200 meters
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
200 meters
Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's 200 meter race from 1900 to the present.
| Year | Time | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Walter Tewksbury, USA | 22.2 | |
| 1904 | Archie Hahn, USA | 21.6 | OR |
| 1908 | Bobby Kerr, CAN | 22.6 | |
| 1912 | Ralph Craig, USA | 21.7 | |
| 1920 | Allen Woodring, USA | 22.0 | |
| 1924 | Jackson Scholz, USA | 21.6 | |
| 1928 | Percy Williams, CAN | 21.8 | |
| 1932 | Eddie Tolan, USA | 21.2 | OR |
| 1936 | Jesse Owens, USA | 20.7 | OR |
| 1948 | Mel Patton, USA | 21.1 | |
| 1952 | Andy Stanfield, USA | 20.7 | |
| 1956 | Bobby Morrow, USA | 20.6 | OR |
| 1960 | Livio Berruti, ITA | 20.5 | WR |
| 1964 | Henry Carr, USA | 20.3 | OR |
| 1968 | Tommie Smith, USA | 19.83 | WR |
| 1972 | Valery Borzov, USSR | 20.00 | |
| 1976 | Donald Quarrie, JAM | 20.23 | |
| 1980 | Pietro Mennea, ITA | 20.19 | |
| 1984 | Carl Lewis, USA | 19.80 | OR |
| 1988 | Joe DeLoach, USA | 19.75 | OR |
| 1992 | Mike Marsh, USA | 20.01 | |
| 1996 | Michael Johnson, USA | 19.32 | WR |
| 2000 | Konstantinos Kenteris, GRE | 20.09 | |
| 2004 | Shawn Crawford, USA | 19.79 | |
| 2008 | Usain Bolt, JAM | 19.30 | OR, WR |
| 2012 | Usain Bolt, JAM | 19.32 |
| 100 meters | Men's Olympic Track & Field | 400 meters |
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