200 metres

The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first recorded event at the ancient Olympic Games. The 200 m places more emphasis on speed endurance than shorter sprint distances as athletes predominantly rely on anaerobic energy system during the 200 m sprint. Similarly to other sprint distances, the 200 m begins from the starting blocks. When the sprinters adopt the 'set' position in the blocks they are able to adopt a more efficient starting posture and isometrically preload their muscles. This enables them to stride forwards more powerfully when the race begins and start faster.

Athletics 200 metres
Athletes leaving starting blocks for a 200 metres heat at the 2012 Olympic Games
World records
Men	Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.19 (2009)
Women	Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) 21.34 (1988)
Short track world records
Men	Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 19.92 (1996)
Women	Merlene Ottey (JAM) 21.87 (1993)
Olympic records
Men	Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.30 (2008)
Women	Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) 21.34 (1988)
World Championship records
Men	Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.19 (2009)
Women	Shericka Jackson (JAM) 21.41 (2023)
World junior (U20) records
Men	Erriyon Knighton (USA) 19.69 (2022)
Women	Christine Mboma (NAM) 21.78 (2021)

Start (green) and end (red) points of a 200 metre race, marked on a running track

In the United States and elsewhere, athletes previously ran the 220-yard dash (201.168 m) instead of the 200 m (218.723 yards), though the distance is now obsolete. The standard adjustment used for the conversion from times recorded over 220 yards to 200 m times is to subtract 0.1 seconds, 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. Initially, when the International Amateur Athletic Association (now known as the International Association of Athletics Federations) started to ratify world records in 1912, only records set on a straight track were eligible for consideration. In 1951, the IAAF started to recognise records set on a curved track. In 1976, the straight record was discarded.

The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1948 for women. The race attracts runners from other events, primarily the 100 metres, wishing to double up and claim both titles. This feat has been achieved by men eleven times at the Olympic Games: by Archie Hahn in 1904, Ralph Craig in 1912, Percy Williams in 1928, Eddie Tolan in 1932, Jesse Owens in 1936, Bobby Morrow in 1956, Valeriy Borzov in 1972, Carl Lewis in 1984, and most recently by Jamaica's Usain Bolt in 2008, 2012, and 2016. The double has been accomplished by women eight times: by Fanny Blankers-Koen in 1948, Marjorie Jackson in 1952, Betty Cuthbert in 1956, Wilma Rudolph in 1960, Renate Stecher in 1972, Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988, and Elaine Thompson-Herah in 2016 and 2021. Marion Jones finished first in both races in 2000 but was later disqualified and stripped of her medals after admitting to taking performance-enhancing drugs. An Olympic double of 200 m and 400 m was first achieved by Valerie Brisco-Hooks in 1984, and later by Michael Johnson from the United States and Marie-José Pérec of France both in 1996. Usain Bolt is the only man to repeat as Olympic champion, Bärbel Wöckel (née Eckert), Veronica Campbell-Brown and Elaine Thompson-Herah are the three women who have repeated as Olympic champion.

The men's world record holder is Usain Bolt of Jamaica, who ran 19.19 s at the 2009 World Championships. The women's world record holder is Florence Griffith-Joyner of the United States, who ran 21.34 s at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The reigning Olympic champions are Letsile Tebogo (BOT) and Gabrielle Thomas (USA). The reigning World Champions are Noah Lyles (USA) and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (USA).

Races run with an aiding wind measured over 2.0 metres per second are not acceptable for record purposes.

Athletics Men's 200 Final, 27th Summer Universiade 2013, Kazan

Continental records

• Updated 7 December 2024.

Area	Men				Women
	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation
Africa (records)	19.46	+0.4	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	21.81	+0.8	Christine Mboma	Namibia
Asia (records)	19.88	+0.9	Xie Zhenye	China	22.01	0.0	Li Xuemei	China
Europe (records)	19.72^[A]	+1.8	Pietro Mennea	Italy	21.63	+0.2	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands
North, Central America and Caribbean (records)	19.19 WR	−0.3	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	21.34 WR	+1.3	Florence Griffith-Joyner	United States
Oceania (records)	20.04	+1.5	Gout Gout	Australia	22.23	+0.8	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	Australia
South America (records)	19.81	−0.3	Alonso Edward	Panama	22.48	+1.0	Ana Cláudia Lemos	Brazil

Notes

• ^A Represents a mark set at a high altitude.

All-time top 25

Outdoor tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 200 m times and the top 25 athletes:

- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 200 m times

- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 200 m times, by repeat athletes

- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 200 m times

Men (outdoor)

