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200 metres, Men

Date	24 – 26 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Stadio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Participants	54 from 41 countries

The day before the Athina Olympics opened, the defending 200 champion, Kostas Kenteris and the women’s 2000 100 silver medalist, Aikaterini Thanou, missed a mandatory drug test. A few hours later they showed up at a hospital, claiming they had been injured in a motorcycle accident. But no accident had been reported, no eyewitnesses to it were produced, no damaged motorcycle was ever seen, and they had no significant visible injuries. After being question by the IOC, they withdrew from the Olympics. A Greek police probe concluded on 20 August that the pair had faked the motorcycle accident to avoid the drug test. This affected the 200 final as the Greek crowd protested vociferously, after Kenteris had been suspended for missing the drug test, delaying the start of the race. The final was eventually won rather comfortably by American Shawn Crawford, who led his teammates, Bernard Williams, III and Justin Gatlin, across the line. The US sweep was the sixth time that this had been done by US runners in the Olympic 200, but the first time since 1984.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	3246	Shawn Crawford	USA	20.55 (1 h2)	19.95 (1 h1)	20.05 (1 h1)	19.79 (1)	Gold
2	3362	Bernard Williams, III	USA	20.29 (1 h6)	20.40 (1 h2)	20.18 (2 h1)	20.01 (2)	Silver
3	3263	Justin Gatlin	USA	20.51 (2 h7)	20.03 (1 h3)	20.35 (1 h2)	20.03 (3)	Bronze
4	2555	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	20.54 (1 h3)	20.20 (2 h1)	20.43 (3 h1)	20.14 (4)
5	2739	Francis Obikwelu	POR	20.40 (=2 h1)	20.33 (1 h4)	20.36 (2 h2)	20.14 (5)
6	2549	Stéphane Buckland	MRI	20.29 (1 h1)	20.36 (2 h4)	20.37 (3 h2)	20.24 (6)
7	1941	Tobias Unger	GER	20.65 (2 h4)	20.30 (3 h1)	20.54 (4 h1)	20.64 (7)
4 h2 r3/4	2241	Asafa Powell	JAM	20.77 (4 h5)	20.23 (2 h3)	20.56 (4 h2)	– (DNS)
5 h1 r3/4	1978	Tasos Gkousis	GRE	20.44 (2 h6)	20.46 (2 h2)	20.68 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	1874	Sebastian Ernst	GER	20.47 (1 h7)	20.36 (3 h3)	20.63 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	2255	Chris Williams	JAM	20.57 (2 h2)	20.34 (4 h1)	20.80 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	2533	Juan Pedro Toledo	MEX	20.40 (=2 h1)	20.43 (3 h4)	20.64 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	2673	Marcin Jędrusiński	POL	20.63 (1 h4)	20.55 (3 h2)	20.81 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	1818	Christian Malcolm	GBR	20.62 (2 h5)	20.56 (5 h3)	20.77 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r3/4	1795	Darren Campbell	GBR	20.72 (4 h2)	20.59 (4 h4)	20.89 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r3/4	3015	Matic Osovnikar	SLO	20.57 (4 h6)	20.47 (4 h3)	20.89 (8 h2)	–
4 h2 r2/4	1889	Till Helmke	GER	20.73 (5 h6)	20.76 (4 h2)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	3083	Johan Wissman	SWE	20.60 (5 h1)	20.74 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	3406	Brian Dzingai	ZIM	20.72 (4 h3)	20.87 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	1260	Cláudio de Souza	BRA	20.70 (4 h7)	20.64 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	2086	Géza Pauer	HUN	21.02 (4 h4)	20.90 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	2203	Marco Torrieri	ITA	20.68 (3 h7)	20.89 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	1121	Dominic Demeritte	BAH	20.62 (1 h5)	20.61 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	1787	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	GAM	20.78 (5 h2)	20.73 (6 h4)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	1566	David Canal	ESP	20.72 (3 h3)	21.18 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	1018	Malik Louahla	ALG	20.67 (2 h3)	20.93 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	1034	Brendan Christian	ANT	20.71 (5 h7)	20.63 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	2012	Panagiotis Sarris	GRE	20.67 (3 h5)	20.92 (7 h4)	–	–
8 h2 r2/4	1380	Yang Yaozu	CHN	20.59 (4 h1)	21.03 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h4 r2/4	2184	Andrew Howe	ITA	20.55 (3 h6)	21.17 (8 h4)	–	–
AC h3 r2/4	2707	Marcin Urbaś	POL	20.71 (3 h2)	– (DNF h3)	–	–
3 h4 r1/4	1399	Joseph Batangdon	CMR	20.92 (3 h4)	– (DNS h1)	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	3220	Heber Viera	URU	20.94 (5 h3)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	2220	Usain Bolt	JAM	21.05 (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	1521	Jiří Vojtík	CZE	20.79 (5 h5)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	2126	Paul Brizzel	IRL	21.00 (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	2821	Leigh Julius	RSA	20.80 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	2936	Oleg Sergeyev	RUS	20.95 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	1961	Christian Nsiah	GHA	21.06 (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	2211	Dion Crabbe	IVB	20.85 (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	2994	Oumar Loum	SEN	20.97 (6 h6)	–	–	–
6 h7 r1/4	2292	Shinji Takahira	JPN	21.05 (6 h7)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	2046	Nabie Foday Fofanah	GUI	21.45 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h2 r1/4	1003	Geronimo Goeloe	AHO	21.09 (7 h2)	–	–	–
7 h3 r1/4	3085	Menzi Dlamini	SWZ	21.82 (7 h3)	–	–	–
7 h4 r1/4	2645	Hamoud Abdallah Al-Dalhami	OMA	21.82 (7 h4)	–	–	–
7 h5 r1/4	2489	Nazmizan Mohamad	MAS	21.24 (7 h5)	–	–	–
7 h6 r1/4	1486	Anninos Markoullidis	CYP	23.94 (7 h6)	–	–	–
7 h7 r1/4	1111	Dadaş İbrahimov	AZE	21.60 (7 h7)	–	–	–
8 h2 r1/4	1236	Basílio de Moraes Júnior	BRA	21.14 (8 h2)	–	–	–
8 h4 r1/4	2274	Ryo Matsuda	JPN	24.59 (8 h4)	–	–	–
8 h5 r1/4	1079	Adam Miller	AUS	21.31 (8 h5)	–	–	–
8 h7 r1/4	2659	Russell Roman	PLW	24.89 (8 h7)	–	–	–
AC h3 r1/4	1813	Chris Lambert	GBR	– (DNF h3)	–	–	–
DNS	2398	Hamed Al-Bishi	KSA	– (DNS h1)	–	–	–

