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200 metres, Men

Date	26 – 28 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Ol-lim-pik Ju-gyeong-gi-jang, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Participants	72 from 59 countries

Defending champion Carl Lewis was back and was again hoping to win four gold medals, as he had in 1984. But in the US Olympic Trials he was beaten for the first time in two years by Joe DeLoach. They won the two semi-finals in Seoul to set up the final. Nobody else was really considered for the gold medal, and that was how the race turned out. Lewis ran solidly, recording 19.79, but was edged out by DeLoach, who finished in 19.75, equaling Lewis’s American record and the second fastest time ever at that point.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	1085	Joe DeLoach	USA	20.98 (1 h5)	20.56 (1 h4)	20.06 (1 h2)	19.75 (1)	Gold	OR
2	1102	Carl Lewis	USA	20.72 (2 h10)	20.57 (1 h1)	20.23 (1 h1)	19.79 (2)	Silver
3	125	Robson da Silva	BRA	21.12 (1 h9)	20.41 (1 h5)	20.28 (2 h1)	20.04 (3)	Bronze
4	413	Linford Christie	GBR	21.05 (1 h7)	20.49 (1 h3)	20.33 (2 h2)	20.09 (4)
5	166	Atlee Mahorn	CAN	20.55 (1 h3)	20.59 (2 h3)	20.43 (3 h1)	20.39 (5)
6	328	Gilles Quénéhervé	FRA	20.55 (1 h2)	20.77 (2 h4)	20.54 (4 h1)	20.40 (6)
7	451	Michael Rosswess	GBR	20.95 (2 h1)	20.74 (3 h5)	20.51 (4 h2)	20.51 (7)
8	339	Bruno Marie-Rose	FRA	21.11 (2 h7)	20.48 (1 h2)	20.50 (3 h2)	20.58 (8)
5 h1 r3/4	604	Stefano Tilli	ITA	20.68 (1 h10)	20.67 (2 h5)	20.59 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	150	Cyprian Enweani	CAN	20.65 (1 h8)	20.62 (3 h1)	20.57 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	1109	Roy Martin	USA	20.65 (1 h1)	20.54 (2 h2)	20.62 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	786	Olapade Adeniken	NGR	20.77 (3 h10)	20.92 (3 h4)	20.67 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	447	John Regis	GBR	20.90 (1 h4)	20.61 (2 h1)	20.69 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	880	Edgardo Guilbe	PUR	21.09 (3 h5)	20.73 (4 h1)	20.77 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r3/4	377	Ralf Lübke	FRG	20.81 (2 h3)	20.80 (3 h3)	21.23 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r3/4	94	Troy Douglas	BER	20.91 (2 h6)	20.70 (3 h2)	20.84 (8 h2)	–
4 h2 r2/4	666	Kennedy Ondiek	KEN	20.79 (1 h6)	20.79 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r2/4	858	Luís Barroso	POR	21.31 (2 h9)	20.81 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r2/4	365	Norbert Dobeleit	FRG	20.86 (4 h8)	20.98 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r2/4	349	Daniel Sangouma	FRA	20.70 (2 h8)	20.81 (4 h5)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	644	Kenji Yamauchi	JPN	20.98 (2 h2)	20.94 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	529	Attila Kovács	HUN	20.98 (3 h6)	21.19 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	86	Patrick Stevens	BEL	20.84 (3 h8)	20.94 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	39	Mark Garner	AUS	21.09 (2 h5)	21.08 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r2/4	624	Clive Wright	JAM	20.94 (2 h4)	20.87 (5 h5)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	570	Jimmy Flemming	ISV	21.33 (3 h9)	21.23 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	1005	Lee Shiunn-Long	TPE	21.53 (5 h2)	21.34 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	