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Global records before the 2020 Summer Olympics Record Athlete (Nation) Time (s) Location Date World record Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.19: Berlin, Germany 20 August 2009 Olympic record Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.30: Beijing, China 20 August 2008 World leading Noah Lyles (USA) 19.52 [8] Eugene, Oregon, United States 27 June 2021
The women's 200 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 2 and 3 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [1] 41 athletes from 31 nations competed. [2]In successfully defending her title, Elaine Thompson-Herah became the first woman in history to win both the 100 and 200 metres titles at successive games.
The men's world record was set at the Olympics in 1956, 1960 (twice), 1968, 1996 and 2008. [1] The women's world record has similarly been linked to the competition, with records coming at the Olympic Games in 1952 (twice), 1956, 1968, 1972 and 1988 (twice). Griffith-Joyner's 1988 Olympic mark remains the world record for the distance, while ...
MEN’S 200M FINAL, RESULTS: Letsile Tebogo becomes the first African man to claim 200m gold at the Olympics, winning with an African record of 19.46! Kenny Bednarek and Noah Lyles went 2-3 for ...
Three-time world champion Noah Lyles moved a step closer to achieving his ambitions of an Olympic sprint double by winning the men’s 200-meters in record time at the US Olympic track and field ...
Thompson-Herah finished in 21.53 seconds, the second-fastest time in history, and swept the 100 and 200 in Tokyo like she did in Rio.
In the 200 m, Lyles is a three-time world champion (2019, 2022, 2023) and is the bronze medalist at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. He also won a gold medal in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games. Lyles completed a sprint treble by winning gold medals in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 4x100-meter events at the 2023 World Championships. [10]
The event is surprisingly stable, with the first six at the previous Olympics all returning. After winning three successive World Championships in a row, the 2020 bronze medalist, Noah Lyles was the favorite. The defending champion, Andre De Grasse, was the silver medalist in 2016 and at the 2019 World Championships.