Qualification

The qualification period for Athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's 200 metres, each National Olympic Committee

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 was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 20.59 seconds or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 20.75 seconds or faster could be entered.

Round 1

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Round 2.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	1	Stéphan Buckland		20.29	Q
1	6	Bernard Williams Bernard Williams (athlete) Bernard Rollen Williams, III is an American track and field athlete and winner of a gold medal in 4×100-meters relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics.- Biography :Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Bernard Williams won the 100 m at the 1999 Pan-American Games....		20.29	Q
3	1	Francis Obikwelu Francis Obikwelu Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds...		20.40	Q
3	1	Juan Pedro Toledo Juan Pedro Toledo Juan Pedro Toledo Domínguez is a sprint athlete from Mexico. He twice won the gold medal in the men's 200 metres at the Central American and Caribbean Games, and competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000.-References:*...		20.40	Q, NR
5	6	Anastasios Gousis Anastásios Goúsis Anastasios "Tasos" Gousis is a Greek sprint athlete.He was born in Corfu.He competed in the 200 m and 400 m in the 2000 Olympics, but did not progress out of the heats in either event...		20.44	Q, PB
6	7	Sebastian Ernst Sebastian Ernst Sebastian Ernst is a German sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.36 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2004 Summer Olympics. This ranks him third among German 200 m sprinters, only behind Tobias Unger and Frank Emmelmann...		20.47	Q, PB
7	7	Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended...		20.51	Q
8	3	Frankie Fredericks Frankie Fredericks Frank Fredericks is a former athlete from Namibia. Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games , making him Namibia's first and so far only Olympic medalist...		20.54	Q
9	2	Shawn Crawford Shawn Crawford Shawn Crawford is an American sprint athlete. He competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 meters....		20.55	Q
9	6	Andrew Howe Andrew Howe Andrew Howe is an Italian athlete who specializes in the long jump. He won this event as well as the 200 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships. He was successful at senior level at a young age, winning a long jump bronze at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships before becoming the...		20.55	Q
11	2	Christopher Williams Christopher Williams (sprinter) Christopher Williams is a Jamaican sprinter.Williams is best known for winning the silver medal in the 200m at the 2001 World Championships. In 2001 he was named Jamaica Sportsman of the Year. Williams has competed in the Olympic Games three times, in 2000, 2004 and 2008, reaching the semi-finals...		20.57	Q
11	6	Matic Osovnikar Matic Osovnikar Matic Osovnikar is a Slovenian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.Osovnikar competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics where he achieved third place in his 100 metres heat, thus making through to the second round but narrowly missed out on a placing in the semi-finals after achieving fourth place in...		20.57	Q, PB
13	1	Yaozu Yang		20.59	Q, SB
14	1	Johan Wissman Johan Wissman Johan Lukas Wissman is a Swedish athlete from Helsingborg, specializing in the 200 and 400 m. He is the current national record holder in both of these events....		20.60	q
15	5	Dominic Demeritte Dominic Demeritte Dominic Demeritte is a sprints athlete who specializes in the 200 metres.He became indoor world champion in 2004, his result 20.66 a new Bahamian record...		20.62	Q
15	5	Christian Malcolm Christian Malcolm Christian Sean Malcolm is a Welsh athlete, specialising in the 200m.Malcolm was born in Cardiff and resides in Newport, Wales. He won the title of World Junior Athlete of the Year in 1998 and in the 1998 World Junior Championships, he won the 200m in 20.44 seconds...		20.62	Q
17	4	Marcin Jędrusiński Marcin Jedrusinski Marcin Jędrusiński is a Polish sprint athlete.Jędrusiński represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Dariusz Kuc, Lukasz Chyla and Marcin Andrzej Nowak. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the...		20.63	Q, SB
18	4	Tobias Unger Tobias Unger Tobias Benjamin Unger is a German athlete, specialist in 100 m and 200 m. Unger is 1.79 metres tall, weighing 70 kilograms....		20.65	Q
19	3	Malik Louahla Malik Louahla Malik Louahla is an Algerian sprinter, he specializes in the 200 and 400 metres.In the 400m heats at the 2001 World Championships, Louahla ran a career best of 45.13 seconds. The following day, he ran a time of 45.14 seconds, but was eliminated from the competition in the semi-final...		20.67	Q
19	5	Panayiotis Sarris		20.67	Q
21	7	Marco Torrieri Marco Torrieri Marco Torrieri is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.He finished sixth at the 2002 European Championships in Munich and fifth at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. At the 2001 Mediterranean Games he finished fourth over 200 m and won a gold medal in 4 x 100...		20.68	Q
22	7	Cláudio Roberto Souza Cláudio Roberto Souza Cláudio Roberto Souza is a Brazilian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.Souza won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, together with teammates Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro and André Domingos da Silva. The Brazilian relay team finished...		20.70	Q, SB
23	2	Marcin Urbaś Marcin Urbas Marcin Urbaś is a former Polish track and field athlete. He is the Polish record holder for 200 metres dash with 19.98 seconds. He is now a sprinting coach. -Track and field:...		20.71	Q, SB
