2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres
at the 2023 World Championships
Men's 200 metres ; at the 2023 World Championships
	Final of the event
Venue	National Athletics Centre
Dates	23 August (heats); 24 August (semi-finals); 25 August (final)
Winning time	19.52
Medalists
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The men's 200 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest from 23 to 25 August 2023.^[1] The winning margin was 0.23 seconds.

Summary

As the carts were bringing the semi-finalists to the track from the warm-up area, one cart T-boned the other. Andrew Hudson received minor injuries with broken glass getting into his eye. The first semi was moved to last in the order to give Hudson and the other athletes a chance to recover. A relaxed defending champion Noah Lyles came through as the #1 qualifier. Hudson finished fourth in the semi-final, but was granted the extra lane in the final.

In the final, the start was fairly even, with the exception of Joseph Fahnbulleh's notoriously slow start, accentuated by Hudson's fast start in lane 1 next to him. As they were beginning to exit the turn, the three Americans, Lyles, Erriyon Knighton, and Kenny Bednarek, along with Letsile Tebogo all on the outside of the tracking Zharnel Hughes, were still even. With Lyles' notorious closing speed, that was bad news for the other competitors. From there, true to form, Lyles opened a gap that continued to widen to the finish. The next two runners to gain separation were the youngsters, 19 year old Knighton, then 20 year old Tebogo. Lyles had 3 metres over Knighton at the finish. Knighton was barely a metre clear of Tebogo. Lyles' 19.52 winning time equalled the #14 time in history, tied with two previous efforts from Lyles (but he's also run faster on four other occasions). Knighton's 19.75 means he owns all of the top 12 times ever run by a U20 athlete. This World Championship title was a three-peat for Lyles and completed the second leg of his pre-meet announced plan to take three gold medals.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[2]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.19	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
Championship record	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.19	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
World Leading	Noah Lyles (USA)	19.47	London, Great Britain	23 July 2023
African Record	Letsile Tebogo (BOT)	19.50	London, Great Britain	23 July 2023
Asian Record	Xie Zhenye (CHN)	19.88	London, Great Britain	21 July 2019
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.19	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
South American Record	Alonso Edward (PAN)	19.81	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
European Record	Pietro Mennea (ITA)	19.72	Mexico City, Mexico	12 September 1979
Oceanian record	Peter Norman (AUS)	20.06	Mexico City, Mexico	16 October 1968

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.16 seconds.^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), is as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
23 August	12:15	Heats
24 August	20:20	Semi-finals
25 August	21:50	Final

Results

Round 1 (heats)

Round 1 took place on 23 August. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 3 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semi-final.^[4] The overall results were as follows:^[5]

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: −0.1 m/s, Heat 3: −1.4 m/s, Heat 4: −0.2 m/s, Heat 5: −0.2 m/s, Heat 6: −0.5 m/s, Heat 7: −0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Zharnel Hughes	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	19.99	Q
2	7	Kenneth Bednarek	United States (USA)	20.01	Q
3	2	Noah Lyles	United States (USA)	20.05	Q
4	1	Aaron Brown	Canada (CAN)	20.08	Q
5	7	Alexander Ogando	Dominican Republic (DOM)	20.14 [.132]	Q
6	4	Brendon Rodney	Canada (CAN)	20.14 [.133]	Q, SB
7	1	Luxolo Adams	South Africa (RSA)	20.15	Q, SB
8	6	Erriyon Knighton	United States (USA)	20.17	Q
9	3	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana (BOT)	20.22	Q
10	2	Andrew Hudson	Jamaica (JAM)	20.25	Q
11	1	Shota Iizuka	Japan (JPN)	20.27	q, SB
12	6	Andre De Grasse	Canada (CAN)	20.28	Q
13	1	Taymir Burnet	Netherlands (NED)	20.31	q, PB
14	6	Sinesipho Dambile	South Africa (RSA)	20.34 [0.333]	Q
15	5	Towa Uzawa	Japan (JPN)	20.34 [0.336]	Q
16	5	Courtney Lindsey	United States (USA)	20.39	Q
17	2	Ondřej Macík	Czech Republic (CZE)	20.40 [0.393]	Q
18	5	Rasheed Dwyer	Jamaica (JAM)	20.40 [0.394]	Q
19	3	Joseph Fahnbulleh	Liberia (LBR)	20.42	Q
20	5	Tarsis Gracious Orogot	Uganda (UGA)	20.44 [0.431]	q
21	4	Renan Correa	Brazil (BRA)	20.44 [0.440]	Q
22	6	Filippo Tortu	Italy (ITA)	20.46
23	1	Eseosa Desalu	Italy (ITA)	20.49	SB
24	3	William Reais	Switzerland (SUI)	20.50	Q
25	3	Joshua Hartmann	Germany (GER)	20.51
26	7	Alaba Akintola	Nigeria (NGR)	20.54	Q
27	6	Joseph Amoah	Ghana (GHA)	20.56 [0.551]
28	4	Shaun Maswanganyi	South Africa (RSA)	20.56 [0.557]	Q
29	7	Alonso Edward	Panama (PAN)	20.63
30	2	Tapiwanashe Makarawu	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	20.64
31	4	Koki Ueyama	Japan (JPN)	20.66
32	2	Ján Volko	Slovakia (SVK)	20.69
33	3	Blessing Akwasi Afrifah	Israel (ISR)	20.73
34	2	Jorge Vides	Brazil (BRA)	20.80
35	5	Yang Chun-han	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	20.82
36	7	Lucas Rodrigues da Silva [de]	Brazil (BRA)	20.86
37	6	Sibusiso Matsenjwa	Eswatini (SWZ)	20.88
38	5	Ramil Guliyev	Turkey (TUR)	20.89
39	1	Gediminas Truskauskas	Lithuania (LTU)	20.90 [0.893]
40	4	Nadale Buntin	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	20.90 [0.894]
40	4	Zoltán Wahl	Hungary (HUN)	20.90 [0.894]
42	3	Aidan Murphy	Australia (AUS)	20.90 [0.895]
43	7	Taha Hussein Yaseen	Iraq (IRQ)	21.01
44	6	Guy Maganga Gorra	Gabon (GAB)	21.04
45	3	Marcos Santos	Angola (ANG)	21.05	NR
46	2	Ko Seung-hwan [de]	South Korea (KOR)	21.09
47	7	Albert Komański	Poland (POL)	21.16
48	2	Leroy Kamau	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	21.18
49	5	Mindia Endeladze [de]	Georgia (GEO)	21.20
50	3	Hachim Maaroufou	Comoros (COM)	21.29
51	4	Mohamed Obaid Alsadi	Oman (OMN)	21.39
52	1	Franko Burraj	Albania (ALB)	21.52
53	6	Yeykell Eliuth Romero	Nicaragua (NCA)	21.71
54	2	Jessy Franco	Gibraltar (GIB)	22.04
	4	James Dadzie	Ghana (GHA)	DNF
	7	Ryan Zeze	France (FRA)	DQ	TR 16.8
	5	Emmanuel Eseme	Cameroon (CMR)	DNS

