Noah Lyles' Fastest 200m Times Leading Up to Paris Olympics

If you didn't know who Noah Lyles was before these Paris Games, you absolutely should now. The U.S. sprinter won gold in the anticipated event of the track & field portion of the Olympics: The 100m. Lyles needed some late speed to get it done, but he set a personal record the 100m and beat the silver medalist, Kishane Thompson, by .005 seconds.

Lyles is participating in more than just the 100m race in these Games. He will also participate in the 200m and the 4x100m relay. Here's a full schedule for when and where you can watch him in preliminary rounds, semifinals, and finals.

His 100m PR is fresh at these games. Will he be able to set a new PR for the 200m and/or secure a gold?

Here are his 10 best times in the 200m, per World Athletics:

Personal rank	Time (seconds)	Event	Date
1	19.31	World Athletics Championship	July 21, 2022
2	19.46	Herculis Meeting International	August 10, 2022
3	19.47	London Athletics Meet	July 23, 2023
4	19.50	Athletissima Lausanne	July 5, 2019
5	19.52	Prefontaine Classic	August 21, 2021
6	19.52	Weltklasse Zurich	September 8, 2022
7	19.52	World Athletics Championship	August 25, 2023
8	19.53	U.S. Olympic Team Trials	June 29, 2024
9	19.56	Athletissima Lausanne	August 26, 2022
10	19.61	New York Grand Prix	June 12, 2022

Here is how the event played out in Tokyo:

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	Andre De Grasse	19.62
Silver	Kenneth Bednarek	19.68
Bronze	Noah Lyles	19.74

Lyles will be motivated by his U.S. teammate, Kenny Bednarek, who gave him a run for his money at team trials. Bednarek finished seventh in the tightly contested 100m on Sunday.

"Kenny definitely put up a fast time at trials, and that definitely woke me up. And I was very proud of him, and you know he's definitely not going to take how he did here in the 100 lying down, he's going to say 'I'm going after it in the 200.'"

After a bit more diplomacy, Lyles put it simply: "I'll be winning."

Bednarek's best time in the 200m was placed at team trials in late June (19.59).