• Updated September 2025

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Reaction (s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	19.19	−0.3	0.133	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	20 August 2009	Berlin
2	2	19.26	+0.7	0.269	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	16 September 2011	Brussels
	3	19.30	−0.9	0.182	Bolt #2		20 August 2008	Beijing
3	4	19.31	+0.4	0.141	Noah Lyles	United States	21 July 2022	Eugene
4	5	19.32	+0.4	0.161	Michael Johnson	United States	1 August 1996	Atlanta
	6	19.32	+0.4	0.180	Bolt #3		9 August 2012	London
	7	19.40	+0.8	0.193	Bolt #4		3 September 2011	Daegu
	8	19.44	+0.4	0.172	Blake #2		9 August 2012	London
	9	19.46	+0.8	0.199	Lyles #2		10 August 2022	Monaco
5	10	19.46	+0.4	0.162	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	8 August 2024	Saint-Denis
	11	19.47	+1.6	0.157	Lyles #3		23 July 2023	London
6	12	19.49	+1.4		Erriyon Knighton	United States	30 April 2022	Baton Rouge
	13	19.50	+1.6	0.170	Tebogo #2		23 July 2023	London
			−0.1	0.147	Lyles #4		5 July 2019	Lausanne
	15	19.51	+1.0	0.181	Lyles #5		18 September 2025	Tokyo
	16	19.52	+1.5	0.142	Lyles #6		21 August 2021	Eugene
			−0.6	0.164	Lyles #7		8 September 2022	Zürich
			−0.2	0.144	Lyles #8		25 August 2023	Budapest
			±0.0	0.167	Lyles #9		19 September 2025	Tokyo
7	20	19.53	+0.7	0.185	Walter Dix	United States	16 September 2011	Brussels
	20	19.53	+0.5		Lyles #10		29 June 2024	Eugene
	22	19.54	±0.0	0.165	Blake #3		7 September 2012	Brussels
	23	19.55	−0.1	0.147	Bolt #5		27 August 2015	Beijing
			+0.4	0.148	Tebogo #3		5 September 2024	Zürich
	25	19.56	−0.8		Bolt #6		1 May 2010	Kingston
			+1.3	0.182	Lyles #11		26 August 2022	Lausanne
8		19.57	+0.4	0.177	Justin Gatlin	United States	28 June 2015	Eugene
				0.182	Kenny Bednarek	United States	5 September 2024	Zürich
10		19.58	+1.3		Tyson Gay	United States	30 May 2009	New York City
11		19.62	−0.5	0.135	Andre De Grasse	Canada	4 August 2021	Tokyo
12		19.63	+0.4		Xavier Carter	United States	11 July 2006	Lausanne
			+1.2		Reynier Mena	Cuba	3 July 2022	La Chaux-de-Fonds
14		19.64	±0.0	0.147	Bryan Levell	Jamaica	19 September 2025	Tokyo
15		19.65	±0.0		Wallace Spearmon	United States	28 September 2006	Daegu
16		19.68	+0.4		Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	1 August 1996	Atlanta
17		19.69^[A]	−0.5		Clarence Munyai	South Africa	16 March 2018	Pretoria
18		19.70	+0.7		Michael Norman	United States	6 June 2019	Rome
19		19.71^[A]	–1.5		Courtney Lindsey	United States	20 April 2024	Nairobi
20		19.72^[A]	+1.8		Pietro Mennea	Italy	12 September 1979	Mexico City
21		19.73	−0.2		Michael Marsh	United States	5 August 1992	Barcelona
			+0.8		Divine Oduduru	Nigeria	7 June 2019	Austin
			+1.6	0.130	Zharnel Hughes	Great Britain	23 July 2023	London
			+1.8		T'Mars McCallum	United States	12 July 2025	Memphis
25		19.74	+1.4		LaShawn Merritt	United States	8 July 2016	Eugene

Assisted marks

Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of wind-assisted times (equal or superior to 19.70). Only times that are superior to legal bests are shown:

• Kenny Bednarek ran 19.49 A (+6.1 m/s) in Hobbs, New Mexico on 17 May 2019.
• Andre De Grasse ran 19.58 (+2.4 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 12 June 2015.
• Tarsis Orogot ran 19.60 (+2.9 m/s) in Gainesville, Florida on 14 April 2023.
• Robert Gregory ran 19.60 (+4.8 m/s) in Jacksonville, Florida on 26 May 2023.
• Leroy Burrell ran 19.61 (+4.1 m/s) in College Station, Texas on 19 May 1990. Until 1 August 1996, it was the best performance in any condition.
• Terrance Laird ran 19.64 A (+5.6 m/s) in Hobbs, New Mexico on 17 May 2019.

Women (outdoor)

