| World men's all-time best 200m |
| 1 | 19.32 0.4 | Michael Johnson | USA | 670913 | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960801 |
| + | 19.66 1.7 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960623 |
| 2 | 19.68 0.4 | Frank Fredericks | NAM | 671002 | 2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960801 |
| + | 19.71A 1.8 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | 1r1 | Pietersburg | 000318 |
| 3 | 19.72A 1.8 | Pietro Mennea | ITA | 520628 | 1 | Ciudad de México | 790912 |
| 4 | 19.73 -0.2 | Michael Marsh | USA | 670804 | s1:1 | Barcelona | 920805 |
| 5 | 19.75 1.5 | Carl Lewis | USA | 610701 | 1 | Indianapolis | 830619 |
| 6 | 19.75 1.7 | Joe Deloach | USA | 670605 | 1 | Seoul | 880928 |
| + | 19.77 0.6 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | 1 | Stockholm | 960708 |
| 7 | 19.77 0.7 | Ato Boldon | TRI | 731230 | 1r1 | Stuttgart | 970713 |
| + | 19.79 1.7 |     Carl Lewis |   |   | 2 | Seoul | 880928 |
| + | 19.79 1.0 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | 1 | New Orleans, La | 920628 |
| + | 19.79 0.5 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | 1 | Göteborg | 950811 |
| + | 19.80 -0.9 |     Carl Lewis |   |   | 1 | Los Angeles | 840808 |
| + | 19.80 0.4 |     Ato Boldon |   |   | 3 | Atlanta, Ga | 960801 |
| + | 19.81 0.3 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | 1 | Fukuoka | 970913 |
| + | 19.82A 2.0 |     Carl Lewis |   |   | 1 | Sestriere | 880811 |
| + | 19.82 1.1 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | 1 | Oslo | 960705 |
| + | 19.82 1.6 |     Ato Boldon |   |   | 1r1 | Stockholm | 970707 |
| 8 | 19.83A 0.9 | Tommie Smith | USA | 440612 | 1 | Ciudad de México | 681016 |
| + | 19.83 1.7 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960518 |
| + | 19.84 0.2 |     Carl Lewis |   |   | q1:3 | Los Angeles | 840619 |
| 9 | 19.84 1.7 | Francis Obikwelu | NGR | 781122 | s1:2 | Sevilla, ESP | 990825 |
| + | 19.85 0.4 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | 1 | Edinburgh | 900706 |
| + | 19.85 0.3 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | 1 | Stuttgart | 930820 |
| + | 19.85 -0.9 |     Ato Boldon |   |   | 1 | Lausanne | 960703 |
| + | 19.85 1.1 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | 2 | Oslo | 960705 |
| 10 | 19.85 -0.3 | John Capel | USA | 781027 | 1 | Sacramento, Ca | 000723 |
| 11 | 19.86A 1.0 | Don Quarrie | JAM | 510225 | 1 | Cali | 710803 |
| + | 19.86 -0.2 |     Carl Lewis |   |   | 1 | Los Angeles | 840621 |
| + | 19.86 1.0 |     Michael Marsh |   |   | 2 | New Orleans, La | 920628 |
| 12 | 19.86 1.6 | Maurice Greene | USA | 740723 | 2r1 | Stockholm | 970707 |
| + | 19.86 0.4 |     Ato Boldon |   |   | 1r2 | Athína | 990616 |
| 13 | 19.87 0.8 | Lorenzo Daniel | USA | 660223 | 1 | Eugene, Or | 880603 |
| 14 | 19.87A 1.8 | John Regis | GBR | 661013 | 1 | Sestriere | 940731 |
| 15 | 19.87 1.2 | Jeff Williams | USA | 651231 | 1 | Fresno | 960413 |
| + | 19.87 -1.2 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | 1 | Nishinomiya (Osaka) | 990508 |
| + | 19.87 1.4 |     John Capel |   |   | 1 | Boise, Id | 990605 |
| + | 19.88A 1.5 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | 1 | Sestriere | 900808 |
| + | 19.88 -0.9 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | 1 | Barcelona | 910920 |
| + | 19.88 1.7 |     Michael Marsh |   |   | 2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960518 |
| + | 19.88 0.4 |     Ato Boldon |   |   | 1 | Athína | 980617 |
| 16 | 19.88 -0.3 | Floyd Heard | USA | 660324 | 2 | Sacramento, Ca | 000723 |
| + | 19.89 1.0 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | 1 | Bruxelles | 910913 |
| + | 19.89 0.7 |     Maurice Greene |   |   | 2r1 | Stuttgart | 970713 |
| 17 | 19.89 -0.8 | Claudinei Quirino da Silva | BRA | 701119 | 1 | München | 990911 |
| + | 19.89 0.3 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | h1:4 | Sacramento, Ca | 000722 |
| + | 19.90 0.3 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | 1 | Norwalk | 900616 |
| + | 19.90 0.4 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | 1 | Nishinomiya (Osaka) | 970510 |
| + | 19.90 1.2 |     Maurice Greene |   |   | 1 | Sevilla, ESP | 990827 |
| + | 19.90 -0.8 |     Maurice Greene |   |   | 2 | München | 990911 |
| + | 19.91 1.9 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | 1 | Salamanca | 920713 |
| + | 19.91 0.0 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | 1 | Sevilla | 000609 |
| 18 | 19.92A* 1.9 | John Carlos | USA | 450605 | 1 | Echo Summit, South Lake Tahoe | 680912 |
| + | 19.92 1.3 |     Carl Lewis |   |   | 1 | Madrid | 870604 |
| + | 19.92 -0.2 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | 1 | Bruxelles | 960823 |
| + | 19.92 1.6 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | 1 | Melbourne, AUS | 990225 |
| + | 19.92 0.2 |     Maurice Greene |   |   | 1 | Monaco | 990804 |
| + | 19.93 1.5 |     Lorenzo Daniel |   |   | 1 | Auburn, Al | 880515 |
| + | 19.93 -0.3 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | 1 | Monte Carlo | 950909 |
| + | 19.93A 0.1 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | 1 | Johannesburg | 950924 |
| + | 19.93 0.7 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | 3r1 | Stuttgart | 970713 |
| + | 19.93 0.5 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | 1 | Monaco | 970816 |
| + | 19.93 0.8 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | 1 | Roma | 990707 |
| + | 19.93 0.2 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | 2 | Monaco | 990804 |
| + | 19.93 0.4 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | 1 | Bruxelles | 990903 |
| + | 19.94 1.4 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | 1 | Sheffield | 910915 |
| + | 19.94 1.1 |     Michael Marsh |   |   | 1r1 | Austin | 920509 |
| + | 19.94 0.0 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | 1 | Monaco | 940802 |
| + | 19.94 0.6 |     Ato Boldon |   |   | 2 | Stockholm | 960708 |
| + | 19.95 1.9 |     Floyd Heard |   |   | 1 | Lubbock, Tx | 870517 |
| + | 19.95 -1.0 |     Michael Marsh |   |   | 1r1 | Zürich | 920819 |
| + | 19.95 -0.2 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | 1 | Paris | 960628 |
| + | 19.96A 0.2 |     Pietro Mennea |   |   | h1:9 | Ciudad de México | 790910 |
| + | 19.96 0.0 |     Pietro Mennea |   |   | 1r2 | Barletta | 800817 |
| 19 | 19.96 -0.9 | Kirk Baptiste | USA | 630620 | 2 | Los Angeles | 840808 |
| + | 19.96 1.0 |     Joe Deloach |   |   | 1 | Indianapolis | 880720 |
| 20 | 19.96 0.4 | Robson Caetano da Silva | BRA | 640904 | 1 | Bruxelles | 890825 |
| + | 19.96 0.8 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | 1r1 | Rieti | 930905 |
| + | 19.96 0.7 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | 1 | Roma | 960605 |
| + | 19.96 2.0 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | 1 | Duisburg | 960612 |
| 21 | 19.96 -0.3 | Coby Miller | USA | 761019 | 3 | Sacramento, Ca | 000723 |
| + | 19.97 -1.0 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | 2r1 | Zürich | 920819 |
| + | 19.97 0.3 |     John Regis |   |   | 2 | Stuttgart | 930820 |
| + | 19.97A 1.8 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | 2 | Sestriere | 940731 |
| + | 19.97 1.5 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | 1 | Victoria, CAN | 940826 |
| + | 19.97 0.5 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | 1 | Berlin | 960830 |
| + | 19.97A 1.3 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | 1 | Johannesburg | 980913 |
| + | 19.97 0.3 |     Ato Boldon |   |   | 1 | Lausanne | 000705 |
| 22 | 19.97 -0.8 | Obadele Thompson | BAR | 760330 | 1 | Yokohama | 000909 |
| + | 19.98 0.2 |     Joe Deloach |   |   | 1 | Austin | 880515 |
