| Final 21:00 wind +0.1m/s | time | L | | 1. John Capel |  USA | 20.30s | 6 | | 2. Darvis Patton | USA | 20.31s | 4 | | 3. Shingo Suetsugu |  JPN | 20.38s | 5 | | 4. Darren Campbell |  GBR | 20.39s | 2 | | 5. Stephane Buckland |  MRI | 20.41s | 3 | | 6. Joshua J. Johnson | USA | 20.47s | 1 | | 7. Frank Fredericks |  NAM | 20.47s | 7 | | 8. Uchenna Emedolu |  NGR | 20.62s | 8 |
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The most impressive qualifiers were Patton (20.03) and Buckland (20.06). Times in the final were slowed by cool, wet conditions experienced on the evening of August 29. No-one got clear on the bend and the five men in lanes 2-6 were virtually level at the start of the straight. Capel (lane 6) then edged in front though Patton – who was nursing an injured left knee – closed to within one hundredth. Suetsugu won Japan’s first global sprint medal since 1952. Edmonton winner Kentéris was a late withdrawal.
| Semi 1 21.25h | time | L | | 1. Darvis Patton | USA | 20.03s | 6 | | 2. Stephane Buckland | MRI | 20.11s | 5 | | 3. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 20.29s | 2 | | 4. Joshua J. Johnson | USA | 20.36s | 3 | | 5. Christian Malcolm | GBR | 20.43s | 1 | | 6. Marcin Jedrusinski |  POL | 20.48s | 7 | | 7. Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi |  KSA | 20.70s | 8 | | 8. Dominic Demeritte |  BAH | 20.71s | 4 |
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| Semi 2 21.33h | time | L | | 1. John Capel | USA | 20.18s | 4 | | 2. Shingo Suetsugu | JPN | 20.22s | 6 | | 3. Darren Campbell | GBR | 20.34s | 5 | | 4. Uchenna Emedolu | NGR | 20.44s | 2 | | 5. Ricardo Williams |  JAM | 20.45s | 7 | | 6. Sherwin Vries |  RSA | 20.59s | 8 | | 7. Alessandro Cavallaro |  ITA | 20.59s | 3 | | 8. Johan Wissman |  SWE | 20.66s | 1 |
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| Quarter 1 20.00h | time | L | | 1. Shingo Suetsugu | JPN | 20.24s | 6 | | 2. Dominic Demeritte | BAH | 20.51s | 3 | | 3. Ricardo Williams | JAM | 20.53s | 2 | | 4. Johan Wissman | SWE | 20.59s | 4 | | 5. Oumar Loum |  SEN | 20.67s | 1 | | 6. Issa-Aime Nthepe |  FRA | 20.69s | 7 | | 7. Marcin Urbas | POL | 20.72s | 8 | | 8. Joseph Batangdon |  CMR | 20.81s | 5 |
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| Quarter 2 20.06h | time | L | | 1. Darvis Patton | USA | 20.40s | 6 | | 2. Alessandro Cavallaro | ITA | 20.47s | 5 | | 3. Christian Malcolm | GBR | 20.58s | 8 | | 4. Hamed Hamadan Al-Bishi | KSA | 20.74s | 1 | | 5. Christopher Williams | JAM | 20.79s | 4 | | 6. ClaudioRoberto Souza |  BRA | 20.82s | 3 | | 7. Patrick Johnson |  AUS | 20.83s | 7 | | 8. James Dolphin |  NZL | 21.08s | 2 |
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| Quarter 3 20.12h | time | L | | 1. Stephane Buckland | MRI | 20.06s | 4 | | 2. Joshua J. Johnson | USA | 20.22s | 8 | | 3. Uchenna Emedolu | NGR | 20.56s | 5 | | 4. Sherwin Vries | RSA | 20.59s | 3 | | 5. Troy Douglas |  NED | 20.64s | 6 | | 6. Hisashi Miyazaki | JPN | 20.70s | 7 | | 7. Panayiotis Sarris |  GRE | 20.74s | 2 | | 8. Julian Golding | GBR | 20.79s | 1 |
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| Quarter 4 20.18h | time | L | | 1. John Capel | USA | 20.30s | 5 | | 2. Darren Campbell | GBR | 20.35s | 4 | | 3. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 20.49s | 2 | | 4. Marcin Jedrusinski | POL | 20.53s | 3 | | 5. Paul Brizzel |  IRL | 20.56s | 8 | | 6. Anastasios Gousis | GRE | 20.67s | 6 | | 7. Cedric van Branteghem |  BEL | 20.70s | 1 | | 8. La Tonel Williams | JAM | 20.73s | 7 |
