| Host City: Tokyo. Japan |
Format: First round (First 3 and 8 fastest to second round) |
| Dates: August 23 – September 1 |
Format: Second round (First 4 to semi-finals) (Aug 26) |
| Nations participating: 167 |
Format: Semi-finals (First 4 to final) (Aug 27) |
| Athletes participating: 1517 |
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Main venue: Olympic Stadium
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| Overview by IAAF |
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| Unbeaten since May 1990. Johnson was expected not only to win but threaten the 12 year-old world record of 19.72. This looked increasingly likely when the Texan won his second-round heat in a championship record of 20.05. despite easing off in the last 50m. Burrell. the last man to beat Johnson. was eliminated at this stage. Johnson continued to impress with a 20.06 semi into a 3.1m wind. DOHA 2019 PAST RESULTS/WORLD CHAMPS MEN’S 200m 97 A stronger headwind proved to be the American’s only opponent in the final. It slowed his winning time to 20.01. but the manner of his victory was amazing. He quickly made up the stagger on Fredericks and left the field three metres behind at the finish – the largest margin of victory at this level since Jesse Owens’s win at the 1936 Olympic Games. “I felt I put in a 19.5 or 19.6 effort.” said Johnson. who was also the world’s leading 400m runner. “After the race when I saw the time. I knew it had to be a pretty hefty wind.” |
| These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo. Japan. There were a total of 61 participating athletes. with eight qualifying heats and the final held on Tuesday August 27. 1991. |
Records
Existing records at the start of the event.
| World Record |
 Pietro Mennea (ITA) |
19.72 |
Mexico City. Mexico |
September 12. 1972 |
| Championship Record |
 Calvin Smith (USA) |
20.14 |
Helsinki. Finland |
August 14. 1983 |
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200m |
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27 August |
-3.4 |
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Final |
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| 1 |
Michael Johnson |
USA |
13 Sep 67 |
20.01 |
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| 2 |
Frank Fredericks |
NAM |
2 Oct 67 |
20.34 |
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| 3 |
Atlee Mahorn |
CAN |
27 Oct 65 |
20.49 |
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| 4 |
Robson Caetano da Silva |
BRA |
4 Sep 64 |
20.49 |
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| 5 |
Olapade Adeniken |
NGR |
19 Aug 69 |
20.51 |
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| 6 |
Jean-Charles Trouabal |
FRA |
20 May 65 |
20.58 |
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| 7 |
Nikolay Antonov |
BUL |
17 Aug 68 |
20.59 |
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| 8 |
Aleksandr Sokolov |
URS |
3 Mar 71 |
20.78 |
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Semifinals |
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27 August |
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Heat 1 |
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2.2 |
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| 1 |
Atlee Mahorn |
CAN |
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20.40 |
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| 2 |
Nikolay Antonov |
BUL |
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20.43 |
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| 3 |
Jean-Charles Trouabal |
FRA |
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20.48 |
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| 4 |
Aleksandr Sokolov |
URS |
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20.48 |
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| 5 |
Floyd Heard |
USA |
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20.61 |
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| 6 |
Linford Christie |
GBR |
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20.62 |
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| 7 |
Daniel Effiong |
NGR |
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20.85 |
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| 8 |
Joseph Gikonyo |
KEN |
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21.01 |
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Heat 2 |
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-3.1 |
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| 1 |
Michael Johnson |
USA |
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20.06 |
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| 2 |
Frank Fredericks |
NAM |
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20.27 |
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| 3 |
Olapade Adeniken |
NGR |
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20.47 |
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| 4 |
Robson Caetano Da Silva |
BRA |
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20.47 |
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| 5 |
John Regis |
GBR |
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20.52 |
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| 6 |
Michael Rosswess |
GBR |
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20.82 |
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| 7 |
Emmanuel Tuffour |
GHA |
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20.91 |
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| 8 |
Bruno Marie-Rose |
FRA |
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21.04 |
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Quarterfinals |
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26 August |
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Heat 1 |
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0.4 |
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| 1 |
Atlee Mahorn |
CAN |
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20.17 |
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| 2 |
Robson Caetano Da Silva |
BRA |
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20.18 |
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| 3 |
Floyd Heard |
USA |
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20.56 |
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| 4 |
Daniel Effiong |
NGR |
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20.59 |
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| 5 |
Hermann Lomba |
