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200m Records

The 200m has been contested at the Olympics since 1900 for men and 1948 for women.

The event used to be contested at the IAAF World Indoor Championships but was removed after 2004 due to the perceived disadvantage of drawing an inside lane assignment being a bigger factor than talent in determining results.

To be valid for a record, a time must be run with a wind reading of +2.0 or less.

Where Centre records are better performances than National or World records, this likely indicates that the athlete either failed to apply for the record within the application window or was unable to meet the stricter paperwork requirements. More recent records could still be in the processing stage at World or National level.

For 200m, electronic times are required. Some historical times that predate this requirement may be hand-times (h). Where it is not readily evident that a historical hand timed record or electronic time is faster, both will be listed. [I believe any time given with a single decimal is hand timed but unless marked it is not explicitly expressed.]

Note: Athletes move. Wellington records applicable to athletes registered to Wellington at time of performance. Island championship records applicable to athletes registered to that island at time of performance. NZ records applicable to athletes registered appropriately to NZMA at time of performance. Oceania championship records applicable to athletes registered to OMA at time of performance. World records quote national affiliation of athlete at time of performance.

Prior to the September 2016 agreement on shared membership between Athletics New Zealand and New Zealand Masters Athletics, only those masters athletes who had joined NZMA were eligible to claim records. Now domestic Masters Records can be claimed by both ANZ and NZMA members.

  Wellington North Island
Champs
South Island
Champs
NZMA Champs NZ National NZ Indoor Oceania Champs World World Indoor
M35 23.50

R Ward
22.9

Laurie Malcolmson (1986)
24.3

Jeff Barnfield (1993)
23.0h

M Brooking (1984)

23.21

Laurie Malcolmson (1987)
22.14

B Potter (2017)
no record 22.80

Max Warlow AUS (1984)
20.11

Linford Christie GBR (1995)
20.59

Doug Turner GBR (2002)
M40 24.47

Graham McPhail (2008)
24.2

Laurie Malcolmson (1990)
24.3

Jeff Barnfield (1995)
22.9h

Bruce McPhail (1981*)

*1981 Champs held in calendar year 1980
22.80
James Nightingale
(2019)
no record 22.80

Brendon Wilson AUS (1984)
20.64

Troy Douglas NED (2003)
21.71

Darren Scott GBR (2010)
M45 24.84

Gary Rawson
23.90

Mark Lambert(2018)
24.1

Bruce McPhail (1983)
23.27

Bruce McPhail (1983)
23.0h

Bruce McPhail (1983)

23.14

Bruce McPhail (1983)
no record 22.60

Reg Austin AUS (1984)
21.65

Alexander Kosenkow GER (2022)
22.30

Alexander Kosenkow GER  (2022)
M50 25.16

Alessandro Pinna (2018)
24.80

Bruce Solomon (2013)
24.7

Bruce McPhail (1987)
24.25

Laurie Malcolmson (2000)
23.77

Bruce McPhail (1987)
no record 24.37

Gary Parkinson AUS (2019)
22.44

Willie Gault USA (2011)
22.99

Bill Collins USA (2002)
M55 26.79

Gary Rawson (2015)
26.79

Dennis O’Leary (2012)