495	John Myles-Mills	GHA	21.04 (4 h10)	20.95 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	679	Jang Jae-Geun	KOR	21.27 (4 h2)	21.35 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r2/4	787	Isiaq Adeyanju	NGR	21.10 (3 h2)	21.01 (6 h5)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	9	Moustafa Kamel Salmi	ALG	21.24 (5 h10)	21.26 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	1200	Harouna Pale	BUR	21.33 (3 h1)	21.35 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	50	Andreas Berger	AUT	21.29 (4 h5)	21.40 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	203	Li Feng	CHN	21.33 (5 h8)	21.38 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h5 r2/4	146	Courtney Brown	CAN	21.45 (3 h7)	21.18 (7 h5)	–	–
8 h1 r2/4	771	Ousmane Diarra	MLI	21.55 (6 h8)	21.46 (8 h1)	–	–
8 h3 r2/4	911	Ibrahima Tamba	SEN	21.68 (3 h4)	21.93 (8 h3)	–	–
8 h4 r2/4	1192	Oliver Daniels	LBR	21.59 (3 h3)	22.25 (8 h4)	–	–
8 h5 r2/4	219	Samuel Nchinda-Kaya	CMR	21.45 (4 h1)	21.39 (8 h5)	–	–
4 h3 r1/4	508	Leung Tony	HKG	21.69 (4 h3)	–	–	–
4 h4 r1/4	89	Issa Alassane-Ousséni	BEN	21.74 (4 h4)	–	–	–
4 h6 r1/4	594	Pietro Mennea	ITA	21.10 (4 h6)	– (DNS h2)	–	–
4 h7 r1/4	864	Luís Cunha	POR	21.72 (4 h7)	–	–	–
4 h9 r1/4	1201	Alexandre Yougbare	BUR	22.14 (4 h9)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	1188	Henri Ndinga	CGO	21.66 (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	1022	Sunday Olweny	UGA	21.79 (5 h3)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	291	Maloni Bole	FIJ	22.44 (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	75	Henrico Atkins	BAR	21.98 (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	608	Lindel Hodge	IVB	21.78 (5 h6)	–	–	–
5 h7 r1/4	192	Carlos Moreno	CHI	22.13 (5 h7)	–	–	–
5 h9 r1/4	489	Gustavo Envela	GEQ	22.33 (5 h9)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	1174	Fabian Muyaba	ZIM	21.66 (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	562	Aouf Abdul Rahman Youssef	IRQ	21.88 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	829	Muhammad Afzal	PAK	21.89 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	507	Claude Roumain	HAI	22.60 (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	500	Robert Loua	GUI	22.78 (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	824	Abdullah Salem Al-Khalidi	OMA	21.82 (6 h6)	–	–	–
6 h7 r1/4	745	Odiya Silweya	MAW	22.24 (6 h7)	–	–	–
6 h9 r1/4	107	Benny Kgarametso	BOT	22.79 (6 h9)	–	–	–
6 h10 r1/4	25	Howard Lindsay	ANT	21.78 (6 h10)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	729	Markus Büchel	LIE	22.02 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h2 r1/4	808	Takale Tuna	PNG	21.95 (7 h2)	–	–	–
7 h3 r1/4	706	Mohamed Fahd Al-Bishi	KSA	22.09 (7 h3)	–	–	–
7 h6 r1/4	1144	André François	VIN	21.88 (7 h6)	–	–	–
7 h7 r1/4	993	Peauope Suli	TGA	22.49 (7 h7)	–	–	–
7 h8 r1/4	723	Abdullah Ali Ahmed	LBA	22.11 (7 h8)	–	–	–
7 h10 r1/4	1139	Jerry Jeremiah	VAN	22.01 (7 h10)	–	–	–
8 h1 r1/4	72	Mohamed Shah Alam	BAN	22.52 (8 h1)	–	–	–
8 h2 r1/4	1154	Sahim Saleh Mehdi	YMD	22.95 (8 h2)	–	–	–
8 h6 r1/4	748	Ismail Asif Waheed	MDV	23.17 (8 h6)	–	–	–
8 h8 r1/4	1140	Nguyễn Ðình Minh	VIE	22.65 (8 h8)	–	–	–
AC h9 r1/4	14	Arménio Fernandes	ANG	– (DQ h9)	–	–	–			1
DNS	655	Simeon Kipkemboi	KEN	– (DNS h5)	–	–	–
DNS	1191	Samuel Birch	LBR	– (DNS h4)	–	–	–
DNS	1001	Boevi Lawson	TOG	– (DNS h7)	–	–	–