| + | 19.98 0.5 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | 1 | Rieti | 910906 |
| + | 19.98 0.3 |     Michael Johnson |   |   | 1 | Houston | 920522 |
| + | 19.98 0.1 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | s1:2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960801 |
| 23 | 19.98 1.7 | Marcin Urbas | POL | 760917 | s2:2 | Sevilla, ESP | 990825 |
| 24 | 19.99 0.6 | Calvin Smith | USA | 610108 | 1 | Zürich | 830824 |
| + | 19.99 1.2 |     Carl Lewis |   |   | 1 | Houston | 880617 |
| + | 19.99 1.1 |     Carl Lewis |   |   | 1r1 | Lausanne | 930707 |
| + | 19.99 0.3 |     Carl Lewis |   |   | 3 | Stuttgart | 930820 |
| + | 19.99 -0.2 |     Ato Boldon |   |   | 2 | Bruxelles | 960823 |
| + | 19.99 -0.9 |     Frank Fredericks |   |   | 1 | Dakar | 980822 |
| + | 19.99 0.0 |     John Capel |   |   | 1 | Athens, Ga | 990516 |
| 103 performances by 24 athletes |
| 25 | 20.00 0.0 | Valeriy Borzov | URS | 491020 | 1 | München | 720904 |
| 26 | 20.01 -1.0 | Michael Bates | USA | 691219 | 3r1 | Zürich | 920819 |
| 27 | 20.02 1.7 | Christopher Williams | JAM | 720315 | 1r2 | Walnut, Ca | 000416 |
| 28 | 20.03 1.6 | Clancy Edwards | USA | 550809 | 1 | Westwood, Ca | 780429 |
| 29 | 20.03 1.5 | Larry Myricks # | USA | 560310 | 2 | Indianapolis | 830619 |
| 30 | 20.03 1.2 | Jon Drummond | USA | 680909 | 1 | Bruxelles | 970822 |
| 31 | 20.03 -0.3 | Bernard Williams | USA | 780119 | 4 | Sacramento, Ca | 000723 |
| 32 | 20.03 0.7 | Konstadínos Kedéris | GRE | 730611 | s1:2 | Edmonton, CAN | 010808 |
| 33 | 20.04 1.7 | Kenny Brokenburr | USA | 681029 | 2r5 | Walnut, Ca | 000416 |
| 34 | 20.05 1.0 | Roy Martin | USA | 661225 | 3 | Indianapolis | 880720 |
| 35 | 20.05 1.0 | Albert Robinson | USA | 641128 | 4 | Indianapolis | 880720 |
| 36 | 20.05 -0.1 | Ramon Clay | USA | 750629 | 1 | Lausanne | 010704 |
| 37 | 20.06A 0.9 | Peter Norman | AUS | 420615 | 2 | Ciudad de México | 681016 |
| 38 | 20.06 1.7 | Silvio Leonard | CUB | 550920 | 1r1 | Warszawa | 780619 |
| 39 | 20.07 | James Mallard | USA | 571129 | 1 | Tuscaloosa | 790420 |
| 40 | 20.08 0.9 | La Monte King | USA | 591218 | 1 | Walnut, Ca | 800615 |
| 41 | 20.08A 1.6 | Dwayne Evans | USA | 581013 | 1 | Albuquerque, NM | 870613 |
| 42 | 20.08 0.3 | Danny Everett | USA | 661101 | 2 | Norwalk | 900616 |
| 43 | 20.08 1.7 | Aaron Armstrong | USA | 771014 | 1 | Norman, Ok | 990410 |
| 44 | 20.08 1 | Christian Malcolm | GBR | 790603 | s1:1 | Edmonton, CAN | 010808 |
| 45 | 20.09 1.7 | Linford Christie | GBR | 600402 | 4 | Seoul | 880928 |
| 46 | 20.09A 1.9 | Dennis Mitchell ¶ | USA | 660220 | 1 | Provo | 890602 |
| 47 | 20.09 2.0 | Tyree Washington | USA | 760828 | 1 | St. Louis, Mo | 990522 |
| 48 | 20.09 1.0 | Shawn Crawford | USA | 780114 | 1 | Durham, Nc | 000603 |
| 49 | 20.10 1.7 | Millard Hampton | USA | 560708 | 1 | Eugene, Or | 760622 |
| 50 | 20.10 -0.2 | Daniel [Phillip] Effiong ¶ | NGR | 720617 | 1 | San José | 940528 |
| 51 | 20.10 1.7 | Kevin Little | USA | 680403 | s3:2 | Sevilla, ESP | 990825 |
| 52 | 20.11 0.7 | Attila Kovács | HUN | 600902 | 1 | Miskolc | 870821 |
| 53 | 20.11 0.2 | Olapade Adeniken | NGR | 690819 | 1 | Austin | 920606 |
| 54 | 20.11 1.2 | Bryan Bridgewater | USA | 700907 | 1 | Abilene, Tx | 930529 |
| 55 | 20.12 1.0 | Mark Witherspoon | USA | 630903 | 2 | Houston, Tx | 890617 |
| 56 | 20.12 -0.8 | Leroy Burrell | USA | 670221 | s1:1 | New Orleans, La | 920627 |
| 57 | 20.13 0.0 | Rohsaan Griffin | USA | 740221 | 1r1 | Saint-Denis | 990703 |
| 58 | 20.13 0.3 | Darren Campbell | GBR | 730912 | q1:1 | Sydney, AUS | 000927 |
| 59 | 20.14 1.8 | James Gilkes | GUY | 520921 | 1 | Ingelheim | 780912 |
| 60 | 20.15A 0.3 | Mike Miller | USA | 591229 | 1 | Provo | 820602 |
| 61 | 20.15A 0.1 | Emmanuel Tuffour | GHA | 661202 | 2 | Johannesburg | 950924 |
| 62 | 20.15 0.4 | Sebastian Keitel | CHI | 730214 | 1r1 | Santiago de Chile | 980517 |
| 63 | 20.15 1 | Stéphane Buckland | MRI | 770112 | s3:1 | Edmonton, CAN | 010808 |
| 64 | 20.16 -0.1 | Steve Williams | USA | 531113 | 1 | Stuttgart | 750826 |
| 65 | 20.16 1.5 | Elliott Quow | USA | 620303 | 4 | Indianapolis | 830619 |
| 66 | 20.16 -0.4 | Gilles Quénéhervé | FRA | 660517 | 2 | Roma | 870903 |
| 67 | 20.16A -0.2 | Riaan Dempers | RSA | 770304 | 1 | Germiston, RSA | 950407 |
| 68 | 20.16 1.9 | Koji Ito | JPN | 700129 | h1:2 | Kumamoto | 981002 |
| 69 | 20.17 0.4 | Atlee Mahorn | CAN | 651027 | q1:1 | Tokyo | 910826 |
| 70 | 20.17 1.0 | James Trapp | USA | 701228 | 6 | New Orleans, La | 920628 |
| 71 | 20.17 1.0 | Iván Gárcia | CUB | 720229 | s1:1 | Mar del Plata | 950321 |
| 72 | 20.17 2.0 | Vincent Henderson | USA | 721020 | 1r2 | Walnut, Ca | 960421 |
| 73 | 20.17 1.8 | Geir Moen | NOR | 690626 | 1 | Rieti | 960901 |
| 74 | 20.17A 0.6 | André Domingos da Silva | BRA | 721126 | 1 | Ciudad de México | 000701 |
| 75 | 20.18 0.2 | Henry Thomas | USA | 670710 | 1 | Eagle Rock, Ca | 880514 |
| 76 | 20.18 0.3 | Dean Capobianco ¶ | AUS | 700511 | 5 | Stuttgart | 930820 |
| 77 | 20.18 -0.2 | Julian Golding | GBR | 750217 | 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 980919 |
| 78 | 20.19 0.0 | Larry Black | USA | 510720 | 2 | München | 720904 |
| 79 | 20.19 0.7 | James Sanford | USA | 571227 | 1 | Westwood, Ca | 790428 |
| 80 | 20.19 1.9 | Phillip Epps | USA | 591111 | 1 | College Station | 820320 |
| 81 | 20.19 1.6 | John Dinan | AUS | 591118 | 1 | Canberra | 860306 |
| 82 | 20.19 0.7 | Patrick Stevens | BEL | 680131 | 2 | Roma | 960605 |
| 83 | 20.20 0.7 | Greg Foster # | USA | 580804 | 2 | Westwood, Ca | 790428 |
| 84 | 20.20 1.1 | Daniel Sangouma | FRA | 650207 | 1 | Casablanca | 890718 |
| 85 | 20.20 | Jimmy French | USA | 700402 | h1:1 | Fayetteville, Ar | 910511 |
| 86 | 20.20 0.8 | Nikolay Antonov | BUL | 680817 | q2:3 | Tokyo | 910826 |
| 87 | 20.20 0.3 | Jean-Charles Trouabal | FRA | 650520 | 6 | Stuttgart | 930820 |
| 88 | 20.20A 0.6 | Wayne Johnson | JAM | 750117 | 2 | Ciudad de México | 000701 |
| 89 | 20.20 0.1 | Kim Collins | SKN | 760405 | 3= | Edmonton, CAN | 010809 |
| 90 | 20.21 0.9 | Allan Wells | GBR | 520503 | 2 | Moskva | 800728 |
| 91 | 20.21 0.1 | Mel Lattany | USA | 590810 | 1 | Roma | 810906 |
| 92 | 20.21 1.3 | Mike Conley | USA | 621005 | 2 | Fayetteville, Ar | 850518 |
| 93 | 20.21A 1.6 | Harvey McSwain | USA | 630310 | 2 | Albuquerque, NM | 870613 |
| 94 | 20.21 1.1 | Thomas Jefferson | USA | 620608 | 2 | New York, NY | 910720 |
| 95 | 20.21 -1.8 | Percival Spencer | JAM | 750224 | 1 | San Diego, Ca | 970523 |
| 96 | 20.21 0.4 | Bruny Surin | CAN | 670712 | 3 | Bruxelles | 990903 |
| 97 | 20.21A 0.8 | Oumar Loum | SEN | 731231 | 3 | Ciudad de México | 000701 |
| 98 | 20.22 -0.3 | Oluyemi Kayode | NGR | 680707 | q2:3 | Barcelona | 920803 |
| 99 | 20.22A 1.4 | Andrew Tynes | BAH | 720213 | 1 | El Paso, Tx | 930410 |
| 100 | 20.22A 1.8 | Kevin Braunskill ¶ | USA | 690331 | 3 | Sestriere | 940731 |
| 101 | 20.23A 0.3 | James Butler | USA | 600621 | h2:2 | Provo | 820602 |
| 102 | 20.23 0.2 | Frank Emmelmann | GDR | 610915 | 1 | Moskva | 850818 |
| 103 | 20.23 0.5 | Mike Timpson | USA | 670606 | 1 | University Park | 860516 |
| 104 | 20.23 -0.4 | Vladimir Krylov | RUS | 640226 | 5 | Roma | 870903 |
| 105 | 20.23 0.0 | Chris Nelloms | USA | 710814 | 3 | Zürich | 930804 |
| 106 | 20.23 -1.2 | Tony Wheeler | USA | 750119 | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 970419 |
| 107 | 20.23A 0.9 | Ja'Warren Hooker | USA | 780924 | 1 | Provo, Ut | 000506 |
| 108 | 20.23 0.2 | Abdul Aziz Zakari | GHA | 760902 | 1 | Alger | 000714 |
| 109 | 20.24A 1.8 | Leszek Dunecki | POL | 561002 | 2 | Ciudad de México | 790912 |
| 110 | 20.24 1.8 | Felix Stevens | CUB | 640308 | 1 | Sofia | 890707 |
