Men's 200 metres
at the 2001 World Championships
VenueCommonwealth Stadium
Dates7 August (heats and quarter-finals)
8 August (semi-finals)
9 August (final)
Competitors52
Winning time20.04
Medalists
gold medal Konstantinos Kenteris   Greece
silver medal Christopher Williams   Jamaica
bronze medal Kim Collins   Saint Kitts and Nevis

These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. There were a total number of 52 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Thursday 9 August 2001 at 21:40h. The finals were one of the closest events in the history of the World Athletics Championship. As, all the medal winners except for gold were given the same time.

Medalists

GoldGreece Konstantinos Kenteris
Greece (GRE)
SilverJamaica Christopher Williams
Jamaica (JAM)
BronzeSaint Kitts and Nevis Kim Collins
Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record Michael Johnson (USA)19.32August 1, 1996United States Atlanta, United States
Championship Record Michael Johnson (USA)19.79August 11, 1995Sweden Gothenburg, Sweden
Season Best Ramon Clay (USA)20.05July 4, 2001Switzerland Lausanne, Switzerland

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE) 20.04
 Christopher Williams (JAM) 20.20
 Kim Collins (SKN) 20.20
 Shawn Crawford (USA) 20.20
5.  Christian Malcolm (GBR) 20.22
6.  Stéphane Buckland (MRI) 20.24
7.  Kevin Little (USA) 20.25
8.  Marlon Devonish (GBR) 20.38

Semi-final

  • Held on Wednesday 8 August 2001
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Christian Malcolm (GBR) 20.08
2.  Kevin Little (USA) 20.13
3.  Stéphane Buckland (MRI) 20.15
4.  Kim Collins (SKN) 20.26
5.  Marcin Urbaś (POL) 20.48
6.  Toshiyuki Fujimoto (JPN) 20.56
7.  Tommi Hartonen (FIN) 20.65
8.  Joseph Batangdon (CMR) 20.66


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE) 20.03
2.  Christopher Williams (JAM) 20.11
3.  Shawn Crawford (USA) 20.21
4.  Marlon Devonish (GBR) 20.29
5.  Marco Torrieri (ITA) 20.38
6.  Shingo Suetsugu (JPN) 20.39
7.  Uchenna Emedolu (NGR) 20.40
8.  Claudinei da Silva (BRA) 20.64

Quarter-finals

  • Held on Tuesday 7 August 2001
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Christian Malcolm (GBR) 20.13
2.  Shawn Crawford (USA) 20.19
3.  Stéphane Buckland (MRI) 20.23
4.  Joseph Batangdon (CMR) 20.31
=NR
5.  Oumar Loum (SEN) 20.43
6.  Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ) 20.71
7.  Frédéric Krantz (FRA) 21.02
—  Ryo Matsuda (JPN) DQ


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE) 20.30
2.  Marco Torrieri (ITA) 20.43
3.  Marlon Devonish (GBR) 20.44
4.  Shingo Suetsugu (JPN) 20.48
5.  Troy Douglas (NED) 20.54
6.  Ricardo Williams (JAM) 20.65
7.  Heber Viera (URU) 20.83
8.  Dominic Demeritte (BAH) 20.86


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Christopher Williams (JAM) 20.24
2.  Kim Collins (SKN) 20.25
3.  Uchenna Emedolu (NGR) 20.48
4.  Toshiyuki Fujimoto (JPN) 20.78
5.  Juan Pedro Toledo (MEX) 20.80
6.  Marcus La Grange (RSA) 20.83
7.  Caimin Douglas (AHO) 20.87
8.  Ramon Clay (USA) 23.58


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Kevin Little (USA) 20.34
2.  Marcin Urbaś (POL) 20.54
3.  Tommi Hartonen (FIN) 20.58
4.  Claudinei da Silva (BRA) 20.58
5.  Dwain Chambers (GBR) 20.60
6.  Alexander Kosenkow (GER) 20.66
7.  John Ertzgard (NOR) 20.88
—  Christophe Cheval (FRA) DQ

Heats

Held on Tuesday 7 August 2001

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Shingo Suetsugu (JPN) 20.53
2.  Stéphane Buckland (MRI) 20.61
3.  Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ) 20.65
4.  Claudinei da Silva (BRA) 20.78
5.  Ricardo Williams (JAM) 20.85
6.  Christie van Wyk (NAM) 21.25
7.  Rika Fardani (INA) 21.87
8.  Jayson Jones (BIZ) 22.13


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Marco Torrieri (ITA) 20.63
2.  Heber Viera (URU) 20.69
3.  Dwain Chambers (GBR) 20.80
4.  André da Silva (BRA) 21.00
5.  Jermaine Joseph (CAN) 21.17
6.  Conrad Rdechor (PLW) 22.86
—  Christophe Cheval (FRA) DQ
—  Mourade Mze Ali (COM) DNS


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE) 20.46
2.  Marlon Devonish (GBR) 20.58
3.  Caimin Douglas (AHO) 20.63
4.  Marcus La Grange (RSA) 20.69
5.  Radek Zachoval (CZE) 21.03
6.  Chang Po-Chih (TPE) 21.63
—  Keita Cline (IVB) DQ


RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Shawn Crawford (USA) 20.60
2.  Joseph Batangdon (CMR) 20.63
3.  Alexander Kosenkow (GER) 20.63
4.  Toshiyuki Fujimoto (JPN) 20.77
5.  Corne Du Plessis (RSA) 20.92
6.  Salem Mubarak Al-Yami (KSA) 21.03
7.  Darren Tuitt (MSR) 21.94


RANK HEAT 5 TIME
1.  Christian Malcolm (GBR) 20.37
2.  Ramon Clay (USA) 20.43
3.  Troy Douglas (NED) 20.65
4.  John Ertzgard (NOR) 20.68
5.  Dominic Demeritte (BAH) 20.75
6.  Juan Pedro Toledo (MEX) 20.83
—  Frank Fredericks (NAM) DNS


RANK HEAT 6 TIME
1.  Kevin Little (USA) 20.36
2.  Tommi Hartonen (FIN) 20.57
3.  Uchenna Emedolu (NGR) 20.58
4.  Frédéric Krantz (FRA) 20.84
5.  Erik Wijmeersch (BEL) 21.17
6.  Tobias Unger (GER) 21.30
7.  Lei Wai-Kun (MAC) 21.63


RANK HEAT 7 TIME
1.  Christopher Williams (JAM) 20.25
2.  Kim Collins (SKN) 20.41
3.  Marcin Urbaś (POL) 20.41
4.  Oumar Loum (SEN) 20.51
5.  Ryo Matsuda (JPN) 20.79
6.  Eric Pacome N'Dri (CIV) 20.87
7.  Patrick van Balkom (NED) 20.96
8.  Hamoud Abdallah Al-Dalhami (OMN) 21.45

References

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