2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	200 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	77 athletes from 48 countries
Competition location	Estádio Nilton Santos
Competition phase	August 16, 2016 (preliminary) August 17, 2016 (semi-finals) August 18, 2016 (final)
Medalist Usain Bolt ( JAM )   Andre De Grasse ( CAN )   Christophe Lemaitre ( FRA )

The men's 200-meter run at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 16, 17 and 18, 2016 at the Estádio Nilton Santos . 77 athletes took part.

The Olympic champion was Usain Bolt from Jamaica. He won ahead of the Canadian Andre De Grasse and the French Christophe Lemaitre .

For Germany went robin erewa , Aleixo-Platini Menga and Julian Reus at the start. All three failed in the preliminary round.

Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current title holders

Olympic champion	Usain Bolt ( Jamaica )	19.32 s	London 2012
World Champion		19.55 s	Beijing 2015
European champion	Bruno Hortelano ( Spain )	20.45 s	Amsterdam 2016
North / Central America / Caribbean champions	Rasheed Dwyer ( Jamaica )	20.12 s	San José 2015
South America champion	Alex Quiñónez ( Ecuador )	20.76 s	Lima 2015
Asian champion	Femi Ogunode ( Qatar )	20.32 s	Wuhan 2015
African champions	Wayde van Niekerk ( South Africa )	20.02 s	Durban 2016
Oceania Champion	Jeremy Dodson ( Samoa )	20.57 s	Cairns 2015

Existing records

World record	Usain Bolt ( Jamaica )	19.19 s	Berlin , Germany	August 20, 2009
Olympic record		19.30 s	Beijing Final , People's Republic of China	August 20, 2008

Note: All times are based on Rio local time ( UTC-3 ).

Preliminary round

The athletes competed in a total of ten preliminary runs. The first two athletes per run qualified for the semifinals. In addition, the four fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified sprinters are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Forward 1

August 16, 2016, 11:50 a.m.

Wind: +0.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Alonso Edward	Panama	20.19
2	Daniel Talbot	Great Britain	20.27
3	Likourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas	Greece	20.31
4th	Femi Ogunode	Qatar	20.36
5	Jeremy Dodson	Samoa	20.51
6th	Jak Ali Harvey	Turkey	20.58
7th	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	20.65
DSQ	Demetrius Pinder	Bahamas		IAAF rule 162.7 (false start)

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  Femi Ogunode from Qatar - eliminated fourth in his heat

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  The Turkish Jak Ali Harvey's sixth place wasn't enough for him to advance

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  Demetrius Pinder of the Bahamas was disqualified after a false start

Forward 2

August 16, 2016, 11:57 am

Wind: -0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Bruno Hortelano	Spain	20.12
2	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	20.13
3	Ameer Webb	United States	20.31
4th	Anaso Jobodwana	South Africa	20.53
5	Robin Erewa	Germany	20.61
6th	Emmanuel Dasor	Ghana	20.65
7th	Shavez Hart	Bahamas	20.74
8th	Bernardo Baloyes	Colombia	20.78

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  The South African Anaso Jobodwana did not reach the semi-finals in fourth

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  For the German Robin Erewa, the games were finished fifth in his heat

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  Shavez Hart of the Bahamas was eliminated as eighth of his preliminary round in the preliminary round

Forward 3

Emmanuel Matadi from Liberia was eliminated as fifth in his preliminary run

August 16, 2016, 12:04 p.m.

