2.  The 200 metres (also spelled 200 meters) is a
sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m
track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the
home straight , so a combination of techniques are
needed to successfully run the race. A slightly
shorter race, called the stadion and run on a
straight track, was the first recorded event at the
ancient Olympic Games. The 200 m places more
emphasis on speed endurance than shorter sprint
distances as athletes rely on different energy
systems during the longer sprint.

3. •
The 200 meter are a current speed test track that
starts at the curve just before the finish straight
track, which means that athletes are not placed in
the output at the same height, since otherwise the
racers would travel more outward a distance greater.
The 200 meter race is considered one of the
toughest races in track and field. Sprinters have to
go full speed throughout the race and must also
turn to enter the final stretch of the 100.

4.  The race attracts runners from other events, primarily
the 100 metres, wishing to double up and claim both
titles. This feat has been achieved by men ten times at
the Olympic Games, by; Archie Hahn in 1904, Ralph
Craig in 1912, Percy Williams in 1928, Eddie Tolan in
1932, Jesse Owens in 1936, Bobby Morrow in 1956,
Valeriy Borzov in 1972 and Carl Lewis in 1984. It was
most recently accomplished by Jamaica's Usain Bolt in
Beijing 2008 who repeated the feat in London 2012

5.  And it has been accomplished by women six or seven
times, depending on how you look at it, by; Fanny
Blankers-Koen in 1948, Marjorie Jackson in 1952,
Betty Cuthbert in 1956, Wilma Rudolph in 1960,
Renate Stecher in 1972 and Florence Griffith-Joyner
in 1988. Marion Jones finished first in both races in
2000 but was later disqualified and stripped of her
medals after admitting to taking Performanceenhancing drugs.

6. Marion Jones running at
the 2006 Meeting Gaz de
France in Paris
Usain Bolt wins the 200 metres semi-final

7. Tanks for your attention