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2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| event | Men's 200 metres |
| competition | 2007 World Championships |
| image | Osaka07 D7A M200M VC.jpg |
| caption | World Champion Tyson Gay (center) receiving his gold medal alongside silver medalist Usain Bolt (left) and bronze medalist Wallace Spearmon (right). |
| venue | Osaka Nagai Stadium |
| dates | 28 August (heats and quarter-finals) |
| 29 August (semi-finals) | |
| 30 August (final) | |
| competitors | 49 |
| win_value | 19.76 |
| gold | Tyson Gay |
| goldNOC | USA |
| silver | Usain Bolt |
| silverNOC | JAM |
| bronze | Wallace Spearmon |
| bronzeNOC | USA |
| prev | 2005 |
| next | 2009 |
29 August (semi-finals) 30 August (final) These are the official results of the men's 200 metres event at the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan. There were a total number of 49 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats and the final held on Thursday August 30. This event is notable for being one of the two solo World Championship events in which Usain Bolt has been beaten as of July 2017, the other event being men's 200 metres in 2005 World Championships.
The winning margin for the final was 0.15 seconds.
Medalists
| Gold | width=200 style="background-color:silver" | Silver | width=200 style="background-color:#CC9966" | Bronze | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyson Gay | ||||||
| ** |
Records
Existing records at the start of the event.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| August 28, 2007 | 11:10 | Heats |
| August 28, 2007 | 20:10 | Quarterfinals |
| August 29, 2007 | 22:20 | Semifinals |
| August 30, 2007 | 22:20 | Final |
Results
Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) and the next 8 fastest(q) advance to the quarterfinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Anastasios Gousis | 20.11 | Q, PB | ||
| 4 | Usain Bolt | 20.12 | Q | ||
| 4 | Brendan Christian | 20.23 | Q, NR | ||
| 3 | Bryan Barnett | 20.31 | Q, PB | ||
| 4 | Marcin Jędrusiński | 20.31 | Q, PB | ||
| 6 | Marvin Anderson | 20.43 | Q | ||
| 5 | Rodney Martin | 20.44 | Q | ||
| 6 | Kristof Beyens | 20.44 | Q, PB | ||
| 6 | Wallace Spearmon | 20.45 | Q | ||
| 10 | 2 | Tyson Gay | 20.46 | Q | |
| 10 | 5 | Paul Hession | 20.46 | Q | |
| 12 | 2 | Churandy Martina | 20.47 | Q | |
| 12 | 2 | Sandro Viana | 20.47 | Q | |
| 12 | 3 | Shingo Suetsugu | 20.47 | Q | |
| 15 | 3 | Patrick Johnson | 20.48 | Q, SB | |
| 15 | 4 | Arnaldo Abrantes | 20.48 | Q, PB | |
| 17 | 3 | Brian Dzingai | 20.50 | Q | |
| 18 | 2 | Matic Osovnikar | 20.51 | Q, SB | |
| 19 | 2 | Visa Hongisto | 20.56 | q, PB | |
| 20 | 3 | Guus Hoogmoed | 20.57 | q | |
| 21 | 6 | Francis Obikwelu | 20.61 | Q | |
| 22 | 2 | James Dolphin | 20.65 | q, SB | |
| 22 | 6 | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | 20.65 | q, NR | |
| 24 | 2 | Marco Cribari | 20.71 | q | |
| 25 | 5 | Marc Schneeberger | 20.72 | Q | |
| 26 | 5 | Tomoya Kamiyama | 20.78 | Q | |
| 27 | 4 | Jacobi Mitchell | 20.81 | q | |
| 28 | 4 | Ivan Teplykh | 20.81 | q, SB | |
| 29 | 1 | Shinji Takahira | 20.83 | Q | |
| 30 | 3 | Seth Amoo | 20.85 | ||
| 30 | 5 | Christian Krone | 20.85 | ||
| 32 | 1 | Christopher Williams | 20.88 | Q | |
| 33 | 5 | Khalil Al Hanahneh | 21.01 | NR | |
| 34 | 1 | Basílio de Moraes | 21.09 | Q | |
| 35 | 6 | Hitjivirue Kaanjuka | 21.10 | ||
| 36 | 6 | Daniel Grueso | 21.11 | ||
| 37 | 1 | Franklin Nazareno | 21.18 | Q | |
| 38 | 1 | Juan Pedro Toledo | 21.31 | ||
| 39 | 1 | Ruslan Abbasov | 21.33 | ||
