title: 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
text: # 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
  
  These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 72 participating athletes, with ten qualifying heats, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Friday 27 August 1999 at 20:00h.
  
  ## Final
  
  Frank Fredericks was forced to scratch from the final after he injured his hamstring while warming up.
  
  | RANK | FINAL | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Maurice Greene (USA) | 19.90 |
  | | Claudinei da Silva (BRA) | 20.00 |
  | | Francis Obikwelu (NGR) | 20.11 |
  | 4. | Obadele Thompson (BAR) | 20.23 |
  | 5. | Marcin Urbaś (POL) | 20.30 |
  | 6. | Kevin Little (USA) | 20.37 |
  | 7. | Julian Golding (GBR) | 20.48 |
  | | Frank Fredericks (NAM) | DNS |
  
  ## Semi-final
  
  * Held on Wednesday 25 August 1999
  
  | RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Maurice Greene (USA) | 20.10 |
  | 2. | Claudinei da Silva (BRA) | 20.13 |
  | 3. | Julian Golding (GBR) | 20.28 |
  | 4. | Obadele Thompson (BAR) | 20.36 |
  | 5. | Christopher Williams (JAM) | 20.48 |
  | 6. | Koji Ito (JPN) | 20.51 |
  | 7. | John Ertzgard (NOR) | 20.72 |
  | 8. | Stefan Holz (GER) | 21.89 |
  | RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
  | 1. | Francis Obikwelu (NGR) | 19.84 |
  | 2. | Marcin Urbaś (POL) | 19.98 (NR) |
  | 3. | Kevin Little (USA) | 20.10 |
  | 4. | Frank Fredericks (NAM) | 20.10 |
  | 5. | Marlon Devonish (GBR) | 20.25 |
  | 6. | Iván García (CUB) | 20.38 |
  | 7. | Glenn Smith (CAN) | 20.72 |
  | | Patrick Stevens (BEL) | DNS |
  
  ## Quarter-finals
  
  * Held on Saturday 21 August 1999
  
  | RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Claudinei da Silva (BRA) | 20.22 |
  | 2. | Obadele Thompson (BAR) | 20.26 |
  | 3. | Kevin Little (USA) | 20.38 |
  | 4. | Stefan Holz (GER) | 20.59 |
  | 5. | Panagiotis Sarris (GRE) | 20.65 |
  | 6. | Renward Wells (BAH) | 20.66 |
  | 7. | Matt Shirvington (AUS) | 20.67 |
  | 8. | Douglas Turner (GBR) | 21.08 |
  | RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
  | 1. | Maurice Greene (USA) | 20.23 |
  | 2. | Julian Golding (GBR) | 20.32 |
  | 3. | John Ertzgard (NOR) | 20.61 |
  | 4. | Glenn Smith (CAN) | 20.65 |
  | 5. | Marcus La Grange (RSA) | 20.81 |
  | 6. | Martin Lachkovics (AUT) | 20.89 |
  | | Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE) | DNS |
  | | Anninos Markoullides (CYP) | DQ |
  | RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
  | 1. | Marlon Devonish (GBR) | 20.51 |
  | 2. | Iván García (CUB) | 20.57 |
  | 3. | Christopher Williams (JAM) | 20.59 |
  | 4. | Koji Ito (JPN) | 20.62 |
  | 5. | Torbjörn Eriksson (SWE) | 20.74 |
  | 6. | Curtis Perry (USA) | 20.76 |
  | 7. | Joseph Loua (GUI) | 20.83 |
  | 8. | Chris Donaldson (NZL) | 20.96 |
  | RANK | HEAT 4 | TIME |
  | 1. | Frank Fredericks (NAM) | 20.11 |
  | 2. | Francis Obikwelu (NGR) | 20.15 |
  | 3. | Marcin Urbaś (POL) | 20.32 |
  | 4. | Patrick Stevens (BEL) | 20.49 |
  | 5. | Patrick van Balkom (NED) | 20.59 |
  | 6. | Joseph Batangdon (CMR) | 20.70 |
  | 7. | Antoine Boussombo (GAB) | 20.74 |
  | 8. | Serhiy Osovych (UKR) | 20.93 |
  
