Athletics 200 metres
Athletes leaving starting blocks for a 200 metres heat at the 2012 Olympic Games
World records
Men	Usain Bolt 19.19 (2009)
Women	Florence Griffith-Joyner 21.34 (1988)
Olympic records
Men	Usain Bolt 19.30 (2008)
Women	Florence Griffith-Joyner 21.34 (1988)
World Championship records
Men	Usain Bolt 19.19 (2009)
Women	Shericka Jackson 21.41 (2023)

Start (green) and end (red) points of a 200 metre race, marked on a running track.

The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first recorded event at the ancient Olympic Games. The 200 m places more emphasis on speed endurance than shorter sprint distances as athletes predominantly rely on anaerobic energy system during the 200 m sprint. Similarly to other sprint distances, the 200 m begins from the starting blocks. When the sprinters adopt the 'set' position in the blocks they are able to adopt a more efficient starting posture and isometrically preload their muscles. This enables them to stride forwards more powerfully when the race begins and start faster.

In the United States and elsewhere, athletes previously ran the 220-yard dash (201.168 m) instead of the 200 m (218.723 yards), though the distance is now obsolete. The standard adjustment used for the conversion from times recorded over 220 yards to 200 m times is to subtract 0.1 seconds,^[1] but other conversion methods exist. Another obsolete version of this race is the 200 metres straight, which was run on tracks that contained such a straight. Initially, when the International Amateur Athletic Association (now known as the International Association of Athletics Federations) started to ratify world records in 1912, only records set on a straight track were eligible for consideration. In 1951, the IAAF started to recognise records set on a curved track. In 1976, the straight record was discarded.

The race attracts runners from other events, primarily the 100 metres, wishing to double up and claim both titles. This feat has been achieved by men eleven times at the Olympic Games: by Archie Hahn in 1904, Ralph Craig in 1912, Percy Williams in 1928, Eddie Tolan in 1932, Jesse Owens in 1936, Bobby Morrow in 1956, Valeriy Borzov in 1972, Carl Lewis in 1984, and most recently by Jamaica's Usain Bolt in 2008, 2012, and 2016. The double has been accomplished by women eight times: by Fanny Blankers-Koen in 1948, Marjorie Jackson in 1952, Betty Cuthbert in 1956, Wilma Rudolph in 1960, Renate Stecher in 1972, Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988, and Elaine Thompson-Herah in 2016 and 2021. Marion Jones finished first in both races in 2000 but was later disqualified and stripped of her medals after admitting to taking performance-enhancing drugs. An Olympic double of 200 m and 400 m was first achieved by Valerie Brisco-Hooks in 1984, and later by Michael Johnson from the United States and Marie-José Pérec of France both in 1996. Usain Bolt is the only man to repeat as Olympic champion, Bärbel Wöckel (née Eckert), Veronica Campbell-Brown and Elaine Thompson-Herah are the three women who have repeated as Olympic champion.

The men's world record holder is Usain Bolt of Jamaica, who ran 19.19 s at the 2009 World Championships. The women's world record holder is Florence Griffith-Joyner of the United States, who ran 21.34 s at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The reigning Olympic champions are Andre De Grasse (CAN) and Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM). The reigning World Champions are Noah Lyles (USA) and Shericka Jackson (JAM).

Races run with an aiding wind measured over 2.0 metres per second are not acceptable for record purposes.

Continental records

• Updated 23 July 2023.^[2][3]

Area	Men				Women
	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation
Africa (records)	19.50	+1.6	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	21.81	+0.8	Christine Mboma	Namibia
Asia (records)	19.88	+0.9	Xie Zhenye	China	22.01	0.0	Li Xuemei	China
Europe (records)	19.72[A]	+1.8	Pietro Mennea	Italy	21.63	+0.2	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands
North, Central America and Caribbean (records)	19.19 WR	−0.3	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	21.34 WR	+1.3	Florence Griffith-Joyner	United States
Oceania (records)	20.06[A]	+0.9	Peter Norman	Australia	22.23	+0.8	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	Australia
South America (records)	19.81	−0.3	Alonso Edward	Panama	22.48	+1.0	Ana Cláudia Lemos	Brazil

All-time top 25

Men (outdoor)