23	7	Brendan Christian Brendan Christian Brendan Kyle Akeem Christian is a sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda who specializes in the 200 metres. Born in Antigua, he is the son of Donald Christian who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as a cyclist. His personal best 100 metres time is 10.11 seconds, achieved in May 2004 in...		20.71	q
25	2	Darren Campbell Darren Campbell Darren Andrew Campbell MBE is a former English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay...		20.72	Q
25	3	David Canal David Canal David Canal Valero is a Spanish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 10.53 s *200 metres - 20.68 s *400 metres - 45.01 s...		20.72	Q
25	3	Brian Dzingai Brian Dzingai Brian Dzingai is a Zimbabwean Olympic sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. He ran to his personal best time of 20.12 seconds in June 2004 at Austin. This is the current Zimbabwean record. He is an Old Georgian, and attended St George's College, Harare in Harare, Zimbabwe...		20.72	Q
28	6	Till Helmke Till Helmke Till Helmke is a male track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Germany.Helmke represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Tobias Unger, Alexander Kosenkow and Martin Keller...		20.73	q
29	5	Asafa Powell Asafa Powell Asafa Powell C.D is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He held the 100 m world record between June 2005 and May 2008, with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds respectively. Powell has consistently broken the 10-second barrier in competition, with his personal best of...		20.77	Q
30	2	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Jaysuma Saidy Ndure is a Gambian-Norwegian sprinter. Having changed nationality from Gambia to Norway in 2006, he holds both the Gambian and Norwegian records in both the 100 and 200 metres, and is the seventh and fourth fastest European of all times on the two distances...		20.78	q
31	5	Jiri Vojtik Jiří Vojtík Jiří Vojtík is a Czech sprinter. He competed at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic games competing in the 200 meters. He failed to win a medal both times.-External links:*...		20.79
32	2	Leigh Julius Leigh Julius Leigh Ignatius Julius is a South African sprinter.Julius represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Hannes Dreyer, Ishmael Kumbane and Thuso Mpuang...		20.80
33	5	Dion Crabbe Dion Crabbe Dion Kwasi Crabbe is a sprinter from the British Virgin Islands.He won the 100 metres race at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games, and won the bronze medal over 200 metres at the 1999 Central American and Caribbean Championships. He finished sixth at the 2006 Central American and...		20.85
34	4	Joseph Batangdon Joseph Batangdon Joseph Batangdon is a Cameroonian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Batangdon became African champion in 2004, a month before the 2004 Summer Olympics. Competing in the 200 metres contest, he did advance from the heats but pulled out of the competition.- Achievements...		20.92	Q
35	3	Heber Viera Heber Viera Heber Williams Viera da Silva is a Uruguayan sprinter who has been prominent in South American sprints since the turn of the century. He competed at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004 and 2008, being knocked out in the heats each time.Viera represented Uruguay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...		20.94	SB
36	3	Oleg Sergeyev		20.95
37	6	Oumar Loum Oumar Loum Oumar Loum is a former Senegalese sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...		20.97
38	1	Paul Brizzel		21.00	SB
39	4	Geza Pauer Géza Pauer Géza Pauer is a Hungarian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.He competed at the 2003 World Championships and the 2004 World Indoor Championships without progressing from round 1...		21.02	Q
40	4	Usain Bolt Usain Bolt The Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. , is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay...		21.05
40	7	Shinji Takahira Shinji Takahira is a Japanese sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres.Tsukahara competed in the 200 m at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2005 World Championships but failed to progress beyond the heats. He took the silver medal at the 2005 Summer Universiade...		21.05
42	4	Christian Nsiah Christian Nsiah Christian Nsiah is a retired Ghanaian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He competed at the 1999 World Championships and the Olympic Games in 1996, 2000 and 2004, but without reaching the final round on any occasion....		21.06
43	2	Geronimo Goeloe Geronimo Goeloe Geronimo Goeloe is a sprinter, specializing in the 100 and 200 metres. He currently represents Aruba.Goeloe finished sixth in 4×100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships, together with teammates Charlton Rafaela, Jairo Duzant and Churandy Martina.On the individual level he won a bronze...		21.09
44	2	Basilio Emidio de Morais		21.14
45	5	Nazmizan Muhammad		21.24
46	5	Adam Miller Adam Miller (athlete) Adam Miller is an Australian sprinter who competed at the Athens Olympics, 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2007 IAAF World Championships. He retired from running in 2008.-External links:*...		21.31
47	1	Nabie Foday Fofanah Nabie Foday Fofanah Nabie Foday Fofanah is a Guinean sprinter. He was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone and lives in New York City.Fofanah grew up in Guinea, Canada, France and the United States, attending Lehman College of the City University of New York from 2001–04, and running track with their team, where he was a...		21.45
48	7	Dadas Ibrahimov		21.60
49	3	Mphelave Dlamini		21.82
49	4	Hamoud Abdallah Al Dalhami		21.82
51	6	Anninos Marcoullides Anninos Marcoullides Anninos Marcoullides is a retired Cypriot sprinter who specialized in 100 and 200 metre races...		23.94
52	4	Ryo Matsuda		24.59
53	7	Russel Roman		24.89

