Final 19:10 time L 100m 200m 1. Michael Johnson 20.01s 3 10.21s 9.80s 2. Frank Fredericks 20.34s 4 10.36s 9.98s 3. Atlee Mahorn 20.49s 5 10.45s 10.04s 4. Robson Caetano Da Silva 20.49s 1 10.47s 10.02s 5. Olapade Adeniken 20.51s 2 10.40s 10.11s 6. Jean-Charles Trouabal 20.58s 7 10.51s 10.07s 7. Nikolay Antonov 20.59s 6 10.53s 10.06s 8. Aleksandr Sokolov 20.78s 8 10.49s 10.29s
Unbeaten since May 1990, Johnson was expected not only to win but threaten the 12 year-old world record of 19.72. This looked increasingly likely when the Texan won his second-round heat in a championship record of 20.05, despite easing off in the last 50m. A tired Leroy Burrell – the last man to beat Johnson – was eliminated at this point. Johnson continued to impress with a 20.06 semi into a 3.1m wind. A stronger headwind proved to be the American’s only opponent in the final. It slowed his winning time to 20.01, but the manner of his victory was amazing. He quickly made up the stagger on Fredericks and left the field three metres behind at the finish – the largest margin of victory at this level since Jesse Owens’s win at the 1936 Olympic Games. “I felt I put in a 19.5 or 19.6 effort,” said Johnson, who was also the world’s leading 400m runner. “After the race when I saw the time, I knew it had to be a pretty hefty wind”.
Semi 1 time L 1. Atlee Mahorn 20.40s 4 2. Nikolay Antonov 20.43s 5 3. Jean-Charles Trouabal 20.48s 6 4. Aleksandr Sokolov 20.48s 3 5. Floyd Heard 20.61s 2 6. Linford Christie 20.62s 1 7. Daniel Effiong 20.85s 7 8. Joseph Gikonyo 21.01s 8
Semi 2 time L 1. Michael Johnson 20.06s 6 2. Frank Fredericks 20.27s 2 3. Olapade Adeniken 20.47s 3 4. Robson Caetano Da Silva 20.47s 5 5. John Regis 20.52s 4 6. Michael Rosswess 20.82s 7 7. Emmanuel Tuffour 20.91s 8 8. Bruno Marie-Rose 21.04s 1
Quarter 1 time L 1. Atlee Mahorn 20.17s 7 2. Robson Caetano Da Silva 20.18s 4 3. Floyd Heard 20.56s 6 4. Daniel Effiong 20.59s 3 5. Hermann Lomba 20.69s 5 6. Jaroslaw Kaniecki 20.82s 8 7. Thomas Renner 21.11s 1 8. Enrique Talavera 21.12s 2
Quarter 2 time L 1. Frank Fredericks 20.41s 3 2. Emmanuel Tuffour 20.58s 4 3. Michael Rosswess 20.61s 6 4. Bruno Marie-Rose 20.85s 7 5. Dmitriy Bartenyev 20.90s 2 6. Kennedy Ondiek 21.07s 5 7. Felix Stevens 21.09s 1 -. Innocent Asonze DQ 8
Quarter 3 time L 1. Michael Johnson 20.05s 5 2. Nikolay Antonov 20.20s 6 3. Olapade Adeniken 20.30s 4 4. John Regis 20.38s 3 5. Dean Capobianco 20.77s 1 6. Daniel Cojocaru 20.80s 8 7. Stefano Tilli 20.92s 2 8. Cyprian Enweani 21.09s 7
Quarter 4 time L 1. Aleksandr Sokolov 20.36s 5 2. Jean-Charles Trouabal 20.40s 4 3. Linford Christie 20.54s 2 4. Joseph Gikonyo 20.63s 6 5. Yoshiyuki Okuyama 21.00s 1 6. Leroy Burrell 21.21s 3 7. Pascal Thurnherr 21.23s 7 8. Cameron Taylor 21.40s 8
Heats - Monday 26.08 11:35
Heat 1 wind -1.2 m/s time L 1. Frank Fredericks 20.70s 6 2. Innocent Asonze 20.88s 4 3. Jaroslaw Kaniecki 21.00s 1 4. Anninos Markoullides 21.07s 7 5. Attila Kovacs 21.55s 3 6. Christian Mandengue 22.31s 2 7. Ahmed Shageef 22.80s 5
Heat 2 wind +1.2 m/s time L 1. Michael Johnson 20.52s 2 2. Yoshiyuki Okuyama 20.80s 7 3. Stefano Tilli 20.89s 4 4. Enrique Talavera 20.98s 6 5. Peter Ogilvie 21.09s 3 6. Trevor Davis 21.87s 1 -. Mohamed Abderrehin DNS 5
Heat 3 wind +0.3 m/s time L 1. Robson Caetano Da Silva 20.51s 3 2. Michael Rosswess 20.58s 6 3. Daniel Effiong 20.68s 5 4. Kennedy Ondiek 20.73s 4 5. Dmitriy Bartenyev 20.78s 8 6. Edmund Estaphane 21.48s 7 7. Eric Haynes 21.58s 1 8. Fortune Ogouchi 22.36s 2
Heat 4 wind +0.9 m/s time L 1. Nikolay Antonov 20.28s 1 2. Leroy Burrell 20.38s 6 3. Joseph Gikonyo 20.43s 8 4. Cyprian Enweani 20.95s 3 5. Pascal Thurnherr 20.97s 7 6. Dudley Den Dulk 21.65s 4 7. Rodney Cox 21.91s 2 -. Karim Abdul DNS 5
Heat 5 wind +0.1 m/s time L 1. Olapade Adeniken 20.63s 5 2. Hermann Lomba 20.78s 2 3. Linford Christie 21.19s 7 4. Khalid Juma 21.31s 1 5. Joseph Styles 21.43s 6 6. Joseph Dias 21.60s 8 7. Mark Sherwin 22.68s 3 -. Golam Ambia DQ 4
Heat 6 wind -0.3 m/s time L 1. Jean-Charles Trouabal 20.75s 8 2. Atlee Mahorn 20.83s 5 3. Dean Capobianco 20.93s 6 4. Daniel Cojocaru 20.94s 3 5. Menelik Lawson 21.09s 4 6. Sandro Floris 21.10s 1 7. Ousmane Diarra 21.85s 2 8. Jerome Jeremiah 21.91s 7
Heat 7 wind +0.1 m/s time L 1. Emmanuel Tuffour 20.50s 6 2. John Regis 20.62s 2 3. Aleksandr Sokolov 20.67s 4 4. Thomas Renner 20.85s 3 5. Botlhoko Shebe 21.84s 5 -. Franck Zio DNS 1 -. Troy Douglas DQ 7
Heat 8 wind -0.4 m/s time L 1. Floyd Heard 20.67s 8 2. Bruno Marie-Rose 20.90s 7 3. Cameron Taylor 21.06s 6 3. Felix Stevens 21.06s 4 5. Miguel Angel Gomez 21.08s 2 6. Neville Hodge 21.36s 3 7. Eswort Coombs 22.29s 1 8. Manuel Alves Fonseca 23.44s 5
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