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* [[Valerie Brisco-Hooks]]
* [[Valerie Brisco-Hooks]]
* [[Merlene Ottey]]
* [[Merlene Ottey]]

==Best Year Performance==
===Men's Seasons Best===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!YEAR!!TIME!!align="left" style="width: 18em"|ATHLETE!!align="left" style="width: 10em"|PLACE
|-
|align="center"|[[1971 in athletics (track and field)|1971]]
|align="center"|'''19.86'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Donald Quarrie]]|JAM}}
|align="center"|[[Cali]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1972 in athletics (track and field)|1972]]
|align="center"|'''20.00'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Valeri Borzov]]|URS}}
|align="center"|[[Munich]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1973 in athletics (track and field)|1973]]
|align="center"|'''20.33'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Steve Williams (athlete)|Steve Williams]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Bakersfield]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1974 in athletics (track and field)|1974]]
|align="center"|'''20.06'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Donald Quarrie]]|JAM}}
|align="center"|[[Zürich]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1975 in athletics (track and field)|1975]]
|align="center"|'''20.12'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Donald Quarrie]]|JAM}}
|align="center"|[[Eugene]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1976 in athletics (track and field)|1976]]
|align="center"|'''20.10'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Millard Hampton]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Eugene]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1977 in athletics (track and field)|1977]]
|align="center"|'''20.08'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Silvio Leonard]]|CUB}}
|align="center"|[[Guadalajara]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1978 in athletics (track and field)|1978]]
|align="center"|'''20.03'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Clancy Edwards]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Westwood]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1979 in athletics (track and field)|1979]]
|align="center"|'''19.72'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Pietro Mennea]]|ITA}}
|align="center"|[[Mexico City]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1980 in athletics (track and field)|1980]]
|align="center"|'''19.96'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Pietro Mennea]]|ITA}}
|align="center"|[[Barletta]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1981 in athletics (track and field)|1981]]
|align="center"|'''20.20'''
|{{flagathlete|[[James Sanford]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Westwood]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1982 in athletics (track and field)|1982]]
|align="center"|'''20.15'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Mike Miller (athlete)|Mike Miller]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Provo]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1983 in athletics (track and field)|1983]]
|align="center"|'''19.75'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Carl Lewis]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Indianapolis]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1984 in athletics (track and field)|1984]]
|align="center"|'''19.80'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Carl Lewis]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Los Angeles]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1985 in athletics (track and field)|1985]]
|align="center"|'''20.07'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Lorenzo Daniel]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Starkville]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1986 in athletics (track and field)|1986]]
|align="center"|'''20.10'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Floyd Heard]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Moscow]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1987 in athletics (track and field)|1987]]
|align="center"|'''19.92'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Carl Lewis]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Madrid]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1988 in athletics (track and field)|1988]]
|align="center"|'''19.75'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Joe DeLoach]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Seoul]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1989 in athletics (track and field)|1989]]
|align="center"|'''19.96'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Robson da Silva]]|BRA}}
|align="center"|[[Bruxelles]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1990 in athletics (track and field)|1990]]
|align="center"|'''19.85'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Michael Johnson (athlete)|Michael Johnson]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Edinburgh]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1991 in athletics (track and field)|1991]]
|align="center"|'''19.88'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Michael Johnson (athlete)|Michael Johnson]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Barcelona]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1992 in athletics (track and field)|1992]]
|align="center"|'''19.73'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Mike Marsh (sprinter)|Mike Marsh]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Barcelona]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1993 in athletics (track and field)|1993]]
|align="center"|'''19.85'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Frankie Fredericks]]|NAM}}
|align="center"|[[Stuttgart]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1994 in athletics (track and field)|1994]]
|align="center"|'''19.87'''
|{{flagathlete|[[John Regis (athlete)|John Regis]]|GBR}}
|align="center"|[[Sestriere]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1995 in athletics (track and field)|1995]]
|align="center"|'''19.79'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Michael Johnson (athlete)|Michael Johnson]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Göteborg]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1996 in athletics (track and field)|1996]]
|align="center"|'''19.32'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Michael Johnson (athlete)|Michael Johnson]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Atlanta]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1997 in athletics (track and field)|1997]]
|align="center"|'''19.77'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Ato Boldon]]|TRI}}
|align="center"|[[Stuttgart]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1998 in athletics (track and field)|1998]]
|align="center"|'''19.88'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Ato Boldon]]|TRI}}
|align="center"|[[Athens]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1999 in athletics (track and field)|1999]]
|align="center"|'''19.84'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Francis Obikwelu]]|NGR}}
|align="center"|[[Seville]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[2000 in athletics (track and field)|2000]]
|align="center"|'''19.71'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Michael Johnson (athlete)|Michael Johnson]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Pietersburg]]
|-
|align="center"|[[2001 in athletics (track and field)|2001]]
|align="center"|'''19.88'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Joshua J. Johnson]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Bruxelles]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[2002 in athletics (track and field)|2002]]
|align="center"|'''19.85'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Shawn Crawford]]|USA}}</br>{{flagathlete|[[Konstantinos Kenteris]]|GRE}}
|align="center"|[[Pretoria]]</br>[[Munich]]
|-
|align="center"|[[2003 in athletics (track and field)|2003]]
|align="center"|'''20.01'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Bernard Williams (athlete)|Bernard Williams]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Rome]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[2004 in athletics (track and field)|2004]]
|align="center"|'''19.79'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Shawn Crawford]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Athens]]
|-
|align="center"|[[2005 in athletics (track and field)|2005]]
|align="center"|'''19.89'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Wallace Spearmon]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[London]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[2006 in athletics (track and field)|2006]]
