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200 metres, Men

Date	3 – 4 August 2021
Status	Olympic
Location	Japan National Stadium, Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	48 from 33 countries

Usain Bolt had won the last three gold medals in this event, and had competed in the Olympic 200 metres since 2004. In his absence the favorite was American Noah Lyles, who had won the 2019 World Championships. His biggest challengers were expected to be Canadian Andre De Grasse, the silver medalist behind Bolt in Rio, another American, Kenny Bednarek, and Liberian Joseph Fahnbulleh, who was raised in the United States, competed for the University of Florida, and had won the NCAA title earlier in the year.

All of the favorites made it through to the final, although the second semi-final was absurdly close, with Canada’s Aaron Brown winning in 19.982, with Fahnbulleh second with the same time, and Lyles third in 19.983, meaning he only advanced as a time qualifier. The first semi-final was won by American teenager Erriyon Knighton, while De Grasse led the third semi-final.

In the final De Grasse got out well and led the field coming off the turn, but he was quickly caught by Lyles and Bednarek took a narrow lead at 150 metres. It was De Grasse, however, who was strongest in the last 50 metres and he finished in a Canadian record of 19.62 for the gold medal. Behind him the Americans went 2-3-4, with Bednarek running 19.68 for the silver medal, and Lyles finishing in 19.74 for bronze, as Knighton finished ahead of Fahnbulleh in fourth place.

For De Grasse this was redemption as he had struggled through multiple injuries and sub-par seasons since his Rio exploits. He had missed the 2017 World Championships with hamstring issues, and then re-injured the muscle in 2018, as the year postponement to 2021 aided his recovery.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	1425	Andre De Grasse	CAN	20.56 (3 h3)	19.73 (1 h3)	19.62 (1)	Gold
2	3905	Kenny Bednarek	USA	20.01 (1 h6)	19.83 (2 h3)	19.68 (2)	Silver
3	3950	Noah Lyles	USA	20.18 (1 h7)	19.99 (3 h2)	19.74 (3)	Bronze
4	3944	Erriyon Knighton	USA	20.55 (1 h4)	20.02 (1 h1)	19.93 (4)
5	2848	Joseph Fahnbulleh	LBR	20.46 (2 h5)	19.99 (2 h2)	19.98 (5)
6	1423	Aaron Brown	CAN	20.38 (1 h5)	19.99 (1 h2)	20.20 (6)
7	2572	Rasheed Dwyer	JAM	20.31 (1 h1)	20.13 (2 h1)	20.21 (7)
8	3634	Jereem Richards	TTO	20.52 (1 h2)	20.10 (3 h3)	20.39 (8)
3 h1 r2/3	2196	Joseph Amoah	GHA	20.35 (3 h7)	20.27 (3 h1)	–
4 h1 r2/3	3294	Femi Ogunode	QAT	20.37 (1 h3)	20.34 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r2/3	1686	Yancarlos Martínez	DOM	20.17 (2 h6)	20.24 (4 h2)	–
4 h3 r2/3	3418	Shaun Maswanganyi	RSA	20.58 (2 h2)	20.18 (4 h3)	–
5 h1 r2/3	2419	Eseosa Desalu	ITA	20.29 (3 h6)	20.43 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	3524	William Reais	SUI	20.51 (3 h5)	20.44 (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r2/3	3580	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	SWZ	20.34 (2 h7)	20.22 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r2/3	1508	Xie Zhenye	CHN	20.34 (4 h6)	20.45 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	3426	Clarence Munyai	RSA	20.49 (4 h7)	20.49 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r2/3	3670	Ramil Guliyev	TUR	20.54 (2 h3)	20.31 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r2/3	3408	Anaso Jobodwana	RSA	20.78 (2 h1)	20.88 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	1203	Robin Vanderbemden	BEL	20.70 (3 h4)	21.00 (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r2/3	2349	Leon Reid	IRL	20.53 (5 h7)	20.54 (7 h3)	–
8 h3 r2/3	3016	Taymir Burnet	NED	20.60 (3 h2)	20.90 (8 h3)	–
AC h2 r2/3	3125	Alonso Edward	PAN	20.60 (2 h4)	– (DNF h2)	–
3 h1 r1/3	1334	Jorge Vides	BRA	20.94 (3 h1)	–	–
4 h1 r1/3	2955	Fodé Sissoko	MLI	21.00 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	1532	Emmanuel Eseme	CMR	20.65 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	3628	Kyle Greaux	TTO	20.77 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	4019	Sydney Siame	ZAM	21.01 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r1/3	3800	Serhiy Smelyk	UKR	20.53 (4 h5)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	2692	Shota Iizuka	JPN	21.02 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	3540	Ján Volko	SVK	21.21 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	2723	Jun Yamashita	JPN	20.78 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	2868	Gediminas Truskauskas	LTU	21.02 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	2427	Antonio Infantino	ITA	20.90 (5 h5)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	2057	Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	GBR	20.56 (5 h6)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	1760	José Andrés Salazar	ESA	21.66 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	2709	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	JPN	21.41 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	1325	Aldemir Gomes da Silva Júnior	BRA	20.84 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	2169	Steven Müller	GER	21.08 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	1335	Lucas Vilar	BRA	21.31 (6 h5)	–	–
6 h6 r1/3	2345	Marcus Lawler	IRL	20.73 (6 h6)	–	–
6 h7 r1/3	1438	Brendon Rodney	CAN	20.60 (6 h7)	–	–
7 h4 r1/3	2046	Adam Gemili	GBR	1:58.58 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h5 r1/3	1365	Muhammad Ar-Rasyid	BRU	21.83 (7 h5)	–	–
7 h7 r1/3	2580	Julian Forte	JAM	20.65 (7 h7)	–	–
8 h7 r1/3	2846	Noureddine Hadid	LBN	21.12 (8 h7)	–	–
DQ	1634	Jan Jirka	CZE	– (DQ h2)	–	–
DQ	3060	Divine Oduduru	NGR	[20.36] (DQ h1)	[20.16] (DQ h1)	–		DQ	1
DNS	1541	Bernardo Baloyes	COL	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	2849	Emmanuel Matadi	LBR	– (DNS h6)	–	–

