Tyson Gay beat Usain Bolt to win the men’s 200 metres at the 2007 World Championships. The final took place on 30 August 2007 at Osaka’s Nagai Stadium, where Gay won in 19.76 seconds, a championship record at the time.
Bolt finished second in 19.91 seconds, while another American, Wallace Spearmon, took bronze in 20.05. Gay’s victory was especially notable because Bolt was already emerging as a major international sprint star, although his greatest Olympic and world-title dominance came later.
The result is sometimes confused with the 2007 100 metres, which Gay also won. In that event, Gay beat Derrick Atkins and Asafa Powell. Bolt did not compete in the 2007 World Championships 100 metres, making the 200 metres the event in which Gay directly defeated him.
The Osaka final was one of only two individual World Championship races Bolt lost during his career. The other was the 2005 World Championships 200 metres, won by American Justin Gatlin.