# 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 11 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Christophe Lemaître France |
| Silver | Nickel Ashmeade Jamaica |
| Bronze | Robert Hering Germany |

## Results
### Final

11 July Wind: -0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Christophe Lemaître | France | 20.83 | |
| | Nickel Ashmeade | Jamaica | 20.84 | |
| | Robert Hering | Germany | 20.96 | |
| 4 | Curtis Mitchell | United States | 20.98 | |
| 5 | Ramil Guliyev | Azerbaijan | 21.00 | |
| 6 | Antonio Sales | United States | 21.01 | |
| 7 | Omar Al-Salfa | United Arab Emirates | 21.10 | |
| | Adel Jaber Al-Asseri | Saudi Arabia | DQ | IAAF rule 32.2 |

### Semifinals

10 July

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nickel Ashmeade | Jamaica | 20.83 | Q |
| 2 | Ramil Guliyev | Azerbaijan | 20.90 | Q |
| 3 | Antonio Sales | United States | 20.90 | q |
| 4 | Omar Al-Salfa | United Arab Emirates | 21.02 | q |
| 5 | Alexander Nordkvist | Sweden | 21.32 | |
| 6 | Masanori Kaji | Japan | 21.45 | |
| 7 | Davide Manenti | Italy | 21.67 | |
| 8 | Liang Tse-Ching | Chinese Taipei | 21.89 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Curtis Mitchell | United States | 20.74 | Q |
| 2 | Christophe Lemaître | France | 20.88 | Q |
| 3 | David Lescay | Cuba | 21.32 | |
| 4 | Lukáš Štastný | Czech Republic | 21.46 | |
| 5 | Javier Sanz | Spain | 21.53 | |
| 6 | Shehan Abeypitiyage | Sri Lanka | 21.60 | |
| 7 | Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas | Greece | 21.83 | |
| | Chris Clarke | United Kingdom | DNS | |

#### Semifinal 3

Wind: -0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Robert Hering | Germany | 21.06 | Q |
| 2 | Diego Marani | Italy | 21.23 | |
| 3 | Seiya Hane | Japan | 21.39 | |
| 4 | Jovon Toppin | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.45 | |
| 5 | Pan Po-Yu | Chinese Taipei | 21.55 | |
| 6 | Richard Kilty | United Kingdom | 21.56 | |
| 7 | Ramone McKenzie | Jamaica | 21.60 | |
| | Adel Jaber Al-Asseri | Saudi Arabia | DQ | IAAF rule 32.2 Q |

### Heats

10 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: +0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Antonio Sales | United States | 21.27 | Q |
| 2 | Shehan Abeypitiyage | Sri Lanka | 21.57 | Q |
| 3 | Suppachai Chimdee | Thailand | 21.74 | |
| 4 | Kemar Hyman | Cayman Islands | 21.81 | |
| 5 | Endrik Zilberstein | Georgia | 22.55 | |
| | Tirafal Batsholelwang | Botswana | DQ | IAAF rule 163.3 |

#### Heat 2

Wind: -0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Diego Marani | Italy | 21.18 | Q |
| 2 | Richard Kilty | United Kingdom | 21.27 | Q |
| 3 | Ramone McKenzie | Jamaica | 21.55 | q |
| 4 | Alvaro Cassiani | Venezuela | 21.85 | |
| 5 | Roman Turcáni | Slovakia | 22.13 | |
| 6 | Pedro Suazo | Honduras | 22.38 | |
| 7 | Owen Camilleri | Malta | 23.10 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: +0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Christophe Lemaître | France | 20.91 | Q |
| 2 | Seiya Hane | Japan | 21.42 | q |
| 3 | Roy Schmidt | Germany | 21.66 | |
| 4 | Ahmed Al-Merjabi | Oman | 21.81 | |
| 5 | Michal Partyka | Poland | 21.86 | |
| 6 | Curtis Kock | Netherlands Antilles | 22.01 | |
| 7 | Tre Houston | Bermuda | 22.10 | |
| | Adel Jaber Al-Asseri | Saudi Arabia | DQ | IAAF rule 32.2 Q |

#### Heat 4

Wind: -1.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Javier Sanz | Spain | 21.69 | Q |
| 2 | Pan Po-Yu | Chinese Taipei | 21.71 | Q |
| 3 | Frédéric Mignot | France | 21.74 | |
| 4 | Filip Totos | Poland | 21.79 | |
| 5 | Patrick Vosloo | South Africa | 21.93 | |
| 6 | Philip Berntsen | Norway | 21.99 | |
| 7 | Zwade Edwards | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.11 | |
| 8 | Douglas Schmidt | Palau | 24.01 | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nickel Ashmeade | Jamaica | 20.86 | Q |
| 2 | David Lescay | Cuba | 21.32 | Q |
| 3 | Alexander Nordkvist | Sweden | 21.38 | q |
| 4 | Lukáš Štastný | Czech Republic | 21.50 | q |
| 5 | Bernhard Chudarek | Austria | 21.76 | |
| 6 | Mindaugas Baliukonis | Lithuania | 21.83 | |
| 7 | Emmanuel Appiah Kubi | Ghana | 22.04 | |

#### Heat 6

Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Masanori Kaji | Japan | 21.34 | Q |
| 2 | Omar Al-Salfa | United Arab Emirates | 21.43 | Q |
| 3 | Jovon Toppin | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.56 | q |
| 4 | Michael Robertson | Canada | 21.64 | |
| 5 | Su Wai'bou Sanneh | Gambia | 22.01 | |
| 6 | Matic Molicnik | Slovenia | 22.37 | |
| 7 | Thapelo Ketlogetswe | Botswana | 22.65 | |

#### Heat 7

Wind: -1.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Curtis Mitchell | United States | 21.21 | Q |
| 2 | Chris Clarke | United Kingdom | 21.70 | Q |
| 3 | Femi Owolade | Nigeria | 21.80 | |
| 4 | Shekeim Greaves | Barbados | 21.81 | |
| 5 | Martin Ricar | Czech Republic | 21.93 | |
| 6 | Maximus Fröjd | Sweden | 22.06 | |
| 7 | Tantawat Tongalam | Thailand | 22.64 | |
| 8 | René Heriniaina | Madagascar | 23.16 | |

#### Heat 8

Wind: +0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Robert Hering | Germany | 21.08 | Q |
| 2 | Ramil Guliyev | Azerbaijan | 21.33 | Q |
| 3 | Davide Manenti | Italy | 21.50 | q |
| 4 | Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas | Greece | 21.56 | q |
| 5 | Liang Tse-Ching | Chinese Taipei | 21.60 | q |
| 6 | Izzet Safer | Turkey | 21.71 | |
| 7 | Innocent Bologo | Burkina Faso | 22.12 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 58 athletes from 44 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (1)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Barbados (1)
* Bermuda (1)
* Botswana (2)
* Burkina Faso (1)
* Canada (1)
* Cayman Islands (1)
* Chinese Taipei (2)
* Cuba (1)
* Czech Republic (2)
* France (2)
* Gambia (1)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (2)
* Ghana (1)
* Greece (1)
* Honduras (1)
* Italy (2)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (2)
* Lithuania (1)
* Madagascar (1)
* Malta (1)
* Netherlands Antilles (1)
* Nigeria (1)
* Norway (1)
* Oman (1)
* Palau (1)
* Poland (2)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* Slovakia (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (1)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Thailand (2)
* Trinidad and Tobago (2)
* Turkey (1)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* Venezuela (1)