Ultimate Event Rankings

200m Ultimate Rankings

Who are the top 200m runners of all-time, regardless of gender? 

How does Usain Bolt's 200m career compare to Allyson Felix’s? Michael Johnson's to FloJo’s? 

These were just some of the questions we set out to answer by calculating FloTrack’s 200m Ultimate Rankings, a points-based system that factors in three elements of an athlete’s résumé to determine greatness in track and field: 

- Medals 

- PR ranking all-time (scored through top 20 all-time)

- Total number of top 20 all-time performances 

Using this formula, the goal was to form a baseline where men and women could be compared on an equal playing field. The result was the definitive list of the top 20 200m runners in world history.

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