Round One

Date	3 August 2021 — 11:05
Format	Top three in each heat and next three fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Reaction Time
1	–	Kenny Bednarek	USA	20.01	0.184	Q
2	–	Yancarlos Martínez	DOM	20.17	0.164	Q
3	–	Noah Lyles	USA	20.18	0.171	Q
4	–	Eseosa Desalu	ITA	20.29	0.131	Q
5	–	Rasheed Dwyer	JAM	20.31	0.163	Q
=6	–	Xie Zhenye	CHN	20.34	0.159	q
=6	–	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	SWZ	20.34	0.172	Q	2
8	–	Joseph Amoah	GHA	20.35	0.171	Q
9	–	Femi Ogunode	QAT	20.37	0.154	Q
10	–	Aaron Brown	CAN	20.38	0.157	Q
11	–	Joseph Fahnbulleh	LBR	20.46	0.147	Q
12	–	Clarence Munyai	RSA	20.49	0.135	q
13	–	William Reais	SUI	20.51	0.147	Q
14	–	Jereem Richards	TTO	20.52	0.187	Q
=15	–	Serhiy Smelyk	UKR	20.53	0.144
=15	–	Leon Reid	IRL	20.53	0.135	q
17	–	Ramil Guliyev	TUR	20.54	0.158	Q
18	–	Erriyon Knighton	USA	20.55	0.173	Q
=19	–	Andre De Grasse	CAN	20.56	0.122	Q
=19	–	Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	GBR	20.56	0.163
21	–	Shaun Maswanganyi	RSA	20.58	0.142	Q
=22	–	Taymir Burnet	NED	20.60	0.137	Q
=22	–	Alonso Edward	PAN	20.60	0.185	Q
=22	–	Brendon Rodney	CAN	20.60	0.150
=25	–	Emmanuel Eseme	CMR	20.65	0.160
=25	–	Julian Forte	JAM	20.65	0.152
27	–	Robin Vanderbemden	BEL	20.70	0.142	Q
28	–	Marcus Lawler	IRL	20.73	0.145
29	–	Kyle Greaux	TTO	20.77	0.149
=30	–	Anaso Jobodwana	RSA	20.78	0.119	Q
=30	–	Jun Yamashita	JPN	20.78	0.118
32	–	Aldemir Gomes da Silva Júnior	BRA	20.84	0.160
33	–	Antonio Infantino	ITA	20.90	0.132
34	–	Jorge Vides	BRA	20.94	0.161
35	–	Fodé Sissoko	MLI	21.00	0.167
36	–	Sydney Siame	ZAM	21.01	0.171
=37	–	Shota Iizuka	JPN	21.02	0.148
=37	–	Gediminas Truskauskas	LTU	21.02	0.140
39	–	Steven Müller	GER	21.08	0.156
40	–	Noureddine Hadid	LBN	21.12	0.157
41	–	Ján Volko	SVK	21.21	0.160
42	–	Lucas Vilar	BRA	21.31	0.171
43	–	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	JPN	21.41	0.149
44	–	José Andrés Salazar	ESA	21.66	0.145
45	–	Muhammad Ar-Rasyid	BRU	21.83	0.174
46	–	Adam Gemili	GBR	1:58.58	0.180
DQ	–	Divine Oduduru	NGR	[20.36]	[0.129]	DQ Q	3
DQ	–	Jan Jirka	CZE	–	[0.150]		4
DNS	–	Bernardo Baloyes	COL	–	–
DNS	–	Emmanuel Matadi	LBR	–	–