See also: Men's 200 metres world record progression

• Updated August 2023^[4][5]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Reaction (s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	19.19	−0.3	0.133	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	20 August 2009	Berlin	[6][7]
2	2	19.26	+0.7	0.269	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	16 September 2011	Brussels	[8][9]
	3	19.30	−0.9	0.182	Bolt #2		20 August 2008	Beijing	[10]
3	4	19.31	+0.4	0.141	Noah Lyles	United States	21 July 2022	Eugene	[11][12]
4	5	19.32	+0.4	0.161	Michael Johnson	United States	01 August 1996	Atlanta	[13]
	6	19.32	+0.4	0.180	Bolt #3		09 August 2012	London	[14]
	7	19.40	+0.8	0.193	Bolt #4		03 September 2011	Daegu	[15]
	8	19.44	+0.4	0.172	Blake #2		09 August 2012	London	[14]
	9	19.46	+0.8	0.199	Lyles #2		10 August 2022	Monaco	[16]
	10	19.47	+1.6	0.157	Lyles #3		23 July 2023	London	[17]
5	11	19.49	+1.4		Erriyon Knighton	United States	30 April 2022	Baton Rouge	[18]
6	12	19.50	+1.6	0.170	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	23 July 2023	London	[17]
	13	19.50	−0.1	0.147	Lyles #4		05 July 2019	Lausanne	[19]
	14	19.52	+1.5	0.142	Lyles #5		21 August 2021	Eugene	[20]
			−0.6	0.164	Lyles #6		08 September 2022	Zürich	[21]
			−0.2	0.144	Lyles #7		25 August 2023	Budapest	[22]
7	17	19.53	+0.7	0.185	Walter Dix	United States	16 September 2011	Brussels	[9]
	18	19.54	±0.0	0.165	Blake #3		07 September 2012	Brussels	[23]
	19	19.55	−0.1	0.147	Bolt #5		27 August 2015	Beijing	[24]
	20	19.56	−0.8		Bolt #6		01 May 2010	Kingston
			+1.3	0.182	Lyles #8		26 August 2022	Lausanne	[25]
	22	19.57	±0.0		Bolt #7		04 September 2009	Brussels
8	22	19.57	+0.4	0.177	Justin Gatlin	United States	28 June 2015	Eugene	[26]
9	24	19.58	+1.3		Tyson Gay	United States	30 May 2009	New York City
	24	19.58	+1.4	0.179	Bolt #8		23 August 2012	Lausanne	[27]
10		19.62	−0.5	0.135	Andre De Grasse	Canada	04 August 2021	Tokyo	[28]
11		19.63	+0.4		Xavier Carter	United States	11 July 2006	Lausanne
			+1.2		Reynier Mena	Cuba	03 July 2022	La Chaux-de-Fonds	[29]
13		19.65	±0.0		Wallace Spearmon	United States	28 September 2006	Daegu
14		19.68	+0.4		Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	01 August 1996	Atlanta
			−0.5		Kenny Bednarek	United States	04 August 2021	Tokyo	[28]
16		19.69[A]	−0.5		Clarence Munyai	South Africa	16 March 2018	Pretoria	[30]
17		19.70	+0.7		Michael Norman	United States	06 June 2019	Rome	[31]
18		19.72[A]	+1.8		Pietro Mennea	Italy	12 September 1979	Mexico City
19		19.73	−0.2		Michael Marsh	United States	05 August 1992	Barcelona
			+0.8		Divine Oduduru	Nigeria	07 June 2019	Austin	[32]
			+1.6	0.130	Zharnel Hughes	Great Britain	23 July 2023	London	[33]
22		19.74	+1.4		LaShawn Merritt	United States	08 July 2016	Eugene	[34]
23		19.75	+1.5		Carl Lewis	United States	19 June 1983	Indianapolis
			+1.7		Joe DeLoach	United States	28 September 1988	Seoul
			+0.3		Steven Gardiner	Bahamas	07 April 2018	Coral Gables	[35]

Assisted marks

Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of wind-assisted times (equal or superior to 19.70). Only times that are superior to legal bests are shown:

• Kenny Bednarek ran 19.49 A (+6.1 m/s) in Hobbs, New Mexico on 17 May 2019,^[36][37] 19.65 (+4.0 m/s) on 10 April 2021 in Miramar, Florida,^[38] and 19.65 (+3.2 m/s) in Lausanne on 26 August 2021.^[39]
• Andre De Grasse ran 19.58 (+2.4 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 12 June 2015.
• Tarsis Orogot ran 19.60 (+2.9 m/s) in Gainesville, Florida on 14 April 2023.
• Robert Gregory ran 19.60 (+4.8 m/s) in Jacksonville, Florida on 26 May 2023.
• Leroy Burrell ran 19.61 (+4.1 m/s) in College Station, Texas on 19 May 1990. Until 1 August 1996, it was the best performance in any condition.^[40]
• Terrance Laird ran 19.64 A (+5.6 m/s) in Hobbs, New Mexico on 17 May 2019.^[37]

Women (outdoor)

