Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres

Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The 200 metres at the 2006 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme were held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday 22 March and Thursday 23 March 2006.

The top three runners in each of the initial eight heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next eight fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 32 runners competed in 4 heats in the second round, with the top four runners from each heat qualifying for the semifinals. There were two semifinals, and only the top four from each heat advanced to the final.

Records[]

World Record	19.32 s	Michael Johnson	USA	Atlanta, Georgia, United States	1 August 1996
Games Record	19.97 s	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	?? August, 1994

Medals[]

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Omar Brown, Jamaica	Stéphan Buckland, Mauritius	Chris Williams, Jamaica

Qualification[]

Going into the event, the top ten Commonwealth athletes as ranked by the International Association of Athletics Federations were:

13 March Rank		Athlete	Nation	Games Result	27 March Rank
Comm.	World				Comm.	World
1	4	Chris Williams	Jamaica	Bronze	1	4
2	5	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	Did Not Compete	3	6
3	7	Stéphan Buckland	Mauritius	Silver	2	5
4	9	Aaron Armstrong	Trinidad and Tobago	5th	4	9
5	12	Christian Malcolm	Wales	Did Not Compete	=5	=12
6	13	Daniel Batman	Australia	Semi Finalist	8	15
7	14	Marlon Devonish	England	Semi Finalist	9	16
8	16	Patrick Johnson	Australia	4th	=5	=12
9	17	Omar Brown	Jamaica	Gold	=5	=12
10	18	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	The Gambia	Semi Finalist	11	19

Results[]

All times shown are in seconds.

• Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
• q denotes qualification by overall place.
• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• GR denotes Games record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best.

Round 1[]

Heat 1 of 8 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: -0.2 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	3	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	The Gambia	6	0.165 s	20.64 s	Q
2	4	Aaron Armstrong	Trinidad and Tobago	5	0.182 s	20.66 s	Q
3	=17	Fabrice Coiffic	Mauritius	2	0.182 s	20.99 s	Q	PB
4	=19	Brendan Christian	Antigua and Barbuda	7	0.238 s	21.00 s	q
5	28		Sri Lanka	1	0.237 s	21.41 s	q
6	30	Sandy Walker	Sierra Leone	8	0.185 s	21.48 s	q
7	=35			4	0.220 s	21.69 s
8	48		Maldives	3	0.238 s	23.68 s		PB

Heat 2 of 8 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: +0.7 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	6	Patrick Johnson	Australia	3	0.186 s	20.74 s	Q
2	15	Sherwin Vries	South Africa	5	0.212 s	20.95 s	Q
3	16	Seth Amoo	Ghana	6	0.163 s	20.95 s	Q
4	24	Gibrilla Bangura	Sierra Leone	2	0.135 s	21.18 s	q	PB
5	=25	Chris Lambert	England	7	0.281 s	21.20 s	q
6	33	Evans Marie	Seychelles	4	0.199 s	21.66 s
7	37	Darian Forbes	Turks and Caicos Islands	8	0.279 s	21.72 s
8	46	Rabangaki Nawai		1	0.174 s	22.81 s		NR

Heat 3 of 8 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: +2.1 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	5	Marlon Devonish	England	3	0.199 s	20.70 s	Q
2	=12	Ainsley Waugh	Jamaica	7	0.190 s	20.93 s	Q
3	=19	Julieon Raeburn	Trinidad and Tobago	6	0.250 s	21.00 s	Q
4	21		Australia	1	0.167 s	21.10 s	q
5	22	Jamial Rolle	Bahamas	5	0.191 s	21.12 s	q
6	=31		Sierra Leone	4	0.260 s	21.54 s
-	-	Hitjivirue Kaanjuka	Namibia	8	0.243 s	DSQ		163.3
-	-	Mariuti Uan		2		DNS

Heat 4 of 8 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: +2.3 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	9	Enefiok Udo-Obong	Nigeria	2	0.153 s	20.82 s	Q
2	11	Kevon Pierre	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0.214 s	20.92 s	Q
3	14	Darren Campbell	England	4	0.208 s	20.94 s	Q
4	45		Solomon Islands	3	0.224 s	22.71 s
-	-		Cayman Islands	5	0.234 s	DSQ		163.3
-	-		Turks and Caicos Islands	7	0.321 s	DSQ		163.3
-	-		Vanuatu	8	0.266 s	DSQ		163.3
-	-		Montserrat	6	0.220 s	DSQ		163.3