|align="center"|'''19.63'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Xavier Carter]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Lausanne]]
|-
|align="center"|[[2007 in athletics (track and field)|2007]]
|align="center"|'''19.62'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Tyson Gay]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Indianapolis]]
|}
<br>
===Women's Seasons Best===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!YEAR!!TIME!!align="left" style="width: 18em"|ATHLETE!!align="left" style="width: 10em"|PLACE
|-
|align="center"|[[1972 in athletics (track and field)|1972]]
|align="center"|'''22.40'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Renate Stecher]]|GDR}}
|align="center"|[[München]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1973 in athletics (track and field)|1973]]
|align="center"|'''22.38'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Renate Stecher]]|GDR}}
|align="center"|[[Dresden]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1974 in athletics (track and field)|1974]]
|align="center"|'''22.21'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Irena Szewinska]]|POL}}
|align="center"|[[Potsdam]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1975 in athletics (track and field)|1975]]
|align="center"|'''22.44'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Renate Stecher]]|GDR}}
|align="center"|[[Potsdam]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1976 in athletics (track and field)|1976]]
|align="center"|'''22.37'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Bärbel Wöckel]]|GDR}}
|align="center"|[[Montréal]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1977 in athletics (track and field)|1977]]
|align="center"|'''22.37'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Irena Szewinska]]|POL}}
|align="center"|[[Zürich]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1978 in athletics (track and field)|1978]]
|align="center"|'''22.06'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Marita Koch]]|GDR}}
|align="center"|[[Erfurt]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1979 in athletics (track and field)|1979]]
|align="center"|'''21.71'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Marita Koch]]|GDR}}
|align="center"|[[Karl-Marx-Stadt]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1980 in athletics (track and field)|1980]]
|align="center"|'''22.01'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Bärbel Wöckel]]|GDR}}
|align="center"|[[Cottbus]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1981 in athletics (track and field)|1981]]
|align="center"|'''21.84'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Evelyn Ashford]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Bruxelles]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1982 in athletics (track and field)|1982]]
|align="center"|'''21.76'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Marita Koch]]|GDR}}
|align="center"|[[Dresden]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1983 in athletics (track and field)|1983]]
|align="center"|'''21.82'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Marita Koch]]|GDR}}
|align="center"|[[Karl-Marx-Stadt]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1984 in athletics (track and field)|1984]]
|align="center"|'''21.71'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Marita Koch]]|GDR}}
|align="center"|[[Potsdam]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1985 in athletics (track and field)|1985]]
|align="center"|'''21.78'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Marita Koch]]|GDR}}
|align="center"|[[Leipzig]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1986 in athletics (track and field)|1986]]
|align="center"|'''21.71'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Heike Drechsler]]|GDR}}
|align="center"|[[Jena]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1987 in athletics (track and field)|1987]]
|align="center"|'''21.74'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Silke Möller]]|GDR}}
|align="center"|[[Rome]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1988 in athletics (track and field)|1988]]
|align="center"|'''21.34'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Florence Griffith-Joyner]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Seoul]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1989 in athletics (track and field)|1989]]
|align="center"|'''22.04'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Dawn Sowell]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Provo]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1990 in athletics (track and field)|1990]]
|align="center"|'''21.66'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Merlene Ottey]]|JAM}}
|align="center"|[[Zürich]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1991 in athletics (track and field)|1991]]
|align="center"|'''21.64'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Merlene Ottey]]|JAM}}
|align="center"|[[Bruxelles]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1992 in athletics (track and field)|1992]]
|align="center"|'''21.72'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Gwen Torrence]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Barcelona]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1993 in athletics (track and field)|1993]]
|align="center"|'''21.77'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Merlene Ottey]]|JAM}}
|align="center"|[[Monaco]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1994 in athletics (track and field)|1994]]
|align="center"|'''21.85'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Gwen Torrence]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Durham]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1995 in athletics (track and field)|1995]]
|align="center"|'''21.77'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Gwen Torrence]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Köln]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1996 in athletics (track and field)|1996]]
|align="center"|'''22.07'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Marie-José Pérec]]|FRA}}</br>{{flagathlete|[[Mary Onyali]]|NGR}}
|align="center"|[[Atlanta]]</br>[[Zürich]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1997 in athletics (track and field)|1997]]
|align="center"|'''21.76'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Marion Jones]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Zürich]]
|-
|align="center"|[[1998 in athletics (track and field)|1998]]
|align="center"|'''21.62'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Marion Jones]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Johannesburg]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[1999 in athletics (track and field)|1999]]
|align="center"|'''21.77'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Inger Miller]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Sevilla]]
|-
|align="center"|[[2000 in athletics (track and field)|2000]]
|align="center"|'''21.94'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Marion Jones]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Sacramento]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[2001 in athletics (track and field)|2001]]
|align="center"|'''22.39'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Debbie Ferguson]]|BAH}}</br>{{flagathlete|[[LaTasha Jenkins]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Edmonton]]</br>[[Eugene]]
|-
|align="center"|[[2002 in athletics (track and field)|2002]]
|align="center"|'''22.20'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Debbie Ferguson]]|BAH}}
|align="center"|[[Manchester]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[2003 in athletics (track and field)|2003]]
|align="center"|'''22.11'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Allyson Felix]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Mexico City]]
|-
|align="center"|[[2004 in athletics (track and field)|2004]]
|align="center"|'''22.05'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Veronica Campbell]]|JAM}}
|align="center"|[[Athens]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[2005 in athletics (track and field)|2005]]
|align="center"|'''22.13'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Allyson Felix]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Carson]]
|-
|align="center"|[[2006 in athletics (track and field)|2006]]
|align="center"|'''22.00'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Sherone Simpson]]|JAM}}
|align="center"|[[Kingston]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|align="center"|[[2007 in athletics (track and field)|2007]]
|align="center"|'''21.81'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Allyson Felix]]|USA}}
|align="center"|[[Osaka]]
|}