• Updated September 2025

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time (s)	Wind (m/s)	Reaction (s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	21.34	+1.3	0.205	Florence Griffith-Joyner	United States	29 September 1988	Seoul
2	2	21.41	+0.1	0.161	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	25 August 2023	Budapest
	3	21.45	+0.6	0.144	Jackson #2		21 July 2022	Eugene
	4	21.48	+0.2	0.161	Jackson #3		8 September 2023	Brussels
3	5	21.53	+0.8	0.173	Elaine Thompson-Herah	Jamaica	3 August 2021	Tokyo
	6	21.55	±0.0		Jackson #4		26 June 2022	Kingston
	7	21.56	+1.7	0.156	Griffith-Joyner #2		29 September 1988	Seoul
	8	21.57	+0.3	0.152	Jackson #5		17 September 2023	Eugene
4	9	21.60	−0.4	0.173	Gabby Thomas	United States	9 July 2023	Eugene
	10	21.61	+1.3		Thomas #2		26 June 2021	Eugene
5	11	21.62^[A]	−0.6	0.258	Marion Jones	United States	11 September 1998	Johannesburg
6	12	21.63	+0.2	0.149	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	28 August 2015	Beijing
7	13	21.64	+0.8		Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	13 September 1991	Brussels
	14	21.66	−1.0		Ottey #2		15 August 1990	Zürich
			+0.2	0.195	Thompson-Herah #2		28 August 2015	Beijing
			+0.3	0.165	Thompson-Herah #3		2 August 2021	Tokyo
	17	21.67	+2.0	0.137	Jackson #6		19 July 2022	Eugene
8	18	21.68	−0.1	0.170	Melissa Jefferson-Wooden	United States	19 September 2025	Tokyo
9	19	21.69	+1.0		Allyson Felix	United States	30 June 2012	Eugene
10	20	21.71	+0.7		Marita Koch	East Germany	10 June 1979	Karl-Marx-Stadt
	20	21.71	+0.3		Koch #2		21 July 1984	Potsdam
10	20	21.71	+1.2	0.190	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	29 June 1986	Jena
	20	21.71	−0.8		Drechsler #2		29 August 1986	Stuttgart
			−0.5		Jackson #7		9 July 2023	Kingston
10	20	21.71	−0.6	0.155	Julien Alfred	Saint Lucia	19 July 2025	London
13		21.72	+1.3	0.195	Grace Jackson	Jamaica	29 September 1988	Seoul
			−0.1		Gwen Torrence	United States	5 August 1992	Barcelona
15		21.74	+0.4		Marlies Göhr	East Germany	3 June 1984	Erfurt
			+1.2	0.155	Silke Gladisch	East Germany	3 September 1987	Rome
			+0.6	0.172	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	21 August 2008	Beijing
			−0.4	0.143	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas	29 August 2019	Zürich
19		21.75	−0.1		Juliet Cuthbert	Jamaica	5 August 1992	Barcelona
20		21.77	+0.6		Inger Miller	United States	27 August 1999	Seville
			+1.5		Tori Bowie	United States	27 May 2017	Eugene
			−0.3		Abby Steiner	United States	26 June 2022	Eugene
23		21.78	+0.6		Christine Mboma	Namibia	9 September 2021	Zürich
24		21.79	+0.8		Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	27 June 2021	Kingston
25		21.81	−0.1		Valerie Brisco-Hooks	United States	9 August 1984	Los Angeles

Assisted marks

Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of wind-assisted times (equal or superior to 21.80). Only times that are superior to legal bests are shown:

• Sha'Carri Richardson ran 21.61 (+2.6 m/s) in Eugene, Oregon on 8 July 2023.
• Tamara Clark ran 21.72 (+3.1 m/s) in Austin, Texas on 26 March 2022.
• Kimberlyn Duncan ran 21.80 (+3.2 m/s) in Des Moines, Iowa on 23 June 2013.

Men (indoor)

• Updated March 2025.

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	19.92	Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	18 February 1996	Liévin
2	20.02	Elijah Hall	United States	10 March 2018	College Station
3	20.08	Divine Oduduru	Nigeria	23 February 2019	Lubbock
4	20.10	Wallace Spearmon	United States	12 March 2005	Fayetteville
5	20.11	Christian Coleman	United States	11 March 2017	College Station
6	20.12 A	Matthew Boling	United States	11 March 2023	Albuquerque
7	20.13	Courtney Lindsey	United States	25 February 2023	Lubbock
		Makanakaishe Charamba	Zimbabwe	27 February 2025	College Station
9	20.17 A	Udodi Onwuzurike	Nigeria	10 March 2023	Albuquerque
		Tarsis Orogot	Uganda	10 March 2023	Albuquerque
11	20.19	Trayvon Bromell	United States	14 March 2015	Fayetteville
12	20.20	Terrance Laird	United States	13 March 2021	Fayetteville
		Tapiwanashe Makarawu	Zimbabwe	27 February 2025	College Station
14	20.21	Erriyon Knighton	United States	11 February 2024	Liévin
		Terrence Jones	Bahamas	24 February 2024	Lubbock
16	20.22 A	Robert Gregory	United States	11 March 2023	Albuquerque
17	20.25	Linford Christie	Great Britain	19 February 1995	Liévin
		Wanya McCoy	Bahamas	27 February 2025	College Station
19	20.26	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	6 March 1999	Maebashi
		Shawn Crawford	United States	10 March 2000	Fayetteville
		John Capel	United States	10 March 2000	Fayetteville
		Andre De Grasse	Canada	14 March 2015	Fayetteville
23	20.27	Walter Dix	United States	10 March 2006	Fayetteville
		Cameron Miller	United States	25 February 2023	Louisville
		Jaden Reid	Cayman Islands	27 February 2025	College Station

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 20.27:

• Frankie Fredericks also ran 20.10 (1999), 20.18 (1999) and 20.26 (1995).
• Wallace Spearmon also ran 20.10 (2005), 20.19 (2008) and 20.21 (2005).
• Divine Oduduru also ran 20.18 (2018) and 20.21 (2018).
• Matthew Boling also ran 20.19 (2021) and 20.27 (2022).
• Tarsis Orogot also ran 20.20 A (2023 x 2).
• Trayvon Bromell also ran 20.23 (2015).
• Terrence Jones also ran 20.23 (2024).
• Elijah Hall also ran 20.26 (2018).
• Robert Gregory also ran 20.27 A (2023).
• Cameron Miller also ran 20.27 (2025).

Women (indoor)

• Updated March 2025.