| 111 | 20.25 0.8 | Davidson Ezinwa ¶ | NGR | 711122 | 2 | Sevilla | 920606 |
| 112 | 20.25 0.0 | Jason Hendrix | USA | 721024 | 2 | Odessa, Tx | 930522 |
| 113 | 20.25A 0.0 | Curtis Perry | USA | 741026 | 1 | El Paso, Tx | 970412 |
| 114 | 20.25 1.7 | Marlon Devonish | GBR | 760601 | s5:2 | Sevilla, ESP | 990825 |
| 115 | 20.26 1.5 | Bernie Jackson | USA | 611022 | 5 | Indianapolis | 830619 |
| 116 | 20.26 1.9 | Allen Johnson | USA | 710301 | 1r2 | Stockholm | 970707 |
| 117 | 20.26 1.1 | Brian Lewis | USA | 741205 | s3:2 | Sacramento, Ca | 000723 |
| 118 | 20.26 -0.8 | Shingo Suetsugu | JPN | 800602 | 2 | Yokohama | 000909 |
| 119 | 20.27 0.9 | Wardell Gilbreath | USA | 540829 | 1 | Tucson | 760501 |
| 120 | 20.27A 1.6 | William Snoddy | USA | 571206 | 1 | Colorado Springs | 780730 |
| 121 | 20.27 0.2 | Jeff Phillips | USA | 570516 | 1= | San José | 820417 |
| 122 | 20.27 1.4 | Wallace Spearmon | USA | 620903 | 1 | Rhede | 870703 |
| 123 | 20.27 0.8 | Danny Peebles | USA | 660530 | 4 | Eugene, Or | 880603 |
| 124 | 20.27 -0.2 | Sidney Telles de Souza | BRA | 660726 | 1 | Americana | 930227 |
| 125 | 20.27 0.6 | Tony McCall | USA | 740616 | 1r3 | Villach | 980709 |
| 126 | 20.27 0.4 | Petko Yankov | BUL | 771006 | 5r2 | Athína | 990616 |
| 127 | 20.27 1.0 | Marquis Davis | USA | 800814 | 1r1 | Knoxville,Tn | 000518 |
| 128 | 20.28A 1.9 | Larry Questad | USA | 430710 | 3 | Echo Summit, South Lake Tahoe, Ca | 680912 |
| 129 | 20.28 1.9 | Tony Jones | USA | 651230 | 2 | Lubbock, Tx | 870517 |
| 130 | 20.28 0.0 | Stanley Kerr | USA | 670619 | h2:2 | Baton Rouge | 870603 |
| 131 | 20.28 2.0 | Bryan Bronson ¶ | USA | 720909 | 1 | Modesto | 920516 |
| 132 | 20.28 1.2 | Thomas Sbokos | GRE | 720410 | 1 | Patra | 950723 |
| 133 | 20.28A 0.0 | Sunday Bada | NGR | 690622 | 1 | Harare | 950918 |
| 134 | 20.29A* 1.9 | Jerry Bright | USA | 470721 | 4 | Echo Summit, South Lake Tahoe, Ca | 680912 |
| 135 | 20.29A 1.9 | Tom Randolph | USA | 420104 | 5 | Echo Summit, South Lake Tahoe, Ca | 680912 |
| 136 | 20.29 1.5 | Clinton Davis | USA | 650817 | 1 | University Park | 830626 |
| 137 | 20.29 1.5 | Daron Council | USA | 641226 | 2 | Starkville, Ms | 850518 |
| 138 | 20.29 -0.3 | Alvis Whitted | USA | 740904 | s4:2 | Atlanta, Ga | 960622 |
| 139 | 20.29 0.6 | Darvis Patton | USA | 771204 | s2:2 | Durham, Nc | 000602 |
| 140 | 20.29 0.6 | Justin Gatlin | USA | 820210 | h1:1 | Columbia, SC | 010511 |
| 141 | 20.29 0.6 | Yusuke Omae | JPN | 820406 | 1 | Matsumoto | 010630 |
| 142 | 20.30 -0.9 | Joao Eugenio da Silva | BRA | 630822 | 4 | Los Angeles | 840808 |
| 143 | 20.30 -1.3 | Sam Graddy | USA | 640210 | h1:1 | Knoxville | 850510 |
| 144 | 20.30 1.8 | Marty Krulee | USA | 561104 | 2 | Walnut, Ca | 880424 |
| 145 | 20.30 -0.8 | Tim Williams | USA | 630527 | s5:1 | New Orleans, La | 920627 |
| 146 | 20.30 1.8 | Steve Brimacombe | AUS | 710507 | 1 | Brisbane | 960217 |
| 147 | 20.30 1.8 | Jah Shawn St.Julian | USA | 680808 | 1 | College Station | 960509 |
| 148 | 20.30 1.2 | Troy Douglas ¶ | BER | 621130 | 3 | Bruxelles | 970822 |
| 149 | 20.30 0.7 | Clement Chukwu ¶ | NGR | 730707 | 1r1 | Ann Arbor, Mi | 980516 |
| 150 | 20.30 2.0 | Brandon Evans | USA | 791030 | 1r1 | College Station, Tx | 000415 |
| 151 | 20.31 0.5 | Steve Riddick | USA | 510918 | 2 | Zürich | 750820 |
| 152 | 20.31A | Tshakile Nzimande | RSA | 611119 | 1 | Welkom | 871121 |
| 153 | 20.31 0.5 | Chidi Imoh ¶ | NGR | 630827 | 1 | Bern | 880823 |
| 154 | 20.31 0.2 | Derrick Thompson | USA | 730224 | 1 | Tuscaloosa | 950521 |
| 155 | 20.31 1.3 | Dave Dopek | USA | 730208 | 2 | Knoxville, Tn | 950603 |
| 156 | 20.31A 0.8 | Joseph Batangdon | CMR | 780729 | h1:1 | Johannesburg | 990917 |
| 157 | 20.31 -0.6 | Dwain Chambers | GBR | 780405 | 1 | London | 010722 |
| 158 | 20.32 0.6 | Brady Crain | USA | 560808 | 4 | Indianapolis | 850616 |
| 159 | 20.32 | Patrick Delice | TRI | 671112 | 1 | Prairie View, Tx | 930327 |
| 160 | 20.32 1.8 | Sam Jefferson | USA | 710419 | 1 | Austin | 930521 |
| 161 | 20.32 -0.2 | Damien Marsh | AUS | 710328 | 1 | Linz | 950822 |
| 162 | 20.33 | Larry Jackson | USA | 530630 | 1 | Lincoln | 760515 |
| 163 | 20.33 -1.4 | Darwin Cook | USA | 620716 | 1 | Tucson | 850518 |
| 164 | 20.33 0.2 | James Jett | USA | 701228 | 2 | Austin | 920606 |
| 165 | 20.33 0.7 | Dino Napier | USA | 691124 | q3:3 | Atlanta, Ga | 960622 |
| 166 | 20.33 0.5 | Vladislav Dologodin | UKR | 720223 | 1 | Helsinki | 960625 |
| 167 | 20.33 -0.8 | Ricardo Williams | JAM | 760929 | 3 | Yokohama | 000909 |
| 168 | 20.34A 0.9 | Edwin Roberts | TRI | 410912 | 4 | Ciudad de México | 681016 |
| 169 | 20.34 -1.2 | Vladimir Muravyov | URS | 590930 | 1 | Moskva | 840818 |
| 170 | 20.34A 1.8 | Wessel Oosthuizen | RSA | 610223 | 1 | Secunda, RSA | 860201 |
| 171 | 20.34 0.4 | Harlan Davis | USA | 670804 | 1 | Bakersfield | 880521 |
| 172 | 20.34 -0.2 | Roberto Hernandez | CUB | 670306 | 1 | La Habana | 900512 |
| 173 | 20.34 1.7 | Marcel Carter | USA | 710326 | s1:2 | New Orleans, La | 930604 |
| 174 | 20.34 1.7 | David Oaks | USA | 720512 | h2:2 | Eugene, Or | 930617 |
| 175 | 20.34 0.7 | Gentry Bradley | USA | 740119 | q4:3 | Atlanta, Ga | 960622 |
| 176 | 20.34 1.3 | Leonard Scott | USA | 800119 | h1:3 | Columbia, SC | 010511 |
| 177 | 20.35Ay-.12 0.9 | Lennox Miller | JAM | 461008 | 2 | Provo | 670617 |
| 178 | 20.35 | Efrem Coley | USA | 590521 | 1 | Austin | 800524 |
| 179 | 20.35 | Rod Barksdale | USA | 620908 | 1 | Tempe, Az | 840421 |
| 180 | 20.35 0.4 | Eugene McNeill | USA | 651210 | s1:1 | Tampa, Fl | 880618 |
| 181 | 20.35 | Devlon Dunn | USA | 670401 | 1 | Leverkusen | 910712 |
| 182 | 20.35 0.5 | Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy | RUS | 720812 | 1 | Rieti | 940828 |
| 183 | 20.35 1.7 | Tod Long | USA | 701218 | h1:6 | Durham | 960412 |
| 184 | 20.35 -1.5 | Douglas Walker ¶ | GBR | 730728 | 1 | Birmingham | 980726 |
| 185 | 20.35 -0.6 | Marcus La Grange | RSA | 771212 | 1 | Bellville | 000212 |
| 186 | 20.36 -0.8 | Henry Carr | USA | 421127 | 1 | Tokyo | 641017 |
| 187 | 20.36 0.3 | Dwight Williams | USA | 600907 | 2 | Indianapolis | 840505 |
| 188 | 20.36 1.8 | Todd Bennett | GBR | 620706 | 1 | Cwmbran | 840528 |
| 189 | 20.36 -0.7 | Aleksandr [Goremykin] Sokolov | URS | 710303 | q1:4 | Tokyo | 910826 |
| 190 | 20.36A -0.4 | Bryan Howard | USA | 761007 | h1:2 | Fort Collins, Co | 990521 |
| 191 | 20.36 0.2 | Alexiós Alexópoulos | GRE | 710521 | 2 | Paris | 990620 |
| 192 | 20.36 -1.4 | Patrick van Balkom | NED | 740914 | 1 | Apeldoorn | 990627 |
| 193 | 20.36 1.4 | Uchenna Emedolu | NGR | 760917 | 2 | Heusden | 010714 |
| 194 | 20.37 0.0 | Larry Burton | USA | 511215 | 4 | München | 720904 |
| 195 | 20.37 -1.2 | Eugen Ray | GDR | 570726 | 1 | Dresden | 770807 |
| 196 | 20.37 | Renaldo Nehemiah | USA | 590324 | 1 | Chapel Hill | 790421 |
| 197 | 20.37 1.0 | Jürgen Evers | FRG | 650429 | 1 | Schwechat | 830828 |
| 198 | 20.37 1.6 | Donald Bly | USA | 620525 | 1 | Norman | 840414 |
| 199 | 20.37 0.7 | Glenroy Gilbert | CAN | 680831 | 3 | New Orleans, La | 930605 |
| 200 | 20.37 0.7 | Carlos Gats | ARG | 691211 | 2 | Lisboa | 980718 |
| 201 | 20.37 1.9 | Prodromos Katsantonis | CYP | 751020 | 1 | Athína | 980719 |
| 202 | 20.37 1.3 | Marcus Brunson | USA | 780424 | 1r3 | Walnut, Ca | 010422 |
| 203 | 20.37 1.6 | DaBryan Blanton | USA | 82 | 1r3 | Austin, Tx | 010512 |
| 204 | 20.38y-.12 0.0 | Mark Lutz | USA | 511223 | 2 | Bakersfield | 730616 |
| 205 | 20.38 0.8 | Pascal Barré | FRA | 590412 | 1 | Genève | 790701 |
| 206 | 20.38 -1.4 | Eric Brown | USA | 600112 | 2 | Stanford, Ca | 810523 |
| 207 | 20.38 0.5 | Ralf Lübke | FRG | 650617 | 1 | Stuttgart | 850804 |
| 208 | 20.38 0.0 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni | ITA | 630221 | 1 | Grosseto | 870810 |