See also: Women's 200 metres world record progression

• Updated September 2023^[41][42]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Reaction (s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	21.34	+1.3	0.205	Florence Griffith-Joyner	United States	29 September 1988	Seoul	[43]
2	2	21.41	+0.1	0.161	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	25 August 2023	Budapest	[44]
	3	21.45	+0.6	0.144	Jackson #2		21 July 2022	Eugene	[45][46]
	4	21.48	+0.2	0.161	Jackson #3		08 September 2023	Brussels	[47]
3	5	21.53	+0.8	0.173	Elaine Thompson-Herah	Jamaica	03 August 2021	Tokyo	[48]
	6	21.55	±0.0		Jackson #4		26 June 2022	Kingston	[49]
	7	21.56	+1.7	0.156	Griffith-Joyner #2		29 September 1988	Seoul	[43]
	8	21.57	+0.3	0.152	Jackson #5		17 September 2023	Eugene	[50]
4	9	21.60	−0.4	0.173	Gabrielle Thomas	United States	09 July 2023	Eugene	[51]
	10	21.61	+1.3		Thomas #2		26 June 2021	Eugene
5	11	21.62[A]	−0.6	0.258	Marion Jones	United States	11 September 1998	Johannesburg	[43]
6	12	21.63	+0.2	0.149	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	28 August 2015	Beijing	[52][43]
7	13	21.64	+0.8		Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	13 September 1991	Brussels
	14	21.66	−1.0		Ottey #2		15 August 1990	Zürich
			+0.2	0.195	Thompson-Herah #2		28 August 2015	Beijing	[53]
			+0.3	0.165	Thompson-Herah #3		02 August 2021	Tokyo	[54]
	17	21.67	+2.0	0.137	Jackson #6		19 July 2022	Eugene	[55]
8	18	21.69	+1.0		Allyson Felix	United States	30 June 2012	Eugene	[56]
9	19	21.71	+0.7		Marita Koch	East Germany	10 June 1979	Karl-Marx-Stadt
	19	21.71	+0.3		Koch #2		21 July 1984	Potsdam
9	19	21.71	+1.2	0.190	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	29 June 1986	Jena	[43]
	22	21.71	−0.8		Drechsler #2		29 August 1986	Stuttgart
			−0.5		Jackson #7		09 July 2023	Kingston	[57]
11	24	21.72	+1.3	0.195	Grace Jackson	Jamaica	29 September 1988	Seoul	[43]
			−0.1		Gwen Torrence	United States	05 August 1992	Barcelona
13		21.74	+0.4		Marlies Göhr	East Germany	03 June 1984	Erfurt
			+1.2	0.155	Silke Gladisch	East Germany	03 September 1987	Rome	[43]
			+0.6	0.172	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	21 August 2008	Beijing	[43]
			−0.4	0.143	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas	29 August 2019	Zürich	[58][43]
17		21.75	−0.1		Juliet Cuthbert	Jamaica	05 August 1992	Barcelona
18		21.77	+0.6		Inger Miller	United States	27 August 1999	Seville
			+1.5		Tori Bowie	United States	27 May 2017	Eugene	[59]
			−0.3		Abby Steiner	United States	26 June 2022	Eugene
21		21.78	+0.6		Christine Mboma	Namibia	09 September 2021	Zürich	[60]
22		21.79	+0.8		Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	27 June 2021	Kingston	[61]
23		21.81	−0.1		Valerie Brisco-Hooks	United States	09 August 1984	Los Angeles
24		21.83	−0.2		Evelyn Ashford	United States	24 August 1979	Montreal
25		21.85	+0.3		Bärbel Wöckel	East Germany	21 July 1984	Potsdam

Assisted marks

Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of wind-assisted times (equal or superior to 21.80). Only times that are superior to legal bests are shown:

• Sha'Carri Richardson ran 21.61 (+2.6 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 8 July 2023.
• Tamara Clark ran 21.72 (+3.1 m/s) in Austin, Texas on 26 March 2022.
• Julien Alfred ran 21.73 (+2.5 m/s) in Austin, Texas on 10 June 2023
• Kimberlyn Duncan ran 21.80 (+3.2 m/s) in Des Moines, Iowa on 23 June 2013.

Men (indoor)

• Updated March 2023.^[62]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	19.92	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	18 February 1996	Liévin	[63]
2	20.02	Elijah Hall	United States	10 March 2018	College Station	[64]
3	20.08	Divine Oduduru	Nigeria	23 February 2019	Lubbock	[65]
4	20.10	Wallace Spearmon	United States	12 March 2005	Fayetteville
5	20.11	Christian Coleman	United States	11 March 2017	College Station	[66]
6	20.12 A	Matthew Boling	United States	11 March 2023	Albuquerque	[67]
7	20.13	Courtney Lindsey	United States	25 February 2023	Lubbock	[68]
8	20.17 A	Udodi Onwuzurike	Nigeria	10 March 2023	Albuquerque	[69]
		Tarsis Orogot	Uganda	10 March 2023	Albuquerque	[69]
10	20.19	Trayvon Bromell	United States	14 March 2015	Fayetteville	[70]
11	20.20	Terrance Laird	United States	13 March 2021	Fayetteville	[71]
12	20.22 A	Robert Gregory	United States	11 March 2023	Albuquerque	[72]
13	20.25	Linford Christie	Great Britain	19 February 1995	Liévin
14	20.26	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	6 March 1999	Maebashi
		Shawn Crawford	United States	10 March 2000	Fayetteville
		John Capel	United States	10 March 2000	Fayetteville
		Andre De Grasse	Canada	14 March 2015	Fayetteville	[70]
18	20.27	Walter Dix	United States	10 March 2006	Fayetteville
		Cameron Miller	United States	25 February 2023	Louisville	[73]
20	20.29	Jacory Patterson	United States	25 February 2023	Fayetteville	[74]
21	20.30	Xavier Carter	United States	10 March 2006	Fayetteville
		Kenny Bednarek	United States	2 February 2019	Lincoln	[75]
23	20.31	Coby Miller	United States	2 March 2001	Atlanta
		Jereem Richards	Trinidad and Tobago	11 March 2017	College Station	[66]
25	20.32	Rohsaan Griffin	United States	27 February 1999	Atlanta
		Kevin Little	United States	5 March 1999	Maebashi
	20.32 A	Diondre Batson	United States	14 March 2014	Albuquerque
	20.32	Joseph Fahnbulleh	United States	27 February 2021	Fayetteville	[76]
		Lance Lang	United States	26 February 2022	College Station	[77]