Heat #1

Time	11:05
Wind	-0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	–	Rasheed Dwyer	JAM	20.31	0.163	Q
2	–	Anaso Jobodwana	RSA	20.78	0.119	Q
3	–	Jorge Vides	BRA	20.94	0.161
4	–	Fodé Sissoko	MLI	21.00	0.167
5	–	Shota Iizuka	JPN	21.02	0.148
6	–	José Andrés Salazar	ESA	21.66	0.145
DQ	–	Divine Oduduru	NGR	[20.36]	[0.129]	DQ Q	5

Heat #2

Time	11:13
Wind	+0.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	–	Jereem Richards	TTO	20.52	0.187	Q
2	–	Shaun Maswanganyi	RSA	20.58	0.142	Q
3	–	Taymir Burnet	NED	20.60	0.137	Q
4	–	Emmanuel Eseme	CMR	20.65	0.160
5	–	Ján Volko	SVK	21.21	0.160
6	–	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	JPN	21.41	0.149
DQ	–	Jan Jirka	CZE	–	[0.150]		6
DNS	–	Bernardo Baloyes	COL	–	–

Heat #3

Time	11:21
Wind	-0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	–	Femi Ogunode	QAT	20.37	0.154	Q
2	–	Ramil Guliyev	TUR	20.54	0.158	Q
3	–	Andre De Grasse	CAN	20.56	0.122	Q
4	–	Kyle Greaux	TTO	20.77	0.149
5	–	Jun Yamashita	JPN	20.78	0.118
6	–	Aldemir Gomes da Silva Júnior	BRA	20.84	0.160

Heat #4

Time	11:29
Wind	+0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	–	Erriyon Knighton	USA	20.55	0.173	Q
2	–	Alonso Edward	PAN	20.60	0.185	Q
3	–	Robin Vanderbemden	BEL	20.70	0.142	Q
4	–	Sydney Siame	ZAM	21.01	0.171
5	–	Gediminas Truskauskas	LTU	21.02	0.140
6	–	Steven Müller	GER	21.08	0.156
7	–	Adam Gemili	GBR	1:58.58	0.180

Heat #5

Time	11:37
Wind	-0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	–	Aaron Brown	CAN	20.38	0.157	Q
2	–	Joseph Fahnbulleh	LBR	20.46	0.147	Q
3	–	William Reais	SUI	20.51	0.147	Q
4	–	Serhiy Smelyk	UKR	20.53	0.144
5	–	Antonio Infantino	ITA	20.90	0.132
6	–	Lucas Vilar	BRA	21.31	0.171
7	–	Muhammad Ar-Rasyid	BRU	21.83	0.174

Heat #6

Time	11:45
Wind	-0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	–	Kenny Bednarek	USA	20.01	0.184	Q
2	–	Yancarlos Martínez	DOM	20.17	0.164	Q
3	–	Eseosa Desalu	ITA	20.29	0.131	Q
4	–	Xie Zhenye	CHN	20.34	0.159	q
5	–	Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	GBR	20.56	0.163
6	–	Marcus Lawler	IRL	20.73	0.145
DNS	–	Emmanuel Matadi	LBR	–	–

