The men's 200 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 9, 10 and 11 August.
Medals
Results
All times shown are in seconds. Q denotes qualification by place. q denotes qualification by time. DNS denotes did not start. DNF denotes did not finish. AR denotes area record NR denotes national record. PB denotes personal best. SB denotes season's best.
Heats
August 9
Heat 1
Stéphane Buckland, Mauritius 20.94 Q
Andrew Howe, Italy 21.08 Q
Aaron Armstrong, Trinidad and Tobago 21.10 Q
Panagiotis Sarris, Greece 21.43
André da Silva, Brazil 21.44
Heber Viera, Uruguay 21.71
Nabie Foday Fofana, Guinea 22.16 (SB) Afzal Baig, Pakistan 22.54
Heat 2
Ronald Pognon, France 20.37 Q
Brian Dzingai, Zimbabwe 20.76 Q
Yordan Ilinov, Bulgaria 20.85 Q
Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi, Saudi Arabia 21.03
Julieon Raeburn, Trinidad and Tobago 21.12
Evans Marie, Seychelles 21.65
Noor Adi Bin Rostam, Brunei 24.05
Obadele Thompson, Barbados DNS
Heat 3
Christian Malcolm, Great Britain 20.36 Q
John Capel, United States 20.40 Q (SB) Sebastian Ernst, Germany 20.45 Q (SB) Patrick Johnson, Australia 20.56 q (SB) Tommi Hartonen, Finland 20.59 q (SB) Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé, Luxembourg 21.10 (PB) Nicholas Mangham, Palau 24.39 (PB) Omar Brown, Jamaica DNF
Heat 4
Tobias Unger, Germany 20.45 Q
Christopher Williams, Jamaica 20.64 Q
Marlon Devonish, Great Britain 20.75 Q
Olusoji Fasuba, Great Britain 20.88 q
Matic Osovnikar, Slovenia 20.94
Basílio de Moraes, Brazil 20.99
Abubaker El Tawerghi, Libya 21.72 (SB) Darian Forbes, Turks and Caicos Islands DNS
Heat 5
Usain Bolt, Jamaica 20.80 Q
Shingo Suetsugu, Japan 20.85 Q
Kristof Beyens, Belgium 20.88 Q
Koura Kaba Fantoni, Italy 21.10
Kevon Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago 21.24
Oumar Loum, Senegal 21.37
Béranger Bosse, Central African Republic 22.02
Heat 6
Wind: 4.3 m/s
Tyson Gay, United States 19.99 Q
Marcin Jędrusiński, Poland 20.14 Q
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, Gambia 20.14 Q
Uchenna Emedolu, Nigeria 20.22 q
Johan Wissman, Sweden 20.26 q
Leigh Julius, South Africa 20.37 q
Paul Hession, Ireland 20.40 q
Heat 7
Daniel Batman, Australia 20.68 Q
Guus Hoogmoed, Netherlands 20.80 Q
Justin Gatlin, United States 20.90 Q
Shinji Takahira, Japan 21.03
Dmytro Hlushchenko, Ukraine 21.15
Mphelave Dlamin, Swaziland 21.79 (PB) Dion Crabbe, British Virgin Islands 21.82 Francis Obikwelu, Portugal DNS