== All-time fastest 200 m athletes ==
== All-time fastest 200 m athletes ==
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|-
|-
| +0.2 ||[[Usain Bolt]] || {{JAM}} || [[24 June]] [[2007]] || [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
| +0.2 ||[[Usain Bolt]] || {{JAM}} || [[24 June]] [[2007]] || [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
|-
! 12.
| '''19.77''' || +0.7 ||[[Ato Boldon]] || {{TRI}} || [[13 July]] [[1997]] || [[Stuttgart]]
|-
! 13.
| '''19.79''' || +1.2 ||[[Shawn Crawford]] || {{USA}} || [[26 August]] [[2004]] || [[Athens]]
|-
! 14.
| '''19.83''' || +0.9 ||[[Tommie Smith]] || {{USA}} || [[16 October]] [[1968]] || [[Mexico City]]
|-
! 15.
| '''19.84''' || +1.7 ||[[Francis Obikwelu]] || {{POR}} || [[25 August]] [[1999]] || [[Seville]]
|-
!rowspan=2| 16.
|rowspan=2|'''19.85'''
| -0.3 ||[[John Capel ]] || {{USA}} || [[23 July]] [[2000]] || [[Sacramento]]
|-
| -0.5 ||[[Konstadinos Kederis]] || {{GRE}} || [[9 August]] [[2002]] || [[Munich]]
|}
|}


