Athletics 2024/Men's 200 metre

Men's 200 metre
General information
Sport	Athletics 2024
Date	5–8 August 2024
Competitors	45 athletes
Venue	Stade de France
Previous medalists
Gold	Andre de Grasse
Silver	Kenneth Bednarek
Bronze	Noah Lyles
Conditions
Length	200 metres
Medalists
	Letsile Tebogo
	Kenneth Bednarek
	Noah Lyles

The men's 200 metre of Athletics 2024 during the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 5–8 August 2024 in the Stade de France. With 45 athletes competing, the event was won by Letsile Tebogo from Botswana, with Kenneth Bednarek from United States taking the silver medal and Noah Lyles from United States taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of four rounds, each with races of up to eight athletes. In the opening round, the top two with the fastest time advance to the semifinal. The rest of the athletes have another chance for the remaining spots through the new repechage round. In the semifinal round, the top two with the fastest time advance to the final, together with a number of fastest non-qualifiers. The fastest competitor in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview

Forty-five athletes qualified for the event with the reigning world champion Noah Lyles as the man to beat and the top favorite for the title.

Athlete	Nationality
Cheickna Traore	Ivory Coast
Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa
Joseph Fahnbulleh	Liberia
Calab Law	Australia
Albert Komanski	Poland
Ryan Zeze	France
Felix Svensson	Switzerland
Eseosa Fostine Desalu	Italy
Udodi Chudi Onwuzurike	Nigeria
Tarsis Gracious Orogot	Uganda
Tomas Nemejc	Czech Republic
Jose Gonzalez	Dominican Republic
Renan Correa	Brazil
Andrew Hudson	Jamaica
Cesar Almiron	Paraguay
Wanya McCoy	Bahamas
Brendon Rodney	Canada
Letsile Tebogo	Botswana
Makanakaishe Charamba	Zimbabwe
Timothe Mumenthaler	Switzerland
Benjamin Richardson	South Africa
Koki Ueyama	Japan
Filippo Tortu	Italy
Joshua Hartmann	Germany
Kenneth Bednarek	United States
Shota Iizuka	Japan
Alexander Ogando	Dominican Republic
Ondrej Macik	Czech Republic
Diego Aldo Pettorossi	Italy
Zharnel Hughes	Great Britain
Aaron Brown	Canada
Tapiwanashe Makarawu	Zimbabwe
Erriyon Knighton	United States
Eduard Kubelik	Czech Republic
Shaun Maswanganyi	South Africa
Pablo Mateo	France
Erik Erlandsson	Sweden
Ian Kerr	Bahamas
Blessing Akwasi Afrifah	Israel
William Reais	Switzerland
Towa Uzawa	Japan
Bryan Levell	Jamaica
Noah Lyles	United States
Andre de Grasse	Canada
Yang Chun-han	Chinese Taipei

Current Records

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Time
WR	20 August 2009		Usain Bolt	19.19
OR	20 August 2008		Usain Bolt	19.30

Summary

Round 1

Heat 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Joseph Fahnbulleh	20.20	Q
2		Eseosa Fostine Desalu	20.26	Q
3		Wayde van Niekerk	20.42	Q
4		Ryan Zeze	20.49
5		Felix Svensson	20.534
6		Cheickna Traore	20.536
7		Calab Law	20.75
8		Albert Komanski	20.77

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Tarsis Gracious Orogot	20.32	Q
2		Wanya McCoy	20.35	Q
3		Renan Correa	20.41	Q
4		Andrew Hudson	20.53
5		Udodi Chudi Onwuzurike	20.55
6		Cesar Almiron	20.87
7		Tomas Nemejc	21.03
—		Jose Gonzalez	DNS

Heat 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Letsile Tebogo	20.10	Q
2		Makanakaishe Charamba	20.27	Q
3		Filippo Tortu	20.29	Q
4		Brendon Rodney	20.30
5		Timothe Mumenthaler	20.63
6		Koki Ueyama	20.84
7		Benjamin Richardson	51.86

Heat 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Kenneth Bednarek	19.96	Q
2		Alexander Ogando	20.04	Q
3		Joshua Hartmann	20.30	Q
4		Diego Aldo Pettorossi	20.63
5		Shota Iizuka	20.67
6		Ondrej Macik	21.04
—		Zharnel Hughes	DNS

Heat 5 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Erriyon Knighton	19.99	Q
2		Tapiwanashe Makarawu	20.07	Q
3		Shaun Maswanganyi	20.20	Q
4		Aaron Brown	20.36
5		Ian Kerr	20.53
6		Pablo Mateo	20.58
7		Erik Erlandsson	20.65
8		Eduard Kubelik	21.14

