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200 metres, Men

Date	31 July – 1 August 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	78 from 57 countries

Michael Johnson had been favored to win in 1992 until a stomach virus weakened him and he lost in the semi-final. By 1996, he was a prohibitive favorite, not having lost since 1994 over 200 metres, and had won the 1995 World Championships. He was looking for a 200/400 double in Atlanta. At the US Olympic Trials, Johnson finally bettered Pietro Mennea’s world record from 1979, running 19.66 to make the US team. His challengers were felt to be Namibian Frankie Fredericks, the 1992 silver medalist, and Trinidad’s Ato Boldon. Only two weeks before the Olympics, Fredericks had beaten Johnson, snapping his win streak at the distance. By the night of the 200 final Johnson had already won his 400 gold medal. Coming off the curve, there was little to choose between the three favorites, Johnson having a slight lead. But then he found another gear, finishing in 19.32, a time that seemed almost like a mistake. Fredericks held on for his second consecutive silver medal with Boldon winning bronze. Boldon later said, )19.32. That’s not a time. It sounds like my dad’s birthday.)

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	2370	Michael Johnson	USA	20.55 (1 h4)	20.37 (1 h2)	20.27 (1 h1)	19.32 (1)	Gold	WR
2	1962	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	20.59 (1 h11)	20.38 (1 h1)	19.98 (1 h2)	19.68 (2)	Silver
3	2288	Ato Boldon	TTO	20.26 (1 h3)	20.25 (1 h5)	20.05 (2 h2)	19.80 (3)	Bronze
4	1098	Obadele Thompson	BAR	20.42 (2 h3)	20.53 (3 h1)	20.32 (4 h2)	20.14 (4)
5	2405	Jeff Williams	USA	20.37 (1 h9)	20.47 (2 h1)	20.39 (3 h1)	20.17 (5)
6	1272	Iván García	CUB	20.49 (1 h2)	20.36 (1 h3)	20.34 (2 h1)	20.21 (6)
7	1113	Patrick Stevens	BEL	20.60 (1 h6)	20.43 (2 h4)	20.46 (4 h1)	20.27 (7)
8	2375	Mike Marsh	USA	20.27 (1 h1)	20.39 (1 h4)	20.26 (3 h2)	20.48 (8)
5 h1 r3/4	1993	Francis Obikwelu	NGR	20.62 (1 h5)	20.49 (2 h5)	20.56 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	1034	Steve Brimacombe	AUS	20.45 (4 h1)	20.53 (3 h3)	20.38 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	1504	John Regis	GBR	20.78 (3 h5)	20.56 (3 h4)	20.58 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	1759	Koji Ito	JPN	20.56 (1 h10)	20.47 (2 h3)	20.45 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	1597	Emmanuel Tuffour	GHA	20.85 (3 h10)	20.49 (3 h5)	20.61 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	1860	Sergejs Inšakovs	LAT	20.41 (2 h1)	20.58 (4 h4)	20.48 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r3/4	2289	Neil de Silva	TTO	20.54 (1 h8)	20.62 (3 h2)	21.26 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r3/4	2006	Geir Moen	NOR	20.78 (4 h7)	20.48 (2 h2)	20.96 (8 h2)	–
4 h1 r2/4	1114	Erik Wijmeersch	BEL	20.68 (2 h4)	20.59 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r2/4	1156	Robson da Silva	BRA	20.61 (2 h8)	20.65 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r2/4	2052	Robert Maćkowiak	POL	20.67 (2 h7)	20.61 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h5 r2/4	1477	Linford Christie	GBR	20.64 (1 h7)	20.59 (4 h5)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	1751	Percy Spencer	JAM	20.73 (3 h4)	20.59 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	1357	Jordi Mayoral	ESP	20.65 (2 h6)	20.68 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	1296	Anninos Markoullidis	CYP	20.57 (3 h3)	20.63 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	1583	Albert Agyemang	GHA	20.69 (2 h2)	20.87 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r2/4	1172	Édson Ribeiro	BRA	20.69 (2 h5)	20.60 (5 h5)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	1119	Troy Douglas	BER	20.41 (3 h1)	20.63 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	