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2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

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Men's 200 metres
at the 2023 World Championships
Final of the event
VenueNational Athletics Centre
Dates23 August (heats)
24 August (semi-finals)
25 August (final)
Winning time19.52
Medalists
gold medal Noah Lyles   United States
silver medal Erriyon Knighton   United States
bronze medal Letsile Tebogo   Botswana
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The men's 200 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest from 23 to 25 August 2023.[1] The winning margin was 0.23 seconds.

Summary

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As the carts were bringing the semi-finalists to the track from the warm-up area, one cart T-boned the other. Andrew Hudson received minor injuries with broken glass getting into his eye. The first semi was moved to last in the order to give Hudson and the other athletes a chance to recover. A relaxed defending champion Noah Lyles came through as the #1 qualifier. Hudson finished fourth in the semi-final, but was granted the extra lane in the final.

In the final, the start was fairly even, with the exception of Joseph Fahnbulleh's notoriously slow start, accentuated by Hudson's fast start in lane 1 next to him. As they were beginning to exit the turn, the three Americans, Lyles, Erriyon Knighton, and Kenny Bednarek, along with Letsile Tebogo all on the outside of the tracking Zharnel Hughes, were still even. With Lyles' notorious closing speed, that was bad news for the other competitors. From there, true to form, Lyles opened a gap that continued to widen to the finish. The next two runners to gain separation were the youngsters, 19 year old Knighton, then 20 year old Tebogo. Lyles had 3 metres over Knighton at the finish. Knighton was barely a metre clear of Tebogo. Lyles' 19.52 winning time equalled the #14 time in history, tied with two previous efforts from Lyles (but he's also run faster on four other occasions). Knighton's 19.75 means he owns all of the top 12 times ever run by a U20 athlete. This World Championship title was a three-peat for Lyles and completed the second leg of his pre-meet announced plan to take three gold medals.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record  Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.19 Berlin, Germany 20 August 2009
Championship record
World Leading  Noah Lyles (USA) 19.47 London, Great Britain 23 July 2023
African Record  Letsile Tebogo (BOT) 19.50 London, Great Britain 23 July 2023
Asian Record  Xie Zhenye (CHN) 19.88 London, Great Britain 21 July 2019
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.19 Berlin, Germany 20 August 2009
South American Record  Alonso Edward (PAN) 19.81 Berlin, Germany 20 August 2009
European Record  Pietro Mennea (ITA) 19.72 Mexico City, Mexico 12 September 1979
Oceanian record  Peter Norman (AUS) 20.06 Mexico City, Mexico 16 October 1968

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.16 seconds.[3]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), is as follows:[1]

Date Time Round
23 August 12:15 Heats
24 August 20:20 Semi-finals
25 August 21:50 Final

Results

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Round 1 (heats)

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Round 1 took place on 23 August. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 3 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semi-final.[4]

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Zharnel Hughes  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 19.99 Q
2 2 Aaron Brown  Canada (CAN) 20.08 Q
3 5 Luxolo Adams  South Africa (RSA) 20.15 Q, SB
4 8 Shota Iizuka  Japan (JPN) 20.27 q, SB
5 7 Taymir Burnet  Netherlands (NED) 20.31 q, PB
6 3 Eseosa Desalu  Italy (ITA) 20.49 SB
7 6 Gediminas Truskauskas  Lithuania (LTU) 20.90
8 9 Franko Burraj  Albania (ALB) 21.52
[5] Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 8 Noah Lyles  United States (USA) 20.05 Q
2 4 Andrew Hudson  Jamaica (JAM) 20.25 Q
3 9 Ondřej Macík  Czech Republic (CZE) 20.40 Q
4 3 Tapiwanashe Makarawu  Zimbabwe (ZIM) 20.64
5 5 Ján Volko  Slovakia (SVK) 20.69
6 2 Jorge Vides  Brazil (BRA) 20.80
7 1 Ko Seung-hwan [de]  South Korea (KOR) 21.09
8 6 Leroy Kamau  Papua New Guinea (PNG) 21.18
9 7 Jessy Franco  Gibraltar (GIB) 22.04
[5] Wind: -0.1 m/s

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 7 Letsile Tebogo  Botswana (BOT) 20.22 Q
2 5 Joseph Fahnbulleh  Liberia (LBR) 20.42 Q
3 9 William Reais  Switzerland (SUI) 20.50 Q
4 3 Joshua Hartmann  Germany (GER) 20.51
5 2 Blessing Akwasi Afrifah  Israel (ISR) 20.73
6 6 Aidan Murphy  Australia (AUS) 20.90
7 4 Marcos Santos  Angola (ANG) 21.05 NR
8 8 Hachim Maaroufou  Comoros (COM) 21.29
[5] Wind: -1.4 m/s

Heat 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 8 Brendon Rodney  Canada (CAN) 20.14 Q, SB
2 6 Renan Correa  Brazil (BRA) 20.44 Q
3 2 Shaun Maswanganyi  South Africa (RSA) 20.56 Q
4 5 Koki Ueyama  Japan (JPN) 20.66
5 3 Nadale Buntin  Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 20.90 [.894]
5 4 Zoltán Wahl  Hungary (HUN) 20.90 [.894]
7 7 Mohamed Obaid Alsadi  Oman (OMN) 21.39
— 9 James Dadzie  Ghana (GHA) DNF
[5] Wind: -0.2 m/s

