# 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 7, 9, and 10 August. The winning margin was 0.02 seconds.

## Summary

Coming out of the blocks in the final, Wayde van Niekerk and Isaac Makwala were the first to make up ground on the stagger, coming off the turn with Ramil Guliyev about even. Makwala started to lose ground, passed by Jereem Richards to his outside. van Niekerk seemed to have the edge until the last 30 metres when Guliyev pulled ahead. As Richards closed, all the athletes leaned for a photo finish. Guliyev had a clear win, but van Niekerk's edge for silver on Richards was the narrowest possible, .001 of a second 20.106 to 20.107.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
| World | 19.19 | Usain Bolt | JAM | 20 Aug 2009 | Berlin, Germany |
| Championship | 19.19 | Usain Bolt | JAM | 20 Aug 2009 | Berlin, Germany |
| World leading | 19.77 | Isaac Makwala | BOT | 14 Jul 2017 | Madrid, Spain |
| African | 19.68 | Frank Fredericks | NAM | 1 Aug 1996 | Atlanta, United States |
| Asian | 19.97 | Femi Ogunode | QAT | 11 Sep 2015 | Brussels, Belgium |
| NACAC | 19.19 | Usain Bolt | JAM | 20 Aug 2009 | Berlin, Germany |
| South American | 19.81 | Alonso Edward | PAN | 20 Aug 2009 | Berlin, Germany |
| European | 19.72 | Pietro Mennea | ITA | 12 Sep 1979 | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Oceanian | 20.08 | Peter Norman | AUS | 16 Oct 1968 | Mexico City, Mexico |
The following records were set at the competition:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date |
| Zambian | 20.29 | Sydney Siame | ZAM | 7 Aug 2017 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 20.44.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 7 August | 18:30 | Heats |
| 9 August | 20:55 | Semifinals |
| 10 August | 21:50 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The first round took place on 7 August in seven heats. However, Isaac Makwala, who was prevented from competing due to being quarantined for norovirus, was allowed to run in an additional heat on the 9 August following an appeal by the Botswana delegation. The 8 heats were as follows:
| Heat | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Date | 7 Aug | 7 Aug | 7 Aug | 7 Aug | 7 Aug | 7 Aug | 7 Aug | 9 Aug |
| Start time | 18:30 | 18:38 | 18:46 | 18:54 | 19:02 | 19:10 | 19:18 | 18:41 |
| Wind (m/s) | −0.5 | −0.6 | +0.3 | +0.7 | −0.6 | +0.6 | +0.7 | +1.4 |
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The first three in each heat ( Q ) and the next four fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | Jereem Richards | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 20.05 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | 4 | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.08 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Ramil Guliyev | Turkey (TUR) | 20.16 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 7 | Wayde van Niekerk | South Africa (RSA) | 20.16 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 8 | Daniel Talbot | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.16 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 8 | 7 | Isaac Makwala | Botswana (BOT) | 20.20 | q |
| 7 | 6 | 8 | Isiah Young | United States (USA) | 20.19 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Ameer Webb | United States (USA) | 20.22 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | 7 | Akani Simbine | South Africa (RSA) | 20.26 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Sydney Siame | Zambia (ZAM) | 20.29 | Q, NR |
| 11 | 6 | 4 | Likourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas | Greece (GRE) | 20.37 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Yohan Blake | Jamaica (JAM) | 20.39 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | Christophe Lemaitre | France (FRA) | 20.40 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Kyree King | United States (USA) | 20.41 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 6 | Zharnel Hughes | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.43 | q |
| 16 | 5 | 6 | Kyle Greaux | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 20.48 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 7 | Wilfried Koffi Hua | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 20.49 | q |
| 18 | 2 | 8 | Rasheed Dwyer | Jamaica (JAM) | 20.49 | Q |
| 19 | 1 | 8 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Japan (JPN) | 20.52 | Q |
| 20 | 3 | 5 | Ján Volko | Slovakia (SVK) | 20.52 | Q |
| 21 | 1 | 7 | Alex Wilson | Switzerland (SUI) | 20.54 | Q |
| 22 | 4 | 3 | David Lima | Portugal (POR) | 20.54 | q |
| 23 | 1 | 3 | Serhiy Smelyk | Ukraine (UKR) | 20.58 | |
| 24 | 7 | 3 | Shota Iizuka | Japan (JPN) | 20.58 | Q |
