These are the official results of the men's 200 metres

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

event at the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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. There were a total number of 81 participating athletes (and three-finishers), with two rounds (eleven heats in round 1, five heats at round 2), two semifinals and a final.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record	19.66	Michael Johnson Michael Johnson (athlete) Michael Duane Johnson is a retired American sprinter. He won four Olympic gold medals and eight world championship gold medals. Johnson currently holds the world and Olympic records in the 400 m and 4 x 400 meters relay. He formerly held the world and Olympic record in the 200 m, and the world...	Atlanta (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	June 23, 1996
Olympic Record	19.73	Michael Marsh	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...  (ESP Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... )	August 5, 1992

In the final, Michael Johnson set a new world record with a time of 19.32.

Final

• Held on August 1, 1996

  RANK	FINAL	TIME
  		19.32
  		19.68
  		19.80
  4.		20.14
  5.		20.17
  6.		20.21
  7.		20.27
  8.		20.48

Semifinals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		20.27
2.		20.34
3.		20.39
4.		20.46
5.		20.56
6.		20.58
7.		20.61
8.		21.26

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		19.98
2.		20.05
3.		20.26
4.		20.32
5.		20.38
6.		20.45
7.		20.48
8.		20.96

Round 2 - Heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		20.38
2.		20.47
3.		20.53
4.		20.59
5.		20.59
6.		20.63
7.		21.06
—		DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		20.37
2.		20.48
3.		20.62
4.		20.65
5.		20.68
6.		20.86
7.		21.03
8.		21.31

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		20.36
2.		20.47
3.		20.53
4.		20.61
5.		20.63
6.		20.65
7.		20.75
8.		21.14

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		20.39
2.		20.43
3.		20.56
4.		20.58
5.		20.87
6.		21.00
7.		21.01
—		DNF

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		20.25
2.		20.49
3.		20.49
4.		20.59
5.		20.60
6.		20.83
7.		20.84
8.		20.89

Round 1 - Heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		20.27
2.		20.41
3.		20.41
4.		20.45
5.		21.10
6.		21.10
7.		21.13

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		20.49
2.		20.69
3.		20.73
4.		20.83
5.		20.88
6.		21.20
7.		21.85
8.		22.71

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		20.26
2.		20.42
3.		20.57
4.		20.82
5.		20.88
6.		20.96
7.		21.25

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		20.55
2.		20.68
3.		20.73
4.		20.78
5.		21.00
6.		21.06
—		DNS

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		20.62
2.		20.69
3.		20.78
4.		20.86
5.		20.97
6.		21.20
7.		21.65
8.		22.68

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.		20.60
2.		20.65
3.		20.80
4.		20.81
5.		20.99
6.		21.62
7.		22.00
8.		22.09

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.		20.64
2.		20.67
3.		20.69
4.		20.78
5.		20.79
6.		20.95
7.		21.67

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.		20.54
2.		20.61
3.		20.69
4.		20.76
5.		21.25
6.		21.37
7.		21.94
—		DNS

RANK	HEAT 9	TIME
1.		20.37
2.		20.57
3.		20.87
4.		20.99
5.		21.20
6.		21.77
—		DNS

RANK	HEAT 10	TIME
1.		20.56
2.		20.77
3.		20.85
4.		20.93
5.		21.09
6.		21.32
7.		21.72

RANK	HEAT 11	TIME
1.		20.59
2.		20.78
3.		20.78
4.		20.96
5.		20.98
6.		21.01
7.		21.05