Men's 200 metres world record progression
Records 1951–1976
Columns: Time | Athlete | Nationality | Location of race | Date
20.6y | Andy Stanfield | United States | Philadelphia , United States | May 26, 1951 | 20.6 | Andy Stanfield | United States | Los Angeles , United States | June 28, 1952 | 20.6 | Thane Baker | United States | Bakersfield , United States | June 23, 1956 | 20.6 | Bobby Morrow | United States | Melbourne , Australia | November 27, 1956 | 20.6 | Manfred Germar | West Germany | Wuppertal , Germany | October 1, 1958 | 20.6y | Ray Norton | United States | Berkeley , United States | March 19, 1960 | 20.6 | Ray Norton | United States | Philadelphia , United States | April 30, 1960 | 20.5y | Peter Radford | United Kingdom | Wolverhampton , United Kingdom | May 28, 1960 | 20.5 | Stone Johnson | United States | Stanford , United States | July 2, 1960 | 20.5 | Ray Norton | United States | Stanford , United States | July 2, 1960 | 20.5 | Livio Berruti | Italy | Rome , Italy | September 3, 1960 | 20.5y | Paul Drayton | United States | Walnut , United States | June 23, 1962 | 20.3y | Henry Carr | United States | Tempe , United States | March 23, 1963 | 20.2y | Henry Carr | United States | Tempe , United States | April 4, 1964 | 20.0y | Tommie Smith | United States | Sacramento , United States | June 11, 1968 | 19.8A | Tommie Smith | United States | Mexico City , Mexico | October 16, 1968 | 19.8A | Donald Quarrie | Jamaica | Cali , Colombia | August 3, 1971 | 19.8+ | Donald Quarrie | Jamaica | Eugene, Oregon , United States | June 7, 1975