Men's 200 metres world record progression

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World record progression for the men's 200 m.

The following table shows the

IAAF. The current record of 19.19 seconds was set by Usain Bolt at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
.

The IAAF maintained separate records for 200 m over a straight track and over a curved track until 1976, when records for the former were discarded. The IAAF ratified the first record for 200 m on a curved track in 1951. "y" denotes times for 220 yards (201.17 m) which were also ratified for the event.

As of 2018, the IAAF has ratified 24 world records in the event.[1]

Records 1951–1976

Time Wind Auto Athlete Nationality Location of race Date
20.6y Andy Stanfield  United States Philadelphia, United States May 26, 1951[2]
20.6 Andy Stanfield  United States Los Angeles, United States June 28, 1952[2]
20.6 0.0 Thane Baker  United States Bakersfield, United States June 23, 1956[2]
20.6 20.75 Bobby Morrow  United States Melbourne, Australia November 27, 1956[2]
20.6 Manfred Germar  West Germany Wuppertal, Germany October 1, 1958[2]
20.6y −1.6 Ray Norton  United States Berkeley, United States March 19, 1960[2]
20.6 Ray Norton  United States Philadelphia, United States April 30, 1960[2]
20.5y Peter Radford  United Kingdom Wolverhampton, United Kingdom May 28, 1960[2]
20.5 0.0 20.75 Stone Johnson  United States Stanford, United States July 2, 1960[2]
20.5 0.0 Ray Norton  United States Stanford, United States July 2, 1960[2]
20.5 20.65 Livio Berruti  Italy Rome, Italy September 3, 1960[2]
20.5 0.0 20.62 Livio Berruti  Italy Rome, Italy September 3, 1960[2]
20.5y −1.1 20.67 Paul Drayton  United States Walnut, United States June 23, 1962[2]
20.3y −0.1 Henry Carr  United States Tempe, United States March 23, 1963[2]
20.2y 0.5 Henry Carr  United States Tempe, United States April 4, 1964[2]
20.0y 0.0 Tommie Smith  United States Sacramento, United States June 11, 1966[3][2]
19.8 A 0.9 19.83 A Tommie Smith  United States Mexico City, Mexico October 16, 1968[2]
19.8 A 0.9 19.86 A Don Quarrie  Jamaica Cali, Colombia August 3, 1971[2]
19.8y 1.3 Don Quarrie  Jamaica Eugene, United States June 7, 1975[2]

The "Time" column indicates the ratified mark; the "Wind" column indicates the wind assistance in metres per second, 2.0 m/s the current maximum allowable, a negative indicates the mark was set running into a wind; the "Auto" column indicates a fully automatic time that was also recorded in the event when hand-timed marks were used for official records, or which was the basis for the official mark, rounded to the 10th or 100th of a second, depending on the rules then in place.

John Carlos ran 19.7A seconds (19.92A auto) (1.9 ms wind), at altitude, at the 1968 US Olympic Trials in Echo Summit. The run was not ratified as a world record because Carlos was wearing shoes with 'brush' spikes which did not have sanction as official footwear.

Henry Carr's winning time at the 1964 Olympics (17 October) was a hand timed 20.3 seconds. The electronic time was 20.36 seconds, which was the fastest auto time to that date. Tommie Smith ran 20.26 for 220 yards at Provo in 1967. By deducting .12 seconds for the 200 metre equivalent, he is estimated to have run 20.14 for that distance.[4]: 45 

Records post-1977

Beginning in 1975, the IAAF accepted separate automatically electronically timed records for events up to 400 metres. Starting on January 1, 1977, the IAAF required

fully automatic timing to the hundredth of a second for these events.[2]

Tommie Smith's 1968 Olympic gold medal victory was the fastest recorded fully electronic 200 metre sprint up to that time.

Time Wind Auto Athlete Nationality Location of race Date
19.83 A 0.9 Tommie Smith  United States Mexico City, Mexico October 16, 1968[2]
19.72 A 1.8 Pietro Mennea  Italy Mexico City, Mexico September 12, 1979[2]
19.66 1.7
Michael Johnson
  United States Atlanta, United States June 23, 1996[2]
19.32 0.4 19.313
Michael Johnson
  United States Atlanta, United States August 1, 1996[2]
19.30 −0.9 19.296 Usain Bolt  Jamaica Beijing, China August 20, 2008[2]
19.19 −0.3 19.190 Usain Bolt  Jamaica
Berlin, Germany
 August 20, 2009[1][5][6]

The record progressions for automatic times at low altitude (after Carr's 20.36 in 1964) were 20.30 seconds by

Michael Marsh, 1992), before Michael Johnson ran 19.66 in 1996.[4]
: 46–47 

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b "IAAF World Championships: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Daegu 2011" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2011. pp. Pages 595, 596. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 18, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 547. Archived from the original (pdf) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
  3. ^ original source has the correct year--1966, not 1968
  4. ^
    International Association of Athletics Federations
    . Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  5. New York Times
    .
  6. IAAF
    . 2009-09-20. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
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