| 25 | 5 | 4 | Filippo Tortu | Italy (ITA) | 20.59 | Q |
| 26 | 2 | 6 | Jonathan Quarcoo | Norway (NOR) | 20.60 | |
| 27 | 5 | 8 | Warren Weir | Jamaica (JAM) | 20.60 | |
| 28 | 7 | 7 | Winston George | Guyana (GUY) | 20.61 | Q |
| 29 | 3 | 3 | Alonso Edward | Panama (PAN) | 20.61 | SB |
| 30 | 6 | 3 | Ahmed Ali | Sudan (SUD) | 20.64 | |
| 31 | 2 | 4 | Jeffrey John | France (FRA) | 20.66 | |
| 32 | 3 | 4 | Sibusiso Matsenjwa | Swaziland (SWZ) | 20.67 | |
| 33 | 2 | 5 | Mark Otieno Odhiambo | Kenya (KEN) | 20.74 | |
| 34 | 1 | 2 | Teray Smith | Bahamas (BAH) | 20.77 | |
| 35 | 5 | 2 | Adama Jammeh | Gambia (GAM) | 20.79 | |
| 36 | 5 | 5 | Jeremy Dodson | Samoa (SAM) | 20.81 | |
| 37 | 3 | 2 | Aldemir da Silva Júnior | Brazil (BRA) | 20.82 | |
| 38 | 4 | 8 | Salem Eid Yaqoob | Bahrain (BHR) | 20.84 | |
| 39 | 1 | 5 | Bernardo Baloyes | Colombia (COL) | 20.86 | |
| 40 | 6 | 2 | Joseph Millar | New Zealand (NZL) | 20.97 | |
| 41 | 3 | 6 | Burkheart Ellis, Jr. | Barbados (BAR) | 20.99 | |
| 42 | 6 | 5 | Fabrice Dabla | Togo (TOG) | 21.40 | |
| 43 | 1 | 4 | Mohamed Obaid Al-Saadi | Oman (OMN) | 21.50 | |
| 44 | 2 | 3 | Ifeanyichukwu Otuonye | Turks and Caicos Islands (TKS) | 21.91 | |
| 45 | 7 | 2 | Muhd Noor Firdaus ar-Rasyid | Brunei (BRU) | 22.36 | |
| 46 | 4 | 6 | Kabongo Mulumba | DR Congo (COD) | 23.57 | SB |
| | 7 | 5 | Aaron Brown | Canada (CAN) | DQ | R 163.3(a) |
| | 7 | 6 | Clarence Munyai | South Africa (RSA) | DQ | R 163.3(a) |
| | 4 | 9 | Paul Nalau | Vanuatu (VAN) | DQ | R 163.3(a) |
| | 7 | 8 | Julius Morris | Montserrat (MNT) | DNS | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 9 August in three heats as follows:
| Heat | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Start time | 20:55 | 21:04 | 21:13 |
| Wind (m/s) | +2.1 | −0.3 | +0.3 |
| Photo finish | link | link | link |
The first two in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 7 | Isiah Young | United States (USA) | 20.12 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Jereem Richards | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 20.14 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Isaac Makwala | Botswana (BOT) | 20.14 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Ramil Guliyev | Turkey (TUR) | 20.17 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.19 | q |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Ameer Webb | United States (USA) | 20.22 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 6 | Wayde van Niekerk | South Africa (RSA) | 20.28 | q |
| 8 | 3 | 8 | Christophe Lemaitre | France (FRA) | 20.30 | |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | Daniel Talbot | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.38 | |
| 10 | 2 | 9 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Japan (JPN) | 20.43 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Yohan Blake | Jamaica (JAM) | 20.52 | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Sydney Siame | Zambia (ZAM) | 20.54 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | David Lima | Portugal (POR) | 20.56 | |
| 14 | 2 | 4 | Kyree King | United States (USA) | 20.59 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Ján Volko | Slovakia (SVK) | 20.61 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Shota Iizuka | Japan (JPN) | 20.62 | |
| 17 | 1 | 3 | Filippo Tortu | Italy (ITA) | 20.62 | |
| 18 | 1 | 4 | Akani Simbine | South Africa (RSA) | 20.62 | |
| 19 | 1 | 6 | Kyle Greaux | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 20.65 | |
| 20 | 1 | 9 | Rasheed Dwyer | Jamaica (JAM) | 20.69 | |
| 21 | 3 | 9 | Likourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas | Greece (GRE) | 20.73 | |
| 22 | 3 | 2 | Winston George | Guyana (GUY) | 20.74 | |
| 23 | 3 | 3 | Wilfried Koffi Hua | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 20.80 | |
| 24 | 2 | 3 | Zharnel Hughes | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.85 | |
| 25 | 2 | 2 | Alex Wilson | Switzerland (SUI) | 21.22 | |

### Final

The final took place on 10 August at 21:52. The wind was −0.1 metres per second and the results were as follows (photo finish):
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Ramil Guliyev | Turkey (TUR) | 20.09 | |
| | 3 | Wayde van Niekerk | South Africa (RSA) | 20.11 | 20.106 |
| | 7 | Jereem Richards | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 20.11 | 20.107 |
| 4 | 2 | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.24 | |
| 5 | 9 | Ameer Webb | United States (USA) | 20.26 | |
| 6 | 6 | Isaac Makwala | Botswana (BOT) | 20.44 | |
| 7 | 8 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Japan (JPN) | 20.63 | |
| 8 | 4 | Isiah Young | United States (USA) | 20.64 | |