The men's 200 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 16 and 17 August.Start list The winning margin was 0.13 seconds.

In the final, Adam Gemili seemed to get the best start, but flanked by the Jamaican uniforms, he was quickly swallowed up. Midway into the turn, Usain Bolt had a clear lead. Coming off the turn, Bolt had several meters on the field. The winner determined, Bolt eased off and cruised across the finish in what would be a great time for any other human being, just a slow 200 for Bolt in 19.66. Coming off the turn about even with Gemili and Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir out in lane 8 separated from those two and gained significantly on the slowing Bolt, setting a personal best of 19.79. Taking a lesson from American teammate Wallace Spearmon who was vanquished in the semis, Curtis Mitchell spotted the field several meters then closed from last position at the end of the turn to take the bronze. Gemili took a full dive at the finish to try to beat Ashmeade but still finished in fifth.

Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record19.19 Berlin, Germany20 August 2009Championship recordWorld Leading19.73 Saint-Denis, France6 July 2013African Record19.68 Atlanta, GA, United States1 August 1996Asian Record20.03 Yokohama, Japan7 June 2003North, Central American and Caribbean record19.19 Berlin, Germany20 August 2009South American Record19.81 Berlin, Germany20 August 2009European Record19.72A Mexico City, Mexico12 September 1979Oceanian record20.06A Mexico City, Mexico15 October 1968

Qualification standards A timeB time 20.52 20.60

Schedule Date Time Round16 August 2013 10:35 Heats16 August 2013 19:40 Semifinals17 August 2013 20:05 Final

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.Heats Results

Wind: Heat 1: −0.4 m/s, Heat 2: −0.2 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: −0.7 m/s, Heat 5: −0.6 m/s, Heat 6: +0.2 m/s, Heat 7: +0.2 m/s.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 7 Anaso Jobodwana 20.17 Q 1 6 7 Adam Gemili 20.17 Q, PB 3 3 6 Warren Weir 20.34 Q 4 2 3 Churandy Martina 20.37 Q 4 1 2 Curtis Mitchell 20.37 Q 6 1 7 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure 20.44 Q 7 4 8 Alonso Edward 20.45 Q 8 2 8 Mosito Lehata 20.46 Q 9 2 6 Álex Quiñónez 20.47 q 9 3 4 Bruno Hortelano 20.47 Q, NR 11 3 3 Jimmy Vicaut 20.50 Q 12 1 5 Serhiy Smelyk 20.52 Q, PB 13 4 5 Nickel Ashmeade 20.54 Q 14 1 6 Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas 20.55 q 14 5 7 James Ellington 20.55 Q 16 4 7 Antoine Adams 20.56 Q 17 5 2 Jason Livermore 20.59 Q 17 5 4 Wallace Spearmon 20.59 Q 19 5 6 Karol Zalewski 20.60 q 19 3 7 Bruno de Barros 20.60 21 7 6 Usain Bolt 20.66 Q 22 2 4 Tremaine Harris 20.68 23 6 6 Isiah Young 20.70 Q 24 6 3 Shōta Iizuka 20.71 Q 25 7 4 Delano Williams 20.72 Q 26 4 4 Aldemir da Silva Junior 20.73 27 5 5 Xie Zhenye 20.74 28 1 4 Isaac Makwala 20.84 29 7 7 Lalonde Gordon 20.85 Q 30 6 5 Winston George 20.88 30 6 4 Sergio Ruiz 20.88 32 1 8 Kyle Greaux 20.89 33 3 2 Kei Takase 20.96 34 4 3 Nil de Oliveira 20.97 34 7 3 Yuichi Kobayashi 20.97 36 5 8 Rolando Palacios 21.02 SB 37 7 2 Alex Wilson 21.11 38 5 3 Luguelín Santos 21.13 38 6 2 Enrico Demonte 21.13 40 2 5 Ratu Banuve Tabakaucoro 21.27 41 1 3 Hitjivirue Kaanjuka 21.33 42 7 5 Jan Žumer 21.35 43 3 1 Lestrod Roland 21.37 44 7 1 Jamial Rolle 21.40 45 2 1 Josh Ross 21.45 46 4 1 Aleksandr Khyutte 21.46 47 4 2 Yendountien Tiebekabe 21.85 48 2 2 Liaquat Ali 21.90 49 1 1 Neddy Marie 21.98 SB 49 5 1 Courtney Carl Williams 21.98 51 3 5 Mitchel Davis 21.99 SB 52 7 8 Didier Kiki 22.01 PB 53 6 8 Ayman Mohamed Ahmed Said 22.27 54 3 8 Bernardo Baloyes 22.37 55 6 1 Jerai Torres 22.98 4 6 Hua Wilfried Koffi DNS

Semifinals Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.Semifinals Results

Wind: Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: −0.3 m/s.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 5 Curtis Mitchell 19.97 Q, PB 2 3 6 Adam Gemili 19.98 Q, PB 3 3 4 Nickel Ashmeade 20.00 Q, SB 4 2 4 Usain Bolt 20.12 Q 5 2 3 Anaso Jobodwana 20.13 Q, PB 6 3 5 Churandy Martina 20.13 q 7 1 3 Warren Weir 20.20 Q 8 1 4 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure 20.33 q, SB 9 2 8 Isiah Young 20.36 10 3 7 Serhiy Smelyk 20.42 PB 11 2 6 James Ellington 20.44 12 2 5 Jason Livermore 20.46 13 2 7 Antoine Adams 20.47 14 1 7 Jimmy Vicaut 20.51 15 1 1 Álex Quiñónez 20.55 16 1 6 Bruno Hortelano 20.55 17 3 2 Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas 20.56 18 1 8 Delano Williams 20.61 19 2 1 Shōta Iizuka 20.61 20 2 2 Karol Zalewski 20.66 21 3 1 Wallace Spearmon 20.66 22 3 3 Alonso Edward 20.67 23 3 8 Mosito Lehata 20.68 24 1 2 Lalonde Gordon 21.14

Final The final was started at 20:10.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Usain Bolt 19.66 WL 8 Warren Weir 19.79 PB 3 Curtis Mitchell 20.04 4 6 Nickel Ashmeade 20.05 5 5 Adam Gemili 20.08 6 7 Anaso Jobodwana 20.14 7 1 Churandy Martina 20.35 8 2 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure 20.37

By winning this 200m final, Usain Bolt became the first man ever to retain the 200m world title three times in a row (winning the title in 2009, in 19.19, and 2011, in 19.40). Calvin Smith and Michael Johnson both won the title twice (in 1983 and 1987, and in 1991 and 1995, respectively) yet only Bolt has retained the title three times (2009, 2011 and 2013).

References

External links 200 metres results at IAAF website