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	21.87	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	13 February 1993	Liévin
2	22.01 A	Julien Alfred	Saint Lucia	11 March 2023	Albuquerque
3	22.09	Abby Steiner	United States	26 February 2022	College Station
4	22.10	Irina Privalova	Russia	19 February 1995	Liévin
5	22.11 A	Favour Ofili	Nigeria	10 March 2023	Albuquerque
6	22.27	Heike Drechsler	East Germany	7 March 1987	Indianapolis
7	22.30	Indya Mayberry	United States	15 March 2025	Virginia Beach
8	22.33	Gwen Torrence	United States	2 March 1996	Atlanta
		Adaejah Hodge	British Virgin Islands	12 March 2023	Boston
10	22.34	JaMeesia Ford	United States	9 March 2024	Boston
11	22.38	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	18 February 2005	Birmingham
		Gabby Thomas	United States	10 March 2018	College Station
13	22.39	Marita Koch	East Germany	5 March 1983	Budapest
		Ionela Târlea	Romania	6 March 1999	Maebashi
	22.39 A	Niesha Burgher	Jamaica	14 February 2025	Albuquerque
16	22.40	Bianca Knight	United States	14 March 2008	Fayetteville
		Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas	31 January 2021	Fayetteville
18	22.41	Galina Malchugina	Russia	13 March 1994	Paris
		Ashley Henderson	United States	10 March 2018	College Station
20	22.42	Ariana Washington	United States	11 March 2017	College Station
	22.42 A	Autumn Wilson	United States	10 March 2023	Albuquerque
22	22.43	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	22 February 1998	Liévin
23	22.45	Felicia Brown	United States	26 February 2016	Fayetteville
		Tamara Clark	United States	13 March 2021	Fayetteville
		Jadyn Mays	United States	15 March 2025	Virginia Beach

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 22.45:

• Irina Privalova also ran 22.15 (1993), 22.16 (1994), 22.26 (1992), 22.32 (1995), 22.36 (1992), 22.41 (1991) and 22.45 (1991).
• Abby Steiner also ran 22.16 (2022), 22.37 (2022), 22.38 (2021), 22.41 (2021) and 22.45 (2022).
• Julien Alfred also ran 22.16 (2024), 22.26 (2023), 22.28 A (2024).
• Favour Ofili also ran 22.20 A (2023), 22.36 (2023)
• Merlene Ottey also twice ran 22.24 (1991), 22.34 (1989) and 22.37 (1991).
• JaMeesia Ford also ran 22.34 (2025), 22.36 (2024), 22.41 (2025), 22.42 (2025), 22.45 (2024).
• Indya Mayberry also ran 22.41 A (2025), 22.42 (2025).
• Veronica Campbell-Brown also ran 22.43 (2004).
• Autumn Wilson also ran 22.45 A (2023).

Olympic medalists

Men

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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900 Paris details	Walter Tewksbury   United States	Norman Pritchard   India	Stan Rowley   Australia
1904 St. Louis details	Archie Hahn   United States	Nate Cartmell   United States	William Hogenson   United States
1908 London details	Robert Kerr   Canada	Robert Cloughen   United States	Nate Cartmell   United States
1912 Stockholm details	Ralph Craig   United States	Donald Lippincott   United States	Willie Applegarth   Great Britain
1920 Antwerp details	Allen Woodring   United States	Charley Paddock   United States	Harry Edward   Great Britain
1924 Paris details	Jackson Scholz   United States	Charley Paddock   United States	Eric Liddell   Great Britain
1928 Amsterdam details	Percy Williams   Canada	Walter Rangeley   Great Britain	Helmut Körnig   Germany
1932 Los Angeles details	Eddie Tolan   United States	George Simpson   United States	Ralph Metcalfe   United States
1936 Berlin details	Jesse Owens   United States	Mack Robinson   United States	Tinus Osendarp   Netherlands
1948 London details	Mel Patton   United States	Barney Ewell   United States	Lloyd LaBeach   Panama
1952 Helsinki details	Andy Stanfield   United States	Thane Baker   United States	James Gathers   United States
1956 Melbourne details	Bobby Morrow   United States	Andy Stanfield   United States	Thane Baker   United States
1960 Rome details	Livio Berruti   Italy	Lester Carney   United States	Abdoulaye Seye   France
1964 Tokyo details	Henry Carr   United States	Paul Drayton   United States	Edwin Roberts   Trinidad and Tobago
1968 Mexico City details	Tommie Smith   United States	Peter Norman   Australia	John Carlos   United States
1972 Munich details	Valeriy Borzov   Soviet Union	Larry Black   United States	Pietro Mennea   Italy
1976 Montreal details	Don Quarrie   Jamaica	Millard Hampton   United States	Dwayne Evans   United States
1980 Moscow details	Pietro Mennea   Italy	Allan Wells   Great Britain	Don Quarrie   Jamaica
1984 Los Angeles details	Carl Lewis   United States	Kirk Baptiste   United States	Thomas Jefferson   United States
1988 Seoul details	Joe DeLoach   United States	Carl Lewis   United States	Robson da Silva   Brazil
1992 Barcelona details	Michael Marsh   United States	Frankie Fredericks   Namibia	Michael Bates   United States
1996 Atlanta details	Michael Johnson   United States	Frankie Fredericks   Namibia	Ato Boldon   Trinidad and Tobago
2000 Sydney details	Konstantinos Kenteris   Greece	Darren Campbell   Great Britain	Ato Boldon   Trinidad and Tobago
2004 Athens details	Shawn Crawford   United States	Bernard Williams   United States	Justin Gatlin   United States
2008 Beijing details	Usain Bolt   Jamaica	Shawn Crawford   United States	Walter Dix   United States
2012 London details	Usain Bolt   Jamaica	Yohan Blake   Jamaica	Warren Weir   Jamaica
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Usain Bolt   Jamaica	Andre De Grasse   Canada	Christophe Lemaitre   France
2020 Tokyo details	Andre De Grasse   Canada	Kenny Bednarek   United States	Noah Lyles   United States
2024 Paris details	Letsile Tebogo   Botswana	Kenny Bednarek   United States	Noah Lyles   United States