1604	Georgios Panagiotopoulos	GRE	20.69 (3 h7)	20.86 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	2306	Vladyslav Dolohodin	UKR	20.57 (2 h9)	20.65 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	1994	Seun Ogunkoya	NGR	20.78 (2 h11)	21.00 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r2/4	2248	Torbjörn Eriksson	SWE	20.77 (2 h10)	20.83 (6 h5)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	1362	Javier Navarro	ESP	20.87 (3 h9)	21.06 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	1736	Elston Cawley	JAM	20.73 (3 h2)	20.75 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	1626	Joseph Loua	GUI	20.81 (4 h6)	21.01 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h5 r2/4	1022	Carlos Gats	ARG	20.82 (4 h3)	20.84 (7 h5)	–	–
8 h2 r2/4	2180	Oumar Loum	SEN	20.69 (3 h8)	21.31 (7 h2)	–	–
8 h3 r2/4	1241	Franck Waota	CIV	20.78 (4 h4)	21.14 (8 h3)	–	–
8 h5 r2/4	1679	Gary Ryan	IRL	20.78 (3 h11)	20.89 (8 h5)	–	–
AC h4 r2/4	1155	Claudinei da Silva	BRA	20.80 (3 h6)	– (DNF h4)	–	–
4 h2 r1/4	1480	Owusu Dako	GBR	20.83 (4 h2)	–	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	2196	Pierre Lisk	SLE	20.86 (4 h5)	–	–	–
4 h9 r1/4	2226	Alain Reimann	SUI	20.99 (4 h9)	–	–	–
4 h10 r1/4	2019	Mark Keddell	NZL	20.93 (4 h10)	–	–	–
4 h11 r1/4	1221	Sebastián Keitel	CHI	20.96 (4 h11)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	2125	Alfred Visagie	RSA	21.10 (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	1610	Thomas Sbokos	GRE	20.88 (5 h2)	–	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	1793	Joseph Gikonyo	KEN	20.88 (5 h3)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	1246	Benjamin Sirimou	CMR	21.00 (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	2250	Lars Hedner	SWE	20.97 (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	2282	Boevi Lawson	TOG	20.99 (5 h6)	–	–	–
5 h7 r1/4	1200	O'Brian Gibbons	CAN	20.79 (5 h7)	– (DNS h1)	–	–
5 h8 r1/4	2015	Matthew Coad	NZL	21.25 (4 h8)	–	–	–
5 h9 r1/4	1941	Ousmane Diarra	MLI	21.20 (5 h9)	–	–	–
5 h10 r1/4	1141	Justice Dipeba	BOT	21.09 (5 h10)	–	–	–
5 h11 r1/4	1074	Christoph Pöstinger	AUT	20.98 (5 h11)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	2026	Mohamed Al-Houti	OMA	21.10 (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	1181	Anton Ivanov	BUL	21.20 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	2016	Chris Donaldson	NZL	20.96 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	1452	Antoine Boussombo	GAB	21.06 (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	1069	Thomas Griesser	AUT	21.20 (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	1638	Anderson Vilien	HAI	21.62 (6 h6)	–	–	–
6 h7 r1/4	2131	Andrey Fedoriv	RUS	20.95 (6 h7)	–	–	–
6 h8 r1/4	2038	Amos Ali	PNG	21.37 (5 h8)	–	–	–
6 h9 r1/4	2298	Mohamed Al-Aswad	UAE	21.77 (6 h9)	–	–	–
6 h10 r1/4	1195	Carlton Chambers	CAN	21.32 (6 h10)	–	–	–
6 h11 r1/4	1706	Sandro Floris	ITA	21.01 (6 h11)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	1765	Takahiro Mazuka	JPN	21.13 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h2 r1/4	2475	David Wilson	GUM	21.85 (7 h2)	–	–	–
7 h3 r1/4	2287	Tao Wu-Shiun	TPE	21.25 (7 h3)	–	–	–
7 h5 r1/4	1117	Pascal Dangbo	BEN	21.65 (7 h5)	–	–	–
7 h6 r1/4	1207	Peter Ogilvie	CAN	22.00 (7 h6)	–	–	–
7 h7 r1/4	1217	Brahim Abdoulaye	CHA	21.67 (7 h7)	–	–	–
7 h8 r1/4	2418	Laurence Jack	VAN	21.94 (6 h8)	–	–	–
7 h10 r1/4	1027	Miguel Janssen	ARU	21.72 (7 h10)	–	–	–
7 h11 r1/4	1224	Chen Wenzhong	CHN	21.05 (7 h11)	–	–	–
8 h2 r1/4	1958	Mohamed Ould Brahim	MTN	22.71 (8 h2)	–	–	–
8 h5 r1/4	1257	Hadhari Djaffar	COM	22.68 (8 h5)	–	–	–
8 h6 r1/4	1522	Gustavo Envela	GEQ	22.09 (8 h6)	–	–	–
DQ	1036	Dean Capobianco	AUS	[20.76] (DQ h8)	[21.03] (DQ h2)	–	–
DNS	1352	Venancio José	ESP	– (DNS h4)	–	–	–
DNS	1980	Olapade Adeniken	NGR	– (DNS h8)	–	–	–
DNS	2095	Ibrahim Ismail	QAT	– (DNS h9)	–	–	–

