Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's 200 metres explained

See main article: Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games.

The men's 200 metres competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand was held on 17–18 December at the Thammasat Stadium.^[1]

Schedule

All times are Indochina Time

width=220	Date	width=50	Time	width=150	Event
Thursday, 17 December 1998	14:50	Heats
	17:00	Semifinals
Friday, 18 December 1998	15:50	Final

Results

Legend

• DNF — Did not finish

Heats

• Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Heat 1

• Wind: +1.6 m/s

width=40	Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
1		20.84	Q
2		21.16	Q
3		21.28	Q
4		21.32	Q
5		21.69	q
6		22.04
7		22.60
8		23.00

Heat 2

• Wind: +1.1 m/s

width=40	Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
1		20.95	Q
2		21.07	Q
3		21.25	Q
4		21.29	Q
5		21.44	q
6		22.00
7		22.21
8		22.29

Heat 3

• Wind: +0.6 m/s

width=40	Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
1		20.76	Q
2		20.81	Q
3		20.85	Q
4		20.89	Q
5		21.08	q
6		21.65	q
7		21.73
8		22.23

Semifinals

• Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Heat 1

• Wind: +0.6 m/s

width=40	Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
1		20.66	Q
2		20.68	Q
3		20.69	Q
4		20.70	q
5		20.98	q
6		21.08
7		21.37
8		21.85

Heat 2

• Wind: +0.6 m/s

width=40	Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
1		20.41	Q
2		21.05	Q
3		21.06	Q
4		21.12
5		21.17
6		21.39
7		21.65
—		DNF

Final

• Wind: −0.4 m/s

width=40	Rank	width=250	Athlete	width=80	Time	width=50	Notes
		20.25
		20.70
		20.83
4		20.84
5		20.90
6		21.16
7		21.18
8		21.31

References

• Results (archived)
• Results

Notes and References

1. http://digilander.iol.it/atletica3/Stagionali/WRL/1998/200.htm 1998 Year List