# 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 9 and 10 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Nikolay Antonov Bulgaria | Linford Christie Great Britain | Ade Mafe United Kingdom |

## Results
### Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Nikolay Antonov | Bulgaria | 20.99 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Thomas Jefferson | United States | 21.13 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Patrick Stevens | Belgium | 21.15 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 2 | Andrey Fedoriv | Soviet Union | 21.20 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Miguel Ángel Gómez | Spain | 21.20 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Ade Mafe | Great Britain | 21.27 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | Paolo Catalano | Italy | 21.32 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Linford Christie | Great Britain | 21.35 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Daron Council | United States | 21.37 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Jeroen Fischer | Belgium | 21.37 | q |
| 11 | 4 | Daniel Cojocaru | Romania | 21.42 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | Luis Rodríguez | Spain | 21.43 | q |
| 13 | 6 | Éric Perrot | France | 21.48 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Troy Douglas | Bermuda | 21.54 | q, NR |
| 15 | 4 | Jiří Valík | Czechoslovakia | 21.69 | q |
| 16 | 3 | Sandro Floris | Italy | 21.74 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | Dazel Jules | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.75 | q |
| 18 | 6 | Abdullahi Tetengi | Nigeria | 21.76 | |
| 19 | 3 | Franz Ratzenberger | Austria | 21.84 | Q |
| 20 | 4 | Benyounés Lahlou | Morocco | 22.08 | |
| 21 | 1 | Christian Boda | Mauritius | 22.14 | NR |
| 22 | 6 | Christopher Nibilo | Tanzania | 22.35 | NR |
| 23 | 3 | Trevor Davis | Anguilla | 22.44 | |
| 24 | 4 | Joseph Gikonyo | Kenya | 22.58 | |
| 25 | 3 | Clinton Bufuku | Zambia | 22.66 | NR |
| 26 | 2 | Dudley den Dulk | Netherlands Antilles | 22.99 | NR |
| 27 | 5 | Carlos García | Dominican Republic | 23.63 | |
| | 6 | Rodney Cox | Turks and Caicos Islands | DQ | |
| | 6 | Neil de Silva | Trinidad and Tobago | DQ | |
| | 1 | Abdelali Kasbane | Morocco | DNS | |
| | 2 | Eric Akogyiram | Ghana | DNS | |
| | 3 | Emmanuel Tuffour | Ghana | DNS | |
| | 5 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | DNS | |
| | 5 | Andreas Berger | Austria | DNS | |

### Semifinals

First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Nikolay Antonov | Bulgaria | 20.83 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Ade Mafe | Great Britain | 20.95 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Miguel Ángel Gómez | Spain | 21.09 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 2 | Linford Christie | Great Britain | 21.12 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Sandro Floris | Italy | 21.17 | |
| 6 | 2 | Thomas Jefferson | United States | 21.19 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Andrey Fedoriv | Soviet Union | 21.19 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Patrick Stevens | Belgium | 21.33 | |
| 9 | 3 | Paolo Catalano | Italy | 21.36 | |
| 10 | 3 | Daniel Cojocaru | Romania | 21.41 | |
| 11 | 2 | Éric Perrot | France | 21.43 | |
| 12 | 1 | Franz Ratzenberger | Austria | 21.65 | |
| 13 | 2 | Luis Rodríguez | Spain | 21.67 | |
| 14 | 3 | Jeroen Fischer | Belgium | 21.73 | |
| 15 | 1 | Daron Council | United States | 21.74 | |
| 16 | 3 | Troy Douglas | Bermuda | 21.78 | |
| 17 | 1 | Dazel Jules | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.91 | |
| 18 | 2 | Jiří Valík | Czechoslovakia | 22.41 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Nikolay Antonov | Bulgaria | 20.67 | F1 |
| | 5 | Linford Christie | Great Britain | 20.72 | |
| | 3 | Ade Mafe | Great Britain | 20.92 | |
| 4 | 2 | Thomas Jefferson | United States | 21.11 | |
| 5 | 6 | Miguel Ángel Gómez | Spain | 21.29 | |
| 6 | 1 | Andrey Fedoriv | Soviet Union | 21.65 | F1 |