1987 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 200 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres
200 metres
A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships
1987 World Championships in Athletics
The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987.-Track:1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995...

in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 47 participating athletes, with six qualifying heats and the final held on Thursday 1987-09-03.

Medalists

Gold	Calvin Smith Calvin Smith Calvin Smith is a former sprint track and field athlete from the United States. He is a former World Record holder in the 100 metre sprint, and was twice World Champion over 200 metres... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... (USA)
Silver	Gilles Quénéhervé Gilles Quénéhervé Gilles Quénéhervé is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.-Biography:At the 1987 World Championships in Rome he won the silver medal in a time of 20.16, which still stood as a French record for 21 years until it was broken by Christophe Lemaitre at the 2011 World... France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... (FRA)
Bronze	John Regis John Regis (athlete) John Paul Lyndon Regis, MBE is a retired English sprinter. During his career, he won gold medals in the 200 metres at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and the 1990 European Championships, and a silver medal in the distance at the 1993 World Championships.He was a member of the British teams... Great Britain United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... (GBR)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record		19.72	Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole... , Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...	September 12, 1972
Championship Record		20.14	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	August 14, 1983

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		20.16
		20.16
		20.18
4.		20.22
5.		20.23
6.		20.25
7.		20.45
8.		20.78

Semifinals

Held on Thursday 1987-09-03

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1. 20.54
2. 20.54
3. 20.69
4. 20.78
5. 20.87
6. 20.99
7. 21.22
8. 21.28

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		20.54
2.		20.54
3.		20.69
4.		20.78
5.		20.87
6.		20.99
7.		21.22
8.		21.28

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		20.31
2.		20.31
3.		20.34
4.		20.38
5.		20.47
6.		20.50
7.		20.86
8.		20.90

Quarterfinals

Held on Tuesday 1987-09-01

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		20.56
2.		20.79
3.		21.11
4.		21.11
5.		21.12
6.		21.37
7.		21.39
8.		21.68

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		20.38
2.		20.64
3.		20.88
4.		20.89
5.		20.94
6.		21.20
7.		26.25
		DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		20.48
2.		20.55
3.		20.60
4.		20.86
5.		20.87
6.		20.98
7.		21.15
8.		21.23

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		20.48
2.		20.61
3.		20.65
4.		20.67
5.		20.90
6.		21.12
7.		21.26
8.		21.46

Qualifying heats

Held on Tuesday 1987-09-01

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		20.37
2.		20.77
3.		20.89
4.		21.14
5.		21.19
6.		21.26
7.		21.53
		DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		20.77
2.		20.82
3.		20.89
4.		20.94
5.		21.01
6.		21.47
7.		21.67
8.		21.93

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		20.59
2.		20.88
3.		21.11
4.		21.15
5.		21.33
6.		21.51
7.		21.62
8.		23.41

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		20.56
2.		20.62
3.		20.82
4.		20.93
5.		21.06
6.		21.15
7.		21.48
8.		23.07

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		20.62
2.		20.80
3.		20.84
4.		20.96
5.		21.04
6.		21.36
7.		22.06
8.		22.45