2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 25, 26 and 27 August.Start list The winning margin was 0.19 seconds.

Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record19.19 Berlin, Germany20 August 2009Championship recordWorld Leading19.57 Eugene, OR, United States28 June 2015African record19.68 Atlanta, GA, United States1 August 1996Asian record20.03 Yokohama, Japan7 June 2003North, Central American and Caribbean record19.19 Berlin, Germany20 August 2009South American record19.81 Berlin, Germany20 August 2009European record19.72 Mexico City, Mexico12 September 1979Oceanian record20.06 Mexico City, Mexico15 October 1968The following records were established during the competition:World leading19.55Beijing, China27 August 2015

Qualification standards Entry standards 20.50

Schedule Date Time Round25 August 2015 19:30 Heats26 August 2015 20:30 Semifinals27 August 2015 20:55 Final

Results Heats Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.Heats results

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Ramil Guliyev 20.01 , 2 2 Alonso Edward 20.11 3 5 Zharnel Hughes 20.13 4 6 Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas 20.14 5 5 Julian Forte 20.16 6 5 Brendon Rodney 20.18 , 7 4 Justin Gatlin 20.19 8 2 Churandy Martina 20.22 , 8 7 Anaso Jobodwana 20.22 10 5 Akani Simbine 20.23 , 11 6 Warren Weir 20.24 , 12 7 Femi Ogunode 20.25 13 1 Kenji Fujimitsu 20.28 13 3 Usain Bolt 20.28 15 2 Christophe Lemaitre 20.29 15 3 Roberto Skyers 20.29 17 5 Jeremy Dodson 20.31 , 18 2 Kei Takase 20.33 19 3 Yancarlos Martínez 20.34 20 4 Abdul Hakim Sani Brown 20.35 20 6 Daniel Talbot 20.35 22 1 Reynier Mena 20.37 23 7 Miguel Francis 20.38 24 1 Hua Wilfried Koffi 20.39 25 4 Nickel Ashmeade 20.40 26 2 Bruno de Barros 20.42 27 4 Carvin Nkanata 20.43 27 7 Aaron Brown 20.43 29 4 Jeffrey John 20.48 30 2 Tega Odele 20.49 31 1 Mike Mokamba Nyang'au 20.51 31 3 Julian Reus 20.51 31 1 Isiah Young 20.51 31 7 Kyle Greaux 20.51 35 3 Julius Morris 20.56 36 7 Aldemir da Silva Junior 20.59 37 5 Serhiy Smelyk 20.60 38 6 Robin Erewa 20.67 39 4 Antoine Adams 20.75 40 6 Karol Zalewski 20.77 41 5 Sibusiso Matsenjwa 20.78 42 6 Adama Jammeh 20.81 43 3 Teray Smith 20.91 44 5 Harold Houston 20.92 45 3 Sydney Siame 21.08 46 2 Tatenda Tsumba 21.21 47 1 Mohammed Abukhousa 21.36 48 6 Mosito Lehata 21.43 49 1 Liaquat Ali 21.55 50 2 Luka Rakić 21.86 51 4 Phearath Nget 22.11 52 3 Mauriel Carty 22.63 53 4 Jerai Torres 22.77 54 2 Beouch Ngirchongor 23.93 7 Xie Zhenye 20.35 7 Álex Quiñónez 1 Ahmed Ali 3 Rolando Palacios 4 Mohammad Hossein Abareghi 6 Wallace Spearmon

Semifinals Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.Semifinals results

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Justin Gatlin 19.87 2 3 Usain Bolt 19.95 , 3 3 Anaso Jobodwana 20.01 , 4 2 Alonso Edward 20.02 5 2 Femi Ogunode 20.05 , 6 3 Ramil Guliyev 20.10 7 1 Zharnel Hughes 20.14 7 3 Miguel Francis 20.14 9 1 Nickel Ashmeade 20.19 10 1 Churandy Martina 20.20 11 1 Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas 20.22 12 3 Roberto Skyers 20.23 13 3 Daniel Talbot 20.27 14 2 Yancarlos Martínez 20.31 15 1 Christophe Lemaitre 20.34 15 3 Kenji Fujimitsu 20.34 17 1 Akani Simbine 20.37 18 1 Warren Weir 20.43 19 1 Brendon Rodney 20.46 20 2 Abdul Hakim Sani Brown 20.47 21 2 Jeremy Dodson 20.53 22 2 Reynier Mena 20.56 23 2 Julian Forte 20.57 24 3 Kei Takase 20.64

Final The final was held at 20:55.Final results

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Usain Bolt 19.55 4 Justin Gatlin 19.74 7 Anaso Jobodwana 19.87 4 9 Alonso Edward 19.87Obodwana and Edward were awarded the same time, but Jobodwana was faster by 2 milliseconds – 19.861 versus 19.863 5 5 Zharnel Hughes 20.02 6 3 Ramil Guliyev 20.11 7 2 Femi Ogunode 20.27 8 8 Nickel Ashmeade 20.33

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