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Men's 200 metres world record progression

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The "Time" column indicates the ratified mark; the "Wind" column indicates the wind assistance in metres per second, 2.0 m/s the current maximum allowable, a negative indicates the mark was set running into a wind; the "Auto" column indicates a fully automatic time that was also recorded in the event
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The IAAF maintained separate records for 200 m over a straight track and over a curved track until 1976, when records for the former were discarded. The IAAF ratified the first record for 200 m on a curved track in 1951. "y" denotes times for 220 yards (201.17 m) which were also ratified for the
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Henry Carr's winning time at the 1964 Olympics (17 October) was a hand timed 20.3 seconds. The electronic time was 20.36 seconds, which was the fastest auto time to that date. Tommie Smith ran 20.26 for 220 yards at Provo in 1967. By deducting .12 seconds for the 200 metre equivalent, he is
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when hand-timed marks were used for official records, or which was the basis for the official mark, rounded to the 10th or 100th of a second, depending on the rules then in place.
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Beginning in 1975, the IAAF accepted separate automatically electronically timed records for events up to 400 metres. Starting on January 1, 1977, the IAAF required
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Tommie Smith's 1968 Olympic gold medal victory was the fastest recorded fully electronic 200 metre sprint up to that time.
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The record progressions for automatic times at low altitude (after Carr's 20.36 in 1964) were 20.30 seconds by
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John Carlos ran 19.7A seconds (19.92A auto) (1.9 ms wind), at altitude, at the 1968 US Olympic Trials in
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20.28, 1972 at Munich, 20.00 (Borzov, 1972 also at Munich), 19.96 (Mennea, 1980), 19.75 (
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As of 2018, the IAAF has ratified 24 world records in the event.
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original source has the correct year--1966, not 1968
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The current record of 19.19 seconds was set by 3138: 932:to the hundredth of a second for these events. 2750:Central American Junior and Youth Championships 920:estimated to have run 20.14 for that distance. 2227: 1477: 22:World record progression for the men's 200 m. 824: 813: 773: 762: 2465:North, Central American and Caribbean Youth 1238:Women's 200 metres world record progression 2234: 2220: 1484: 1470: 1260: 1258: 3147:Men's world athletics record progressions 2419:North, Central American and Caribbean U20 2373:North, Central American and Caribbean U23 1243:Men's 100 metres world record progression 864: 717: 672: 627: 581: 375: 291: 89: 2241: 17: 1419:Clarey, Christopher (August 20, 2009). 1341: 1339: 1337: 1335: 1333: 1331: 1329: 1327: 1325: 1323: 1321: 1319: 1317: 1315: 1313: 1255: 3139: 1418: 1412: 1311: 1309: 1307: 1305: 1303: 1301: 1299: 1297: 1295: 1293: 2781:South American Under-23 Championships 2327:North, Central American and Caribbean 2215: 1465: 1385: 1383: 44:2009 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world record
200 metres
IAAF
Usain Bolt
2009 World Championships in Athletics
y
Andy Stanfield
United States
Philadelphia
United States
Andy Stanfield
United States
Los Angeles
United States
Thane Baker
United States
Bakersfield
United States
Bobby Morrow
United States
Melbourne
Australia
Manfred Germar
West Germany
Wuppertal
Germany
y
Ray Norton
United States

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