Round One

Date	31 July 1996
Format	Top three in each heat and next seven fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2288	Ato Boldon	TTO	20.26	0.182	Q
2	2375	Mike Marsh	USA	20.27	0.192	Q
3	2405	Jeff Williams	USA	20.37	0.203	Q
4	1860	Sergejs Inšakovs	LAT	20.41	0.170	Q
5	1119	Troy Douglas	BER	20.41	0.238	Q
6	1098	Obadele Thompson	BAR	20.42	0.174	Q
7	1034	Steve Brimacombe	AUS	20.45	0.148	q
8	1272	Iván García	CUB	20.49	0.179	Q
9	2289	Neil de Silva	TTO	20.54	0.177	Q
10	2370	Michael Johnson	USA	20.55	0.261	Q
11	1759	Koji Ito	JPN	20.56	0.247	Q
=12	1296	Anninos Markoullidis	CYP	20.57	0.223	Q
=12	2306	Vladyslav Dolohodin	UKR	20.57	0.171	Q
14	1962	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	20.59	0.240	Q
15	1113	Patrick Stevens	BEL	20.60	0.138	Q
16	1156	Robson da Silva	BRA	20.61	0.200	Q
17	1993	Francis Obikwelu	NGR	20.62	0.204	Q
18	1477	Linford Christie	GBR	20.64	0.151	Q
19	1357	Jordi Mayoral	ESP	20.65	0.128	Q
20	2052	Robert Maćkowiak	POL	20.67	0.231	Q
21	1114	Erik Wijmeersch	BEL	20.68	0.183	Q
=22	1583	Albert Agyemang	GHA	20.69	0.154	Q
=22	1172	Édson Ribeiro	BRA	20.69	0.158	Q
=22	1604	Georgios Panagiotopoulos	GRE	20.69	0.202	Q
=22	2180	Oumar Loum	SEN	20.69	0.233	Q
=26	1736	Elston Cawley	JAM	20.73	0.203	Q
=26	1751	Percy Spencer	JAM	20.73	0.245	Q
28	2248	Torbjörn Eriksson	SWE	20.77	0.198	Q
=29	1241	Franck Waota	CIV	20.78	0.166	q
=29	1504	John Regis	GBR	20.78	0.191	Q
=29	2006	Geir Moen	NOR	20.78	0.170	q
=29	1994	Seun Ogunkoya	NGR	20.78	0.161	Q
33	1679	Gary Ryan	IRL	20.78	0.225	Q
34	1200	O'Brian Gibbons	CAN	20.79	0.190	q
35	1155	Claudinei da Silva	BRA	20.80	0.187	Q
36	1626	Joseph Loua	GUI	20.81	0.171	q
37	1022	Carlos Gats	ARG	20.82	0.202	q
38	1480	Owusu Dako	GBR	20.83	0.149
39	1597	Emmanuel Tuffour	GHA	20.85	0.221	Q
40	2196	Pierre Lisk	SLE	20.86	0.256
41	1362	Javier Navarro	ESP	20.87	0.216	Q
=42	1610	Thomas Sbokos	GRE	20.88	0.243		1
=42	1793	Joseph Gikonyo	KEN	20.88	0.167
44	2019	Mark Keddell	NZL	20.93	0.160
45	2131	Andrey Fedoriv	RUS	20.95	0.163
=46	2016	Chris Donaldson	NZL	20.96	0.160
=46	1221	Sebastián Keitel	CHI	20.96	0.195
48	2250	Lars Hedner	SWE	20.97	0.137
49	1074	Christoph Pöstinger	AUT	20.98	0.150
=50	2282	Boevi Lawson	TOG	20.99	0.270
=50	2226	Alain Reimann	SUI	20.99	0.234
52	1246	Benjamin Sirimou	CMR	21.00	0.320
53	1706	Sandro Floris	ITA	21.01	0.176
54	1224	Chen Wenzhong	CHN	21.05	0.194
55	1452	Antoine Boussombo	GAB	21.06	0.235
56	1141	Justice Dipeba	BOT	21.09	0.287
57	2125	Alfred Visagie	RSA	21.10	0.162
58	2026	Mohamed Al-Houti	OMA	21.10	0.248
59	1765	Takahiro Mazuka	JPN	21.13	0.133
=60	1181	Anton Ivanov	BUL	21.20	0.191
=60	1069	Thomas Griesser	AUT	21.20	0.193
=60	1941	Ousmane Diarra	MLI	21.20	0.173
=63	2287	Tao Wu-Shiun	TPE	21.25	0.174
=63	2015	Matthew Coad	NZL	21.25	0.218
65	1195	Carlton Chambers	CAN	21.32	0.264
66	2038	Amos Ali	PNG	21.37	0.183
67	1638	Anderson Vilien	HAI	21.62	0.275
68	1117	Pascal Dangbo	BEN	21.65	0.155
69	1217	Brahim Abdoulaye	CHA	21.67	0.178
70	1027	Miguel Janssen	ARU	21.72	0.195
71	2298	Mohamed Al-Aswad	UAE	21.77	0.206
72	2475	David Wilson	GUM	21.85	0.242
73	2418	Laurence Jack	VAN	21.94	0.206
74	1207	Peter Ogilvie	CAN	22.00	0.128
75	1522	Gustavo Envela	GEQ	22.09	0.182
76	1257	Hadhari Djaffar	COM	22.68	0.254
77	1958	Mohamed Ould Brahim	MTN	22.71	0.255
DQ	1036	Dean Capobianco	AUS	[20.76]	[0.183]	Q
DNS	1352	Venancio José	ESP	–	–
DNS	1980	Olapade Adeniken	NGR	–	–
DNS	2095	Ibrahim Ismail	QAT	–	–

