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 Christophe Lemaître 20.83 Nickel Ashmeade 20.84 Robert Hering 20.96 4 Curtis Mitchell 20.98 5 Ramil Guliyev 21.00 6 Antonio Sales 21.01 7 Omar Al-Salfa 21.10 Adel Jaber Al-Asseri DQ IAAF rule 32.2

Semifinals 10 July

Semifinal 1 Wind: -0.9 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nickel Ashmeade 20.83 Q 2 Ramil Guliyev 20.90 Q 3 Antonio Sales 20.90 q 4 Omar Al-Salfa 21.02 q 5 Alexander Nordkvist 21.32 6 Masanori Kaji 21.45 7 Davide Manenti 21.67 8 Liang Tse-Ching 21.89

Semifinal 2 Wind: -0.3 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Curtis Mitchell 20.74 Q 2 Christophe Lemaître 20.88 Q 3 David Lescay 21.32 4 Lukáš Štastný 21.46 5 Javier Sanz 21.53 6 Shehan Abeypitiyage 21.60 7 Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas 21.83 Chris Clarke DNS

Semifinal 3 Wind: -0.1 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Robert Hering 21.06 Q 2 Diego Marani 21.23 3 Seiya Hane 21.39 4 Jovon Toppin 21.45 5 Pan Po-Yu 21.55 6 Richard Kilty 21.56 7 Ramone McKenzie 21.60 Adel Jaber Al-Asseri DQ IAAF rule 32.2 Q

Heats 10 July

Heat 1 Wind: +0.4 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Antonio Sales 21.27 Q 2 Shehan Abeypitiyage 21.57 Q 3 Suppachai Chimdee 21.74 4 Kemar Hyman 21.81 5 Endrik Zilberstein 22.55 Tirafal Batsholelwang DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Heat 2 Wind: -0.7 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Diego Marani 21.18 Q 2 Richard Kilty 21.27 Q 3 Ramone McKenzie 21.55 q 4 Alvaro Cassiani 21.85 5 Roman Turcáni 22.13 6 Pedro Suazo 22.38 7 Owen Camilleri 23.10

Heat 3 Wind: +0.9 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Christophe Lemaître 20.91 Q 2 Seiya Hane 21.42 q 3 Roy Schmidt 21.66 4 Ahmed Al-Merjabi 21.81 5 Michal Partyka 21.86 6 Curtis Kock 22.01 7 Tre Houston 22.10 Adel Jaber Al-Asseri DQ IAAF rule 32.2 Q

Heat 4 Wind: -1.1 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Javier Sanz 21.69 Q 2 Pan Po-Yu 21.71 Q 3 Frédéric Mignot 21.74 4 Filip Totos 21.79 5 Patrick Vosloo 21.93 6 Philip Berntsen 21.99 7 Zwade Edwards 22.11 8 Douglas Schmidt 24.01

Heat 5 Wind: -0.3 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Nickel Ashmeade 20.86 Q 2 David Lescay 21.32 Q 3 Alexander Nordkvist 21.38 q 4 Lukáš Štastný 21.50 q 5 Bernhard Chudarek 21.76 6 Mindaugas Baliukonis 21.83 7 Emmanuel Appiah Kubi 22.04

Heat 6 Wind: -0.2 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Masanori Kaji 21.34 Q 2 Omar Al-Salfa 21.43 Q 3 Jovon Toppin 21.56 q 4 Michael Robertson 21.64 5 Su Wai'bou Sanneh 22.01 6 Matic Molicnik 22.37 7 Thapelo Ketlogetswe 22.65

Heat 7 Wind: -1.8 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Curtis Mitchell 21.21 Q 2 Chris Clarke 21.70 Q 3 Femi Owolade 21.80 4 Shekeim Greaves 21.81 5 Martin Ricar 21.93 6 Maximus Fröjd 22.06 7 Tantawat Tongalam 22.64 8 René Heriniaina 23.16

Heat 8 Wind: +0.4 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Robert Hering 21.08 Q 2 Ramil Guliyev 21.33 Q 3 Davide Manenti 21.50 q 4 Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas 21.56 q 5 Liang Tse-Ching 21.60 q 6 Izzet Safer 21.71 7 Innocent Bologo 22.12

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

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