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
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Pietro Mennea |
Leszek Dunecki |
Ainsley Bennett |
Results
Heats
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 | 19.96 | Q, UR, AR | |
| 2 | 4 | Altevir de Araújo | 20.55 | Q | |
| 2 | 5 | Otis Melvin | 20.55 | Q | |
| 4 | 8 | Ainsley Bennett | 20.66 | Q | |
| 5 | 4 | Georges Kablan Degnan | 20.71 | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | Jens Smedegaard | 20.76 | Q | |
| 7 | 4 | Viktor Burakov | 20.83 | q | |
| 8 | 8 | Boubacar Diallo | 20.84 | Q | |
| 9 | 8 | Tomás González | 20.89 | q | |
| 10 | 2 | Andrey Shlyapnikov | 20.91 | Q | |
| 11 | 1 | Su Mal-guh | 20.94 | Q | |
| 12 | 1 | Roland Bombardella | 20.95 | Q | |
| 13 | 9 | Peter Muster | 21.01 | Q | |
| 14 | 7 | Floyd Brown | 21.04 | Q[5] | |
| 15 | 5 | Frank van Doorn | 21.05 | Q | |
| 16 | 6 | Leszek Dunecki | 21.06 | Q | |
| 17 | 9 | Yasuhiro Harada | 21.09 | q | |
| 18 | 2 | Patrice Ouré | 21.11 | q | |
| 19 | 3 | Georgios Vamvakas | 21.14 | Q | |
| 20 | 5 | István Nagy | 21.15 | q | |
| 21 | 7 | Patrick Wamister | 21.16 | Q[5] | |
| 22 | 3 | Charles Pickens | 21.21 | Q | |
| 23 | 1 | Kazimierz Grubecki | 21.33 | q | |
| 24 | 6 | Ángel Cruz | 21.48 | Q[6] | |
| 25 | 7 | Marcel Klarenbeek | 21.49 | PB[5] | |
| 26 | 3 | Akira Harada | 21.54 | ||
| 27 | 7 | Jean Gracia | 21.56 | [7] | |
| 28 | 6 | Daniel Biocchi | 21.58 | ||
| 29 | 3 | Sabidou Touré | 21.64 | ||
| 30 | 8 | Lucien Ralaivita | 21.65 | ||
| 31 | 8 | Nicos Hadjinicolau | 21.65 | ||
| 32 | 9 | Benjamín González | 21.71 | [8] | |
| 33 | 7 | Alan Bell | 21.74 | ||
| 34 | 5 | Vilmundur Vilhjálmsson | 21.82 | ||
| 35 | 6 | Antonis Georgallidis | 22.01 | ||
| 36 | 8 | Francisco Ramírez | 22.02 | ||
| 37 | 9 | Marco Mautinho | 22.11 | ||
| 38 | 3 | Sergio Barajas | 22.15 | ||
| 39 | 6 | José Luis Valverde | 22.22 | ||
| 39 | 9 | Jean-Jacques Randrianasolo | 22.22 | ||
| 41 | 5 | Ernest Obeng | 22.23 | ||
| 42 | 1 | Konlan Martelot | 22.37 | ||
| 43 | 5 | Sheikh Omar Faye | 22.41 | ||
| 44 | 2 | Kossi Adolo Djobokou | 22.43 | ||
| 45 | 2 | Cheung Lai Chi | 22.56 | ||
| 45 | 8 | Javier Fernández | 22.56 | ||
| 47 | 4 | Sulayman Faye | 22.76 | ||
| 48 | 2 | Nelson González | 22.87 | ||
| 49 | 5 | Oscar Muñoz | 22.89 | ||
| 50 | 4 | Roberto Prado | 22.91 | ||
| 51 | 1 | Ehsan Salih | 23.05 | ||
| 52 | 6 | Marco Luque | 23.05 | ||
| 53 | 1 | José Flores | 23.28 | ||
| 54 | 6 | Mordhi Abdulhakim | 23.75 | ||
| 55 | 3 | Clifford Maseko | 24.05 | ||
| 9 | Louis Nkanza | DNS |
Semifinals
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 | 20.04 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Altevir de Araújo | 20.46 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | Leszek Dunecki | 20.48 | Q, NR | |
| 4 | 1 | Ainsley Bennett | 20.67 | q | |
| 5 | 3 | Jens Smedegaard | 20.69 | Q | |
| 6 | 3 | Otis Melvin | 20.74 | Q | |
| 7 | 2 | Georges Kablan Degnan | 20.78 | Q | |
| 8 | 2 | Viktor Burakov | 20.90 | q | |
| 9 | 2 | Su Mal-guh | 20.91 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Floyd Brown | 20.92 | ||
| 11 | 1 | Andrey Shlyapnikov | 20.95 | [10] | |
| 12 | 1 | Peter Muster | 21.04 | ||
| 13 | 3 | Patrice Ouré | 21.07 | ||
| 14 | 2 | István Nagy | 21.09 | ||
| 14 | 3 | Frank van Doorn | 21.09 | ||
| 16 | 3 | Roland Bombardella | 21.10 | ||
| 17 | 1 | Georgios Vamvakas | 21.13 | ||
| 18 | 3 | Patrick Wamister | 21.14 | ||
| 19 | 1 | Charles Pickens | 21.18 | ||
| 19 | 3 | Tomás González | 21.18 | ||
| 21 | 1 | Boubacar Diallo | 21.23 | ||
| 21 | 2 | Kazimierz Grubecki | 21.33 | ||
| 23 | 2 | Yasuhiro Harada | 21.37 | ||
| 24 | 3 | Ángel Cruz | 21.56 |
Final
Wind: +1.8 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Pietro Mennea | 19.72 | WR | ||
| 1 | Leszek Dunecki | 20.24 | NR | ||
| 8 | Ainsley Bennett | 20.42 | |||
| 4 | 6 | Altevir de Araújo | 20.43 | NR | |
| 5 | 5 | Jens Smedegaard | 20.52 | NR | |
| 6 | 2 | Viktor Burakov | 20.74 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Georges Kablan Degnan | 20.88 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Otis Melvin | 22.97 |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Results at Tilastopaja
- ^ a b [atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Athletics-Annual-1981.pdf Year top list]
- ^ "Universiade, atletiek" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 11 September 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Lange aanloop Mennea" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 12 September 1979. p. 19. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ Spanish top list
- ^ French results
- ^ "En 200 para Mennea; 400 para Hornillos; 110 para Moracho" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 12 September 1979. p. 34.
- ^ "Na hordenexplosie bij Universiade Pont tiende ter wereld" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 13 September 1979. p. 19. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p33)
- ^ "Final results". The News-Press. 13 September 1979. p. 30. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ "Final results". Victoria Advocate. 13 September 1979. p. 16. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