Heat #1

Time	10:45
Wind	1.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2375	Mike Marsh	USA	20.27	0.192	Q
2	1860	Sergejs Inšakovs	LAT	20.41	0.170	Q
3	1119	Troy Douglas	BER	20.41	0.238	Q
4	1034	Steve Brimacombe	AUS	20.45	0.148	q
5	2125	Alfred Visagie	RSA	21.10	0.162
6	2026	Mohamed Al-Houti	OMA	21.10	0.248
7	1765	Takahiro Mazuka	JPN	21.13	0.133

Heat #2

Time	10:50
Wind	1.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1272	Iván García	CUB	20.49	0.179	Q
2	1583	Albert Agyemang	GHA	20.69	0.154	Q
3	1736	Elston Cawley	JAM	20.73	0.203	Q
4	1480	Owusu Dako	GBR	20.83	0.149
5	1610	Thomas Sbokos	GRE	20.88	0.243		2
6	1181	Anton Ivanov	BUL	21.20	0.191
7	2475	David Wilson	GUM	21.85	0.242
8	1958	Mohamed Ould Brahim	MTN	22.71	0.255

Heat #3

Time	10:55
Wind	0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2288	Ato Boldon	TTO	20.26	0.182	Q
2	1098	Obadele Thompson	BAR	20.42	0.174	Q
3	1296	Anninos Markoullidis	CYP	20.57	0.223	Q
4	1022	Carlos Gats	ARG	20.82	0.202	q
5	1793	Joseph Gikonyo	KEN	20.88	0.167
6	2016	Chris Donaldson	NZL	20.96	0.160
7	2287	Tao Wu-Shiun	TPE	21.25	0.174

