# Athletics at the 1965 Summer Universiade – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1965 Summer Universiade was held at the People's Stadium in Budapest on 27 and 28 August 1965.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Edvin Ozolin Soviet Union | George Anderson United States | Menzies Campbell Great Britain |

## Results
### Heats

Held on 27 August
Wind: Heat 4: +1.9 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Manuel Montalvo | Cuba | 21.6 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Pierre Burrelier | France | 21.9 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Ignace Van der Cam | Belgium | 21.9 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Viktor Eichler | Czechoslovakia | 21.9 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Wim Smit | Netherlands | 22.0 | |
| | 1 | Jim Barry | Great Britain | DQ | |
| 1 | 2 | Menzies Campbell | Great Britain | 21.1 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Alain Roy | France | 21.6 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Harry Jerome | Canada | 21.7 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Ruedi Oegerli | Switzerland | 21.9 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Ivan Tzankov | Bulgaria | 22.0 | |
| 6 | 2 | Axel Nepraunik | Austria | 22.5 | |
| 1 | 3 | Edward Romanowski | Poland | 21.4 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Ivica Karasi | Yugoslavia | 22.2 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Alan Brereton | Canada | 22.3 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Fred van Herpen | Netherlands | 22.4 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Mohamed Moncef Chtai | Tunisia | 22.6 | |
| 1 | 4 | George Anderson | United States | 21.? | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Livio Berruti | Italy | 21.1 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Edvin Ozolin | Soviet Union | 21.3 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Wiesław Maniak | Poland | 21.4 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Anders Lärkert | Sweden | 21.4 | |
| 6 | 4 | Herbert Bende | Czechoslovakia | 21.6 | |
| 1 | 5 | Ito Giani | Italy | 21.5 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Heinz-Uwe Bordtheiser | West Germany | 21.6 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Toru Honda | Japan | 21.8 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Jenaro Talens | Spain | 21.8 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Gerd Nöster | Austria | 22.0 | |
| 6 | 5 | Panagiotis Nikolaidis | Greece | 22.1 | |
| 7 | 5 | Luis Torres | Cuba | 22.2 | |
| 1 | 6 | Boris Zubov | Soviet Union | 21.3 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Helmut Lang | West Germany | 21.5 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | László Mihályfi | Hungary | 21.6 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | José Luis Sánchez Paraíso | Spain | 21.6 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Herman van Coppenolle | Belgium | 21.8 | |
| 6 | 6 | Stefan Penchev | Bulgaria | 22.0 | |
| 7 | 6 | Marcio Dornelles | Brazil | 22.4 | |

### Semifinals

Held on 28 August
Wind: Heat 2: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | George Anderson | United States | 21.1 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Edward Romanowski | Poland | 21.2 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Ito Giani | Italy | 21.4 | 0.0 |
| 4 | 1 | Jenaro Talens | Spain | 21.9 | |
| 5 | 1 | Ivica Karasi | Yugoslavia | 22.0 | |
| | 1 | Harry Jerome | Canada | DNS | |
| 1 | 2 | Livio Berruti | Italy | 21.1 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Alain Roy | France | 21.4 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Helmut Lang | West Germany | 21.5 | |
| 4 | 2 | Fred van Herpen | Netherlands | 21.6 | |
| 5 | 2 | Alan Brereton | Canada | 22.6 | |
| | 2 | Toru Honda | Japan | ? | |
| 1 | 3 | Menzies Campbell | Great Britain | 21.1 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | László Mihályfi | Hungary | 21.2 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Boris Zubov | Soviet Union | 21.2 | |
| 4 | 3 | Pierre Burrelier | France | 21.7 | |
| 5 | 3 | Heinz-Uwe Bordtheiser | West Germany | 21.9 | |
| 6 | 3 | Rudolf Oegerli | Switzerland | 22.1 | |
| 1 | 4 | Edvin Ozolin | Soviet Union | 21.3 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Wiesław Maniak | Poland | 21.4 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | José Luis Sánchez Paraíso | Spain | 21.8 | |
| 4 | 4 | Manuel Montalvo | Cuba | 21.8 | |
| 5 | 4 | Ignace Van der Cam | Belgium | 22.0 | |
| 6 | 4 | Viktor Eichler | Czechoslovakia | 22.1 | |

### Final

Held on 28 August
Wind: +2.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Edvin Ozolin | Soviet Union | 21.0 |
| | George Anderson | United States | 21.0 |
| | Menzies Campbell | Great Britain | 21.2 |
| 4 | Edward Romanowski | Poland | 21.3 |
| 5 | László Mihályfi | Hungary | 21.3 |
| 6 | Livio Berruti | Italy | 21.3 |
| 7 | Wiesław Maniak | Poland | 21.4 |
| 8 | Alain Roy | France | 21.7 |