Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

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Men's 200 metres
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
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VenueEstadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
DatesAugust 4–6
Competitors79 from 65 nations
Winning time20.01
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Marsh
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Frankie Fredericks
 Namibia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michael Bates
 United States
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The men's 200 metres was an event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were 79 participating athletes from 65 nations, with eleven qualifying heats.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Michael Marsh of the United States, the nation's third consecutive and 15th overall victory in the event. The Americans would take a second medal for the third consecutive Games as well, this time with Michael Bates earning bronze. The silver medal went to Frankie Fredericks, taking Namibia's first medal in the men's 200 metres.

Background[]

This was the 21st appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Olympics in 1896 but has been on the program ever since. Four of the eight finalists from the 1988 Games returned: bronze medalist Robson da Silva of Brazil, fourth-place finisher Linford Christie of Great Britain, fifth-place finisher Atlee Mahorn of Canada, and sixth-place finisher Gilles Quénéhervé of France. Michael Johnson was the favorite coming into the Games; he had won the 1991 World Championship and was ranked #1 in the world in 1990 and 1991. He had been beaten in June by Frankie Fredericks of Namibia, however, and teammate Michael Marsh had been only 0.07 seconds behind Johnson at the U.S. trials. Before the Games, Johnson came down with food poisoning; while he still competed, he was clearly not at full strength.[2]

Bahrain, the Central African Republic, Cyprus, Grenada, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, San Marino, and Togo each made their debut in the event. Some former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team. One Yugoslav athlete competed as an Independent Olympic Participant. The United States made its 20th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Competition format[]

The competition used the four round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The "fastest loser" system introduced in 1960 was used in the heats and quarterfinals.

There were 11 heats of 7 or 8 runners each, with the top 3 men in each advancing to the quarterfinals along with the next 7 fastest overall. The quarterfinals consisted of 5 heats of 8 athletes each; the 3 fastest men in each heat and the next fastest overall advanced to the semifinals. There were 2 semifinals, each with 8 runners. The top 4 athletes in each semifinal advanced. The final had 8 runners. The races were run on a 400 metre track.[2]

Records[]

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World record  Pietro Mennea (ITA) 19.72 Mexico City, Mexico 12 September 1979
Olympic record  Joe DeLoach (USA) 19.75 Seoul, South Korea 28 September 1988

Michael Marsh set a new Olympic and American record with 19.73 seconds in his semifinal.

Schedule[]

The schedule featured three days of competition for the first time since 1908, up from two days in previous Games, with the semifinals and final on separate days.

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Monday, 3 August 1992 10:20
18:20		 Heats
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 5 August 1992 18:30 Semifinals
Thursday, 6 August 1992 18:40 Final

Results[]

Heats[]

Heat 1[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Frankie Fredericks  Namibia 20.74 Q
2 Andreas Berger  Austria 21.02 Q
3 Edgardo Guilbe  Puerto Rico 21.75 Q
4 Wyndell Dickinson  Virgin Islands 21.78
5 Bothloko Shebe  Lesotho 21.96
6 Apisai Driu Baibai  Fiji 22.07
7 Médard Makanga  Republic of the Congo 22.18

Heat 2[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Michael Johnson  United States 20.80 Q
2 Patrick Stevens  Belgium 20.93 Q
3 Sérgio de Menezes  Brazil 21.17 Q
4 Francis Ogola  Uganda 21.29 q
5 Miguel Ángel Gómez  Spain 21.46 q
6 Samuel Nchinda-Kaya  Cameroon 21.50
7 Sriyantha Dissanayake  Sri Lanka 21.61

Heat 3[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Oluyemi Kayode  Nigeria 20.42 Q
2 Atlee Mahorn  Canada 21.01 Q
3 Boevi Lawson  Togo 21.05 Q
4 Ouattara Lagazane  Ivory Coast 21.13 q
5 Simon Kipkemboi  Kenya 21.57
6 Dejan Jovković  Independent Olympic Participants 21.77
7 Amadou Sy Savané  Guinea 21.86
8 Jaime Zelaya  Honduras 22.05