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Round 2

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	1	Shawn Crawford Shawn Crawford Shawn Crawford is an American sprint athlete. He competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 meters....		19.95	Q
2	3	Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended...		20.03	Q
3	1	Frankie Fredericks Frankie Fredericks Frank Fredericks is a former athlete from Namibia. Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games , making him Namibia's first and so far only Olympic medalist...		20.20	Q, SB
4	3	Asafa Powell Asafa Powell Asafa Powell C.D is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He held the 100 m world record between June 2005 and May 2008, with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds respectively. Powell has consistently broken the 10-second barrier in competition, with his personal best of...		20.23	Q
5	1	Tobias Unger Tobias Unger Tobias Benjamin Unger is a German athlete, specialist in 100 m and 200 m. Unger is 1.79 metres tall, weighing 70 kilograms....		20.30	Q, PB
6	4	Francis Obikwelu Francis Obikwelu Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds...		20.33	Q
7	1	Christopher Williams Christopher Williams (sprinter) Christopher Williams is a Jamaican sprinter.Williams is best known for winning the silver medal in the 200m at the 2001 World Championships. In 2001 he was named Jamaica Sportsman of the Year. Williams has competed in the Olympic Games three times, in 2000, 2004 and 2008, reaching the semi-finals...		20.34	q, SB
8	3	Sebastian Ernst Sebastian Ernst Sebastian Ernst is a German sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.36 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2004 Summer Olympics. This ranks him third among German 200 m sprinters, only behind Tobias Unger and Frank Emmelmann...		20.36	Q, PB
8	4	Stéphan Buckland		20.36	Q
10	2	Bernard Williams Bernard Williams Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams was an English moral philosopher, described by The Times as the most brilliant and most important British moral philosopher of his time. His publications include Problems of the Self , Moral Luck , Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy , and Truth and Truthfulness...		20.40	Q
11	4	Juan Pedro Toledo Juan Pedro Toledo Juan Pedro Toledo Domínguez is a sprint athlete from Mexico. He twice won the gold medal in the men's 200 metres at the Central American and Caribbean Games, and competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000.-References:*...		20.43	Q
12	2	Anastasios Gousis Anastásios Goúsis Anastasios "Tasos" Gousis is a Greek sprint athlete.He was born in Corfu.He competed in the 200 m and 400 m in the 2000 Olympics, but did not progress out of the heats in either event...		20.46	Q
13	3	Matic Osovnikar Matic Osovnikar Matic Osovnikar is a Slovenian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.Osovnikar competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics where he achieved third place in his 100 metres heat, thus making through to the second round but narrowly missed out on a placing in the semi-finals after achieving fourth place in...		20.47	q, NR
14	2	Marcin Jędrusiński Marcin Jedrusinski Marcin Jędrusiński is a Polish sprint athlete.Jędrusiński represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Dariusz Kuc, Lukasz Chyla and Marcin Andrzej Nowak. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the...		20.55	Q, SB
15	3	Christian Malcolm Christian Malcolm Christian Sean Malcolm is a Welsh athlete, specialising in the 200m.Malcolm was born in Cardiff and resides in Newport, Wales. He won the title of World Junior Athlete of the Year in 1998 and in the 1998 World Junior Championships, he won the 200m in 20.44 seconds...		20.56	q
16	4	Darren Campbell Darren Campbell Darren Andrew Campbell MBE is a former English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay...		20.59	q
