MEN:
200 - 19.32 Michael Johnson (Nike) Atlanta, Georgia 8/01/96
400 - 43.18 Michael Johnson (Nike) Seville, Spain 8/26/99
WOMEN:
200 - 21.34 Florence Griffith Joyner (World Class AC) Seoul, South Korea 9/29/88
400 - 48.70 Sanya Richards (Nike) Athens, Greece 9/17/06
The current world record holder for the men's 200m dash is Usain Bolt from Jamaica with a time of 19.19 seconds, set in 2009. The women's world record holder is Florence Griffith-Joyner from the United States with a time of 21.34 seconds, set in 1988.
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Usain Bolt
Michael Johnson
Usain Bolt is the Olympic champion and world record holder.
Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt/Jamaica 2009 world championships 100m and 200m 9.58 and 19.19 respectively
Federica Pellegrini
The women's 200m final world record time is 21.34 seconds, set by Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.
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The current men's 200m world record holder is Usain Bolt of Jamaica, who set the record with a time of 19.19 seconds on August 20, 2009 at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany. Bolt is considered one of the greatest sprinters in history.
10.831 sec. by Slyusareva Olga