Wilma Rudolph's fastest 200 was 22.9 at a meet in Texas in 1960.
19.62 seconeds by Usain Bolt in 2008 Olympics
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Usain Bolt, 9.58 seconds for the 100 meter dash, 19.19 seconds for the 200 meter.
The 200 meter dash made its debut in the Olympics at the 1900 Games in Paris.
the 3 fastest men in the 200 meter dash are Usain Bolt and Michael Johnson. Michael Johnson's time was a long standing reccord of 19.32 That was beaten by Usain Bolt in the 2008 Bejjing Olympics Most recently Usain bolt smashed his old record with a stunning 19.19 time
during 1996 many people claimed that the 200 and 400 meter gold medalist Michael Johnson had been claimed the fastest man in the world instead of the 100m gold medalist donavan bailey because of the earth shattering amount he smashed the 200m world record at 19.32 he beat the previous record by 0.34 secs. A year later a 150m race took place between the two where Bailey won the title due to Johnson pulling out because of injury
Usain Bolt of Jamaica holds the men's world record in the 200 meter dash with a time of 19.30 seconds set at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. ---------------------- He has since run 19.19s at the IAAF World Championships in Berlin in August 2009.
25 secs is a good time a very good one at that actually.
The average time for a 200 meter sprint race depends on the age of the runner. But, the average time is from 30 seconds to about 40 seconds to run this distance.
At the 2008 Games in Beijing, Michael Phelps of the United States won gold in the men's 200 meter freestyle in a time of 1:42.96 and Federica Pellegrini of Italy won gold in the women's 200 meter freestyle in a time of 1:54.82.