| 2023 | |||
| (Budapest, Hungary, August 25; wind -0.2) | |||
| 1. | Noah Lyles (USA) | 19.52 | |
| 2. | Erriyon Knighton (USA) | 19.75 | |
| 3. | Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) | 19.81 | |
| 4. | Zharnel Hughes (Great Britain) | 20.02 | |
| 5. | Kenny Bednarek (USA) | 20.07 | |
| 6. | Andre De Grasse (Canada) | 20.14 | |
| 7. | Alexander Ogando (Dominican Republic) | 20.23 | |
| 8. | Andrew Hudson (Jamaica) | 20.40 | |
| 9. | Joe Fahnbulleh (Liberia) | 20.57 | |
| [Courtney Lindsay (USA) 3rd in semi] | |||
| 2022 | |||
| (Eugene, Oregon, July 21; wind 0.4) | |||
| 1. | Noah Lyles (USA) | 19.31 | MR |
| 2. | Kenny Bednarek (USA) | 19.77 | |
| 3. | Erriyon Knighton (USA) | 19.80 | |
| 4. | Joseph Fahnbulleh (Liberia) | 19.84 | |
| 5. | Alexander Ogando (Dominican Republic) | 19.93 | |
| 6. | Jereem Richards (Trinidad) | 20.08 | |
| 7. | Aaron Brown (Canada) | 20.18 | |
| 8. | Luxolo Adams (South Africa) | 20.47 | |
| [Fred Kerley (USA) 6th in semi] | |||
| 2019 | ||||
| (Doha, Qatar, October 1; wind 0.3) | ||||
| 1. | Noah Lyles (USA) | 19.83 | ||
| 2. | Andre De Grasse (Canada) | 19.95 | ||
| 3. | Alex Quiñónez (Ecuador) | 19.98 | ||
| 4. | Adam Gemili (Great Britain) | 20.03 | ||
| 5. | Ramil Guliyev (Turkey) | 20.07 | ||
| 6. | Aaron Brown (Canada) | 20.10 | ||
| 7. | Zhenye Xie (China) | 20.14 | ||
| 8. | Kyle Greaux (Trinidad) | 20.39 | ||
| [Rodney Rowe (USA) 6th in heat] | ||||
| [Kenny Bednarek (USA) 7th in heat] | ||||
| 2017 | ||||
| (London, August 10; wind –0.1) | ||||
| 1 | Ramil Guliyev (Turkey) | 20.09 | ||
| 2 | Wayde van Niekerk (South Africa) | 20.11 | ||
| 3 | Jereem Richards (Trinidad) | 20.11 | ||
| 4 | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (Great Britain) | 20.24 | ||
| 5 | Ameer Webb (US) | 20.26 | ||
| 6 | Isaac Makwala (Botswana) | 20.44 | ||
| 7 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (Japan) | 20.63 | ||
| 8 | Isiah Young (US) | 20.64 | ||
| [Kyree King (US) 5th in semi 20.59] | ||||
| 2015 | ||||
| (Beijing, August 27; wind –0.1) | ||||
| 1 | Usain Bolt (Jamaica) | 19.55 | ||
| 2 | Justin Gatlin (US) | 19.74 | ||
| 3 | Anaso Jobodwana (South Africa) | 19.87 | ||
| 4 | Alonso Edward (Panama) | 19.87 | ||
| 5 | Zharnel Hughes (Great Britain) | 20.02 | ||
| 6 | Ramil Guliyev (Turkey) | 20.11 | ||
| 7 | Femi Ogunode (Qatar) | 20.27 | ||
| 8 | Nickel Ashmeade (Jamaica) | 20.33 | ||
| [Isiah Young (US) 6th in heat] | ||||
| [Wallace Spearmon (US) dnc in heat] | ||||
| 2013 | ||||
| (Moscow, August 17; wind 0.0) | ||||
| 1 | Usain Bolt (Jamaica) | 19.66 | ||
| 2 | Warren Weir (Jamaica) | 19.79 | ||
| 3 | Curtis Mitchell (US) | 20.04 | ||
| 4 | Nickel Ashmeade (Jamaica) | 20.05 | ||
| 5 | Adam Gemili (Great Britain) | 20.08 | ||
| 6 | Anaso Jobodwana (South Africa) | 20.14 | ||
| 7 | Churandy Martina (Netherlands) | 20.35 | ||
| 8 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (Norway) | 20.37 | ||