Heat 5

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 8 Towa Uzawa  Japan (JPN) 20.34 Q
2 7 Courtney Lindsey  United States (USA) 20.39 Q
3 3 Rasheed Dwyer  Jamaica (JAM) 20.40 Q
4 5 Tarsis Gracious Orogot  Uganda (UGA) 20.44 q
5 4 Yang Chun-han  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 20.82
6 9 Ramil Guliyev  Turkey (TUR) 20.89
7 6 Mindia Endeladze [de]  Georgia (GEO) 21.20
— 2 Emmanuel Eseme  Cameroon (CMR) DNS
[5] Wind: -0.2 m/s

Heat 6

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 9 Erriyon Knighton  United States (USA) 20.17 Q
2 7 Andre De Grasse  Canada (CAN) 20.28 Q
3 8 Sinesipho Dambile  South Africa (RSA) 20.34 Q
4 3 Filippo Tortu  Italy (ITA) 20.46
5 6 Joseph Amoah  Ghana (GHA) 20.56
6 5 Sibusiso Matsenjwa  Eswatini (SWZ) 20.88
7 2 Guy Maganga Gorra  Gabon (GAB) 21.04
8 4 Yeykell Eliuth Romero  Nicaragua (NCA) 21.71
[5] Wind: -0.5 m/s

Heat 7

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Kenneth Bednarek  United States (USA) 20.01 Q
2 7 Alexander Ogando  Dominican Republic (DOM) 20.14 Q
3 6 Alaba Akintola  Nigeria (NGR) 20.54 Q
4 3 Alonso Edward  Panama (PAN) 20.63
5 4 Lucas Rodrigues da Silva [de]  Brazil (BRA) 20.86
6 9 Taha Hussein Yaseen  Iraq (IRQ) 21.01
7 8 Albert Komański  Poland (POL) 21.16
— 2 Ryan Zeze  France (FRA) DQ TR 16.8
[5] Wind: -0.1 m/s

Semi-final

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The semi-final took place on 24 August, with the 24 athletes involved being split into 3 heats of 8 athletes each. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 2 fastest ( q ) will qualify for the final.[6]

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 8 Noah Lyles  United States (USA) 19.76 Q
2 6 Alexander Ogando  Dominican Republic (DOM) 20.02 Q
3 3 Tarsis Gracious Orogot  Uganda (UGA) 20.26
4 7 Brendon Rodney  Canada (CAN) 20.27
5 9 Andrew Hudson  Jamaica (JAM) 20.38 qR
6 4 Luxolo Adams  South Africa (RSA) 20.44
7 2 Shota Iizuka  Japan (JPN) 20.54
8 6 Ondřej Macík  Czech Republic (CZE) 20.71
[7] Wind: -0.1 m/s

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 7 Kenneth Bednarek  United States (USA) 19.96 Q
2 6 Letsile Tebogo  Botswana (BOT) 19.97 Q
3 5 Courtney Lindsey  United States (USA) 20.22
4 9 Sinesipho Dambile  South Africa (RSA) 20.28 PB
5 4 Renan Correa  Brazil (BRA) 20.43
6 3 Taymir Burnet  Netherlands (NED) 20.65
7 2 Alaba Akintola  Nigeria (NGR)
— 8 Aaron Brown  Canada (CAN) DQ TR 17.3.1
[7] Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Erriyon Knighton  United States (USA) 19.98 Q
2 7 Zharnel Hughes  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.02 Q
3 5 Andre De Grasse  Canada (CAN) 20.10 q
4 4 Joseph Fahnbulleh  Liberia (LBR) 20.21 q
5 8 Towa Uzawa  Japan (JPN) 20.33
6 9 Rasheed Dwyer  Jamaica (JAM) 20.49
7 3 Shaun Maswanganyi  South Africa (RSA) 20.65
8 2 William Reais  Switzerland (SUI) 20.67
[7] Wind: -0.4 m/s

Final

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The final started at 21:54 on 25 August.

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Noah Lyles  United States (USA) 19.52
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 8 Erriyon Knighton  United States (USA) 19.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9 Letsile Tebogo  Botswana (BOT) 19.81
4 4 Zharnel Hughes  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 20.02
5 7 Kenneth Bednarek  United States (USA) 20.07
6 3 Andre De Grasse  Canada (CAN) 20.14
7 5 Alexander Ogando  Dominican Republic (DOM) 20.23
8 1 Andrew Hudson  Jamaica (JAM) 20.40
9 2 Joseph Fahnbulleh  Liberia (LBR) 20.57
[8] Wind: -0.2 m/s

References

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  1. ^ a b "Timetable - Budapest 23 - World Athletics Championship - Men 200 Metres". WorldAthletics.org. IAAF. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  2. ^ "200 Metres Men − Records". IAAF. Archived from the original on 12 February 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  3. ^ "World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 - Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). iaaf.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  4. ^ "200 Metres Men - Round 1 Start list" (PDF). World Athletics. 22 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "200 Metres Men - Round 1 results" (PDF). World Athletics. 23 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  6. ^ "200 Metres Men - Semi-final Start list" (PDF). World Athletics. 23 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 September 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  7. ^ a b c "200 Metres Men - Semi-Final results" (PDF). World Athletics. 24 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  8. ^ "200 Metres Men - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 February 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
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