Noah Lyles breaking Johnson 200m American records at the 2022 World Championships

American record, leading a U.S. sweep of the men’s 200m medals at the world track and field championships.

Lyles repeated as world champion in 19.31 seconds, taking one hundredth off Johnson’s famous golden-shoes time from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Only Jamaicans Usain Bolt (19.19) and Yohan Blake (19.26) have run faster. Lyles rebounded from a bronze-medal finish at the Tokyo Olympics, where he was expected to take gold.

Countrymen Kenny Bednarek (19.77) and Erriyon Knighton (19.80) took silver and bronze. Knighton, at 18, became the youngest individual sprint medalist in world championships history.