1992 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	200 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	80 athletes from 64 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Barcelona
Competition phase	August 3, 1992 (preliminary round / quarter-finals) August 5, 1992 (semi-finals) August 6, 1992 (final)
Medalist Michael Marsh ( USA )   Frank Fredericks ( NAM )   Michael Bates ( USA )

The men's 200-meter race at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona was held on August 3, 5 and 6, 1992 in four rounds in the Barcelona Olympic Stadium. Eighty athletes took part.

The American Michael Marsh became Olympic champion . He won ahead of Frank Fredericks from Namibia and the American Michael Bates .

The Austrians Andreas Berger and Christoph Pöstinger as well as the Swiss Stefan Burkart qualified for the quarter-finals and were eliminated there.
Athletes from Germany and Liechtenstein were not there.

Current title holders

Olympic champion in 1988	Joe DeLoach ( USA )	19.75 s	Seoul 1988
World Champion 1991	Michael Johnson ( USA )	20.01 s	Tokyo 1991
European champion 1990	John Regis ( Great Britain )	20.11 s	Split 1990
Pan American champion 1991	Robson da Silva ( Brazil )	20.15 s	Havana 1991
Central America and Caribbean Champion 1991	Windell Dobson ( Jamaica )	21.22 s	Xalapa 1991
South American Champion 1991	Robson da Silva ( Brazil )	20.79 s	Manaus 1991
Asian champion 1991	Zhao Cunlin ( People's Republic of China )	20.75 s	Kuala Lumpur 1991
African Champion 1992	Victor Omagbemi ( Nigeria )	21.20 s	Belle Vue Maurel 1992
Oceania Champion 1990	Subul Babo ( Papua New Guinea )	21.60 s	Suva 1990

Existing records

World record	19.72 s	Pietro Mennea ( Italy )	Mexico City , Mexico	September 12, 1979
Olympic record	19.75 s	Joe DeLoach ( USA )	Final from Seoul , South Korea	September 28, 1988

Preliminary round

Date: August 3, 1992

The athletes competed in a total of eleven heats. The first three athletes per run qualified for the quarter-finals. In addition, the seven fastest drivers, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. In run 4, the fourth placed also qualified directly. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Frank Fredericks	Namibia	20.74 s
2	Andreas Berger	Austria	21.02 s
3	Edgardo Guilbe	Puerto Rico	21.75 s
4th	Wendell Dickerson	American Virgin Islands	21.78 s
5	Bothloko Shebe	Lesotho	21.96 s
6th	Apisai Driu Baibai	Fiji	22.07 s
7th	Médard Makanga	Republic of the Congo	22.18 s

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Michael Johnson	United States	20.80 s
2	Patrick Stevens	Belgium	20.93 s
3	Sérgio de Menezes	Brazil	21.17 s
4th	Francis Ogola	Uganda	21.29 s
5	Miguel Ángel Gómez	Spain	21.46 s
6th	Samuel Nchinda	Cameroon	21.50 s
7th	Sriyantha Dissanayake	Sri Lanka	21.61 s

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Oluyemi Kayode	Nigeria	20.42 s
2	Atlee Mahorn	Canada	21.01 s
3	Boeviyoulou Lawson	Togo	21.05 s
4th	Ouattara Lagazane	Ivory Coast	21.13 s
5	Simon Kipkemboi	Kenya	21.57 s
6th	Dejan Jovković	IOP	21.77 s
7th	Amadou Sy Savané	Guinea	21.86 s
8th	Jaime Zelaya	Honduras	22.05 s

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Michael Bates	United States	20.91 s
2	Gilles Quenéhervé	France	20.99 s
3	Kennedy Ondiek	Kenya	21.04 s
4th	Seaksarn Boonrat	Thailand	21.39 s
5	Word Coombs	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	22.07 s
6th	Bounhom ​​Siliphone	Laos	23.64 s
6th	Afonso Ferraz	Angola

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Daniel Cojocaru	Romania	21.20 s
2	Linford Christie	Great Britain	21.23 s
3	Stefan Burkart	Switzerland	21.33 s
4th	Abel Tshaka Nzimande	South Africa	21.43 s
5	Mateaki Mafi	Tonga	22.05 s
6th	Lamin Marikong	Gambia	22.33 s
7th	Randolph Foster	Costa Rica	22.47 s
8th	Abdullah Salem Al-Khalidi	Oman	22.48 s

