Talk:200 metres

message: Was that 19.30 or 19.31? The commentators said 19.31, but the stadium display showed 19.31?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ianeiloart (talk • contribs) 14:26, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It was 19.30. 19.31 was the preliminary time, which got adjusted. Gieron (talk) 14:29, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

text: it was 19.30, what a run.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.74.74.149 (talk) 14:36, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  2008 world record 

message: Why does the article say middle lanes are favourites because of the lesser centrifugal force? From what is stated, the external lanes should be even better. Which is the element that, added to centrifugal force, leads to middle lanes being the favourites ?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wentu (talk • contribs) 14:40, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The reference says that middle AND outer lanes are preferred. I have changed it in the article. Gieron (talk) 14:57, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Middle Lanes 

message: On the Olympic medalists section, the olypmic flag appears instead of the italian flag. Can anyone correct this? Thanks Kvsh5 (talk) 18:38, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's the flag Italy used at the 1980 Olympics. See Italy at the 1980 Summer Olympics. -CapitalLetterBeginning (talk) 19:54, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missin italian flag for Pietro Mennea 

message: According to http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=0/sex=M/all=y/legal=A/disc=200/detail.html DeLoach ran 19.75 with +1.7 wind, while wikipedia has +1,8. Which is correct? Wikijens (talk) 20:16, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Joe DeLoach and wind 

message: There used to be separate records for the 200 on a straight track, it's mentioned on the record progression page but not in this article.  Couple of refs: independent.co.uk & UK All-time lists. The Olympic 200 was originally on a straight track.  Hakluyt bean (talk) 18:47, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Straight Track 

message: How about (a link to) an explanation of the wind field? Daggerbox (talk) 23:32, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wind 

message: Does anyone else feel that (in addition to the fastest athletes in 200m history,) the fastest recorded times in 200m history would also be useful? Suresh (talk) 12:59, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree - people who come to this page want to see the fastest of all time, not for various athletes. Delaywaves talk 23:19, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Go on. It's just a question of work. 200 metres top list: Maybe your "feeling" belongs to all athletic disciplines.Montell 74 (talk) 00:01, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Best times as well as best athletes? 

message: A lot of the men's pages from 1900-1960 are missing their best times I am going to try to fix that would any one like to help
A Dingus 14:48, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  200 Meter Times 

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message: In section one of the article, the text identifies Elaine, Noah and, Andre Degrasse as record holders, yet the description under the picture at right only identifies Bolt and Flo-Jo.  Is there a discrepancy?  SquashEngineer (talk) 17:36, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: That's correct. The reigning World/Olympic Champion would be the athlete who won gold at the most recent World Championships/Olympics. This is different from the record holders, who have the best performances all time. GoPats (talk) 18:14, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Record Holder Discrepancies