17	3	Dominic Demeritte Dominic Demeritte Dominic Demeritte is a sprints athlete who specializes in the 200 metres.He became indoor world champion in 2004, his result 20.66 a new Bahamian record...		20.61
18	3	Brendan Christian Brendan Christian Brendan Kyle Akeem Christian is a sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda who specializes in the 200 metres. Born in Antigua, he is the son of Donald Christian who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as a cyclist. His personal best 100 metres time is 10.11 seconds, achieved in May 2004 in...		20.63
19	4	Cláudio Roberto Souza Cláudio Roberto Souza Cláudio Roberto Souza is a Brazilian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.Souza won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, together with teammates Vicente de Lima, Édson Ribeiro and André Domingos da Silva. The Brazilian relay team finished...		20.64	SB
20	4	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Jaysuma Saidy Ndure is a Gambian-Norwegian sprinter. Having changed nationality from Gambia to Norway in 2006, he holds both the Gambian and Norwegian records in both the 100 and 200 metres, and is the seventh and fourth fastest European of all times on the two distances...		20.73
21	1	Johan Wissman Johan Wissman Johan Lukas Wissman is a Swedish athlete from Helsingborg, specializing in the 200 and 400 m. He is the current national record holder in both of these events....		20.74
22	2	Till Helmke Till Helmke Till Helmke is a male track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Germany.Helmke represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Tobias Unger, Alexander Kosenkow and Martin Keller...		20.76
23	2	Brian Dzingai Brian Dzingai Brian Dzingai is a Zimbabwean Olympic sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. He ran to his personal best time of 20.12 seconds in June 2004 at Austin. This is the current Zimbabwean record. He is an Old Georgian, and attended St George's College, Harare in Harare, Zimbabwe...		20.87
24	2	Marco Torrieri Marco Torrieri Marco Torrieri is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.He finished sixth at the 2002 European Championships in Munich and fifth at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham. At the 2001 Mediterranean Games he finished fourth over 200 m and won a gold medal in 4 x 100...		20.89
25	1	Geza Pauer Géza Pauer Géza Pauer is a Hungarian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.He competed at the 2003 World Championships and the 2004 World Indoor Championships without progressing from round 1...		20.90
26	4	Panayiotis Sarris		20.92
27	2	Malik Louahla Malik Louahla Malik Louahla is an Algerian sprinter, he specializes in the 200 and 400 metres.In the 400m heats at the 2001 World Championships, Louahla ran a career best of 45.13 seconds. The following day, he ran a time of 45.14 seconds, but was eliminated from the competition in the semi-final...		20.93
28	2	Yaozu Yang		21.03
29	4	Andrew Howe Andrew Howe Andrew Howe is an Italian athlete who specializes in the long jump. He won this event as well as the 200 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships. He was successful at senior level at a young age, winning a long jump bronze at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships before becoming the...		21.17
30	1	David Canal David Canal David Canal Valero is a Spanish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 10.53 s *200 metres - 20.68 s *400 metres - 45.01 s...		21.18

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Joseph Batangdon

Joseph Batangdon is a Cameroonian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Batangdon became African champion in 2004, a month before the 2004 Summer Olympics. Competing in the 200 metres contest, he did advance from the heats but pulled out of the competition.- Achievements...

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Marcin Urbas

Marcin Urbaś is a former Polish track and field athlete. He is the Polish record holder for 200 metres dash with 19.98 seconds. He is now a sprinting coach. -Track and field:...

