| Final 22:20 wind -0.8m/s | time | L | N | 100m | 200m | | 1. Tyson Gay |  USA | 19.76s | 4 | 1100 | 10.13s | 9.63s | | 2. Usain Bolt |  JAM | 19.91s | 5 | 709 | 10.15s | 9.76s | | 3. Wallace Spearmon | USA | 20.05s | 6 | 1139 | 10.32s | 9.73s | | 4. Rodney Martin | USA | 20.06s | 8 | 1118 | 10.30s | 9.80s | | 5. Churandy Martina |  AHO | 20.28s | 3 | 302 | 10.50s | 9.80s | | 6. Marvin Anderson | JAM | 20.28s | 7 | 705 | 10.50s | 9.80s | | 7. Christopher Williams | JAM | 20.57s | 9 | 726 | 10.50s | 10.10s | | 8. Anastasios Gousis |  GRE | 20.75s | 2 | 648 | 10.70s | 10.10s |
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The first round saw 16 men run quicker than 20.50 headed by the surprising Goúsis, who cut his lifetime best by more than three tenths to 20.11. Gay showed power in the second round, zipping to a 20.08 ahead of Anderson, while Bolt duplicated his teammate’s time of 20.13 in winning his heat. Bolt and Gay were the semi-final winners, with Spearmon and Anderson the athletes looking most likely to threaten the two favourites.
In the final, Bolt took an early lead over Gay (5.69 to 5.74 at 50m), but Gay had caught his tall (1.96m) rival by 100m, and he accelerated powerfully in the straight, passing 150m in 14.75 and gradually extending his lead to the finish. His time of 19.76 beat Michael Johnson’s championship record, while Bolt easily held off fast-finishing Spearmon who pipped Martin for the bronze.
| Heat 1 22:20 | Team | time | L | N | | 1. Usain Bolt |  JAM | 20.03s | 6 | 709 | | 2. Wallace Spearmon |  USA | 20.05s | 7 | 1139 | | 3. Rodney Martin | USA | 20.18s | 4 | 1118 | | 4. Churandy Martina |  AHO | 20.20s | 3 | 302 | | 5. Francis Obikwelu |  POR | 20.40s | 8 | 912 | | 6. Brian Dzingai |  ZIM | 20.45s | 5 | 1167 | | 7. Marcin Jedrusinski |  POL | 20.54s | 9 | 893 | | 8. Bryan Barnett |  CAN | 20.68s | 2 | 419 |
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| Heat 2 20:28 | Team | time | L | N | | 1. Tyson Gay | USA | 20.00s | 5 | 1100 | | 2. Marvin Anderson | JAM | 20.06s | 6 | 705 | | 3. Christopher Williams | JAM | 20.24s | 9 | 726 | | 4. Anastasios Goosis |  GRE | 20.33s | 7 | 648 | | 5. Brendan Christian | ANT | 20.36s | 3 | 314 | | 6. Paul Hession |  IRL | 20.50s | 4 | 685 | | 7. Kristof Beyens |  BEL | 20.53s | 8 | 359 | | 8. Patrick Johnson |  AUS | 20.73s | 2 | 326 |
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| Heat 1 20:10 | Team | time | L | N | | 1. Rodney Martin | USA | 20.25s | 6 | 1118 | | 2. Brian Dzingai | ZIM | 20.36s | 9 | 1167 | | 3. Brendan Christian |  ANT | 20.38s | 5 | 314 | | 4. Christopher Williams | JAM | 20.40s | 7 | 726 | | 5. Matic Osovnikar |  SLO | 20.47s | 8 | 994 | | 6. Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud |  EGY | 20.72s | 2 | 497 | | 7. Shinji Takahira |  JPN | 20.77s | 4 | 740 | | 8. James Dolphin |  NZL | 20.80s | 3 | 876 |