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! 10.
! 10.
| '''21.75''' || [[Juliet Cuthbert]] || {{JAM}} || [[15 August]] [[1992]] || [[Barcelona]]
| '''21.75''' || [[Juliet Cuthbert]] || {{JAM}} || [[15 August]] [[1992]] || [[Barcelona]]
|-
! 11.
| '''21.77''' || [[Inger Miller]] || {{USA}} || [[27 August]] [[1999]] || [[Sevilla]]
|-
!rowspan=2| 12
|rowspan=2|'''21.81'''
| [[Valerie Brisco-Hooks]] || {{USA}} || [[9 August]] [[1984]] || [[Los Angeles]]
|-
| [[Allyson Felix]] || {{USA}} || [[31 August]] [[2007]] || [[Osaka]]
|-
! 14.
| '''21.83''' || [[Evelyn Ashford]] || {{USA}} || [[24 August]] [[1979]] || [[Montreal]]
|-
! 15.
| '''21.85''' || [[Bärbel Wöckel]] || {{GDR}} || [[21 July]] [[1984]] || [[Potsdam]]
|-
! 16.
| '''21.87''' || [[Irina Privalova]] || {{RUS}} || [[25 July]] [[1995]] || [[Monaco]]
|-
! 17.
| '''21.93''' || [[Pam Marshall]] || {{USA}} || [[23 July]] [[1988]] || [[Indianapolis]]
|-
! 18.
| '''21.95''' || [[Katrin Krabbe]] || {{GDR}}/{{GER}} || [[30 August]] [[1990]] || [[Split]]
|-
! 19.
| '''21.97''' || [[Jarmila Kratochvílová]] || {{TCH}} || [[6 June]] [[1981]] || [[Bratislava]]
|-
!rowspan=2| 20
|rowspan=2|'''21.99'''
| [[Chandra Cheeseborough]] || {{USA}} || [[19 June]] [[1983]] || [[Indianapolis]]
|-
| [[Marie-José Pérec ]] || {{FRA}} || [[2 July]] [[1993]] || [[Villeneuve d'Ascq]]
|}
|}


Revision as of 05:33, 7 March 2008

A 200 metre race is a sprint running event. Despite the fact that it is often a faster race than the 100 m, it is less popular than the 100 m, and often attracts runners from that event who wish to "double up" and claim both titles. This feat has been achieved eight times at the Olympic Games, the last by Carl Lewis in 1984. An Olympic double of 200 m and 400 m was first achieved by Valerie Brisco-Hooks in 1984, and later by Michael Johnson and Marie-José Pérec in 1996.

On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. To most trained runners, this is a pure power race. A slightly shorter race, run on a straight track, was the first recorded event at the Ancient Olympics. Despite being twice as long as the 100 m, the best 200 m runners can run a 200 m in a time similar to or even faster than double their 100 m time. This is primarily because the athlete comes into the final straight at full speed already, therefore enabling them to run the second half of the 200 m faster than an athlete can usually run a regular 100 m. For example, Michael Johnson's world record represents an average speed of 10.35 m/s (37.3 km/h or 23.1 mph), faster than the average speed for the current 100 m world record of 9.74 s, which represents an average speed of 10.27 m/s (37.0 km/h or 23.0 mph).

In the United States, athletes previously ran the 220-yard dash (201.168 m) instead of the 200 m, though the distance is now obsolete. The standard adjustment used for the conversion from times recorded over 220 yards to 200 m times is 0.1 seconds,[1] but other conversion factors exist.

The current men's world record holder is Michael Johnson, who ran 19.32 s at the 1996 Olympic Games. The current women's world record holder is Florence Griffith-Joyner, who ran 21.34 s at the 1988 Olympic Games. The reigning Olympic champions are Shawn Crawford and Veronica Campbell.

Famous 200 m runners

Men

Women

All-time fastest 200 m athletes

Men

Updated 7 January 2008. Only the fastest time for each athlete is listed.