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 20.31:

• Frankie Fredericks also ran 20.10 (1999), 20.18 (1999) and 20.26 (1995).
• Wallace Spearmon also ran 20.10 (2005), 20.19 (2008) and 20.21 (2005).
• Divine Oduduru also ran 20.18 (2018) and 20.21 (2018).
• Matthew Boling also ran 20.19 (2021), 20.27 (2022) and 20.31 (2023).
• Tarsis Orogot also ran 20.20 A (2023 x 2).
• Trayvon Bromell also ran 20.23 (2015).
• Elijah Hall also ran 20.26 (2018).
• Robert Gregory also ran 20.27 A (2023).
• Terrance Laird also ran 20.28 (2021).
• Cameron Miller also ran 20.29 A (2023).
• Shawn Crawford also ran 20.30 (2002).

Women (indoor)

• Updated March 2023.^[78]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	21.87	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	13 February 1993	Liévin
2	22.01 A	Julien Alfred	Saint Lucia	11 March 2023	Albuquerque	[79]
3	22.09	Abby Steiner	United States	26 February 2022	College Station	[80]
4	22.10	Irina Privalova	Russia	19 February 1995	Liévin
5	22.11 A	Favour Ofili	Nigeria	10 March 2023	Albuquerque	[81]
6	22.27	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	7 March 1987	Indianapolis
7	22.33	Gwen Torrence	United States	2 March 1996	Atlanta
		Adaejah Hodge	British Virgin Islands	12 March 2023	Boston	[82]
9	22.38	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	18 February 2005	Birmingham
		Gabrielle Thomas	United States	10 March 2018	College Station	[64]
11	22.39	Marita Koch	East Germany	5 March 1983	Budapest
		Ionela Târlea	Romania	6 March 1999	Maebashi
13	22.40	Bianca Knight	United States	14 March 2008	Fayetteville
		Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas	31 January 2021	Fayetteville	[83]
15	22.41	Galina Malchugina	Russia	13 March 1994	Paris
		Ashley Henderson	United States	10 March 2018	College Station	[64]
17	22.42	Ariana Washington	United States	11 March 2017	College Station	[66]
	22.42 A	Autumn Wilson	United States	10 March 2023	Albuquerque	[84]
19	22.43	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	22 February 1998	Liévin
20	22.45	Felicia Brown	United States	26 February 2016	Fayetteville
		Tamara Clark	United States	13 March 2021	Fayetteville	[85]
22	22.48 A	McKenzie Long	United States	10 March 2023	Albuquerque	[86]
23	22.49	Muriel Hurtis	France	14 March 2003	Birmingham
		Muna Lee	United States	14 March 2003	Fayetteville
		Sanya Richards-Ross	United States	12 March 2004	Fayetteville
		Anavia Battle	United States	18 February 2022	Fayetteville	[87]

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 22.46:

• Irina Privalova also ran 22.15 (1993), 22.16 (1994), 22.26 (1992), 22.32 (1995), 22.36 (1992), 22.41 (1991) and 22.45 (1991).
• Abby Steiner also ran 22.16 (2022), 22.37 (2022), 22.38 (2021), 22.41 (2021) and 22.45 (2022).
• Favour Ofili also ran 22.20 A (2023), 22.36 (2023) and 22.46 (2022).
• Merlene Ottey also twice ran 22.24 (1991), 22.34 (1989) and 22.37 (1991).
• Julien Alfred also ran 22.26 (2023).
• Veronica Campbell-Brown also ran 22.43 (2004).
• Autumn Wilson also ran 22.45 A (2023).

