Men's 200 metres world record progression
Records post-1977
Beginning in 1975, the IAAF accepted separate automatically electronically timed records for events up to 400 metres. Starting on January 1, 1977, the IAAF required fully automatic timing to the hundredth of a second for these events.

Men's 200 metres world record progression

Section Title: Records post-1977
Table Section Text: Beginning in 1975, the IAAF accepted separate automatically electronically timed records for events up to 400 metres. Starting on January 1, 1977, the IAAF required fully automatic timing to the hundredth of a second for these events.

Time	Wind	Auto	Athlete	Nationality	Location of race	Date

19.83 A	0.9	Tommie Smith	United States	Mexico City, Mexico	October 16, 1968

19.72 A	1.8	Pietro Mennea	Italy	Mexico City, Mexico	September 12, 1979

19.66	1.7	Michael Johnson	United States	Atlanta, United States	June 23, 1996

19.32	0.4	19.313	Michael Johnson	United States	Atlanta, United States	August 1, 1996

19.30	−0.9	19.296	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	Beijing, China	August 20, 2008

19.19	−0.3	19.190	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	Berlin, Germany	August 20, 2009

Sentence(s)

The world record of 19.19 seconds was set by Usain Bolt in 2009.

final_sentence: The world record of 19.19 seconds was set by Usain Bolt in 2009.