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Athletics – 200m
  
Stade de France

Event
Medal
  
FORMAT
Heats, semi-final and final. New repechage round introduced*

ORIGINS
Walter Tewksbury (USA) claims maiden title in 1900. Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) secures first women’s 200m crown in 1948

LEGACY
Flo-Jo retains eminence for stellar World Record display at Seoul Olympics

Usain Bolt JAM
2008, 2012, 2016

Veronica Campbell- Brown JAM 2004, 2008

Florence Griffith Joyner USA 1988

2020 GOLD
Andre De Grasse (CAN), in 19.62 seconds, and Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM)


Olympic record
Usain Bolt (JAM) Beijing 2008 19.30
Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) Seoul 1988 21.34
 
World record
Usain Bolt (JAM) Berlin 2009 19.19
Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) Seoul 1988 21.34

Sources: IOC, IAAF Pictures: Getty *Fastest losers’ second chance to qualify © GRAPHIC NEWS