FRA |
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20.69 |
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| 6 |
Jaroslaw Kaniecki |
POL |
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20.82 |
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| 7 |
Thomas Renner |
AUT |
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21.11 |
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| 8 |
Enrique Talavera |
ESP |
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21.12 |
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Heat 2 |
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0.1 |
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| 1 |
Frank Fredericks |
NAM |
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20.41 |
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| 2 |
Emmanuel Tuffour |
GHA |
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20.58 |
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| 3 |
Michael Rosswess |
GBR |
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20.61 |
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| 4 |
Bruno Marie-Rose |
FRA |
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20.85 |
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| 5 |
Dmitriy Bartenyev |
URS |
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20.90 |
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| 6 |
Kennedy Ondiek |
KEN |
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21.07 |
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| 7 |
Felix Stevens |
CUB |
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21.09 |
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| - |
Innocent Asonze |
NGR |
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DQ |
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Heat 3 |
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0.8 |
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| 1 |
Michael Johnson |
USA |
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20.05 |
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| 2 |
Nikolay Antonov |
BUL |
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20.20 |
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| 3 |
Olapade Adeniken |
NGR |
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20.30 |
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| 4 |
John Regis |
GBR |
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20.38 |
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| 5 |
Dean Capobianco |
AUS |
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20.77 |
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| 6 |
Daniel Cojocaru |
ROM |
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20.80 |
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| 7 |
Stefano Tilli |
ITA |
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20.92 |
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| 8 |
Cyprian Enweani |
CAN |
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21.09 |
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Heat 4 |
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-0.7 |
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| 1 |
Aleksandr Sokolov |
URS |
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20.36 |
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| 2 |
Jean-Charles Trouabal |
FRA |
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20.40 |
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| 3 |
Linford Christie |
GBR |
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20.54 |
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| 4 |
Joseph Gikonyo |
KEN |
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20.63 |
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| 5 |
Yoshiyuki Okuyama |
JPN |
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21.00 |
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| 6 |
Leroy Burrell |
USA |
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21.21 |
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| 7 |
Pascal Thurnherr |
SUI |
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21.23 |
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| 8 |
Cameron Taylor |
NZL |
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21.40 |
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Heats |
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26 August |
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Heat 1 |
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-1.3 |
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| 1 |
Frank Fredericks |
NAM |
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20.70 |
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| 2 |
Innocent Asonze |
NGR |
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20.88 |
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| 3 |
Jaroslaw Kaniecki |
POL |
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21.00 |
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| 4 |
Anninos Markoullides |
CYP |
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21.07 |
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| 5 |
Attila Kovacs |
HUN |
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21.55 |
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| 6 |
Christian Mandengue |
CMR |
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22.31 |
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| 7 |
Ahmed Shageef |
MLD |
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22.80 |
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Heat 2 |
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1.2 |
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| 1 |
Michael Johnson |
USA |
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20.52 |
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| 2 |
Yoshiyuki Okuyama |
JPN |
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20.80 |
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| 3 |
Stefano Tilli |
ITA |
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20.89 |
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| 4 |
Enrique Talavera |
ESP |
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20.98 |
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| 5 |
Peter Ogilvie |
CAN |
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21.09 |
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| 6 |
Trevor Davis |
ANG |