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| Heat 1 10.40h | time | L | | 1. Marcin Jedrusinski | POL | 20.58s | 2 | | 2. John Capel | USA | 20.59s | 6 | | 3. Ricardo Williams | JAM | 20.60s | 3 | | 4. James Dolphin | NZL | 20.69s | 5 | | 5. Julieon Raeburn |  TRI | 21.15s | 7 | | -. Sittichai Suwonprateep |  THA | DQ | 8 | | -. Giovani Alex Navas |  HON | | 4 |
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| Heat 2 10.46h | time | L | | 1. Stephane Buckland | MRI | 20.38s | 1 | | 2. Anastasios Gousis | GRE | 20.57s | 3 | | 3. Christian Malcolm | GBR | 20.65s | 8 | | 4. Oumar Loum | SEN | 20.73s | 7 | | 5. Paul Brizzel | IRL | 20.75s | 2 | | 6. Hisashi Miyazaki | JPN | 20.79s | 6 | | 7. Aaron Egbele | NGR | 21.24s | 5 | | 8. Ashuin DeSouza |  AIA | 23.24s | 4 |
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| Heat 3 10.52h | time | L | | 1. Sherwin Vries | RSA | 20.73s | 7 | | 2. Troy Douglas | NED | 20.76s | 4 | | 3. Julian Golding | GBR | 20.82s | 5 | | 4. HamedHamadan Al-Bishi | KSA | 20.86s | 2 | | 5. Heber Viera |  URU | 20.87s | 6 | | 6. Jorge Conde |  NCA | 22.75s | 3 | | -. Christian Nsiah |  GHA | DQ | 8 |
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| Heat 4 10.58h | time | L | | 1. Darvis Patton | USA | 20.27s | 5 | | 2. Alessandro Cavallaro | ITA | 20.42s | 4 | | 3. Marcin Urbas | POL | 20.66s | 8 | | 4. La Tonel Williams | JAM | 20.71s | 3 | | 5. Geza Pauer |  HUN | 21.02s | 2 | | 6. Ndure Jaysuma Saidy |  GAM | 21.42s | 7 | | 7. Darian Forbes |  TKS | 21.87s | 6 |
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| Heat 5 11.04h | time | L | | 1. Shingo Suetsugu | JPN | 20.58s | 6 | | 2. Joseph Batangdon | CMR | 20.71s | 4 | | 3. Cedric vanBranteghem | BEL | 20.79s | 5 | | 4. Francis Obikwelu |  POR | 20.93s | 8 | | 5. Gennadiy Chernovol |  KAZ | 21.11s | 3 | | 6. Tobias Unger |  GER | 21.33s | 2 | | 7. Hamoud Abdalallah Al-Dalhami |  OMA | 21.52s | 7 |
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| Heat 6 11.10h | time | L | | 1. Claudio Roberto Souza | BRA | 20.82s | 6 | | 2. Christopher Williams | JAM | 20.86s | 2 | | 3. Patrick Johnson | AUS | 20.89s | 4 | | 4. Yaozu Yang |  CHN | 20.90s | 5 | | 5. Adrian Durant |  ISV | 21.11s | 8 | | 6. Evans Marie |  SEY | 22.60s | 7 | | 7. Ashley Kazuma |  PLW | 23.84s | 1 | | -. Konstadinos Kederis | GRE | DNS | 3 |
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| Heat 7 11.16h | time | L | | 1. Johan Wissman | SWE | 20.54s | 4 | | 2. Uchenna Emedolu | NGR | 20.55s | 6 | | 3. Joshua J. Johnson | USA | 20.56s | 5 | | 4. Issa-Aime Nthepe | FRA | 20.83s | 7 | | 5. Anninos Marcoullides |  CYP | 20.97s | 2 | | 6. Keita Cline |  IVB | 21.31s | 3 | | 7. John Lumkon |  FIJ | 21.55s | 8 |
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| Heat 8 11.22h | time | L | | 1. Darren Campbell | GBR | 20.54s | 7 | | 2. Dominic Demeritte | BAH | 20.56s | 4 | | 3. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 20.65s | 5 | | 4. Panayiotis Sarris | GRE | 20.70s | 6 | | 5. Brian Dzingai |  ZIM | 20.96s | 8 | | 6. Salem Al-Qaifi |  YEM | 22.94s | 1 | | 7. Ogumoro Shane |  NMA | 23.77s | 2 | | -. Salem Mubarak Al-Yami | KSA | DNS | 3 |
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