Olympic medalists

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900 Paris	Walter Tewksbury  United States	Norman Pritchard  India	Stan Rowley  Australia
1904 St. Louis	Archie Hahn  United States	Nate Cartmell  United States	William Hogenson  United States
1908 London	Robert Kerr  Canada	Robert Cloughen  United States	Nate Cartmell  United States
1912 Stockholm	Ralph Craig  United States	Donald Lippincott  United States	Willie Applegarth  Great Britain
1920 Antwerp	Allen Woodring  United States	Charley Paddock  United States	Harry Edward  Great Britain
1924 Paris	Jackson Scholz  United States	Charley Paddock  United States	Eric Liddell  Great Britain
1928 Amsterdam	Percy Williams  Canada	Walter Rangeley  Great Britain	Helmut Körnig  Germany
1932 Los Angeles	Eddie Tolan  United States	George Simpson  United States	Ralph Metcalfe  United States
1936 Berlin	Jesse Owens  United States	Mack Robinson  United States	Tinus Osendarp  Netherlands
1948 London	Mel Patton  United States	Barney Ewell  United States	Lloyd LaBeach  Panama
1952 Helsinki	Andy Stanfield  United States	Thane Baker  United States	James Gathers  United States
1956 Melbourne	Bobby Morrow  United States	Andy Stanfield  United States	Thane Baker  United States
1960 Rome	Livio Berruti  Italy	Lester Carney  United States	Abdoulaye Seye  France
1964 Tokyo	Henry Carr  United States	Paul Drayton  United States	Edwin Roberts  Trinidad and Tobago
1968 Mexico City	Tommie Smith  United States	Peter Norman  Australia	John Carlos  United States
1972 Munich	Valeriy Borzov  Soviet Union	Larry Black  United States	Pietro Mennea  Italy
1976 Montreal	Don Quarrie  Jamaica	Millard Hampton  United States	Dwayne Evans  United States
1980 Moscow	Pietro Mennea  Italy	Allan Wells  Great Britain	Don Quarrie  Jamaica
1984 Los Angeles	Carl Lewis  United States	Kirk Baptiste  United States	Thomas Jefferson  United States
1988 Seoul	Joe DeLoach  United States	Carl Lewis  United States	Robson da Silva  Brazil
1992 Barcelona	Michael Marsh  United States	Frankie Fredericks  Namibia	Michael Bates  United States
1996 Atlanta	Michael Johnson  United States	Frankie Fredericks  Namibia	Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago
2000 Sydney	Konstantinos Kenteris  Greece	Darren Campbell  Great Britain	Ato Boldon  Trinidad and Tobago
2004 Athens	Shawn Crawford  United States	Bernard Williams  United States	Justin Gatlin  United States
2008 Beijing	Usain Bolt  Jamaica	Shawn Crawford  United States	Walter Dix  United States
2012 London	Usain Bolt  Jamaica	Yohan Blake  Jamaica	Warren Weir  Jamaica
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Usain Bolt  Jamaica	Andre De Grasse  Canada	Christophe Lemaitre  France
2020 Tokyo	Andre De Grasse  Canada	Kenneth Bednarek  United States	Noah Lyles  United States
2024 Paris

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1948 London	Fanny Blankers-Koen  Netherlands	Audrey Williamson  Great Britain	Audrey Patterson  United States
1952 Helsinki	Marjorie Jackson  Australia	Bertha Brouwer  Netherlands	Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili  Soviet Union
1956 Melbourne	Betty Cuthbert  Australia	Christa Stubnick  United Team of Germany	Marlene Mathews  Australia
1960 Rome	Wilma Rudolph  United States	Jutta Heine  United Team of Germany	Dorothy Hyman  Great Britain
1964 Tokyo	Edith McGuire  United States	Irena Kirszenstein  Poland	Marilyn Black  Australia
1968 Mexico City	Irena Szewińska  Poland	Raelene Boyle  Australia	Jenny Lamy  Australia
1972 Munich	Renate Stecher  East Germany	Raelene Boyle  Australia	Irena Szewińska  Poland
1976 Montreal	Bärbel Eckert  East Germany	Annegret Richter  West Germany	Renate Stecher  East Germany
1980 Moscow	Bärbel Wöckel  East Germany	Natalya Bochina  Soviet Union	Merlene Ottey  Jamaica
1984 Los Angeles	Valerie Brisco-Hooks  United States	Florence Griffith  United States	Merlene Ottey  Jamaica
1988 Seoul	Florence Griffith-Joyner  United States	Grace Jackson  Jamaica	Heike Drechsler  East Germany
1992 Barcelona	Gwen Torrence  United States	Juliet Cuthbert  Jamaica	Merlene Ottey  Jamaica
1996 Atlanta	Marie-José Pérec  France	Merlene Ottey  Jamaica	Mary Onyali  Nigeria
2000 Sydney	Pauline Davis-Thompson  Bahamas	Susanthika Jayasinghe  Sri Lanka	Beverly McDonald  Jamaica
2004 Athens	Veronica Campbell  Jamaica	Allyson Felix  United States	Debbie Ferguson  Bahamas
2008 Beijing	Veronica Campbell-Brown  Jamaica	Allyson Felix  United States	Kerron Stewart  Jamaica
2012 London	Allyson Felix  United States	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica	Carmelita Jeter  United States
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Elaine Thompson  Jamaica	Dafne Schippers  Netherlands	Tori Bowie  United States
2020 Tokyo	Elaine Thompson-Herah  Jamaica	Christine Mboma  Namibia	Gabrielle Thomas  United States
2024 Paris