Heat #4

Time	11:00
Wind	-0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2370	Michael Johnson	USA	20.55	0.261	Q
2	1114	Erik Wijmeersch	BEL	20.68	0.183	Q
3	1751	Percy Spencer	JAM	20.73	0.245	Q
4	1241	Franck Waota	CIV	20.78	0.166	q
5	1246	Benjamin Sirimou	CMR	21.00	0.320
6	1452	Antoine Boussombo	GAB	21.06	0.235
DNS	1352	Venancio José	ESP	–	–

Heat #5

Time	11:05
Wind	-0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1993	Francis Obikwelu	NGR	20.62	0.204	Q
2	1172	Édson Ribeiro	BRA	20.69	0.158	Q
3	1504	John Regis	GBR	20.78	0.191	Q
4	2196	Pierre Lisk	SLE	20.86	0.256
5	2250	Lars Hedner	SWE	20.97	0.137
6	1069	Thomas Griesser	AUT	21.20	0.193
7	1117	Pascal Dangbo	BEN	21.65	0.155
8	1257	Hadhari Djaffar	COM	22.68	0.254

Heat #6

Time	11:10
Wind	-0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1113	Patrick Stevens	BEL	20.60	0.138	Q
2	1357	Jordi Mayoral	ESP	20.65	0.128	Q
3	1155	Claudinei da Silva	BRA	20.80	0.187	Q
4	1626	Joseph Loua	GUI	20.81	0.171	q
5	2282	Boevi Lawson	TOG	20.99	0.270
6	1638	Anderson Vilien	HAI	21.62	0.275
7	1207	Peter Ogilvie	CAN	22.00	0.128
8	1522	Gustavo Envela	GEQ	22.09	0.182

Heat #7

Time	11:15
Wind	-0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1477	Linford Christie	GBR	20.64	0.151	Q
2	2052	Robert Maćkowiak	POL	20.67	0.231	Q
3	1604	Georgios Panagiotopoulos	GRE	20.69	0.202	Q
4	2006	Geir Moen	NOR	20.78	0.170	q
5	1200	O'Brian Gibbons	CAN	20.79	0.190	q
6	2131	Andrey Fedoriv	RUS	20.95	0.163
7	1217	Brahim Abdoulaye	CHA	21.67	0.178

Heat #8

Time	11:20
Wind	0.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2289	Neil de Silva	TTO	20.54	0.177	Q
2	1156	Robson da Silva	BRA	20.61	0.200	Q
3	2180	Oumar Loum	SEN	20.69	0.233	Q
4	2015	Matthew Coad	NZL	21.25	0.218
5	2038	Amos Ali	PNG	21.37	0.183
6	2418	Laurence Jack	VAN	21.94	0.206
DQ	1036	Dean Capobianco	AUS	[20.76]	[0.183]	Q
DNS	1980	Olapade Adeniken	NGR	–	–

Heat #9

Time	11:25
Wind	-0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2405	Jeff Williams	USA	20.37	0.203	Q
2	2306	Vladyslav Dolohodin	UKR	20.57	0.171	Q
3	1362	Javier Navarro	ESP	20.87	0.216	Q
4	2226	Alain Reimann	SUI	20.99	0.234
5	1941	Ousmane Diarra	MLI	21.20	0.173
6	2298	Mohamed Al-Aswad	UAE	21.77	0.206
DNS	2095	Ibrahim Ismail	QAT	–	–

Heat #10

Time	11:30
Wind	-0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1759	Koji Ito	JPN	20.56	0.247	Q
2	2248	Torbjörn Eriksson	SWE	20.77	0.198	Q
3	1597	Emmanuel Tuffour	GHA	20.85	0.221	Q
4	2019	Mark Keddell	NZL	20.93	0.160
5	1141	Justice Dipeba	BOT	21.09	0.287
6	1195	Carlton Chambers	CAN	21.32	0.264
7	1027	Miguel Janssen	ARU	21.72	0.195

Heat #11

Time	11:35
Wind	-0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1962	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	20.59	0.240	Q
2	1994	Seun Ogunkoya	NGR	20.78	0.161	Q
3	1679	Gary Ryan	IRL	20.78	0.225	Q
4	1221	Sebastián Keitel	CHI	20.96	0.195
5	1074	Christoph Pöstinger	AUT	20.98	0.150
6	1706	Sandro Floris	ITA	21.01	0.176
7	1224	Chen Wenzhong	CHN	21.05	0.194