| 209 | 20.38 2.0 | Rod Tolbert | USA | 670611 | 2 | Modesto | 920516 |
| 210 | 20.38 1.7 | Antonio Pettigrew | USA | 671103 | 1 | Durham | 940409 |
| 211 | 20.38 1.7 | Cornelius Cavitt | USA | 741022 | 1 | Natchitoches, La | 960518 |
| 212 | 20.38 0.8 | Yeóryios Panayiotópoulos | GRE | 690812 | 2 | Berlin | 970826 |
| 213 | 20.38 1.9 | Milton Mallard | USA | 731124 | 2r1 | Fort-de-France | 990508 |
| 214 | 20.38 0.7 | Marco Torrieri | ITA | 780514 | s5:2 | Edmonton, CAN | 010808 |
| 215 | 20.39A 0.0 | Mike Fray | JAM | 470923 | q1:4 | Ciudad de México | 681015 |
| 216 | 20.39 1.0 | Willie Turner | USA | 481014 | 1 | Stuttgart | 700716 |
| 217 | 20.39A 1.0 | Marshall Dill | USA | 520809 | 2 | Cali | 710803 |
| 218 | 20.39 | Harvey Glance | USA | 570328 | 2 | Auburn | 790407 |
| 219 | 20.39 1.8 | Don Coleman | USA | 511024 | 2 | Walnut, Ca | 790617 |
| 220 | 20.39 0.2 | Cliff Wiley | USA | 550521 | h1:2 | Zürich | 790815 |
| 221 | 20.39 0.9 | Bernhard Hoff | GDR | 590110 | 1 | Cottbus | 800718 |
| 222 | 20.39A 1.6 | Ronnie Taylor | USA | 590407 | h1:4 | Provo | 820602 |
| 223 | 20.39 1.7 | Terron Wright | USA | 580628 | 2 | Karl-Marx-Stadt | 820710 |
| 224 | 20.39A | Peter Ngobeni | RSA | 620523 | 1 | Windhoek | 850126 |
| 225 | 20.39 | Abdullahi Tetengi | NGR | 690715 | 2 | Bauchi | 900103 |
| 226 | 20.39 -0.5 | Patrick Johnson | USA | 760810 | h1:2 | Tucson | 950519 |
| 227 | 20.39 0.9 | Nobuharu Asahara | JPN | 720621 | 2r2 | Stuttgart | 970713 |
| 228 | 20.39 2.0 | Bobby Cruse | USA | 780320 | 1 | Mount Pleasant, Mi | 990522 |
| 229 | 20.39A 0.4 | Corné du Plessis | RSA | 780320 | 2r1 | Pretoria, RSA | 010323 |
| 230 | 20.40 0.5 | Stefano Tilli | ITA | 620822 | 2 | Cagliari | 840909 |
| 231 | 20.40 1.9 | Walker "Slip" Watkins | USA | 670929 | 4 | Houston, Tx | 890617 |
| 232 | 20.40 1.6 | Henry Neal | USA | 701028 | 2r2 | Austin | 920509 |
| 233 | 20.40 -0.5 | Edward Hervey | USA | 740314 | h2:2 | Tucson | 950519 |
| 234 | 20.40 1.2 | Terrance Bowen | USA | 710915 | 2 | Fresno | 960413 |
| 235 | 20.40 0.4 | Sergey Osovich | UKR | 731216 | 1 | Zagreb | 960621 |
| 236 | 20.41 0.0 | Stanley Floyd | USA | 610623 | 1 | Budapest | 810729 |
| 237 | 20.41 1.6 | Jean-Jacques Boussemart | FRA | 630411 | s1:1 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 840701 |
| 238 | 20.41 -1.2 | Aleksandr Yevgenyev | URS | 610720 | 2 | Moskva | 840818 |
| 239 | 20.41 0.1 | Greg Moses ¶ | USA | 651229 | 1 | Raleigh, NC | 850420 |
| 240 | 20.41 -1.1 | Antonio Manning | USA | 650623 | 1 | Westwood, Ca | 850504 |
| 241 | 20.41 1.3 | Elliston Stinson | USA | 621003 | 3 | Fayetteville, Ar | 850518 |
| 242 | 20.41 1.0 | Chang Jae-keun | SKO | 620102 | s1:2 | Jakarta | 850927 |
| 243 | 20.41 1.9 | Tony Allen | USA | 670621 | 3 | Lubbock, Tx | 870517 |
| 244 | 20.41A 0.9 | Oleg Fatun | URS | 591111 | 1 | Tsakhkadzor | 870523 |
| 245 | 20.41 0.8 | Raymond Stewart | JAM | 650318 | 5 | Eugene, Or | 880603 |
| 246 | 20.41 1.0 | Marcus Adam | GBR | 680228 | 2 | Dijon | 920613 |
| 247 | 20.41 -1.7 | Talal Mansour Al Rahim | QAT | 640508 | 1 | Hiroshima | 941015 |
| 248 | 20.41 -0.2 | Kevin Widmer | SUI | 700923 | 1 | La Chaux-De-Fonds | 950820 |
| 249 | 20.41 1.2 | Alvin Harrison | USA | 740120 | 3 | Fresno | 960413 |
| 250 | 20.41 1.3 | Sergejs Insakovs | LAT | 711227 | h2:1 | Atlanta, Ga | 960731 |
| 251 | 20.41 -0.2 | Anthuan Maybank | USA | 691230 | 2 | Monaco | 960810 |
| 252 | 20.41 -1.5 | Jerome Young | USA | 760814 | 1 | Edwardsville, Il | 980523 |
| 253 | 20.41 0.9 | Byron Logan | USA | 740719 | 1 | Gainesville, Fl | 980524 |
| 254 | 20.41 0.6 | Christophe Cheval | FRA | 710225 | 1 | Dijon | 980705 |
| 255 | 20.41 | Darrel Brown | TRI | 841011 | 1:19 | Port-of-Spain | 010506 |
| 256 | 20.42 1.8 | Hans-Joachim Zenk | GDR | 520603 | 1 | Potsdam | 740613 |
| 257 | 20.42A 1.8 | Ainsley Bennett | GBR | 540722 | 3 | Ciudad de México | 790912 |
| 258 | 20.42 | Leandro Penalver | CUB | 610523 | 1 | La Habana | 820811 |
| 259 | 20.42 0.6 | Innocent Egbunike | NGR | 611130 | 1 | Edmonton | 830710 |
| 260 | 20.42 0.0 | Reggie McCray | USA | 660807 | 1 | Tallahassee | 880528 |
| 261 | 20.42 2.0 | Terrance Warren | USA | 690802 | 3 | Modesto | 920516 |
| 262 | 20.42 1.6 | Chris Sanders | USA | 720508 | 1 | Madison, Wi | 940522 |
| 263 | 20.42 1.8 | Michael Price | USA | 770224 | 2 | College Station | 960509 |
| 264 | 20.42 0.6 | Erik Wijmeersch | BEL | 700123 | 1 | Tallinn | 960609 |
| 265 | 20.42 0.5 | Chris Donaldson | NZL | 750526 | 1r1 | Melbourne, AUS | 970302 |
| 266 | 20.42 0.8 | Donovan Bailey | CAN | 671216 | 1r1 | Luzern | 980702 |
| 267 | 20.42 1.7 | Anthony Amantine | USA | 790725 | 2 | Norman, Ok | 990410 |
| 268 | 20.42 0.0 | Derrick Brew | USA | 771228 | 3 | Athens, Ga | 990516 |
| 269 | 20.43 0.9 | Dwayne Strozier | USA | 570701 | 2 | Tucson | 760501 |
| 270 | 20.43A 1.8 | Altevir Silva Filho de Araujo | BRA | 551223 | 4 | Ciudad de México | 790912 |
| 271 | 20.43 0.4 | Michael McFarlane | GBR | 600502 | 1= | Brisbane | 821007 |
| 272 | 20.43 1.4 | Norbert Dobeleit | FRG | 640717 | 2 | Rhede | 870703 |
| 273 | 20.43 1.2 | Bruno Marie-Rose | FRA | 650520 | 2 | Dijon | 910728 |
| 274 | 20.43 0.9 | Joseph Gikonyo | KEN | 650207 | h3:4 | Tokyo | 910826 |
| 275 | 20.43 0.0 | David Dollé | SUI | 690530 | 1 | Meilen | 930912 |
| 276 | 20.43 0.6 | Douglas Turner # | GBR | 661202 | 2 | Tallinn | 960609 |
| 277 | 20.43 -1.5 | Eric Nkansah | GHA | 741212 | 1 | Waldshut-Tiengen | 970831 |
| 278 | 20.43A 0.0 | Deji Aliu | NGR | 751122 | 2 | Johannesburg | 980327 |
| 279 | 20.43 -0.2 | Anninos Marcoullides | CYP | 710208 | 4 | Kuala Lumpur | 980919 |
| 280 | 20.43 0.8 | Stefan Holz | GER | 790225 | 1 | Dortmund | 990626 |
| 281 | 20.43A 2.0 | Darryl Wohlsen | AUS | 730306 | 1r2 | Pietersburg | 000318 |
| 282 | 20.44 | Laverne Smith | USA | 540912 | 2 | Lincoln | 760515 |
| 283 | 20.44 0.0 | Erwin Skamrahl | FRG | 580308 | 1 | Bremen | 830626 |
| 284 | 20.44A 1.9 | Desai Williams | CAN | 590612 | 1 | Provo | 870523 |
| 285 | 20.44A 1.9 | Darrell Robinson | USA | 631223 | 1= | Provo | 870523 |
| 286 | 20.44 1.3 | Luis Morales ¶ | PUR | 640304 | 2 | Corvallis, Or | 870523 |
| 287 | 20.44 2.0 | Robert Stone | AUS | 650105 | 1 | Brisbane | 880313 |
| 288 | 20.44A | Willie Caldwell ¶ | USA | 630925 | 1 | Albuquerque, NM | 880609 |
| 289 | 20.44A 1.8 | Jannie Viljoen | RSA | 710621 | 1 | Germiston, RSA | 900421 |
| 290 | 20.44 1.7 | Aki Bradley | USA | 710207 | 1 | Fayetteville, Ar | 940515 |
| 291 | 20.44 1.3 | Giovanni Puggioni | ITA | 660319 | 1 | Bari | 970617 |
| 292 | 20.44 1.9 | Raven Rogers | USA | 780604 | 1 | Joplin, Mo | 980515 |
| 293 | 20.44A 0.6 | Randall Evans | USA | 701026 | 1r1 | Flagstaff, Az | 000708 |
| 294 | 20.45 0.3 | Jason Rouser | USA | 700322 | 1 | Lincoln | 910520 |
| 295 | 20.45 0.8 | Christoph Pöstinger | AUT | 720407 | 1 | Ebensee | 960608 |
| 296 | 20.45 1.9 | Matthew Shirvington | AUS | 781025 | 1 | Sydney | 980810 |
| 297 | 20.45 -0.9 | Sunday Emmanuel | NGR | 781008 | 2 | Dakar | 980822 |
| 298 | 20.45 0.5 | LeShaunte Edwards | USA | 790726 | s2:1 | Durham, Nc | 000602 |
| 299 | 20.46 1.5 | Peter Muster | SUI | 520528 | 1 | Zofingen | 760607 |
| 300 | 20.46 1.4 | Lanoris Marshall | USA | 601006 | 3 | Westwood, Ca | 810510 |
| 301 | 20.46 -0.6 | Olaf Prenzler | GDR | 580824 | 1 | Athína | 820909 |
| 302 | 20.46 0.0 | Christian Haas | FRG | 580822 | 2 | Bremen | 830626 |
| 303 | 20.46 1.1 | Robert Louis | USA | 661004 | 1 | Champaign, Il | 870515 |
| 304 | 20.46 | Harry "Butch" Reynolds ¶ | USA | 640608 | h1:2 | Iowa City, Ia | 870523 |
| 305 | 20.46 1.7 | Peter Ogilvie | CAN | 720502 | 3 | Ingolstadt | 920719 |
| 306 | 20.46 2.0 | Robert Kurnicki # | GER | 650327 | 1 | Duisburg | 930711 |