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21.87 |
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| - |
Mohamed Abderrehin |
LBA |
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DNS |
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Heat 3 |
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0.3 |
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| 1 |
Robson Caetano Da Silva |
BRA |
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20.51 |
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| 2 |
Michael Rosswess |
GBR |
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20.58 |
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| 3 |
Daniel Effiong |
NGR |
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20.68 |
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| 4 |
Kennedy Ondiek |
KEN |
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20.73 |
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| 5 |
Dmitriy Bartenyev |
URS |
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20.78 |
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| 6 |
Edmund Estaphane |
STL |
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21.48 |
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| 7 |
Eric Haynes |
STK |
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21.58 |
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| 8 |
Fortune Ogouchi |
BEN |
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22.36 |
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Heat 4 |
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0.9 |
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| 1 |
Nikolay Antonov |
BUL |
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20.28 |
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| 2 |
Leroy Burrell |
USA |
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20.38 |
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| 3 |
Joseph Gikonyo |
KEN |
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20.43 |
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| 4 |
Cyprian Enweani |
CAN |
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20.95 |
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| 5 |
Pascal Thurnherr |
SUI |
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20.97 |
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| 6 |
Dudley Den Dulk |
AHO |
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21.65 |
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| 7 |
Rodney Cox |
TKS |
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21.91 |
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| - |
Karim Abdul |
AFG |
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DNS |
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Heat 5 |
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0.1 |
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| 1 |
Olapade Adeniken |
NGR |
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20.63 |
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| 2 |
Hermann Lomba |
FRA |
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20.78 |
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| 3 |
Linford Christie |
GBR |
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21.19 |
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| 4 |
Khalid Juma |
BHR |
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21.31 |
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| 5 |
Joseph Styles |
BAH |
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21.43 |
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| 6 |
Joseph Dias |
SEN |
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21.60 |
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| 7 |
Mark Sherwin |
CKI |
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22.68 |
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| - |
Golam Ambia |
BAN |
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DQ |
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Heat 6 |
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-0.3 |
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| 1 |
Jean-Charles Trouabal |
FRA |
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20.75 |
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| 2 |
Atlee Mahorn |
CAN |
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20.83 |
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| 3 |
Dean Capobianco |
AUS |
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20.93 |
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| 4 |
Daniel Cojocaru |
ROM |
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20.94 |
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| 5 |
Menelik Lawson |
TOG |
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21.09 |
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| 6 |
Sandro Floris |
ITA |
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21.10 |
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| 7 |
Ousmane Diarra |
MLI |
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21.85 |
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| 8 |
Jerome Jeremiah |
VAN |
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21.91 |
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Heat 7 |
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0.1 |
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| 1 |
Emmanuel Tuffour |
GHA |
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20.50 |
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| 2 |
John Regis |
GBR |
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20.62 |
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| 3 |
Aleksandr Sokolov |
URS |
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20.67 |
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| 4 |
Thomas Renner |
AUT |
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20.85 |
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| 5 |
Botlhoko Shebe |
LES |
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21.84 |
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| - |
Franck Zio |
BKF |
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DNS |
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| - |
Troy Douglas |
BER |
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DQ |
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Heat 8 |
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0.4 |
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| 1 |
