2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.

2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

Section Title: Semifinals
Table Section Text: Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes

1	2	Justin Gatlin	United States (USA)	19.87	Q

2	3	Usain Bolt	Jamaica (JAM)	19.95	Q, SB

3	3	Anaso Jobodwana	South Africa (RSA)	20.01	Q, PB

4	2	Alonso Edward	Panama (PAN)	20.02	Q

5	2	Femi Ogunode	Qatar (QAT)	20.05	q, NR

6	3	Ramil Guliyev	Turkey (TUR)	20.10	q

7	1	Zharnel Hughes	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	20.14	Q

7	3	Miguel Francis	Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)	20.14

9	1	Nickel Ashmeade	Jamaica (JAM)	20.19	Q

10	1	Churandy Martina	Netherlands (NED)	20.20	SB

11	1	Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas	Greece (GRE)	20.22

12	3	Roberto Skyers	Cuba (CUB)	20.23

13	3	Daniel Talbot	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	20.27	PB

14	2	Yancarlos Martínez	Dominican Republic (DOM)	20.31

15	1	Christophe Lemaitre	France (FRA)	20.34

15	3	Kenji Fujimitsu	Japan (JPN)	20.34

17	1	Akani Simbine	South Africa (RSA)	20.37

18	1	Warren Weir	Jamaica (JAM)	20.43

19	1	Brendon Rodney	Canada (CAN)	20.46

20	2	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	Japan (JPN)	20.47

21	2	Jeremy Dodson	Samoa (SAM)	20.53

22	2	Reynier Mena	Cuba (CUB)	20.56

23	2	Julian Forte	Jamaica (JAM)	20.57

24	3	Kei Takase	Japan (JPN)	20.64

Sentence(s)

Gatlin led the semis with 19.87, Bolt ran a season best 19.95.

final_sentence: Gatlin led the semis with 19.87, Bolt ran a season best 19.95.