World Championships medalists

Men

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki	Calvin Smith (USA)	Elliott Quow (USA)	Pietro Mennea (ITA)
1987 Rome	Calvin Smith (USA)	Gilles Quénéhervé (FRA)	John Regis (GBR)
1991 Tokyo	Michael Johnson (USA)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Atlee Mahorn (CAN)
1993 Stuttgart	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	John Regis (GBR)	Carl Lewis (USA)
1995 Gothenburg	Michael Johnson (USA)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Jeff Williams (USA)
1997 Athens	Ato Boldon (TRI)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Claudinei da Silva (BRA)
1999 Seville	Maurice Greene (USA)	Claudinei da Silva (BRA)	Francis Obikwelu (NGR)
2001 Edmonton	Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE)	Christopher Williams (JAM)	Kim Collins (SKN)  Shawn Crawford (USA)
2003 Saint-Denis	John Capel (USA)	Darvis Patton (USA)	Shingo Suetsugu (JPN)
2005 Helsinki	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Wallace Spearmon (USA)	John Capel (USA)
2007 Osaka	Tyson Gay (USA)	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Wallace Spearmon (USA)
2009 Berlin	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Alonso Edward (PAN)	Wallace Spearmon (USA)
2011 Daegu	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Walter Dix (USA)	Christophe Lemaitre (FRA)
2013 Moscow	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Warren Weir (JAM)	Curtis Mitchell (USA)
2015 Beijing	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Anaso Jobodwana (RSA)
2017 London	Ramil Guliyev (TUR)	Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)	Jereem Richards (TTO)
2019 Doha	Noah Lyles (USA)	Andre De Grasse (CAN)	Álex Quiñónez (ECU)
2022 Eugene	Noah Lyles (USA)	Kenny Bednarek (USA)	Erriyon Knighton (USA)
2023 Budapest	Noah Lyles (USA)	Erriyon Knighton (USA)	Letsile Tebogo (BOT)

Women

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki	Marita Koch (GDR)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Kathy Smallwood-Cook (GBR)
1987 Rome	Silke Gladisch (GDR)	Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1991 Tokyo	Katrin Krabbe (GER)	Gwen Torrence (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1993 Stuttgart	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Gwen Torrence (USA)	Irina Privalova (RUS)
1995 Gothenburg	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Irina Privalova (RUS)	Galina Malchugina (RUS)
1997 Athens	Zhanna Pintusevich-Block (UKR)	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1999 Seville	Inger Miller (USA)	Beverly McDonald (JAM)	Merlene Frazer (JAM)  Andrea Philipp (GER)
2001 Edmonton	Debbie Ferguson (BAH)	LaTasha Jenkins (USA)	Cydonie Mothersille (CAY)
2003 Saint-Denis	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (RUS)	Torri Edwards (USA)	Muriel Hurtis (FRA)
2005 Helsinki	Allyson Felix (USA)	Rachelle Boone-Smith (USA)	Christine Arron (FRA)
2007 Osaka	Allyson Felix (USA)	Veronica Campbell (JAM)	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)
2009 Berlin	Allyson Felix (USA)	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH)
2011 Daegu	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)	Carmelita Jeter (USA)	Allyson Felix (USA)
2013 Moscow	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Murielle Ahouré (CIV)	Blessing Okagbare (NGR)
2015 Beijing	Dafne Schippers (NED)	Elaine Thompson (JAM)	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)
2017 London	Dafne Schippers (NED)	Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV)	Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH)
2019 Doha	Dina Asher-Smith (GBR)	Brittany Brown (USA)	Mujinga Kambundji (SUI)
2022 Eugene	Shericka Jackson (JAM)	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Dina Asher-Smith (GBR)
2023 Budapest	Shericka Jackson (JAM)	Gabrielle Thomas (USA)	Sha'Carri Richardson (USA)

World Indoor Championships medalists

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Paris[A]	Aleksandr Yevgenyev (URS)	Ade Mafe (GBR)	João Batista da Silva (BRA)
1987 Indianapolis	Kirk Baptiste (USA)	Bruno Marie-Rose (FRA)	Robson da Silva (BRA)
1989 Budapest	John Regis (GBR)	Ade Mafe (GBR)	Kevin Little (USA)
1991 Seville	Nikolay Antonov (BUL)	Linford Christie (GBR)	Ade Mafe (GBR)
1993 Toronto	James Trapp (USA)	Damien Marsh (AUS)	Kevin Little (USA)
1995 Barcelona	Geir Moen (NOR)	Troy Douglas (BER)	Sebastián Keitel (CHI)
1997 Paris	Kevin Little (USA)	Iván García (CUB)	Francis Obikwelu (NGR)
1999 Maebashi	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Obadele Thompson (BAR)	Kevin Little (USA)
2001 Lisbon	Shawn Crawford (USA)	Christian Malcolm (GBR)	Patrick van Balkom (NED)
2003 Birmingham	Marlon Devonish (GBR)	Joseph Batangdon (CMR)	Dominic Demeritte (BAH)
2004 Budapest	Dominic Demeritte (BAH)	Johan Wissman (SWE)	Tobias Unger (GER)

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Paris[A]	Marita Koch (GDR)	Marie-Christine Cazier (FRA)	Kim Robertson (NZL)
1987 Indianapolis	Heike Drechsler (GDR)	Merlene Ottey-Page (JAM)	Grace Jackson (JAM)
1989 Budapest	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Grace Jackson (JAM)	Natalya Kovtun (URS)
1991 Seville	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Irina Sergeyeva (URS)	Grit Breuer (GER)
1993 Toronto	Irina Privalova (RUS)	Melinda Gainsford (AUS)	Natalya Voronova (RUS)
1995 Barcelona	Melinda Gainsford (AUS)	Pauline Davis (BAH)	Natalya Voronova (RUS)
1997 Paris	Ekaterini Koffa (GRE)	Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)	Svetlana Goncharenko (RUS)
1999 Maebashi	Ionela Târlea (ROU)	Svetlana Goncharenko (RUS)	Pauline Davis (BAH)
2001 Lisbon	Juliet Campbell (JAM)	LaTasha Jenkins (USA)	Natalya Vinogradova-Safronnikova (BLR)
2003 Birmingham	Muriel Hurtis-Houairi (FRA)	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (RUS)	Juliet Campbell (JAM)
2004 Budapest	Natallia Safronnikava (BLR)	Svetlana Goncharenko (RUS)	Karin Mayr-Krifka (AUT)

