balkom	Netherlands	20.96
8th	Hamoud Abdallah Al-Dalhami	Oman	21.45

Quarter finals

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

Quarter-finals 1

August 7, 2001, 6:55 pm

Wind: +1.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	20.13
2	Shawn Crawford	United States	20.19
3	Stéphan Buckland	Mauritius	20.23 NO
4th	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	20.31 NO
5	Oumar Loum	Senegal	20.43
6th	Gennadiy Chernovol	Kazakhstan	20.71
7th	Frédéric Krantz	France	21.02
DSQ	Ryo Matsuda	Japan

Quarter-finals 2

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  Troy Douglas missed the semi-finals by one place

• 

  Heber Viera finished seventh in his quarter-finals and was eliminated

August 7, 2001, 7:01 pm

Wind: +1.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Konstantinos Kenteris	Greece	20.30
2	Marco Torrieri	Italy	20.43
3	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	20.44
4th	Shingo Suetsugu	Japan	20.48
5	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	20.54
6th	Ricardo Williams	Jamaica	20.65
7th	Heber Viera	Uruguay	20.83
8th	Dominic Demeritte	Bahamas	20.86

Quarter-finals 3

Caimin Douglas failed in the quarterfinals as seventh of his race

August 7, 2001, 7:07 pm

Wind: -0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Christopher Williams	Jamaica	20.24
2	Kim Collins	St. Kitts and Nevis	20.25 NO
3	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	20.48
4th	Toshiyuki Fujimoto	Japan	20.78
5	Juan Pedro Toledo	Mexico	20.80
6th	Marcus La Grange	South Africa	20.83
7th	Caimin Douglas	Netherlands Antilles	20.87
DOP	Ramon Clay	United States

Quarter-finals 4

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  For Dwain Chambers, clearly more successful in the 100 meters , it was not enough for the next round with fifth place in his quarter-finals

• 

  After reaching the quarter-finals, Alexander Kosenkow couldn't go any further

• 

  Like over 100 meters, the world championships for John Ertzgaard also ended over 200 meters in the quarter-finals

August 7, 2001, 7:13 pm

Wind: -1.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Kevin Little	United States	20.34
2	Marcin Urbaś	Poland	20.54
3	Tommi Hartonen	Finland	20.58
4th	Claudinei da Silva	Brazil	20.58
5	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain	20.60
6th	Alexander Kosenkow	Germany	20.66
7th	John Ertzgaard	Norway	20.88
DOP	Christophe Cheval	France

Semifinals

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

Semi-final run 1

Marcin Urbaś made it to the semi-finals and then retired in fifth place in his race

August 8, 2001, 6:45 p.m.

Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	20.08
2	Kevin Little	United States	20.13
3	Stéphan Buckland	Mauritius	20.15 NO
4th	Kim Collins	St. Kitts and Nevis	20.26
5	Marcin Urbaś	Poland	20.48
6th	Toshiyuki Fujimoto	Japan	20.56
7th	Tommi Hartonen	Finland	20.65
8th	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	20.66

Semi-final run 2

August 8, 2001, 6:52 p.m.

Wind: +0.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Konstantinos Kenteris	Greece	20.03 WL
2	Christopher Williams	Jamaica	20.11
3	Shawn Crawford	United States	20.21
4th	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	20.29
5	Marco Torrieri	Italy	20.38
6th	Shingo Suetsugu	Japan	20.39
7th	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	20.40
8th	Claudinei da Silva	Brazil	20.64

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  Vice world champion Christopher Williams won his first individual medal after success with relays in his country

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  Kim Collins was one of two tied bronze medalists - in 2003 he became the 100 meter world champion

final

August 9, 2001, 9:40 pm

Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Konstantinos Kenteris	Greece	20.04
2	Christopher Williams	Jamaica	20.20
3	Kim Collins	St. Kitts and Nevis	20.20 NO
	Shawn Crawford	United States	20.20
5	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	20.22
6th	Stéphan Buckland	Mauritius	20.24
7th	Kevin Little	United States	20.25
8th	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	20.38

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  Second bronze medalist Shawn Crawford

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  Christian Malcolm was fifth

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  Stéphan Buckland had set two national records for Mauritius and reached sixth place

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  Marlon Devonish won the 1999 World Cup silver with the British sprint relay and came in eighth here

Video

• World Championship Edmonton 2001-Konstadinos Kederis Gold medal 200m men 20.04sec on youtube.com, accessed on August 6, 2020

Web links

• 8th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed August 6, 2020
• Men 200m Athletics VIII World Championship 2001 Edmonton (CAN) on todor66.com, accessed August 6, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 200 m, Edmonton 2001, p. 100 (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on August 6, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 200 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on August 6, 2020
2. ↑ Sprinter Cheval Tests Positive on apnews.com (English), January 11, 2002, accessed on August 6, 2020
3. ↑ Retired US Sprinter Ramon Clay Banned for Two Years Over Doping Violation on runnerspace.com (English), October 23, 2010, accessed on August 6, 2020
4. ↑ ^{a b} IAAF competition rules, page 91 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on August 6, 2020