| [Isiah Young (US) 3rd in semi] | ||||
| [Wallace Spearmon (US) 6th in semi] | ||||
| 2011 | ||||
| (Wind +0.8) | ||||
| 1 | Usain Bolt (Jamaica) | 19.40 | ||
| 2 | Walter Dix (US) | 19.70 | ||
| 3 | Christophe Lemaitre (France) | 19.80 | ||
| 4 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (Norway) | 19.95 | ||
| 5 | Nickel Ashmeade (Jamaica) | 20.29 | ||
| 6 | Bruno de Barros (Brazil) | 20.31 | ||
| 7 | Rondel Sorrillo (Trinidad) | 20.34 | ||
| dnf—Alonso Edward (Panama) | ||||
| [Doc Patton (US) 5th in semi] | ||||
| [Jeremy Dodson (US) 5th in heat] | ||||
| 2009 | ||||
| (Berlin; wind –0.3) | ||||
| 1 | Usain Bolt (Jamaica) | 19.19 | WR, WCR | |
| 2 | Alonso Edward (Panama) | 19.81 | ||
| 3 | Wallace Spearmon (US) | 19.85 | ||
| 4 | Shawn Crawford (US) | 19.89 | ||
| 5 | Steve Mullings (Jamaica) | 19.98 | ||
| 6 | Charles Clark (US) | 20.39 | ||
| 7 | Ramil Guliyev (Azerbaijan) | 20.61 | ||
| 8 | David Alerte (France) | 20.68 | ||
| [Tyson Gay (US) dnc in heat] | ||||
| 2007 | ||||
| (Wind –0.8) | ||||
| 1 | Tyson Gay (US) | 19.76 | WCR | |
| 2 | Usain Bolt (Jamaica) | 19.91 | ||
| 3 | Wallace Spearmon (US) | 20.05 | ||
| 4 | Rodney Martin (US) | 20.06 | ||
| 5 | Churandy Martina (Netherlands Antilles) | 20.28 | ||
| 6 | Marvin Anderson (Jamaica) | 20.28 | ||
| 7 | Chris Williams (Jamaica) | 20.57 | ||
| 8 | Anastásios Goúsis (Greece) | 20.75 | ||
| 2005 | ||||
| (Wind –0.5) | ||||
| 1 | Justin Gatlin (US) | 20.04 | ||
| 2 | Wallace Spearmon (US) | 20.20 | ||
| 3 | John Capel (US) | 20.31 | ||
| 4 | Tyson Gay (US) | 20.34 | ||
| 5 | Stéphan Buckland (Mauritius) | 20.41 | ||
| 6 | Patrick Johnson (Australia) | 20.58 | ||
| 7 | Tobias Unger (Germany) | 20.81 | ||
| 8 | Usain Bolt (Jamaica) | 26.27 | ||
| 2003 | ||||
| (Wind +0.1) | ||||
| 1 | John Capel (US) | 20.30 | ||
| 2 | Doc Patton (US) | 20.31 | ||
| 3 | Shingo Suetsugu (Japan) | 20.38 | ||
| 4 | Darren Campbell (Great Britain) | 20.39 | ||
| 5 | Stephan Buckland (Mauritius) | 20.41 | ||
| 6 | J.J. Johnson (US) | 20.47 | ||
| 7 | Frank Fredericks (Namibia) | 20.47 | ||
| 8 | Uchenna Emedolu (Nigeria) | 20.62 | ||
| 2001 | ||||
| (Wind +0.1) | ||||
| 1 | Kostás Kedéris (Greece) | 20.04 | ||
| 2 | Chris Williams (Jamaica) | 20.20 | ||
| =3 | Shawn Crawford (US) | 20.20 | ||
| =3 | Kim Collins (St Kitts) | 20.20 | ||
| 5 | Christian Malcolm (Great Britain) | 20.22 | ||
| 6 | Stéphan Buckland (Mauritius) | 20.24 | ||
| 7 | Kevin Little (US) | 20.25 | ||
| 8 | Marlon Devonish (Great Britain) | 20.38 | ||
| [Ramon Clay (US) 8th in quarter] | ||||
| 1999 | ||||
| (Wind +1.2) | ||||
| 1 | Maurice Greene (US) | 19.90 | ||
| 2 | Claudinei da Silva (Brazil) | 20.00 | ||
| 3 | Francis Obikwelu (Nigeria) | 20.11 | ||
| 4 | Obadele Thompson (Barbados) | 20.23 | ||
| 5 | Marcin Urbaś (Poland) | 20.30 | ||
| 6 | Kevin Little (US) | 20.37 | ||
| 7 | Julian Golding (Great Britain) | 20.48 | ||
| dnc—Frank Fredericks (Namibia) | ||||
| [Curtis Perry (US) 6th in quarter] | ||||