Women

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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1948 London details	Fanny Blankers-Koen   Netherlands	Audrey Williamson   Great Britain	Audrey Patterson   United States
1952 Helsinki details	Marjorie Jackson   Australia	Bertha Brouwer   Netherlands	Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili   Soviet Union
1956 Melbourne details	Betty Cuthbert   Australia	Christa Stubnick   United Team of Germany	Marlene Mathews   Australia
1960 Rome details	Wilma Rudolph   United States	Jutta Heine   United Team of Germany	Dorothy Hyman   Great Britain
1964 Tokyo details	Edith McGuire   United States	Irena Kirszenstein   Poland	Marilyn Black   Australia
1968 Mexico City details	Irena Szewińska   Poland	Raelene Boyle   Australia	Jenny Lamy   Australia
1972 Munich details	Renate Stecher   East Germany	Raelene Boyle   Australia	Irena Szewińska   Poland
1976 Montreal details	Bärbel Eckert   East Germany	Annegret Richter   West Germany	Renate Stecher   East Germany
1980 Moscow details	Bärbel Wöckel   East Germany	Natalya Bochina   Soviet Union	Merlene Ottey   Jamaica
1984 Los Angeles details	Valerie Brisco-Hooks   United States	Florence Griffith   United States	Merlene Ottey   Jamaica
1988 Seoul details	Florence Griffith-Joyner   United States	Grace Jackson   Jamaica	Heike Drechsler   East Germany
1992 Barcelona details	Gwen Torrence   United States	Juliet Cuthbert   Jamaica	Merlene Ottey   Jamaica
1996 Atlanta details	Marie-José Pérec   France	Merlene Ottey   Jamaica	Mary Onyali   Nigeria
2000 Sydney details	Pauline Davis-Thompson   Bahamas	Susanthika Jayasinghe   Sri Lanka	Beverly McDonald   Jamaica
2004 Athens details	Veronica Campbell   Jamaica	Allyson Felix   United States	Debbie Ferguson   Bahamas
2008 Beijing details	Veronica Campbell-Brown   Jamaica	Allyson Felix   United States	Kerron Stewart   Jamaica
2012 London details	Allyson Felix   United States	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce   Jamaica	Carmelita Jeter   United States
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Elaine Thompson   Jamaica	Dafne Schippers   Netherlands	Tori Bowie   United States
2020 Tokyo details	Elaine Thompson-Herah   Jamaica	Christine Mboma   Namibia	Gabby Thomas   United States
2024 Paris details	Gabby Thomas   United States	Julien Alfred   Saint Lucia	Brittany Brown   United States

World Championships medalists

Men

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Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Calvin Smith (USA)	Elliott Quow (USA)	Pietro Mennea (ITA)
1987 Rome details	Calvin Smith (USA)	Gilles Quénéhervé (FRA)	John Regis (GBR)
1991 Tokyo details	Michael Johnson (USA)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Atlee Mahorn (CAN)
1993 Stuttgart details	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	John Regis (GBR)	Carl Lewis (USA)
1995 Gothenburg details	Michael Johnson (USA)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Jeff Williams (USA)
1997 Athens details	Ato Boldon (TRI)	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Claudinei da Silva (BRA)
1999 Seville details	Maurice Greene (USA)	Claudinei da Silva (BRA)	Francis Obikwelu (NGR)
2001 Edmonton details	Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE)	Christopher Williams (JAM)	Kim Collins (SKN)   Shawn Crawford (USA)
2003 Saint-Denis details	John Capel Jr. (USA)	Darvis Patton (USA)	Shingo Suetsugu (JPN)
2005 Helsinki details	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Wallace Spearmon (USA)	John Capel (USA)
2007 Osaka details	Tyson Gay (USA)	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Wallace Spearmon (USA)
2009 Berlin details	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Alonso Edward (PAN)	Wallace Spearmon (USA)
2011 Daegu details	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Walter Dix (USA)	Christophe Lemaitre (FRA)
2013 Moscow details	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Warren Weir (JAM)	Curtis Mitchell (USA)
2015 Beijing details	Usain Bolt (JAM)	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Anaso Jobodwana (RSA)
2017 London details	Ramil Guliyev (TUR)	Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)	Jereem Richards (TTO)
2019 Doha details	Noah Lyles (USA)	Andre De Grasse (CAN)	Álex Quiñónez (ECU)
2022 Eugene details	Noah Lyles (USA)	Kenny Bednarek (USA)	Erriyon Knighton (USA)
2023 Budapest details	Noah Lyles (USA)	Erriyon Knighton (USA)	Letsile Tebogo (BOT)
2025 Tokyo details	Noah Lyles (USA)	Kenny Bednarek (USA)	Bryan Levell (JAM)