Wind: +0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Salem Eid Yaqoob	Bahrain	20.19	NO
2	Ramil Guliyev	Turkey	20.23
3	Aaron Brown	Canada	20.23
4th	Shota Iizuka	Japan	20.49
5	Emmanuel Matadi	Liberia	20.49	NO
6th	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Swaziland	20.63	NO
7th	Levi Cadogan	Barbados	21.02
8th	Tega Odele	Nigeria	21.25

Forward 4

The Italian Eseosa Desalu finished fifth in his preliminary race and was eliminated

August 16, 2016, 12:11 pm

Wind: 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	José Carlos Herrera	Mexico	20.29
2	Roberto Skyers	Cuba	20.44
3	Jorge Vides	Brazil	20.50
4th	Tlotliso Leotlela	South Africa	20.59
5	Eseosa Desalu	Italy	20.65
6th	Teray Smith	Bahamas	20.66
7th	Didier Kiki	Benin	22.27
DNS	Miguel Francis	Antigua and Barbuda

Forward 5

August 16, 2016, 12:18 pm

Wind: -1.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Justin Gatlin	United States	20.42
2	Matteo Galvan	Italy	20.58
3	Ramon Gittens	Barbados	20.58
4th	Serhiy Smelyk	Ukraine	20.66
5	Aleixo Platini Menga	Germany	20.80
6th	Kenji Fujimitsu	Japan	20.86
7th	Yancarlos Martínez	Dominican Republic	22.97

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  Ramon Gittens from Barbados did not make it into the semi-finals as third

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  The Ukrainian Serhiy Smelyk did not reach the semi-finals with his fourth place in the preliminary run

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  For the German Aleixo-Platini Menga, his fifth place was not enough to make it to the semifinals

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  Yancarlos Martínez from the Dominican Republic failed as a forward seventh in the preliminary round

Forward 6

August 16, 2016, 12:25 p.m.

Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Nickel Ashmeade	Jamaica	20.15
2	Adam Gemili	Great Britain	20.20
3	Clarence Munyai	South Africa	20.66
4th	Burkheart Ellis	Barbados	20.74
5	Alexander Hartmann	Australia	21.02
6th	Tatenda Tsumba	Zimbabwe	21.04
7th	Rolando Palacios	Honduras	21.32
8th	Theo Piniau	Papua New Guinea	22.14

Forward 7

Pre-run 7 after the start:
Dabla (2970), Martina (2785), Rodney (2208), Houston (2102), Manenti (2603), Jammeh (2440), Brenes (2262)

August 16, 2016, 12:32 p.m.

Wind: +0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Nery Brenes	Costa Rica	20.20	NO
2	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	20.29
3	Brendon Rodney	Canada	20.34
4th	Davide Manenti	Italy	20.51
5	Adama Jammeh	Gambia	20.55
6th	Harold Houston	Bermuda	20.85
7th	Fabrice Dabla	Togo	21.63
DNS	Mike Nyang'au	Kenya

Forward 8

Forerun 8 (from right to left):
Nkanata, Lemaitre, Merritt, Reus, Bodrow, de Barros, Mena, Zalewski

August 16, 2016, 12:39 pm

Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	LaShawn Merritt	United States	20.15
2	Christophe Lemaitre	France	20.28
3	Julian Reus	Germany	20.39
4th	Reynier Mena	Cuba	20.42
5	Karol Zalewski	Poland	20.54
6th	Bruno de Barros	Brazil	20.59
7th	Ihor Bodrow	Ukraine	20.86
8th	Carvin Nkanata	Kenya	21.43

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  Despite a good 20.39 seconds, the German Julian Reus did not reach the semifinals

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  The Pole Karol Zalewski was eliminated in fifth place in his preliminary race

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  For the Brazilian Bruno de Barros there was no progress with his sixth place in the preliminary run

Forward 9

Preroll 9 after the start:
Takase (2660), Bockarie (2779), Borlée (2088), Bolt (2612), Saidy Ndure (2805), Greaux (2981), Oduduru (2796)

August 16, 2016, 12:46 p.m.