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Marcus Adam	Great Britain	20.62 s
2	Nikolay Antonov	Bulgaria	20.94 s
3	Nelson Boateng	Ghana	21.03 s
4th	Henrico Atkins	Barbados	21.28 s
5	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	21.65 s
6th	Shahanuddin Choudhury	Bangladesh	21.88 s
7th	Kaminiel Selot	Papua New Guinea	22.36 s
8th	Boureima Kimba	Niger	22.49 s

Forward 7

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Olapade Adenics	Nigeria	20.79 s
2	Clive Wright	Jamaica	20.98 s
3	Edwin Ivanov	EUN	21.10 s
4th	Giannis Zisimidis	Cyprus	21.51 s
5	Aldo Canti	San Marino	21.69 s
6th	Gabriel Simeon	Grenada	22.09 s
7th	Kenmore Hughes	Antigua and Barbuda	22.18 s

Forward 8

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Dean Capobianco	Australia	20.86 s
2	Torbjörn Eriksson	Sweden	21.08 s
3	Ibrahima Tamba	Senegal	21.25 s
4th	Sayed Mubarak Al-Kuwari	Qatar	21.87 s
5	Adam Hassan Sakak	Sudan	21.96 s
6th	Robinson Stewart	Swaziland	21.97 s
DNF	Jean-Charles Trouabal	France
DSQ	Juan Vicente Matala	Equatorial Guinea

Forward 9

The Briton John Regis - here in 2012 - was sixth in the Olympics

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	John Regis	Great Britain	20.63 s
2	Sidney de Souza	Brazil	20.72 s
3	Emmanuel Tuffour	Ghana	21.07 s
4th	Horace Dove-Edwin	Sierra Leone	21.38 s
5	Khaled Ibrahim Jouma	Bahrain	21.55 s
6th	Harouna Pale	Burkina Faso	21.65 s
7th	Boubout Dieng	Mauritania	22.75 s

Forward 10

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Michael Marsh	United States	20.38 s
2	Neil de Silva	Trinidad and Tobago	20.89 s
3	Peter Ogilvie	Canada	21.11 s
4th	Ousmane Diarra	Mali	21.73 s
5	Hussain Arif	Pakistan	21.75 s
6th	Pat Kwok Wai	Hong Kong	22.45 s
7th	Ahmed Shageef	Maldives	22.54 s

Forward 11

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Robson da Silva	Brazil	20.62 s
2	Cameron Taylor	New Zealand	20.91 s
3	Christoph Pöstinger	Austria	21.02 s
4th	Anthony Wilson	Canada	21.21 s
5	Valentin Ngbogo	Central African Republic	21.51 s
6th	Claude Roumain	Haiti	22.51 s
DNS	Fletcher Wamlee	Vanuatu

Quarter finals

Date: August 3, 1992

From the five quarterfinals, the first three athletes per run qualified for the semifinals. In addition, the next fastest, the so-called lucky loser , made it through. The directly qualified athletes are light blue, the lucky loser is highlighted in light green.

Run 1

Edgardo Guilbe from Puerto Rico qualified for the quarter-finals did not appear.

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Marcus Adam	Great Britain	20.43 s
2	Michael Johnson	United States	20.55 s
3	Neil de Silva	Trinidad and Tobago	20.66 s
4th	Atlee Mahorn	Canada	20.78 s
5	Christoph Pöstinger	Austria	20.83 s
6th	Sérgio de Menezes	Brazil	21.00 s
7th	Horace Dove-Edwin	Sierra Leone	21.80 s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Robson da Silva	Brazil	20.35 s
2	Olapade Adenics	Nigeria	20.47 s
3	Clive Wright	Jamaica	20.70 s
4th	Edwin Ivanov	EUN	20.78 s
5	Cameron Taylor	New Zealand	20.83 s
6th	Nelson Boateng	Ghana	21.04 s
7th	Ouattara Lagazane	Ivory Coast	21.39 s
8th	Francis Ogola	Uganda	21.41 s

Run 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Michael Bates	United States	20.22 s
2	Oluyemi Kayode	Nigeria	20.22 s
3	Linford Christie	Great Britain	20.52 s
4th	Dean Capobianco	Australia	20.61 s
5	Peter Ogilvie	Canada	20.77 s
6th	Andreas Berger	Austria	21.02 s
7th	Seaksarn Boonrat	Thailand	21.30 s
DNS	Abel Tshaka Nzimande	South Africa

Run 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Michael Marsh	United States	20.08 s
2	Sidney de Souza	Brazil	20.69 s
3	Torbjörn Eriksson	Sweden	20.81 s
4th	Kennedy Ondiek	Kenya	20.86 s
5	Gilles Quenéhervé	France	20.96 s
6th	Daniel Cojocaru	Romania	20.96 s
7th	Ibrahima Tamba	Senegal	21.28 s
8th	Miguel Ángel Gómez	Spain	21.32 s
9	Stefan Burkart	Switzerland	21.52 s

