200 metres at the Olympics

200 metres at the Olympic Games
The 2008 Olympic men's 200 m final
Overview
Sport	Athletics
Gender	Men and women
Years held	Men: 1900 – 2016 Women: 1948 – 2016
Olympic record
Men	19.30 Usain Bolt (2008)
Women	21.34 Florence Griffith-Joyner (1988)
Reigning champion
Men	Usain Bolt (JAM)
Women	Allyson Felix (USA)

The 200 metres at the Summer Olympics has been contested since the second edition of the multi-sport event. The men's 200 m has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 and the women's 200 m has been held continuously since its introduction at the 1948 Games. It is the most prestigious 200 m race at elite level. The competition format typically has three or four qualifying rounds leading to a final race between eight athletes.

The Olympic records for the distance are 19.30 seconds for men, set by Usain Bolt in 2008, and 21.34 seconds set by Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988. The men's world record was set at the Olympics in 1956, 1960 (twice), 1968, 1996 (twice) and 2008.^[1] The women's world record has similarly been linked to the competition, with records coming at the Olympic Games in 1952 (twice), 1956, 1968, 1972 and 1988 (twice). Griffith-Joyner's 1988 Olympic mark remains the world record for the distance, while Bolt's Olympic record is the third fastest of all-time.^[2]

Only three athletes have won the title more than once. Bärbel Wöckel of East Germany became the first to defend the title in 1980 and Veronica Campbell-Brown repeated that feat in 2008. Usain Bolt was the first person to win two Olympic 200 m gold medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics he defended his title to win his third Olympic 200 m gold medal. Merlene Ottey is the most decorated athlete, having won four medals in the event (though none of them gold). The reigning women's champion Allyson Felix has won three medals, as has Poland's Irena Szewińska. Reflecting how sprint athletes often compete over various distances, many of the medalists in the Olympic 200 metres have had success in the Olympic 100 metres and 4×100 metres relay as well.

The United States has had by far the most success in the event, having 23 gold medals and 57 medals in total. American men have completed a medal sweep on six occasions. Jamaica is the next most successful, with five gold among their seventeen medals, and became the second nation to sweep the men's medals in 2012.

The 1968 medal podium ceremony for the men's 200 metres witnessed a prominent political protest in the form of a Black Power salute by the African-American medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos. The third medalist, Peter Norman of Australia, wore a badge for the Olympic Project for Human Rights in solidarity.

Medal summary

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900 Paris	Walter Tewksbury (USA)	Norman Pritchard (IND)	Stan Rowley (AUS)
1904 St. Louis	Archie Hahn (USA)	Nate Cartmell (USA)	William Hogenson (USA)
1908 London	Robert Kerr (CAN)	Robert Cloughen (USA)	Nate Cartmell (USA)
1912 Stockholm	Ralph Craig (USA)	Donald Lippincott (USA)	Willie Applegarth (GBR)
1920 Antwerp	Allen Woodring (USA)	Charlie Paddock (USA)	Harry Edward (GBR)
1924 Paris	Jackson Scholz (USA)	Charlie Paddock (USA)	Eric Liddell (GBR)
1928 Amsterdam	Percy Williams (CAN)	Walter Rangeley (GBR)	Helmut Körnig (GER)
1932 Los Angeles	Eddie Tolan (USA)	George Simpson (USA)	Ralph Metcalfe (USA)
1936 Berlin	Jesse Owens (USA)	Mack Robinson (USA)	Tinus Osendarp (NED)
1948 London	Mel Patton (USA)	Barney Ewell (USA)	Lloyd LaBeach (PAN)
1952 Helsinki	Andy Stanfield (USA)	Thane Baker (USA)	James Gathers (USA)
1956 Melbourne	Bobby Morrow (USA)	Andy Stanfield (USA)	Thane Baker (USA)
1960 Rome	Livio Berruti (ITA)	Lester Carney (USA)	Abdoulaye Seye (FRA)
1964 Tokyo	Henry Carr (USA)	Paul Drayton (USA)	Edwin Roberts (TRI)
1968 Mexico City	Tommie Smith (USA)	Peter Norman (AUS)	John Carlos (USA)
1972 Munich	Valeriy Borzov (URS)	Larry Black (USA)	Pietro Mennea (ITA)
1976 Montreal	Don Quarrie (JAM)	Millard Hampton (USA)	Dwayne Evans (USA)
1980 Moscow	Pietro Mennea (ITA)	Allan Wells (GBR)	Don Quarrie (JAM)
1984 Los Angeles	Carl Lewis (USA)	Kirk Baptiste (USA)	Thomas Jefferson (USA)
1988 Seoul	Joe DeLoach (USA)	Carl Lewis (USA)	Robson da Silva (BRA)
1992 Barcelona	Michael Marsh (USA)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Michael Bates (USA)
1996 Atlanta	Michael Johnson (USA)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Ato Boldon (TRI)
2000 Sydney	Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE)	Darren Campbell (GBR)	Ato Boldon (TRI)
2004 Athens	Shawn Crawford (USA)	Bernard Williams (USA)	Justin Gatlin (USA)
2008 Beijing	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Shawn Crawford (USA)	Walter Dix (USA)
2012 London	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Yohan Blake (JAM)	Warren Weir (JAM)
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Andre De Grasse (CAN)	Christophe Lemaitre (FRA)

