| Final 19:20 wind +2.3m/s | time | L | 100m | 200m | | 1. Ato Boldon |  TRI | 20.04s | 3 | 10.36s | 9.68s | | 2. Frank Fredericks |  NAM | 20.23s | 4 | 10.41s | 9.82s | | 3. Claudinei Quirino Da Silva |  BRA | 20.26s | 5 | 10.56s | 9.70s | | 4. Ivan Garcia |  CUB | 20.31s | 6 | 10.43s | 9.88s | | 5. Georgios Panagiotopoulos |  GRE | 20.32s | 7 | 10.48s | 9.84s | | 6. Obadele Thompson |  BAR | 20.37s | 2 | 10.49s | 9.88s | | 7. Jon Drummond |  USA | 20.44s | 1 | 10.34s | 10.10s | | 8. Patrick Stevens |  BEL | 20.44s | 8 | 10.56s | 9.88s |
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Having missed out on medals in the 100m, both Boldon and Fredericks were fired up for the longer distance. They were drawn together both in the second round and semi-final, winning one race apiece without giving too much away, but the final proved no contest. Second to Drummond (10.34) at 100m in 10.36, with Fredericks on 10.41, the US-based Trinidadian opened up in the straight to win by two metres in a windy 20.04.
Fredericks, champion in 1993 and runner-up in 1991 and 1995, added another silver to his bulging collection although he didn’t have much to spare over da Silva. Drummond, drawn in lane one after having the misfortune to encounter Boldon and Fredericks in his semi, faded to seventh. Boldon was gracious after winning his first major senior title: “I am sorry for Frankie as he is more than a rival; he is a mentor to me, an example to humanity.”
| Semi 1 19:25 wind -0.5m/s | time | L | | 1. Claudinei Quirino Da Silva | BRA | 20.35s | 6 | | 2. Ivan Garcia | CUB | 20.39s | 3 | | 3. Georgios Panagiotopoulos | GRE | 20.43s | 7 | | 4. Obadele Thompson | BAR | 20.46s | 4 | | 5. Sergey Osovich |  UKR | 20.51s | 2 | | 6. Kevin Little | USA | 20.57s | 5 | | 7. Julian Golding |  GBR | 20.61s | 8 | | 8. Carlos Gats |  ARG | 21.44s | 1 |
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| Semi 2 19:35 wind -0.2m/s | time | L | | 1. Ato Boldon | TRI | 20.09s | 4 | | 2. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 20.18s | 6 | | 3. Jon Drummond | USA | 20.29s | 8 | | 4. Patrick Stevens | BEL | 20.42s | 5 | | 5. Troy Douglas |  BER | 20.43s | 3 | | 6. Douglas Walker | GBR | 20.61s | 7 | | 7. Deji Aliu |  NGR | 20.78s | 1 | | 8. Chris Donaldson |  NZL | 20.92s | 2 |
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| Quarter 1 18:45 wind -3.5m/s | time | L | | 1. Patrick Stevens | BEL | 20.77s | 6 | | 2. Troy Douglas | BER | 20.78s | 4 | | 3. Chris Donaldson | NZL | 21.04s | 3 | | 4. Gentry Bradley | USA | 21.08s | 8 | | 5. Sergejs Insakovs |  LAT | 21.22s | 5 | | 6. Emmanuel Tuffour |  GHA | 21.25s | 2 | | 7. Sayon Cooper |  LBR | 21.39s | 1 | | 8. Owusu Dako | GBR | 21.52s | 7 |
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| Quarter 2 18:51 wind -0.1m/s | time | L | | 1. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 20.13s | 5 | | 2. Ato Boldon | TRI | 20.28s | 4 | | 3. Jon Drummond | USA | 20.59s | 2 | | 4. Julian Golding | GBR | 20.69s | 3 | | 5. Erik Wijmeersch | BEL | 20.73s | 6 | | 6. O'Brian Gibbons |  CAN | 20.78s | 7 | | 7. Anninos Markoullides |  CYP | 20.83s | 1 | | 8. Carlo Occhiena |  ITA | 21.14s | 8 |
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| Quarter 3 18:57 wind +0.4m/s | time | L | | 1. Claudinei Quirino Da Silva | BRA | 20.27s | 4 | | 2. Kevin Little | USA | 20.38s | 5 | | 3. Sergey Osovich | UKR | 20.54s | 2 | | 4. Douglas Walker | GBR | 20.56s | 3 | | 5. Georgios Panagiotopoulos | GRE | 20.57s | 1 | | 6. Deji Aliu | NGR | 20.65s | 8 | | 7. Prodromos Katsantonis | CYP | 20.77s | 7 | | 8. Gary Ryan |  IRL | 20.83s | 6 |
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| Quarter 4 19:03 wind +1.6m/s | time | L | | 1. Ivan Garcia | CUB | 20.48s | 5 | | 2. Obadele Thompson | BAR | 20.62s | 2 | | 3. Carlos Gats | ARG | 20.87s | 1 | | 4. Joseph Loua |  GUI | 20.91s | 6 | | 5. Ioannis Nafpliotis | GRE | 20.94s | 8 | | 6. Sebastian Keitel |  CHI | 20.96s | 7 | | 7. Giovanni Puggioni | ITA | 22.70s | 4 | | -. Geir Moen |  NOR | DNS | 3 |
