2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 200 metres

Events at the 2016 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 200 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 21 and 22 July.

Medalists[]

Gold	Michael Norman Jr.  United States
Silver	Tlotliso Leotlela  South Africa
Bronze	Nigel Ellis  Jamaica

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.93	Devonshire, Bermuda	11 April 2004
Championship Record	Andrew Howe (ITA)	20.28	Grosseto, Italy	16 July 2004
World Junior Leading	Noah Lyles (USA)	20.09	Eugene, United States	9 July 2016

Results[]

Heats[]

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: +1.6 m/s, Heat 4: -1.2 m/s, Heat 5: +1.3 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	4	Clarence Munyai	South Africa	20.40	Q
2	3	Tlotliso Leotlela	South Africa	20.63	Q
3	3		Germany	20.73	Q, PB
4	5	Michael Norman Jr.	United States	20.74	Q
5	4		Great Britain	20.78	Q, PB
6	2		Great Britain	20.84	Q, PB
7	3	Akanni Hislop	Trinidad and Tobago	20.87	Q, PB
8	2	Nigel Ellis	Jamaica	20.87	Q
9	4	Jun Yamashita	Japan	20.89	Q, PB
10	4		Norway	21.00	Q, PB
11	1		Kazakhstan	21.02	Q
12	1	Yang Chun-han	Chinese Taipei	21.11	Q
13	4		Sweden	21.19	q, PB
14	1		United States	21.19	Q
15	2	Emmanuel Arowolo	Nigeria	21.20	Q
16	5		Antigua and Barbuda	21.31	Q
17	5		New Zealand	21.33	Q
18	2	Samson Colebrooke	Bahamas	21.35	Q
19	2		South Korea	21.35	q
20	4	Trae Williams	Australia	21.40	q
21	1		Japan	21.41	Q
22	5		Brazil	21.46	Q
23	1		Kenya	21.47	q
24	2	Moussa Ali Issa	Bahrain	21.53
25	3		Botswana	21.64	Q
26	5		Hungary	21.78
27	1		South Korea	21.84
28	3		Puerto Rico	21.93
29	4		Barbados	22.00
30	2		Vanuatu	22.06	NU20R
31	1		Lebanon	22.39
32	1	Jessy Franco	Gibraltar	22.44
33	3		Equatorial Guinea	24.70	PB
	5		France	DNF
	3		Jamaica	DQ	R163.3(a)[2]
	2	Arturo Deliser	Panama	DNS
	3		Tunisia	DNS
	5	Mario Burke	Barbados	DNS

Semifinals[]

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.^[3]

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.5 m/s, Heat 2: +1.1 m/s, Heat 3: +2.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	Clarence Munyai	South Africa	20.54	Q
2	3	Tlotliso Leotlela	South Africa	20.58	Q
3	1		Germany	20.64	Q, PB
4	1	Jun Yamashita	Japan	20.67	q, PB
5	2	Michael Norman Jr.	United States	20.71	Q[4]
5	1		Great Britain	20.71	q[5]
7	3	Nigel Ellis	Jamaica	20.78	Q
8	2	Yang Chun-han	Chinese Taipei	20.90	Q
9	2		Great Britain	20.91
10	1		United States	20.97
11	3		Kazakhstan	21.08
12	3	Emmanuel Arowolo	Nigeria	21.16
13	2		Norway	21.19
14	2		Antigua and Barbuda	21.24	PB
15	1		Brazil	21.25
16	3	Samson Colebrooke	Bahamas	21.30	PB
17	3		Japan	21.40
18	1		Botswana	21.40
19	1		Kenya	21.48
20	2		New Zealand	21.49
21	3	Trae Williams	Australia	21.49
22	2		South Korea	21.50
23	2		Sweden	21.70
	3	Akanni Hislop	Trinidad and Tobago	DNF

Final[]

Wind: +1.2 m/s^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	6	Michael Norman Jr.	United States	20.17	CR
	5	Tlotliso Leotlela	South Africa	20.59
	8	Nigel Ellis	Jamaica	20.63
4	4	Clarence Munyai	South Africa	20.77
5	9	Yang Chun-han	Chinese Taipei	20.81
6	7		Germany	20.81
7	3		Great Britain	20.82
8	2	Jun Yamashita	Japan	20.94

References[]