These are the results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece. The winning margin was 0.20 seconds.

Medalists Gold Ato BoldonTrinidad and Tobago (TRI)Silver Frank FredericksNamibia (NAM)Bronze Claudinei da SilvaBrazil (BRA)

Results

Heats First 3 of each Heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 9 Iván García 20.41 Q 4 Patrick Stevens 20.45 Q 9 Troy Douglas 20.46 Q 9 Anninos Marcoullides 20.47 Q 1 Ato Boldon 20.48 Q 1 Douglas Walker 20.49 Q, PB 4 Julian Golding 20.49 Q 9 Sergey Osovich 20.56 q 7 Claudinei da Silva 20.59 Q 10 1 Georgios Panagiotopoulos 20.60 Q 11 1 Deji Aliu 20.60 q 12 6 Kevin Little 20.68 Q 13 6 Gary Ryan 20.69 Q, NR 14 6 Owusu Dako 20.70 Q, SB 15 1 O'Brian Gibbons 20.71 q, SB 15 2 Erik Wijmeersch 20.71 Q, SB 17 1 Emmanuel Tuffour 20.72 q, SB 17 3 Sergejs Inšakovs 20.72 Q, SB 17 9 Sebastián Keitel 20.72 q 20 5 Giovanni Puggioni 20.73 Q 21 2 Frankie Fredericks 20.74 Q 22 3 Obadele Thompson 20.75 Q 22 5 Joseph Loua 20.75 Q 22 6 Steve Brimacombe 20.75 22 7 Chris Donaldson 20.75 Q 26 5 Jon Drummond 20.76 Q 27 3 Prodromos Katsantonis 20.77 Q 27 5 Christoph Postinger 20.77 29 5 Antoine Boussombo 20.79 NR 29 8 Geir Moen 20.79 Q 31 8 Gentry Bradley 20.80 Q 31 5 Thierry Lubin 20.80 33 3 Koji Ito 20.82 34 7 Ioannis Nafpliotis 20.84 Q 35 8 Carlos Gats 20.86 Q 36 2 Sayon Cooper 20.88 Q 36 2 Phillip Mukomana 20.88 SB 36 7 Andrey Fedoriv 20.88 39 4 Carlo Occhiena 20.90 Q 40 6 Alessandro Attene 20.92 41 4 Gilles Quénéhervé 20.93 42 8 Thomas Sbokos 20.94 43 8 Oumar Loum 20.95 44 2 Justice Dipeba 20.96 SB 45 4 Ryszard Pilarczyk 20.98 46 7 Jordi Mayoral 20.99 47 6 Andrew Tynes 21.00 48 3 Juan Pedro Toledo 21.03 49 8 Ahmed Douhou 21.08 50 3 Lars Hedner 21.30 51 9 Malik-Khaled Louahla 21.31 52 1 Hamoud Abdallah Al-Dalhami 21.45 52 2 Patrick Johnson 21.45 52 8 Benjamin Sirimou 21.45 55 4 Pascal Dangbo 21.58 56 8 Djaffar Hadhari 21.59 NR 57 4 Kendon Maynard 21.64 58 3 Tao Wu-Shiun 21.85 59 5 Arif Ahundov 22.08 60 6 Mohammad Bin Haji 22.37 61 7 Kwame Galloway 22.45 62 9 Khongdy Amnouayphone 22.86 63 9 Mohd Mahbub Alam 23.54 2 Christophe Cheval 7 Ivan Šlehobr

Quarterfinals First 3 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Frankie Fredericks 20.13 Q 3 Claudinei da Silva 20.27 Q, PB 2 Ato Boldon 20.28 Q 3 Kevin Little 20.38 Q 4 Iván García 20.48 Q 3 Sergey Osovich 20.54 Q, SB 3 Douglas Walker 20.56 q 3 Georgios Panagiotopoulos 20.57 q 2 Jon Drummond 20.59 Q 10 4 Obadele Thompson 20.62 Q 11 3 Deji Aliu 20.65 q 12 2 Julian Golding 20.69 q 13 2 Erik Wijmeersch 20.73 14 1 Patrick Stevens 20.77 Q 14 3 Prodromos Katsantonis 20.77 16 1 Troy Douglas 20.78 Q 16 2 O'Brian Gibbons 20.78 18 2 Anninos Marcoullides 20.83 18 3 Gary Ryan 20.83 20 4 Carlos Gats 20.87 Q 21 4 Joseph Loua 20.91 22 4 Ioannis Nafpliotis 20.94 23 4 Sebastián Keitel 20.96 24 1 Chris Donaldson 21.04 Q 25 1 Gentry Bradley 21.08 26 2 Carlo Occhiena 21.14 27 1 Sergejs Inšakovs 21.22 28 1 Emmanuel Tuffour 21.25 29 1 Sayon Cooper 21.39 30 1 Owusu Dako 21.52 31 4 Giovanni Puggioni 22.77 4 Geir Moen

Semifinals First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Ato Boldon 20.09 Q 2 Frankie Fredericks 20.18 Q 2 Jon Drummond 20.29 Q 1 Claudinei da Silva 20.35 Q 1 Iván García 20.39 Q 2 Patrick Stevens 20.42 Q 1 Georgios Panagiotopoulos 20.43 Q, PB 2 Troy Douglas 20.43 SB 1 Obadele Thompson 20.46 Q 10 1 Sergey Osovich 20.51 11 1 Kevin Little 20.57 12 1 Julian Golding 20.61 12 2 Douglas Walker 20.61 14 2 Deji Aliu 20.78 15 2 Chris Donaldson 20.92 16 1 Carlos Gats 21.44

Final Wind: 2.3 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Ato Boldon 20.03 4 Frankie Fredericks 20.23 5 Claudinei da Silva 20.26 4 6 Iván García 20.31 5 7 Georgios Panagiotopoulos 20.32 6 2 Obadele Thompson 20.37 7 1 Jon Drummond 20.44 8 8 Patrick Stevens 20.44

References Results IAAF