  ## Heats
  
  * Held on Saturday 21 August 1999
  
  | RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Francis Obikwelu (NGR) | 20.54 |
  | 2. | Glenn Smith (CAN) | 20.68 |
  | 3. | Joseph Batangdon (CMR) | 20.76 |
  | 4. | Panagiotis Sarris (GRE) | 20.78 |
  | 5. | Sergey Slukin (RUS) | 20.92 |
  | 6. | Kim Collins (SKN) | 20.95 |
  | 7. | Salem Mubarak Al-Yami (KSA) | 21.27 |
  | RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
  | 1. | Frank Fredericks (NAM) | 20.60 |
  | 2. | John Ertzgard (NOR) | 20.74 |
  | 3. | Matt Shirvington (AUS) | 20.75 |
  | 4. | Martin Lachkovics (AUT) | 20.77 |
  | 5. | Ricardo Roach (CHI) | 21.13 |
  | 6. | Asli Haseri (BRU) | 22.91 |
  | | Carlos Gats (ARG) | DQ |
  | RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
  | 1. | Torbjörn Eriksson (SWE) | 20.58 |
  | 2. | Koji Ito (JPN) | 20.59 |
  | 3. | Anninos Markoullides (CYP) | 20.73 |
  | 4. | André da Silva (BRA) | 21.04 |
  | | Robert M. Dennis (LBR) | DNS |
  | | Heber Viera (URU) | DQ |
  | | Petko Yankov (BUL) | DQ |
  | RANK | HEAT 4 | TIME |
  | 1. | Julian Golding (GBR) | 20.48 |
  | 2. | Patrick Stevens (BEL) | 20.54 |
  | 3. | Christopher Williams (JAM) | 20.68 |
  | 4. | Mohammed Al Hooti (OMA) | 20.80 (NR) |
  | 5. | Tommy Kafri (ISR) | 20.89 (NR) |
  | 6. | Albert Agyemang (GHA) | 20.94 |
  | 7. | Francisco Javier Navarro (ESP) | 20.97 |
  | RANK | HEAT 5 | TIME |
  | 1. | Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE) | 20.68 |
  | 2. | Douglas Turner (GBR) | 20.72 |
  | 3. | Maurice Greene (USA) | 20.76 |
  | 4. | Paul Brizzell (IRL) | 21.02 |
  | 5. | Dean Capobianco (AUS) | 21.48 |
  | 6. | Keita Cline (IVB) | 21.69 |
  | | Christopher Silas Adolf (PLW) | DQ |
  | RANK | HEAT 6 | TIME |
  | 1. | Marlon Devonish (GBR) | 20.56 |
  | 2. | Patrick van Balkom (NED) | 20.65 |
  | 3. | Renward Wells (BAH) | 20.73 |
  | 4. | Darryl Wohlsen (AUS) | 20.79 |
  | 5. | Paul Gorries (RSA) | 20.94 |
  | 6. | Malik-Khaled Louahla (ALG) | 21.21 |
  | 7. | Christie van Wyk (NAM) | 21.27 |
  | 8. | Robert Craig (NFK) | 24.10 |
  | RANK | HEAT 7 | TIME |
  | 1. | Marcus la Grange (RSA) | 20.78 |
  | 2. | Marcin Urbaś (POL) | 20.80 |
  | 3. | Curtis Perry (USA) | 20.86 |
  | 4. | Joel Mascoll (VIN) | 21.25 |
  | 5. | Sittichai Suwonprateep (THA) | 21.32 |
  | 6. | Christian Nsiah (GHA) | 21.36 |
  | 7. | Kwame Galloway (MSR) | 22.88 |
  | | Nathanaël Esprit (AHO) | DNS |
  | RANK | HEAT 8 | TIME |
  | 1. | Claudinei da Silva (BRA) | 20.38 |
  | 2. | Iván García (CUB) | 20.59 |
  | 3. | Antoine Boussombo (GAB) | 20.72 |
  | 4. | Erik Wijmeersch (BEL) | 20.89 |
  | 5. | Sebastián Keitel (CHI) | 20.90 |
  | 6. | Wu-Shiun Tao (TPE) | 21.38 |
  | 7. | Sherwin James (DMA) | 21.54 |
  | RANK | HEAT 9 | TIME |
  | 1. | Kevin Little (USA) | 20.76 |
  | 2. | Chris Donaldson (NZL) | 20.87 |
  | 3. | Serhiy Osovych (UKR) | 20.91 |
  | 4. | Juan Pedro Toledo (MEX) | 21.00 |
  | 5. | Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ) | 21.05 |
  | 6. | Kenneth Andam (GHA) | 21.31 |
  | 7. | Dominic Demeritte (BAH) | 21.41 |
  | RANK | HEAT 10 | TIME |
  | 1. | Obadele Thompson (BAR) | 20.70 |
  | 2. | Stefan Holz (GER) | 20.74 |
  | 3. | Joseph Loua (GUI) | 20.80 |
  | 4. | Georgios Panagiotopoulos (GRE) | 20.82 |
  | 5. | Gary Ryan (IRL) | 20.86 |
  | 6. | Sunday Emmanuel (NGR) | 21.12 |
  | 7. | Djaffar Hadhari (COM) | 21.39 |
  