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The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. ... (201.168 m) instead of the 200 m (218.723 yards), though the distance is now obsolete.
The men's 200 metres sprint event at the 1948 Summer Olympics took place between 2 August and 3 August. There were 51 competitors from 28 nations. [1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by American Mel Patton. [2]
The 200 metres straight is a track and field outdoor event of 200 metres on a straight track. In the 1960s, the straight 200 metres was a separate world record event for men until IAAF deleted this variation from its list of official records. [ 1 ]
In the wee hours the night before his 200-meter final, Noah Lyles sent a shout-out on social media to the sprinters in Jamaica, egging them on to help make the upcoming Paris Olympics great. Then ...
Gabby Thomas beat Sha'Carri Richardson in the highly anticipated 200-meter final of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for track and field.. Thomas came in first with a time of 21.81 seconds. Richardson ...
The 200 metres at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. It is the second most prestigious title in the discipline after the 200 metres at the Olympics. The competition format typically has two or three qualifying rounds leading to a final between eight athletes.
It is the most prestigious 200 m race at elite level. The competition format typically has three or four qualifying rounds leading to a final race between eight athletes. The Olympic records for the distance are 19.30 seconds for men, set by Usain Bolt in 2008, and 21.34 seconds set by Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.
Former Dublin Coffman and Kentucky sprinter Abby Steiner secured the automatic bid Monday night by winning her heat of the women's 200-meter dash.