Floyd Heard |
USA |
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20.67 |
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| 2 |
Bruno Marie-Rose |
FRA |
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20.90 |
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| 3 |
Cameron Taylor |
NZL |
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21.06 |
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| 3 |
Felix Stevens |
CUB |
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21.06 |
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| 5 |
Miguel Angel Gomez |
ESP |
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21.08 |
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| 6 |
Neville Hodge |
ISV |
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21.36 |
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| 7 |
Eswort Coombs |
STV |
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22.29 |
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| 8 |
Manuel Alves Fonseca |
STP |
|
23.44 |
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| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 |
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| 1 |
Jaroslaw Kaniecki |
 POL |
21.46 |
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| 2 |
Christian Mandengue |
 CMR |
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| 3 |
Attila Kovács |
 HUN |
20.11 |
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| 4 |
Innocent Asonze |
 NGR |
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| 5 |
Ahmed Shageef |
 MDV |
22.52 |
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| 6 |
Frank Fredericks |
 NAM |
20.08 |
20.08 |
| 7 |
Anninos Marcoullides |
 CYP |
20.64 |
20.64 |
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 |
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| 1 |
Trevor Davis |
 AIA |
21.41 |
22.26i |
| 2 |
Michael Johnson |
 USA |
19.85 |
20.02 |
| 3 |
Peter Ogilvie |
 CAN |
20.62 |
20.62 |
| 4 |
Stefano Tilli |
 ITA |
20.40 |
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| 5 |
Mohamed Abderrehin |
 LBA |
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| 6 |
Enrique Talavera |
 ESP |
20.79 |
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| 7 |
Yoshiyuki Okuyama |
 JPN |
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| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 |
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| 1 |
Eric Haynes |
 SKN |
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| 2 |
Fortune Ogouchi |
 BEN |
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| 3 |
Robson da Silva |
 BRA |
19.96 |
20.15 |
| 4 |
Kennedy Ondiek |
 KEN |
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| 5 |
Daniel Effiong |
NGR |
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| 6 |
Michael Rosswess |
 GBR |
20.51 |
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| 7 |
Edmund Estaphane |
 LCA |
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| 8 |
Dmitriy Bartenyev |
 URS |
21.11 |
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| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 |
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| 1 |
Nikolay Antonov |
 BUL |
20.67i |
20.67i |
| 2 |
Rodney Cox |
 TKS |
21.84 |
21.84 |
| 3 |
Cyprian Enweani |
CAN |
21.32i |
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| 4 |
Dudley Den Dulk |
 AHO |
22.99i |
22.99i |
| 5 |
Karim Abdul |
 AFG |
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| 6 |
Leroy Burrell |
USA |
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| 7 |
Pascal Thurnherr |
 SUI |
20.84 |
20.84 |
| 8 |
Joseph Gikonyo |
KEN |
22.58i |
22.58i |
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 |
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| 1 |
Khalid Juma |
 BRN |
20.87 |
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| 2 |
Hermann Lomba |
 FRA |
20.69 |
20.69 |
| 3 |
Mark Sherwin |
 COK |
22.82 |
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| 4 |
Golam Ambia |
 BAN |
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| 5 |
Olapade Adeniken |
NGR |
20.83 |
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| 6 |
Joseph Styles |
 BAH |
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| 7 |
Linford Christie |
GBR |
20.09 |
20.72i |
| 8 |
Joseph Dias |
 SEN |
21.20 |
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| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 |
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| 1 |
Sandro Floris |
ITA |
21.17i |
21.17i |
| 2 |
Ousmane Diarra |
 MLI |
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| 3 |
Daniel Cojocaru |
 ROU |
21.39 |
21.41i |
| 4 |
Boevi Menelik Lawson |
 TOG |
20.94 |
20.94 |
| 5 |
Atlee Mahorn |
CAN |
20.39 |
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| 6 |
Dean Capobianco |
 AUS |
21.57 |
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| 7 |
Jerome Jeremiah |
 VAN |
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| 8 |
Jean-Charles Trouabal |
FRA |
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| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 |
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| 1 |
Franck Zio |
 BUR |
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| 2 |
John Regis |
GBR |
20.18 |
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| 3 |
Thomas Renner |
 AUT |
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| 4 |
Aleksandr Sokolov |
URS |
20.98 |
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| 5 |
Botlhoko Shebe |
 LES |
22.74 |
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| 6 |
Emmanuel Tuffour |
 GHA |
22.09i |
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| 7 |
Troy Douglas |
 BER |
21.54i |
21.54i |
| Order / Lane | ATHLETE | COUNTRY | PB | SB 1991 |
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| 1 |
Eswort Coombs |
 VIN |
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| 2 |
Miguel Ángel Gómez |
ESP |
20.76 |
20.76 |
| 3 |
Neville Hodge |
 ISV |
21.33 |
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| 4 |
Felix Stevens |
 CUB |
20.24 |
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| 5 |
Manuel Alves Fonseca |
 STP |
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| 6 |
Cameron Taylor |
 NZL |
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| 7 |
Bruno Marie-Rose |
FRA |
20.36i |
20.43 |
| 8 |
Floyd Heard |
USA |
19.95 |
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