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The standard adjustment used for the conversion from times recorded over 220 yards to 200 m times is to subtract 0.1 seconds, [1] but other conversion methods exist. Another obsolete version of this race is the 200 metres straight , which was run on tracks that contained such a straight.
The proper length of the first lane of a competitive running track is 400 m (1,312.3 ft). Some tracks are not built to this specification, instead being a legacy to imperial distances such as 440 yd (402.336 m), equivalent to a quarter of a mile.
This is a list of NCAA Division I outdoor champions in the 200 meters and its imperial equivalent 220 yard dash.For men, the imperial distance was contested until 1975 excepting Olympic years starting in 1932.
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.
Tyson Gay, the current unofficial world record holder.. 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]
The 4 × 200 metres relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 200 metres or half a lap on a standard 400 metre track. The event is a world record eligible event, but is not a standard event at most professional or collegiate track meets, mainly being found at the high school level, though certain leagues regularly conduct this event as part of ...
With his score, De Grasse finally moved into the top 10 of all-time in the 200m, a status foretold six years earlier with a wind-aided 19.58 while competing for the University of Southern California. Bednarek, in second, ran 19.68 to claim a tie with Frankie Fredericks (second behind Michael Johnson at the 1996 Olympics).
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 event.