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| World Records | |||||||||
| Perf | Wind | Athlete | DOB | Nat | Venue | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.19 | -0.3 | Usain Bolt | 21/08/1986 | Berlin | 20/08/2009 | ||||
| World Leading 2012 | |||||||||
| Perf | Wind | Athlete | DOB | Nat | Venue | Date | |||
| 19.91 | 1.1 | Yohan Blake | 26/12/1989 | Kingston (NS), JAM | 05/05/2012 | ||||
| World Junior Records | |||||||||
| Perf | Wind | Athlete | DOB | Nat | Venue | Date | |||
| 19.93 | 1.4 | Usain Bolt | 21/08/1986 | Devonshire | 11/04/2004 | ||||
| Youth - World Best Performance | |||||||||
| Perf | Wind | Athlete | DOB | Nat | Venue | Date | |||
| 20.13 | 0.0 | Usain Bolt | 21/08/1986 | Bridgetown | 20/07/2003 | ||||
| Area Records | ||||||||||
| Area | Perf | Wind | Athlete | DOB | Nat | Venue | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFRICA | 19.68 | 0.4 | Frank Fredericks | 02/10/1967 | Atlanta, GA | 01/08/1996 | ||||
| ASIA | 20.03 | 0.6 | Shingo Suetsugu | 02/06/1980 | Yokohama | 07/06/2003 | ||||
| EUROPE | 19.72 | A | 1.8 | Pietro Mennea | 28/06/1952 | Ciudad de México | 12/09/1979 | |||
| NORTH,CENTRAL AMERICA&C. | 19.19 | -0.3 | Usain Bolt | 21/08/1986 | Berlin | 20/08/2009 | ||||
| OCEANIA | 20.06 | A | 0.0 | Peter Norman | 15/06/1942 | Ciudad de México | 15/10/1968 | |||
| SOUTH AMERICA | 19.81 | -0.3 | Alonso Edward | 08/12/1989 | Berlin | 20/08/2009 | ||||
| World Records | |||||||||
| Perf | Wind | Athlete | DOB | Nat | Venue | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.34 | 1.3 | Florence Griffith-Joyner | 21/12/1959 | Seoul | 29/09/1988 | ||||
| World Leading 2012 | |||||||||
| Perf | Wind | Athlete | DOB | Nat | Venue | Date | |||
| 22.31 | 1.5 | Carmelita Jeter | 24/11/1979 | Los Angeles (Westwood), CA | 14/04/2012 | ||||
| World Junior Records | |||||||||
| Perf | Wind | Athlete | DOB | Nat | Venue | Date | |||
| 22.18 | 0.8 | Allyson Felix | 18/11/1985 | Athína (Olympic Stadium) | 25/08/2004 | ||||
| Youth - World Best Performance | |||||||||
| Perf | Wind | Athlete | DOB | Nat | Venue | Date | |||
| 22.58 | 0.8 | Marion Jones | 12/10/1975 | New Orleans, LA | 28/06/1992 | ||||
| Area Records | ||||||||||
| Area | Perf | Wind | Athlete | DOB | Nat | Venue | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFRICA | 22.07 | -0.1 | Mary Onyali-Omagbemi | 03/02/1968 | Zürich | 14/08/1996 | ||||
| ASIA | 22.01 | 0.0 | Xuemei Li | 15/01/1977 | Shanghai | 22/10/1997 | ||||
| EUROPE | 21.71 | 0.7 | Marita Koch | 18/02/1957 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 10/06/1979 | ||||
| EUROPE | 21.71 | 0.3 | Marita Koch | 18/02/1957 | Potsdam | 21/07/1984 | ||||
| EUROPE | 21.71 | 1.2 | Heike Drechsler | 16/12/1964 | Jena | 29/06/1986 | ||||
| EUROPE | 21.71 | -0.8 | Heike Drechsler | 16/12/1964 | Stuttgart | 29/08/1986 | ||||
| NORTH,CENTRAL AMERICA&C. | 21.34 | 1.3 | Florence Griffith-Joyner | 21/12/1959 | Seoul | 29/09/1988 | ||||
| OCEANIA | 22.23 | 0.8 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | 01/10/1971 | Stuttgart | 13/07/1997 | ||||
| SOUTH AMERICA | 22.48 | 1.0 | Ana Claudia Silva | 06/11/1988 | São Paulo | 06/08/2011 | ||||