Semi-final

The semi-final took place on 24 August, with the 24 athletes involved being split into 3 heats of 8 athletes each. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 2 fastest ( q ) will qualify for the final.^[6] The overall results were as follows:^[7]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: -0.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Noah Lyles	United States (USA)	19.76	Q
2	2	Kenneth Bednarek	United States (USA)	19.96	Q
3	2	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana (BOT)	19.97	Q
4	3	Erriyon Knighton	United States (USA)	19.98	Q
5	3	Zharnel Hughes	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	20.02	Q
6	1	Alexander Ogando	Dominican Republic (DOM)	20.02	Q
7	3	Andre De Grasse	Canada (CAN)	20.10	q
8	3	Joseph Fahnbulleh	Liberia (LBR)	20.21	q
9	2	Courtney Lindsey	United States (USA)	20.22
10	1	Tarsis Gracious Orogot	Uganda (UGA)	20.26
11	1	Brendon Rodney	Canada (CAN)	20.27
12	2	Sinesipho Dambile	South Africa (RSA)	20.28	PB
13	3	Towa Uzawa	Japan (JPN)	20.33
14	1	Andrew Hudson	Jamaica (JAM)	20.38	qR
15	2	Renan Correa	Brazil (BRA)	20.43
16	1	Luxolo Adams	South Africa (RSA)	20.44
17	3	Rasheed Dwyer	Jamaica (JAM)	20.49
18	1	Shota Iizuka	Japan (JPN)	20.54
19	2	Taymir Burnet	Netherlands (NED)	20.65
20	3	Shaun Maswanganyi	South Africa (RSA)	20.65
21	3	William Reais	Switzerland (SUI)	20.67
22	1	Ondřej Macík	Czech Republic (CZE)	20.71
23	2	Alaba Akintola	Nigeria (NGR)	20.75
	2	Aaron Brown	Canada (CAN)	DQ	TR17.3.1

Final

The final started at 21:54 on 25 August. The results were as follows:^[8]

Wind: –0.2 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	6	Noah Lyles	United States (USA)	19.52
	8	Erriyon Knighton	United States (USA)	19.75
	9	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana (BOT)	19.81
4	4	Zharnel Hughes	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	20.02
5	7	Kenneth Bednarek	United States (USA)	20.07
6	3	Andre De Grasse	Canada (CAN)	20.14
7	5	Alexander Ogando	Dominican Republic (DOM)	20.23
8	1	Andrew Hudson	Jamaica (JAM)	20.40
9	2	Joseph Fahnbulleh	Liberia (LBR)	20.57

References

^ ^a ^b "Timetable - Budapest 23 - World Athletics Championship - Men 200 Metres". WorldAthletics.org. IAAF. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
^ "200 Metres Men − Records". IAAF. Archived from the original on 12 February 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
^ "World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 - Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). iaaf.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
^ "START LIST 200 Metres Men - Round 1" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 22 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
^ "SUMMARY 200 Metres Men - Round 1" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 23 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
^ "START LIST 200 Metres Men - Semi-final" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 23 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 September 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
^ "SUMMARY 200 Metres Men - Semi-final" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 24 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
^ "RESULTS 200 Metres Men - Final" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 25 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

[Timetable-1] "Timetable - Budapest 23 - World Athletics Championship - Men 200 Metres". WorldAthletics.org. IAAF. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.

[2] "200 Metres Men − Records". IAAF. Archived from the original on 12 February 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

[3] "World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 - Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). iaaf.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

[4] "START LIST 200 Metres Men - Round 1" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 22 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.

[5] "SUMMARY 200 Metres Men - Round 1" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 23 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.

[6] "START LIST 200 Metres Men - Semi-final" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 23 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 September 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.

[7] "SUMMARY 200 Metres Men - Semi-final" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 24 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.

[8] "RESULTS 200 Metres Men - Final" (PDF). International Association of Athletics Federations. 25 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

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