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Athletics (Track & Field) World Records



Men's 200m. World Record Progression

TIME         ATHLETE                  COUNTRY  DATE       VENUE
19.32 Michael Johnson (USA) 01 Aug 96 Atlanta 19.66 Michael Johnson (USA) 23 Jun 96 Atlanta 19.72 Pietro Mennea (ITA) 12 Sep 79 Mexico City 19.8a(19.86) Don Quarrie (JAM) 03 Aug 71 Cali 19.83 Tommie Smith (USA) 16 Oct 68 Mexico City 19.92 John Carlos (USA) 12 Sep 68 Echo Summit 20.0y Tommie Smith (USA) 11 Jun 68 Sacramento 20.2y Henry Carr (USA) 04 Apr 64 Tempe 20.3y Henry Carr (USA) 23 Mar 63 Tempe 20.4y Henry Carr (USA) 19 Mar 63 Tempe 20.5y Bob Hayes (USA) 09 Mar 63 Coral Gables 20.5 Bob Hayes (USA) 10 Feb 63 Pointe-Pierre 20.5y Paul Drayton (USA) 23 Jun 62 Walnut 20.5 Ray Norton (USA) 02 Jul 60 Stanford 20.5 Stone Johnson (USA) 02 Jul 60 Stanford 20.5y Peter Radford (GBR) 28 May 60 Wolverhampton 20.6 Ray Norton (USA) 30 Apr 60 Philadelphia 20.6 Ray Norton (USA) 19 Mar 60 Berkeley 20.6 Ray Norton (USA) 04 Aug 59 Gothenberg 20.6 Andrew Stanfield (USA) 26 May 51 Philadelphia 20.6 Ray Norton (USA) 02 May 59 San Jose 20.6 Manfred Germar (GER) 01 Oct 58 Wuppertal 20.6 Bobby Morrow (USA) 27 Nov 56 Melbourne 20.6 Thane Baker (USA) 27 Oct 56 Santa Ana 20.6 Bobby Morrow (USA) 30 Jun 56 Los Angeles 20.6 Andrew Stanfield (USA) 23 Jun 56 Bakersfield 20.6 Thane Baker (USA) 23 Jun 56 Bakersfield 20.6 Bobby Morrow (USA) 16 Jun 56 Berkeley 20.6 Andrew Stanfield (USA) 28 Jun 52 Los Angeles 20.6y Andrew Stanfield (USA) 26 May 51 Philadelphia 20.7 Barney Ewell (USA) 10 Jul 48 Evanston 20.9y Lloyd LaBeach (PAN) 05 Sep 46 Kingston 20.7 Mel Patton (USA) 10 Jul 48 Evanston 20.9y Barney Ewell (USA) 09 May 42 Pittsburgh 21.1y Barney Ewell (USA) 22 Jun 40 Minneapolis 20.7 Jesse Owens (USA) 05 Aug 36 Berlin 21.0 Jesse Owens (USA) 12 Jul 36 New York 21.0 Ralph Metcalfe (USA) 06 Aug 33 Berlin 21.0 Helmut Körnig (GER) 26 Aug 28 Bochum 21.2y Willie Applegarth (GBR) 04 Jul 14 London 'y' denotes 220yards (=201.17m.) These records were the last hand-timed ones to be ratified by the IAAF. 19"8/19"9y Don Quarrie (JAM) 07 Jun 75 Eugene 19"8/19"9y Steve Williams (USA) 07 Jun 75 Eugene The following times in brackets are those set at low altitude while a
high altitude record was standing: 19.73 Michael Marsh (19.72) (USA) 05 Aug 92 Barcelona 19.75 Joe DeLoach (19.72) (USA) 28 Sep 88 Seoul 19.75 Carl Lewis (19.72) (USA) 19 Jun 83 Indianapolis 19.96 Pietro Mennea (19.72) (ITA) 17 Aug 80 Barletta 20.00 Valeriy Borzov (19.83) (URS) 04 Sep 72 Munich 20.28 Larry Black (19.83) (USA) 03 Sep 72 Munich 20.30 Valeriy Borzov (19.83) (URS) 13 Aug 71 Helsinki Back To Top Of Page