Wind: +0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	20.28
2	Divine Oduduru	Nigeria	20.34
3	Solomon Bockarie	Netherlands	20.42
4th	Kyle Greaux	Trinidad and Tobago	20.61
5	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	20.64
6th	Kei Takase	Japan	20.71
7th	Ahmed Ali	Sudan	20.78
	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	Norway

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  A third place in the preliminary run was not enough for the Dutchman Solomon Bockarie to make it to the semi-finals

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  The Belgian Jonathan Borlée was fifth in his heat and was eliminated

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  The Japanese Kei Takase failed as sixth in the preliminary round

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  The Norwegian Jaysuma Saidy Ndure did not reach the semifinals with his seventh place

Forward 10

August 16, 2016, 12:53 p.m.

Wind: +1.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Andre De Grasse	Canada	20.09
2	Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	Great Britain	20.24
3	Sorrillo roundabout	Trinidad and Tobago	20.27
4th	Hua Wilfried Koffi	Ivory Coast	20.48
5	Antoine Adams	St. Kitts and Nevis	20.49
6th	Stanly del Carmen	Dominican Republic	20.55
7th	Aldemir da Silva Junior	Brazil	20.80
8th	Brandon Jones	Belize	21.49

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  Hua Wilfried Koffi from Ivory Coast finished fourth in the tenth heat and was eliminated

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  Antoine Adams from St. Kitts and Nevis did not reach the semifinals with his fifth place in his preliminary round

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  Stanly del Carmen from the Dominican Republic - eliminated sixth in his preliminary round

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  The Brazilian Aldemir da Silva Junior failed as seventh in his preliminary round

Semifinals

In each of the three semi-finals, the first two athletes qualified for the final. In addition, the two fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Run 1

August 17, 2016, 10:00 p.m.

Wind: -0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	LaShawn Merritt	United States	19.94
2	Christophe Lemaitre	France	20.01
3	Daniel Talbot	Great Britain	20.25
4th	Nickel Ashmeade	Jamaica	20.31
5	Sorrillo roundabout	Trinidad and Tobago	20.33
6th	Nery Brenes	Costa Rica	20.33
7th	Aaron Brown	Canada	20.37
8th	José Carlos Herrera	Mexico	20.48

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  Daniel Talbot, Great Britain - eliminated fourth in his semi-final run

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  The Jamaican Nickel Ashmeade stuck in fourth of his race in the semifinals

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  Nery Brenes of Costa Rica finished fifth in his semi-final run and was eliminated

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  The Canadian Aaron Brown finished seventh in his semi-finals, which was not enough for advancement

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  For the Mexican José Carlos Herrera, he finished eighth in his semifinal race

Run 2

August 17, 2016, 10:08 pm

Wind: -0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	19.78
2	Andre De Grasse	Canada	19.80	NO
3	Adam Gemili	Great Britain	20.08
4th	Ramil Guliyev	Turkey	20.09
5	Salem Eid Yaqoob	Bahrain	20.43
6th	Ameer Webb	United States	20.43
7th	Divine Oduduru	Nigeria	20.59
8th	Roberto Skyers	Cuba	20.60

Run 3

August 17, 2016, 10:16 pm

Wind: -0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Alonso Edward	Panama	20.07
2	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	20.10
3	Justin Gatlin	United States	20.13
4th	Bruno Hortelano	Spain	20.16
5	Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	Great Britain	20.25
6th	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	20.37
7th	Likourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas	Greece	20.64
8th	Matteo Galvan	Italy	20.88

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  His third place was not enough for the American Justin Gatlin to reach the final

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  The Jamaican Yohan Blake retired with a sixth place in his semi-final race

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  The Greek Likourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas did not reach the final as seventh in his semifinal run

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  The Italian Matteo Galvan finished eighth in his semi-final run and was eliminated

final

50 meters from the finish (from left to right): Martina, Lemaitre, Bolt, Merritt, De Grasse, Edward, Gemili - not in the picture: Guliyev

August 18, 2016, 10:30 p.m.

Wind: -0.5 m / s

One participant each from France, Great Britain, Jamaica, Canada, the Netherlands, Panama, Turkey and the USA had qualified for the final.