Medalists by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	12	8	8	28
2	Jamaica (JAM)	4	3	1	8
3	Namibia (NAM)	1	3	0	4
4	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	1	0	1	2
5	Greece (GRE)	1	0	0	1
	Turkey (TUR)	1	0	0	1
6	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	1	2
	Canada (CAN)	0	1	1	2
	France (FRA)	0	1	1	2
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	1	2
7	Panama (PAN)	0	1	0	1
8	Botswana (BOT)	0	0	1	1
	Ecuador (ECU)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	1	1
	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	0	0	1	1

Women

Championships	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1983 Helsinki details	Marita Koch (GDR)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Kathy Smallwood-Cook (GBR)
1987 Rome details	Silke Gladisch (GDR)	Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1991 Tokyo details	Katrin Krabbe (GER)	Gwen Torrence (USA)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1993 Stuttgart details	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Gwen Torrence (USA)	Irina Privalova (RUS)
1995 Gothenburg details	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Irina Privalova (RUS)	Galina Malchugina (RUS)
1997 Athens details	Zhanna Pintusevich-Block (UKR)	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)	Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1999 Seville details	Inger Miller (USA)	Beverly McDonald (JAM)	Merlene Frazer (JAM)   Andrea Philipp (GER)
2001 Edmonton details	Debbie Ferguson (BAH)	LaTasha Jenkins (USA)	Cydonie Mothersille (CAY)
2003 Saint-Denis details	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (RUS)	Torri Edwards (USA)	Muriel Hurtis (FRA)
2005 Helsinki details	Allyson Felix (USA)	Rachelle Boone-Smith (USA)	Christine Arron (FRA)
2007 Osaka details	Allyson Felix (USA)	Veronica Campbell (JAM)	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)
2009 Berlin details	Allyson Felix (USA)	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH)
2011 Daegu details	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)	Carmelita Jeter (USA)	Allyson Felix (USA)
2013 Moscow details	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Murielle Ahouré (CIV)	Blessing Okagbare (NGR)
2015 Beijing details	Dafne Schippers (NED)	Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM)	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)
2017 London details	Dafne Schippers (NED)	Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV)	Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH)
2019 Doha details	Dina Asher-Smith (GBR)	Brittany Brown (USA)	Mujinga Kambundji (SUI)
2022 Eugene details	Shericka Jackson (JAM)	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Dina Asher-Smith (GBR)
2023 Budapest details	Shericka Jackson (JAM)	Gabby Thomas (USA)	Sha'Carri Richardson (USA)
2025 Tokyo details	Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (USA)	Amy Hunt (GBR)	Shericka Jackson (JAM)

Medalists by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Jamaica (JAM)	6	6	6	18
2	United States (USA)	5	9	2	16
3	East Germany (GDR)	2	0	0	2
	Netherlands (NED)	2	0	0	2
5	Russia (RUS)	1	1	2	4
	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	2	4
7	Bahamas (BAH)	1	0	2	3
8	Germany (GER)	1	0	1	2
9	Ukraine (UKR)	1	0	0	1
10	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	2	0	2
11	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	1	1	2
12	France (FRA)	0	0	2	2
13	Cayman Islands (CAY)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	1	1

World Indoor Championships medalists

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Paris^[A]	Aleksandr Yevgenyev (URS)	Ade Mafe (GBR)	João Batista da Silva (BRA)
1987 Indianapolis details	Kirk Baptiste (USA)	Bruno Marie-Rose (FRA)	Robson da Silva (BRA)
1989 Budapest details	John Regis (GBR)	Ade Mafe (GBR)	Kevin Little (USA)
1991 Seville details	Nikolay Antonov (BUL)	Linford Christie (GBR)	Ade Mafe (GBR)
1993 Toronto details	James Trapp (USA)	Damien Marsh (AUS)	Kevin Little (USA)
1995 Barcelona details	Geir Moen (NOR)	Troy Douglas (BER)	Sebastián Keitel (CHI)
1997 Paris details	Kevin Little (USA)	Iván García (CUB)	Francis Obikwelu (NGR)
1999 Maebashi details	Frankie Fredericks (NAM)	Obadele Thompson (BAR)	Kevin Little (USA)
2001 Lisbon details	Shawn Crawford (USA)	Christian Malcolm (GBR)	Patrick van Balkom (NED)
2003 Birmingham details	Marlon Devonish (GBR)	Joseph Batangdon (CMR)	Dominic Demeritte (BAH)
2004 Budapest details	Dominic Demeritte (BAH)	Johan Wissman (SWE)	Tobias Unger (GER)

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Paris^[A]	Marita Koch (GDR)	Marie-Christine Cazier (FRA)	Kim Robertson (NZL)
1987 Indianapolis details	Heike Drechsler (GDR)	Merlene Ottey-Page (JAM)	Grace Jackson (JAM)
1989 Budapest details	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Grace Jackson (JAM)	Natalya Kovtun (URS)
1991 Seville details	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Irina Sergeyeva (URS)	Grit Breuer (GER)
1993 Toronto details	Irina Privalova (RUS)	Melinda Gainsford (AUS)	Natalya Voronova (RUS)
1995 Barcelona details	Melinda Gainsford (AUS)	Pauline Davis (BAH)	Natalya Voronova (RUS)
1997 Paris details	Ekaterini Koffa (GRE)	Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)	Svetlana Goncharenko (RUS)
1999 Maebashi details	Ionela Târlea (ROU)	Svetlana Goncharenko (RUS)	Pauline Davis (BAH)
2001 Lisbon details	Juliet Campbell (JAM)	LaTasha Jenkins (USA)	Natalya Vinogradova-Safronnikova (BLR)
2003 Birmingham details	Muriel Hurtis-Houairi (FRA)	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya (RUS)	Juliet Campbell (JAM)
2004 Budapest details	Natallia Safronnikava (BLR)	Svetlana Goncharenko (RUS)	Karin Mayr-Krifka (AUT)

