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

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]

Summary

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, 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

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

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

Schedule

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

Date Time Round
23 August12:15Heats
24 August20:20Semi-finals
25 August21:50Final

Results

Round 1 (heats)

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] The overall results were as follows:[5]

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: −0.1 m/s, Heat 3: −1.4 m/s, Heat 4: −0.2 m/s, Heat 5: −0.2 m/s, Heat 6: −0.5 m/s, Heat 7: −0.1 m/s

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Zharnel Hughes Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)19.99Q
27Kenneth Bednarek United States (USA)20.01Q
32Noah Lyles United States (USA)20.05Q
41Aaron Brown Canada (CAN)20.08Q
57Alexander Ogando Dominican Republic (DOM)20.14 [.132]Q
64Brendon Rodney Canada (CAN)20.14 [.133]Q, SB
71Luxolo Adams South Africa (RSA)20.15Q, SB
86Erriyon Knighton United States (USA)20.17Q
93Letsile Tebogo Botswana (BOT)20.22Q
102Andrew Hudson Jamaica (JAM)20.25Q
111Shota Iizuka Japan (JPN)20.27q, SB
126Andre De Grasse Canada (CAN)20.28Q
131Taymir Burnet Netherlands (NED)20.31q, PB
146Sinesipho Dambile South Africa (RSA)20.34 [0.333]Q
155Towa Uzawa Japan (JPN)20.34 [0.336]Q
165Courtney Lindsey United States (USA)20.39Q
172Ondřej Macík Czech Republic (CZE)20.40 [0.393]Q
185Rasheed Dwyer Jamaica (JAM)20.40 [0.394]Q
193Joseph Fahnbulleh Liberia (LBR)20.42Q
205Tarsis Gracious Orogot Uganda (UGA)20.44 [0.431]q
214Renan Correa Brazil (BRA)20.44 [0.440]Q
226Filippo Tortu Italy (ITA)20.46
231Eseosa Desalu Italy (ITA)20.49
243William Reais Switzerland (SUI)20.50Q
253Joshua Hartmann Germany (GER)20.51
267Alaba Akintola Nigeria (NGR)20.54Q
276Joseph Amoah Ghana (GHA)20.56 [0.551]
284Shaun Maswanganyi South Africa (RSA)20.56 [0.557]Q
297Alonso Edward Panama (PAN)20.63
302Tapiwanashe Makarawu Zimbabwe (ZIM)20.64
314Koki Ueyama Japan (JPN)20.66
322Ján Volko Slovakia (SVK)20.69
333Blessing Akwasi Afrifah Israel (ISR)20.73
342Jorge Vides Brazil (BRA)20.80
355Yang Chun-han Chinese Taipei (TPE)20.82
367Lucas Rodrigues da Silva Brazil (BRA)20.86
376Sibusiso Matsenjwa Eswatini (SWZ)20.88
385Ramil Guliyev Turkey (TUR)20.89
391Gediminas Truskauskas Lithuania (LTU)20.90 [0.893]
404Nadale Buntin Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)20.90 [0.894]
404Zoltán Wahl Hungary (HUN)20.90 [0.894]
423Aidan Murphy Australia (AUS)20.90 [0.895]
437Taha Hussein Yaseen Iraq (IRQ)21.01
446Guy Maganga Gorra Gabon (GAB)21.04
453Marcos Santos Angola (ANG)21.05NR
462Ko Seung-hwan South Korea (KOR)21.09
477Albert Komański Poland (POL)21.16
482Leroy Kamau Papua New Guinea (PNG)21.18
495Mindia Endeladze Georgia (GEO)21.20
503Hachim Maaroufou Comoros (COM)21.29
514Mohamed Obaid Alsadi Oman (OMN)21.39
521Franko Burraj Albania (ALB)21.52
536Yeykell Eliuth Romero Nicaragua (NCA)21.71
542Jessy Franco Gibraltar (GIB)22.04
4James Dadzie Ghana (GHA)DNF
7Ryan Zeze France (FRA)DQTR 16.8
5Emmanuel Eseme Cameroon (CMR)DNS

Semi-final

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] The overall results were as follows:[7]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: -0.4 m/s

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Noah Lyles United States (USA)19.76Q
22Kenneth Bednarek United States (USA)19.96Q
32Letsile Tebogo Botswana (BOT)19.97Q
43Erriyon Knighton United States (USA)19.98Q
53Zharnel Hughes Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)20.02Q
61Alexander Ogando Dominican Republic (DOM)20.02Q
73Andre De Grasse Canada (CAN)20.10q
83Joseph Fahnbulleh Liberia (LBR)20.21q
92Courtney Lindsey United States (USA)20.22
101Tarsis Gracious Orogot Uganda (UGA)20.26
111Brendon Rodney Canada (CAN)20.27
122Sinesipho Dambile South Africa (RSA)20.28PB
133Towa Uzawa Japan (JPN)20.33
141Andrew Hudson Jamaica (JAM)20.38qR
152Renan Correa Brazil (BRA)20.43
161Luxolo Adams South Africa (RSA)20.44
173Rasheed Dwyer Jamaica (JAM)20.49
181Shota Iizuka Japan (JPN)20.54
192Taymir Burnet Netherlands (NED)20.65
203Shaun Maswanganyi South Africa (RSA)20.65
213William Reais Switzerland (SUI)20.67
221Ondřej Macík Czech Republic (CZE)20.71
232Alaba Akintola Nigeria (NGR)20.75
2Aaron Brown Canada (CAN)DQTR17.3.1

Final

The final started at 21:54 on 25 August. The results were as follows:[8]

Wind: –0.2 m/s

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)6Noah Lyles United States (USA)19.52
2nd place, silver medalist(s)8Erriyon Knighton United States (USA)19.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)9Letsile Tebogo Botswana (BOT)19.81
44Zharnel Hughes Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)20.02
57Kenneth Bednarek United States (USA)20.07
63Andre De Grasse Canada (CAN)20.14
75Alexander Ogando Dominican Republic (DOM)20.23
81Andrew Hudson Jamaica (JAM)20.40
92Joseph Fahnbulleh Liberia (LBR)20.57

References

  1. 1 2 "Timetable - Budapest 23 - World Athletics Championship - Men 200 Metres". WorldAthletics.org. IAAF. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "200 Metres Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 - Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). iaaf.org. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "START LIST 200 Metres Men - Round 1" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "SUMMARY 200 Metres Men - Round 1" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "START LIST 200 Metres Men - Semi-final" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "SUMMARY 200 Metres Men - Semi-final" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "RESULTS 200 Metres Men - Final" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
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