Final Wind -1.0m/s time L 1. Michael Marsh 20.01s 4 2. Frankie Fredericks 20.13s 5 3. Michael Bates 20.38s 1 4. Robson da Silva 20.45s 6 5. Olapade Adeniken 20.50s 2 6. John Regis 20.55s 3 7. Oluyemi Kayode 20.67s 7 8. Marcus Adam 20.80s 8
Venue: Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 67,007. 79 competitors from 65 nations.
World Record: 19.72s Pietro Mennea, Italy, Mexico City, Mexico, September 12, 1979 Olympic Record: 19.75s Joe DeLoach, United States, Seoul, South Korea, September 28, 1988
Semi-Finals - Wednesday, 5th August First 4 from each Semi advanced to Final.
Semi 1 time 1. Michael Marsh 19.73s 2. John Regis 20.09s 3. Robson da Silva 20.15s 4. Oluyemi Kayode 20.23s 5. Linford Christie 20.38s 6. Nikolay Antonov 20.55s 7. Clive Wright 20.82s 8. Torbjörn Eriksson 20.85s
Semi 2 time 1. Frankie Fredericks 20.14s 2. Michael Bates 20.39s 3. Olapade Adeniken 20.39s 4. Marcus Adam 20.63s 5. Emmanuel Tuffour 20.78s 6. Michael Johnson 20.78s 7. Sidney Telles 20.88s -. Neil de Silva DSQ
The pre-meet favourite had been world champion Michael Johnson,
who had beaten Marsh 19.79 to 19.86 in the US Trials. Unfortunately,
poor Johnson contracted a stomach virus a month before the Games
while in Spain, and was a shadow of his normal self, finishing 6th in
his semi-final in a pedestrian 20.78. Meanwhile, Marsh had been estab-
lishing himself as the potential winner, running the fastest time in each
round: 20.38, 20.08 and an astonishing 19.73. That missed the world
record by 0.01, was the fastest ever legal time at low altitude, and was
nearly 0.4 quicker than the opposition.
Expectations were high that the Pietro Mennea’s 1979 world record
of 19.72 would be broken in the final, but the tension of the moment
and a headwind put paid to that. Marsh took the lead from Fredericks
at halfway, and cruised to victory more than a metre clear of the
Namibian. Bates, who would later forge a career in the NFL, went from
seventh at halfway to claim the bronze from the inside lane ahead of
the ’88 bronze medallist da Silva. Regis, who had run 20.09 behind
Marsh in the semi-final, was a disappointing sixth.
First 3 from each Quarter and Best time Emmanuel Tuffour (GHA) advanced to Semi-Finals .
Quarter 1 time 1. Marcus Adam 20.43s 2. Michael Johnson 20.55s 3. Neil de Silva 20.66s 4. Atlee Mahorn 20.78s 5. Christoph Pöstinger 20.83s 6. Sergio de Menezes 21.00s 7. Horace Dove-Edwin 21.80s -. Eduardo Guilbe Alomar DNS
Quarter 2 time 1. Robson da Silva 20.35s 2. Olapade Adeniken 20.47s 3. Clive Wright 20.70s 4. Edvin Ivanov 20.78s 5. Cameron Taylor 20.83s 6. Samuel Nelson Boateng 21.04s 7. Ouattara Lagazane 21.39s 8. Francis Ogola 21.41s
Quarter 3 time 1. Michael Bates 20.22s 2. Oluyemi Kayode 20.22s 3. Linford Christie 20.52s 4. Dean Capobianco 20.61s 5. Peter Ogilvie 20.77s 6. Andreas Berger 21.02s 7. Seksarn Boon Rat 21.30s -. Tshakile Nzimande DNS
