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

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
Silver	Nickel Ashmeade
Bronze	Robert Hering

Results

Final

11 July
Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		20.83
	align=left		align=left		20.84
	align=left		align=left		20.96
4	align=left		align=left		20.98
5	align=left		align=left		21.00
6	align=left		align=left		21.01
7	align=left		align=left		21.10
	align=left		align=left		DQ	IAAF rule 32.2

Semifinals

10 July

Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		20.83	Q
2	align=left		align=left		20.90	Q
3	align=left		align=left		20.90	q
4	align=left		align=left		21.02	q
5	align=left		align=left		21.32
6	align=left		align=left		21.45
7	align=left		align=left		21.67
8	align=left		align=left		21.89

Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		20.74	Q
2	align=left		align=left		20.88	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.32
4	align=left		align=left		21.46
5	align=left		align=left		21.53
6	align=left		align=left		21.60
7	align=left		align=left		21.83
	align=left		align=left		DNS

Semifinal 3

Wind: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.06	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.23
3	align=left		align=left		21.39
4	align=left		align=left		21.45
5	align=left		align=left		21.55
6	align=left		align=left		21.56
7	align=left		align=left		21.60
	align=left		align=left		bgcolor=pink	DQ	IAAF rule 32.2 Q

Heats

10 July

Heat 1

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.27	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.57	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.74
4	align=left		align=left		21.81
5	align=left		align=left		22.55
	align=left		align=left		DQ	IAAF rule 163.3

Heat 2

Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.18	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.27	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.55	q
4	align=left		align=left		21.85
5	align=left		align=left		22.13
6	align=left		align=left		22.38
7	align=left		align=left		23.10

Heat 3

Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		20.91	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.42	q
3	align=left		align=left		21.66
4	align=left		align=left		21.81
5	align=left		align=left		21.86
6	align=left		align=left		22.01
7	align=left		align=left		22.10
	align=left		align=left		bgcolor=pink	DQ	IAAF rule 32.2 Q

Heat 4

Wind: -1.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.69	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.71	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.74
4	align=left		align=left		21.79
5	align=left		align=left		21.93
6	align=left		align=left		21.99
7	align=left		align=left		22.11
8	align=left		align=left		24.01

Heat 5

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		20.86	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.32	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.38	q
4	align=left		align=left		21.50	q
5	align=left		align=left		21.76
6	align=left		align=left		21.83
7	align=left		align=left		22.04

Heat 6

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.34	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.43	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.56	q
4	align=left		align=left		21.64
5	align=left		align=left		22.01
6	align=left		align=left		22.37
7	align=left		align=left		22.65

Heat 7

Wind: -1.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.21	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.70	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.80
4	align=left		align=left		21.81
5	align=left		align=left		21.93
6	align=left		align=left		22.06
7	align=left		align=left		22.64
8	align=left		align=left		23.16

Heat 8

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.08	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.33	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.50	q
4	align=left		align=left		21.56	q
5	align=left		align=left		21.60	q
6	align=left		align=left		21.71
7	align=left		align=left		22.12

Participation

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