# Athletics at the 1977 Summer Universiade – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia on 21 and 22 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Clancy Edwards United States | Silvio Leonard Cuba | William Snoddy United States |

## Results
### Heats

Held on 21 August
Wind: Heat 1: +1.8 m/s, Heat 5: +1.2 m/s, Heat 6: +0.2 m/s, Heat 7: +0.8 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | William Snoddy | United States | 20.75 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Silvio Leonard | Cuba | 20.76 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Peter Muster | Switzerland | 20.98 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Urs Gisler | Switzerland | 21.00 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Osvaldo Lara | Cuba | 21.06 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Pietro Farina | Italy | 21.07 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Roland Bombardella | Luxembourg | 21.09 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | Reno Roelandt | Belgium | 21.12 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | Vilmundur Vilhjálmsson | Iceland | 21.23 | q |
| 10 | 4 | Yasuhiro Harada | Japan | 21.32 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Petar Petrov | Bulgaria | 21.33 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Thomas Schultheiss | West Germany | 21.35 | q |
| 12 | 6 | Andrzej Świerczyński | Poland | 21.35 | q |
| 14 | 5 | Kazimierz Grubecki | Poland | 21.36 | q |
| 15 | 5 | Alan Bell | Great Britain | 21.36 | q |
| 16 | 6 | Didier Brel | France | 21.47 | q |
| 17 | 8 | Stefano Curini | Italy | 21.51 | q |
| 18 | 2 | Brahim Badi | Algeria | 21.53 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | Jeffrey Matahelemual | Indonesia | 21.64 | Q |
| 20 | 3 | Peter Matejka | Austria | 21.66 | Q |
| 21 | 2 | Endre Lépold | Hungary | 21.74 | q |
| 22 | 8 | Miguel Ángel Arnau | Spain | 21.78 | |
| 23 | 3 | Jesús Cabrera | Puerto Rico | 21.80 | |
| 24 | 8 | Maki Fadl Turki El Moula | Sudan | 21.88 | |
| 25 | 4 | Henri Hermans | Belgium | 21.89 | |
| 26 | 2 | Alex Fortelny | Austria | 21.93 | |
| 27 | 3 | Mirolyub Petkov | Bulgaria | 21.99 | |
| 28 | 1 | Güner Güngör | Turkey | 22.05 | |
| 29 | 7 | Bernward Plenker | West Germany | 22.10 | Q |
| 30 | 7 | Eric Bigon | France | 22.11 | Q |
| 31 | 1 | Omar Youssif Najib | Sudan | 22.14 | |
| 32 | 2 | Nabil Nahri | Syria | 22.48 | |
| 33 | 8 | Selim Ergun | Turkey | 22.73 | |
| 34 | 3 | Ch. Arqbet | Tunisia | 23.28 | |
| 35 | 5 | Mohamed Khlill | Jordan | 24.74 | |

### Semifinals

Held on 22 August
Wind: Heat 1: -2.2 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Silvio Leonard | Cuba | 20.94 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Clancy Edwards | United States | 20.95 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Roland Bombardella | Luxembourg | 21.23 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Urs Gisler | Switzerland | 21.26 | q |
| 4 | 3 | Reno Roelandt | Belgium | 21.26 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Peter Muster | Switzerland | 21.26 | q |
| 7 | 1 | William Snoddy | United States | 21.40 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Andrzej Świerczyński | Poland | 21.45 | |
| 9 | 1 | Petar Petrov | Bulgaria | 21.50 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Osvaldo Lara | Cuba | 21.59 | |
| 11 | 3 | Vilmundur Vilhjálmsson | Iceland | 21.60 | |
| 12 | 2 | Yasuhiro Harada | Japan | 21.66 | |
| 13 | 2 | Stefano Curini | Italy | 21.68 | |
| 14 | 1 | Pietro Farina | Italy | 21.71 | |
| 15 | 3 | Kazimierz Grubecki | Poland | 21.72 | |
| 16 | 2 | Bernward Plenker | West Germany | 21.78 | |
| 16 | 3 | Peter Matejka | Austria | 21.78 | |
| 18 | 3 | Alan Bell | Great Britain | 21.93 | |
| 19 | 1 | Thomas Schultheiss | West Germany | 21.97 | |
| 20 | 1 | Jeffrey Matahelemual | Indonesia | 22.00 | |
| 21 | 1 | Éric Bigon | France | 22.03 | |
| 22 | 1 | Brahim Badi | Algeria | 22.12 | |
| 23 | 3 | Endre Lépold | Hungary | 22.23 | |
| 24 | 2 | Didier Brel | France | 22.47 | |

### Final

Held on 22 August
Wind: -1.8 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Clancy Edwards | United States | 20.46 |
| | Silvio Leonard | Cuba | 20.64 |
| | William Snoddy | United States | 21.17 |
| 4 | Roland Bombardella | Luxembourg | 21.20 |
| 5 | Reno Roelandt | Belgium | 21.25 |
| 6 | Peter Muster | Switzerland | 21.41 |
| 7 | Petar Petrov | Bulgaria | 21.41 |
| 8 | Urs Gisler | Switzerland | 21.44 |