Round One (26 September 1988)

Top three in each heat and next ten fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One (11:05)

Wind	-0.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Roy Martin	USA	20.65	Q
2	4	Michael Rosswess	GBR	20.95	Q
3	6	Harouna Pale	BUR	21.33	Q
4	5	Samuel Nchinda-Kaya	CMR	21.45	q
5	1	Henri Ndinga	CGO	21.66
6	2	Fabian Muyaba	ZIM	21.66
7	8	Markus Büchel	LIE	22.02
8	7	Mohamed Shah Alam	BAN	22.52

Heat Two (11:10)

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	8	Gilles Quénéhervé	FRA	20.55	Q
2	3	Kenji Yamauchi	JPN	20.98	Q
3	2	Isiaq Adeyanju	NGR	21.10	Q
4	1	Jang Jae-Geun	KOR	21.27	q
5	5	Lee Shiunn-Long	TPE	21.53	q
6	4	Aouf Abdul Rahman Youssef	IRQ	21.88
7	6	Takale Tuna	PNG	21.95
8	7	Sahim Saleh Mehdi	YMD	22.95

Heat Three (11:15)

Wind	-0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Atlee Mahorn	CAN	20.55	Q
2	7	Ralf Lübke	FRG	20.81	Q
3	5	Oliver Daniels	LBR	21.59	Q
4	4	Leung Tony	HKG	21.69
5	6	Sunday Olweny	UGA	21.79
6	2	Muhammad Afzal	PAK	21.89
7	8	Mohamed Fahd Al-Bishi	KSA	22.09

Heat Four (11:20)

Wind	0.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	7	John Regis	GBR	20.90	Q
2	6	Clive Wright	JAM	20.94	Q
3	2	Ibrahima Tamba	SEN	21.68	Q
4	8	Issa Alassane-Ousséni	BEN	21.74
5	5	Maloni Bole	FIJ	22.44
6	4	Claude Roumain	HAI	22.60
DNS	3	Samuel Birch	LBR	–

Heat Five (11:25)

Wind	-0.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Joe DeLoach	USA	20.98	Q
2	8	Mark Garner	AUS	21.09	Q
3	6	Edgardo Guilbe	PUR	21.09	Q
4	2	Andreas Berger	AUT	21.29	q
5	5	Henrico Atkins	BAR	21.98
6	7	Robert Loua	GUI	22.78
DNS	3	Simeon Kipkemboi	KEN	–

Heat Six (11:30)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Kennedy Ondiek	KEN	20.79	Q
2	1	Troy Douglas	BER	20.91	Q
3	3	Attila Kovács	HUN	20.98	Q
4	2	Pietro Mennea	ITA	21.10	q
5	4	Lindel Hodge	IVB	21.78
6	8	Abdullah Salem Al-Khalidi	OMA	21.82
7	7	André François	VIN	21.88
8	6	Ismail Asif Waheed	MDV	23.17

Heat Seven (11:35)

Wind	-0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Linford Christie	GBR	21.05	Q
2	7	Bruno Marie-Rose	FRA	21.11	Q
3	3	Courtney Brown	CAN	21.45	Q
4	1	Luís Cunha	POR	21.72
5	4	Carlos Moreno	CHI	22.13
6	8	Odiya Silweya	MAW	22.24
7	2	Peauope Suli	TGA	22.49
DNS	6	Boevi Lawson	TOG	–

Heat Eight (11:40)

Wind	-0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	6	Cyprian Enweani	CAN	20.65	Q
2	2	Daniel Sangouma	FRA	20.70	Q
3	5	Patrick Stevens	BEL	20.84	Q
4	4	Norbert Dobeleit	FRG	20.86	q
5	8	Li Feng	CHN	21.33	q
6	7	Ousmane Diarra	MLI	21.55	q
7	3	Abdullah Ali Ahmed	LBA	22.11
8	1	Nguyễn Ðình Minh	VIE	22.65

Heat Nine (11:45)

Wind	0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	2	Robson da Silva	BRA	21.12	Q
2	3	Luís Barroso	POR	21.31	Q
3	6	Jimmy Flemming	ISV	21.33	q
4	4	Alexandre Yougbare	BUR	22.14
5	5	Gustavo Envela	GEQ	22.33
6	7	Benny Kgarametso	BOT	22.79
DQ	8	Arménio Fernandes	ANG	–		2

Heat Ten (11:50)

