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The 200 metres straight is a track and field outdoor event of 200 metres on a straight track. In the 1960s, the straight 200 metres was a separate world record event for men until IAAF deleted this variation from its list of official records. [ 1 ] The race was more common during the early to mid 20th century, when panhandle tracks, with 200 ...
She was the 2018 Commonwealth Games 200 m champion and won four Diamond League titles, having secured the 200 m/400 m double in 2017; she owns circuit records in both disciplines. Miller-Uibo holds the world's fastest women's marks in straight races of 150 m and 200 m. Her personal best of 21.74 s for the 200 m is a Bahamian national record.
The following table shows the world record progression in the men's 200 metres, as ratified by the IAAF. The current record of 19.19 seconds was set by Usain Bolt at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. The IAAF maintained separate records for 200 m over a straight track and over a curved track until 1976, when records for the former were ...
Lyles won his third straight 200m world championship in 19.52 seconds, days after a surprise gold medal in the 100. Fellow American Erriyon Knighton was the silver medalist in 19.75 seconds and ...
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 men's 200 metres was an event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were 78 participating athletes from 57 nations, with eleven qualifying heats (78), five quarterfinal races (40), two semifinals (16) and a final (8). [1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.
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Bednarek finished with a time of 19.62 seconds after winning his semifinal heat on Wednesday.Bednarek's silver in the 200 meters follows his seventh-place finish in the 100 meters on Sunday ...