# 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23 and 24 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Francis Obikwelu Nigeria |
| Silver | Riaan Dempers South Africa |
| Bronze | Bryan Harrison United States |

## Results
### Final

24 August Wind: -1.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Francis Obikwelu | Nigeria | 20.47 |
| | Riaan Dempers | South Africa | 20.96 |
| | Bryan Harrison | United States | 21.10 |
| 4 | Sunday Emmanuel | Nigeria | 21.11 |
| 5 | Ruddy Zami | France | 21.11 |
| 6 | Paul Pearce | Australia | 21.12 |
| 7 | Aldo Tonazzi | Switzerland | 21.22 |
| 8 | Roy Bailey | Jamaica | 21.24 |

### Semifinals

24 August

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: -2.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bryan Harrison | United States | 21.13 | Q |
| 2 | Ruddy Zami | France | 21.21 | Q |
| 3 | Roy Bailey | Jamaica | 21.25 | Q |
| 4 | Sunday Emmanuel | Nigeria | 21.27 | Q |
| 5 | David Baxter | Australia | 21.32 | |
| 6 | Marcus La Grange | South Africa | 21.51 | |
| 7 | Alessandro Attene | Italy | 21.53 | |
| 8 | Uvie Ugono | United Kingdom | 21.70 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Francis Obikwelu | Nigeria | 20.95 | Q |
| 2 | Riaan Dempers | South Africa | 21.25 | Q |
| 3 | Paul Pearce | Australia | 21.38 | Q |
| 4 | Aldo Tonazzi | Switzerland | 21.40 | Q |
| 5 | Christian Malcolm | United Kingdom | 21.52 | |
| 6 | Didier Héry | France | 21.56 | |
| 7 | Paulo Poersch | Brazil | 21.60 | |
| 8 | Dean Wise | New Zealand | 21.75 | |

### Quarterfinals

23 August

#### Quarterfinal 1

Wind: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Didier Héry | France | 21.18 | Q |
| 2 | Roy Bailey | Jamaica | 21.22 | Q |
| 3 | Paul Pearce | Australia | 21.27 | Q |
| 4 | Uvie Ugono | United Kingdom | 21.42 | Q |
| 5 | Charles Allen | Canada | 21.52 | |
| 6 | Christie van Wyk | Namibia | 21.54 | |
| 7 | Daniel Zimmer | Germany | 21.81 | |
| 8 | Grabiel González | Cuba | 21.89 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

Wind: -1.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ruddy Zami | France | 21.03 | Q |
| 2 | Sunday Emmanuel | Nigeria | 21.09 | Q |
| 3 | Marcus La Grange | South Africa | 21.32 | Q |
| 4 | Christian Malcolm | United Kingdom | 21.33 | Q |
| 5 | Hiroki Takahashi | Japan | 21.68 | |
| 6 | Valentin Borsuk | Belarus | 21.76 | |
| 7 | Misael Ortíz | Cuba | 21.91 | |
| | William To Wai Lok | Hong Kong | DNS | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

Wind: -1.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bryan Harrison | United States | 21.18 | Q |
| 2 | Paulo Poersch | Brazil | 21.25 | Q |
| 3 | Aldo Tonazzi | Switzerland | 21.31 | Q |
| 4 | David Baxter | Australia | 21.48 | Q |
| 5 | Michele Paggi | Italy | 21.64 | |
| 6 | Konstadínos Voyiatzákis | Greece | 21.73 | |
| 7 | Dominic Demeritte | Bahamas | 21.79 | |
| 8 | David Wilson | Guam | 21.83 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

Wind: -1.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Francis Obikwelu | Nigeria | 20.83 | Q |
| 2 | Riaan Dempers | South Africa | 21.12 | Q |
| 3 | Alessandro Attene | Italy | 21.28 | Q |
| 4 | Dean Wise | New Zealand | 21.49 | Q |
| 5 | Vince Williams | United States | 21.50 | |
| 6 | Masayuki Okusako | Japan | 21.61 | |
| 7 | Malik Louahla | Algeria | 22.06 | |
| 8 | Raman Ganeshwaran | Malaysia | 22.14 | |

### Heats

23 August

#### Heat 1

Wind: -2.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Riaan Dempers | South Africa | 21.36 | Q |
| 2 | Ruddy Zami | France | 21.53 | Q |
| 3 | Christian Malcolm | United Kingdom | 21.83 | Q |
| 4 | Daniel Zimmer | Germany | 21.94 | Q |
| 5 | Thobias Akwenye | Namibia | 22.09 | |
| 6 | Joseph Colville | Costa Rica | 22.43 | |
| 7 | Adam Afrah | Maldives | 24.58 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: -0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aldo Tonazzi | Switzerland | 21.54 | Q |
| 2 | Paulo Poersch | Brazil | 21.57 | Q |
| 3 | Paul Pearce | Australia | 21.70 | Q |
| 4 | Valentin Borsuk | Belarus | 21.83 | Q |
| 5 | Grabiel González | Cuba | 22.02 | q |
| 6 | Corey Chase | New Zealand | 22.08 | |
| 7 | Evággelos Asaryiotákis | Greece | 22.80 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: +0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Francis Obikwelu | Nigeria | 21.33 | Q |
| 2 | Alessandro Attene | Italy | 21.64 | Q |
| 3 | Christie van Wyk | Namibia | 21.70 | Q |
| 4 | Dean Wise | New Zealand | 21.75 | Q |
| 5 | Konstadínos Voyiatzákis | Greece | 22.00 | q |

#### Heat 4

Wind: -0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sunday Emmanuel | Nigeria | 21.25 | Q |
| 2 | Didier Héry | France | 21.38 | Q |
| 3 | Bryan Harrison | United States | 21.44 | Q |
| 4 | Dominic Demeritte | Bahamas | 21.80 | Q |
| 5 | Malik Louahla | Algeria | 21.99 | q |
| 6 | William To Wai Lok | Hong Kong | 22.05 | q |
| 7 | Ali Al-Neyadi | United Arab Emirates | 22.80 | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | David Baxter | Australia | 21.32 | Q |
| 2 | Marcus La Grange | South Africa | 21.34 | Q |
| 3 | Masayuki Okusako | Japan | 21.41 | Q |
| 4 | Michele Paggi | Italy | 21.49 | Q |
| 5 | David Wilson | Guam | 21.78 | q |
| 6 | Raman Ganeshwaran | Malaysia | 21.91 | q |
| 7 | Maqsood Ahmed | Pakistan | 22.70 | |

#### Heat 6

Wind: -1.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Roy Bailey | Jamaica | 21.19 | Q |
| 2 | Charles Allen | Canada | 21.43 | Q |
| 3 | Misael Ortíz | Cuba | 21.44 | Q |
| 4 | Vince Williams | United States | 21.52 | Q |
| 5 | Uvie Ugono | United Kingdom | 21.64 | q |
| 6 | Hiroki Takahashi | Japan | 21.75 | q |
| 7 | Frantz Valbona | Haiti | 22.51 | |
| | Jeffrey Bai | Papua New Guinea | DQ | (163.3) |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 41 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.
* Algeria (1)
* Australia (2)
* Bahamas (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (1)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Cuba (2)
* France (2)
* Germany (1)
* Greece (2)
* Guam (1)
* Haiti (1)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Italy (2)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (2)
* Malaysia (1)
* Maldives (1)
* Namibia (2)
* New Zealand (2)
* Nigeria (2)
* Pakistan (1)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* South Africa (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)