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| Heat 1 10:15 wind +1.9m/s | time | L | | 1. Ato Boldon | TRI | 20.48s | 4 | | 2. Douglas Walker | GBR | 20.49s | 3 | | 3. Georgios Panagiotopoulos | GRE | 20.60s | 2 | | 4. Deji Aliu | NGR | 20.60s | 5 | | 5. O'Brian Gibbons | CAN | 20.71s | 8 | | 6. Emmanuel Tuffour | GHA | 20.72s | 6 | | 7. Hamoud Abdallah Al-Dalhami |  OMN | 21.45s | 7 |
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| Heat 2 10:21 wind +1.1m/s | time | L | | 1. Erik Wijmeersch | BEL | 20.71s | 3 | | 2. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 20.74s | 5 | | 3. Sayon Cooper | LBR | 20.88s | 4 | | 4. Phillip Mukomana |  ZIM | 20.88s | 6 | | 5. Justice Dipeba |  BOT | 20.96s | 7 | | 6. Patrick Johnson |  AUS | 21.45s | 2 | | -. Christophe Cheval |  FRA | DNS | 8 |
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| Heat 3 10:27 wind -0.2m/s | time | L | | 1. Sergejs Insakovs | LAT | 20.72s | 5 | | 2. Obadele Thompson | BAR | 20.75s | 6 | | 3. Prodromos Katsantonis | CYP | 20.77s | 8 | | 4. Koji Ito |  JPN | 20.82s | 2 | | 5. Juan Pedro Toledo |  MEX | 21.03s | 4 | | 6. Lars Hedner |  SWE | 21.30s | 3 | | 7. Wu-Shiun Tao |  TPE | 21.85s | 7 |
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| Heat 4 10:33 wind +2.0m/s | time | L | | 1. Patrick Stevens | BEL | 20.45s | 6 | | 2. Julian Golding | GBR | 20.49s | 4 | | 3. Carlo Occhiena | ITA | 20.90s | 8 | | 4. Gilles Queneherve | FRA | 20.93s | 3 | | 5. Ryszard Pilarczyk |  POL | 20.98s | 7 | | 6. Pascal Dangbo |  BEN | 21.58s | 2 | | 7. Kendon Maynard |  ISV | 21.64s | 5 |
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| Heat 5 10:39 wind -0.2m/s | time | L | | 1. Giovanni Puggioni | ITA | 20.73s | 6 | | 2. Joseph Loua | GUI | 20.75s | 8 | | 3. Jon Drummond | USA | 20.76s | 7 | | 4. Christoph Postinger |  AUT | 20.77s | 3 | | 5. Antoine Boussombo |  GAB | 20.79s | 5 | | 6. Thierry Lubin | FRA | 20.80s | 4 | | 7. Arif Ahundov |  AZE | 22.08s | 2 |
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| Heat 6 10:45 wind +0.7m/s | time | L | | 1. Kevin Little | USA | 20.68s | 4 | | 2. Gary Ryan | IRL | 20.69s | 3 | | 3. Owusu Dako | GBR | 20.70s | 8 | | 4. Steve Brimacombe | AUS | 20.75s | 7 | | 5. Alessandro Attene | ITA | 20.92s | 6 | | 6. Andrew Tynes |  BAH | 21.00s | 2 | | 7. Mohammad Bin Haji |  BRU | 22.37s | 5 |
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| Heat 7 10:51 wind +0.6m/s | time | L | | 1. Claudinei Quirino Da Silva | BRA | 20.59s | 5 | | 2. Chris Donaldson | NZL | 20.75s | 4 | | 3. Ioannis Nafpliotis | GRE | 20.84s | 6 | | 4. Andrey Fedoriv |  RUS | 20.88s | 2 | | 5. Jordi Mayoral |  ESP | 20.99s | 3 | | 6. Kwame Galloway |  MNT | 22.45s | 8 | | -. Ivan Slehobr |  CZE | DNS | 7 |
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| Heat 8 10:57 wind +0.6m/s | time | L | | 1. Geir Moen | NOR | 20.79s | 6 | | 2. Gentry Bradley | USA | 20.80s | 2 | | 3. Carlos Gats | ARG | 20.86s | 5 | | 4. Thomas Sbokos | GRE | 20.94s | 8 | | 5. Oumar Loum |  SEN | 20.95s | 3 | | 6. Ahmed Douhou |  CIV | 21.08s | 1 | | 7. Benjamin Sirimou |  CMR | 21.45s | 4 | | 8. Djaffar Hadhari |  COM | 21.59s | 7 |
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| Heat 9 11:03 wind +1.2m/s | time | L | | 1. Ivan Garcia | CUB | 20.41s | 6 | | 2. Troy Douglas | BER | 20.46s | 7 | | 3. Anninos Markoullides | CYP | 20.47s | 8 | | 4. Sergey Osovich | UKR | 20.56s | 2 | | 5. Sebastian Keitel | CHI | 20.72s | 4 | | 6. Malik-Khaled Louahla |  ALG | 21.31s | 1 | | 7. Khongdy Amnouayphone |  LAO | 22.86s | 5 | | 8. Mohammad M. Alam |  BAN | 23.54s | 3 |
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