| Medals | ||
| Medal | Athlete | Country |
| Gold | Usain Bolt | Jamaica |
| Silver | Shawn Crawford | United States |
| Bronze | Walter Dix | United States |
| Results | |||||
| Lane | Athlete | Country | Time/Wind(m/s) | Record | |
| 1 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 19.30/-0.9 | World Record | |
| 2 | Shawn Crawford | United States | 19.96/-0.9 | ||
| 3 | Walter Dix | United States | 19.98/-0.9 | ||
| 4 | Brian Dzingai | Zimbabwe | 20.22/-0.9 | ||
| 5 | Christian Malcolm | Britain | 20.40/-0.9 | ||
| 6 | Kim Collins | St. Kitts/Nevis | 20.59/-0.9 | ||
| Churandy Martina | Netherlands Antilles | DQ/-0.9 | |||
| Wallace Spearmon | United States | DQ/-0.9 | |||
| New World Record | ||||
| Event | Athlete | Country | Record (m) | Date |
| 200m | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 19.30,-0.9 | Aug. 20, 2008 |
| Old Record - Atlanta, GA, USA | ||||
| Event | Athlete | Country | Record (m) | Date |
| 200m | Michael Johnson | United States | 19.32,+0.4 | Aug. 01, 1996 |