Multiple medalists

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Bolt, UsainUsain Bolt	Jamaica (JAM)	2008–2016	3	0	0	3
2	Stanfield, AndyAndy Stanfield	United States (USA)	1952–1956	1	1	0	2
2	Lewis, CarlCarl Lewis	United States (USA)	1984–1988	1	1	0	2
2	Crawford, ShawnShawn Crawford	United States (USA)	2004–2008	1	1	0	2
5	Quarrie, DonDon Quarrie	Jamaica (JAM)	1976–1980	1	0	1	2
5	Mennea, PietroPietro Mennea	Italy (ITA)	1972–1980	1	0	1	2
7	Paddock, CharlieCharlie Paddock	United States (USA)	1920–1924	0	2	0	2
7	Fredericks, FrankieFrankie Fredericks	Namibia (NAM)	1992–1996	0	2	0	2
9	Cartmell, NateNate Cartmell	United States (USA)	1904–1908	0	1	1	2
9	Baker, ThaneThane Baker	United States (USA)	1952–1956	0	1	1	2
11	Boldon, AtoAto Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	1996–2000	0	0	2	2

Medals by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	17	18	11	46
2	Jamaica (JAM)	4	1	2	7
3	Italy (ITA)	2	0	1	3
4	Canada (CAN)	2	1	0	3
5=	Greece (GRE)	1	0	0	1
5=	Soviet Union (URS)	1	0	0	1
7	Great Britain (GBR)	0	3	3	6
8	Namibia (NAM)	0	2	0	2
9	Australia (AUS)	0	1	1	2
10	India (IND)	0	1	0	1
11	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	0	0	3	3
12=	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
12=	France (FRA)	0	0	2	2
12=	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
12=	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
12=	Panama (PAN)	0	0	1	1

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1948 London	Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)	Audrey Williamson (GBR)	Audrey Patterson (USA)
1952 Helsinki	Marjorie Jackson (AUS)	Bertha Brouwer (NED)	Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili (URS)
1956 Melbourne	Betty Cuthbert (AUS)	Christa Stubnick (EUA)	Marlene Mathews (AUS)
1960 Rome	Wilma Rudolph (USA)	Jutta Heine (EUA)	Dorothy Hyman (GBR)
1964 Tokyo	Edith McGuire (USA)	Irena Kirszenstein (POL)	Marilyn Black (AUS)
1968 Mexico City	Irena Szewińska (POL)	Raelene Boyle (AUS)	Jenny Lamy (AUS)
1972 Munich	Renate Stecher (GDR)	Raelene Boyle (AUS)	Irena Szewińska (POL)
1976 Montreal	Bärbel Eckert (GDR)	Annegret Richter (FRG)	Renate Stecher (GDR)
1980 Moscow	Bärbel Wöckel (GDR)	Natalya Bochina (URS)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1984 Los Angeles	Valerie Brisco-Hooks (USA)	Florence Griffith (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1988 Seoul	Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)	Grace Jackson (JAM)	Heike Drechsler (GDR)
1992 Barcelona	Gwen Torrence (USA)	Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1996 Atlanta	Marie-José Pérec (FRA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Mary Onyali (NGR)
2000 Sydney	Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH)	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)	Beverly McDonald (JAM)
2004 Athens	Veronica Campbell (JAM)	Allyson Felix (USA)	Debbie Ferguson (BAH)
2008 Beijing	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)	Allyson Felix (USA)	Kerron Stewart (JAM)
2012 London	Allyson Felix (USA)	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Carmelita Jeter (USA)
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Elaine Thompson (JAM)	Dafne Schippers (NED)	Tori Bowie (USA)