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| Heat 2 20:18 | Team | time | L | N | | 1. Usain Bolt | JAM | 20.13s | 7 | 709 | | 2. Wallace Spearmon | USA | 20.26s | 5 | 1139 | | 3. Churandy Martina | AHO | 20.39s | 6 | 302 | | 4. Bryan Barnett | CAN | 20.41s | 4 | 419 | | 5. Visa Hongisto |  FIN | 20.78s | 3 | 545 | | 6. Tomoya Kamiyama | JPN | 20.80s | 8 | 744 | | 7. BasÃlio de Moraes |  BRA | 21.07s | 9 | 389 | | 8. Jacobi Mitchell |  BAH | 21.07s | 2 | 354 |
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| Heat 3 20:26 | Team | time | L | N | | 1. Tyson Gay | USA | 20.08s | 7 | 1100 | | 2. Marvin Anderson | JAM | 20.13s | 4 | 705 | | 3. Francis Obikwelu | POR | 20.38s | 3 | 912 | | 4. Marcin Jedrusinski | POL | 20.53s | 2 | 893 | | 5. Sandro Viana | BRA | 20.68s | 6 | 387 | | 6. Shingo Suetsugu | JPN | 20.70s | 5 | 743 | | 7. Marco Cribari |  SUI | 20.86s | 8 | 1008 | | 8. Guus Hoogmoed |  NED | 21.32s | 9 | 848 |
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| Heat 4 20:34 | Team | time | L | N | | 1. Paul Hession | IRL | 20.50s | 5 | 685 | | 2. Anastasios Goosis | GRE | 20.51s | 4 | 648 | | 3. Kristof Beyens | BEL | 20.52s | 7 | 359 | | 4. Patrick Johnson | AUS | 20.62s | 6 | 326 | | 5. Arnaldo Abrantes | POR | 20.82s | 8 | 909 | | 6. Ivan Teplykh |  RUS | 20.98s | 3 | 970 | | 7. Marc Schneeberger | SUI | 21.09s | 2 | 1013 | | 8. Franklin Nazareno |  ECU | 21.50s | 9 | 492 |
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| Heat 1 11:10 | Team | time | L | N | | 1. Shinji Takahira | JPN | 20.83s | 8 | 740 | | 2. Christopher Williams | JAM | 20.88s | 4 | 726 | | 3. Basilio de Moraes | BRA | 21.09s | 5 | 389 | | 4. Franklin Nazareno | ECU | 21.18s | 7 | 492 | | 5. Juan Pedro Toledo |  MEX | 21.31s | 2 | 833 | | 6. Ruslan Abbasov |  AZE | 21.33s | 6 | 346 | | 7. Morne Nagel |  RSA | 21.35s | 9 | 940 | | 8. Harmon Harmon |  COK | 23.78s | 3 | 452 |
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| Heat 2 11:18 | Team | time | L | N | | 1. Tyson Gay | USA | 20.46s | 6 | 1100 | | 2. Churandy Martina | AHO | 20.47s | 3 | 302 | | 3. Sandro Viana | BRA | 20.47s | 4 | 387 | | 4. Matic Osovnikar | SLO | 20.51s | 9 | 994 | | 5. Visa Hongisto | FIN | 20.56s | 7 | 545 | | 6. James Dolphin | NZL | 20.65s | 5 | 876 | | 7. Marco Cribari | SUI | 20.71s | 2 | 1008 | | 8. Mphelave Dlamin |  SWZ | 21.96s | 8 | 1038 | | 9. Amaroy Marino |  PLW | 23.34s | 1 | 887 |
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| Heat 3 11:26 | Team | time | L | N | | 1. Bryan Barnett | CAN | 20.31s | 7 | 419 | | 2. Shingo Suetsugu | JPN | 20.47s | 6 | 743 | | 3. Patrick Johnson | AUS | 20.48s | 8 | 326 | | 4. Brian Dzingai | ZIM | 20.50s | 2 | 1167 | | 5. Guus Hoogmoed | NED | 20.57s | 5 | 848 | | 6. Seth Amoo |  GHA | 20.85s | 4 | 645 | | 7. Yik Chun Tang |  HKG | 21.72s | 9 | 665 | | 8. Sittichai Suwonprateep |  THA | 21.87s | 3 | 1043 |