| 307 | 20.46 1.7 | Billy Fobbs | USA | 760229 | 1r1 | College Station, Tx | 970508 |
| 308 | 20.46 1.9 | Juan Pedro Toledo | MEX | 780617 | 1 | Maracaibo | 980819 |
| 309 | 20.46 0.1 | Dominic Demeritte | BAH | 780222 | 1 | Auburn, Al | 010421 |
| 310 | 20.47A 0.2 | Roger Bambuck | FRA | 451122 | s4:1 | Ciudad de México | 681016 |
| 311 | 20.47 -0.6 | Cameron Sharp | GBR | 580603 | 2 | Athína | 820909 |
| 312 | 20.47 0.9 | Jeff Patrick | USA | 630921 | 1 | Des Moines | 830430 |
| 313 | 20.47 1.8 | Alvin McNair | USA | 621022 | 4 | Houston, Tx | 830603 |
| 314 | 20.47 0.0 | Gus Young | JAM | 610919 | 1 | Kingston | 840616 |
| 315 | 20.47 1.5 | Ronnie Dennis | USA | 641024 | 3 | Starkville, Ms | 850518 |
| 316 | 20.47 1.5 | Ron Clark | USA | 691101 | 2 | Gateshead | 940720 |
| 317 | 20.47 1.5 | Darren Braithwaite | GBR | 690120 | 1r2 | Eagle Rock, Ca | 950513 |
| 318 | 20.47 0.7 | Marc Blume | GER | 731228 | 1 | Bremen | 950702 |
| 319 | 20.47 -0.6 | John Ertzgaard | NOR | 770618 | 1:22 | Göteborg, SWE | 990731 |
| 320 | 20.47 -0.2 | Tommi Hartonen | FIN | 770512 | q4:3 | Sydney, AUS | 000927 |
| 321 | 20.47 1.3 | Llewellyn Bredwood | JAM | 760430 | 2 | Kingston, JAM | 010623 |
| 322 | 20.48Ay-.12 | Reggie Jones | USA | 531230 | 1 | Provo | 750607 |
| 323 | 20.48 1.3 | Tony Darden | USA | 570902 | 3 | Westwood, Ca | 780610 |
| 324 | 20.48 0.9 | Fred Taylor | USA | 571105 | 3 | Walnut, Ca | 800615 |
| 325 | 20.48A 0.3 | Darrell Green | USA | 600215 | h3:2 | Provo | 820602 |
| 326 | 20.48 0.5 | Fred Martin | AUS | 661004 | 1 | Brisbane | 850203 |
| 327 | 20.48 1.3 | Thomas Schönlebe | GDR | 650806 | 1 | East Berlin | 870825 |
| 328 | 20.48A 1.7 | Johan Rossouw | RSA | 651020 | 1 | Johannesburg | 880423 |
| 329 | 20.48 | Brashant Carter | USA | 731130 | 1 | Denton, Tx | 940416 |
| 330 | 20.48A 1.8 | Giorgio Marras | ITA | 711015 | 4 | Sestriere | 940731 |
| 331 | 20.48 1.4 | Roy Bailey | JAM | 790517 | 1:19 | Bridgetown | 970405 |
| 332 | 20.48 0 | Bobby Williams | USA | 780203 | 4 | Athens, Ga | 990516 |
| 333 | 20.48 1.7 | Andre Morris | USA | 721026 | 1 | Cedar Falls, Ia | 990522 |
| 334 | 20.48 -0.2 | Martin Lachkovics | AUT | 750125 | 1 | Kapfenberg | 990718 |
| 335 | 20.48 1.9 | Brandon Couts | USA | 790217 | 1 | Columbia, Mo | 000521 |
| 336 | 20.48 0.4 | Alessandro Cavallaro | ITA | 800222 | 1 | Torino | 000610 |
| 337 | 20.48 -0.3 | Joshua J. Johnson | USA | 760510 | 1 | Zagreb | 010702 |
| 338 | 20.48 0.0 | Caimin Douglas | AHO | 770511 | 1 | Tilburg | 010708 |
| 339 | 20.49A 0.6 | Jochen Eigenherr | FRG | 470218 | s4:2 | Ciudad de México | 681016 |
| 340 | 20.49 1.0 | Ben Vaughan | USA | 481107 | 2 | Stuttgart | 700716 |
| 341 | 20.49 0.9 | Manfred Ommer | FRG | 500913 | 1 | München | 720723 |
| 342 | 20.49 0.0 | Bill Collins | USA | 501120 | 2 | Abymes | 790506 |
| 343 | 20.49 | Gregoire Illorson | CMR | 550106 | 1r2 | Houston, Tx | 800503 |
| 344 | 20.49 1.5 | Marian Woronin | POL | 560813 | 1 | Warszawa | 800601 |
| 345 | 20.49 0.0 | Darren Clark | AUS | 650906 | 1 | Sydney | 831112 |
| 346 | 20.49 | Greg Walker | USA | 630805 | 2 | Lafayette | 850413 |
| 347 | 20.49 -0.9 | Mike Dexter | USA | 641231 | 1 | Los Angeles | 860524 |
| 348 | 20.49A 1.7 | Anthony Wilson | CAN | 681213 | h2:3 | Flagstaff, Az | 920509 |
| 349 | 20.49A 1.3 | Bode Osagiobare | NGR | 701201 | 2r1 | El Paso, Tx | 940416 |
| 350 | 20.49 1.8 | Ibrahim Ismail | QAT | 720510 | 1 | Kuwait City | 960418 |
| 351 | 20.49 -1.2 | Alex Menal | FRA | 720809 | 1 | La Chaux-De-Fonds | 960818 |
| 352 | 20.49 1.7 | Rodrigue Nordin | FRA | 710322 | 1r1 | La Chaux-De-Fonds | 980816 |
| 353 | 20.49 -1.2 | Roland Németh | HUN | 740919 | 1 | Budapest | 990627 |
| 354 | 20.49 1.8 | Pierre Browne | CAN | 800114 | 3 | Baton Rouge, La | 000514 |
| 355 | 20.49A 0.6 | Antoine Boussombo | GAB | 680518 | 5 | Ciudad de México | 000701 |
| 356 | 20.49 1.8 | Frédéric Krantz | FRA | 780913 | 2r1 | Saint-Etienne | 010701 |
| 357 | 20.50 0.4 | Philippe Clerc | SUI | 461224 | 1 | Zürich | 690704 |
| 358 | 20.50 | Ray Brooks | USA | 560124 | h1:2 | Austin | 780512 |
| 359 | 20.50 0.9 | Stanley Blalock | USA | 640318 | 2 | Des Moines | 830430 |
| 360 | 20.50 1.6 | Aubrey Jones | USA | 631226 | 2 | Norman | 840414 |
| 361 | 20.50 1.6 | Keith Stanford | USA | 640301 | 1 | Austin, Tx | 870502 |
| 362 | 20.50 -0.2 | Lee McRae | USA | 660123 | h1:4 | Baton Rouge | 870603 |
| 363 | 20.50 | Clive Wright | JAM | 651118 | 1 | Kingston | 870626 |
| 364 | 20.50A -0.4 | Quincy Watts | USA | 700619 | 1 | Provo | 870725 |
| 365 | 20.50 1.7 | Horatio Porter | USA | 691011 | 2 | Houston, Tx | 910519 |
| 366 | 20.50 1.6 | Terry Williams | GBR | 681115 | q2:3 | Victoria, CAN | 940824 |
| 367 | 20.50 0.6 | Tony Jarrett | GBR | 680813 | s1:1 | Birmingham | 950716 |
| 368 | 20.50 0.6 | Solomon Wariso # | GBR | 661111 | s2:1 | Birmingham | 950716 |
| 369 | 20.50 0.5 | Seun Ogunkoya | NGR | 771228 | 3 | Nice | 970716 |
| 370 | 20.50A | Llewellyn Herbert | RSA | 770721 | 1 | Secunda, RSA | 990116 |
| 371 | 20.50 0.5 | Sayon Cooper | LBR | 740426 | 2r1 | Korou | 000521 |
| 372 | 20.50A | Leo Settle | USA | 751019 |   | Juarez | 000617 |
| 373 | 20.50 0.8 | Christie van Wyk | NAM | 771012 | 1r1 | Lappeenranta | 000813 |
| 374 | 20.50 1.5 | Brian Dzingai | ZIM | 810429 | 1 | Joplin, Mo | 010506 |
| 375 | 20.51A 0.8 | Courtney Brown | CAN | 650421 | 1 | Provo | 850525 |
| 376 | 20.51 2.0 | James Law | USA | 670422 | 1 | Odessa, Tx | 870516 |
| 377 | 20.51 -0.1 | Andre Phillips | USA | 590905 | 1 | Tucson | 880611 |
| 378 | 20.51 1.6 | Derrick Florence | USA | 680619 | 1 | Austin | 880622 |
| 379 | 20.51 1.6 | Michael Rosswess | GBR | 650611 | s4:2 | Seoul | 880928 |
| 380 | 20.51 1.9 | Tony Miller | USA | 690315 | 1 | Eugene, Or | 920523 |
| 381 | 20.51 | Brian Irvin | USA | 700730 | 1 | Fairfax | 930526 |
| 382 | 20.51 -0.4 | Mark Kedell | NZL | 750213 | h1:4 | Sydney | 950305 |
| 383 | 20.51 | Sheldon Edwards | JAM | 730115 | 1 | Norman, Ok | 960413 |
| 384 | 20.51 0.3 | Jerome Davis | USA | 770820 | 1r1 | Westwood, Ca | 980502 |
| 385 | 20.51A 1.2 | Glenn Smith | CAN | 740911 | 1r1 | Monachil, Sierra Nevada | 990810 |
| 386 | 20.51 0.8 | Melvin Lister | USA | 770829 | 1r1 | Fayetteville, Ar | 000422 |
| 387 | 20.51 -0.3 | David Patros | FRA | 770911 | 2r1 | Paris-Charlety | 000723 |
| 388 | 20.51 0.1 | Marcin Nowak | POL | 770802 | 2 | Krakow | 000806 |
| 389 | 20.52A 1.9 | Bill Bruckel | USA | 45 | 6 | Echo Summit, South Lake Tahoe, Ca | 680912 |
| 390 | 20.52A 1.8 | Jens [Hansen] Smedegaard | DEN | 570616 | 5 | Ciudad de México | 790912 |
| 391 | 20.52 1.9 | Mike Roberson | USA | 560325 | 1 | Walnut, Ca | 810426 |
| 392 | 20.52 | Larry White | USA | 590707 | 1 | Houston, Tx | 810502 |
| 393 | 20.52 -0.2 | Sam Turner | USA | 570617 | 1 | San José | 840421 |
| 394 | 20.52 1.9 | Gary Roberson | USA | 611207 | 4 | Austin | 840512 |
| 395 | 20.52 -0.1 | Sergey Sokolov | URS | 620329 | 1 | Kiev | 840623 |
| 396 | 20.52 1.8 | Mike Morris | USA | 630507 | 1 | University Park | 850510 |
| 397 | 20.52 | Robert Hackett | USA | 640803 | h2:2 | Iowa City, Ia | 870523 |
| 398 | 20.52 1.0 | Andreas Berger ¶ | AUT | 610609 | 1 | München | 870606 |
| 399 | 20.52 | Lucius Miller | USA | 631014 | 1 | San José | 890415 |
| 400 | 20.52 2.0 | Edvin Ivanov | RUS | 700725 | 1 | Moskva | 920624 |
| 401 | 20.52 2.0 | Charles Mitchell | USA | 750129 | 1 | Sacramento | 930612 |
| 402 | 20.52 0.6 | Nelson Boateng | GHA | 680514 | s5:1 | Stuttgart | 930819 |
| 403 | 20.52 -1.2 | Tim Montgomery | USA | 750128 | 5 | Nishinomiya (Osaka) | 990508 |
| 404 | 20.52 1.2 | Patrick Johnson | AUS | 720926 | h1:2 | Brisbane, AUS | 010325 |