Multiple medalists

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Olympics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1=	Wöckel, BärbelBärbel Wöckel	East Germany (GDR)	1976–1980	2	0	0	2
1=	Campbell-Brown, VeronicaVeronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica (JAM)	2004–2008	2	0	0	2
3	Felix, AllysonAllyson Felix	United States (USA)	2004–2012	1	2	0	3
4	Szewińska, IrenaIrena Szewińska	Poland (POL)	1964–1972	1	1	1	3
5	Griffith, FlorenceFlorence Griffith	United States (USA)	1984–1988	1	1	0	2
6	Stecher, RenateRenate Stecher	East Germany (GDR)	1972–1976	1	0	1	2
7	Boyle, RaeleneRaelene Boyle	Australia (AUS)	1968–1972	0	2	0	2
8	Ottey, MerleneMerlene Ottey	Jamaica (JAM)	1980–1996	0	1	3	4

Medalists by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	6	3	2	11
2	East Germany (GDR)	3	0	2	5
3	Jamaica (JAM)	2	4	5	11
4	Australia (AUS)	2	2	3	7
5	Poland (POL)	1	1	1	3
6	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	0	2
7	Bahamas (BAH)	1	0	1	2
8	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
9	United Team of Germany (EUA)	0	2	0	2
10=	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
10=	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	1	2
12=	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
12=	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	1	0	1
14	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	1	1

Olympic record progression

Men

Time	Athlete	Nation	Games	Round
24.0*	Holland, BillBill Holland	United States (USA)	1900	Heat 1
22.2	Tewksbury, WalterWalter Tewksbury	United States (USA)	1900	Final
22.2	Hahn, ArchieArchie Hahn	United States (USA)	1904	Heat 1
21.6	Hahn, ArchieArchie Hahn	United States (USA)	1904	Final
21.6	Scholz, JacksonJackson Scholz	United States (USA)	1924	Final
21.6	Körnig, HelmutHelmut Körnig	Germany (GER)	1928	Quarterfinal 6
21.5	Metcalfe, RalphRalph Metcalfe	United States (USA)	1932	Quarterfinal 1
21.5	Tolan, EddieEddie Tolan	United States (USA)	1932	Quarterfinal 2
21.5	Bianchi, CarlosCarlos Bianchi	Argentina (ARG)	1932	Quarterfinal 3
21.5	Jonath, ArthurArthur Jonath	Germany (GER)	1932	Quarterfinal 4
21.2	Tolan, EddieEddie Tolan	United States (USA)	1932	Final
21.1	Owens, JesseJesse Owens	United States (USA)	1936	Heat 3
20.7 WR	Owens, JesseJesse Owens	United States (USA)	1936	Final
20.7	Stanfield, AndyAndy Stanfield	United States (USA)	1952	Final
20.6 WR	Morrow, BobbyBobby Morrow	United States (USA)	1956	Final
20.5 WR	Berruti, LivioLivio Berruti	Italy (ITA)	1960	Semifinal 2
20.5 WR	Berruti, LivioLivio Berruti	Italy (ITA)	1960	Final
20.5	Drayton, PaulPaul Drayton	United States (USA)	1964	Semifinal 1
20.3	Carr, HenryHenry Carr	United States (USA)	1964	Final
20.37	Smith, TommieTommie Smith	United States (USA)	1968	Heat 2
20.23	Norman, PeterPeter Norman	Australia (AUS)	1968	Heat 6
20.12	Carlos, JohnJohn Carlos	United States (USA)	1968	Semifinal 1
19.83 WR	Smith, TommieTommie Smith	United States (USA)	1968	Final
19.80	Lewis, CarlCarl Lewis	United States (USA)	1984	Final
19.75	DeLoach, JoeJoe DeLoach	United States (USA)	1988	Final
19.73	Marsh, MikeMike Marsh	United States (USA)	1992	Semifinal 1
19.32 WR	Johnson, MichaelMichael Johnson	United States (USA)	1996	Final
19.30 WR	Bolt, UsainUsain Bolt	Jamaica (JAM)	2008	Final

