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The 2023 World Athletics Championships (Hungarian: 2023-as atlétikai világbajnokság), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, were held from 19 to 27 August 2023 at the National Athletics Centre, in Budapest, Hungary. [ 2 ] The tournament returned to its usual two-year cycle after the previous event in Eugene, Oregon ...
The championship records for the event are 19.19 seconds for men, set by Usain Bolt in 2009, and 21.41 seconds for women, set by Shericka Jackson in 2023. The men's world record has been broken at the competition on one occasion, and Bolt's championship record set in 2009 remains the world record as of 2015. [1]
Noah Lyles OLY [ 9 ] (born July 18, 1997) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 60 meters, 100 meters and 200 meters events. His personal best of 19.31 seconds in the 200m is the American record, and makes him the third fastest of all-time. He is an Olympic champion and six-time World champion.
World record Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) 21.34: Seoul, South Korea: 29 September 1988 Championship record Shericka Jackson (JAM) 21.45: Eugene, United States: 21 July 2022 World Leading Gabrielle Thomas (USA) 21.60: Eugene, United States: 9 July 2023 African Record Christine Mboma (NAM) 21.78: Zürich, Switzerland: 9 September 2021 Asian Record
Contents. Kenny Bednarek. Kenneth Bednarek OLY [citation needed] (born October 14, 1998) is an American track and field sprinter from Rice Lake, Wisconsin. He specializes in the 200-meter distance, having won a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2022 World Championships, and at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [ 3 ][ 4 ]
The following table shows the world record progression in the men's 200 metres, as ratified by the IAAF. The current record of 19.19 seconds was set by Usain Bolt at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. 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 ...
v. t. e. The men's 200 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 3 and 4 August 2021 at the Olympic Stadium. [ 1 ] 48 athletes from 33 nations competed, including five universality places (one universality place was used in 2016). [ 2 ] Canada earned its first gold medal in the event since 1928 and third overall, as Andre De Grasse ...
Fredrick Lee Kerley OLY [citation needed] (/ ˈkɜːrli / KUR-lee; born May 7, 1995) [ 2 ] is an American track and field sprinter. He was the Olympic silver medalist over 100 m at the 2020 Olympics and bronze medalist at the 2024 Olympics in the same event. Kerley has earned an additional six medals at the World Championships, most notably ...