2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 200 metres explained

The Boys' 200 metres at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Brixen-Bressanone Sport Arena on 10, 11, and 12 July.^[1] The event was won by Kirani James of Grenada, who also won the 400 metres.^[2]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Kirani James	Alberto Gavaldá	Keenan Brock

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best		20.13	Bridgetown, Barbados	20 July 2003
Championship Record		20.40	Sherbrooke, Canada	13 July 2003
World Youth Leading		20.94	Altamonte Springs, USA	20 June 2009

No new records were set during the competition.

Heats

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.

Semifinals

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			21.36	Q, PB
2	1			21.43	Q, PB
3	4			21.50	q, PB
4	6			21.52	q
5	8			21.69
6	2			21.93
7	7			22.01
8	5			22.13

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Wind: 0.6 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			21.22	Q
2	3			21.76	Q
3	2			21.76
4	6			21.78
5	8			21.79
6	1			22.08
7	4			22.41
8	7			22.45

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Wind: 0.9 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			21.23	Q
2	3			21.43	Q, SB
3	4			21.56
4	1			21.57
5	7			21.91	PB
6	6			21.99
7	2			22.01	PB
8	8			22.11

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Wind: 1.4 m/s

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			21.05	PB
	7			21.33	SB
	4			21.39
	5			21.61
	6			21.70
	8			21.78
	1			22.00
	2			22.04

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Wind: −0.9 m/s

References

• World Youth Championships 2009

Notes and References

1. http://www.iaaf.org/wyc09/results/eventCode=4141/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=200/combCode=hash/timetable.html iaaf.org - International Association of Athletics Federations
2. http://www.iaaf.org/WYC09/news/newsid=52004.html Williams and James achieve unprecedented doubles as Kenya steals the show in middle distance