| 40 | 1 | Morné Nagel | 21.35 | ||
| 41 | 3 | Tang Yik Chun | 21.72 | ||
| 42 | 3 | Sittichai Suwonprateep | 21.87 | SB | |
| 43 | 2 | Mphelave Dlamin | Swaziland | 21.96 | SB |
| 44 | 5 | Courtny Bascombe | 22.08 | PB | |
| 45 | 4 | Michael Alicto | 22.45 | PB | |
| 46 | 6 | Zahir Naseer | 23.27 | PB | |
| 47 | 2 | Amaroy Marino | 23.34 | PB | |
| 48 | 1 | Harmon Harmon | 23.78 | ||
| 49 | 5 | Marek Niit | DNS |
Quarterfinals
Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) advance to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Tyson Gay | 20.08 | Q | ||
| 2 | Usain Bolt | 20.13 | Q | ||
| 3 | Marvin Anderson | 20.13 | Q, PB | ||
| 1 | Rodney Martin | 20.25 | Q | ||
| 2 | Wallace Spearmon | 20.26 | Q | ||
| 1 | Brian Dzingai | 20.28 | Q, SB | ||
| 1 | Brendan Christian | 20.36 | Q | ||
| 3 | Francis Obikwelu | 20.38 | Q, SB | ||
| 2 | Churandy Martina | 20.39 | Q | ||
| 10 | 1 | Christopher Williams | 20.40 | Q | |
| 11 | 2 | Bryan Barnett | 20.41 | Q | |
| 12 | 4 | Paul Hession | 20.50 | Q | |
| 13 | 4 | Anastasios Gousis | 20.51 | Q | |
| 14 | 4 | Kristof Beyens | 20.52 | Q | |
| 15 | 3 | Marcin Jędrusiński | 20.53 | Q | |
| 16 | 4 | Patrick Johnson | 20.62 | Q | |
| 17 | 1 | Matic Osovnikar | 20.65 | ||
| 18 | 3 | Sandro Viana | 20.68 | ||
| 19 | 3 | Shingo Suetsugu | 20.70 | ||
| 20 | 1 | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | 20.72 | ||
| 21 | 1 | Shinji Takahira | 20.77 | ||
| 22 | 2 | Visa Hongisto | 20.78 | ||
| 23 | 1 | James Dolphin | 20.80 | ||
| 24 | 4 | Arnaldo Abrantes | 20.82 | ||
| 25 | 3 | Marco Cribari | 20.86 | ||
| 26 | 2 | Tomoya Kamiyama | 20.89 | ||
| 27 | 4 | Ivan Teplykh | 20.98 | ||
| 28 | 2 | Basílio de Moraes | 21.07 | ||
| 29 | 4 | Marc Schneeberger | 21.09 | ||
| 30 | 2 | Jacobi Mitchell | 21.17 | ||
| 31 | 3 | Guus Hoogmoed | 21.32 | ||
| 32 | 4 | Franklin Nazareno | 21.50 |
Semifinals
First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the final.
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Usain Bolt | 0.169 | 20.03 | Q | |
| 2 | 7 | Wallace Spearmon | 0.133 | 20.05 | Q | |
| 3 | 4 | Rodney Martin | 0.165 | 20.18 | Q, SB | |
| 4 | 3 | Churandy Martina | 0.140 | 20.20 | Q, NR | |
| 5 | 8 | Francis Obikwelu | 0.167 | 20.40 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Brian Dzingai | 0.125 | 20.45 | ||
| 7 | 9 | Marcin Jędrusiński | 0.151 | 20.54 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Bryan Barnett | 0.142 | 20.68 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Tyson Gay | 0.157 | 20.00 | Q | |
| 2 | 6 | Marvin Anderson | 0.163 | 20.06 | Q, PB | |
| 3 | 9 | Christopher Williams | 0.143 | 20.24 | Q | |
| 4 | 7 | Anastasios Gousis | 0.151 | 20.33 | Q | |
| 5 | 3 | Brendan Christian | 0.139 | 20.36 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Paul Hession | 0.154 | 20.50 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Kristof Beyens | 0.152 | 20.53 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Patrick Johnson | 0.151 | 20.73 |
Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Tyson Gay | 0.143 | 19.76 | CR | ||
| 5 | Usain Bolt | 0.159 | 19.91 | |||
| 6 | Wallace Spearmon | 0.144 | 20.05 | |||
| 4 | 8 | Rodney Martin | 0.186 | 20.06 | PB | |
| 5 | 3 | Churandy Martina | 0.144 | 20.28 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Marvin Anderson | 0.171 | 20.28 | ||
| 7 | 9 | Christopher Williams | 0.154 | 20.57 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Anastasios Gousis | 0.143 | 20.75 |
References
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