# 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 16 and 17 August. The winning margin was 0.13 seconds.
In the final, Adam Gemili seemed to get the best start, but flanked by the Jamaican uniforms, he was quickly swallowed up. Midway into the turn, Usain Bolt had a clear lead. Coming off the turn, Bolt had several meters on the field. The winner determined, Bolt eased off and cruised across the finish in what would be a great time for any other human being, just a slow 200 for Bolt in 19.66. Coming off the turn about even with Gemili and Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir out in lane 8 separated from those two and gained significantly on the slowing Bolt, setting a personal best of 19.79. Taking a lesson from American teammate Wallace Spearmon who was vanquished in the semis, Curtis Mitchell spotted the field several meters then closed from dead last at the end of the turn to take the bronze. Gemili took a full dive at the finish to try to beat Ashmeade but still finished in fifth.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 19.19 | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 |
| Championship record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 19.19 | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 |
| World Leading | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 19.73 | Saint-Denis, France | 6 July 2013 |
| African Record | Frankie Fredericks (NAM) | 19.68 | Atlanta, GA, United States | 1 August 1996 |
| Asian Record | Shingo Suetsugu (JPN) | 20.03 | Yokohama, Japan | 7 June 2003 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 19.19 | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 |
| South American Record | Alonso Edward (PAN) | 19.81 | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 |
| European Record | Pietro Mennea (ITA) | 19.72A | Mexico City, Mexico | 12 September 1979 |
| Oceanian record | Peter Norman (AUS) | 20.06A | Mexico City, Mexico | 15 October 1968 |

## Qualification standards

| A time | B time |
| 20.52 | 20.60 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 16 August 2013 | 10:35 | Heats |
| 16 August 2013 | 19:40 | Semifinals |
| 17 August 2013 | 20:05 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+4)