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Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Shawn Crawford Shawn Crawford Shawn Crawford is an American sprint athlete. He competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 meters....		20.05	Q
2	Bernard Williams Bernard Williams Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams was an English moral philosopher, described by The Times as the most brilliant and most important British moral philosopher of his time. His publications include Problems of the Self , Moral Luck , Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy , and Truth and Truthfulness...		20.18	Q
3	Frankie Fredericks Frankie Fredericks Frank Fredericks is a former athlete from Namibia. Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games , making him Namibia's first and so far only Olympic medalist...		20.43	Q
4	Tobias Unger Tobias Unger Tobias Benjamin Unger is a German athlete, specialist in 100 m and 200 m. Unger is 1.79 metres tall, weighing 70 kilograms....		20.54	Q
5	Anastasios Gousis Anastásios Goúsis Anastasios "Tasos" Gousis is a Greek sprint athlete.He was born in Corfu.He competed in the 200 m and 400 m in the 2000 Olympics, but did not progress out of the heats in either event...		20.68
6	Christopher Williams Christopher Williams (sprinter) Christopher Williams is a Jamaican sprinter.Williams is best known for winning the silver medal in the 200m at the 2001 World Championships. In 2001 he was named Jamaica Sportsman of the Year. Williams has competed in the Olympic Games three times, in 2000, 2004 and 2008, reaching the semi-finals...		20.80
7	Marcin Jędrusiński Marcin Jedrusinski Marcin Jędrusiński is a Polish sprint athlete.Jędrusiński represented Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Dariusz Kuc, Lukasz Chyla and Marcin Andrzej Nowak. In their qualification heat they did not finish due to a mistake in the...		20.81
8	Darren Campbell Darren Campbell Darren Andrew Campbell MBE is a former English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres, as well as the 4 × 100 metres relay...		20.89

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended...		20.35	Q
2	Francis Obikwelu Francis Obikwelu Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds...		20.36	Q
3	Stéphan Buckland		20.37	Q
4	Asafa Powell Asafa Powell Asafa Powell C.D is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He held the 100 m world record between June 2005 and May 2008, with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds respectively. Powell has consistently broken the 10-second barrier in competition, with his personal best of...		20.56	Q
5	Sebastian Ernst Sebastian Ernst Sebastian Ernst is a German sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.36 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2004 Summer Olympics. This ranks him third among German 200 m sprinters, only behind Tobias Unger and Frank Emmelmann...		20.63
6	Juan Pedro Toledo Juan Pedro Toledo Juan Pedro Toledo Domínguez is a sprint athlete from Mexico. He twice won the gold medal in the men's 200 metres at the Central American and Caribbean Games, and competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000.-References:*...		20.64
7	Christian Malcolm Christian Malcolm Christian Sean Malcolm is a Welsh athlete, specialising in the 200m.Malcolm was born in Cardiff and resides in Newport, Wales. He won the title of World Junior Athlete of the Year in 1998 and in the 1998 World Junior Championships, he won the 200m in 20.44 seconds...		20.77
8	Matic Osovnikar Matic Osovnikar Matic Osovnikar is a Slovenian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.Osovnikar competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics where he achieved third place in his 100 metres heat, thus making through to the second round but narrowly missed out on a placing in the semi-finals after achieving fourth place in...		20.89

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Shawn Crawford Shawn Crawford Shawn Crawford is an American sprint athlete. He competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 meters....		19.79	PB
	Bernard Williams Bernard Williams Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams was an English moral philosopher, described by The Times as the most brilliant and most important British moral philosopher of his time. His publications include Problems of the Self , Moral Luck , Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy , and Truth and Truthfulness...		20.01	PB
	Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended...		20.03
4	Frank Fredericks		20.14	SB
5	Francis Obikwelu Francis Obikwelu Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds...		20.14
6	Stéphan Buckland		20.24
7	Tobias Unger Tobias Unger Tobias Benjamin Unger is a German athlete, specialist in 100 m and 200 m. Unger is 1.79 metres tall, weighing 70 kilograms....		20.64

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Asafa Powell

Asafa Powell C.D is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He held the 100 m world record between June 2005 and May 2008, with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds respectively. Powell has consistently broken the 10-second barrier in competition, with his personal best of...

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