Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres runners (q) qualified for the second round. Round 2 was held on 18 August. First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 4 fastest(q) advance to the Semifinals. Semifinals were held on 19 August. First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final. Wind: -0.9 m/s Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres The Men's 200 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 18–20 August at the Beijing National Stadium. The qualifying standards were 20.59 s (A standard) and 20.75 s (B standard). Usain Bolt set a new world record of 19.30 s in
The Gambia at the 2008 Summer Olympics the only female competing in the track and field events at the 2008 Summer Olympics for Gambia. She competed in the 100 meters on 19 August. Tiyana was drawn into heat seven for the event. She ran a personal best time of 12.25seconds and finished seventh in her heat, 0.92seconds behind the winner, Ivet Lalova. She finished 58th out of 85 athletes overall and was 2.55seconds faster than the slowest athlete, Robina Muqimyar. Tiyana was 1.12seconds behind the fastest athlete (Oludamola Osayomi) and 0.60seconds behind the slowest athlete who progressed to the semi-finals, Thi Huong Vu. Therefore, Tiyana did not