Les Français David Alerte (20″72) et Martial Mbandjock (20″65) se qualifient aisement en 1/4 de finale du 200m.
Les favoris se qualifient egalement: Shawn Crawford, Marlon Devonish, Usain Bolt, Alonso Edward, Robert Hering et Wallace Spearmon.
Les qualifiés pour les 1/4 finales du 200m messieurs:
2009 Record
20.45 20.20 -
20.65 20.33 - David Alerte
19.59 19.30 - Usain Bolt
20.58 20.58 - Martial Mbandjock
20.45 20.43 - Rondell Sorrillo
20.46 20.46 - Marc Schneeberger
20.45 20.45 - Gavin Smellie
20.31 20.22 - Charles Clark
2009 Record
20.72 20.72 -
20.37 20.12 - Brian Dzingai
20.19 19.79 - Shawn Crawford
20.73 20.57 - Roman Smirnov
20.68 20.34 - Jared Connaughton
20.55 20.19 - Marlon Devonish
20.22 20.22 - Shinji Takahira
20.78 20.40 - Rolando Palacios
2009 Record
20.72 20.72 -
20.33 20.06 - Stéphane Buckland
20.26 20.12 - Brendan Christian
20.01 20.01 - Steve Mullings
20.52 20.52 - Aleixo-Platini Menga
20.40 20.30 - Paul Hession
20.04 20.04 - Ramil Guliyev
20.40 20.40 - Emmanuel Callander
2009 Record
20.61 20.53 -
20.73 20.69 - Marek Niit
20.41 20.41 - Robert Hering
19.98 19.65 - Wallace Spearmon
20.58 20.54 - Marco Cribari
20.00 20.00 - Alonso Edward
20.55 20.46 - Kenji Fujimitsu
20.75 20.68 - Sam Effah