Heat 5 of 8 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: -0.3 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	7	Leigh Julius	South Africa	6	0.177 s	20.80 s	Q
2	8	Omar Brown	Jamaica	7	0.281 s	20.80 s	Q
3	=31	Isaac Jones	The Gambia	1	0.255 s	21.54 s	Q	PB
4	38		Antigua and Barbuda	3	0.287 s	21.80 s
5	=42		Tanzania	5	0.281 s	22.03 s
6	44		Papua New Guinea	4	0.205 s	22.28 s
7	47		Vanuatu	2	0.164 s	23.42 s
-	-		Cayman Islands	8	0.155 s	DSQ		163.3

Heat 6 of 8 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: -0.6 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	10	Daniel Batman	Australia	3	0.185 s	20.86 s	Q
2	=12	James Dolphin	New Zealand	6	0.160 s	20.93 s	Q
3	23	Hank Palmer	Canada	8	0.173 s	21.15 s	Q
4	34		Fiji	2	0.218 s	21.68 s
5	40		Papua New Guinea	1	0.229 s	21.85 s
6	=42		Montserrat	5	0.222 s	22.03 s		PB
7	50	Mohamed Asim	Maldives	4	0.195 s	26.48 s
-	-	Troy McIntosh	Bahamas	7		DNF

Heat 7 of 8 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: +0.4 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	Chris Williams	Jamaica	3	0.186 s	20.49 s	Q
2	2	Stéphan Buckland	Mauritius	5	0.286 s	20.56 s	Q
3	=17	Dominic Demeritte	Bahamas	4	0.184 s	20.99 s	Q
4	29		Cameroon	1	0.185 s	21.46 s	q
5	=35		Fiji	6	0.215 s	21.69 s
6	49		Montserrat	2	0.197 s	23.74 s
-	-		Ghana	7	0.288 s	DSQ		163.3

Heat 8 of 8 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: -0.4 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	=25	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	4	0.207 s	21.20 s	Q
2	27		South Africa	6	0.168 s	21.40 s	Q
3	39	Dion Crabbe	British Virgin Islands	7	0.213 s	21.82 s	Q
4	41	Jayson Jones	Belize	3	0.164 s	21.93 s
-	-			8	0.277 s	DSQ		163.3
-	-	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	2		DNS
-	-	Casnel Bushay	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1		DNS
-	-		Ghana	5		DNS