| 405 | 20.53y-.12 1.0 | Stanley Allotey | GHA | 421114 | 1 | Kingston | 660811 |
| 406 | 20.53A 0.6 | Greg Lewis | AUS | 461209 | s5:2 | Ciudad de México | 681016 |
| 407 | 20.53 0.0 | Cliff West | USA |   | 2 | Torino | 770621 |
| 408 | 20.53 1.3 | Bill Green | USA | 610510 | 1 | Westwood, Ca | 810502 |
| 409 | 20.53 0.0 | Carlo Simionato | ITA | 610107 | 1 | Riccione | 830827 |
| 410 | 20.53 1.6 | Dannie Carter | USA | 601227 | 3 | Norman | 840414 |
| 411 | 20.53 0.4 | Dave Smith | JAM | 601015 | 1 | Boise, Id | 850406 |
| 412 | 20.53 0.6 | Andrey Fedoriv | URS | 630811 | 4r1 | Moskva | 860707 |
| 413 | 20.53 | Edgardo Guilbe | PUR | 660310 | 1 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 890729 |
| 414 | 20.53A | Pat Drake | USA | 661113 | 2 | Pretoria | 891121 |
| 415 | 20.53 2.0 | Aaron Thigpen | USA | 640918 | 4 | Modesto | 920516 |
| 416 | 20.53 -1.2 | Igor Streltsov | UKR | 650501 | 1 | Beograd | 950527 |
| 417 | 20.53 | Renward Wells | BAH | 700223 | h1 | Nassau | 950713 |
| 418 | 20.53 0.7 | Josephus Howard | USA | 780414 | 1r2 | Walnut, Ca | 970420 |
| 419 | 20.53 -0.3 | Elston Cawley | JAM | 760624 | 1 | Huntsville, Tx | 970519 |
| 420 | 20.53 1.5 | Charles Lee | USA | 771118 | 1 | Chapel Hill, Nc | 990410 |
| 421 | 20.54 1.7 | Ed Preston | USA | 551212 | 5 | Eugene, Or | 760622 |
| 422 | 20.54A 1.7 | Elliott Tabron | USA | 600523 | h2:1 | Provo | 820602 |
| 423 | 20.54 1.9 | Tony Dees # | USA | 630806 | 1 | Baton Rouge | 840513 |
| 424 | 20.54 0.8 | Adeoye Mafe | GBR | 661112 | 1 | Cottbus | 850825 |
| 425 | 20.54 0.0 | Thomas Schröder | GDR | 620823 | s1:2 | Stuttgart | 860828 |
| 426 | 20.54A 1.4 | Simeon Kipkemboi | KEN | 600415 | s1 | Nairobi | 870811 |
| 427 | 20.54 -1.8 | Percy Knox | USA | 691014 | 1 | Tucson | 900608 |
| 428 | 20.54 1.7 | Clyde Rudolph | USA | 720215 | 2 | Fayetteville, Ar | 940515 |
| 429 | 20.54 1.7 | Tim Harden | USA | 740127 | 3 | Fayetteville, Ar | 940515 |
| 430 | 20.54 1.2 | Bryan Krill | USA | 730405 | 4 | Fresno | 960413 |
| 431 | 20.54 -0.1 | Han Chaoming | CHN | 750510 | 1 | Nanjing | 960506 |
| 432 | 20.54 0.8 | Neil de Silva | TRI | 691115 | h1:8 | Atlanta, Ga | 960731 |
| 433 | 20.54A -2.2 | Joseph Loua | GUI | 761115 | 1 | Antananarivo | 970905 |
| 434 | 20.54 1.2 | Leonard Myles-Mills | GHA | 730509 | 1 | Lappeenranta | 980802 |
| 435 | 20.54 1.0 | Michael Martin | USA | 770217 | 1 | Baton Rouge, La | 990521 |
| 436 | 20.54 2.0 | Chad Bullett | USA | 781220 | 2 | Mount Pleasant, Mi | 990522 |
| 437 | 20.54A 2.0 | Paul Brizzel | IRL | 761003 | 2r2 | Pietersburg | 000318 |
| 438 | 20.55 0.0 | Chuck Smith | USA | 48 | 5 | München | 720904 |
| 439 | 20.55A 1.3 | Otis Melvin | USA | 571109 | h1:5 | Ciudad de México | 790910 |
| 440 | 20.55 1.2 | Peter Hargraves | USA | 720830 | 5 | Fresno | 960413 |
| 441 | 20.55A 1.3 | Karim Saunders | USA | 690720 | 2 | USAF Academy | 960608 |
| 442 | 20.55 -0.6 | Zhou Wei | CHN | 760306 | 1 | Shanghai | 971022 |
| 443 | 20.55 0.0 | Jarmiene Holloway | USA | 770306 | 1 | Houston, Tx | 980523 |
| 444 | 20.55 1.7 | Thierry Lubin | FRA | 701110 | 2r1 | La Chaux-De-Fonds | 980816 |
| 445 | 20.55 0.2 | Geno White | USA | 780310 | 1 | Atlanta, Ga | 010519 |
| 446 | 20.55 0.0 | Gennadiy Chernovol | KZK | 760606 | 2 | Nishinomiya (Osaka) | 010526 |
| 447 | 20.56 0.0 | Siegfried Schenke | GDR | 430506 | 6 | München | 720904 |
| 448 | 20.56A 0.0 | Willie Smit (1) | RSA | 560712 | 1 | Pretoria | 800319 |
| 449 | 20.56 0.0 | Al Miller | USA | 630102 | 1 | Walnut, Ca | 830514 |
| 450 | 20.56 1.9 | Johnny Thomas | USA | 630201 | 5 | Austin | 840512 |
| 451 | 20.56 1.4 | Arthur Williams | USA | 630511 | 1 | Los Angeles | 850524 |
| 452 | 20.56 | Earle Laing | JAM | 640924 | 2 | Austin | 860322 |
| 453 | 20.56 | Leroy Reid | JAM | 630803 | 2 | Dallas | 860412 |
| 454 | 20.56 -1.9 | Ricky Carrigan | USA | 730706 | 1 | Long Beach, Ca | 920516 |
| 455 | 20.56 0.4 | Dmitriy Vanyakin | UKR | 660114 | 2 | Kiev | 930516 |
| 456 | 20.56 1.7 | Gregory Saddler | USA | 740629 | 4 | Fayetteville, Ar | 940515 |
| 457 | 20.56 1.4 | Roger Black | GBR | 660331 | 1 | Irvine, Ca | 960504 |
| 458 | 20.56 0.0 | Shaun Williams | USA | 760718 | 2 | Fresno, Ca | 970517 |
| 459 | 20.56 0.0 | Osmond Ezinwa # | NGR | 711122 | 3 | Saint-Denis | 970602 |
| 460 | 20.56 1.6 | Daymon Carroll | USA | 770427 | h1:4 | Gainesville, Fl | 980523 |
| 461 | 20.56 1.7 | Brendan Christian | USA | 84 | 1r4 | Austin, Tx | 010512 |
| 462 | 20.56 1 | Toshiyuki Fujimoto | JPN | 790625 | s6:1 | Edmonton, CAN | 010808 |
| 463 | 20.57 -0.1 | Franz-Peter Hofmeister | FRG | 510805 | 1 | München, GER | 710904 |
| 464 | 20.57A -0.8 | Gerald Burl | USA | 560221 | 2 | Provo | 770507 |
| 465 | 20.57 1.7 | Rich Edwards | USA | 58 | 1 | Austin | 790512 |
| 466 | 20.57 0.1 | Greg Moore | USA | 591108 | h2:2 | San José | 840607 |
| 467 | 20.57 0.3 | Steve Morgan | JAM | 650403 | 2 | Oslo | 870805 |
| 468 | 20.57 0.2 | Jason Leach | USA | 660311 | 5 | Austin | 880515 |
| 469 | 20.57 1.8 | Cyprian Enweani | CAN | 640314 | s5:2 | Seoul | 880928 |
| 470 | 20.57A | Warren McCann | RSA | 671223 | 1 | Secunda, RSA | 900127 |
| 471 | 20.57 2.0 | Calvin Harrison | USA | 740120 | 2 | Sacramento | 930612 |
| 472 | 20.57 0.1 | Marcus Reed | USA | 720717 | 1 | Pullman, Wa | 940521 |
| 473 | 20.57 0.5 | Kazuhiro Takahashi | JPN | 760727 | 1 | Nishinomiya (Osaka) | 940619 |
| 474 | 20.57 0.6 | Owusu Dako | GBR | 730523 | s3:1 | Birmingham | 950716 |
| 475 | 20.57 1.2 | Barry Smith | USA | 710222 | 1 | Los Angeles | 960518 |
| 476 | 20.57 0.7 | Carlo Occhiena | ITA | 720924 | 2 | Roma | 970528 |
| 477 | 20.57 0.5 | Alessandro Attene | ITA | 770910 | 1:22 | Grosseto | 970615 |
| 478 | 20.57 1.6 | Jonathan Carter | USA | 720510 | 5r3 | Walnut, Ca | 990418 |
| 479 | 20.57 1.4 | Corey Nelson | USA | 771009 | 4 | Boise, Id | 990605 |
| 480 | 20.57A 2.0 | David Baxter | AUS | 770327 | 3r2 | Pietersburg | 000318 |
| 481 | 20.57 0.8 | Monzavous "Rae" Edwards | USA | 810507 | 1:19 | Denton, Tx | 000624 |
| 482 | 20.57 -0.8 | Masahiko Fukunaga | JPN | 790725 | 5 | Yokohama | 000909 |
| 483 | 20.58 0.4 | Bruno Cherrier | FRA | 530831 | 2r1 | Zürich | 740816 |
| 484 | 20.58 0.9 | Calvin Dill | BER | 550904 | s3:2 | Champaign, Il | 770604 |
| 485 | 20.58 1.5 | Lester Washington | USA | 550905 | 1 | Alger | 790706 |
| 486 | 20.58 | Jesus Cabrera | PUR | 59 | 1 | San Juan | 800419 |
| 487 | 20.58 | Donald Winey | USA | 610322 | 2 | Houston, Tx | 810502 |
| 488 | 20.58 0.7 | Howard Henley | USA | 610814 | 1 | Tempe, Az | 820313 |
| 489 | 20.58 2.0 | David Brown | USA | 671003 | 3 | Odessa, Tx | 870516 |
| 490 | 20.58A | Gerhard Barnard | NAM | 670508 | 3 | Pretoria | 890429 |
| 491 | 20.58 0.0 | Steve Lewis | USA | 690516 | 4 | San José | 920530 |
| 492 | 20.58 1.0 | Marcelo Brivilatti da Silva | BRA | 660219 | s3:1 | Mar del Plata | 950321 |
| 493 | 20.58 1.2 | Yiannis Nafpliotis | GRE | 700115 | 3 | Patra | 950723 |
| 494 | 20.58 0.5 | Paul Pearce | AUS | 770108 | h1:3 | Melbourne, AUS | 970302 |
| 495 | 20.58 -1.5 | Lindel Frater | JAM | 771113 | 2 | Edwardsville, Il | 980523 |
| 496 | 20.58 1.6 | Trevor T.J. Rush | USA | 760725 | h2:4 | Gainesville, Fl | 980523 |
| 497 | 20.58 0.7 | Edson Luciano Ribeiro | BRA | 721208 | 3 | Lisboa | 980718 |
| 498 | 20.58 -0.6 | Torbjörn Eriksson | SWE | 710417 | h1:3 | Sevilla, ESP | 990824 |
| 499 | 20.58A -0.1 | Vicente Lenilson de Lima | BRA | 770604 | 1 | Medellin | 000729 |
| 500 | 20.58 0.0 | Dwight Thomas | JAM | 800923 | q5:2 | Sydney, AUS | 000927 |
| 501 | 20.58 0.0 | Jake Jensen | USA | 740529 | 2 | Bridgetown | 010519 |
| 502 | 20.59 1.0 | Jerry Jordan | USA | 560121 | s1:1 | Champaign, Il | 770604 |
| 503 | 20.59 1.5 | Luciano Caravani | ITA | 530414 | 2 | Alger | 790706 |
