2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships
Venue	Kasarani Stadium
Dates	20 August (heats and semifinals) 21 August (final)
Competitors	36 from 27 nations
Winning time	20.21
Medalists
Udodi Onwuzurike    Nigeria   Letsile Tebogo    Botswana    [fr]    South Africa
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Events at the 2021 World U20 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	men	women
5000 m	men	women
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
	mixed
10000 m 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 at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Kasarani Stadium on 20 and 21 August.^[1]

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships
World U20 Record	Erriyon Knighton (USA)	19.88	Eugene, United States	26 June 2021
Championship Record	Michael Norman Jr. (USA)	20.17	Bydgoszcz, Poland	22 July 2016
World U20 Leading	Erriyon Knighton (USA)	19.84	Eugene, United States	27 June 2021

Results[]

Heats[]

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[2]

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: -0.4 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s, Heat 5: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	Udodi Onwuzurike	Nigeria	20.47	Q, PB
2	4	Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak	Denmark	20.53	Q
3	5	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	20.63	Q
4	1		South Africa	20.68	Q
5	2	Wendell Miller	Bahamas	20.72	Q
6	1		Saudi Arabia	20.83	Q, SB
7	2		South Africa	20.87	Q
8	3		Jamaica	20.90	Q
9	4		Czech Republic	20.92	Q
10	5		Grenada	20.94	Q
11	1		Cuba	20.95	Q, SB
12	4		Bahamas	20.99	Q, PB
13	5		Israel	21.00	Q
14	4		Poland	21.01	Q, PB
15	1		Iran	21.08	q, PB
16	2		Italy	21.13	Q, PB
17	4		Nigeria	21.14	q
18	1		Canada	21.14	q, PB
19	5		Argentina	21.15	Q, PB
20	3		Uganda	21.28	Q
21	4		Ecuador	21.31	q
22	2		Canada	21.32	Q
23	2		India	21.33
24	2		Trinidad and Tobago	21.42
25	3		Kenya	21.43	Q, PB
25	5		Poland	21.43
27	5		Greece	21.44
28	3		Argentina	21.50	Q
29	5		Puerto Rico	21.50
30	2		Brazil	21.52	SB
31	2		Jamaica	21.53
32	1		Greece	21.83
33	3		Egypt	22.30
34	1		Honduras	24.56	PB
	3		Zimbabwe	DNF
	3		Botswana	DQ	TR16.8
	4		Oman	DNS
	3		Italy

Semifinals[]

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

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.3 m/s, Heat 2: +2.3 m/s, Heat 3: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	Udodi Onwuzurike	Nigeria	20.13	Q, w
2	1	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	20.31	Q, PB
3	1		Uganda	20.37	Q, NU20R
4	2		South Africa	20.45	Q, w
5	2		Israel	20.49	q, w
6	1		Cuba	20.58	q, PB
7	3	Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak	Denmark	20.61	Q
8	2		Czech Republic	20.65	w
9	1	Wendell Miller	Bahamas	20.69
10	3		Poland	20.70	Q, PB
11	3		Jamaica	20.71
12	3		South Africa	20.71
13	1		Grenada	20.79	PB
14	1		Nigeria	20.87	PB
15	2		Bahamas	20.92	w
16	2		Argentina	20.97	w
17	1		Iran	21.02	PB
18	3		Italy	21.08	PB
19	2		Canada	21.10	w
20	1		Kenya	21.13	PB
21	2		Ecuador	21.25	w
22	3		Canada	21.33
23	3		Argentina	21.58
	3		Saudi Arabia	DNF

Final[]

The final was held on 21 August at 18:14.^[4]

Wind: +0.5 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	3	Udodi Onwuzurike	Nigeria	20.21	NU20R
	6	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana	20.38
	7	[fr]	South Africa	20.48	SB
4	4		Uganda	20.57
5	5	Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak	Denmark	20.58
6	1		Cuba	21.01
7	2		Israel	21.03
8	8		Poland	25.62

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