Wind	1.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Stefano Tilli	ITA	20.68	Q
2	8	Carl Lewis	USA	20.72	Q
3	6	Olapade Adeniken	NGR	20.77	Q
4	4	John Myles-Mills	GHA	21.04	q
5	5	Moustafa Kamel Salmi	ALG	21.24	q
6	7	Howard Lindsay	ANT	21.78
7	2	Jerry Jeremiah	VAN	22.01

Quarter-Finals (26 September 1988)

Top three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (14:00)

Wind	1.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	6	Carl Lewis	USA	20.57	Q
2	4	John Regis	GBR	20.61	Q
3	5	Cyprian Enweani	CAN	20.62	Q
4	8	Edgardo Guilbe	PUR	20.73	q
5	3	Kenji Yamauchi	JPN	20.94
6	2	Jimmy Flemming	ISV	21.23
7	1	Moustafa Kamel Salmi	ALG	21.26
8	7	Ousmane Diarra	MLI	21.46

Heat Two (14:05)

Wind	1.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	8	Bruno Marie-Rose	FRA	20.48	Q
2	3	Roy Martin	USA	20.54	Q
3	4	Troy Douglas	BER	20.70	Q
4	6	Kennedy Ondiek	KEN	20.79
5	5	Attila Kovács	HUN	21.19
6	7	Lee Shiunn-Long	TPE	21.34
7	1	Harouna Pale	BUR	21.35
DNS	2	Pietro Mennea	ITA	–

Heat Three (14:10)

Wind	-0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1	Linford Christie	GBR	20.49	Q
2	5	Atlee Mahorn	CAN	20.59	Q
3	3	Ralf Lübke	FRG	20.80	Q
4	8	Luís Barroso	POR	20.81
5	6	Patrick Stevens	BEL	20.94
6	4	John Myles-Mills	GHA	20.95
7	2	Andreas Berger	AUT	21.40
8	7	Ibrahima Tamba	SEN	21.93

Heat Four (14:15)

Wind	-0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Joe DeLoach	USA	20.56	Q
2	6	Gilles Quénéhervé	FRA	20.77	Q
3	3	Olapade Adeniken	NGR	20.92	Q
4	4	Norbert Dobeleit	FRG	20.98
5	2	Mark Garner	AUS	21.08
6	7	Jang Jae-Geun	KOR	21.35
7	8	Li Feng	CHN	21.38
8	1	Oliver Daniels	LBR	22.25

Heat Five (14:20)

Wind	-0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1	Robson da Silva	BRA	20.41	Q
2	4	Stefano Tilli	ITA	20.67	Q
3	5	Michael Rosswess	GBR	20.74	Q
4	3	Daniel Sangouma	FRA	20.81
5	6	Clive Wright	JAM	20.87
6	8	Isiaq Adeyanju	NGR	21.01
7	2	Courtney Brown	CAN	21.18
8	7	Samuel Nchinda-Kaya	CMR	21.39

Semi-Finals (28 September 1988)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One (13:40)

Wind	1.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Carl Lewis	USA	20.23	Q
2	3	Robson da Silva	BRA	20.28	Q
3	6	Atlee Mahorn	CAN	20.43	Q
4	8	Gilles Quénéhervé	FRA	20.54	Q
5	2	Stefano Tilli	ITA	20.59
6	5	Roy Martin	USA	20.62
7	1	John Regis	GBR	20.69
8	7	Ralf Lübke	FRG	21.23

Heat Two (13:45)

Wind	1.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	6	Joe DeLoach	USA	20.06	Q
2	3	Linford Christie	GBR	20.33	Q
3	5	Bruno Marie-Rose	FRA	20.50	Q
4	7	Michael Rosswess	GBR	20.51	Q
5	4	Cyprian Enweani	CAN	20.57
6	8	Olapade Adeniken	NGR	20.67
7	2	Edgardo Guilbe	PUR	20.77
8	1	Troy Douglas	BER	20.84

Final (28 September 1988 — 16:00)

Wind	1.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	6	Joe DeLoach	USA	19.75	OR
2	3	Carl Lewis	USA	19.79
3	4	Robson da Silva	BRA	20.04
4	5	Linford Christie	GBR	20.09
5	2	Atlee Mahorn	CAN	20.39
6	1	Gilles Quénéhervé	FRA	20.40
7	8	Michael Rosswess	GBR	20.51
8	7	Bruno Marie-Rose	FRA	20.58