| 504 | 20.59 -0.1 | Adrian Jones | USA | 610120 | 1 | San José | 800531 |
| 505 | 20.59 -0.5 | Bruce Frayne | AUS | 580124 | 1 | Canberra | 801221 |
| 506 | 20.59 1.2 | Arnaldo de Oliveira Silva | BRA | 640326 | h2:3 | Sao Paulo | 850608 |
| 507 | 20.59 1.1 | Besik Gotsiridze | URS | 610206 | 1 | Moskva | 870816 |
| 508 | 20.59 0.7 | Istvan Nagy | HUN | 590428 | 2 | Miskolc | 870821 |
| 509 | 20.59 1.8 | Miles Murphy | AUS | 670519 | 1 | Canberra | 880305 |
| 510 | 20.59 1.9 | Jeff Laynes | USA | 701003 | 2 | Eugene, Or | 920523 |
| 511 | 20.59 | Sergio Franco de Menezes | BRA | 650427 | 1 | Americana | 920613 |
| 512 | 20.59 -3.9 | Miguel Janssen | ARU | 700905 | 1 | Assen | 940717 |
| 513 | 20.59 0.3 | Ibrahim Hassan | GHA | 710212 | 1 | Los Angeles | 960413 |
| 514 | 20.59 0.0 | Venancio José | ESP | 760419 | 1 | Madrid | 970905 |
| 515 | 20.59 0.0 | Robert Dennis | LBR | 750501 | h1:2 | Fairfax, Va | 980523 |
| 516 | 20.59 1.5 | Joe Criner | USA | 741230 | 2 | Fullerton, Ca | 990422 |
| 517 | 20.59A -0.6 | Paul Gorries | RSA | 810228 | 1r1 | Roodepoort | 000313 |
| 518 | 20.59 0.2 | Michael Mitchell | USA | 81 | 1 | Bakersfield, Ca | 000520 |
| 519 | 20.59 1.9 | Chris Chandler | USA | 781027 | 2 | Columbia, Mo | 000521 |
| 520 | 20.59A 0.4 | Morné Nagel | RSA | 780323 | 5r1 | Pretoria, RSA | 010323 |
| 521 | 20.5e -0.8 | Otis Paul Drayton | USA | 390508 | s1:1 | Tokyo | 641017 |
| 522 | 20.60 1.8 | Jörg Pfeifer | GDR | 520319 | 3 | Potsdam | 740613 |
| 523 | 20.60A U | Pedro Ferrer | PUR | 520421 | 1 | Ciudad de México | 750129 |
| 524 | 20.60 0.4 | Klaus Thiele | GDR | 580121 | 1 | Sofia | 780604 |
| 525 | 20.60 | Kevin Nance | USA | 531207 | 2r1 | Houston, Tx | 800503 |
| 526 | 20.60 0.3 | Patrick Barré | FRA | 590412 | 3 | Zagreb | 810816 |
| 527 | 20.60A 1.6 | Fabian Whymns | BAH | 610611 | h4:4 | Provo | 820602 |
| 528 | 20.60 0.3 | Detlef Kübeck | GDR | 560222 | 1 | Dresden | 820703 |
| 529 | 20.60 -0.8 | Lee McNeill | USA | 641202 | 1 | Charlottesville | 860510 |
| 530 | 20.60 0.2 | Roscoe Tatum | USA | 660213 | 1r1 | Houston, Tx | 860518 |
| 531 | 20.60 1.3 | Sergio Querol | CUB | 650412 | 3 | Athína | 870620 |
| 532 | 20.60 0.3 | Achmed de Kom | NED | 590215 | 1r2 | Köln | 870816 |
| 533 | 20.60 2.0 | Patrick Williams | JAM | 651111 | 2 | Modesto | 900506 |
| 534 | 20.60 0.1 | Reggie Harris | USA | 710318 | 2 | Tallahassee | 920418 |
| 535 | 20.60 -0.6 | Ernest Greene | USA | 700430 | h1:1 | Odessa, Tx | 920521 |
| 536 | 20.60 0.4 | Michael Huke | GER | 690330 | 1 | Erfurt | 940703 |
| 537 | 20.60 1.7 | Patrick Dwyer | AUS | 771103 | 1r1 | Sydney | 971220 |
| 538 | 20.60 0.4 | Ricardo Roach | CHI | 721012 | 3 | Santiago de Chile | 980517 |
| 539 | 20.60A 0.8 | O'Brian Gibbons | CAN | 701101 | 1r1 | Flagstaff, Az | 980709 |
| 540 | 20.60 1.9 | Georkis Vera | CUB | 750522 | 1r2 | La Habana | 000211 |
| 541 | 20.60A 0.5 | Sanderlei Claro Parrela | BRA | 741007 | 1 | Bogota | 000507 |
| 542 | 20.61 1.9 | Thorsten Johansson | SWE | 501009 | h2:1 | Dresden | 760520 |
| 543 | 20.61 0.9 | Brad McDonald | USA | 580906 | 5 | Walnut, Ca | 800615 |
| 544 | 20.61A 0.4 | Sterling Hinds | CAN | 611031 | 3 | Colorado Springs | 820720 |
| 545 | 20.61A | Florencio Aguilar | PAN | 59 |   | Cali | 840708 |
| 546 | 20.61 0.5 | Frantisek Brecka | CS | 580621 | 3 | Cagliari | 840909 |
| 547 | 20.61 -0.7 | Roland Jokl | AUT | 620726 | 1 | Südstadt | 860705 |
| 548 | 20.61 0.5 | Darryl Frazier | USA | 710123 | 2 | Gainesville, Fl | 930430 |
| 549 | 20.61 1.2 | Leonardo Prevost | CUB | 710613 | 3 | Mar del Plata | 941030 |
| 550 | 20.61 0.7 | Lars Hedner | SWE | 670527 | s1:2 | Sollentuna | 950723 |
| 551 | 20.61 1.8 | Marlon Ramsey | USA | 740911 | 3 | College Station | 960509 |
| 552 | 20.61 0.9 | Robert Mackowiak | POL | 700513 | q4:3 | Atlanta, Ga | 960731 |
| 553 | 20.61 0.4 | Michael Green | JAM | 701107 | 4 | Nishinomiya (Osaka) | 970510 |
| 554 | 20.61 -1.8 | Alexandros Terzian | GRE | 680624 | 1 | Piraeus | 970531 |
| 555 | 20.61 -0.4 | John Stone | USA | 790707 | 3r1 | Atlanta, Ga | 990522 |
| 556 | 20.61 1.0 | Mickey Grimes | USA | 761010 | h3:2 | Eugene, Or | 010623 |
| 557 | 20.61 1.8 | Shane Niemi | CAN | 780602 | 1 | Edmonton | 010624 |
| 558 | 20.62 | Livio Berruti | ITA | 390519 | 1 | Roma | 600903 |
| 559 | 20.62Ay-.12 0.9 | Bob Rovere | USA | 45 | 4 | Provo | 670617 |
| 560 | 20.62A | Larry Brown | USA | 510323 | h1:2 | Ciudad de México | 751015 |
| 561 | 20.62 0.6 | Peter Okodogbe | NGR | 580527 | 1r1 | Nice | 790819 |
| 562 | 20.62 -0.4 | Rudy Levarity | BAH | 581212 | 2 | Knoxville,Tn | 800524 |
| 563 | 20.62 1.5 | Kevin Hollins | USA |   | 1 | Sacramento | 810501 |
| 564 | 20.62 | Charles Pickens | USA | 600102 | 3 | Houston, Tx | 810502 |
| 565 | 20.62 1.9 | Herkie Walls | USA | 610718 | 1r2 | Austin | 810522 |
| 566 | 20.62 0.0 | Luke Watson | GBR | 571119 | 1 | Birmingham | 830605 |
| 567 | 20.62 0.4 | Michael Franks | USA | 630923 | 1 | Carbondale | 840331 |
| 568 | 20.62 1.8 | Donovan Reid | GBR | 630831 | 2 | Cwmbran | 840528 |
| 569 | 20.62 0.9 | Nikolay Razgonov | URS | 640116 | s1:2 | Kiev | 860716 |
| 570 | 20.62 1.8 | Antonio Smith | USA | 641130 | 1 | Houston, Tx | 900524 |
| 571 | 20.62A 1.3 | Bryant Williams | USA | 710325 | 3r1 | El Paso, Tx | 940416 |
| 572 | 20.62 1.6 | Anthony Jones | USA | 711212 | 3 | Madison, Wi | 940522 |
| 573 | 20.62 1.8 | Matthew Coad | NZL | 750809 | 1 | Auckland | 960127 |
| 574 | 20.62 | Phillip Mukomana | ZIM | 740421 | 1 | Tananarive | 960928 |
| 575 | 20.62 1.5 | Dorian Hooker | USA | 740411 | 1 | Kent, Oh | 970517 |
| 576 | 20.62 1.3 | Sultan McCullough | USA | 800212 | 1r1:HS | Norwalk, Ca | 970524 |
| 577 | 20.62 0.0 | Mark Richardson | GBR | 720726 | 3r1 | La Chaux-De-Fonds | 970824 |
| 578 | 20.62 1.9 | Troy McIntosh | BAH | 730329 | 4r1 | Fort-de-France | 990508 |
| 579 | 20.62 0.7 | Tanko Braimah | GHA | 790512 | 2 | Clemson, Sc | 990515 |
| 580 | 20.62 0.3 | Xu Zizhou | CHN | 810108 | 1 | Shanghai | 000419 |
| 581 | 20.63 1.7 | Karl-Heinz Klotz | FRG | 500310 | 1 | Stuttgart | 710711 |
| 582 | 20.63y-.12 | Lamar Preyor | USA | 570404 | 1 | Tempe, Az | 760324 |
| 583 | 20.63 0.9 | Steven D Williams | USA | 531114 | 3 | Tucson | 760501 |
| 584 | 20.63A | Danie Zaayman | RSA | 600105 | 1 | Pretoria | 780331 |
| 585 | 20.63 1.7 | Zenon Licznerski | POL | 541127 | 3r1 | Warszawa | 780619 |
| 586 | 20.63 1.4 | William "Billy" Mullins | USA | 580201 | 2 | Westwood, Ca | 800503 |
| 587 | 20.63 0.5 | Jens Hübler | GDR | 610828 | 3 | Erfurt | 840603 |
| 588 | 20.63 0.5 | Guido Lieske | GDR | 640723 | 1r2 | Potsdam | 840721 |
| 589 | 20.63 0.1 | Arthur Blake | USA | 660819 | 2 | Tampa | 870411 |
| 590 | 20.63 1.7 | Aleksandr Starovoitov | URS | 630831 | 2 | Leningrad | 880611 |
| 591 | 20.63A 0.7 | Glen Elferink | RSA | 730521 | 3 | Bloemfontein | 920411 |
| 592 | 20.63 1.0 | Paul Henderson | AUS | 710313 | s1 | Brisbane | 930306 |
| 593 | 20.63A | Charles Gitonga | KEN | 711005 | 1 | Nairobi | 950701 |
| 594 | 20.63 0.0 | Jordi Mayoral | ESP | 730518 | s1:1 | Vitoria | 950708 |
| 595 | 20.63 0.8 | David Bobb | USA | 741223 | 1 | Fairfax, Va | 970525 |
| 596 | 20.63 1.1 | Allyn Condon | GBR | 740824 | 1 | Birmingham | 970719 |
| 597 | 20.63A 0.0 | Moses Mila | UGA | 741220 | 3 | Johannesburg | 980327 |
| 598 | 20.63? | Joe Sincere | USA | 740913 | 1 | Meridian, Ms | 980429 |
| 599 | 20.63A -1.9 | Manuel Alejandro Cardenas | MEX | 740904 | 3r1 | Ciudad de México | 980523 |
| 600 | 20.63 0.0 | Jeremy Taylor | USA | 770302 | 5 | Athens, Ga | 990516 |
| 601 | 20.63 0.5 | Chris Lambert | GBR | 810406 | 1:19 | Neubrandenburg | 990821 |
| 602 | 20.63 1.3 | Tatsuhiko Watanabe | JPN | 760601 | 1 | Nagano | 990828 |
