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Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 10, 11 and 12 September 1979.[1][2]

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
Pietro Mennea
  Italy 		Leszek Dunecki
  Poland 		Ainsley Bennett
  Great Britain

Results edit

Heats edit

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +1.6 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: +0.5 m/s, Heat 5: +1.3 m/s
Heat 6: +0.7 m/s, Heat 7: +0.1 m/s, Heat 8: +2.3 m/s, Heat 9: +0.2 m/s[3][4]

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 9 Pietro Mennea   Italy 19.96 Q, UR, AR
2 4 Altevir de Araújo   Brazil 20.55 Q
2 5 Otis Melvin   United States 20.55 Q
4 8 Ainsley Bennett   Great Britain 20.66 Q
5 4 Georges Kablan Degnan   Ivory Coast 20.71 Q
6 2 Jens Smedegaard   Denmark 20.76 Q
7 4 Viktor Burakov   Soviet Union 20.83 q
8 8 Boubacar Diallo   Senegal 20.84 Q
9 8 Tomás González   Cuba 20.89 q
10 2 Andrey Shlyapnikov   Soviet Union 20.91 Q
11 1 Su Mal-guh   South Korea 20.94 Q
12 1 Roland Bombardella   Luxembourg 20.95 Q
13 9 Peter Muster   Switzerland 21.01 Q
14 7 Floyd Brown   Jamaica 21.04 Q[5]
15 5 Frank van Doorn   Canada 21.05 Q
16 6 Leszek Dunecki   Poland 21.06 Q
17 9 Yasuhiro Harada   Japan 21.09 q
18 2 Patrice Ouré   Ivory Coast 21.11 q
19 3 Georgios Vamvakas   Greece 21.14 Q
20 5 István Nagy   Hungary 21.15 q
21 7 Patrick Wamister   Switzerland 21.16 Q[5]
22 3 Charles Pickens   United States 21.21 Q
23 1 Kazimierz Grubecki   Poland 21.33 q
24 6 Ángel Cruz   Spain 21.48 Q[6]
25 7 Marcel Klarenbeek   Netherlands 21.49 PB[5]
26 3 Akira Harada   Japan 21.54
27 7 Jean Gracia   France 21.56 [7]
28 6 Daniel Biocchi   Canada 21.58
29 3 Sabidou Touré   Senegal 21.64
30 8 Lucien Ralaivita   Madagascar 21.65
31 8 Nicos Hadjinicolau   Cyprus 21.65
32 9 Benjamín González   Spain 21.71 [8]
33 7 Alan Bell   Great Britain 21.74
34 5 Vilmundur Vilhjálmsson   Iceland 21.82
35 6 Antonis Georgallidis   Cyprus 22.01
36 8 Francisco Ramírez   Mexico 22.02
37 9 Marco Mautinho   Peru 22.11
38 3 Sergio Barajas   Mexico 22.15
39 6 José Luis Valverde   Peru 22.22
39 9 Jean-Jacques Randrianasolo   Madagascar 22.22
41 5 Ernest Obeng   Ghana 22.23
42 1 Konlan Martelot   Togo 22.37
43 5 Sheikh Omar Faye   Gambia 22.41
44 2 Kossi Adolo Djobokou   Togo 22.43
45 2 Cheung Lai Chi   Hong Kong 22.56
45 8 Javier Fernández   Guatemala 22.56
47 4 Sulayman Faye   Gambia 22.76
48 2 Nelson González   Guatemala 22.87
49 5 Oscar Muñoz   Honduras 22.89
50 4 Roberto Prado   Bolivia 22.91
51 1 Ehsan Salih   Saudi Arabia 23.05
52 6 Marco Luque   Bolivia 23.05
53 1 José Flores   Honduras 23.28
54 6 Mordhi Abdulhakim   Saudi Arabia 23.75
55 3 Clifford Maseko   Swaziland 24.05
9 Louis Nkanza   Congo DNS

Semifinals edit

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s[3][9]

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Pietro Mennea   Italy 20.04 Q
2 2 Altevir de Araújo   Brazil 20.46 Q
3 1 Leszek Dunecki   Poland 20.48 Q, NR
4 1 Ainsley Bennett   Great Britain 20.67 q
5 3 Jens Smedegaard   Denmark 20.69 Q
6 3 Otis Melvin   United States 20.74 Q
7 2 Georges Kablan Degnan   Ivory Coast 20.78 Q
8 2 Viktor Burakov   Soviet Union 20.90 q
9 2 Su Mal-guh   South Korea 20.91
10 2 Floyd Brown   Jamaica 20.92
11 1 Andrey Shlyapnikov   Soviet Union 20.95 [10]
12 1 Peter Muster   Switzerland 21.04
13 3 Patrice Ouré   Ivory Coast 21.07
14 2 István Nagy   Hungary 21.09
14 3 Frank van Doorn   Canada 21.09
16 3 Roland Bombardella   Luxembourg 21.10
17 1 Georgios Vamvakas   Greece 21.13
18 3 Patrick Wamister   Switzerland 21.14
19 1 Charles Pickens   United States 21.18
19 3 Tomás González   Cuba 21.18
21 1 Boubacar Diallo   Senegal 21.23
21 2 Kazimierz Grubecki   Poland 21.33
23 2 Yasuhiro Harada   Japan 21.37
24 3 Ángel Cruz   Spain 21.56

Final edit

[11][12]

Wind: +1.8 m/s

Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes
  4 Pietro Mennea   Italy 19.72 WR
  1 Leszek Dunecki   Poland 20.24 NR
  8 Ainsley Bennett   Great Britain 20.42
4 6 Altevir de Araújo   Brazil 20.43
5 5 Jens Smedegaard   Denmark 20.52 NR
6 2 Viktor Burakov   Soviet Union 20.74
7 3 Georges Kablan Degnan   Ivory Coast 20.88
8 7 Otis Melvin   United States 22.97

References edit

  1. ^ Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). 39/1979. Bartels & Wernitz: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
  2. ^ Results at Tilastopaja
  3. ^ a b [atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Athletics-Annual-1981.pdf Year top list]
  4. ^ "Universiade, atletiek" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 11 September 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Lange aanloop Mennea" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 12 September 1979. p. 19. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  6. ^ Spanish top list
  7. ^ French results
  8. ^ "En 200 para Mennea; 400 para Hornillos; 110 para Moracho" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 12 September 1979. p. 34.
  9. ^ "Na hordenexplosie bij Universiade Pont tiende ter wereld" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 13 September 1979. p. 19. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  10. ^ Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p33)
  11. ^ "Final results". The News-Press. 13 September 1979. p. 30. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Final results". Victoria Advocate. 13 September 1979. p. 16. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
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