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200 metres, Men

Date	27 – 28 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	67 from 50 countries

This race was expected to be between Americans Maurice Greene and Michael Johnson. Greene was the best in the world at 100 metres and Johnson at 400 metres, and their race in the middle distance was highly anticipated. But neither qualified for the team at the Olympic Trials, succumbing to minor injuries, although they both made the team in their better events. This left the Olympic 200 wide open. Ato Boldon, 1996 bronze medalist and 1997 World Champion, was the best of the rest. America’s John Capel, Jr., who had won the US Olympic Trials, also moved up as a contender. But the race was won by Greece’s Kostas Kenteris. He did not get a good start in the final but caught Darren Campbell (GBR) at 150 metres and held on to win, with Boldon winning bronze for the second consecutive Olympics.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	1969	Kostas Kenteris	GRE	20.57 (1 h5)	20.14 (2 h1)	20.20 (1 h2)	20.09 (1)	Gold
2	1782	Darren Campbell	GBR	20.71 (2 h4)	20.13 (1 h1)	20.23 (2 h2)	20.14 (2)	Silver
3	3154	Ato Boldon	TTO	20.52 (1 h3)	20.28 (3 h1)	20.20 (3 h1)	20.20 (3)	Bronze
4	1189	Obadele Thompson	BAR	20.69 (1 h7)	20.16 (1 h2)	20.21 (4 h1)	20.20 (4)
5	1809	Christian Malcolm	GBR	20.52 (2 h8)	20.19 (2 h3)	20.19 (2 h1)	20.23 (5)
6	1270	Claudinei da Silva	BRA	20.70 (1 h9)	20.24 (3 h3)	20.30 (3 h2)	20.28 (6)
7	3303	Coby Miller	USA	20.49 (1 h4)	20.37 (2 h2)	20.45 (4 h2)	20.35 (7)
8	3257	John Capel, Jr.	USA	20.49 (1 h8)	20.13 (1 h3)	20.10 (1 h1)	20.49 (8)
5 h1 r3/4	2271	Chris Williams	JAM	20.45 (1 h6)	20.25 (2 h4)	20.47 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	3009	Kim Collins	SKN	20.52 (2 h3)	20.47 (3 h2)	20.57 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	2591	Stéphane Buckland	MRI	20.81 (2 h1)	20.53 (4 h4)	20.56 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	3281	Floyd Heard	USA	20.68 (1 h2)	20.24 (1 h4)	20.63 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	2632	Francis Obikwelu	NGR	20.76 (1 h1)	20.33 (3 h4)	20.71 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	2306	Koji Ito	JPN	20.75 (2 h2)	20.56 (4 h2)	20.67 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r3/4	1687	Tommi Hartonen	FIN	20.82 (3 h2)	20.47 (4 h3)	20.88 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r3/4	2317	Shingo Suetsugu	JPN	20.60 (2 h6)	20.37 (4 h1)	20.69 (8 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/4	2725	Marcin Urbaś	POL	20.62 (3 h3)	20.43 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	2267	Dwight Thomas	JAM	20.85 (2 h9)	20.58 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	1406	Joseph Batangdon	CMR	20.70 (2 h7)	20.55 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	2996	Oumar Loum	SEN	20.87 (3 h9)	20.60 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	2664	Geir Moen	NOR	20.76 (4 h3)	20.65 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	1289	Petko Yankov	BUL	20.91 (4 h2)	20.75 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	2190	Alessandro Cavallaro	ITA	20.58 (3 h8)	20.69 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	1505	Anninos Markoullidis	CYP	20.83 (2 h5)	20.71 (6 h4)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	1770	Antoine Boussombo	GAB	20.78 (3 h7)	20.71 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	1590	Venancio José	ESP	20.95 (3 h6)	20.79 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	1072	Patrick Johnson	AUS	20.88 (5 h8)	20.87 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	1790	Marlon Devonish	GBR	20.89 (3 h5)	20.82 (7 h4)	–	–