Round One (24 August 2004)

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

Heat One (10:35)

Wind	1.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Stéphane Buckland	MRI	20.29	0.185	Q
=2	5	Francis Obikwelu	POR	20.40	0.243	Q
=2	2	Juan Pedro Toledo	MEX	20.40	0.214	Q
4	4	Yang Yaozu	CHN	20.59	0.217	Q
5	7	Johan Wissman	SWE	20.60	0.245	q
6	1	Paul Brizzel	IRL	21.00	0.179
7	3	Nabie Foday Fofanah	GUI	21.45	0.227
DNS	8	Hamed Al-Bishi	KSA	–	–

Heat Two (10:41)

Wind	1.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Shawn Crawford	USA	20.55	0.272	Q
2	8	Chris Williams	JAM	20.57	0.140	Q
3	3	Marcin Urbaś	POL	20.71	0.174	Q
4	2	Darren Campbell	GBR	20.72	0.155	Q
5	1	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	GAM	20.78	0.158	q
6	4	Leigh Julius	RSA	20.80	0.164
7	6	Geronimo Goeloe	AHO	21.09	0.167
8	7	Basílio de Moraes Júnior	BRA	21.14	0.236

Heat Three (10:47)

Wind	2.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	20.54	0.235	Q
2	3	Malik Louahla	ALG	20.67	0.187	Q
3	4	David Canal	ESP	20.72	0.181	Q
4	1	Brian Dzingai	ZIM	20.72	0.184	Q
5	7	Heber Viera	URU	20.94	0.256
6	2	Oleg Sergeyev	RUS	20.95	0.269
7	8	Menzi Dlamini	SWZ	21.82	0.270
DNF	6	Chris Lambert	GBR	–	0.244

Heat Four (10:53)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Marcin Jędrusiński	POL	20.63	0.256	Q
2	2	Tobias Unger	GER	20.65	0.160	Q
3	6	Joseph Batangdon	CMR	20.92	0.239	Q
4	8	Géza Pauer	HUN	21.02	0.257	Q
5	5	Usain Bolt	JAM	21.05	0.254
6	1	Christian Nsiah	GHA	21.06	0.146
7	3	Hamoud Abdallah Al-Dalhami	OMA	21.82	0.152
8	4	Ryo Matsuda	JPN	24.59	0.223

Heat Five (10:59)

Wind	2.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Dominic Demeritte	BAH	20.62	0.246	Q
2	8	Christian Malcolm	GBR	20.62	0.284	Q
3	5	Panagiotis Sarris	GRE	20.67	0.254	Q
4	3	Asafa Powell	JAM	20.77	0.207	Q
5	2	Jiří Vojtík	CZE	20.79	0.179
6	4	Dion Crabbe	IVB	20.85	0.231
7	6	Nazmizan Mohamad	MAS	21.24	0.238
8	1	Adam Miller	AUS	21.31	0.198

Heat Six (11:05)