Round 1 Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Wind	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Chris Williams	Jamaica	7	3	1	+0.4	20.49 s	Q
2	Stéphan Buckland	Mauritius	7	5	2	+0.4	20.56 s	Q
3	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	The Gambia	1	6	1	-0.2	20.64 s	Q
4	Aaron Armstrong	Trinidad and Tobago	1	5	2	-0.2	20.66 s	Q
5	Marlon Devonish	England	3	3	1	+2.1	20.70 s	Q
6	Patrick Johnson	Australia	2	3	1	+0.7	20.74 s	Q
7	Leigh Julius	South Africa	5	6	1	-0.3	20.80 s	Q
8	Omar Brown	Jamaica	5	7	2	-0.3	20.80 s	Q
9	Enefiok Udo-Obong	Nigeria	4	2	1	+2.3	20.82 s	Q
10	Daniel Batman	Australia	6	3	1	-0.6	20.86 s	Q
11	Kevon Pierre	Trinidad and Tobago	4	1	2	+2.3	20.92 s	Q
12	James Dolphin	New Zealand	6	6	2	-0.6	20.93 s	Q
	Ainsley Waugh	Jamaica	3	7	2	+2.1	20.93 s	Q
14	Darren Campbell	England	4	4	3	+2.3	20.94 s	Q
15	Sherwin Vries	South Africa	2	5	2	+0.7	20.95 s	Q
16	Seth Amoo	Ghana	2	6	3	+0.7	20.95 s	Q
17	Fabrice Coiffic	Mauritius	1	2	3	-0.2	20.99 s	Q	PB
	Dominic Demeritte	Bahamas	7	4	3	+0.4	20.99 s	Q
19	Brendan Christian	Antigua and Barbuda	1	7	4	-0.2	21.00 s	q
	Julieon Raeburn	Trinidad and Tobago	3	6	3	+2.1	21.00 s	Q
21		Australia	3	1	4	+2.1	21.10 s	q
22	Jamial Rolle	Bahamas	3	5	5	+2.1	21.12 s	q
23	Hank Palmer	Canada	6	8	3	-0.6	21.15 s	Q
24	Gibrilla Bangura	Sierra Leone	2	2	4	+0.7	21.18 s	q	PB
25	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	8	4	1	-0.4	21.20 s	Q
	Chris Lambert	England	2	7	5	+0.7	21.20 s	q
27		South Africa	8	6	2	-0.4	21.40 s	Q
28		Sri Lanka	1	1	5	-0.2	21.41 s	q
29		Cameroon	7	1	4	+0.4	21.46 s	q
30	Sandy Walker	Sierra Leone	1	8	6	+0.4	21.48	q
31		Sierra Leone	3	4	6	+2.1	21.54
	Isaac Jones	The Gambia	5	1	3	-0.3	21.54 s	Q	PB
33	Evans Marie	Seychelles	2	4	6	+0.7	21.66 s
34		Fiji	6	2	4	-0.6	21.68 s
35			1	4	7	-0.2	21.69 s
		Fiji	7	6	5	+0.4	21.69 s
37	Darian Forbes	Turks and Caicos Islands	2	8	7	+0.7	21.72 s
38		Antigua and Barbuda	5	3	4	-0.3	21.80 s
39	Dion Crabbe	British Virgin Islands	8	7	3	-0.4	21.82 s	Q
40		Papua New Guinea	6	1	5	-0.6	21.85 s
41	Jayson Jones	Belize	8	3	4	-0.4	21.93 s
42		Montserrat	6	5	6	-0.6	22.03 s		PB
		Tanzania	5	5	5	-0.3	22.03 s
44		Turks and Caicos Islands	5	4	6	-0.3	22.28 s
45		Solomon Islands	4	3	4	+2.3	22.71 s
46	Rabangaki Nawai		2	1	8	+0.7	22.81 s		NR
47		Vanuatu	5	2	7	-0.3	23.42 s
48		Maldives	1	3	8	-0.2	23.68 s		PB
49		Montserrat	7	2	6	+0.4	23.74 s
50	Mohamed Asim	Maldives	6	4	7	-0.6	26.48 s
-	Troy McIntosh	Bahamas	6	7	-	-0.6	DNF
		Cayman Islands	4	5	-	+2.3	DSQ		163.3
		Ghana	7	7	-	+0.4	DSQ		163.3
		Cayman Islands	5	8	-	-0.3	DSQ		163.3
	Hitjivirue Kaanjuka	Namibia	3	8	-	+2.1	DSQ		163.3
		Turks and Caicos Islands	4	7	-	+2.3	DSQ		163.3
		Vanuatu	4	8	-	+2.3	DSQ		163.3
		Montserrat	4	6	-	+2.3	DSQ		163.3
			8	8	-	-0.4	DSQ		163.3
	Joseph Batangdon	Cameroon	8	2	-	-0.4	DNS
	Casnel Bushay	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	8	1	-	-0.4	DNS
		Ghana	8	5	-	-0.4	DNS
	Mariuti Uan		3	2	-	+2.1	DNS

Round 2[]

Heat 1 of 4 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: +0.6 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	Chris Williams	Jamaica	3	0.186 s	20.48 s	Q
2	2	Stéphan Buckland	Mauritius	5	0.187 s	20.54 s	Q
3	9	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	6	0.177 s	20.77 s	Q
4	14	Brendan Christian	Antigua and Barbuda	7	0.189 s	20.98 s	q
5	17		South Africa	4	0.169 s	21.05 s
6	26	Isaac Jones	The Gambia	2	0.245 s	21.78 s
7	28	Sandy Walker	Sierra Leone	1	0.126 s	21.96 s
-	-	Darren Campbell	England	8	0.175 s	DSQ		163.3