Heat #7

Time	11:53
Wind	+0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	–	Noah Lyles	USA	20.18	0.171	Q
2	–	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	SWZ	20.34	0.172	Q	7
3	–	Joseph Amoah	GHA	20.35	0.171	Q
4	–	Clarence Munyai	RSA	20.49	0.135	q
5	–	Leon Reid	IRL	20.53	0.135	q
6	–	Brendon Rodney	CAN	20.60	0.150
7	–	Julian Forte	JAM	20.65	0.152
8	–	Noureddine Hadid	LBN	21.12	0.157

Semi-Finals

Date	3 August 2021 — 20:50
Format	Top two in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Reaction Time
1	–	Andre De Grasse	CAN	19.73	0.139	Q
2	–	Kenny Bednarek	USA	19.83	0.176	Q
3	–	Aaron Brown	CAN	19.982	0.151	Q
4	–	Joseph Fahnbulleh	LBR	19.982	0.140	Q
5	–	Noah Lyles	USA	19.983	0.179	q
6	–	Erriyon Knighton	USA	20.02	0.172	Q
7	–	Jereem Richards	TTO	20.10	0.161	q
8	–	Rasheed Dwyer	JAM	20.13	0.141	Q
9	–	Shaun Maswanganyi	RSA	20.18	0.151
10	–	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	SWZ	20.22	0.158
11	–	Yancarlos Martínez	DOM	20.24	0.141
12	–	Joseph Amoah	GHA	20.27	0.168
13	–	Ramil Guliyev	TUR	20.31	0.156
14	–	Femi Ogunode	QAT	20.34	0.160
15	–	Eseosa Desalu	ITA	20.43	0.149
16	–	William Reais	SUI	20.44	0.149
17	–	Xie Zhenye	CHN	20.45	0.154
18	–	Clarence Munyai	RSA	20.49	0.142
19	–	Leon Reid	IRL	20.54	0.139
20	–	Anaso Jobodwana	RSA	20.88	0.151
21	–	Taymir Burnet	NED	20.90	0.126
22	–	Robin Vanderbemden	BEL	21.00	0.132
DNF	–	Alonso Edward	PAN	–	0.147
DQ	–	Divine Oduduru	NGR	[20.16]	[0.140]		8

Heat #1

Time	20:50
Wind	-0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	–	Erriyon Knighton	USA	20.02	0.172	Q
2	–	Rasheed Dwyer	JAM	20.13	0.141	Q
3	–	Joseph Amoah	GHA	20.27	0.168
4	–	Femi Ogunode	QAT	20.34	0.160
5	–	Eseosa Desalu	ITA	20.43	0.149
6	–	Xie Zhenye	CHN	20.45	0.154
7	–	Anaso Jobodwana	RSA	20.88	0.151
DQ	–	Divine Oduduru	NGR	[20.16]	0.140][	DQ	9

Heat #2

Time	20:58
Wind	-0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time	Tie-Breaking Time
1	–	Aaron Brown	CAN	19.99	0.151	19.982	Q
2	–	Joseph Fahnbulleh	LBR	19.99	0.140	19.982	Q
3	–	Noah Lyles	USA	19.99	0.179	19.983	q
4	–	Yancarlos Martínez	DOM	20.24	0.141	–
5	–	William Reais	SUI	20.44	0.149	–
6	–	Clarence Munyai	RSA	20.49	0.142	–
7	–	Robin Vanderbemden	BEL	21.00	0.132	–
DNF	–	Alonso Edward	PAN	–	0.147	–

Heat #3

Time	21:06
Wind	+0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	–	Andre De Grasse	CAN	19.73	0.139	Q
2	–	Kenny Bednarek	USA	19.83	0.176	Q
3	–	Jereem Richards	TTO	20.10	0.161	q
4	–	Shaun Maswanganyi	RSA	20.18	0.151
5	–	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	SWZ	20.22	0.158
6	–	Ramil Guliyev	TUR	20.31	0.156
7	–	Leon Reid	IRL	20.54	0.139
8	–	Taymir Burnet	NED	20.90	0.126

Final Round

Date	4 August 2021 — 21:55
Wind	-0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	–	Andre De Grasse	CAN	19.62	0.135
2	–	Kenny Bednarek	USA	19.68	0.165
3	–	Noah Lyles	USA	19.74	0.151
4	–	Erriyon Knighton	USA	19.93	0.159
5	–	Joseph Fahnbulleh	LBR	19.98	0.141
6	–	Aaron Brown	CAN	20.20	0.157
7	–	Rasheed Dwyer	JAM	20.21	0.148
8	–	Jereem Richards	TTO	20.39	0.149