Women

Time	Athlete	Nation	Games	Round
25.7	Blankers-Koen, FannyFanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands (NED)	1948	Heat 1
25.6	Thompson, CynthiaCynthia Thompson	Jamaica (JAM)	1948	Heat 2
25.3	Hasenjäger, DaphneDaphne Hasenjäger	South Africa (RSA)	1948	Heat 4
24.3	Blankers-Koen, FannyFanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands (NED)	1948	Semifinal 1
24.3	Khnykina, NadezhdaNadezhda Khnykina	Soviet Union (URS)	1952	Heat 2
23.6 WR	Jackson, MarjorieMarjorie Jackson	Australia (AUS)	1952	Heat 3
23.4 WR	Jackson, MarjorieMarjorie Jackson	Australia (AUS)	1952	Semifinal 1
23.4	Cuthbert, BettyBetty Cuthbert	Australia (AUS)	1956	Final
23.2	Rudolph, WilmaWilma Rudolph	United States (USA)	1960	Heat 3
23.0	McGuire, EdithEdith McGuire	United States (USA)	1964	Final
23.09	Boyle, RaeleneRaelene Boyle	Australia (AUS)	1968	Heat 2
22.94	Ferrell, BarbaraBarbara Ferrell	United States (USA)	1968	Heat 3
22.87	Ferrell, BarbaraBarbara Ferrell	United States (USA)	1968	Semifinal 2
22.58	Szewińska, IrenaIrena Szewińska	Poland (POL)	1968	Final
22.40 WR	Stecher, RenateRenate Stecher	East Germany (GDR)	1972	Final
22.37	Eckert, BarbelBarbel Eckert	East Germany (GDR)	1976	Final
22.26	Bochina, NatalyaNatalya Bochina	Soviet Union (URS)	1980	Quarterfinal 3
22.03	Eckert, BarbelBarbel Eckert	East Germany (GDR)	1980	Final
21.81	Brisco-Hooks, ValerieValerie Brisco-Hooks	United States (USA)	1984	Final
21.76	Griffith Joyner, FlorenceFlorence Griffith Joyner	United States (USA)	1988	Quarterfinal 1
21.56 WR	Griffith Joyner, FlorenceFlorence Griffith Joyner	United States (USA)	1988	Semifinal 1
21.34 WR	Griffith Joyner, FlorenceFlorence Griffith Joyner	United States (USA)	1988	Final

Non-canonical Olympic events

In addition to the main 1900 Olympic men's 200 metres, a 220-yard dash handicap race was also held. The winner was J. McGann for the United States, who ran an estimated 22.8 seconds with a ten-yard start. Frank Lukeman of Canada was second, also with a ten-yard handicap, and American C. Turner was third with a two-yard handicap.^[3]

This event is no longer considered part of the official Olympic history of the 200 metres or the athletics programme in general. Consequently, medals from this competition have not been assigned to nations on the all-time medal tables.^[3]

References

Participation and athlete data

Athletics Men's 200 metres Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.
Athletics Women's 200 metres Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.

Olympic record progressions

Mallon, Bill (2012). TRACK & FIELD ATHLETICS - OLYMPIC RECORD PROGRESSIONS. Track and Field News. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.

Specific

↑ "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009." (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 547. Archived from the original (pdf) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
↑ 200 Metres - men - senior - outdoor. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-05-24.
1 2 Handicap Olympic Athletics Events. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-04-18.

External links

IAAF 200 metres homepage
Official Olympics website
Olympic athletics records from Track & Field News

200 metres at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

History of athletics events at the Olympic Games

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Defunct	Cross country Team races 60 metres Weight throw Wheelchair racing Professional events

See also: List of medal sweeps in Olympic athletics • List of athletics events

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