Heat 2 of 4 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: -0.6 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	3	Omar Brown	Jamaica	4	0.147 s	20.58 s	Q
2	=6	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	The Gambia	5	0.158 s	20.74 s	Q
3	10	Aaron Armstrong	Trinidad and Tobago	6	0.172 s	20.78 s	Q
4	12		Australia	7	0.167 s	20.87 s	q
5	16	Seth Amoo	Ghana	1	0.172 s	21.04 s	q
6	18	Sherwin Vries	South Africa	3	0.170 s	21.13 s
7	24		Cameroon	8	0.175 s	21.67 s
-	-	Dion Crabbe	British Virgin Islands	2		DNS

Heat 3 of 4 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: +0.2 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	5	Enefiok Udo-Obong	Nigeria	3	0.188 s	20.67 s	Q	PB
2	=6	Daniel Batman	Australia	5	0.180 s	20.74 s	Q
3	8	Marlon Devonish	England	4	0.138 s	20.76 s	Q
4	15	Ainsley Waugh	Jamaica	6	0.182 s	21.03 s	q
5	19	Hank Palmer	Canada	8	0.220 s	21.26 s
6	20	Jamial Rolle	Bahamas	2	0.158 s	21.33 s
7	21	Julieon Raeburn	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0.212 s	21.35 s
8	25		Sri Lanka	7	0.266 s	21.68 s

Heat 4 of 4 Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: -0.5 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	4	Patrick Johnson	Australia	6	0.153 s	20.64 s	Q
2	11	James Dolphin	New Zealand	3	0.158 s	20.80 s	Q
3	13	Leigh Julius	South Africa	4	0.149 s	20.92 s	Q
4	22	Kevon Pierre	Trinidad and Tobago	5	0.175 s	21.36 s
5	23	Fabrice Coiffic	Mauritius	2	0.206 s	21.52 s
6	27	Gibrilla Bangura	Sierra Leone	1	0.163 s	21.84 s
-	-	Dominic Demeritte	Bahamas	8	0.140 s	DSQ		163.3
		Chris Lambert	England	7		DNS

Round 2 Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Wind	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Chris Williams	Jamaica	1	3	1	+0.6	20.48 s	Q
2	Stéphan Buckland	Mauritius	1	5	2	+0.6	20.54 s	Q
3	Omar Brown	Jamaica	2	4	1	-0.6	20.58 s	Q
4	Patrick Johnson	Australia	4	6	1	-0.5	20.64 s	Q
5	Enefiok Udo-Obong	Nigeria	3	3	1	+0.2	20.67 s	Q	PB
6	Daniel Batman	Australia	3	5	2	+0.2	20.74 s	Q
	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	The Gambia	2	5	2	-0.6	20.74 s	Q
8	Marlon Devonish	England	3	4	3	+0.2	20.76 s	Q
9	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	1	6	3	+0.6	20.77 s	Q
10	Aaron Armstrong	Trinidad and Tobago	2	6	3	-0.6	20.78 s	Q
11	James Dolphin	New Zealand	4	3	2	-0.5	20.80 s	Q
12		Australia	2	7	4	-0.6	20.87 s	q
13	Leigh Julius	South Africa	4	4	3	-0.5	20.92 s	Q
14	Brendan Christian	Antigua and Barbuda	1	7	4	+0.6	20.98 s	q
15	Ainsley Waugh	Jamaica	3	6	4	+0.2	21.03 s	q
16	Seth Amoo	Ghana	2	1	5	-0.6	21.04 s	q
17		South Africa	1	4	5	+0.6	21.05 s
18	Sherwin Vries	South Africa	2	3	6	-0.6	21.13 s
19	Hank Palmer	Canada	3	8	5	+0.2	21.26 s
20	Jamial Rolle	Bahamas	3	2	6	+0.2	21.33 s
21	Julieon Raeburn	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	7	+0.2	21.35 s
22	Kevon Pierre	Trinidad and Tobago	4	5	4	-0.5	21.36 s
23	Fabrice Coiffic	Mauritius	4	2	5	-0.5	21.52 s
24		Cameroon	2	8	7	-0.6	21.67 s
25		Sri Lanka	3	7	8	+0.2	21.68 s
26	Isaac Jones	The Gambia	1	2	6	+0.6	21.78 s
27	Gibrilla Bangura	Sierra Leone	4	1	6	-0.5	21.84 s
28	Sandy Walker	Sierra Leone	1	1	7	+0.6	21.96 s
-	Dominic Demeritte	Bahamas	4	8	-	-0.5	DSQ		163.3
	Darren Campbell	England	1	8	-	+0.6	DSQ		163.3
	Dion Crabbe	British Virgin Islands	2	2	-	-0.6	DNS
	Chris Lambert	England	4	7	-	-0.5	DNS

