# 2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

These are the official results of the men's 200 metres event at the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan. There were a total number of 49 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats and the final held on Thursday August 30. This event is notable for being one of the two solo World Championship events in which Usain Bolt has been beaten as of July 2017, the other event being men's 200 metres in 2005 World Championships.
The winning margin for the final was 0.15 seconds.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Tyson Gay United States | Usain Bolt Jamaica | Wallace Spearmon United States |

## Records

Existing records at the start of the event.
| World Record | Michael Johnson (USA) | 19.32 | Atlanta, United States | August 1, 1996 |
| Championship Record | Michael Johnson (USA) | 19.79 | Gothenburg, Sweden | August 11, 1995 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 28, 2007 | 11:10 | Heats |
| August 28, 2007 | 20:10 | Quarterfinals |
| August 29, 2007 | 22:20 | Semifinals |
| August 30, 2007 | 22:20 | Final |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | WR | World record | AR | Area record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) and the next 8 fastest(q) advance to the quarterfinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Anastasios Gousis | Greece | 20.11 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 4 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 20.12 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Brendan Christian | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.23 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 3 | Bryan Barnett | Canada | 20.31 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 4 | Marcin Jędrusiński | Poland | 20.31 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 6 | Marvin Anderson | Jamaica | 20.43 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | Rodney Martin | United States | 20.44 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | Kristof Beyens | Belgium | 20.44 | Q, PB |
| 9 | 6 | Wallace Spearmon | United States | 20.45 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Tyson Gay | United States | 20.46 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | Paul Hession | Ireland | 20.46 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Churandy Martina | Netherlands Antilles | 20.47 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Sandro Viana | Brazil | 20.47 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Shingo Suetsugu | Japan | 20.47 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Patrick Johnson | Australia | 20.48 | Q, SB |
| 15 | 4 | Arnaldo Abrantes | Portugal | 20.48 | Q, PB |
| 17 | 3 | Brian Dzingai | Zimbabwe | 20.50 | Q |
| 18 | 2 | Matic Osovnikar | Slovenia | 20.51 | Q, SB |
| 19 | 2 | Visa Hongisto | Finland | 20.56 | q, PB |
| 20 | 3 | Guus Hoogmoed | Netherlands | 20.57 | q |
| 21 | 6 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal | 20.61 | Q |
| 22 | 2 | James Dolphin | New Zealand | 20.65 | q, SB |
| 22 | 6 | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | Egypt | 20.65 | q, NR |
| 24 | 2 | Marco Cribari | Switzerland | 20.71 | q |
| 25 | 5 | Marc Schneeberger | Switzerland | 20.72 | Q |
| 26 | 5 | Tomoya Kamiyama | Japan | 20.78 | Q |
| 27 | 4 | Jacobi Mitchell | Bahamas | 20.81 | q |
| 28 | 4 | Ivan Teplykh | Russia | 20.81 | q, SB |
| 29 | 1 | Shinji Takahira | Japan | 20.83 | Q |
| 30 | 3 | Seth Amoo | Ghana | 20.85 | |
| 30 | 5 | Christian Krone | South Africa | 20.85 | |
| 32 | 1 | Christopher Williams | Jamaica | 20.88 | Q |
| 33 | 5 | Khalil Al Hanahneh | Jordan | 21.01 | NR |
| 34 | 1 | Basílio de Moraes | Brazil | 21.09 | Q |
| 35 | 6 | Hitjivirue Kaanjuka | Namibia | 21.10 | |
| 36 | 6 | Daniel Grueso | Colombia | 21.11 | |
| 37 | 1 | Franklin Nazareno | Ecuador | 21.18 | Q |
| 38 | 1 | Juan Pedro Toledo | Mexico | 21.31 | |
| 39 | 1 | Ruslan Abbasov | Azerbaijan | 21.33 | |
| 40 | 1 | Morné Nagel | South Africa | 21.35 | |
| 41 | 3 | Tang Yik Chun | Hong Kong | 21.72 | |
| 42 | 3 | Sittichai Suwonprateep | Thailand | 21.87 | SB |
| 43 | 2 | Mphelave Dlamin | Swaziland | 21.96 | SB |
| 44 | 5 | Courtny Bascombe | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22.08 | PB |
| 45 | 4 | Michael Alicto | Guam | 22.45 | PB |
| 46 | 6 | Zahir Naseer | Maldives | 23.27 | PB |
| 47 | 2 | Amaroy Marino | Palau | 23.34 | PB |
| 48 | 1 | Harmon Harmon | Cook Islands | 23.78 | |
| 49 | 5 | Marek Niit | Estonia | | DNS |

### Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) advance to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Tyson Gay | United States | 20.08 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 20.13 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Marvin Anderson | Jamaica | 20.13 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 1 | Rodney Martin | United States | 20.25 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Wallace Spearmon | United States | 20.26 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Brian Dzingai | Zimbabwe | 20.28 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | Brendan Christian | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.36 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal | 20.38 | Q, SB |
| 9 | 2 | Churandy Martina | Netherlands Antilles | 20.39 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Christopher Williams | Jamaica | 20.40 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Bryan Barnett | Canada | 20.41 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Paul Hession | Ireland | 20.50 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Anastasios Gousis | Greece | 20.51 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Kristof Beyens | Belgium | 20.52 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Marcin Jędrusiński | Poland | 20.53 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Patrick Johnson | Australia | 20.62 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | Matic Osovnikar | Slovenia | 20.65 | |
| 18 | 3 | Sandro Viana | Brazil | 20.68 | |
| 19 | 3 | Shingo Suetsugu | Japan | 20.70 | |
| 20 | 1 | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | Egypt | 20.72 | |
| 21 | 1 | Shinji Takahira | Japan | 20.77 | |
| 22 | 2 | Visa Hongisto | Finland | 20.78 | |
| 23 | 1 | James Dolphin | New Zealand | 20.80 | |
| 24 | 4 | Arnaldo Abrantes | Portugal | 20.82 | |
| 25 | 3 | Marco Cribari | Switzerland | 20.86 | |
| 26 | 2 | Tomoya Kamiyama | Japan | 20.89 | |
| 27 | 4 | Ivan Teplykh | Russia | 20.98 | |
| 28 | 2 | Basílio de Moraes | Brazil | 21.07 | |
| 29 | 4 | Marc Schneeberger | Switzerland | 21.09 | |
| 30 | 2 | Jacobi Mitchell | Bahamas | 21.17 | |
| 31 | 3 | Guus Hoogmoed | Netherlands | 21.32 | |
| 32 | 4 | Franklin Nazareno | Ecuador | 21.50 | |

### Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 0.169 | 20.03 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Wallace Spearmon | United States | 0.133 | 20.05 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Rodney Martin | United States | 0.165 | 20.18 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 3 | Churandy Martina | Netherlands Antilles | 0.140 | 20.20 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 8 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal | 0.167 | 20.40 | |
| 6 | 5 | Brian Dzingai | Zimbabwe | 0.125 | 20.45 | |
| 7 | 9 | Marcin Jędrusiński | Poland | 0.151 | 20.54 | |
| 8 | 2 | Bryan Barnett | Canada | 0.142 | 20.68 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Tyson Gay | United States | 0.157 | 20.00 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Marvin Anderson | Jamaica | 0.163 | 20.06 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 9 | Christopher Williams | Jamaica | 0.143 | 20.24 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Anastasios Gousis | Greece | 0.151 | 20.33 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Brendan Christian | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.139 | 20.36 | |
| 6 | 4 | Paul Hession | Ireland | 0.154 | 20.50 | |
| 7 | 8 | Kristof Beyens | Belgium | 0.152 | 20.53 | |
| 8 | 2 | Patrick Johnson | Australia | 0.151 | 20.73 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Tyson Gay | United States | 0.143 | 19.76 | CR |
| | 5 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 0.159 | 19.91 | |
| | 6 | Wallace Spearmon | United States | 0.144 | 20.05 | |
| 4 | 8 | Rodney Martin | United States | 0.186 | 20.06 | PB |
| 5 | 3 | Churandy Martina | Netherlands Antilles | 0.144 | 20.28 | |
| 6 | 7 | Marvin Anderson | Jamaica | 0.171 | 20.28 | |
| 7 | 9 | Christopher Williams | Jamaica | 0.154 | 20.57 | |
| 8 | 2 | Anastasios Gousis | Greece | 0.143 | 20.75 | |