| Final 21:00 wind +0.3ms/s | time | L | 100m | 200m | | 1. Frank Fredericks |  NAM | 19.85s | 5 | 10.39s | 9.46s | | 2. John Regis |  GBR | 19.94s | 6 | 10.28s | 9.66s | | 3. Carl Lewis |  USA | 19.99s | 7 | 10.31s | 9.68s | | 4. Michael Marsh | USA | 20.18s | 4 | 10.43s | 9.75s | | 5. Dean Capobianco |  AUS | 20.18s | 3 | 10.36s | 9.82s | | 6. Jean-Charles Trouabal |  FRA | 20.20s | 8 | 10.46s | 9.74s | | 7. Emmanuel Tuffour |  GHA | 20.49s | 2 | 10.60s | 9.89s | | 8. Damien Marsh | AUS | 20.56s | 1 | 10.62s | 9.94s |
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After silver medals in Tokyo and at the Barcelona Olympic Games, Fredericks won his country’s first ever gold medal with a new African record. Just as in 1987, Regis found himself leading a world final at 150m before Fredericks stormed from third to first. Regis’s time at 150m was 14.93, the fastest electrical time for the distance.
Carl Lewis won a record 10th World Championship medal in third spot, when he became the first man to break 20 seconds and not finish in the first two.
| Semi 1 19:10 wind +0.6ms/s | time | L | | 1. Michael Marsh | USA | 20.10s | 4 | | 2. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 20.11s | 6 | | 3. John Regis | GBR | 20.16s | 5 | | 4. Dean Capobianco | AUS | 20.21s | 3 | | 5. Nelson Boateng | GHA | 20.52s | 2 | | 6. Robert Kurnicki |  GER | 20.67s | 8 | | 7. Atlee Mahorn |  CAN | 20.80s | 1 | | -. Johan Rossouw |  RSA | DQ | 7 |
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| Semi 2 19.17 wind +0.6ms/s | time | L | | 1. Carl Lewis | USA | 20.26s | 5 | | 2. Jean-Charles Trouabal | FRA | 20.27s | 6 | | 3. Emmanuel Tuffour | GHA | 20.44s | 8 | | 4. Damien Marsh | AUS | 20.51s | 2 | | 5. Andrey Fedoriv |  RUS | 20.66s | 1 | | 6. David Dolle |  SUI | 20.70s | 3 | | 7. Jason Hendrix | USA | 20.99s | 7 | | -. Robson Caetano Da Silva |  BRA | DQ | 4 |
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| Quarter 1 12:50 wind +1.2ms/s | time | L | | 1. David Dolle | SUI | 20.45s | 3 | | 2. Emmanuel Tuffour | GHA | 20.58s | 5 | | 3. Robert Kurnicki | GER | 20.58s | 4 | | 4. Jason Hendrix | USA | 20.82s | 7 | | 5. Raymond Stewart |  JAM | 21.02s | 2 | | 6. Koji Ito |  JPN | 21.04s | 1 | | 7. Torbjorn Eriksson |  SWE | 21.07s | 8 | | -. Daniel Effiong |  NGR | DNF | 6 |
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| Quarter 2 12:55 wind +0.1ms/s | time | L | | 1. Carl Lewis | USA | 20.21s | 3 | | 2. John Regis | GBR | 20.39s | 6 | | 3. Johan Rossouw | RSA | 20.55s | 5 | | 4. Andrey Fedoriv | RUS | 20.59s | 4 | | 5. Patrick Delice |  TRI | 20.88s | 8 | | 6. Geir Moen |  NOR | 20.99s | 7 | | 7. Stanislav Georgiev |  BUL | 21.03s | 2 | | 8. Kennedy Ondiek |  KEN | 21.50s | 1 |
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| Quarter 3 13:00 wind +0.4ms/s | time | L | | 1. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 20.24s | 5 | | 2. Robson Caetano Da Silva | BRA | 20.24s | 6 | | 3. Jean-Charles Trouabal | FRA | 20.40s | 4 | | 4. Damien Marsh | AUS | 20.58s | 3 | | 5. Glenroy Gilbert | CAN | 20.81s | 8 | | 6. Giorgio Marras |  ITA | 20.87s | 7 | | 7. Patrick Stevens |  BEL | 20.89s | 1 | | 8. Nikolay Antonov | BUL | 39.46s | 2 |
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| Quarter 4 13:05 wind -1.0ms/s | time | L | | 1. Michael Marsh | USA | 20.40s | 3 | | 2. Dean Capobianco | AUS | 20.44s | 4 | | 3. Nelson Boateng | GHA | 20.69s | 5 | | 4. Atlee Mahorn | CAN | 20.70s | 2 | | 5. Oleg Fatun | RUS | 20.92s | 6 | | 6. Alexandros Terzian |  GRE | 21.00s | 1 | | 7. Joseph Gikonyo | KEN | 21.09s | 8 | | 8. Sidnei Telles De Souza | BRA | 21.69s | 7 |