8 h1 r2/4	3250	Heber Viera	URU	20.82 (4 h8)	20.97 (8 h1)	–	–
8 h2 r2/4	2628	Uchenna Emedolu	NGR	20.87 (3 h4)	20.93 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h3 r2/4	1171	Renward Wells	BAH	20.95 (3 h1)	21.26 (8 h3)	–	–
4 h1 r1/4	2660	John Ertzgaard	NOR	21.00 (4 h1)	–	–	–
4 h4 r1/4	1394	Ahmed Douhou	CIV	20.98 (4 h4)	–	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	1269	André da Silva	BRA	20.95 (4 h5)	–	–	–
4 h6 r1/4	1146	Martin Lachkovics	AUT	21.00 (4 h6)	–	–	–
4 h7 r1/4	1088	Matt Shirvington	AUS	20.91 (4 h7)	– (DNS h4)	–	–
4 h9 r1/4	2122	Paul Brizzel	IRL	20.98 (4 h9)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	2469	Sayon Cooper	LBR	21.10 (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	1094	Darryl Wohlsen	AUS	20.98 (5 h2)	–	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	2172	Gideon Yablonka	ISR	20.92 (5 h3)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	2272	Ricardo Williams	JAM	21.09 (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	2900	Aleksandr Ryabov	RUS	21.02 (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	1170	Andrew Tynes	BAH	21.00 (5 h6)	–	–	–
5 h7 r1/4	1036	Carlos Gats	ARG	21.15 (5 h7)	–	–	–
5 h9 r1/4	2685	Mohamed Al-Houti	OMA	21.19 (5 h9)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	1935	Albert Agyemang	GHA	21.22 (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	1316	Pierre Browne	CAN	21.28 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	2344	Gennady Chernovol	KAZ	20.95 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	3164	Julieon Raeburn	TTO	21.21 (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	3098	Marián Vanderka	SVK	21.28 (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	1427	Jimmy Pino	COL	21.42 (6 h6)	–	–	–
6 h7 r1/4	1364	Ricardo Roach	CHI	21.20 (6 h7)	–	–	–
6 h8 r1/4	1966	Tasos Gkousis	GRE	21.10 (6 h8)	–	–	–
6 h9 r1/4	1162	Dominic Demeritte	BAH	21.47 (6 h9)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	1219	Jayson Jones	BIZ	22.20 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h4 r1/4	2250	Keita Cline	IVB	21.42 (7 h4)	–	–	–
7 h5 r1/4	3186	Ali Khamis Rashid Al-Neyadi	UAE	21.93 (7 h5)	–	–	–
7 h6 r1/4	1212	Pascal Dangbo	BEN	21.54 (7 h6)	–	–	–
7 h7 r1/4	2391	Ezra Sambu	KEN	21.23 (7 h7)	–	–	–
7 h8 r1/4	2431	Salem Mubarak Al-Yami	KSA	21.18 (7 h8)	–	–	–
7 h9 r1/4	2022	Joseph Loua	GUI	21.60 (7 h9)	–	–	–
8 h5 r1/4	2607	Christie van Wyk	NAM	46.57 (8 h5)	–	–	–
8 h6 r1/4	2690	Maqsood Ahmad	PAK	21.70 (8 h6)	–	–	–
8 h7 r1/4	1547	Sherwin James	DMA	22.40 (8 h7)	–	–	–
8 h9 r1/4	1031	N'Kosie Barnes	ANT	21.82 (8 h9)	–	–	–
AC h1 r1/4	1182	Mohamed Mahbub Alam	BAN	– (DNF h1)	–	–	–
AC h2 r1/4	1939	Tanko Braimah	GHA	– (DQ h2)	–	–	–
DNS	1958	Alexios Alexopoulos	GRE	– (DNS h3)	–	–	–

