200 meters

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

200 meters

Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's 200 meter race from 1900 to the present.

Year Time Record
1900 Walter Tewksbury, USA 22.2
1904 Archie Hahn, USA 21.6 OR
1908 Bobby Kerr, CAN 22.6
1912 Ralph Craig, USA 21.7
1920 Allen Woodring, USA 22.0
1924 Jackson Scholz, USA 21.6
1928 Percy Williams, CAN 21.8
1932 Eddie Tolan, USA 21.2 OR
1936 Jesse Owens, USA 20.7 OR
1948 Mel Patton, USA 21.1
1952 Andy Stanfield, USA 20.7
1956 Bobby Morrow, USA 20.6 OR
1960 Livio Berruti, ITA 20.5 WR
1964 Henry Carr, USA 20.3 OR
1968 Tommie Smith, USA 19.83 WR
1972 Valery Borzov, USSR 20.00
1976 Donald Quarrie, JAM 20.23
1980 Pietro Mennea, ITA 20.19
1984 Carl Lewis, USA 19.80 OR
1988 Joe DeLoach, USA 19.75 OR
1992 Mike Marsh, USA 20.01
1996Michael Johnson, USA19.32WR
2000Konstantinos Kenteris, GRE20.09
2004 Shawn Crawford, USA19.79
2008 Usain Bolt, JAM 19.30 OR, WR
2012 Usain Bolt, JAM 19.32

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