# 2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 29 September to 1 October 2019. The winning margin was 0.12 seconds.

## Summary

Out of the blocks in the final, Adam Gemili took a slight lead through the turn with Andre De Grasse then Noah Lyles giving up as much as a meter. Coming off the turn, Lyles accelerated past Gemili. Once Lyles hit his top end speed, there was no catching him. Behind him, Álex Quiñónez was gaining on De Grasse and both were edging closer to Gemili. 20 metres out, both went by. Lyles won by 2 metres, De Grasse held off Quiñónez for silver.
Lyles' victory capped an evening of 3 men's gold medals for USA also including Sam Kendricks in the pole vault and Donavan Brazier in the 800 metres.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Athlete | Perf. | Location | Date |
| World | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 19.19 | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 |
| Championship | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 19.19 | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 |
| World Leading | Noah Lyles (USA) | 19.50 | Lausanne, Switzerland | 5 July 2019 |
| African | Frank Fredericks (NAM) | 19.68 | Atlanta, United States | 1 August 1996 |
| Asian | Xie Zhenye (CHN) | 19.88 | London, Great Britain | 21 July 2019 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 19.19 | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 |
| South American | Alonso Edward (PAN) | 19.81 | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 |
| European | Pietro Mennea (ITA) | 19.72A | Mexico City, Mexico | 12 September 1979 |
| Oceanian | Peter Norman (AUS) | 20.06A | Mexico City, Mexico | 16 October 1968 |
The following records were set at the competition:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date |
| Lebanese | 20.84 | Noureddine Hadid | LIB | 29 Sep 2019 |
| Yemeni | 22.37 | Ahmed Al-Yaari | YEM | 29 Sep 2019 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.40.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 29 September | 20:05 | Heats |
| 30 September | 20:50 | Semi-finals |
| 1 October | 22:40 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The first three in each heat (Q) and the next three fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s, Heat 3: +0.8 m/s, Heat 4: +0.7 m/s, Heat 5: +1.0 m/s, Heat 6: +0.9 m/s, Heat 7: +0.2 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 7 | Adam Gemili | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.06 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Álex Quiñónez | Ecuador (ECU) | 20.08 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | Aaron Brown | Canada (CAN) | 20.10 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Miguel Francis | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.11 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 6 | Kyle Greaux | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 20.19 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | Xie Zhenye | China (CHN) | 20.20 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 7 | Andre De Grasse | Canada (CAN) | 20.20 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | 8 | Jereem Richards | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 20.23 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 8 | Yohan Blake | Jamaica (JAM) | 20.23 | Q, SB |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Zharnel Hughes | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.24 | Q, SB |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Noah Lyles | United States (USA) | 20.26 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Ramil Guliyev | Turkey (TUR) | 20.27 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | 9 | Clarence Munyai | South Africa (RSA) | 20.29 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 5 | Anaso Jobodwana | South Africa (RSA) | 20.35 | Q, SB |
| 15 | 5 | 6 | Rasheed Dwyer | Jamaica (JAM) | 20.37 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | 6 | Taymir Burnet | Netherlands (NED) | 20.37 | Q |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Brendon Rodney | Canada (CAN) | 20.38 | Q |
| 18 | 6 | 6 | Serhiy Smelyk | Ukraine (UKR) | 20.39 | Q |
| 19 | 1 | 9 | Divine Oduduru | Nigeria (NGR) | 20.40 | q |
| 20 | 3 | 6 | Alex Wilson | Switzerland (SUI) | 20.40 | Q |
| 21 | 7 | 7 | Andre Ewers | Jamaica (JAM) | 20.41 | q |
| 22 | 5 | 3 | Fausto Desalu | Italy (ITA) | 20.43 | q |
| 23 | 3 | 7 | Aldemir da Silva Júnior | Brazil (BRA) | 20.44 | |
| 24 | 2 | 8 | Yuki Koike | Japan (JPN) | 20.46 | |
| 25 | 4 | 2 | Yancarlos Martínez | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 20.47 | Q |
| 26 | 2 | 7 | Fahhad Al-Subaie | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 20.51 | |
| 27 | 4 | 4 | Reynier Mena | Cuba (CUB) | 20.52 | Q |
| 28 | 6 | 3 | Sydney Siame | Zambia (ZAM) | 20.58 | |
| 29 | 4 | 7 | Jeremy Dodson | Samoa (SAM) | 20.60 | |
| 30 | 6 | 4 | Kirara Shiraishi | Japan (JPN) | 20.62 | |
| 31 | 5 | 8 | Jun Yamashita | Japan (JPN) | 20.62 | |
| 32 | 7 | 6 | Mouhamadou Fall | France (FRA) | 20.63 | |
| 33 | 4 | 3 | Bernardo Baloyes | Colombia (COL) | 20.64 | |
| 34 | 6 | 8 | Steven Müller | Germany (GER) | 20.69 | |
| 35 | 7 | 4 | Guy Maganga Gorra | Gabon (GAB) | 20.74 | |
| 36 | 1 | 5 | Paulo André de Oliveira | Brazil (BRA) | 20.75 | |
| 37 | 5 | 7 | Abdelaziz Mohamed | Qatar (QAT) | 20.75 | SB |
| 38 | 3 | 2 | Yang Chun-han | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 20.80 | |
| 39 | 3 | 5 | Noureddine Hadid | Lebanon (LIB) | 20.84 | NR |
| 40 | 6 | 5 | Sibusiso Matsenjwa | Eswatini (SWZ) | 20.85 | |
| 41 | 4 | 8 | Emmanuel Eseme | Cameroon (CMR) | 20.87 | |
| 42 | 3 | 9 | Antonio Infantino | Italy (ITA) | 20.89 | |
| 43 | 1 | 8 | Rodney Rowe | United States (USA) | 20.92 | |
| 44 | 5 | 9 | Emmanuel Arowolo | Nigeria (NGR) | 21.07 | |
| 45 | 1 | 3 | Fodé Sissoko | Mali (MLI) | 21.30 | |
| 46 | 4 | 5 | Kenneth Bednarek | United States (USA) | 21.50 | |
| 47 | 2 | 6 | José Andrés Salazar | El Salvador (ESA) | 21.64 | |
| 48 | 2 | 9 | Muhd Noor Firdaus Ar-Rasyid | Brunei (BRU) | 21.99 | |
| 49 | 6 | 2 | Ahmed Al-Yaari | Yemen (YEM) | 22.37 | NR |
| 50 | 3 | 3 | Grégory Bradai | French Polynesia (PYF) | 22.79 | SB |
| | 1 | 4 | Terrance Jones | Bahamas (BAH) | DQ | 163.3(a) |
| | 5 | 2 | Jeffrey Vanan | Suriname (SUR) | DQ | 163.3(a) |
| | 7 | 5 | Alonso Edward | Panama (PAN) | DNS | DNS |