Heat 6 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Noah Lyles	20.19	Q
2		Andre de Grasse	20.30	Q
3		Towa Uzawa	20.33	Q
4		Bryan Levell	20.47
5		Blessing Akwasi Afrifah	20.78
6		Yang Chun-han	20.83
7		William Reais	20.92

Repechages

Repechage 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Udodi Chudi Onwuzurike	20.51	Q
2		Diego Aldo Pettorossi	20.53
3		Timothe Mumenthaler	20.67
4		Shota Iizuka	20.72
5		Ondrej Macik	21.14
—		Cheickna Traore	DNS

Repechage 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Brendon Rodney	20.42	Q
2		Bryan Levell	20.47	q
3		Pablo Mateo	20.57
4		Koki Ueyama	20.92
—		Cesar Almiron	DQ
—		Calab Law	DNS

Repechage 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Ryan Zeze	20.40	Q
2		Aaron Brown	20.42	q
3		Yang Chun-han	20.73
4		Blessing Akwasi Afrifah	20.88
5		Albert Komanski	20.90
6		Eduard Kubelik	21.20
—		William Reais	DNS

Repechage 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Erik Erlandsson	20.49	Q, PR
2		Andrew Hudson	20.55
3		Ian Kerr	20.60
4		Felix Svensson	20.65
5		Tomas Nemejc	20.84
—		Benjamin Richardson	DNS

Semifinals

Semifinal 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Kenneth Bednarek	20.00	Q
2		Alexander Ogando	20.09	Q
3		Andre de Grasse	20.41
4		Shaun Maswanganyi	20.42
5		Wanya McCoy	20.61
6		Tarsis Gracious Orogot	20.64
7		Ryan Zeze	20.81
8		Bryan Levell	20.93

Semifinal 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Letsile Tebogo	19.96	Q
2		Noah Lyles	20.08	Q
3		Makanakaishe Charamba	20.31	q
4		Eseosa Fostine Desalu	20.37
5		Joshua Hartmann	20.47
6		Towa Uzawa	20.54
7		Aaron Brown	20.57
8		Erik Erlandsson	20.93

Semifinal 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Erriyon Knighton	20.09	Q
2		Joseph Fahnbulleh	20.12	Q
3		Tapiwanashe Makarawu	20.16	q
4		Filippo Tortu	20.54
5		Brendon Rodney	20.59
6		Renan Correa	20.60
7		Udodi Chudi Onwuzurike	20.717
7		Wayde van Niekerk	20.717

Final

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Letsile Tebogo	19.46	AR
2		Kenneth Bednarek	19.62
3		Noah Lyles	19.70
4		Erriyon Knighton	19.99
5		Alexander Ogando	20.02
6		Tapiwanashe Makarawu	20.10
7		Joseph Fahnbulleh	20.15
8		Makanakaishe Charamba	20.53

Results

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana
	Kenneth Bednarek	United States
	Noah Lyles	United States
4	Erriyon Knighton	United States
5	Alexander Ogando	Dominican Republic
6	Tapiwanashe Makarawu	Zimbabwe
7	Joseph Fahnbulleh	Liberia
8	Makanakaishe Charamba	Zimbabwe
9	Eseosa Fostine Desalu	Italy
10	Andre de Grasse	Canada
11	Shaun Maswanganyi	South Africa
12	Joshua Hartmann	Germany
13	Towa Uzawa	Japan
14	Filippo Tortu	Italy
15	Aaron Brown	Canada
16	Brendon Rodney	Canada
17	Renan Correa	Brazil
18	Wanya McCoy	Bahamas
19	Tarsis Gracious Orogot	Uganda
20	Udodi Chudi Onwuzurike	Nigeria
21	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa
22	Ryan Zeze	France
23	Erik Erlandsson	Sweden
24	Bryan Levell	Jamaica
25	Diego Aldo Pettorossi	Italy
26	Andrew Hudson	Jamaica
27	Pablo Mateo	France
28	Ian Kerr	Bahamas
29	Felix Svensson	Switzerland
30	Timothe Mumenthaler	Switzerland
31	Shota Iizuka	Japan
32	Yang Chun-han	Chinese Taipei
33	Tomas Nemejc	Czech Republic
34	Blessing Akwasi Afrifah	Israel
35	Albert Komanski	Poland
36	Koki Ueyama	Japan
37	Ondrej Macik	Czech Republic
38	Eduard Kubelik	Czech Republic
39	Cesar Almiron	Paraguay
40	Cheickna Traore	Ivory Coast
41	Calab Law	Australia
42	William Reais	Switzerland
43	Benjamin Richardson	South Africa
—	Jose Gonzalez	Dominican Republic
—	Zharnel Hughes	Great Britain