August 6, 2012
Ecuador’s Quinonez wins 200m heats over Spearmon
KINGSTON, Jamaica — America’s best hope at a medal in the 200m, Wallace Spearmon, had to run hard to qualify in second for a semifinal berth this morning.
Spearmon ran 20.47 but was beaten by Ecuador’s Alex Quinonez who ran a national record of 20.28.
Japan’s Shinji Takahira (20.57) was third.
Rank
Lane
Athlete
Reac. T
Time
Record
1
7
QUINONEZ Alex
0.186
20.28
Q
NR
2
1
SPEARMON Wallace
0.162
20.47
Q
3
8
TAKAHIRA Shinji
0.169
20.57
Q
4
2
CHRISTIAN Brendan
0.165
20.63
SB
5
3
ASTRAND Jonathan
0.172
20.73
SB
6
6
OUHADI Aziz
0.168
20.8
7
5
VIANA Sandro
0.18
21.05
–
4
MEITE Ben Youssef
–
DNS
