# 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on 6 and 8 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kirk Baptiste United States | Bruno Marie-Rose France | Robson da Silva Brazil |

## Results
### Heats

The first 2 of each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Gilles Quénéhervé | France | 21.05 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Bruno Marie-Rose | France | 21.15 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Nikolay Razgonov | Soviet Union | 21.19 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | James Butler | United States | 21.27 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Cyprian Enweani | Canada | 21.32 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Kirk Baptiste | United States | 21.36 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | Donovan Reid | Great Britain | 21.40 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Attila Kovács | Hungary | 21.58 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Clive Wright | Jamaica | 21.61 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Robson da Silva | Brazil | 21.63 | Q |
| 11 | 6 | Erwin Skamrahl | West Germany | 21.64 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Vladimir Krylov | Soviet Union | 21.65 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Leandro Peñalver | Cuba | 21.77 | q |
| 14 | 2 | Dazel Jules | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.79 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Antonio Sánchez | Spain | 21.81 | q |
| 16 | 6 | Neville Hodge | United States Virgin Islands | 21.83 | q, NR |
| 17 | 3 | Harouna Palé | Burkina Faso | 21.95 | q, NR |
| 18 | 6 | Marco Mautinho | Peru | 22.17 | q, NR |
| 19 | 5 | Jimmy Flemming | United States Virgin Islands | 22.36 | |
| 20 | 4 | John Anzrah | Kenya | 22.40 | NR |
| 21 | 1 | Esteban Carpio | Dominican Republic | 22.53 | NR |
| 22 | 3 | Lenford O'Garro | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22.65 | NR |
| 23 | 4 | Trevor Davis | Anguilla | 22.72 | NR |
| 24 | 5 | Carl Chicksen | Zimbabwe | 22.84 | NR |
| 25 | 4 | Sunday Olweny | Uganda | 23.02 | NR |
| 26 | 6 | Rodney Cox | Turks and Caicos Islands | 23.05 | NR |
| 27 | 2 | William George | Turks and Caicos Islands | 23.59 | NR |
| | 1 | Cyril Brioche | Seychelles | DQ | |
| | 1 | Mustapha Kamel Selmi | Algeria | DNS | |
| | 2 | Victor Edet | Nigeria | DNS | |
| | 2 | David Kitur | Kenya | DNS | |
| | 3 | Fabian Whymns | Bahamas | DNS | |
| | 4 | Ronald Desruelles | Belgium | DNS | |
| | 5 | Gregory Meghoo | Jamaica | DNS | |
| | 6 | Gabriel Okon | Nigeria | DNS | |

### Semifinals

First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Kirk Baptiste | United States | 20.91 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | James Butler | United States | 20.97 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Bruno Marie-Rose | France | 21.12 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Robson da Silva | Brazil | 21.21 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Donovan Reid | Great Britain | 21.30 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Gilles Quénéhervé | France | 21.39 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Nikolay Razgonov | Soviet Union | 21.42 | |
| 8 | 1 | Cyprian Enweani | Canada | 21.48 | |
| 8 | 2 | Erwin Skamrahl | West Germany | 21.48 | |
| 10 | 1 | Dazel Jules | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.57 | |
| 11 | 3 | Clive Wright | Jamaica | 21.73 | |
| 12 | 2 | Attila Kovács | Hungary | 21.79 | |
| 13 | 1 | Leandro Peñalver | Cuba | 21.95 | |
| 14 | 2 | Harouna Palé | Burkina Faso | 22.20 | |
| 15 | 3 | Neville Hodge | United States Virgin Islands | 22.26 | |
| | 3 | Antonio Sánchez | Spain | DNF | |
| | 1 | Vladimir Krylov | Soviet Union | DNS | |
| | 2 | Marco Mautinho | Peru | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Kirk Baptiste | United States | 20.73 | CR, PB |
| | 5 | Bruno Marie-Rose | France | 20.89 | |
| | 2 | Robson da Silva | Brazil | 20.92 | |
| 4 | 6 | Gilles Quénéhervé | France | 20.97 | |
| 5 | 3 | James Butler | United States | 21.05 | |
| 6 | 1 | Donovan Reid | Great Britain | 21.53 | |