Rank Res. Wind Athlete Nation Date Place
1. 19.32 +0.4 Michael Johnson  United States 1 August 1996 Atlanta
2. 19.62 -0.3 Tyson Gay  United States 24 June 2007 Indianapolis
3. 19.63 +0.4 Xavier Carter  United States 11 July 2006 Lausanne
4. 19.65 ±0.0 Wallace Spearmon  United States 28 September 2006 Daegu
5. 19.68 +0.4 Frank Fredericks  Namibia 1 August 1996 Atlanta
6. 19.69 +0.9 Walter Dix  United States 26 May 2007 Gainesville
7. 19.72 +1.8 Pietro Mennea  Italy 12 September 1979 Mexico City
8. 19.73 -0.2 Michael Marsh  United States 5 August 1992 Barcelona
9. 19.75 +1.5 Carl Lewis  United States 19 June 1983 Indianapolis
+1.7 Joe DeLoach  United States 28 September 1988 Seoul
+0.2 Usain Bolt  Jamaica 24 June 2007 Kingston

Women

Updated 7 January 2008

Rank Res. Athlete Nation Date Place
1. 21.34 Florence Griffith-Joyner  United States 29 September 1988 Seoul
2. 21.62 Marion Jones  United States 11 September 1998 Johannesburg
3. 21.64 Merlene Ottey  Jamaica 13 September 1991 Brussels
4 21.71 Marita Koch  East Germany 10 June 1979 Karl-Marx-Stadt
Heike Drechsler  East Germany 29 June 1986 Jena
6 21.72 Grace Jackson  Jamaica 29 September 1988 Seoul
Gwen Torrence  United States 15 August 1992 Barcelona
8 21.74 Marlies Göhr  East Germany 3 June 1984 Erfurt
Silke Gladisch-Möller  East Germany 3 September 1987 Rome
10. 21.75 Juliet Cuthbert  Jamaica 15 August 1992 Barcelona

Olympic medalists

Men

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Paris  John Tewksbury (USA)  Norman Pritchard (IND)  Stanley Rowley (AUS)
1904 St. Louis  Archie Hahn (USA)  Nate Cartmell (USA)  William Hogenson (USA)
1908 London  Bobby Kerr (CAN)  Robert Cloughen (USA)  Nate Cartmell (USA)
1912 Stockholm  Ralph Craig (USA)  Don Lippincott (USA)  William Applegarth (GBR)
1920 Antwerp  Allen Woodring (USA)  Charlie Paddock (USA)  Harry Edward (GBR)
1924 Paris  Jackson Scholz (USA)  Charlie Paddock (USA)  Eric Liddell (GBR)
1928 Amsterdam  Percy Williams (CAN)  Walter Rangeley (GBR)  Helmut Körnig (GER)
1932 Los Angeles  Eddie Tolan (USA)  George Simpson (USA)  Ralph Metcalfe (USA)
1936 Berlin  Jesse Owens (USA)  Mack Robinson (USA)  Tinus Osendarp (NED)
1948 London  Mel Patton (USA)  Barney Ewell (USA)  Lloyd LaBeach (PAN)
1952 Helsinki  Andy Stanfield (USA)  Thane Baker (USA)  James Gathers (USA)
1956 Melbourne  Bobby Joe Morrow (USA)  Andy Stanfield (USA)  Thane Baker (USA)
1960 Rome  Livio Berruti (ITA)  Lester Carney (USA)  Abdoulaye Seye (FRA)
1964 Tokyo  Henry Carr (USA)  Paul Drayton (USA)  Edwin Roberts (TRI)
1968 Mexico City  Tommie Smith (USA)  Peter Norman (AUS)  John Carlos (USA)
1972 Munich  Valeri Borzov (URS)  Larry Black (USA)  Pietro Mennea (ITA)
1976 Montreal  Don Quarrie (JAM)  Millard Hampton (USA)  Dwayne Evans (USA)
1980 Moscow  Pietro Mennea (ITA)  Allan Wells (GBR)  Don Quarrie (JAM)
1984 Los Angeles  Carl Lewis (USA)  Kirk Baptiste (USA)  Thomas Jefferson (USA)
1988 Seoul  Joe DeLoach (USA)  Carl Lewis (USA)  Robson da Silva (BRA)
1992 Barcelona  Mike Marsh (USA)  Frankie Fredericks (NAM)  Michael Bates (USA)
1996 Atlanta  Michael Johnson (USA)  Frankie Fredericks (NAM)  Ato Boldon (TRI)
2000 Sydney  Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE)  Darren Campbell (GBR)  Ato Boldon (TRI)
2004 Athens  Shawn Crawford (USA)  Bernard Williams (USA)  Justin Gatlin (USA)