Gary Rawson (2015)
24.96

John Campbell (2020)
24.7h

Bruce McPhail (1992)
24.32

John Campbell (2021)
25.42

John Campbell (2019)
25.20

Rob Mayston AUS (2014)
23.24

Willie Gault USA (2016)
23.36

Bill Collins USA (2006)
M60 28.30

Gary Rawson (2021)
26.77

Laurie Malcolmson (2009)
27.9

Brien Halpin (1993)
26.25

Tony Deleiros (2008)
25.71

Bruce McPhail (1997)
27.79

A Deleiros (2010)
26.11

Laurie Malcolmson NZL (2010)
24.00

Ronald Taylor GBR (1994)
24.32

Bill Collins USA (2011)
M65 30.35

Rupert Watson (2014)
28.06

Laurie Malcolmson (2015)
29.11

Malcolm Fraser (2006)
27.76

Laurie Malcolmson (2015)
27.25

Trevor Guptill (2014)
28.43

Alan Dougall (2017)
26.20

Colin Buyers AUS (2008)
24.65

Charles Allie USA (2013)
24.94

Bill Collins USA (2016)
M70 32.25

Bill Nicholson
29.72

John Lester (2012)
31.21

Vincent Paddam (2020)
29.25

Alan Dougall (2020)
27.98

Trevor Guptill (2016)
28.58

Trevor Guptill (2019)
28.10

Hugh Coogan AUS (2006)
25.75

Chares Allie USA (2018)
26.11

Chares Allie USA (2019)
M75 30.70

Bernie Kaiser
31.65

Stewart Foster (2012)
31.05

Barry Baxter (2020)
30.7h

Bernie Kaiser (1991)
30.61

Tony Deleiros (2022)
53.92

Peter Hanson (2016)
29.89

David Trantrill AUS (2014)
27.73

Bob Lida USA (2012)
27.64

Robert Lida USA (2012)
M80 32.63

David Reade (2017)
34.6

Bernie Kaiser (1992)
36.4

Alistair Mackay (2008)
35.09

Bernie Kaiser (1994)
32.63

David Reade (2017)
no record 32.49

Mike Johnston AUS (2002)
29.54

Hisamitsu Hijiya JPN (2012)
29.15

Robert Lida USA (2017)
M85 41.00

Bernie Kaiser
40.7

Eric de Lautour (2006)
no record 40.60

Jim Jones (2020)
39.67

Jim Jones (2020)
no record 39.08

Jim Sinclair AUS (2012)
31.69

Hisamitsu Hijiya JPN (2016)
33.76

Hiroo Tanaka JPN (2017)
M90 no record 50.07

Eric de Lautour (2012)
no record 52.38

Syd Taylor (2006)
47.38

Syd Taylor (2006)
no record 46.79

Jim Sinclair AUS (2015)
36.02

Hiroo Tanaka JPN (2021)
40.19

Herbert Muller GER (2020)
M95 no record no record no record no record 59.95

Eric de Lautour (2015)
no record 59.96

Eric de Lautour NZL (2015)
48.09

Toshio Kamehama JPN (2022)
54.77

Charles Eugster GBR (2015)
M100 no record no record no record no record no record no record no record 1:17.59

Philip Rabinowitz RSA (2004)
1:40.94

Orville Rogers USA (2018)
  Wellington North Island
Champs
South Island
Champs
NZMA Champs NZ National NZ Indoor Oceania Champs World World Indoor
  Wellington North Island
Champs
South Island
Champs
NZMA Champs NZ National NZ Indoor Oceania Champs World World Indoor
W35 26.36

Penny Hunt
26.6

Wendy Brown (1980)
27.19

Joeline Jones (2020)
25.72

Wendy Brown (1987)
24.89

B Peterson (1993)
no record 25.70

Eileen Hindle AUS (1984)
21.81

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM (2022)
22.59

Allyson Felix USA (2021)
W40 27.21

Vanessa Story (2016)
27.5

C Turner (1987)
27.23

Joeline Jones (2021)
25.7h

Wendy Brown (1991)
25.7h

Wendy Brown (1991)

26.00

Wendy Brown (1991)
27.10

Vanessa Story (2017)
26.15

Julie Brims AUS (2006)
22.72

Merlene Ottey SLO (2004)
23.93

Merlene Ottey SLO (2003)
W45 27.54

Penny Hunt (1993)
28.1

Wendy Brown (1996)
28.02

Elizabeth Wilson (2011)
26.58

C Mills (1979)
26.58

C Mills (1979)
no record 26.55

Marie Kay AUS (2006)
23.82

Merlene Ottey SLO (2006)
25.44

Maryvonne Icarre FRA (2011)
W50 29.18

Petra Stoeveken (2018)
28.70

Anne Hunter (1998)
27.45

Elizabeth Wilson (2014)
27.44

Elizabeth Wilson (2016)
26.83

Elizabeth Wilson (2016)
no record 26.69

Gianna Mogentale AUS (2014)
24.33

Merlene Ottey SLO (2010)
25.94

Maryvonne Icarre FRA (2016)
W55 30.26

Veronica Gould
28.83

Sheryl Gower (2002)
29.8 (h)

