2024 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 200 metres
- 29 August 2024 (heats & semi-finals)
- 30 August 2024 (final)
 | Bayanda Walaza |  South Africa |
 | Gout Gout |  Australia |
 | Jake Odey-Jordan |  Great Britain |
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The men's 200 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA in Lima, Peru on 29 and 30 August 2024.
Records
U20 standing records prior to the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows:[1]
| Record | Athlete & Nationality | Mark | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World U20 Record |  Erriyon Knighton (USA) | 19.69 | Eugene, United States | 26 June 2022 |
| Championship Record |  Letsile Tebogo (BOT) | 19.96 | Cali, Colombia | 4 August 2022 |
 Blessing Afrifah (ISR) | 19.96 | Cali, Colombia | ||
| World U20 Leading | Nyckoles Harbor (USA) | 20.20 | Lexington, United States | 24 May 2024 |
Results
Heats
The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) qualified to the semi-finals.[1]
Heat 1
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Jesse Myers |  United States | 21.43 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Eduardo Longobardi |  Italy | 21.45 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Daniel González |  Spain | 21.64 | |
| 4 | 7 | Wesley da Silva |  Brazil | 21.69 | |
| 5 | 6 | Keo Davis |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21.73 | |
| 6 | 5 | Sophus Ramsgaard Jensen |  Denmark | 21.78 | |
| 7 | 8 | Mihai Militaru |  Romania | 24.54 | |
| Wind: -1.1 m/s | |||||
[2]
Heat 2
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Jackson Clarke |  Guyana | 21.37 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Kong Peng |  China | 21.49 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Jessus Bănicioiu | Romania | 21.72 | |
| 4 | 2 | Andrew Styles |  Bahamas | 21.72 | |
| 5 | 7 | Maximilian Achhammer |  Germany | 21.95 | |
| 6 | 3 | Aron Earl |  Peru | 22.12 | SB |
| – | 5 | Paulo Henrique Batista | Brazil | DNS | |
| – | 4 | William Batley |  Canada | DNS | |
| Wind: -1.0 m/s | |||||
[2]
Heat 3
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Jake Odey-Jordan | United Kingdom | 21.02 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Magnus Johannsson |  Hong Kong | 21.27 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Katsuki Sato |  Japan | 21.31 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Miloš Nisić |  Serbia | 21.87 | |
| 5 | 5 | Isaac Chandra | Canada | 21.89 | |
| 6 | 6 | Caledon Ruwende |  Zimbabwe | 22.01 | |
| – | 4 | Mubarak Bader Al-Qahtani |  Saudi Arabia | DNF | |
| Wind: -1.1 m/s | |||||
[2]
Heat 4
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Gout Gout | Australia | 20.77 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Malith Thamel |  Sri Lanka | 21.23 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Alejandro Cardenas |  Mexico | 21.32 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Bertie Cruywagen | South Africa | 21.64 | |
| 5 | 8 | Justin Rennert | Germany | 21.87 | |
| 6 | 3 | Magano Naseb |  Namibia | 22.14 | |
| 7 | 4 | Omar Chaaban |  Palestine | 23.00 | |
| – | 9 | Yip King Wai | Hong Kong | DQ | TR17.2.3 |
| Wind: -0.5 m/s | |||||
[2]
Heat 5
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Jaden Wiley | United States | 20.93 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Zachary Della Rocca | Australia | 21.03 | Q |
| 3 | 9 | Dejan Ottou |  France | 21.32 | q |
| 4 | 4 | Bejamin Aravena |  Chile | 21.44 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Matteo Miola | Italy | 21.65 | |
| 6 | 2 | David Nyamufarira | Zimbabwe | 21.78 | |
| 7 | 7 | Sanjay Weekes |  Montserrat | 21.95 | |
| 8 | 8 | Vladimir Bitolja |  North Macedonia | 22.51 | |
| Wind: -1.3 m/s | |||||
[2]
Heat 6
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Bayanda Walaza | South Africa | 21.16 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Carlos Brown Jr. | Bahamas | 21.31 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Hristo Iliev |  Bulgaria | 21.53 | q |
| 4 | 7 | Jónas Isaksen | Denmark | 21.63 | |
