2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 11 July.

Medalists

Gold	Christophe Lemaître France
Silver	Nickel Ashmeade Jamaica
Bronze	Robert Hering Germany

Results

Final

11 July
Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Christophe Lemaître	France	20.83
	Nickel Ashmeade	Jamaica	20.84
	Robert Hering	Germany	20.96
4	Curtis Mitchell	United States	20.98
5	Ramil Guliyev	Azerbaijan	21.00
6	Antonio Sales	United States	21.01
7	Omar Al-Salfa	United Arab Emirates	21.10
	Adel Jaber Al-Asseri	Saudi Arabia	DQ	IAAF rule 32.2

Semifinals

10 July

Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nickel Ashmeade	Jamaica	20.83	Q
2	Ramil Guliyev	Azerbaijan	20.90	Q
3	Antonio Sales	United States	20.90	q
4	Omar Al-Salfa	United Arab Emirates	21.02	q
5	Alexander Nordkvist	Sweden	21.32
6	Masanori Kaji	Japan	21.45
7	Davide Manenti	Italy	21.67
8	Liang Tse-Ching	Chinese Taipei	21.89

Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Curtis Mitchell	United States	20.74	Q
2	Christophe Lemaître	France	20.88	Q
3	David Lescay	Cuba	21.32
4	Lukáš Štastný	Czech Republic	21.46
5	Javier Sanz	Spain	21.53
6	Shehan Abeypitiyage	Sri Lanka	21.60
7	Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas	Greece	21.83
	Chris Clarke	United Kingdom	DNS

Semifinal 3

Wind: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Robert Hering	Germany	21.06	Q
2	Diego Marani	Italy	21.23
3	Seiya Hane	Japan	21.39
4	Jovon Toppin	Trinidad and Tobago	21.45
5	Pan Po-Yu	Chinese Taipei	21.55
6	Richard Kilty	United Kingdom	21.56
7	Ramone McKenzie	Jamaica	21.60
	Adel Jaber Al-Asseri	Saudi Arabia	DQ	IAAF rule 32.2 Q

Heats

10 July

Heat 1

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Antonio Sales	United States	21.27	Q
2	Shehan Abeypitiyage	Sri Lanka	21.57	Q
3	Suppachai Chimdee	Thailand	21.74
4	Kemar Hyman	Cayman Islands	21.81
5	Endrik Zilberstein	Georgia	22.55
	Tirafal Batsholelwang	Botswana	DQ	IAAF rule 163.3

Heat 2

Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Diego Marani	Italy	21.18	Q
2	Richard Kilty	United Kingdom	21.27	Q
3	Ramone McKenzie	Jamaica	21.55	q
4	Alvaro Cassiani	Venezuela	21.85
5	Roman Turcáni	Slovakia	22.13
6	Pedro Suazo	Honduras	22.38
7	Owen Camilleri	Malta	23.10

Heat 3

Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Christophe Lemaître	France	20.91	Q
2	Seiya Hane	Japan	21.42	q
3	Roy Schmidt	Germany	21.66
4	Ahmed Al-Merjabi	Oman	21.81
5	Michal Partyka	Poland	21.86
6	Curtis Kock	Netherlands Antilles	22.01
7	Tre Houston	Bermuda	22.10
	Adel Jaber Al-Asseri	Saudi Arabia	DQ	IAAF rule 32.2 Q

Heat 4

Wind: -1.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Javier Sanz	Spain	21.69	Q
2	Pan Po-Yu	Chinese Taipei	21.71	Q
3	Frédéric Mignot	France	21.74
4	Filip Totos	Poland	21.79
5	Patrick Vosloo	South Africa	21.93
6	Philip Berntsen	Norway	21.99
7	Zwade Edwards	Trinidad and Tobago	22.11
8	Douglas Schmidt	Palau	24.01

Heat 5

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nickel Ashmeade	Jamaica	20.86	Q
2	David Lescay	Cuba	21.32	Q
3	Alexander Nordkvist	Sweden	21.38	q
4	Lukáš Štastný	Czech Republic	21.50	q
5	Bernhard Chudarek	Austria	21.76
6	Mindaugas Baliukonis	Lithuania	21.83
7	Emmanuel Appiah Kubi	Ghana	22.04

Heat 6

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Masanori Kaji	Japan	21.34	Q
2	Omar Al-Salfa	United Arab Emirates	21.43	Q
3	Jovon Toppin	Trinidad and Tobago	21.56	q
4	Michael Robertson	Canada	21.64
5	Su Wai'bou Sanneh	Gambia	22.01
6	Matic Molicnik	Slovenia	22.37
7	Thapelo Ketlogetswe	Botswana	22.65

Heat 7

Wind: -1.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Curtis Mitchell	United States	21.21	Q
2	Chris Clarke	United Kingdom	21.70	Q
3	Femi Owolade	Nigeria	21.80
4	Shekeim Greaves	Barbados	21.81
5	Martin Ricar	Czech Republic	21.93
6	Maximus Fröjd	Sweden	22.06
7	Tantawat Tongalam	Thailand	22.64
8	René Heriniaina	Madagascar	23.16

Heat 8

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Robert Hering	Germany	21.08	Q
2	Ramil Guliyev	Azerbaijan	21.33	Q
3	Davide Manenti	Italy	21.50	q
4	Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas	Greece	21.56	q
5	Liang Tse-Ching	Chinese Taipei	21.60	q
6	Izzet Safer	Turkey	21.71
7	Innocent Bologo	Burkina Faso	22.12

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 58 athletes from 44 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (1)
• Azerbaijan (1)
• Barbados (1)
• Bermuda (1)
• Botswana (2)
• Burkina Faso (1)
• Canada (1)
• Cayman Islands (1)
• Chinese Taipei (2)
• Cuba (1)
• Czech Republic (2)
• France (2)
• Gambia (1)
• Georgia (1)
• Germany (2)
• Ghana (1)
• Greece (1)
• Honduras (1)
• Italy (2)
• Jamaica (2)
• Japan (2)
• Lithuania (1)
• Madagascar (1)
• Malta (1)
• Netherlands Antilles (1)
• Nigeria (1)
• Norway (1)
• Oman (1)
• Palau (1)
• Poland (2)
• Saudi Arabia (1)
• Slovakia (1)
• Slovenia (1)
• South Africa (1)
• Spain (1)
• Sri Lanka (1)
• Sweden (2)
• Thailand (2)
• Trinidad and Tobago (2)
• Turkey (1)
• United Arab Emirates (1)
• United Kingdom (2)
• United States (2)
• Venezuela (1)