Shirley Peterson (1986)

29.85

Liz Mitchell (2021)

28.84

Elizabeth Wilson (2019)
27.74

Elizabeth Wilson (2018)
no record 28.16

Elizabeth Wilson NZL (2018)
25.07

Julie Brims AUS (2021)
26.13

Nicole Alexis FRA (2015)
W60 31.90

Judy Hammond
31.5

Chris Waring (2004)
33.67

Janis Russell
(2020)
30.1

Margaret Peters (1994)
30.00

Shirley Peterson (1989)
36.46

A Hunter (2010)
30.79

Ann Cooper AUS (1990)
27.78

Nicole Barilly Alexis FRA (2022)
28.23

Karla Del Grande CAN (2014)
W65 33.09

Veronica Gould (2017)
31.8

Margaret Peters (1998)
34.69

Gail Kirkman (2021)
31.38

Shirley Peterson (1994)
31.00

Margaret Peters (1999)
no record 30.55

Jeannette Flynne NZL (2018)
28.53

Karla Del Grande CAN (2018)
29.73

Karla Del Grande CAN (2019)
W70 34.73

Veronica Gould (2020)
33.22

Margaret Peters (2005)
39.4

Shirley Peterson (2000)
32.22

Margaret Peters (2004)
31.45

Margaret Peters (2004)
34.13

Sheryl Gower (2019)
33.46

Sheryl Gower NZL (2019)
31.30

Ingrid Meier GER (2017)
31.86

Kathy Bergen USA (2012)
W75 41.53

Judy Hammond (2017)
35.80

Margaret Peters (2009)
no record 35.53

Margaret Peters (2009)
34.55

Margaret Peters (2009)
37.50

Chris Waring  (2019)
35.99

Chris Waring  NZL (2019)
31.56

Carol LaFayette-Boyd CAN (2018)
32.26

Carol LaFayette-Boyd CAN (2019)
W80 43.48

Judy Hammond (2018)
45.13

Judy Hammond (2017)
no record 44.70

Shirley Peterson (2010)
43.48

Judy Hammond (2018)
no record 40.27

Margaret Peters NZL (2014)
35.00

Carol LaFayette-Boyd CAN (2022)
35.66

Kathy Bergen USA (2020)
W85 no record no record no record 54.58

Marcia Petley (2015)
52.21

Marcia Petley (2015)
no record no record 40.20

Christa Bortignon CAN (2022)
42.09

Christia Bortignon CAN (2022)
W90 no record no record no record no record no record 1:03.52

Marcia Petley (2019)
no record 53.35

Emiko Saito JPN (2022)
1:00.72

Olga Kotelko CAN (2010)
W95 no record no record no record no record no record no record no record 1:12.99

Diane Friedman USA (2017)
1:14.14

Olga Kotelko CAN (2014)
W100 no record no record no record no record no record no record no record 1:29.79

Diane Friedman USA (2021)
no record
  Wellington North Island
Champs
South Island
Champs
NZMA Champs NZ National NZ Indoor Oceania Champs World World Indoor

World Records from World Masters Athletics as at 3 February 2023.

Oceania Championship Records from Oceania Athletics as at September 2019.

NZ Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at 16 February 2023.

NZMA Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at 16 February 2023.

South Island Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at February 2023.

North Island Championship Records from NZ Masters Athletics as at January 2023.

Wellington Records as at 7 May 2023.


  

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  Last Updated 22 December 2023