Heat 4[]

Quénéhervé was originally disqualified, putting Seaksarn Boonrat in third place and qualifying the Thai runner for the quarterfinals. When Quénéhervé was reinstated, both men advanced on placement (Seaksarn Boonrat would have advanced on time, but this resulted in him not using one of the "lucky loser" places).[2]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Michael Bates  United States 20.91 Q
2 Gilles Quénéhervé  France 20.99 Q
3 Kennedy Ondiek  Kenya 21.04 Q
4 Seaksarn Boonrat  Thailand 21.39 Q
5 Eswort Coombs  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22.07
6 Bounhom Siliphone  Laos 23.64
— Afonso Ferraz  Angola DNS

Heat 5[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Daniel Cojocaru  Romania 21.20 Q
2 Linford Christie  Great Britain 21.23 Q
3 Stefan Burkart  Switzerland 21.33 Q
4 Abel Tshaka Nzimande  South Africa 21.43 q
5 Mateaki Mafi  Tonga 22.05
6 Lamin Marikong  The Gambia 22.33
7 Randolph Foster  Costa Rica 22.47
8 Abdullah Salem Al-Khalidi  Oman 22.48

Heat 6[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Marcus Adam  Great Britain 20.62 Q
2 Nikolay Antonov  Bulgaria 20.94 Q
3 Nelson Boateng  Ghana 21.03 Q
4 Henrico Atkins  Barbados 21.28 q
5 Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago 21.65
6 Shahanuddin Choudhury  Bangladesh 21.88
7 Kaminiel Selot  Papua New Guinea 22.36
8 Boureima Kimba  Niger 22.49

Heat 7[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Olapade Adeniken  Nigeria 20.79 Q
2 Clive Wright  Jamaica 20.98 Q
3 Edvin Ivanov  Unified Team 21.10 Q
4 Giannis Zisimidis  Cyprus 21.51
5 Aldo Canti  San Marino 21.69
6 Gabriel Simeon  Grenada 22.09
7 Kenmore Hughes  Antigua and Barbuda 22.18

Heat 8[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Dean Capobianco  Australia 20.86 Q
2 Torbjörn Eriksson  Sweden 21.08 Q
3 Ibrahima Tamba  Senegal 21.25 Q
4 Sayed Mubarak Al-Kuwari  Qatar 21.87
5 Adam Hassan Sakak  Sudan 21.96
6 Robinson Stewart  Swaziland 21.97
— Jean-Charles Trouabal  France DNF
— Juan Vicente Matala  Equatorial Guinea DSQ

Heat 9[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 John Regis  Great Britain 20.63 Q
2 Sidnei de Souza  Brazil 20.72 Q
3 Emmanuel Tuffour  Ghana 21.07 Q
4 Horace Dove-Edwin  Sierra Leone 21.38 q
5 Khaled Ibrahim Jouma  Bahrain 21.55
6 Harouna Pale  Burkina Faso 21.65
7 Boubout Dieng  Mauritania 22.75

Heat 10[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Mike Marsh  United States 20.38 Q
2 Neil De Silva  Trinidad and Tobago 20.89 Q
3 Peter Ogilvie  Canada 21.11 Q
4 Ousmane Diarra  Mali 21.73
5 Hussain Arif  Pakistan 21.75
6 Pat Kwok Wai  Hong Kong 22.45
7 Ahmed Shageef  Maldives 22.54

Heat 11[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Robson da Silva  Brazil 20.62 Q
2 Cameron Taylor  New Zealand 20.91 Q
3 Christoph Pöstinger  Austria 21.02 Q
4 Anthony Wilson  Canada 21.21 q
5 Valentin Ngbogo  Central African Republic 21.51
6 Claude Roumain  Haiti 22.51
— Fletcher Wamilee  Vanuatu DNS