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Men Year Time Wind Athlete Date Place 1966 20.14yh +0.1   Tommie Smith (USA) 11 June Sacramento 1967 20.14Ay +0.9   Tommie Smith (USA) 17 June Provo 1968 19.83A +0.9   Tommie Smith (USA) 16 October Mexico City 1969 20.24Ah +0.4   John Carlos (USA) 12 September South Lake Tahoe 1970 20.42yh +0.3   John Carlos (USA) 17 March Melbourne 1971 19.86A +1.0   Donald Quarrie (JAM) 3 August Cali 1972 20.00 +0.0   Valeriy Borzov (URS) 4 September Munich 1973 20.33y +0.0   Steve Williams (USA) 16 June Bakersfield 1974 20.06 +0.4   Donald Quarrie (JAM) 16 August Zürich 1975 20.04h +1.3   Donald Quarrie (JAM) 7 June Eugene 1976 20.10 +1.7   Millard Hampton (USA) 22 June Eugene 1977 20.08A +0.1   Silvio Leonard (CUB) 12 August Guadalajara 1978 20.03 +1.6   Clancy Edwards (USA) 29 April Westwood 1979 19.72A +1.8   Pietro Mennea (ITA) 12 September Mexico City 1980 19.96 +0.0   Pietro Mennea (ITA) 17 August Barletta 1981 20.20 +1.4   James Sanford (USA) 10 May Westwood 1982 20.15A +0.3   Mike Miller (USA) 2 June Provo 1983 19.75 +1.5   Carl Lewis (USA) 19 June Indianapolis 1984 19.80 −0.9   Carl Lewis (USA) 8 August Los Angeles 1985 20.07 +1.5   Lorenzo Daniel (USA) 18 May Starkville 1986 20.12 +0.6   Floyd Heard (USA) 7 July Moscow 1987 19.92 +1.3   Carl Lewis (USA) 4 May Madrid 1988 19.75 +1.7   Joe DeLoach (USA) 28 August Seoul 1989 19.96 +0.4   Robson da Silva (BRA) 25 August Brussels 1990 19.85 +0.4   Michael Johnson (USA) 6 July Edinburgh 1991 19.88 −0.9   Michael Johnson (USA) 20 September Barcelona 1992 19.73 −0.2   Michael Marsh (USA) 5 August Barcelona 1993 19.85 +0.3   Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 20 August Stuttgart 1994 19.87A +1.8   John Regis (GBR) 31 July Sestriere 1995 19.79 +0.5   Michael Johnson (USA) 11 August Gothenburg 1996 19.32 +0.4   Michael Johnson (USA) 1 August Atlanta 1997 19.77 +0.7   Ato Boldon (TRI) 13 July Stuttgart 1998 19.88 −0.4   Ato Boldon (TRI) 17 June Athens 1999 19.84 +1.7   Francis Obikwelu (NGR) 25 August Seville 2000 19.71A +1.8   Michael Johnson (USA) 18 March Pietersburg 2001 19.88 +0.1   Joshua J. Johnson (USA) 24 August Brussels 2002 19.85A +0.0   Shawn Crawford (USA) 12 April Pretoria 19.85 −0.5   Konstadínos Kedéris (GRE) 9 August Munich 2003 20.01 +0.3   Bernard Williams (USA) 11 July Rome 2004 19.79 +1.2   Shawn Crawford (USA) 26 August Athens 2005 19.89 +1.8   Wallace Spearmon (USA) 22 July London 2006 19.63 +0.4   Xavier Carter (USA) 11 July Lausanne 2007 19.62 −0.3   Tyson Gay (USA) 24 June Indianapolis 2008 19.30 −0.9   Usain Bolt (JAM) 20 August Beijing 2009 19.19 −0.3   Usain Bolt (JAM) 20 August Berlin 2010 19.56 −0.8   Usain Bolt (JAM) 1 May Kingston 2011 19.26 +0.7   Yohan Blake (JAM) 16 September Brussels 2012 19.32 +0.4   Usain Bolt (JAM) 9 August London 2013 19.66 +0.0   Usain Bolt (JAM) 17 August Moscow 2014 19.68 −0.5   Justin Gatlin (USA) 18 July Monaco 2015 19.55 −0.1   Usain Bolt (JAM) 27 August Beijing 2016 19.74 +1.4   LaShawn Merritt (USA) 8 July Eugene 2017 19.77 +0.0   Isaac Makwala (BOT) 14 July Madrid 2018 19.65 +0.9   Noah Lyles (USA) 20 July Monaco 2019 19.50 −0.1   Noah Lyles (USA) 5 July Lausanne 2020 19.76 +0.7   Noah Lyles (USA) 14 August Monaco 2021 19.52 +1.5   Noah Lyles (USA) 21 August Eugene 2022 19.31 +0.4   Noah Lyles (USA) 21 July Eugene 2023 19.47 +1.6   Noah Lyles (USA) 23 July London 2024 19.46 +0.4   Letsile Tebogo (BOT) 8 August Saint-Denis 2025 19.51 +1.0   Noah Lyles (USA) 18 September Tokyo

