The men's 200 metres event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on 21 and 22 August.Results at Tilastopaja

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeClancy EdwardsSilvio LeonardWilliam Snoddy

Results Heats Held on 21 August

Wind:Heat 1: +1.8 m/s, Heat 5: +1.2 m/s, Heat 6: +0.2 m/s, Heat 7: +0.8 m/s Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 1 William Snoddy 20.75 Q 2 5 Silvio Leonard 20.76 Q 3 8 Peter Muster 20.98 Q 4 5 Urs Gisler 21.00 QYear list 5 6 Osvaldo Lara 21.06 Q 6 6 Pietro Farina 21.07 Q 7 1 Roland Bombardella 21.09 Q 8 8 Reno Roelandt 21.12 Q 9 6 Vilmundur Vilhjálmsson 21.23 q 10 4 Yasuhiro Harada 21.32 Q 11 2 Petar Petrov 21.33 Q 12 1 Thomas Schultheiss 21.35 q 12 6 Andrzej Świerczyński 21.35 q 14 5 Kazimierz Grubecki 21.36 q 15 5 Alan Bell 21.36 q 16 6 Didier Brel 21.47 qFrench results 17 8 Stefano Curini 21.51 q 18 2 Brahim Badi 21.53 Q 19 4 Jeffrey Matahelemual 21.64 Q 20 3 Peter Matejka 21.66 Q 21 2 Endre Lépold 21.74 q 22 8 Miguel Ángel Arnau 21.78 23 3 Jesús Cabrera 21.80 24 8 Maki Fadl Turki El Moula 21.88 25 4 Henri Hermans 21.89 26 2 Alex Fortelny 21.93 27 3 Mirolyub Petkov 21.99 28 1 Güner Güngör 22.05 29 7 Bernward Plenker 22.10 Q 30 7 Eric Bigon 22.11 Q 31 1 Omar Youssif Najib 22.14 32 2 Nabil Nahri 22.48 33 8 Selim Ergun 22.73 34 3 Ch. Arqbet 23.28 35 5 Mohamed Khlill 24.74

Semifinals Held on 22 August

Wind:Heat 1: -2.2 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Silvio Leonard 20.94 Q 2 3 Clancy Edwards 20.95 Q 3 2 Roland Bombardella 21.23 Q 4 2 Urs Gisler 21.26 q 4 3 Reno Roelandt 21.26 Q 4 3 Peter Muster 21.26 q 7 1 William Snoddy 21.40 Q 8 2 Andrzej Świerczyński 21.45 9 1 Petar Petrov 21.50 Q 10 1 Osvaldo Lara 21.59 11 3 Vilmundur Vilhjálmsson 21.60 12 2 Yasuhiro Harada 21.66 13 2 Stefano Curini 21.68 14 1 Pietro Farina 21.71 15 3 Kazimierz Grubecki 21.72 16 2 Bernward Plenker 21.78 16 3 Peter Matejka 21.78 18 3 Alan Bell 21.93 19 1 Thomas Schultheiss 21.97 20 1 Jeffrey Matahelemual 22.00 21 1 Éric Bigon 22.03 22 1 Brahim Badi 22.12 23 3 Endre Lépold 22.23 24 2 Didier Brel 22.47

Final Held on 22 August

Wind: -1.8 m/s Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Clancy Edwards 20.46 Silvio Leonard 20.64 William Snoddy 21.17 4 Roland Bombardella 21.20 5 Reno Roelandt 21.25 6 Peter Muster 21.41 7 Petar Petrov 21.41 8 Urs Gisler 21.44

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