200 metres men legal analytics

200 metres table View source
Top mark
19.19
🇯🇲 Usain Bolt
Berlin · 2009-08-20
10th-place mark
19.46
gap: +0.27
100th-place mark
19.75
gap: +0.56
Median age, top 100
24.9 yrs
Distinct athletes
739
5054 canonical perfs
Years contested
1964–2026
9 historical WRs
World-record progression 9 world records since 1964

Canonical list: All-time men's best 200m. Lower mark = better. Hover a dot for the holder & venue.

Best mark per year 59 years

The single best canonical mark for each year. Hover a dot for the holder.

Entries per year depth growth on the all-time list
1964: 1 performance1967: 2 performances1968: 19 performances1971: 4 performances1972: 8 performances1973: 2 performances1974: 1 performance1975: 11 performances1976: 10 performances1977: 24 performances1978: 31 performances1979: 29 performances1980: 27 performances1981: 15 performances1982: 19 performances1983: 34 performances1984: 37 performances1985: 30 performances1986: 25 performances1987: 69 performances1988: 74 performances1989: 50 performances1990: 49 performances1991: 53 performances1992: 95 performances1993: 86 performances1994: 48 performances1995: 76 performances1996: 102 performances1997: 75 performances1998: 38 performances1999: 139 performances2000: 115 performances2001: 83 performances2002: 76 performances2003: 84 performances2004: 95 performances2005: 74 performances2006: 80 performances2007: 121 performances2008: 92 performances2009: 77 performances2010: 58 performances2011: 66 performances2012: 107 performances2013: 125 performances2014: 143 performances2015: 236 performances2016: 198 performances2017: 174 performances2018: 208 performances2019: 197 performances2020: 25 performances2021: 199 performances2022: 265 performances2023: 273 performances2024: 264 performances2025: 292 performances2026: 44 performances197019801990200020102020029219642026
Decade leaders best canonical mark of each decade
  1. 1960s 19.83A 🇺🇸 Tommie Smith 1968-10-16
  2. 1970s 19.72A 🇮🇹 Pietro Mennea 1979-09-12
  3. 1980s 19.75 🇺🇸 Carl Lewis 1983-06-19
  4. 1990s 19.32 🇺🇸 Michael Johnson 1996-08-01
  5. 2000s 19.19 🇯🇲 Usain Bolt 2009-08-20
  6. 2010s 19.26 🇯🇲 Yohan Blake 2011-09-16
  7. 2020s 19.31 🇺🇸 Noah Lyles 2022-07-21
Top countries (top 100) national depth on the all-time list
  1. 🇺🇸 USA 64
  2. 🇯🇲 JAM 20
  3. 🇧🇼 BOT 6
  4. 🇨🇦 CAN 3
  5. 🇿🇦 RSA 1
  6. 🇮🇹 ITA 1
  7. 🇳🇬 NGR 1
  8. 🇳🇦 NAM 1
Most prolific (top 100) athletes with the most appearances
  1. 🇺🇸 Noah Lyles 26
  2. 🇯🇲 Usain Bolt 15
  3. 🇺🇸 Kenneth Bednarek 9
  4. 🇧🇼 Letsile Tebogo 6
  5. 🇺🇸 Justin Gatlin 5
  6. 🇺🇸 Tyson Gay 5
  7. 🇺🇸 Walter Dix 4
  8. 🇺🇸 Erriyon Knighton 3
Mark vs age 800 points