## Results

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

### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: −0.4 m/s, Heat 2: −0.2 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: −0.7 m/s, Heat 5: −0.6 m/s, Heat 6: +0.2 m/s, Heat 7: +0.2 m/s.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 7 | Anaso Jobodwana | South Africa (RSA) | 20.17 | Q |
| 1 | 6 | 7 | Adam Gemili | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.17 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | 6 | Warren Weir | Jamaica (JAM) | 20.34 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Churandy Martina | Netherlands (NED) | 20.37 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | Curtis Mitchell | United States (USA) | 20.37 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway (NOR) | 20.44 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 8 | Alonso Edward | Panama (PAN) | 20.45 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 8 | Mosito Lehata | Lesotho (LES) | 20.46 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Álex Quiñónez | Ecuador (ECU) | 20.47 | q |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Bruno Hortelano | Spain (ESP) | 20.47 | Q, NR |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Jimmy Vicaut | France (FRA) | 20.50 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 5 | Serhiy Smelyk | Ukraine (UKR) | 20.52 | Q, PB |
| 13 | 4 | 5 | Nickel Ashmeade | Jamaica (JAM) | 20.54 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | 6 | Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas | Greece (GRE) | 20.55 | q |
| 14 | 5 | 7 | James Ellington | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.55 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 7 | Antoine Adams | Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 20.56 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 2 | Jason Livermore | Jamaica (JAM) | 20.59 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | 4 | Wallace Spearmon | United States (USA) | 20.59 | Q |
| 19 | 5 | 6 | Karol Zalewski | Poland (POL) | 20.60 | q |
| 19 | 3 | 7 | Bruno de Barros | Brazil (BRA) | 20.60 | |
| 21 | 7 | 6 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica (JAM) | 20.66 | Q |
| 22 | 2 | 4 | Tremaine Harris | Canada (CAN) | 20.68 | |
| 23 | 6 | 6 | Isiah Young | United States (USA) | 20.70 | Q |
| 24 | 6 | 3 | Shōta Iizuka | Japan (JPN) | 20.71 | Q |
| 25 | 7 | 4 | Delano Williams | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.72 | Q |
| 26 | 4 | 4 | Aldemir da Silva Junior | Brazil (BRA) | 20.73 | |
| 27 | 5 | 5 | Xie Zhenye | China (CHN) | 20.74 | |
| 28 | 1 | 4 | Isaac Makwala | Botswana (BOT) | 20.84 | |
| 29 | 7 | 7 | Lalonde Gordon | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 20.85 | Q |
| 30 | 6 | 5 | Winston George | Guyana (GUY) | 20.88 | |
| 30 | 6 | 4 | Sergio Ruiz | Spain (ESP) | 20.88 | |
| 32 | 1 | 8 | Kyle Greaux | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 20.89 | |
| 33 | 3 | 2 | Kei Takase | Japan (JPN) | 20.96 | |
| 34 | 4 | 3 | Nil de Oliveira | Sweden (SWE) | 20.97 | |
| 34 | 7 | 3 | Yuichi Kobayashi | Japan (JPN) | 20.97 | |
| 36 | 5 | 8 | Rolando Palacios | Honduras (HON) | 21.02 | SB |
| 37 | 7 | 2 | Alex Wilson | Switzerland (SUI) | 21.11 | |
| 38 | 5 | 3 | Luguelín Santos | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 21.13 | |
| 38 | 6 | 2 | Enrico Demonte | Italy (ITA) | 21.13 | |
| 40 | 2 | 5 | Ratu Banuve Tabakaucoro | Fiji (FIJ) | 21.27 | |
| 41 | 1 | 3 | Hitjivirue Kaanjuka | Namibia (NAM) | 21.33 | |
| 42 | 7 | 5 | Jan Žumer | Slovenia (SLO) | 21.35 | |
| 43 | 3 | 1 | Lestrod Roland | Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 21.37 | |
| 44 | 7 | 1 | Jamial Rolle | Bahamas (BAH) | 21.40 | |
| 45 | 2 | 1 | Josh Ross | Australia (AUS) | 21.45 | |
| 46 | 4 | 1 | Aleksandr Khyutte | Russia (RUS) | 21.46 | |
| 47 | 4 | 2 | Yendountien Tiebekabe | Togo (TOG) | 21.85 | |
| 48 | 2 | 2 | Liaquat Ali | Pakistan (PAK) | 21.90 | |
| 49 | 1 | 1 | Neddy Marie | Seychelles (SEY) | 21.98 | SB |
| 49 | 5 | 1 | Courtney Carl Williams | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN) | 21.98 | |
| 51 | 3 | 5 | Mitchel Davis | Dominica (DMA) | 21.99 | SB |
| 52 | 7 | 8 | Didier Kiki | Benin (BEN) | 22.01 | PB |
| 53 | 6 | 8 | Ayman Mohamed Ahmed Said | Egypt (EGY) | 22.27 | |
| 54 | 3 | 8 | Bernardo Baloyes | Colombia (COL) | 22.37 | |
| 55 | 6 | 1 | Jerai Torres | Gibraltar (GIB) | 22.98 | |
| | 4 | 6 | Hua Wilfried Koffi | Ivory Coast (CIV) | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.
Wind: Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: −0.3 m/s.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Curtis Mitchell | United States (USA) | 19.97 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 3 | 6 | Adam Gemili | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 19.98 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Nickel Ashmeade | Jamaica (JAM) | 20.00 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica (JAM) | 20.12 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Anaso Jobodwana | South Africa (RSA) | 20.13 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Churandy Martina | Netherlands (NED) | 20.13 | q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Warren Weir | Jamaica (JAM) | 20.20 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 4 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway (NOR) | 20.33 | q, SB |
| 9 | 2 | 8 | Isiah Young | United States (USA) | 20.36 | |
| 10 | 3 | 7 | Serhiy Smelyk | Ukraine (UKR) | 20.42 | PB |
| 11 | 2 | 6 | James Ellington | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.44 | |
| 12 | 2 | 5 | Jason Livermore | Jamaica (JAM) | 20.46 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Antoine Adams | Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 20.47 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Jimmy Vicaut | France (FRA) | 20.51 | |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Álex Quiñónez | Ecuador (ECU) | 20.55 | |
| 16 | 1 | 6 | Bruno Hortelano | Spain (ESP) | 20.55 | |
| 17 | 3 | 2 | Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas | Greece (GRE) | 20.56 | |
| 18 | 1 | 8 | Delano Williams | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.61 | |
| 19 | 2 | 1 | Shōta Iizuka | Japan (JPN) | 20.61 | |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | Karol Zalewski | Poland (POL) | 20.66 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Wallace Spearmon | United States (USA) | 20.66 | |
| 22 | 3 | 3 | Alonso Edward | Panama (PAN) | 20.67 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Mosito Lehata | Lesotho (LES) | 20.68 | |
| 24 | 1 | 2 | Lalonde Gordon | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 21.14 | |

### Final

The final was started at 20:10.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica (JAM) | 19.66 | WL |
| | 8 | Warren Weir | Jamaica (JAM) | 19.79 | PB |
| | 3 | Curtis Mitchell | United States (USA) | 20.04 | |
| 4 | 6 | Nickel Ashmeade | Jamaica (JAM) | 20.05 | |
| 5 | 5 | Adam Gemili | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.08 | |
| 6 | 7 | Anaso Jobodwana | South Africa (RSA) | 20.14 | |
| 7 | 1 | Churandy Martina | Netherlands (NED) | 20.35 | |
| 8 | 2 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway (NOR) | 20.37 | |
* By winning this 200m final, Usain Bolt became the first man ever to retain the 200m world title three times in a row (winning the title in 2009, in 19.19, and 2011, in 19.40). Calvin Smith and Michael Johnson both won the title twice (in 1983 and 1987, and in 1991 and 1995, respectively) yet only Bolt has retained the title three times (2009, 2011 and 2013).