USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions
Men's 200 m
| 2011 | 19.95/2.4 | Walter Dix | Nike |
| 2010 | 19.77/2.9 | Wallace Spearmon | Saucony |
| 2009 | 19.73/3.3 | Shawn Crawford | Nike |
| 2008 | 19.86/1.7 | Walter Dix | Florida St. |
| 2007 | 19.62/-0.3 | Tyson Gay | adidas |
| 2006 | 19.90/0.3 | Wallace Spearmon | Nike |
| 2005 | 20.04/-0.9 | Justin Gatlin | Nike |
| 2004 | 19.99 | Shawn Crawford | Nike |
| 2003 | 20.15 | Darvis Patton | adidas |
| 2002 | 20.31 | Darvis Patton | adidas |
| 2001 | 20.54 | Shawn Crawford | Mizuno |
| 2000 | 19.85 | John Capel | adidas |
| 1999 | 19.93w | Maurice Greene | Nike |
| 1998 | 20.47 | Gentry Bradley | Nike |
| 1997 | 20.23 | Jon Drummond | Nike |
| 1996 | 19.66 | Michael Johnson | Nike |
| 1995 | 19.83w | Michael Johnson | Nike |
| 1994 | 20.77 | Ron Clark | Prime Time |
| 1993 | 19.97w | Michael Marsh | SMTC |
| 1992 | 19.79 | Michael Johnson | Nike Int |
| 1991 | 20.31 | Michael Johnson | Nike Int |
| 1990 | 19.90 | Michael Johnson | Clippers |
| 1989 | 20.09 | Floyd Heard | SMTC |
| 1988 | 20.50 | Larry Myricks | Goldwin |
| 1987 | 20.12 | Carl Lewis | SMTC |
| 1986 | 20.03w | Floyd Heard | Karamu |
| 1985 | 20.11 | Kirk Baptiste | Ath West |
| 1984 | 20.09w | Brady Crain | NYPC |
| 1983 | 19.75 | Carl Lewis | SMTC |
| 1982 | 20.47 | Calvin Smith | Ath Attic |
| 1981 | 20.36 | Jeff Phillips | Phil PC |
| 1980 | 20.08 | LaMonte King | SSTC |
| 1979 | 20.27 | Dwayne Evans | SPSM |
| 1978 | 20.25 | Clancy Edwards | Sn Calif |
| 1977 | 20.6 | Derald Harris | Los.Med. CC |
| 1976 | 20.89 | Millard Hampton | S Jose CC |
| 1975 | 20.12 | Don Quarrie | BH Strid/JAM |
| 1974 | 20.5 | Don Quarrie | BH Strid/JAM |
| 1973 | 20.4 (220 yd.) | Steve Williams | SDTC |
| 1972 | 20.7 | Chuck Smith | SC Striders |
| 1971 | 20.2w (220 yd.) | Don Quarrie | SC Strid/JAM |
| 1970 | 20.8 (220 yd.) | Ben Vaughn | US Army |
| 1969 | 20.2 (220 yd.) | John Carlos | San Jose St |
| 1968 | 20.3 | Tommie Smith | SCVYV |
| 1967 | 20.4 (220 yd.) | Tommie Smith | SCVYV |
| 1966 | 20.5w (220 yd.) | Jim Hines | Athens AC |
| 1965 | 20.6 (220 yd.) | Adolph Plummer | SC Str |
| 1964 | 20.6 | Henry Carr | Phoenix OC |
| 1963 | 20.4w (220 yd.) | Paul Drayton | Phila. PC |
| Henry Carr | Phoenix OC | ||
| 1962 | 20.5 (220 yd.) | Paul Drayton | Villanova |
| 1961 | 21.0w (220 yd.) | Paul Drayton | Villanova |
| 1960 | 20.8 | Ray Norton | SCVYV |
| 1959 | 20.8 | Ray Norton | SCVYV |
| 1958 | 20.9 (220 yd.) | Bobby Morrow | Ab. Chris |
| 1957 | 21.0 (214 2/3 yd.) | Ollan Cassell | E. Tenn. St |
| 1956 | 20.6 | Thane Baker | US Air Force |
| 1955 | 21.0 (220 yd.) | Rod Richard | US Army |
| 1954 | 21.1 (220 yd.) | Art Bragg | Morgan St |
| 1953 | 21.2 (220 yd.) | Andy Stanfield | Gr St Boys |
| 1952 | 21.1 | Andy Stanfield | Gr St Boys |
| 1951 | 20.8S | James Ford | Drake |
| 1950 | 21.1 | Robert Tyler | Morgan St |
| 1949 | 20.4wS | Andy Stanfield | Shore AC |
| 1948 | 21.0 | Lloyd LaBeach | Unat/PAN |
| 1947 | 21.0 | Barney Ewell | Shanahan CC |
| 1946 | 21.2S | Barney Ewell | Shanahan CC |
| 1945 | 21.9 | Elmore Harris | Shore AC |
| 1944 | 21.3 | Charles Parker | Unat-TX |
| 1943 | 20.2wS | Hal Davis | SFOC |
| 1942 | 20.9S | Hal Davis | SFOC |
| 1941 | 20.4S | Hal Davis | SFOC |
| 1940 | 20.4S | Hal Davis | SFOC |
| 1939 | 21.0 | Barney Ewell | Penn State |