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| Heat 1 11:10 wind +0.1ms/s | time | L | | 1. Daniel Effiong | NGR | 20.53s | 2 | | 2. Johan Rossouw | RSA | 20.68s | 4 | | 3. Damien Marsh | AUS | 20.73s | 3 | | 4. Bjorn Sinnhuber | GER | 20.99s | 6 | | 5. Edgardo Guilbe |  PUR | 21.14s | 1 | | 6. Yousef Dehmiri |  IRN | 21.88s | 7 | | 7. Theodore Haba |  GUI | 21.92s | 5 | | 8. Lam Hai Van |  VIE | 22.77s | 8 |
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| Heat 2 11:17 wind -0.2ms/s | time | L | | 1. Dean Capobianco | AUS | 20.52s | 1 | | 2. Frank Fredericks | NAM | 20.65s | 3 | | 3. Raymond Stewart | JAM | 20.85s | 6 | | 4. Nikolay Antonov | BUL | 20.88s | 5 | | 5. Ousmane Diarra |  MLI | 21.51s | 8 | | 6. Derry Pemberton |  ISV | 21.89s | 2 | | 7. David Nkoua |  CGO | 22.55s | 7 | | -. Claus Hirsbro |  DEN | DNS | 4 |
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| Heat 3 11:24 wind +1.6ms/s | time | L | | 1. David Dolle | SUI | 20.67s | 2 | | 2. Oleg Fatun | RUS | 20.71s | 8 | | 3. Jason Hendrix | USA | 20.74s | 7 | | 4. Koji Ito | JPN | 20.96s | 3 | | 5. Pedro Pablo Nolet |  ESP | 21.09s | 4 | | 6. Daniel Cojocaru |  ROM | 21.13s | 5 | | 7. Trevor Davis |  ANG | 21.49s | 6 | | 8. Mario Bonello |  MLT | 22.60s | 1 |
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| Heat 4 11:31 wind +0.1ms/s | time | L | | 1. Carl Lewis | USA | 20.45s | 4 | | 2. Nelson Boateng | GHA | 20.53s | 5 | | 3. Andrey Fedoriv | RUS | 20.73s | 3 | | 4. Oumar Loum |  SEN | 21.12s | 8 | | 5. Mark Keddell |  NZL | 21.28s | 7 | | 6. Edmund Estaphane |  STL | 21.53s | 6 | | 7. A. Tamba |  LBR | 22.67s | 1 | | -. Marek Zalewski |  POL | DNS | 2 |
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| Heat 5 11.38 wind -0.1ms/s | time | L | | 1. Glenroy Gilbert | CAN | 20.87s | 5 | | 2. Patrick Delice | TRI | 20.97s | 4 | | 3. Joseph Gikonyo | KEN | 21.14s | 6 | | 4. Jiri Valik |  CZE | 21.20s | 7 | | 5. Slobodan Brankovic |  IWP | 21.35s | 2 | | 6. Golam Ambia |  BAN | 21.95s | 3 | | 7. Arfin Abdullah |  INA | 22.29s | 1 | | -. Michael Huke | GER | DQ | 8 |
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| Heat 6 11:45 wind +0.6ms/s | time | L | | 1. Robson Caetano Da Silva | BRA | 20.54s | 4 | | 2. Emmanuel Tuffour | GHA | 20.57s | 7 | | 3. Robert Kurnicki | GER | 20.66s | 1 | | 4. Torbjorn Eriksson | SWE | 20.80s | 8 | | 5. Kennedy Ondiek | KEN | 20.97s | 3 | | 6. Edsel Chase |  BAR | 21.34s | 2 | | 7. Miguel Janssen |  ARU | 21.51s | 5 | | 8. Eswort Coombs |  STV | 21.82s | 6 |
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| Heat 7 11:52 wind -0.5ms/s | time | L | | 1. Jean-Charles Trouabal | FRA | 20.60s | 7 | | 2. John Regis | GBR | 20.67s | 1 | | 3. Alexandros Terzian | GRE | 20.83s | 4 | | 4. Giorgio Marras | ITA | 20.95s | 8 | | 5. Andre Domingos Da Silva | BRA | 20.99s | 5 | | 6. Niti Piyapan |  THA | 21.60s | 6 | | 7. Khalid Juma |  BHR | 22.23s | 2 | | 8. Ricky Canon |  NAU | 24.14s | 3 |
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| Heat 8 11:59 wind +1.3ms/s | time | L | | 1. Patrick Stevens | BEL | 20.85s | 3 | | 2. Stanislav Georgiev | BUL | 21.08s | 8 | | 3. Sidnei Telles De Souza | BRA | 21.22s | 4 | | 4. Stephen Lewis |  MNT | 21.36s | 2 | | 5. Cephas Lemba |  ZAM | 21.68s | 6 | | 6. Junior Cornette |  GUY | 22.03s | 1 | | 7. Mark Sherwin |  CKI | 22.82s | 7 | | -. Linford Christie | GBR | DNS | 5 |
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| Heat 9 12:06 wind -1.2ms/s | time | L | | 1. Michael Marsh | USA | 20.77s | 4 | | 2. Atlee Mahorn | CAN | 20.89s | 3 | | 3. Geir Moen | NOR | 21.18s | 7 | | 4. Ato Boldon | TRI | 21.31s | 5 | | 5. Carlos Moreno |  CHI | 21.36s | 1 | | 6. Amar Hacini |  ALG | 21.36s | 2 | | 7. Edvin Ivanov | RUS | 21.39s | 6 |
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