| 603 | 20.63 0.6 | Andrea Colombo | ITA | 740214 | 2 | Sassari | 990911 |
| 604 | 20.63 | Julian Raeburn | TRI | 780918 | 1 | Port-of-Spain | 000617 |
| 605 | 20.63 -2.4 | Gábor Dobos | HUN | 760221 | 1 | Budapest | 000730 |
| 606 | 20.63 0.1 | Alexander Kosenkov | GER | 770314 | h3:4 | Edmonton, CAN | 010807 |
| 607 | 20.64 | Everard Samuels | JAM | 58 | h1 | Bridgetown | 770425 |
| 608 | 20.64A 2.0 | Derrick Peynado | JAM | 600130 | 3r2 | Provo | 820604 |
| 609 | 20.64 -1.0 | George Walcott | JAM | 600323 | 1 | Berkeley, Ca | 830521 |
| 610 | 20.64A 0.2 | Calvin Brooks | USA | 630408 | 1 | Colorado Springs | 830718 |
| 611 | 20.64 1.0 | Donnie Young | USA | 62 | 1 | Tuscaloosa | 840519 |
| 612 | 20.64 | Clayton Kearney | AUS | 640411 | 2 | Seoul | 850914 |
| 613 | 20.64A 1.5 | Anthony Barnes | USA | 651223 | 1 | Logan, Ut | 880514 |
| 614 | 20.64 0.4 | Juan Tobin | USA | 680104 | 2 | Bakersfield | 880521 |
| 615 | 20.64A 1.5 | Luis Barroso | POR | 660127 | h3:1 | Ciudad de México | 880723 |
| 616 | 20.64 1.2 | Tamas Molnar | HUN | 680723 | 1 | Norman | 900521 |
| 617 | 20.64 | Sylvanus Hepburn | BAH | 710302 | s1 | Nassau | 930617 |
| 618 | 20.64 0.4 | Ibrahim Meite | CIV | 761118 | 2 | Narbonne | 940619 |
| 619 | 20.64 0.8 | Gregory Haughton | JAM | 731110 | 1 | Fairfax, Va | 960519 |
| 620 | 20.64 -0.4 | Claus Hirsbro ¶ | DEN | 680309 | 1 | Königs Wusterhausen | 960827 |
| 621 | 20.64 1.1 | Travis Grant | USA | 720831 | 1 | Emporia, Ks | 970510 |
| 622 | 20.64A -2.2 | Matthew Quinn | RSA | 760417 | 1 | Bloemfontein | 980130 |
| 623 | 20.64 -0.5 | Rah'Sheen Clay | USA | 761018 | 1 | Akron, Oh | 980523 |
| 624 | 20.64 0.8 | Jimmie Hackley | USA | 750911 | 2 | Clemson, Sc | 990403 |
| 625 | 20.64 1.9 | Bostjan Horvat | SLO | 750212 | 1r4 | Novo Mesto | 990526 |
| 626 | 20.64 1.3 | Albert Agyemang | GHA | 771004 | 1 | Tampere, Fin | 990714 |
| 627 | 20.64 -0.3 | Issa-Aimé Nthépé | FRA | 730626 | 4r1 | Paris-Charlety | 000723 |
| 628 | 20.64 0.6 | Dwayne Grant | GBR | 820717 | 1r2-22 | Mannheim | 010616 |
| 629 | 20.65 | Jaroslav Matousek | CS | 510407 | q1:1 | München | 720903 |
| 630 | 20.65 0.0 | Martin Jellinghaus | FRG | 441026 | 7 | München | 720904 |
| 631 | 20.65 | ReVey Scott | USA | 570225 | 1 | Baton Rouge | 780506 |
| 632 | 20.65 | Roland Joe Siai-Siai | NGR | 58 | 1 | Lagos | 780616 |
| 633 | 20.65 0.4 | Aleksandr Stasyevich | URS | 531014 | 1 | Moskva | 800705 |
| 634 | 20.65 | Nathaniel Sloan | USA | 621013 | 1 | Prairie View, Tx | 820507 |
| 635 | 20.65 0.4 | Paul Narracott | AUS | 591008 | 4 | Brisbane | 821007 |
| 636 | 20.65 -1.0 | Roy Mosley | USA | 600712 | h1:1 | Berkeley, Ca | 830520 |
| 637 | 20.65 -1.0 | Chris Whitlock | USA | 590518 | 2 | Berkeley, Ca | 830521 |
| 638 | 20.65 0.3 | Curtis Thomas | USA | 620113 | 2 | Arlington, Tx | 840505 |
| 639 | 20.65 | Dwight Johnson | USA | 641101 | 3 | Des Moines | 850427 |
| 640 | 20.65A 0.6 | Ken Henderson | USA | 661205 | 1 | Provo | 860412 |
| 641 | 20.65 1.9 | Andrew Smith | JAM | 640129 | 5 | Lubbock, Tx | 870517 |
| 642 | 20.65 | Darrell Hadden | USA | 641114 | 1 | Natchitoches, La | 880430 |
| 643 | 20.65 1.3 | Ron Hancock | USA | 690701 | 1 | College Station | 920411 |
| 644 | 20.65 1.8 | Eric Frempong-Manso | CAN | 751001 | 1 | Ottawa | 940703 |
| 645 | 20.65 1.9 | Christian Konieczny | GER | 720128 | 4 | Villeneuve D'ascq, Lille | 950625 |
| 646 | 20.65 1.2 | Obadiah Cooper | USA | 700308 | 2 | Los Angeles | 960518 |
| 647 | 20.65 -0.6 | Yin Hanzhao | CHN | 760218 | 3 | Shanghai | 971022 |
| 648 | 20.65 -0.9 | Malik-Khaled Louahla | ALG | 771219 | 5 | Dakar | 980822 |
| 649 | 20.65 -0.1 | Jason Gardener | GBR | 750918 | 1 | Ingolstadt, GER | 990711 |
| 650 | 20.65 0.2 | Panayiótis Sarrís | GRE | 750914 | q5:1 | Sevilla, ESP | 990824 |
| 651 | 20.65 1.2 | Steve Slowly | JAM | 790418 | 1r4 | College Station, Tx | 010414 |
| 652 | 20.65 0.6 | Jordan Vaden | USA |   | 1r2 | Athens, Ga | 010505 |
| 653 | 20.65 -0.6 | Mardy Scales | USA | 81 | 1 | New Orleans, La | 010513 |
| 654 | 20.66A | Charles Asati | KEN | 460303 | h2:2 | Ciudad de México | 681015 |
| 655 | 20.66A 1.2 | Dick Steane | GBR | 390926 | h3:6 | Ciudad de México | 681015 |
| 656 | 20.66 | David Jenkins | GBR | 520525 |   | London | 730827 |
| 657 | 20.66A | Gregory Colin | RSA | 580531 | 1 | Pretoria | 780501 |
| 658 | 20.66 0.7 | Peter Gandy | AUS | 610902 | 2 | Auckland | 810124 |
| 659 | 20.66 -0.7 | Nat Johnson (2) | USA | 631025 | 1 | Baton Rouge | 840504 |
| 660 | 20.66 1.9 | Steven Hall | USA | 630220 | 6 | Austin | 840512 |
| 661 | 20.66 0.0 | Colin Bradford | JAM | 550530 | 3 | Kingston | 840616 |
| 662 | 20.66 | Ronald Desruelles ¶ | BEL | 550214 | 1 | Grosseto | 840718 |
| 663 | 20.66 0.1 | Byron Howell | USA | 620406 | h1:1 | Tucson | 850516 |
| 664 | 20.66 1.9 | Gerhard Sewald | FRG | 610501 | 2 | Freising | 850707 |
| 665 | 20.66 0.0 | Peter Klein | FRG | 590221 | 2 | Schriesheim | 870808 |
| 666 | 20.66 -0.2 | Volker Westhagemann | FRG | 640309 | 1r2 | Koblenz | 870813 |
| 667 | 20.66 | James Stallworth | USA | 710429 | 1 | Columbus | 900729 |
| 668 | 20.66 1.2 | Rich Wagner | USA | 731101 | 1 | Pittsburgh, Pa | 940514 |
| 669 | 20.66 1.1 | Garth Robinson | JAM | 701011 | h2:4 | Boise, Id | 940601 |
| 670 | 20.66 1.0 | Francisco Javier Navarro | ESP | 670416 | h1:2 | Madrid | 950721 |
| 671 | 20.66A 1.1 | Shaun Powell | RSA | 710129 | 2 | Pietersburg | 960403 |
| 672 | 20.66 1.1 | Carlton Chambers | CAN | 750627 | 6 | Eugene, Or | 960601 |
| 673 | 20.66 0.5 | Milton Campbell | USA | 760515 | 1 | Ingolstadt | 980726 |
| 674 | 20.66 1.1 | Michael Bennett | USA | 780813 | 1r1 | Tempe, Az | 000318 |
| 675 | 20.66 0.8 | Lawrence Armstrong | USA | 780319 | h1:3 | Austin, Tx | 000421 |
| 676 | 20.66A 1.3 | Kendrick Campbell | USA | 771216 | h2:1 | El Paso, Tx | 000519 |
| 677 | 20.66 1.1 | Paul di Bella | AUS | 770212 | 2r1 | Brisbane, AUS | 010325 |
| 678 | 20.66A 0.0 | Kenneth Andam | GHA | 760108 | 1 | Provo, Ut | 010505 |
| 679 | 20.66 1.9 | Savante Stringfellow | USA | 781106 | h1:5 | Columbia, SC | 010511 |
| Hand timing |
| 19.7hA | James Sanford | USA | 571227 | 1 | El Paso | 800419 |
| 19.7hA 0.2 | Robson Caetano da Silva | BRA | 640904 | 1 | Bogota | 890813 |
| 19.8h 1.3 | Steve Williams | USA | 531113 | 2 | Eugene, Or | 750607 |
| 19.8h 1.6 | James Mallard | USA | 571129 | 1 | Tuscaloosa | 790513 |
| 19.9h 1.6 | Mel Lattany | USA | 590810 | 2 | Tuscaloosa | 790513 |
| 19.9h | Davidson Ezinwa ¶ | NGR | 711122 | 1 | Bauchi | 890318 |
| 19.9h | Kevin Braunskill ¶ | USA | 690331 | 1 | Tucson | 900505 |
| 20.0h | Larry Black | USA | 510720 | s1:1 | Billings | 720602 |
| 20.0h -0.8 | Mike Conley | USA | 621005 | h1:3 | Austin | 840511 |
| 20.0hA | Joseph Gikonyo | KEN | 650207 | 1 | Nairobi | 910727 |
| 20.1hy-.1 | Henry Carr | USA | 421127 | 1 | Tempe, Az | 640404 |
| 20.1hy-.1 1.8 | Willie Turner | USA | 481014 | 2 | Sacramento | 670610 |
| 20.1hy-.1 | Mike Fray | JAM | 470923 | 1 | Mesa, Az | 680323 |
| 20.1h | Marshall Dill | USA | 520809 | 1 | Windsor, CAN | 710701 |
| 20.1h | Harvey Glance | USA | 570328 | 1 | Auburn | 760417 |
| 20.1hA | Mike Roberson | USA | 560325 | h1:9 | Ciudad de México | 790903 |
| 20.1hA | Wessel Oosthuizen | RSA | 610223 | 1 | Germiston, RSA | 830329 |
| 20.1h | Thomas Jefferson | USA | 620608 | 1 | Port-of-Spain | 880507 |
| 20.1h | Dazel Jules | TRI | 670810 | 2 | Port-of-Spain | 880507 |
| 20.2h | Hans-Jürgen Bombach | GDR | 450518 | 1 | Dresden | 730721 |
| 20.2h | Siegfried Schenke | GDR | 430506 | 2 | Dresden | 730721 |
| 20.2hy-.1 | Bill Collins | USA | 501020 | 1 | Houston | 760508 |
| 20.2h | Hasely Crawford | TRI | 500816 | 1 | Lappeenranta | 760629 |
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