| 1938 | 21.3 | Mack Robinson | Oregon |
| 1937 | 20.9 | Jack Weierhauser | SFOC |
| 1936 | 21.2 | Ralph Metcalfe | Marq Club |
| 1935 | 21.0w | Ralph Metcalfe | Marq Club |
| 1934 | 21.3 | Ralph Metcalfe | Marquette |
| 1933 | 21.1 | Ralph Metcalfe | Marquette |
| 1932 | 21.5 | Ralph Metcalfe | Marquette |
| 1931 | 21.0 (220 yd.) | Eddie Tolan | Unat-MI |
| 1930 | 21.3 (220 yd.) | George Simpson | Ohio St |
| 1929 | 21.9 (220 yd.) | Eddie Tolan | Michigan |
| 1928 | 21.4S | Charles Borah | LAAC |
| 1927 | 21.6 (220 yd.) | Charles Borah | Hollywood AC |
| 1926 | 21.4S (220 yd.) | Tom Sharkey | Miami, Ohio |
| 1925 | 20.8wS (220 yd.) | Jackson Scholz | NYAC |
| 1924 | 20.8S (220 yd.) | Charles Paddock | LAAC |
| 1923 | 22.3 (220 yd.) | Loren Murchison | Newark AC |
| 1922 | 22.1 (220 yd.) | Alfred Leconey | Meadow. Cl |
| 1921 | 21.8S (220 yd.) | Charles Paddock | LAAC |
| 1920 | 21.4S (220 yd.) | Charles Paddock | LAAC |
| 1919 | 21.8 (220 yd.) | Henry Williams | Spokane AC |
| 1918 | 22.4S (220 yd.) | Loren Murchison | US Navy |
| 1917 | 22.2S (220 yd.) | Andy Ward | Chicago AA |
| 1916 | 21.6S (220 yd.) | Andy Ward | Chicago AA |
| 1915 | 21.2w (220 yd.) | Robert Morse | Salem Cres.AC |
| 1914 | 22.2S (220 yd.) | Irving Howe | Irish AAC |
| 1913 | 22.8 (220 yd.) | Howard Drew | Mass. HS |
| 1912 | 21.8 (220 yd.) | Alvah Meyer | Irish AAC |
| 1911 | 21.8 (220 yd.) | John Nelson | Seattle AC |
| 1910 | 22.6 (220 yd.) | Gwin Henry | Unat-TX |
| 1909 | 22.4 (220 yd.) | Waring Dawbarn | NYAC |
| 1908 | 22.4 (220 yd.) | W.F. Keating | Irish AAC |
| 1907 | 22.2 (220 yd.) | Harold Huff | Chicago AA |
| 1906 | 22.4 (220 yd.) | Ralph Young | Irish AAC |
| 1905 | 22.2 (220 yd.) | Archie Hahn | Milwaukee AC |
| 1904 | 22.8S (220 yd.) | Wm. Hogensen | Chicago AA |
| 1903 | 23.2 (220 yd.) | Archie Hahn | Milwaukee AC |
| 1902 | 22.8 (220 yd.) | Pat Walsh | NYAC |
| 1901 | 22.0S (220 yd.) | Frank Sears | Cornell |
| 1900 | 22.6 (220 yd.) | Wm. Edwards | Knicker.AC |
| 1899 | 22.4 (220 yd.) | Maxie Long | NYAC |
| 1898 | 22.4 (220 yd.) | James Maybury | Chicago AA |
| 1897 | 21.4S (220 yd.) | Bernie Wefers | NYAC |
| 1896 | 23.0S (220 yd.) | Bernie Wefers | NYAC |
| 1895 | 21.8wS (220 yd.) | Bernie Wefers | NYAC |
| 1894 | 22.0 (220 yd.) | Tommy Lee | NYAC |
| 1893 | 22.2 (220 yd.) | Charles Stage | Chicago AA |
| 1892 | 21.8wS (220 yd.) | Harry Jewett | Detroit AC |
| 1891 | 22.8S (220 yd.) | Luther Cary | Manhattan AC |
| 1890 | 22 1/4 (220 yd.) | Fred Westing | Manhattan AC |
| 1889 | 23.6 (220 yd.) | John Owen | Detroit AC |
| 1888 | 22.2S (220 yd.) | Fred Westing | Manhattan AC |
| 1888 | 22.4S (220 yd.) | Fred Westing | Manhattan AC |
| 1887 | 23.2S (220 yd.) | Fred Westing | Manhattan AC |
| 1886 | 23.2S (220 yd.) | Malcolm Ford | Brooklyn AC |
| 1885 | 23.8S (220 yd.) | Malcolm Ford | NYAC |
| 1884 | 24.2 (220 yd.) | Lon Myers | Manhattan AC |
| 1883 | 22.8 (220 yd.) | Henry Brooks | Yale |
| 1882 | 22.6 (220 yd.) | Henry Brooks | Yale |
| 1881 | 23.5 (220 yd.) | Lon Myers | Manhattan AC |
| 1880 | 23.6 (220 yd.) | Lon Myers | Manhattan AC |
| 1879 | 23.6 (220 yd.) | Lon Myers | Manhattan AC |
| 1878 | 22 7/8 (220 yd.) | Wm. Willmer | Short Hills AC |
| 1877 | 24.0 (220 yd.) | Edward Merritt | NYAC |
| 1876- | Not held | ||
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