Women

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1948 London  Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)  Audrey Williamson (GBR)  Audrey Patterson (USA)
1952 Helsinki  Marjorie Jackson (AUS)  Puck Brouwer (NED)  Nadezhda Khnykina (URS)
1956 Melbourne  Betty Cuthbert (AUS)  Christa Stubnick (EUA)  Marlene Mathews (AUS)
1960 Rome  Wilma Rudolph (USA)  Jutta Heine (EUA)  Dorothy Hyman (GBR)
1964 Tokyo  Edith McGuire (USA)  Irena Kirszenstein (POL)  Marilyn Black (AUS)
1968 Mexico City  Irena Szewińska (POL)  Raelene Boyle (AUS)  Jenny Lamy (AUS)
1972 Munich  Renate Stecher (GDR)  Raelene Boyle (AUS)  Irena Szewińska (POL)
1976 Montreal  Bärbel Eckert (GDR)  Annegret Richter (FRG)  Renate Stecher (GDR)
1980 Moscow  Bärbel Wöckel (GDR)  Natalya Bochina (URS)  Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1984 Los Angeles  Valerie Brisco-Hooks (USA)  Florence Griffith (USA)  Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1988 Seoul  Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)  Grace Jackson (JAM)  Heike Drechsler (GDR)
1992 Barcelona  Gwen Torrence (USA)  Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)  Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1996 Atlanta  Marie-José Perec (FRA)  Merlene Ottey (JAM)  Mary Onyali (NGR)
2000 Sydney vacant[2]  Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH)  Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)
2004 Athens  Veronica Campbell (JAM)  Allyson Felix (USA)  Debbie Ferguson (BAH)

World Championship medalists

Men

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Calvin Smith (USA) Elliott Quow (USA) Pietro Mennea (ITA)
1987 Calvin Smith (USA) Gilles Queneherve (FRA) John Regis (GBR)
1991 Michael Johnson (USA) Frankie Fredericks (NAM) Atlee Mahorn (CAN)
1993 Frankie Fredericks (NAM) John Regis (GBR) Carl Lewis (USA)
1995 Michael Johnson (USA) Frankie Fredericks (NAM) Jeff Williams (USA)
1997 Ato Boldon (TRI) Frankie Fredericks (NAM) Claudinei da Silva (BRA)
1999 Maurice Greene (USA) Claudinei da Silva (BRA) Francis Obikwelu (NIG)
2001 Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE) Christopher Williams (JAM) Shawn Crawford (USA)
2003 John Capel (USA) Darvis Patton (USA) Shingo Suetsugu (JPN)
2005 Justin Gatlin (USA) Wallace Spearmon (USA) John Capel (USA)
2007 Tyson Gay (USA) Usain Bolt (JAM) Wallace Spearmon (USA)

Women

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Marita Koch (GDR) Merlene Ottey (JAM) Kathy Smallwood-Cook (GBR)
1987 Silke Gladisch (GDR) Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1991 Katrin Krabbe (GER) Gwen Torrence (USA) Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1993 Merlene Ottey (JAM) Gwen Torrence (USA) Irina Privalova (RUS)
1995 Merlene Ottey (JAM) Irina Privalova (RUS) Galina Malchugina (RUS)
1997 Zhanna Pintusevich-Block (UKR) Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI) Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1999 Inger Miller (USA) Beverly McDonald (JAM) Merlene Frazer (JAM)

Andrea Philipp (GER)

2001 Marion Jones (USA) Debbie Ferguson (JAM) LaTasha Jenkins (USA)
2003 Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (RUS) Torri Edwards (USA) Muriel Hurtis (FRA)
2005 Allyson Felix (USA) Rachelle Boone-Smith (USA) Christine Arron (FRA)
2007 Allyson Felix (USA) Veronica Campbell (JAM) Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)

References

  1. ^ "Converting Times from English to Metric Distances". National Federation of State High School Associations. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Jones was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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