200m Record Tables

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.