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Men Year Time Wind Athlete Date Place 1966 20.14yh +0.1  Tommie Smith (USA) 11 June Sacramento 1967 20.14Ay +0.9  Tommie Smith (USA) 17 June Provo 1968 19.83A +0.9  Tommie Smith (USA) 16 October Mexico City 1969 20.24Ah +0.4  John Carlos (USA) 12 September South Lake Tahoe 1970 20.42yh +0.3  John Carlos (USA) 17 March Melbourne 1971 19.86A +1.0  Donald Quarrie (JAM) 3 August Cali 1972 20.00 +0.0  Valeriy Borzov (URS) 4 September Munich 1973 20.33y +0.0  Steve Williams (USA) 16 June Bakersfield 1974 20.06 +0.4  Donald Quarrie (JAM) 16 August Zürich 1975 20.04h +1.3  Donald Quarrie (JAM) 7 June Eugene 1976 20.10 +1.7  Millard Hampton (USA) 22 June Eugene 1977 20.08A +0.1  Silvio Leonard (CUB) 12 August Guadalajara 1978 20.03 +1.6  Clancy Edwards (USA) 29 April Westwood 1979 19.72A +1.8  Pietro Mennea (ITA) 12 September Mexico City 1980 19.96 +0.0  Pietro Mennea (ITA) 17 August Barletta 1981 20.20 +1.4  James Sanford (USA) 10 May Westwood 1982 20.15A +0.3  Mike Miller (USA) 2 June Provo 1983 19.75 +1.5  Carl Lewis (USA) 19 June Indianapolis 1984 19.80 −0.9  Carl Lewis (USA) 8 August Los Angeles 1985 20.07 +1.5  Lorenzo Daniel (USA) 18 May Starkville 1986 20.12 +0.6  Floyd Heard (USA) 7 July Moscow 1987 19.92 +1.3  Carl Lewis (USA) 4 May Madrid 1988 19.75 +1.7  Joe DeLoach (USA) 28 August Seoul 1989 19.96 +0.4  Robson da Silva (BRA) 25 August Brussels 1990 19.85 +0.4  Michael Johnson (USA) 6 July Edinburgh 1991 19.88 −0.9  Michael Johnson (USA) 20 September Barcelona 1992 19.73 −0.2  Michael Marsh (USA) 5 August Barcelona 1993 19.85 +0.3  Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 20 August Stuttgart 1994 19.87A +1.8  John Regis (GBR) 31 July Sestriere 1995 19.79 +0.5  Michael Johnson (USA) 11 August Gothenburg 1996 19.32 +0.4  Michael Johnson (USA) 1 August Atlanta 1997 19.77 +0.7  Ato Boldon (TRI) 13 July Stuttgart 1998 19.88 −0.4  Ato Boldon (TRI) 17 June Athens 1999 19.84 +1.7  Francis Obikwelu (NGR) 25 August Seville 2000 19.71A +1.8  Michael Johnson (USA) 18 March Pietersburg 2001 19.88 +0.1  Joshua J. Johnson (USA) 24 August Brussels 2002 19.85A +0.0  Shawn Crawford (USA) 12 April Pretoria 19.85 −0.5  Konstadínos Kedéris (GRE) 9 August Munich 2003 20.01 +0.3  Bernard Williams (USA) 11 July Rome 2004 19.79 +1.2  Shawn Crawford (USA) 26 August Athens 2005 19.89 +1.8  Wallace Spearmon (USA) 22 July London 2006 19.63 +0.4  Xavier Carter (USA) 11 July Lausanne 2007 19.62 −0.3  Tyson Gay (USA) 24 June Indianapolis 2008 19.30 −0.9  Usain Bolt (JAM) 20 August Beijing 2009 19.19 −0.3  Usain Bolt (JAM) 20 August Berlin 2010 19.56 −0.8  Usain Bolt (JAM) 1 May Kingston 2011 19.26 +0.7  Yohan Blake (JAM) 16 September Brussels 2012 19.32 +0.4  Usain Bolt (JAM) 9 August London 2013 19.66 +0.0  Usain Bolt (JAM) 17 August Moscow 2014 19.68 −0.5  Justin Gatlin (USA) 18 July Monaco 2015 19.55 −0.1  Usain Bolt (JAM) 27 August Beijing 2016 19.74 +1.4  LaShawn Merritt (USA) 8 July Eugene 2017 19.77 +0.0  Isaac Makwala (BOT) 14 July Madrid 2018 19.65 +0.9  Noah Lyles (USA) 20 July Monaco 2019 19.50 −0.1  Noah Lyles (USA) 5 July Lausanne 2020 19.76 +0.7  Noah Lyles (USA) 14 August Monaco 2021 19.52 +1.5  Noah Lyles (USA) 21 August Eugene 2022 19.31 +0.4  Noah Lyles (USA) 21 July Eugene 2023 19.47 +1.6  Noah Lyles (USA) 23 July London