Run 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Frank Fredericks	Namibia	20.02 s
2	John Regis	Great Britain	20.16 s
3	Nikolay Antonov	Bulgaria	20.50 s
4th	Emmanuel Tuffour	Ghana	20.58 s
5	Patrick Stevens	Belgium	20.67 s
6th	Henrico Atkins	Barbados	21.19 s
7th	Anthony Wilson	Canada	21.22 s
8th	Boeviyoulou Lawson	Togo	21.47 s

Semifinals

Date: August 5, 1992

The first four runners in each case qualified for the finals in the two semi-finals (highlighted in light blue).

Run 1

The American Michael Johnson, who was weakened by food poisoning as the favorite, was eliminated in the semi-finals on a recording in 2010

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Michael Marsh	United States	19.73 s	OR
2	John Regis	Great Britain	20.09 s
3	Robson da Silva	Brazil	20.15 s
4th	Oluyemi Kayode	Nigeria	20.23 s
5	Linford Christie	Great Britain	20.38 s
6th	Nikolay Antonov	Bulgaria	20.55 s
7th	Clive Wright	Jamaica	20.82 s
8th	Torbjörn Eriksson	Sweden	20.85 s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Frank Fredericks	Namibia	20.14 s
2	Michael Bates	United States	20.39 s
3	Olapade Adenics	Nigeria	20.39 s
4th	Marcus Adam	Great Britain	20.63 s
5	Emmanuel Tuffour	Ghana	20.78 s
6th	Michael Johnson	United States	20.78 s
7th	Sidney de Souza	Brazil	20.88 s
DSQ	Neil de Silva	Trinidad and Tobago

final

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Michael Marsh	United States	20.01 s
2	Frank Fredericks	Namibia	20.13 s
3	Michael Bates	United States	20.38 s
4th	Robson da Silva	Brazil	20.45 s
5	Olapade Adenics	Nigeria	20.50 s
6th	John Regis	Great Britain	20.55 s
7th	Oluyemi Kayode	Nigeria	20.67 s
8th	Marcus Adam	Great Britain	20.80 s

Date: August 6, 1992

Wind: −1.0 m / s

For the finals on August 6th, two US-Americans, two British and Nigerians as well as one starter each from Brazil and Namibia had qualified.

The top favorite was world number one Michael Johnson from the USA. However, he fell ill with food poisoning after visiting a restaurant in Spain . As a result, he was so weakened that he was eliminated in the semi-finals. The favorites were the US runner Michael Marsh, who ran the Olympic record in the semifinals and missed the world record by just a hundredth of a second, as well as the Namibian Frank Fredericks, who had won silver over 100 meters and was vice world champion over 200 meters last year behind Michael Johnson. The World Cup fourth Robson da Silva from Brazil and the World Cup fifth Olapade Adeniken also started with medal prospects .

In the final, Marsh took the lead in the corner. Behind him, five runners were almost tied, just behind. Only the Nigerian Oluyemi Kayode and the Briton Marcus Adam had fallen behind a little. On the home straight, Michael Marsh showed great stamina and won with twelve hundredths of a second ahead of Frank Fredericks, who won his second silver medal in Barcelona. In the battle for bronze, the American Michael Bates prevailed just ahead of Robson da Silva and Olapade Adeniken. The Briton John Regis came in sixth place. A headwind of 1.0 meters per second prevented even better times.

In the 21st Olympic final, Michael Marsh won the 15th gold medal for the USA. It was the third consecutive US win since 1984 .

Web links

• SportsReference 200 m , accessed February 5, 2018
• Official report on the Olympic Games in Barcelona , athletics results: p. 39f, Catalan / Spanish / English / French (PDF, 38.871 MB), accessed on February 5, 2018

Video

• Men's 200m Final Barcelona Olympics 1992 , published November 8, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed February 5, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 668 , accessed on February 5, 2018
2. ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Barcelona , athletics results: p. 39, Catalan / Spanish / English / French (PDF, 38.871 MB), accessed on February 5, 2018
3. ↑ Official report on the Olympic Games in Barcelona , athletics results: p. 39f, Catalan / Spanish / English / French (PDF, 38.871 MB), accessed on February 5, 2018
4. ↑ ^{a b} Official report on the Olympic Games in Barcelona , athletics results: p. 40, Catalan / Spanish / English / French (PDF, 38.871 MB), accessed on February 5, 2018