Women Year Time Wind Athlete Date Place 1968 22.58A +2.0   Irena Szewinska (POL) 18 October Mexico City 1970 22.62 +0.8   Chi Cheng (ROC) 12 July Munich 1971 22.70 +0.0   Renate Stecher (GDR) 13 August Helsinki 1972 22.40 +1.1   Renate Stecher (GDR) 7 September Munich 1973 22.38 +1.6   Renate Stecher (GDR) 21 July Dresden 1974 22.21 +1.9   Irena Szewinska (POL) 13 June Potsdam 1975 22.44 N/A   Renate Stecher (GDR) 10 August Potsdam 1976 22.37 +0.0   Bärbel Wöckel (GDR) 24 August Zürich 1977 22.37 +0.8   Irena Szewinska (POL) 24 August Zürich 1978 22.06 +1.2   Marita Koch (GDR) 28 May Erfurt 1979 21.71 +0.7   Marita Koch (GDR) 6 June Karl-Marx-Stadt 1980 22.01 +0.6   Bärbel Wöckel (GDR) 18 July Cottbus 1981 21.84 −1.1   Evelyn Ashford (USA) 28 August Brussels 1982 21.76 +0.3   Marita Koch (GDR) 3 July Dresden 1983 21.82 +1.3   Marita Koch (GDR) 18 June Karl-Marx-Stadt 1984 21.71 +0.3   Marita Koch (GDR) 21 July Potsdam 1985 21.78 −1.3   Marita Koch (GDR) 11 August Leipzig 1986 21.71 +1.2   Heike Drechsler (GDR) 29 June Jena −0.8   Heike Drechsler (GDR) 29 August Stuttgart 1987 21.74 +1.3   Silke Gladisch (GDR) 3 September Rome 1988 21.34 +1.3   Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) 29 August Seoul 1989 22.04A +0.7   Dawn Sowell (USA) 2 June Provo 1990 21.66 −1.0   Merlene Ottey (JAM) 15 August Zürich 1991 21.64 +0.8   Merlene Ottey (JAM) 13 September Brussels 1992 21.72 −0.1   Gwen Torrence (USA) 5 August Barcelona 1993 21.77 +1.0   Merlene Ottey (JAM) 7 August Monaco 1994 21.85 −0.8   Gwen Torrence (USA) 12 August Durham 1995 21.77 −0.3   Gwen Torrence (USA) 18 August Cologne 1996 22.07 +0.4   Marie-José Pérec (FRA) 1 August Atlanta −0.1   Mary Onyali (NGR) 14 August Zürich 1997 21.76 −0.8   Marion Jones (USA) 13 August Zürich 1998 21.62A −0.6   Marion Jones (USA) 11 September Johannesburg 1999 21.77 +0.6   Inger Miller (USA) 27 August Seville 2000 21.94 +1.8   Marion Jones (USA) 23 July Sacramento 2001 22.39 +1.8   LaTasha Jenkins (USA) 23 June Eugene −0.3   Debbie Ferguson (BAH) 9 August Edmonton 2002 22.20 +0.0   Dbbie Ferguson (BAH) 29 July Manchester 2003 22.11A −0.5   Allyson Felix (USA) 3 May Mexico City 2004 22.05 +0.8   Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) 25 August Athens 2005 22.13 +0.3   Allyson Felix (USA) 26 June Carson 2006 22.00 +1.3   Sherone Simpson (JAM) 25 June Kingston −0.3   Sherone Simpson (JAM) 25 July Stockholm 2007 21.81 +1.7   Allyson Felix (USA) 31 August Osaka 2008 21.74 +0.6   Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) 21 August Beijing 2009 21.88 +1.3   Allyson Felix (USA) 31 July Stockholm 2010 21.98 +1.4   Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) 12 June New York City 2011 22.15 +1.0   Shalonda Solomon (USA) 26 June Eugene 2012 21.69 +1.0   Allyson Felix (USA) 30 June Eugene 2013 22.13 +1.0   Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) 23 June Kingston 2014 22.02 +0.1   Allyson Felix (USA) 5 September Brussels 2015 21.63 +0.2   Dafne Schippers (NED) 28 August Beijing 2016 21.78 −0.1   Elaine Thompson (JAM) 17 August Rio de Janeiro 2017 21.77 +1.5   Tori Bowie (USA) 27 May Eugene 2018 21.89 +0.2   Dina Asher-Smith (GBR) 11 August Berlin 2019 21.74 −0.4   Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH) 29 August Zürich 2020 21.98 +2.0   Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH) 25 July Clermont 2021 21.53 +0.8   Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM) 3 August Tokyo 2022 21.45 +0.6   Shericka Jackson (JAM) 21 July Eugene 2023 21.41 +0.1   Shericka Jackson (JAM) 25 August Budapest 2024 21.78 +0.6   Gabby Thomas (USA) 22 June Eugene 2025 21.68 −0.1   Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (USA) 19 September Tokyo