Women Year Time Wind Athlete Date Place 1968 22.58A +2.0  Irena Szewinska (POL) 18 October Mexico City 1970 22.62 +0.8  Chi Cheng (ROC) 12 July Munich 1971 22.70 +0.0  Renate Stecher (GDR) 13 August Helsinki 1972 22.40 +1.1  Renate Stecher (GDR) 7 September Munich 1973 22.38 +1.6  Renate Stecher (GDR) 21 July Dresden 1974 22.21 +1.9  Irena Szewinska (POL) 13 June Potsdam 1975 22.44 N/A  Renate Stecher (GDR) 10 August Potsdam 1976 22.37 +0.0  Bärbel Wöckel (GDR) 24 August Zürich 1977 22.37 +0.8  Irena Szewinska (POL) 24 August Zürich 1978 22.06 +1.2  Marita Koch (GDR) 28 May Erfurt 1979 21.71 +0.7  Marita Koch (GDR) 6 June Karl-Marx-Stadt 1980 22.01 +0.6  Bärbel Wöckel (GDR) 18 July Cottbus 1981 21.84 −1.1  Evelyn Ashford (USA) 28 August Brussels 1982 21.76 +0.3  Marita Koch (GDR) 3 July Dresden 1983 21.82 +1.3  Marita Koch (GDR) 18 June Karl-Marx-Stadt 1984 21.71 +0.3  Marita Koch (GDR) 21 July Potsdam 1985 21.78 −1.3  Marita Koch (GDR) 11 August Leipzig 1986 21.71 +1.2  Heike Drechsler (GDR) 29 June Jena −0.7  Heike Drechsler (GDR) 29 August Stuttgart 1987 21.74 +1.3  Silke Gladisch (GDR) 3 September Rome 1988 21.34 +1.3  Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) 29 August Seoul 1989 22.04A +0.7  Dawn Sowell (USA) 2 June Provo 1990 21.66 −1.0  Merlene Ottey (JAM) 15 August Zürich 1991 21.64 +0.8  Merlene Ottey (JAM) 13 September Brussels 1992 21.72 −0.1  Gwen Torrence (USA) 5 August Barcelona 1993 21.77 +1.0  Merlene Ottey (JAM) 7 August Monaco 1994 21.85 −0.8  Gwen Torrence (USA) 12 August Durham 1995 21.77 −0.3  Gwen Torrence (USA) 18 August Cologne 1996 22.07 +0.4  Marie-José Pérec (FRA) 1 August Atlanta −0.1  Mary Onyali (NGR) 14 August Zürich 1997 21.76 −0.8  Marion Jones (USA) 13 August Zürich 1998 21.62A −0.6  Marion Jones (USA) 11 September Johannesburg 1999 21.77 +0.6  Inger Miller (USA) 27 August Seville 2000 21.94 +1.8  Marion Jones (USA) 23 July Sacramento 2001 22.39 +1.8  LaTasha Jenkins (USA) 23 June Eugene −0.3  Debbie Ferguson (BAH) 9 August Edmonton 2002 22.20 +0.0  Dbbie Ferguson (BAH) 29 July Manchester 2003 22.11A −0.5  Allyson Felix (USA) 3 May Mexico City 2004 22.05 +0.8  Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) 25 August Athens 2005 22.13 +0.3  Allyson Felix (USA) 26 June Carson 2006 22.00 +1.3  Sherone Simpson (JAM) 25 June Kingston −0.3  Sherone Simpson (JAM) 25 July Stockholm 2007 21.81 +1.7  Allyson Felix (USA) 31 August Osaka 2008 21.74 +0.6  Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) 21 August Beijing 2009 21.88 +1.3  Allyson Felix (USA) 31 July Stockholm 2010 21.98 +1.4  Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) 12 June New York City 2011 22.15 +1.0  Shalonda Solomon (USA) 26 June Eugene 2012 21.69 +1.0  Allyson Felix (USA) 30 June Eugene 2013 22.13 +1.0  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) 23 June Kingston 2014 22.02 +0.1  Allyson Felix (USA) 5 September Brussels 2015 21.63 +0.2  Dafne Schippers (NED) 28 August Beijing 2016 21.78 −0.1  Elaine Thompson (JAM) 17 August Rio de Janeiro 2017 21.77 +1.5  Tori Bowie (USA) 27 May Eugene 2018 21.89 +0.2  Dina Asher-Smith (GBR) 11 August Berlin 2019 21.74 −0.4  Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH) 29 August Zürich 2020 21.98 +2.0  Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH) 25 July Clermont 2021 21.53 +0.8  Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM) 3 August Tokyo 2022 21.45 +0.6  Shericka Jackson (JAM) 21 July Eugene 2023 21.41 +0.1  Shericka Jackson (JAM) 25 August Budapest