2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

None May 2026 Men's 200 metres 2015 World Championships Beijing National Stadium 25 August (heats)26 August (semifinals)27 August (final) 58 44 19.55 Usain Bolt JAM Justin Gatlin USA Anaso Jobodwana RSA 2013 2017 thumb|110px|BwLMuqsjxHg Official Video @3:35 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.http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141201205133/http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ dead 1 December 2014 Beijing 2015: Timetable 10 August 2015 10 August 2015 Beijing 2015 Start list The winning margin was 0.19 seconds. Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:http://www.iaaf.org/records/by-discipline/sprints/200-metres/outdoor/men Records & Lists – 200 meters IAAF 17 August 2015 World recordUsain Bolt JAM19.19 Berlin, Germany20 August 2009Championship recordWorld LeadingJustin Gatlin USA19.57 Eugene, OR, United States28 June 2015African recordFrankie Fredericks NAM19.68 Atlanta, GA, United States1 August 1996Asian recordShingo Suetsugu JPN20.03 Yokohama, Japan7 June 2003North, Central American and Caribbean recordUsain Bolt JAM19.19 Berlin, Germany20 August 2009South American recordAlonso Edward PAN19.81 Berlin, Germany20 August 2009European recordPietro Mennea ITA19.72A Mexico City, Mexico12 September 1979Oceanian recordPeter Norman AUS20.06A Mexico City, Mexico15 October 1968The following records were established during the competition:World leadingUsain Bolt JAM19.55Beijing, China27 August 2015 Qualification standards Entry standards 2014 IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/544c7d0a-0807-4226-a85b-79928c58a097.pdf IAAF 17 August 2015 20.50 Schedule Date Time Round25 August 2015 19:30 Heats26 August 2015 20:30 Semifinals27 August 2015 20:55 Final All times are local times (UTC+8) 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 TUR 2015 World 20.01 Q, NR Turkish 2 2 Alonso Edward PAN 2015 World 20.11 Q 3 5 Zharnel Hughes GBR 2015 World 20.13 Q 4 6 Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas GRE 2015 World 20.14 Q 5 5 Julian Forte JAM 2015 World 20.16 Q 6 5 Brendon Rodney CAN 2015 World 20.18 Q, PB 7 4 Justin Gatlin USA 2015 World 20.19 Q 8 2 Churandy Martina NED 2015 World 20.22 Q, SB 8 7 Anaso Jobodwana RSA 2015 World 20.22 Q 10 5 Akani Simbine RSA 2015 World 20.23 q, PB 11 6 Warren Weir JAM 2015 World 20.24 Q, SB 12 7 Femi Ogunode QAT 2015 World 20.25 Q 13 1 Kenji Fujimitsu JPN 2015 World 20.28 Q 13 3 Usain Bolt JAM 2015 World 20.28 Q 15 2 Christophe Lemaitre FRA 2015 World 20.29 Q 15 3 Roberto Skyers CUB 2015 World 20.29 Q 17 5 Jeremy Dodson SAM 2015 World 20.31 q, NR Samoan 18 2 Kei Takase JPN 2015 World 20.33 q 19 3 Yancarlos Martínez DOM 2015 World 20.34 Q 20 4 Abdul Hakim Sani Brown JPN 2015 World 20.35 Q 20 6 Daniel Talbot GBR 2015 World 20.35 Q 22 1 Reynier Mena CUB 2015 World 20.37 Q 23 7 Miguel Francis ATG 2015 World 20.38 Q 24 1 Hua Wilfried Koffi CIV 2015 World 20.39 SB 25 4 Nickel Ashmeade JAM 2015 World 20.40 Q 26 2 Bruno de Barros BRA 2015 World 20.42 27 4 Carvin Nkanata KEN 2015 