Quarter-Finals

Date	31 July 1996
Format	Top three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2288	Ato Boldon	TTO	20.25	0.148	Q
2	1272	Iván García	CUB	20.36	0.220	Q
3	2370	Michael Johnson	USA	20.37	0.233	Q
4	1962	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	20.38	0.154	Q
5	2375	Mike Marsh	USA	20.39	0.181	Q
6	1113	Patrick Stevens	BEL	20.43	0.165	Q	3
=7	2405	Jeff Williams	USA	20.47	0.196	Q
=7	1759	Koji Ito	JPN	20.47	0.233	Q
9	2006	Geir Moen	NOR	20.48	0.251	Q
10	1993	Francis Obikwelu	NGR	20.49	0.198	Q
11	1597	Emmanuel Tuffour	GHA	20.49	0.144	Q
=12	1098	Obadele Thompson	BAR	20.53	0.207	Q
=12	1034	Steve Brimacombe	AUS	20.53	0.182	Q
14	1504	John Regis	GBR	20.56	0.163	Q
15	1860	Sergejs Inšakovs	LAT	20.58	0.145	q
16	1114	Erik Wijmeersch	BEL	20.59	0.229		4
17	1751	Percy Spencer	JAM	20.59	0.329
18	1477	Linford Christie	GBR	20.59	0.148
19	1172	Édson Ribeiro	BRA	20.60	0.156
20	2052	Robert Maćkowiak	POL	20.61	0.221
21	2289	Neil de Silva	TTO	20.62	0.187	Q
=22	1119	Troy Douglas	BER	20.63	0.165
=22	1296	Anninos Markoullidis	CYP	20.63	0.200
=24	1156	Robson da Silva	BRA	20.65	0.187
=24	2306	Vladyslav Dolohodin	UKR	20.65	0.180
26	1357	Jordi Mayoral	ESP	20.68	0.158
27	1736	Elston Cawley	JAM	20.75	0.210
28	2248	Torbjörn Eriksson	SWE	20.83	0.204
29	1022	Carlos Gats	ARG	20.84	0.288
30	1604	Georgios Panagiotopoulos	GRE	20.86	0.167
31	1583	Albert Agyemang	GHA	20.87	0.161
32	1679	Gary Ryan	IRL	20.89	0.176
33	1994	Seun Ogunkoya	NGR	21.00	0.184
34	1626	Joseph Loua	GUI	21.01	0.171
35	1362	Javier Navarro	ESP	21.06	0.165
36	1241	Franck Waota	CIV	21.14	0.219
37	2180	Oumar Loum	SEN	21.31	0.197
DNF	1155	Claudinei da Silva	BRA	–	0.232
DQ	1036	Dean Capobianco	AUS	[21.03]	[0.161]
DNS	1200	O'Brian Gibbons	CAN	–	–

Heat #1

Time	18:15
Wind	0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1962	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	20.38	0.154	Q
2	2405	Jeff Williams	USA	20.47	0.196	Q
3	1098	Obadele Thompson	BAR	20.53	0.207	Q
4	1114	Erik Wijmeersch	BEL	20.59	0.229		5
5	1751	Percy Spencer	JAM	20.59	0.329
6	1119	Troy Douglas	BER	20.63	0.165
7	1362	Javier Navarro	ESP	21.06	0.165
DNS	1200	O'Brian Gibbons	CAN	–	–

Heat #2

Time	18:20
Wind	-0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2370	Michael Johnson	USA	20.37	0.233	Q
2	2006	Geir Moen	NOR	20.48	0.251	Q
3	2289	Neil de Silva	TTO	20.62	0.187	Q
4	1156	Robson da Silva	BRA	20.65	0.187
5	1357	Jordi Mayoral	ESP	20.68	0.158
6	1604	Georgios Panagiotopoulos	GRE	20.86	0.167
7	2180	Oumar Loum	SEN	21.31	0.197
DQ	1036	Dean Capobianco	AUS	[21.03]	[0.161]

Heat #3

Time	18:25
Wind	0.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1272	Iván García	CUB	20.36	0.220	Q
2	1759	Koji Ito	JPN	20.47	0.233	Q
3	1034	Steve Brimacombe	AUS	20.53	0.182	Q
4	2052	Robert Maćkowiak	POL	20.61	0.221
5	1296	Anninos Markoullidis	CYP	20.63	0.200
6	2306	Vladyslav Dolohodin	UKR	20.65	0.180
7	1736	Elston Cawley	JAM	20.75	0.210
8	1241	Franck Waota	CIV	21.14	0.219