Round One (27 September 2000)

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

Heat One (10:05)

Wind	-0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	1	Francis Obikwelu	NGR	20.76	0.201	Q
2	8	Stéphane Buckland	MRI	20.81	0.269	Q
3	5	Renward Wells	BAH	20.95	0.147	Q
4	6	John Ertzgaard	NOR	21.00	0.154
5	3	Sayon Cooper	LBR	21.10	0.261
6	4	Albert Agyemang	GHA	21.22	0.240
7	7	Jayson Jones	BIZ	22.20	0.163
DNF	2	Mohamed Mahbub Alam	BAN	–	0.240

Heat Two (10:11)

Wind	-0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Floyd Heard	USA	20.68	0.167	Q
2	4	Koji Ito	JPN	20.75	0.191	Q
3	8	Tommi Hartonen	FIN	20.82	0.187	Q
4	5	Petko Yankov	BUL	20.91	0.152	q
5	2	Darryl Wohlsen	AUS	20.98	0.161
6	6	Pierre Browne	CAN	21.28	0.258
DQ	3	Tanko Braimah	GHA	–	[0.192]		1

Heat Three (10:17)

Wind	0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	2	Ato Boldon	TTO	20.52	0.157	Q
2	5	Kim Collins	SKN	20.52	0.175	Q
3	4	Marcin Urbaś	POL	20.62	0.152	Q
4	7	Geir Moen	NOR	20.76	0.160	q
5	8	Gideon Yablonka	ISR	20.92	0.185
6	3	Gennady Chernovol	KAZ	20.95	0.190
DNS	6	Alexios Alexopoulos	GRE	–	–

Heat Four (10:23)

Wind	0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Coby Miller	USA	20.49	0.182	Q
2	4	Darren Campbell	GBR	20.71	0.194	Q
3	5	Uchenna Emedolu	NGR	20.87	0.179	Q
4	7	Ahmed Douhou	CIV	20.98	0.169
5	2	Ricardo Williams	JAM	21.09	0.289
6	8	Julieon Raeburn	TTO	21.21	0.326
7	3	Keita Cline	IVB	21.42	0.199

Heat Five (10:29)

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Kostas Kenteris	GRE	20.57	0.179	Q
2	5	Anninos Markoullidis	CYP	20.83	0.190	Q
3	2	Marlon Devonish	GBR	20.89	0.178	Q
4	3	André da Silva	BRA	20.95	0.237
5	8	Aleksandr Ryabov	RUS	21.02	0.216
6	7	Marián Vanderka	SVK	21.28	0.254
7	4	Ali Khamis Rashid Al-Neyadi	UAE	21.93	0.280
8	1	Christie van Wyk	NAM	46.57	0.147

Heat Six (10:35)

Wind	-0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Chris Williams	JAM	20.45	0.189	Q
2	1	Shingo Suetsugu	JPN	20.60	0.184	Q
3	7	Venancio José	ESP	20.95	0.179	Q
4	3	Martin Lachkovics	AUT	21.00	0.163
5	4	Andrew Tynes	BAH	21.00	0.169
6	6	Jimmy Pino	COL	21.42	0.179		2
7	8	Pascal Dangbo	BEN	21.54	0.158
8	2	Maqsood Ahmad	PAK	21.70	0.181

Heat Seven (10:41)

Wind	0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Obadele Thompson	BAR	20.69	0.192	Q
2	8	Joseph Batangdon	CMR	20.70	0.176	Q
3	6	Antoine Boussombo	GAB	20.78	0.161	Q
4	3	Matt Shirvington	AUS	20.91	0.168	q	3
5	1	Carlos Gats	ARG	21.15	0.181
6	5	Ricardo Roach	CHI	21.20	0.154
7	7	Ezra Sambu	KEN	21.23	0.377
8	2	Sherwin James	DMA	22.40	0.195

Heat Eight (10:47)

Wind	0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	John Capel, Jr.	USA	20.49	0.216	Q
2	6	Christian Malcolm	GBR	20.52	0.272	Q
3	5	Alessandro Cavallaro	ITA	20.58	0.192	Q
4	8	Heber Viera	URU	20.82	0.180	q
5	2	Patrick Johnson	AUS	20.88	0.225	q	4
6	7	Tasos Gkousis	GRE	21.10	0.325
7	3	Salem Mubarak Al-Yami	KSA	21.18	0.261		5

Heat Nine (10:59)

Wind	-0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Claudinei da Silva	BRA	20.70	0.176	Q
2	3	Dwight Thomas	JAM	20.85	0.192	Q
3	7	Oumar Loum	SEN	20.87	0.201	Q
4	6	Paul Brizzel	IRL	20.98	0.178		6
5	1	Mohamed Al-Houti	OMA	21.19	0.226
6	4	Dominic Demeritte	BAH	21.47	0.167
7	2	Joseph Loua	GUI	21.60	0.244		7
8	8	N'Kosie Barnes	ANT	21.82	0.205