Semi Finals[]

Semi Final 1 Date: Thursday 23 March 2006 Time: ??:?? PM Wind: +1.0 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	Omar Brown	Jamaica	6	0.156 s	20.49 s	Q
2	2	Aaron Armstrong	Trinidad and Tobago	8	0.168 s	20.59 s	Q
3	=3	Patrick Johnson	Australia	3	0.206 s	20.63 s	Q
4	5	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	7	0.166 s	20.66 s	Q
5	6	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	The Gambia	4	0.161 s	20.70 s
6	11	Daniel Batman	Australia	5	0.163 s	20.90 s
7	14	Brendan Christian	Antigua and Barbuda	1	0.156 s	21.10 s
8	15	Ainsley Waugh	Jamaica	2	0.172 s	21.15 s

Semi Final 2 Date: Thursday 23 March 2006 Time: ??:?? PM Wind: +1.7 m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	3	Stéphan Buckland	Mauritius	6	0.199 s	20.63 s	Q
2	7	Enefiok Udo-Obong	Nigeria	3	0.168 s	20.72 s	Q
3	8	James Dolphin	New Zealand	4	0.211 s	20.73 s	Q
4	9	Chris Williams	Jamaica	5	0.183 s	20.73 s	Q
5	10	Leigh Julius	South Africa	8	0.154 s	20.86 s
6	12	Marlon Devonish	England	1	0.153 s	20.93 s
7	13		Australia	2	0.165 s	20.97 s
8	16	Seth Amoo	Ghana	7	0.269 s	21.19 s

Semi Finals Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Wind	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Omar Brown	Jamaica	1	6	1	+1.0	20.49 s	Q
2	Aaron Armstrong	Trinidad and Tobago	1	8	2	+1.0	20.59 s	Q
3	Stéphan Buckland	Mauritius	2	6	1	+1.7	20.63 s	Q
	Patrick Johnson	Australia	1	3	3	+1.0	20.63 s	Q
5	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	1	7	4	+1.0	20.66 s	Q
6	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	The Gambia	1	4	5	+1.0	20.70 s
7	Enefiok Udo-Obong	Nigeria	2	3	2	+1.7	20.72 s	Q
8	James Dolphin	New Zealand	2	4	3	+1.7	20.73 s	Q
9	Chris Williams	Jamaica	2	5	4	+1.7	20.73 s	Q
10	Leigh Julius	South Africa	2	8	5	+1.7	20.86 s
11	Daniel Batman	Australia	1	5	6	+1.0	20.90 s
12	Marlon Devonish	England	2	1	6	+1.7	20.93 s
13		Australia	2	2	7	+1.7	20.97 s
14	Brendan Christian	Antigua and Barbuda	1	1	7	+1.0	21.10 s
15	Ainsley Waugh	Jamaica	1	2	8	+1.0	21.15 s
16	Seth Amoo	Ghana	2	7	8	+1.7	21.19 s

Final[]

Final Date: Thursday 23 March 2006 Time: ??:?? PM Wind: +0.5 m/s
Place	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Record
1	Omar Brown	Jamaica	5	0.155 s	20.47 s
2	Stéphan Buckland	Mauritius	3	0.182 s	20.47 s
3	Chris Williams	Jamaica	7	0.205 s	20.52 s
4	Patrick Johnson	Australia	2	0.165 s	20.59 s
5	Aaron Armstrong	Trinidad and Tobago	4	0.172 s	20.61 s
6	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	8	0.190 s	20.66 s
7	Enefiok Udo-Obong	Nigeria	6	0.154 s	20.69 s
8	James Dolphin	New Zealand	1	0.145 s	20.72 s

References[]

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