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2025 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres
at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships
VenueGumi Civic Stadium
LocationGumi, South Korea
Dates30 May (heats & semi-finals)
31 May (final)
Winning time20.12 CR
Medalists
gold medal Towa Uzawa   Japan
silver medal Abdulaziz Abdui Atafi [de]   Saudi Arabia
bronze medal Animesh Kujur   India
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The men's 200 metres event at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 30 and 31 May.[1]

Records

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Records before the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships
Record Athlete (nation) Time (s) Location Date
World record[2]  Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.19 Berlin, Germany 20 August 2009
Asian record[3]  Xie Zhenye (CHN) 19.88 London, United Kingdom 21 July 2019
Championship record  Towa Uzawa (JPN) 20.23 Bangkok, Thailand 16 July 2023
World leading[4]  Kenny Bednarek (USA) 19.84 Miramar, United States 4 May 2025
Asian leading[5]  Towa Uzawa (JPN) 20.13 Fukuroi, Japan 18 May 2025

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+8), was as follows:[1]

Date Time Round
30 May 11:10 Heats
19:25 Semi-finals
31 May 17:30 Final

Results

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Heats

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Held on 30 May. First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Shōta Iizuka  Japan 20.89 Q
2 5 Animesh Kujur  India 20.98 Q
3 4 Ildar Akhmadiev  Tajikistan 21.51 Q, SB
4 3 Magnus Johannsson  Hong Kong 21.57 q
5 7 Muhammad Sayyid Amin bin Roslan  Malaysia 21.83 SB
6 2 Zulkhuu Otgontugs  Mongolia 22.70 SB
— 8 Aayush Kunwar [de]  Nepal DNF
[6] Wind: (−0.3 m/s)

Heat 2

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Towa Uzawa  Japan 20.94 Q
2 6 Chen Jinfeng  China 21.12 Q
3 7 Yip King Wai  Hong Kong 21.25 Q
4 3 Witali Zems [de; ru]  Kazakhstan 21.38 q
5 4 Russel Alexander Nasir Taib [de]  Malaysia 21.71 SB
6 8 Favoris Muzrapov [de]  Tajikistan 22.11 SB
7 2 Shivaraj Parki  Nepal 22.68 SB
[6] Wind: (−1.0 m/s)

Heat 3

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Ali Anwar Al-Balushi  Oman 21.71 Q
2 6 Kalinga Kumarage [de; fr]  Sri Lanka 21.73 Q
3 7 Noureddine Hadid  Lebanon 21.74 Q
4 4 Almat Tulebaev  Kazakhstan 22.01 [.001] SB
5 8 Leong Lok Io  Macau 22.01 [.004]
6 3 Turtogtokh Erdenebat  Mongolia 23.74 SB
[6] Wind: (+0.6 m/s)

Heat 4

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Abdulaziz Abdui Atafi [de]  Saudi Arabia 20.61 Q, SB
2 3 Ko Seung-hwan [de]  South Korea 20.69 Q, SB
3 6 Shi Junhao  China 20.76 Q
4 2 Suleiman Abdulrahman  United Arab Emirates 20.94 q, =NU20R
5 7 Shajar Abbas [de; no; ur]  Pakistan 21.15 q, SB
6 1 Zaid Al-Awamleh  Jordan 21.64 SB
7 8 Vong Ka In  Macau 22.44
8 4 Omar Chaaban  Palestine 22.92 SB
[6] Wind: (+1.0 m/s)

Semi-finals

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Held on 30 May. First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Heat 1

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 7 Ko Seung-hwan [de]  South Korea 20.82 [.816] Q
2 6 Shōta Iizuka  Japan 20.82 [.820] Q
3 5 Abdulaziz Abdui Atafi [de]  Saudi Arabia 20.83 Q
4 4 Shi Junhao  China 20.98 q
5 1 Suleiman Abdulrahman  United Arab Emirates 21.30
6 8 Noureddine Hadid  Lebanon 21.57
7 2 Magnus Johannsson  Hong Kong 21.70
8 3 Zaid Al-Awamleh  Jordan 21.90
[7] Wind: (+-2.4 m/s)

Heat 2

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Towa Uzawa  Japan 20.67 Q
2 7 Animesh Kujur  India 20.81 Q
3 3 Chen Jinfeng  China 20.88 Q
4 4 Yip King Wai  Hong Kong 21.10 q, PB
5 2 Witali Zems [de; ru]  Kazakhstan 21.25
6 1 Shajar Abbas [de; no; ur]  Pakistan 21.27
7 6 Ali Anwar Al-Balushi  Oman 21.30
8 8 Ildar Akhmadiev  Tajikistan 21.62
[7] Wind: (−0.9 m/s)

Final

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Towa Uzawa  Japan 20.12 CR, PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Abdulaziz Abdui Atafi [de]  Saudi Arabia 20.31 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Animesh Kujur  India 20.32 NR
4 3 Shōta Iizuka  Japan 20.66 SB
5 8 Chen Jinfeng  China 20.70 PB
6 6 Ko Seung-hwan [de]  South Korea 20.72
7 2 Yip King Wai  Hong Kong 21.16
— 1 Shi Junhao  China DQ TR 16.8
[8] Wind: (+0.8 m/s)

References

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  1. ^ a b "2025 Asian Athletics Championships schedule". 2025gumi.kr. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
  2. ^ "200 Metres men - World record times". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  3. ^ "200 Metres men - Asian record times". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  4. ^ "200 Metres men - 2025 World leading times". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  5. ^ "200 Metres men - 2025 Asian leading times". World Athletics. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d "26th Asian Athletics Championships - Men's 200 metres heats results" (PDF). Asian Athletics. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  7. ^ a b "26th Asian Athletics Championships - Men's 200 metres semi-finals results" (PDF). Asian Athletics. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  8. ^ "26th Asian Athletics Championships - Men's 200 metres final results" (PDF). Asian Athletics. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.