Heat #4

Time	18:30
Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2375	Mike Marsh	USA	20.39	0.181	Q
2	1113	Patrick Stevens	BEL	20.43	0.165	Q	6
3	1504	John Regis	GBR	20.56	0.163	Q
4	1860	Sergejs Inšakovs	LAT	20.58	0.145	q
5	1583	Albert Agyemang	GHA	20.87	0.161
6	1994	Seun Ogunkoya	NGR	21.00	0.184
7	1626	Joseph Loua	GUI	21.01	0.171
DNF	1155	Claudinei da Silva	BRA	–	0.232

Heat #5

Time	18:35
Wind	1.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2288	Ato Boldon	TTO	20.25	0.148	Q
2	1993	Francis Obikwelu	NGR	20.49	0.198	Q
3	1597	Emmanuel Tuffour	GHA	20.49	0.144	Q
4	1477	Linford Christie	GBR	20.59	0.148
5	1172	Édson Ribeiro	BRA	20.60	0.156
6	2248	Torbjörn Eriksson	SWE	20.83	0.204
7	1022	Carlos Gats	ARG	20.84	0.288
8	1679	Gary Ryan	IRL	20.89	0.176

Semi-Finals

Date	1 August 1996
Format	Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1962	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	19.98	0.153	Q
2	2288	Ato Boldon	TTO	20.05	0.160	Q
3	2375	Mike Marsh	USA	20.26	0.167	Q
4	2370	Michael Johnson	USA	20.27	0.155	Q
5	1098	Obadele Thompson	BAR	20.32	0.181	Q
6	1272	Iván García	CUB	20.34	0.254	Q
7	1034	Steve Brimacombe	AUS	20.38	0.161
8	2405	Jeff Williams	USA	20.39	0.188	Q
9	1759	Koji Ito	JPN	20.45	0.266
10	1113	Patrick Stevens	BEL	20.46	0.173	Q
11	1860	Sergejs Inšakovs	LAT	20.48	0.159
12	1993	Francis Obikwelu	NGR	20.56	0.252
13	1504	John Regis	GBR	20.58	0.231
14	1597	Emmanuel Tuffour	GHA	20.61	0.168
15	2006	Geir Moen	NOR	20.96	0.146
16	2289	Neil de Silva	TTO	21.26	0.161

Heat #1

Time	19:10
Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2370	Michael Johnson	USA	20.27	0.155	Q
2	1272	Iván García	CUB	20.34	0.254	Q
3	2405	Jeff Williams	USA	20.39	0.188	Q
4	1113	Patrick Stevens	BEL	20.46	0.173	Q
5	1993	Francis Obikwelu	NGR	20.56	0.252
6	1504	John Regis	GBR	20.58	0.231
7	1597	Emmanuel Tuffour	GHA	20.61	0.168
8	2289	Neil de Silva	TTO	21.26	0.161

Heat #2

Time	19:15
Wind	0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	1962	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	19.98	0.153	Q
2	2288	Ato Boldon	TTO	20.05	0.160	Q
3	2375	Mike Marsh	USA	20.26	0.167	Q
4	1098	Obadele Thompson	BAR	20.32	0.181	Q
5	1034	Steve Brimacombe	AUS	20.38	0.161
6	1759	Koji Ito	JPN	20.45	0.266
7	1860	Sergejs Inšakovs	LAT	20.48	0.159
8	2006	Geir Moen	NOR	20.96	0.146

Final Round

Date	1 August 1996 — 21:00
Wind	0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2370	Michael Johnson	USA	19.32	0.161	WR
2	1962	Frankie Fredericks	NAM	19.68	0.200
3	2288	Ato Boldon	TTO	19.80	0.208
4	1098	Obadele Thompson	BAR	20.14	0.202
5	2405	Jeff Williams	USA	20.17	0.182
6	1272	Iván García	CUB	20.21	0.229
7	1113	Patrick Stevens	BEL	20.27	0.151
8	2375	Mike Marsh	USA	20.48	0.167