The top favorite was the Olympic champion from 2008 and 2012 , world champion from 2009 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 and world record holder Usain Bolt from Jamaica, who had announced in advance that he wanted to break his own world record. Of the three world bests of the year over 200 meters , only the US runner LaShawn Merritt, actually a 400 meter specialist, made it to the final. His teammates Ameer Webb and Justin Gatlin were eliminated in the semifinals, as was 2012 silver medalist Yohan Blake. Canadian bronze medalist over was highly 100m Andre De Grasse, who s had set up in the semifinals with 19.80 a new Canadian national record.

Because of a rain shower before the final, the track was damp. Bolt on lane six had a good start and was able to quickly compensate for the cornering requirement on Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre, lane seven, and Dutchman Churandy Martina, lane eight. At the end of the corner, Bolt was two meters ahead of Martina. He was in second place, slightly ahead of Alonso Edward from Panama on lane three. Merritt, the Briton Gemili and De Grasse followed closely behind. The Turk Ramil Guliyev was already beaten.

At the start of the home stretch, De Grasse pushed himself to the front of the field of pursuers. Edwards and Merritt fell behind. At the finish, Bolt was three meters ahead of De Grasse. Lemaitre and Gemili crossed the finish line one and a half meters behind the Canadian, Martina a tenth of a second behind Merritt, Edward and finally Guliyev. After evaluating the photo of the finish line, Lemaitre was rated third with three hundredths of a second ahead of Martina.

Usain Bolt won the third consecutive gold medal in the discipline. He is the first athlete to repeat his Olympic victory in this discipline twice. Overall, it was his eighth Olympic victory. In 2008 and 2012 he won gold in the 100 and 200 meters, and in 2012 in the sprint relay. After this victory he was now with seven gold medals in third place of all track and field athletes in the number of Olympic victories and in sixth place in the number of total medals. In front of him was the sprint relay with very good prospects for another gold medal.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	19.78
2	Andre De Grasse	Canada	20.02
3	Christophe Lemaitre	France	20.12	after target photo measurement 20.116 s
4th	Adam Gemili	Great Britain	20.12	after target photo measurement 20.119 s
5	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	20.13	after target photo measurement 20.122 s
6th	LaShawn Merritt	United States	20.19
7th	Alonso Edward	Panama	20.23
8th	Ramil Guliyev	Turkey	20.49

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  Olympic Champion:
  Usain Bolt, Jamaica

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  Silver medal:
  Andre De Grasse, Canada

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  Bronze medal:
  Christophe Lemaitre from France

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  The Briton Adam Gemili finished fourth in the final

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  Churandy Martina from the Netherlands finished fifth in the Olympics

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  The American LaShawn Merritt came in sixth place

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  Ramil Guliyev from Turkey came in eighth

Web links

• Results Book Rio 2016, Official Report at library.olympic.org, accessed September 29, 2018
• Results on the website of the IAAF World Athletics Federation (English), accessed on September 29, 2018
• Sports-Reference, result 200 m men (English), accessed on September 29, 2018

Videos

• Bolt, Blake, Weir, Quinonez & Lemaitre Win 200m Heats - London 2012 Olympics on youtube.com, published August 7, 2016, accessed September 29, 2018
• Usain Bolt Qualifies For Men's 200m Final (3 Heats) - London 2012 Olympics on youtube.com, published August 8, 2016, accessed September 29, 2018
• Usain Bolt Wins 200m Final, London 2012 Olympic Games on youtube.com, published on August 9, 2016, accessed on September 29, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015 page 668 , accessed on September 29, 2018
2. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 71 (PDF), accessed on September 29, 2018
3. ↑ Report in the Spiegel from August 19, 2016 , accessed on September 29, 2018
4. ↑ Report in the Sydney Morning Herald of August 19, 2016 (English) , accessed on September 29, 2018