200m Olympic Stadium

Aug 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Women

Men

Daphne Robb (RSA) London 1948 25.30

1948 24.30

1952 23.40

1960 23.20

1964 23.00

1968 22.58

1972 22.40

1976 22.37

1980 22.03

1984 21.81

Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) Seoul 1988 21.34

London Olympics women’s 200m gold medallist Allyson Felix (USA)

William Holland (USA) Paris 1900 24.00

1900 22.20

1904 21.60

1932 21.20

1936 20.70

1956 20.60

1960 20.50

1964 20.30

1968 19.83

1984 19.80 

1988 19.75

1992 19.73

1996 19.32

Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.30

OLYMPIC RECORD EVOLUTION

World records

Usain Bolt (JAM) Berlin, 2009 19.19

Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) Seoul, 1988

Sources: Rio 2016, Olympic.org, IAAF

Pictures: Associated Press