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| Heat 4 11:34 | Team | time | L | N | | 1. Anastasios Gousis | GRE | 20.11s | 4 | 648 | | 2. Usain Bolt | JAM | 20.12s | 7 | 709 | | 3. Brendan Christian | ANT | 20.23s | 9 | 314 | | 4. Marcin Jedrusinski | POL | 20.31s | 8 | 893 | | 5. Arnaldo Abrantes | POR | 20.48s | 5 | 909 | | 6. Jacobi Mitchell | BAH | 20.81s | 2 | 354 | | 7. Ivan Teplykh | RUS | 20.81s | 3 | 970 | | 8. Michael Alicto |  GUM | 22.45s | 6 | 662 |
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| Heat 5 11:42 | Team | time | L | N | | 1. Rodney Martin | USA | 20.44s | 4 | 1118 | | 2. Paul Hession | IRL | 20.46s | 9 | 685 | | 3. Marc Schneeberger | SUI | 20.72s | 5 | 1013 | | 4. Tomoya Kamiyama | JPN | 20.78s | 7 | 744 | | 5. Christian Krone | RSA | 20.85s | 2 | 936 | | 6. Khalil Al-Hanahneh |  JOR | 21.01s | 6 | 727 | | 7. Courtny Bascombe |  VIN | 22.08s | 8 | 1163 | | -. Marek Niit |  EST | DNS | 3 | 526 |
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| Heat 6 11:50 | Team | time | L | N | | 1. Marvin Anderson | JAM | 20.43s | 7 | 705 | | 2. Kristof Beyens | BEL | 20.44s | 9 | 359 | | 3. Wallace Spearmon | USA | 20.45s | 4 | 1139 | | 4. Francis Obikwelu | POR | 20.61s | 2 | 912 | | 5. Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | EGY | 20.65s | 5 | 497 | | 6. Hitjivirue Kaanjuka |  NAM | 21.10s | 6 | 845 | | 7. Daniel Grueso |  COL | 21.11s | 3 | 453 | | 8. Zahir Naseer |  MDV | 23.27s | 8 | 826 |
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| Men 200m Startlist | | 59 Athletes /43 Countries | Team | Birth | Best | 2007 | Qual. | | 302 Churandy Martina | AHO | 3 Jul 84 | 20.27 | 20.35 | 20.27 | | 314 Brendan Christian | ANT | 11 Dec 83 | 20.29 | 20.33 | 20.33 | | 324 Joshua Ross | AUS | 9 Feb 81 | 20.53 | 20.53 | 20.53 | | 326 Patrick Johnson | AUS | 26 Sep 72 | 20.35 | 20.70 | 20.35 | | 346 Ruslan Abbasov | AZE | 24 Jun 86 | 20.74 | 20.74 | 20.74 | | 354 Jacobi Mitchell | BAH | 4 Jan 86 | 20.66 | 20.66 | 20.66 | | 359 Kristof Beyens | BEL | 13 Jul 83 | 20.45 | 20.53 | 20.53 | | 387 Sandro Viana | BRA | 26 Mar 77 | 20.43 | 20.43 | 20.43 | | 388 Vicente De Lima | BRA | 4 Jun 77 | 20.39 | 20.56 | 20.56 | | 419 Bryan Barnett | CAN | 10 Feb 87 | 20.48 | 20.48 | 20.48 | | 433 Delivert Arsene Kimbembe | CGO | 84 | 21.67 | | | 452 Harmon Harmon | COK | 15 May 80 | 22.64 | 22.94 | 22.94 | | 453 Daniel Grueso | COL | 30 Jul 85 | 20.66 | 20.66 | 20.66 | | 492 Franklin Nazareno | ECU | 24 Apr 87 | 20.47 | 20.47 | 20.47 | | 497 Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | EGY | 10 Jun 86 | 20.74 | 20.74 | 20.74 | | 526 Marek Niit | EST | 9 Aug 87 | 20.69 | 20.69 | 20.69 | | 545 Visa Hongisto | FIN | 9 Apr 87 | 20.75 | 20.75 | 20.75 | | 555 David Alerte | FRA | 18 Sep 84 | 20.33 | 20.33 | 20.33 | | 560 Eddy De Lepine | FRA | 30 Mar 84 | 20.51 | 20.51 | 20.51 | | 568 Idrissa M'barke | FRA | 30 Mar 83 | 20.87 | 20.70 | 21.08 | | 645 Seth Amoo | GHA | 20 Mar 83 | 20.36 | 20.72 | 20.55 | | 648 Anastásios GoÚsis | GRE | 7 Jul 79 | 20.43 | 20.43 | 20.43 | | 662 Michael Alicto | GUM | 28 Aug 82 | 23.10 | 23.10 | | | 665 Yik Chun Tang | HKG | 23 Jun 86 | 21.08 | 21.15 | 21.08 | | 685 Paul Hession | IRL | 27 Jan 83 | 20.30 | 20.30 | 20.30 | | 705 Marvin Anderson | JAM | 12 May 82 | 20.30 | 20.30 | 20.30 | | 709 Usain Bolt | JAM | 21 Aug 86 | 19.75 | 19.75 | 19.75 | | 711 Clement Campbell | JAM | 19 Feb 75 | 20.29 | 20.29 | 20.29 | | 726 Christopher Williams | JAM | 15 Mar 72 | 20.02 | 20.17 | 20.17 | | 727 Khalil Al-Hanahneh | JOR | 11 May 80 | 21.03 | 21.03 | 21.03 | | 740 Shinji Takahira | JPN | 18 Jul 84 | 20.35 | 20.52 | 20.35 | | 741 Naoki Tsukahara | JPN | 10 May 85 | 20.35 | 20.60 | 20.35 | | 743 Shingo Suetsugu | JPN | 2 Jun 80 | 20.03 | 20.20 | 20.20 | | 744 Tomoya Kamiyama | JPN | 21 Feb 88 | 20.69 | 20.69 | 20.69 | | 826 Zahir Naseer | MDV | 15 Nov 79 | 23.29 | 23.29 | 23.29 | | 833 Juan Pedro Toledo | MEX | 17 Jun 78 | 20.40 | 20.92 | 20.74 | | 845 Hitjivirue Kaanjura | NAM | 29 Dec 87 | 20.91 | 20.91 | 20.91 | | 848 Guus Hoogmoed | NED | 27 Sep 81 | 20.48 | 20.48 | 20.48 | | 856 Uchenna Emedolu | NGR | 17 Sep 76 | 20.31 | 20.66 | 20.51 | | 876 James Dolphin | NZL | 17 Jun 83 | 20.60 | 20.76 | 20.72 | | 887 Amaroy Marino | PLW | 3 Aug 89 | | | 893 Marcin Jedrusinski | POL | 28 Sep 81 | 20.31 | 20.53 | 20.53 | | 909 Arnaldo Abrantes | POR | 27 Nov 86 | 20.74 | 20.74 | 20.74 | | 912 Francis Obikwelu | POR | 22 Nov 78 | 19.84 | 20.46 | 20.01 | | 936 Christian Krone | RSA | 30 Aug 84 | 20.51 | 20.51 | 20.51 | | 940 Morne Nagel | RSA | 23 Mar 78 | 20.11 | 20.32 | 20.32 | | 970 Ivan Teplykh | RUS | 8 Feb 85 | 20.71 | 20.81 | 20.71 | | 994 Matic Osovnikar | SLO | 19 Jan 80 | 20.47 | 20.62 | 20.62 | | 1008 Marco Cribari | SUI | 7 Jul 85 | 20.54 | 20.54 | 20.54 | | 1013 Marc Schneerberger | SUI | 5 Jul 81 | 20.47 | 20.47 | 20.47 | | 1038 Mphelave Dlamin | SWZ | 21 Feb 71 | 21.24 | | 21.24 | | 1043 Sittichai Suwonprateep | THA | 17 Nov 80 | 20.75 | 22.02 | 20.75 | | 1081 Heber Viera | URU | 29 Apr 79 | 20.46 | 20.59 | 20.59 | | 1100 Tyson Gay | USA | 9 Aug 82 | 19.62 | 19.62 | 19.62 | | 1118 Rodney Martin | USA | 22 Dec 82 | 20.14 | 20.18 | 20.14 | | 1139 Wallace Spearmon | USA | 24 Dec 84 | 19.65 | 19.82 | 19.65 | | 1151 Jeremy Wariner | USA | 31 Jan 84 | 20.19 | 20.35 | 20.19 | | 1163 Courtny Bascombe | VIN | 24 May 85 | 22.36 | 22.36 | 22.36 | | 1167 Brian Dzingai | ZIM | 29 Apr 81 | 20.12 | 20.29 | 20.29 |
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