### Semi-finals

The first 2 in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.
Wind: Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Noah Lyles | United States (USA) | 19.86 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Álex Quiñónez | Ecuador (ECU) | 19.95 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Xie Zhenye | China (CHN) | 20.03 | q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Adam Gemili | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.03 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Andre De Grasse | Canada (CAN) | 20.08 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Ramil Guliyev | Turkey (TUR) | 20.16 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Aaron Brown | Canada (CAN) | 20.20 | q |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | Kyle Greaux | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 20.24 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 8 | Yancarlos Martínez | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 20.28 | SB |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Jereem Richards | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 20.28 | |
| 11 | 3 | 5 | Zharnel Hughes | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.30 | |
| 12 | 3 | 8 | Taymir Burnet | Netherlands (NED) | 20.34 | PB |
| 13 | 2 | 9 | Brendon Rodney | Canada (CAN) | 20.34 | |
| 14 | 3 | 9 | Anaso Jobodwana | South Africa (RSA) | 20.34 | SB |
| 15 | 3 | 4 | Yohan Blake | Jamaica (JAM) | 20.37 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Rasheed Dwyer | Jamaica (JAM) | 20.54 | |
| 17 | 1 | 9 | Clarence Munyai | South Africa (RSA) | 20.55 | |
| 18 | 1 | 2 | Serhiy Smelyk | Ukraine (UKR) | 20.55 | |
| 19 | 2 | 3 | Andre Ewers | Jamaica (JAM) | 20.61 | |
| 20 | 3 | 3 | Reynier Mena | Cuba (CUB) | 20.61 | |
| 21 | 2 | 2 | Fausto Desalu | Italy (ITA) | 20.73 | |
| 22 | 3 | 2 | Divine Oduduru | Nigeria (NGR) | 20.84 | |
| | 1 | 3 | Alex Wilson | Switzerland (SUI) | DNS | DNS |
| | 2 | 7 | Miguel Francis | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | DNS | DNS |

### Final

The final was started on 1 October at 22:40.
Wind: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Noah Lyles | United States (USA) | 19.83 | |
| | 7 | Andre De Grasse | Canada (CAN) | 19.95 | |
| | 4 | Álex Quiñónez | Ecuador (ECU) | 19.98 | |
| 4 | 6 | Adam Gemili | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.03 | SB |
| 5 | 9 | Ramil Guliyev | Turkey (TUR) | 20.07 | |
| 6 | 3 | Aaron Brown | Canada (CAN) | 20.10 | |
| 7 | 2 | Xie Zhenye | China (CHN) | 20.14 | |
| 8 | 8 | Kyle Greaux | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 20.39 | |