Quarter-Finals (27 September 2000)

Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (19:30)

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	Darren Campbell	GBR	20.13	0.175	Q
2	6	Kostas Kenteris	GRE	20.14	0.203	Q
3	4	Ato Boldon	TTO	20.28	0.160	Q
4	5	Shingo Suetsugu	JPN	20.37	0.182	Q
5	8	Marcin Urbaś	POL	20.43	0.159
6	7	Geir Moen	NOR	20.65	0.165
7	2	Antoine Boussombo	GAB	20.71	0.163
8	1	Heber Viera	URU	20.97	0.196

Heat Two (19:36)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Obadele Thompson	BAR	20.16	0.195	Q
2	3	Coby Miller	USA	20.37	0.239	Q
3	4	Kim Collins	SKN	20.47	0.171	Q
4	5	Koji Ito	JPN	20.56	0.208	Q
5	8	Dwight Thomas	JAM	20.58	0.206
6	2	Petko Yankov	BUL	20.75	0.169
7	7	Venancio José	ESP	20.79	0.182
8	1	Uchenna Emedolu	NGR	20.93	0.195

Heat Three (19:42)

Wind	-0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	John Capel, Jr.	USA	20.13	0.169	Q
2	3	Christian Malcolm	GBR	20.19	0.196	Q
3	4	Claudinei da Silva	BRA	20.24	0.139	Q
4	8	Tommi Hartonen	FIN	20.47	0.179	Q
5	6	Joseph Batangdon	CMR	20.55	0.247
6	1	Alessandro Cavallaro	ITA	20.69	0.179
7	7	Patrick Johnson	AUS	20.87	0.252
8	2	Renward Wells	BAH	21.26	0.162

Heat Four (19:48)

Wind	0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Floyd Heard	USA	20.24	0.173	Q
2	4	Chris Williams	JAM	20.25	0.187	Q
3	6	Francis Obikwelu	NGR	20.33	0.195	Q
4	3	Stéphane Buckland	MRI	20.53	0.237	Q
5	1	Oumar Loum	SEN	20.60	0.186
6	8	Anninos Markoullidis	CYP	20.71	0.196
7	7	Marlon Devonish	GBR	20.82	0.163
DNS	2	Matt Shirvington	AUS	–	–

Semi-Finals (28 September 2000)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One (18:20)

Wind	-1.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	John Capel, Jr.	USA	20.10	0.177	Q
2	6	Christian Malcolm	GBR	20.19	0.161	Q
3	8	Ato Boldon	TTO	20.20	0.147	Q
4	5	Obadele Thompson	BAR	20.21	0.199	Q
5	4	Chris Williams	JAM	20.47	0.197
6	1	Stéphane Buckland	MRI	20.56	0.198
7	7	Francis Obikwelu	NGR	20.71	0.241
8	2	Tommi Hartonen	FIN	20.88	0.170

Heat Two (18:28)

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Kostas Kenteris	GRE	20.20	0.200	Q
2	3	Darren Campbell	GBR	20.23	0.234	Q
3	7	Claudinei da Silva	BRA	20.30	0.196	Q
4	4	Coby Miller	USA	20.45	0.174	Q
5	1	Kim Collins	SKN	20.57	0.177
6	6	Floyd Heard	USA	20.63	0.169
7	8	Koji Ito	JPN	20.67	0.212
8	2	Shingo Suetsugu	JPN	20.69	0.177

Final (28 September 2000 — 20:20)

Wind	-0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Kostas Kenteris	GRE	20.09	0.163
2	6	Darren Campbell	GBR	20.14	0.174
3	8	Ato Boldon	TTO	20.20	0.163
4	7	Obadele Thompson	BAR	20.20	0.205
5	3	Christian Malcolm	GBR	20.23	0.202
6	1	Claudinei da Silva	BRA	20.28	0.192
7	2	Coby Miller	USA	20.35	0.185
8	4	John Capel, Jr.	USA	20.49	0.348