Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

The Men's 200 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 18–20 August at the Beijing National Stadium.
The qualifying standards were 20.59 s and 20.75 s.
Usain Bolt set a new world record of 19.30 s in the final, and won by the largest margin of victory in an Olympic 200m final.
Controversy arose within minutes after the medal race when Wallace Spearmon, who had finished third in 19.95 s, was disqualified for stepping out of his lane.
United States officials filed a protest, but withdrew it after seeing the video and noticing that silver medalist Churandy Martina, who had been celebrating the second ever Olympic medal for the Netherlands Antilles, also stepped out of his lane.
They filed an appeal to disqualify Martina, which after more than an hour of deliberation was granted, and the United States obtained both the silver and bronze medals.
On March 6, 2009, the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected an appeal by the National Olympic Committee of the Netherlands Antilles against Martina's disqualification. Shawn Crawford, who had been awarded the Olympic silver medal, reportedly gave his medal to Martina on August 28, 2008 in a tremendous show of sportsmanship.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following new world and Olympic record was set during this competition.

Date	Event	Athlete	Time
20 August	Final		19.30

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to three entrants providing they had met the A qualifying standard in the qualifying period. NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing he had met the B standard in the same qualifying period.

Results

All times shown are in seconds. The following abbreviations are used:

Q denotes qualification by place
q denotes qualification by time
DNS denotes did not start
DNF denotes did not finish
DSQ denotes disqualification
PB denotes personal best
SB denotes season best
NR denotes national record
CR denotes continental record
WR denotes world record
Round 1

The first round was held on 18 August. The first three runners of each heat plus the next eight overall fastest runners qualified for the second round.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	4	Shawn Crawford		20.61	Q	0.216
2	6	Marcin Jędrusiński		20.64	Q	0.199
3	7	Stephan Buckland		20.98	Q	0.229
4	1	Jiří Vojtík		21.05		0.165
5	9	Fanuel Kenosi		21.09		0.211
6	3	Adam Harris		21.36		0.163
7	5	Khalil Al-Hanahneh		21.55	SB	0.184
8	2	Solomon Bayoh		22.16		0.216

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	3	Brian Dzingai		20.25	Q	0.172
2	5	Christian Malcolm		20.42	Q, SB	0.178
3	4	Christopher Williams		20.53	Q	0.166
4	8	Shinji Takahira		20.58	q, SB	0.175
5	2	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud		20.75	q	0.172
6	9	Thuso Mpuang		20.87	q	0.166
7	6	Daniel Grueso		21.15		0.232
8	7	Arnaldo Abrantes		21.46		0.173

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	8	Marlon Devonish		20.49	Q, SB	0.157
2	5	Kim Collins		20.55	Q	0.175
3	7	Marvin Anderson		20.85	Q	0.175
4	9	Matic Osovnikar		20.89	q, SB	0.189
5	2	Chris Lloyd		20.90		0.185
6	6	Heber Viera		20.93		0.210
7	4	Cristián Reyes		21.20		0.165
8	3	Franklin Nazareno		21.26		0.174

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	5	Roman Smirnov		20.76	Q	0.166
2	3	Walter Dix		20.77	Q	0.185
3	9	Rolando Palacios		20.81	Q	0.202
4	8	Ángel David Rodríguez		20.87	q	0.162
5	2	Bruno de Barros		21.15		0.162
6	7	Desislav Gunev		21.55		0.178
7	6	Vyacheslav Muravyev		21.68		0.206
8	4	Nicolai Portelli		22.31		0.180

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	6	Rondel Sorrillo		20.58	Q	0.193
2	4	Usain Bolt		20.64	Q	0.177
3	2	Kristof Beyens		20.69	Q	0.148
4	9	Marc Schneeberger		20.86	q	0.137
5	7	José Acevedo		21.06		0.270
6	8	Ihor Bodrov		21.38		0.172
7	3	Mohamad Siraj Tamim		21.80	PB	0.206
8	1	Oleg Juravlyov		22.31		0.145
9	5	Juan Zeledon		23.39		0.173

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	3	Wallace Spearmon		20.46	Q	0.184
2	4	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure		20.54	Q, SB	0.161
3	2	Paul Hession		20.59	Q	0.190
4	8	Seth Amoo		20.91		0.140
5	7	Ronalds Arājs		21.22		0.218
6	5	Jayson Jones		21.54		0.162
7	6	Nabie Foday Fofanah		21.68		0.247
	9	Bryan Barnett				0.164

