page_title: Wallace Spearmon
section_title: Personal bests
hierarchical_section_title: Wallace Spearmon / Personal bests
caption_attribution_description: World Athletics Championships 2007 in Osaka - US 200 metres runner Wallace Spearmon
context_page_description: Wallace Spearmon Jr. is an American sprint athlete, who specializes in the 200 meters. He is a two-time NCAA outdoor champion in the 200 m and won the silver medal in the event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. He has a personal best of 19.65 seconds for the distance, making him the ninth fastest 200 meter runner of all-time, and he formerly held the indoor American record.
  He has won the bronze medal twice at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007 and 2009. He also finished third at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but was later disqualified for stepping out of his lane.
context_section_description: All information taken from IAAF profile.
caption: Spearmon at the 2007 World Championships
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