World 20.43 27 7 Aaron Brown CAN 2015 World 20.43 29 4 Jeffrey John FRA 2015 World 20.48 30 2 Tega Odele NGR 2015 World 20.49 31 1 Mike Mokamba Nyang'au KEN 2015 World 20.51 31 3 Julian Reus GER 2015 World 20.51 31 1 Isiah Young USA 2015 World 20.51 31 7 Kyle Greaux TTO 2015 World 20.51 35 3 Julius Morris MNT 2015 World 20.56 36 7 Aldemir da Silva Junior BRA 2015 World 20.59 37 5 Serhiy Smelyk UKR 2015 World 20.60 38 6 Robin Erewa GER 2015 World 20.67 39 4 Antoine Adams SKN 2015 World 20.75 40 6 Karol Zalewski POL 2015 World 20.77 41 5 Sibusiso Matsenjwa Swaziland 2015 World 20.78 SB 42 6 Adama Jammeh GAM 2015 World 20.81 SB 43 3 Teray Smith BAH 2015 World 20.91 44 5 Harold Houston BER 2015 World 20.92 45 3 Sydney Siame ZAM 2015 World 21.08 46 2 Tatenda Tsumba ZIM 2015 World 21.21 47 1 Mohammed Abukhousa PLE 2015 World 21.36 SB 48 6 Mosito Lehata LES 2015 World 21.43 49 1 Liaquat Ali PAK 2015 World 21.55 50 2 Luka Rakić MNE 2015 World 21.86 51 4 Phearath Nget CAM 2015 World 22.11 52 3 Mauriel Carty AIA 2015 World 22.63 SB 53 4 Jerai Torres GIB 2015 World 22.77 SB 54 2 Beouch Ngirchongor NMI 2015 World 23.93 PB 55 7 Xie Zhenye CHN 2015 World 99.99 DQ 20.35 55 7 Álex Quiñónez ECU 2015 World 99.99 DQ 55 1 Ahmed Ali SUD 2015 World 99.99 DQ 55 3 Rolando Palacios HON 2015 World 99.99 DQ 55 4 Mohammad Hossein Abareghi IRI 2015 World 99.99 DNS 55 6 Wallace Spearmon USA 2015 World 99.99 DNS 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 USA 2015 World 19.87 Q 2 3 Usain Bolt JAM 2015 World 19.95 Q, SB 3 3 Anaso Jobodwana RSA 2015 World 20.01 Q, PB 4 2 Alonso Edward PAN 2015 World 20.02 Q 5 2 Femi Ogunode QAT 2015 World 20.05 q, NR Qatari 6 3 Ramil Guliyev TUR 2015 World 20.10 q 7 1 Zharnel Hughes GBR 2015 World 20.14 Q 7 3 Miguel Francis ATG 2015 World 20.14 9 1 Nickel Ashmeade JAM 2015 World 20.19 Q 10 1 Churandy Martina NED 2015 World 20.20 SB 11 1 Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas GRE 2015 World 20.22 12 3 Roberto Skyers CUB 2015 World 20.23 13 3 Daniel Talbot GBR 2015 World 20.27 PB 14 2 Yancarlos Martínez DOM 2015 World 20.31 15 1 Christophe Lemaitre FRA 2015 World 20.34 15 3 Kenji Fujimitsu JPN 2015 World 20.34 17 1 Akani Simbine RSA 2015 World 20.37 18 1 Warren Weir JAM 2015 World 20.43 19 1 Brendon Rodney CAN 2015 World 20.46 20 2 Abdul Hakim Sani Brown JPN 2015 World 20.47 21 2 Jeremy Dodson SAM 2015 World 20.53 22 2 Reynier Mena CUB 2015 World 20.56 23 2 Julian Forte JAM 2015 World 20.57 24 3 Kei Takase JPN 2015 World 20.64 Final The final was held at 20:55.Final results Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Usain Bolt JAM 2015 World 19.55 WL 4 Justin Gatlin USA 2015 World 19.74 7 Anaso Jobodwana RSA 2015 World 19.87 NR South African 4 9 Alonso Edward PAN 2015 World 19.87Obodwana and Edward were awarded the same time, but Jobodwana was faster by 2 milliseconds – 19.861 versus 19.863 SB 5 5 Zharnel Hughes GBR 2015 World 20.02 PB 6 3 Ramil Guliyev TUR 2015 World 20.11 7 2 Femi Ogunode QAT 2015 World 20.27 8 8 Nickel Ashmeade JAM 2015 World 20.33 References 200 Category:200 metres at the World Athletics Championships