Heat 7

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	6	Obinna Metu		20.62	Q	0.168
2	9	Ramil Guliyev		20.78	Q, SB	0.175
3	8	Churandy Martina		20.78	Q	0.172
4	4	Sandro Viana		20.84	q	0.159
5	5	Jamial Rolle		20.93		0.162
6	2	Shingo Suetsugu		20.93		0.185
7	7	Omar Jouma Bilal Al-Salfa		21.00		0.184
	3	Alexander Nelson

Heat 8

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	6	Aaron Armstrong		20.57	Q	0.183
2	8	Brendan Christian		20.58	Q	0.164
3	7	Jared Connaughton		20.60	Q	0.146
4	9	Visa Hongisto		20.62	q, SB	0.145
5	3	Marco Cribari		20.98		0.171
6	2	James Dolphin		20.98		0.161
7	5	Zhang Peimeng		21.06	SB	0.150
	4	Samuel Francis

Round 2

Round 2 was held on 18 August. First 3 in each heat and the next 4 fastest advance to the Semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	4	Usain Bolt		20.29	Q	0.186
2	7	Shawn Crawford		20.42	Q	0.198
3	6	Kim Collins		20.43	Q, SB	0.233
4	5	Marlon Devonish		20.43	q, SB	0.146
5	9	Jared Connaughton		20.45	q	0.151
6	3	Amr Seoud		20.45	NR	0.151
7	8	Rolando Palacios		20.87		0.248
8	2	Ángel David Rodríguez		20.96		0.172

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	4	Brian Dzingai		20.23	Q	0.182
2	7	Walter Dix		20.27	Q	0.162
3	8	Christopher Williams		20.28	Q	0.159
4	6	Christian Malcolm		20.30	q, SB	0.188
5	9	Stephan Buckland		20.37	q, SB	0.188
6	5	Roman Smirnov		20.62		0.161
7	3	Shinji Takahira		20.63		0.185
8	2	Matic Osovnikar		20.95		0.171

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	5	Brendan Christian		20.26	Q	0.166
2	8	Churandy Martina		20.42	Q	0.155
3	9	Kristof Beyens		20.50	Q	0.155
4	6	Marcin Jędrusiński		20.58	=SB	0.199
5	4	Aaron Armstrong		20.58		0.155
6	7	Obinna Metu		20.65		0.195
7	2	Sandro Viana		21.07		0.168
8	3	Marc Schneeberger		21.48		0.156

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	8	Paul Hession		20.32	Q, SB	0.190
2	4	Wallace Spearmon		20.39	Q	0.202
3	6	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure		20.45	Q, SB	0.131
4	7	Rondel Sorrillo		20.63		0.164
5	5	Ramil Guliyev		20.66	NR	0.174
6	3	Visa Hongisto		20.76		0.124
7	2	Thuso Mpuang		21.04		0.162
	9	Marvin Anderson				0.187

Semifinals

Semifinals were held on 19 August. First 4 in each heat advance to the Final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	7	Churandy Martina		20.11	Q, NR	0.154
2	6	Brian Dzingai		20.17	Q, =SB	0.184
3	4	Walter Dix		20.19	Q	0.161
4	3	Christian Malcolm		20.25	Q, SB	0.181
5	5	Paul Hession		20.38		0.175
6	9	Christopher Williams		20.45		0.217
7	2	Jared Connaughton		20.58		0.146
8	8	Kristof Beyens		20.69		0.211

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes	React
1	6	Usain Bolt		20.09	Q	0.175
2	5	Shawn Crawford		20.12	Q	0.196
3	7	Wallace Spearmon		20.14	Q	0.196
4	8	Kim Collins		20.25	Q, SB	0.191
5	4	Brendan Christian		20.29		0.135
6	2	Stephan Buckland		20.48		0.141
7	3	Marlon Devonish		20.57		0.258
	9	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure

Final

Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
	5	Usain Bolt		0.182	19.30
	4	Shawn Crawford		0.210	19.96
	8	Walter Dix		0.151	19.98
4	6	Brian Dzingai		0.185	20.22
5	3	Christian Malcolm		0.212	20.40
6	2	Kim Collins		0.165	20.59
	7	Churandy Martina		0.144	~~19.82~~
	9	Wallace Spearmon		0.167	~~19.95~~

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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

Records

Qualification

Results

Round 1

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Heat 4

Heat 5

Heat 6

Heat 7

Heat 8

Round 2

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Heat 4

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final