| 1997 | ||||
| (Wind +2.3) | ||||
| 1 | Ato Boldon (Trinidad) | 20.04w | ||
| 2 | Frank Fredericks (Namibia) | 20.23w | ||
| 3 | Claudinei da Silva (Brazil) | 20.26w | ||
| 4 | Ivan García (Cuba) | 20.31w | ||
| 5 | Yeóoryios Panayiotópoulos (Greece) | 20.32w | ||
| 6 | Obadele Thompson (Barbados) | 20.37w | ||
| 7 | Jon Drummond (US) | 20.44w | ||
| 8 | Patrick Stevens (Belgium) | 20.44w | ||
| 1995 | ||||
| (Wind +0.5) | ||||
| 1 | Michael Johnson (US) | 19.79 | WCR | |
| 2 | Frank Fredericks (Namibia) | 20.12 | ||
| 3 | Jeff Williams (US) | 20.18 | ||
| 4 | Robson da Silva (Brazil) | 20.21 | ||
| 5 | Claudinei da Silva (Brazil) | 20.40 | ||
| 6 | Geir Moen (Norway) | 20.51 | ||
| 7 | John Regis (Great Britain) | 20.67 | ||
| 8 | Ivan García (Cuba) | 20.77 | ||
| [Kevin Little (US) 5th in quarter] | ||||
| 1993 | ||||
| (Wind +0.3) | ||||
| 1 | Frank Fredericks (Namibia) | 19.85 | WCR | |
| 2 | John Regis (Great Britain) | 19.94 | ||
| 3 | Carl Lewis (US) | 19.99 | ||
| 4 | Mike Marsh (US) | 20.18 | ||
| 5 | Dean Capobianco (Australia) | 20.18 | ||
| 6 | Jean-Charles Trouabal (France) | 20.20 | ||
| 7 | Emmanuel Tuffour (Ghana) | 20.49 | ||
| 8 | Damien Marsh (Australia) | 20.56 | ||
| [Jason Hendrix (US) 7th in semi] | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| (Wind –3.4) | ||||
| 1 | Michael Johnson (US) | 20.01 | WCR | |
| 2 | Frank Fredericks (Namibia) | 20.34 | ||
| 3 | Atlee Mahorn (Canada) | 20.49 | ||
| 4 | Robson da Silva (Brazil) | 20.49 | ||
| 5 | Olapade Adeniken (Nigeria) | 20.51 | ||
| 6 | Jean-Charles Trouabal (France) | 20.58 | ||
| 7 | Nikolay Antonov (Bulgaria) | 20.59 | ||
| 8 | Aleksandr Goremykin (Soviet Union) | 20.78 | ||
| [Floyd Heard (US) 5th in semi] | ||||
| [Leroy Burrell (US) 6th in quarter] | ||||
| [Johnson 20.05 WCR {quarter}] | ||||
| 1987 | ||||
| (Wind –0.4) | ||||
| 1 | Calvin Smith (US) | 20.16 | ||
| 2 | Gilles Quénéhervé (France) | 20.16 | ||
| 3 | John Regis (Great Britain) | 20.18 | ||
| 4 | Robson da Silva (Brazil) | 20.22 | ||
| 5 | Vladimir Krylov (Soviet Union) | 20.23 | ||
| 6 | Floyd Heard (US) | 20.25 | ||
| 7 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni (Italy) | 20.45 | ||
| 8 | Atlee Mahorn (Canada) | 20.78 | ||
| [Wallace Spearmon (US) 5th in semi] | ||||
| 1983 | ||||
| (Wind +1.2) | ||||
| 1 | Calvin Smith (US) | 20.14 | WCR | |
| 2 | Elliott Quow (US) | 20.41 | ||
| 3 | Pietro Mennea (Italy) | 20.51 | ||
| 4 | Allan Wells (Great Britain) | 20.52 | ||
| 5 | Frank Emmelmann (East Germany) | 20.55 | ||
| 6 | Innocent Egbunike (Nigeria) | 20.63 | ||
| 7 | Carlo Simionato (Italy) | 20.69 | ||
| 8 | João da Silva (Brazil) | 20.80 | ||
| [Larry Myricks (US) 5th in heat] | ||||
| [Emmelmann 20.95 WCR {heat}; Mennea 20.80 WCR {heat}; Simionato 20.76 WCR {heat}; Smith 20.60w {quarter}; Simionato 20.75 WCR{quarter}; Mennea 20.68 WCR {quarter}; da Silva 20.56w {semi}; Smith 20.29 WCR {semi}] | ||||