| 5 | 8 | Aidil Hajam |  Malaysia | 22.20 | |
| 6 | 2 | Junior Gallimore |  Jamaica | 22.46 | |
| 7 | 3 | Aistis Manton |  Lithuania | 22.71 | |
| Wind: -0.4 m/s | |||||
[2]
Heat 7
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Kei Wakana | Japan | 21.17 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Juho Venäläinen |  Finland | 21.23 (.226) | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Aragorn Straker |  Barbados | 21.23 (.228) | q |
| 4 | 3 | Sebastian Libura |  Poland | 21.63 | |
| 5 | 4 | Youchao Huang | China | 21.73 | |
| 6 | 7 | Devonric Mack | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22.01 | |
| 7 | 8 | Eduardo Loya | Mexico | 22.05 | |
| Wind: -0.1 m/s | |||||
[2]
Heat 8
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | William Trulsson |  Sweden | 20.99 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Marek Zakrzewski | Poland | 21.11 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Yaqoub Al Azemi |  Kuwait | 21.24 | q, PB |
| 4 | 6 | Romario Hines | Jamaica | 21.35 | q |
| 5 | 5 | Muhammad Amin Bin Rosla | Malaysia | 21.54 | |
| 6 | 7 | Indusara Rajamuni[a] | Sri Lanka | 21.56 | q |
| – | 2 | Tomás Mondino |  Argentina | DNS | |
| Wind: -0.6 m/s | |||||
[2]
- ^ Indusara Rajamuni did not originally qualify for the semi-finals however due to Marek Zakrzewski opting to take no further part in the competition Rajamuni was placed in to Heat 2 of the semi-finals.[3]
Semi-finals
The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified to the semi-final.[3]
Heat 1
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Gout Gout | Australia | 21.07 | Q |
| 2 | 9 | Magnus Johannsson | Hong Kong | 21.21 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Kei Wakana | Japan | 21.33 | |
| 4 | 4 | Yaqoub Al Azemi | Kuwait | 21.35 | |
| 5 | 2 | Dejan Ottou | France | 21.65 (.644) | |
| 6 | 3 | Hristo Iliev | Bulgaria | 21.65 (.644) | |
| 7 | 8 | Jackson Clarke | Guyana | 21.88 | |
| 8 | 5 | Malith Thamel | Sri Lanka | 21.93 | |
| Wind: -0.9 m/s | |||||
[4]
Heat 2
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | William Trulsson | Sweden | 21.30 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Jake Odey-Jordan | United Kingdom | 21.40 | Q |
| 3 | 9 | Eduardo Longobardi | Italy | 21.52 | |
| 4 | 3 | Romario Hines | Jamaica | 21.68 | |
| 5 | 2 | Alejandro Cardenas | Mexico | 21.69 | |
| 6 | 8 | Jesse Myers | United States | 21.80 | |
| 7 | 5 | Indusara Rajamuni | Sri Lanka | 21.93 | |
| – | 4 | Kong Peng | China | DQ | TR17.2.3 |
| Wind: -1.2 m/s | |||||
[4]
Heat 3
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Bayanda Walaza | South Africa | 21.00 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Jaden Wiley | United States | 21.04 | Q |
| 3 | 9 | Carlos Brown Jr. | Bahamas | 21.19 | q |
| 4 | 6 | Zachary Della Rocca | Australia | 21.23 | q |
| 5 | 4 | Aragorn Straker | Barbados | 21.30 | |
| 6 | 2 | Katsuki Sato | Japan | 21.47 | |
| 7 | 5 | Juho Venäläinen | Finland | 21.54 | |
| 8 | 3 | Bejamin Aravena | Chile | 21.55 | |
| Wind: +0.3 m/s | |||||
[4]
Final
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 7 | Bayanda Walaza | South Africa | 20.52 | |
 | 8 | Gout Gout | Australia | 20.60 | AU18B |
 | 5 | Jake Odey-Jordan | United Kingdom | 20.81 | |
| 4 | 6 | William Trulsson | Sweden | 20.91 | |
| 5 | 4 | Jaden Wiley | United States | 21.17 | |
| 6 | 3 | Zachary Della Rocca | Australia | 21.22 | |
| 7 | 9 | Magnus Johannsson | Hong Kong | 21.27 | |
| 8 | 2 | Carlos Brown Jr. | Bahamas | 21.51 | |
| Wind: -0.7 m/s | |||||
[5]
References
- ^ a b "200 Metres Men - Round 1 - Start list" (PDF). World Athletics. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "200 Metres Men - Round 1 results" (PDF). World Athletics. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ a b "200 Metres Men - Semi-Final - Start list" (PDF). World Athletics. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ a b c "200 Metres Men - Semi-Final results" (PDF). World Athletics. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "200 Metres Men - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