Wind	1.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	2	Bernard Williams, III	USA	20.29	0.207	Q
2	8	Tasos Gkousis	GRE	20.44	0.236	Q
3	3	Andrew Howe	ITA	20.55	0.198	Q
4	4	Matic Osovnikar	SLO	20.57	0.203	Q
5	6	Till Helmke	GER	20.73	0.241	q
6	5	Oumar Loum	SEN	20.97	0.240
7	7	Anninos Markoullidis	CYP	23.94	0.247

Heat Seven (11:11)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	2	Sebastian Ernst	GER	20.47	0.220	Q
2	8	Justin Gatlin	USA	20.51	0.282	Q
3	6	Marco Torrieri	ITA	20.68	0.222	Q
4	5	Cláudio de Souza	BRA	20.70	0.165	Q
5	7	Brendan Christian	ANT	20.71	0.251	q
6	4	Shinji Takahira	JPN	21.05	0.212
7	3	Dadaş İbrahimov	AZE	21.60	0.141
8	1	Russell Roman	PLW	24.89	0.264

Quarter-Finals (24 August 2004)

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

Heat One (20:00)

Wind	1.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Shawn Crawford	USA	19.95	0.207	Q
2	5	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	20.20	0.228	Q
3	3	Tobias Unger	GER	20.30	0.162	Q
4	6	Chris Williams	JAM	20.34	0.186	q
5	1	Johan Wissman	SWE	20.74	0.186
6	7	Géza Pauer	HUN	20.90	0.241
7	2	David Canal	ESP	21.18	0.179
DNS	8	Joseph Batangdon	CMR	–	–

Heat Two (20:07)

Wind	0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Bernard Williams, III	USA	20.40	0.217	Q
2	3	Tasos Gkousis	GRE	20.46	0.195	Q
3	6	Marcin Jędrusiński	POL	20.55	0.194	Q
4	7	Till Helmke	GER	20.76	0.144
5	8	Brian Dzingai	ZIM	20.87	0.206
6	2	Marco Torrieri	ITA	20.89	0.177
7	5	Malik Louahla	ALG	20.93	0.175
8	1	Yang Yaozu	CHN	21.03	0.162

Heat Three (20:14)

Wind	0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Justin Gatlin	USA	20.03	0.220	Q
2	8	Asafa Powell	JAM	20.23	0.206	Q
3	5	Sebastian Ernst	GER	20.36	0.244	Q
4	7	Matic Osovnikar	SLO	20.47	0.235	q
5	6	Christian Malcolm	GBR	20.56	0.259	q
6	3	Dominic Demeritte	BAH	20.61	0.141
7	2	Brendan Christian	ANT	20.63	0.182
DNF	1	Marcin Urbaś	POL	–	0.162

Heat Four (20:21)

Wind	0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	Francis Obikwelu	POR	20.33	0.191	Q
2	5	Stéphane Buckland	MRI	20.36	0.239	Q
3	6	Juan Pedro Toledo	MEX	20.43	0.276	Q
4	2	Darren Campbell	GBR	20.59	0.179	q
5	8	Cláudio de Souza	BRA	20.64	0.159
6	7	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	GAM	20.73	0.248
7	1	Panagiotis Sarris	GRE	20.92	0.184
8	4	Andrew Howe	ITA	21.17	0.211

Semi-Finals (25 August 2004)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One (22:50)

Wind	-0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Shawn Crawford	USA	20.05	0.231	Q
2	4	Bernard Williams, III	USA	20.18	0.200	Q
3	3	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	20.43	0.152	Q
4	2	Tobias Unger	GER	20.54	0.173	Q
5	5	Tasos Gkousis	GRE	20.68	0.205
6	7	Chris Williams	JAM	20.80	0.164
7	8	Marcin Jędrusiński	POL	20.81	0.245
8	1	Darren Campbell	GBR	20.89	0.150

Heat Two (22:58)

Wind	0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Justin Gatlin	USA	20.35	0.195	Q
2	6	Francis Obikwelu	POR	20.36	0.244	Q
3	3	Stéphane Buckland	MRI	20.37	0.183	Q
4	5	Asafa Powell	JAM	20.56	0.236	Q
5	8	Sebastian Ernst	GER	20.63	0.299
6	2	Juan Pedro Toledo	MEX	20.64	0.215
7	7	Christian Malcolm	GBR	20.77	0.239
8	1	Matic Osovnikar	SLO	20.89	0.197

Final (26 August 2004 — 22:50)

Wind	1.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Shawn Crawford	USA	19.79	0.226
2	3	Bernard Williams, III	USA	20.01	0.173
3	5	Justin Gatlin	USA	20.03	0.195
4	8	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	20.14	0.248
5	6	Francis Obikwelu	POR	20.14	0.183
6	7	Stéphane Buckland	MRI	20.24	0.294	1
7	1	Tobias Unger	GER	20.64	0.153
DNS	2	Asafa Powell	JAM	–	–