# 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Kasarani Stadium on 20 and 21 August.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships :
| World U20 Record | Erriyon Knighton (USA) | 19.88 | Eugene, United States | 26 June 2021 |
| Championship Record | Michael Norman Jr. (USA) | 20.17 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 22 July 2016 |
| World U20 Leading | Erriyon Knighton (USA) | 19.84 | Eugene, United States | 27 June 2021 |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: -1.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: -0.4 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s, Heat 5: +0.2 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Udodi Onwuzurike | Nigeria | 20.47 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 4 | Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak | Denmark | 20.53 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Letsile Tebogo | Botswana | 20.63 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Sinesipho Dambile | South Africa | 20.68 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Wendell Miller | Bahamas | 20.72 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Ali Khalid Mas | Saudi Arabia | 20.83 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | Benjamin Richardson | South Africa | 20.87 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Bryan Levell | Jamaica | 20.90 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Eduard Kubelík | Czech Republic | 20.92 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | Nazzio John | Grenada | 20.94 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Shainer Reginfo | Cuba | 20.95 | Q, SB |
| 12 | 4 | Carlos Brown | Bahamas | 20.99 | Q, PB |
| 13 | 5 | Blessing Akawasi Afrifah | Israel | 21.00 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Jakub Pietrusa | Poland | 21.01 | Q, PB |
| 15 | 1 | Benyamin Yousefi | Iran | 21.08 | q, PB |
| 16 | 2 | Filippo Cappelletti | Italy | 21.13 | Q, PB |
| 17 | 4 | Adekalu Nicholas Fakorede | Nigeria | 21.14 | q |
| 18 | 1 | Michael Roth | Canada | 21.14 | q, PB |
| 19 | 5 | Bautista Diamante | Argentina | 21.15 | Q, PB |
| 20 | 3 | Tarsis Orogot | Uganda | 21.28 | Q |
| 21 | 4 | Katriel Angulo | Ecuador | 21.31 | q |
| 22 | 2 | Almond Small | Canada | 21.32 | Q |
| 23 | 2 | Shanmuga Srinivas Nalubothu | India | 21.33 | |
| 24 | 2 | Shakeem McKay | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.42 | |
| 25 | 3 | Jonathan Wambua | Kenya | 21.43 | Q, PB |
| 25 | 5 | Igor Bogaczyński | Poland | 21.43 | |
| 27 | 5 | Ioannis Kariofyllis | Greece | 21.44 | |
| 28 | 3 | Tomás Mondino | Argentina | 21.50 | Q |
| 29 | 5 | José Figueroa | Puerto Rico | 21.50 | |
| 30 | 2 | Izaias Alves | Brazil | 21.52 | SB |
| 31 | 2 | Gregory Prince | Jamaica | 21.53 | |
| 32 | 1 | Ioannis Granitsiotis | Greece | 21.83 | |
| 33 | 3 | Amr Hany Soliman | Egypt | 22.30 | |
| 34 | 1 | Josué Hepburn | Honduras | 24.56 | PB |
| | 3 | Clinton Muunga | Zimbabwe | DNF | |
| | 3 | Jayson Mandoze | Botswana | DQ | TR16.8 |
| | 4 | Ali Anwar Ali Al Balushi | Oman | DNS | DNS |
| | 3 | Federico Guglielmi | Italy | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.
Wind: Heat 1: +1.3 m/s, Heat 2: +2.3 m/s, Heat 3: +0.4 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Udodi Onwuzurike | Nigeria | 20.13 | Q, w |
| 2 | 1 | Letsile Tebogo | Botswana | 20.31 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 1 | Tarsis Orogot | Uganda | 20.37 | Q, NU20R |
| 4 | 2 | Sinesipho Dambile | South Africa | 20.45 | Q, w |
| 5 | 2 | Blessing Akawasi Afrifah | Israel | 20.49 | q, w |
| 6 | 1 | Shainer Reginfo | Cuba | 20.58 | q, PB |
| 7 | 3 | Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak | Denmark | 20.61 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Eduard Kubelík | Czech Republic | 20.65 | w |
| 9 | 1 | Wendell Miller | Bahamas | 20.69 | |
| 10 | 3 | Jakub Pietrusa | Poland | 20.70 | Q, PB |
| 11 | 3 | Bryan Levell | Jamaica | 20.71 | |
| 12 | 3 | Benjamin Richardson | South Africa | 20.71 | |
| 13 | 1 | Nazzio John | Grenada | 20.79 | PB |
| 14 | 1 | Adekalu Nicholas Fakorede | Nigeria | 20.87 | PB |
| 15 | 2 | Carlos Brown | Bahamas | 20.92 | w |
| 16 | 2 | Bautista Diamante | Argentina | 20.97 | w |
| 17 | 1 | Benyamin Yousefi | Iran | 21.02 | PB |
| 18 | 3 | Filippo Cappelletti | Italy | 21.08 | PB |
| 19 | 2 | Almond Small | Canada | 21.10 | w |
| 20 | 1 | Jonathan Wambua | Kenya | 21.13 | PB |
| 21 | 2 | Katriel Angulo | Ecuador | 21.25 | w |
| 22 | 3 | Michael Roth | Canada | 21.33 | |
| 23 | 3 | Tomás Mondino | Argentina | 21.58 | |
| | 3 | Ali Khalid Mas | Saudi Arabia | DNF | |

### Final

The final was held on 21 August at 18:14.
Wind: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 3 | Udodi Onwuzurike | Nigeria | 20.21 | NU20R |
| | 6 | Letsile Tebogo | Botswana | 20.38 | |
| | 7 | Sinesipho Dambile | South Africa | 20.48 | SB |
| 4 | 4 | Tarsis Orogot | Uganda | 20.57 | |
| 5 | 5 | Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak | Denmark | 20.58 | |
| 6 | 1 | Shainer Reginfo | Cuba | 21.01 | |
| 7 | 2 | Blessing Akawasi Afrifah | Israel | 21.03 | |
| 8 | 8 | Jakub Pietrusa | Poland | 25.62 | |