Quarter 4 time 1. Michael Marsh 20.08s 2. Sidney Telles 20.69s 3. Torbjörn Eriksson 20.81s 4. Kennedy Ondieki 20.86s 5. Gilles Quénéhervé 20.96s 6. Daniel Cojocaru 20.96s 7. Ibrahim Tamba 21.28s 8. Miguel Ángel Gómez 21.32s 9. Stefan Burkart 21.52s
Quarter 5 time 1. Frankie Fredericks 20.02s 2. John Regis 20.16s 3. Nikolay Antonov 20.50s 4. Emmanuel Tuffour 20.58s 5. Patrick Stevens 20.67s 6. Henrico Atkins 21.19s 7. Anthony Wilson 21.22s 8. Boevi Youlou Lawson 21.47s
Heats 1 time 1. Frankie Fredericks 20.74s 2. Andreas Berger 21.02s 3. Edgardo Guilbe 21.75s 4. Wyndell Dickinson 21.78s 5. Bothloko Shebe 21.96s 6. Apisai Driu Baibai 22.07s 7. Makanga Médard 22.18s
Heats 2 time 1. Michael Johnson 20.80s 2. Patrick Stevens 20.93s 3. Menezes Sérgio de 21.17s 4. Francis Ogola 21.29s 5. Miguel Ángel Gómez 21.46s 6. Samuel Nchinda-Kaya 21.50s 7. Sriyantha Dissanayake 21.61s
Heats 3 time 1. Oluyemi Kayode 20.42s 2. Atlee Mahorn 21.01s 3. Boevi Lawson 21.05s 4. Ouattara Lagazane 21.13s 5. Simon Kipkemboi 21.57s 6. Dejan Jovković individual 21.77s 7. Amadou Sy Savané 21.86s 8. Jaime Zelaya 22.05s
Heats 4 time 1. Michael Bates 20.91s 2. Gilles Quénéhervé 20.99s 3. Kennedy Ondiek 21.04s 4. Seaksarn Boonrat 21.39s 5. Eswort Coombs 22.07s 6. Bounhom Siliphone 23.64s
Heats 5 time 1. Daniel Cojocaru 21.20s 2. Linford Christie 21.23s 3. Stefan Burkart 21.33s 4. Abel Tshaka Nzimande 21.43s 5. Mateaki Mafi 22.05s 6. Lamin Marikong 22.33s 7. Randolph Foster 22.47s 8. Abdullah Salem Al-Khalidi 22.48s
Heats 6 time 1. Marcus Adam 20.62s 2. Nikolay Antonov 20.94s 3. Nelson Boateng 21.03s 4. Henrico Atkins 21.28s 5. Ato Boldon 21.65s 6. Shahanuddin Choudhury 21.88s 7. Kaminiel Selot 22.36s 8. Boureima Kimba 22.49s
Heats 7 time 1. Olapade Adeniken 20.79s 2. Clive Wright 20.98s 3. Edvin Ivanov 21.10s 4. Giannis Zisimidis 21.51s 5. Aldo Canti 21.69s 6. Gabriel Simeon 22.09s 7. Kenmore Hughes 22.18s
Heats 8 time 1. Dean Capobianco 20.86s 2. Torbjörn Eriksson 21.08s 3. Ibrahima Tamba 21.25s 4. Sayed Mubarak Al-Kuwari 21.87s 5. Adam Hassan Sakak 21.96s 6. Robinson Stewart 21.97s -. Jean-Charles Trouabal DNFs -. Juan Vicente Matala Dqs
Heats 9 time 1. John Regis 20.63s 2. Sidnei de Souza 20.72s 3. Emmanuel Tuffour 21.07s 4. Horace Dove-Edwin 21.38s 5. Khaled Ibrahim Jouma 21.55s 6. Harouna Pale 21.65s 7. Boubout Dieng 22.75s
Heats 10 time 1. Mike Marsh 20.38s 2. Neil De Silva 20.89s 3. Peter Ogilvie 21.11s 4. Ousmane Diarra 21.73s 5. Hussain Arif 21.75s 6. Pat Kwok Wai 22.45s 7. Ahmed Shageef 22.54s
Heats 11 time 1. Robson da Silva 20.62s 2. Cameron Taylor 20.91s 3. Christoph Pöstinger 21.02s 4. Anthony Wilson 21.21s 5. Valentin Ngbogo 21.51s 6. Claude Roumain 22.51s
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