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The 200 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium August 24 to August 26.

The top four runners in each of the initial seven heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next four fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 32 runners competed in 4 heats in the second round, with the top three runners from each heat and the four next fastest runner qualifying for the semifinals. There were two semifinal heats, and only the top four from each heat advanced to the final.

1 Records

World Record 19.32 Michael Johnson USA Atlanta (USA) 1 August, 1996
Olympic Record 19.32 Michael Johnson USA Atlanta (USA) 1 August, 1996


2 Medals

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Shawn Crawford, United States Bernard Williams, United States Justin Gatlin, United States


3 Qualification

The qualification period for Athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co. For the men's 200 metres, each National Olympic Committee 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.

4 Results

All times shown are in seconds.
Q denotes qualification by place.
q denotes qualification by time.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
NR denotes national record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes season best.

4.1 Round 1

4.1.1 Round 1, Heat 1

  1. Stephane Buckland , MauritiusRepublic of Mauritius Republique de Maurice ( In Detail) National motto: Stella Clavisque Maris Indici( Latin: "Star and Key of the Indian Ocean" Official languages De facto: English, French and Creole Capital Port Louis President Sir Anerood Jugnauth Pri 20.29 s Q
  2. Francis ObikweluFrancis Obirah Obikwelu born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and Portuguese citizen since 2001 is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 m. who finished second in the 100 m. at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, the first medal ever in athletics sprint, PortugalRepublica Portuguesa ( In Detail) National motto: None Official language Portuguese 3 Capital Lisbon President Jorge Sampaio Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes Area Total % water World ranking: 109th 92,391 km˛0. 5 % Population Total ( 2004) Density World 20.40 s Q
  3. Juan Pedro Toledo , MexicoThis article is about the country Mexico. For other meanings, see Mexico (disambiguation The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or Mexico regarding the use of the variant spelling Mejico see section The name below) is a co 20.40 s Q NR
  4. Yaozu Yang , ChinaThe People's Republic of China PRC comprises most of the cultural, historic, and geographic area known as China. Since its founding in 1949, it has been led by the Communist Party of China (CPC). It is the world's most populous country, with a population 20.59 s Q SB
  5. Johan Wissman , SwedenThe Kingdom of Sweden Konungariket Sverige in Swedish) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak and the Kattegat on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf 20.60 s q
  6. Paul Brizzel , Ireland 21.00 s SB
  7. Nabie Foday Fofanah , Guinea 21.45 s


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