Men's 200m. World Record Progression
TIME ATHLETE COUNTRY DATE VENUE
19.19 Usain Bolt (JAM) 20 Aug 09 Berlin
19.30 Usain Bolt (JAM) 20 Aug 08 Beijing
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
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