Quarterfinals[]

Quarterfinal 1[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Marcus Adam  Great Britain 20.43 Q
2 Michael Johnson  United States 20.55 Q
3 Neil de Silva  Trinidad and Tobago 20.66 Q
4 Atlee Mahorn  Canada 20.78
5 Christoph Pöstinger  Austria 20.83
6 Sergio de Menezes  Brazil 21.00
7 Horace Dove-Edwin  Sierra Leone 21.80
— Eduardo Guilbe Alomar  Puerto Rico DNS

Quarterfinal 2[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Robson da Silva  Brazil 20.35 Q
2 Olapade Adeniken  Nigeria 20.47 Q
3 Clive Wright  Jamaica 20.70 Q
4 Edvin Ivanov  Unified Team 20.78
5 Cameron Taylor  New Zealand 20.83
6 Samuel Nelson Boateng  Ghana 21.04
7 Ouattara Lagazane  Ivory Coast 21.39
8 Francis Ogola  Uganda 21.41

Quarterfinal 3[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Michael Bates  United States 20.22 Q
2 Oluyemi Kayode  Nigeria 20.22 Q
3 Linford Christie  Great Britain 20.52 Q
4 Dean Capobianco  Australia 20.61
5 Peter Ogilvie  Canada 20.77
6 Andreas Berger  Austria 21.02
7 Seksarn Boon Rat  Thailand 21.30
— Tshakile Nzimande  South Africa DNS

Quarterfinal 4[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Michael Marsh  United States 20.08 Q
2 Sidney Telles  Brazil 20.69 Q
3 Torbjörn Eriksson  Sweden 20.81 Q
4 Kennedy Ondieki  Kenya 20.86
5 Gilles Quénéhervé  France 20.96
6 Daniel Cojocaru  Romania 20.96
7 Ibrahim Tamba  Senegal 21.28
8 Miguel Ángel Gómez  Spain 21.32
9 Stefan Burkart  Switzerland 21.52

Quarterfinal 5[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Frankie Fredericks  Namibia 20.02 Q
2 John Regis  Great Britain 20.16 Q
3 Nikolay Antonov  Bulgaria 20.50 Q
4 Emmanuel Tuffour  Ghana 20.58 q
5 Patrick Stevens  Belgium 20.67
6 Henrico Atkins  Barbados 21.19
7 Anthony Wilson  Canada 21.22
8 Boevi Youlou Lawson  Togo 21.47

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Michael Marsh  United States 19.73 Q, OR
2 John Regis  Great Britain 20.09 Q
3 Robson da Silva  Brazil 20.15 Q
4 Oluyemi Kayode  Nigeria 20.23 Q
5 Linford Christie  Great Britain 20.38
6 Nikolay Antonov  Bulgaria 20.55
7 Clive Wright  Jamaica 20.82
8 Torbjörn Eriksson  Sweden 20.85

Semifinal 2[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Frankie Fredericks  Namibia 20.14 Q
2 Michael Bates  United States 20.39 Q
3 Olapade Adeniken  Nigeria 20.39 Q
4 Marcus Adam  Great Britain 20.63 Q
5 Emmanuel Tuffour  Ghana 20.78
6 Michael Johnson  United States 20.78
7 Sidney Telles  Brazil 20.88
— Neil de Silva  Trinidad and Tobago DSQ

Final[]

Held on August 6, 1992.

Rank Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Marsh  United States 20.01
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Frankie Fredericks  Namibia 20.13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michael Bates  United States 20.38
4 Robson da Silva  Brazil 20.45
5 Olapade Adeniken  Nigeria 20.50
6 John Regis  Great Britain 20.55
7 Oluyemi Kayode  Nigeria 20.67
8 Marcus Adam  Great Britain 20.80

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Games: Men's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "200 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

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