# Athletics at the 2021 Summer World University Games – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2021 Summer World University Games was held on 3 and 4 August 2023 at the Shuangliu Sports Centre Stadium in Chengdu, China.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Tsebo Matsoso South Africa | Yudai Nishi Japan | Amlan Borgohain India |

## Results
### Round 1

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to semifinal.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Andrea Federici | Italy | 20.68 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Łukasz Żok | Poland | 21.26 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Murtadha Al-Kemawee | Iraq | 21.65 | PB |
| 4 | 6 | Jonathan Nyepa | Malaysia | 21.76 | |
| 5 | 7 | Patrick Banda | Zambia | 22.57 | PB |
| — | 1 | Saliou Seck | Senegal | DNS | |
| — | 4 | Even Meinseth | Norway | DNS | |
| Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | Wind: +0.6 m/s | Wind: +0.6 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Ján Volko | Slovakia | 20.96 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Batuhan Altıntaş | Turkey | 21.17 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Isaac Joseph | Haiti | 21.61 | |
| 4 | 3 | Son Ji-won | South Korea | 21.69 | |
| 5 | 1 | Shimar Velloza | Guyana | 22.93 | |
| 6 | 7 | Faisal Al-Saka | Saudi Arabia | 23.32 | |
| 7 | 2 | James Manamugabe | Burundi | 24.18 | |
| — | 6 | Joshua Azzopardi | Australia | DNS | |
| Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | Wind: -0.2 m/s | Wind: -0.2 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Amlan Borgohain | India | 21.00 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Song Yu-jun | Chinese Taipei | 21.25 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Keishon Franklin | United States | 21.34 | q |
| 4 | 4 | Marizuk Shaibu | Ghana | 21.84 | |
| 5 | 2 | Ian-Gheorghe Vieru | Moldova | 21.91 | |
| 6 | 6 | Mak Chun Ho | Hong Kong | 22.20 | |
| 7 | 5 | Salim Al-Jadeedi | Oman | 22.58 | |
| Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | Wind: +0.2 m/s | Wind: +0.2 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Christopher Ius | Australia | 21.01 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Bradley Lestrade | Switzerland | 21.13 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Mohammad Jahir Rayhan | Bangladesh | 21.34 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Wallace Aflamah | Ghana | 21.45 | |
| 5 | 3 | Vong Ka In | Macau | 21.85 | |
| 6 | 7 | Aktham Albo | Iraq | 22.16 | |
| 7 | 6 | Carlos Morais | Cape Verde | 22.44 | |
| Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | Wind: +1.3 m/s | Wind: +1.3 m/s |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Tsebo Matsoso | South Africa | 20.74 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Aoi Inage | Japan | 20.84 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Sui Gaofei | China | 20.96 | q |
| 4 | 7 | Phenyo Majama | Botswana | 21.46 | |
| 5 | 4 | Leonardo De Oliveira | Brazil | 21.75 | |
| 6 | 6 | Ryan Praharsh | Singapore | 21.97 | |
| 7 | 5 | Sharif Olipa | Uganda | 22.44 | |
| — | 8 | Amadu Kondeh | Sierra Leone | DNS | |
| Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | Wind: +1.1 m/s | Wind: +1.1 m/s |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Yan Haibin | China | 21.05 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Felix Frühn | Germany | 21.28 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | João Falcão | Brazil | 21.34 | q |
| 4 | 7 | Muhammad Aqil Yasmin | Malaysia | 21.87 | |
| 5 | 5 | Almat Tulebayev | Kazakhstan | 22.01 | |
| 6 | 6 | Virupakshappa Shashikantha | India | 22.17 | |
| — | 4 | Remigio Santander | Equatorial Guinea | DNS | |
| Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | Wind: +0.2 m/s | Wind: +0.2 m/s |

#### Heat 7

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Eckhart Potgieter | South Africa | 20.82 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Wu Yen-ming | Chinese Taipei | 20.84 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Yudai Nishi | Japan | 20.85 | q |
| 4 | 3 | Lee Jae-seong | South Korea | 21.20 | q |
| 5 | 6 | Noelex Holder | Guyana | 21.33 | q |
| 6 | 5 | Tamer Saleh | Lebanon | 21.78 | |
| 7 | 8 | Peter Masaba | Uganda | 22.44 | |
| — | 4 | Trần Quang Toản | Vietnam | DNS | |
| Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | Wind: -0.1 m/s | Wind: -0.1 m/s |

#### Heat 8

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | James Williamson | United States | 21.06 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Łukasz Żak | Poland | 21.07 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Vitaliy Zems | Kazakhstan | 21.39 | q |
| 4 | 4 | Jakub Nemec | Slovakia | 21.44 | |
| 5 | 1 | Ivan Galuşco | Moldova | 21.56 | |
| 6 | 5 | Leung San Lok | Hong Kong | 22.11 | |
| 7 | 3 | Chantivea Yatpitou | Cambodia | 22.65 | |
| — | 8 | Hervé Cubahiro | Burundi | DQ | TR16.8 |
| Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | Wind: +1.6 m/s | Wind: +1.6 m/s |

### Semifinal

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to final.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Yudai Nishi | Japan | 20.43 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 7 | Yan Haibin | China | 20.63 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 6 | Andrea Federici | Italy | 20.70 | q |
| 4 | 5 | Christopher Ius | Australia | 20.94 | |
| 5 | 2 | Lee Jae-seong | South Korea | 20.97 | SB |
| 6 | 8 | Batuhan Altıntaş | Turkey | 20.99 | |
| 7 | 3 | Bradley Lestrade | Switzerland | 21.12 | |
| 8 | 1 | Vitaliy Zems | Kazakhstan | 21.37 | |
| Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | Wind: +0.9 m/s | Wind: +0.9 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Tsebo Matsoso | South Africa | 20.45 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Amlan Borgohain | India | 20.57 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 4 | Sui Gaofei | China | 20.78 | SB |
| 4 | 8 | Łukasz Żak | Poland | 20.80 | PB |
| 5 | 1 | Noelex Holder | Guyana | 21.04 | PB |
| 6 | 3 | Song Yu-jun | Chinese Taipei | 21.18 | |
| 7 | 5 | James Williamson | United States | 21.40 | |
| 8 | 2 | Mohammad Jahir Rayhan | Bangladesh | 21.48 | |
| Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | Wind: +1.6 m/s | Wind: +1.6 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Wu Yen-ming | Chinese Taipei | 20.58 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 7 | Ján Volko | Slovakia | 20.59 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Aoi Inage | Japan | 20.64 | q, PB |
| 4 | 5 | Eckhart Potgieter | South Africa | 20.70 | PB |
| 5 | 4 | Łukasz Żok | Poland | 20.75 | PB |
| 6 | 3 | Felix Frühn | Germany | 20.98 | |
| 7 | 2 | Keishon Franklin | United States | 21.15 | |
| 8 | 1 | João Falcão | Brazil | 21.18 | SB |
| Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | Wind: +1.1 m/s | Wind: +1.1 m/s |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Tsebo Matsoso | South Africa | 20.36 | |
| | 7 | Yudai Nishi | Japan | 20.46 | |
| | 3 | Amlan Borgohain | India | 20.55 | SB |
| 4 | 4 | Ján Volko | Slovakia | 20.66 | |
| 5 | 8 | Yan Haibin | China | 20.67 | |
| 6 | 5 | Wu Yen-ming | Chinese Taipei | 20.70 | |
| 7 | 1 | Andrea Federici | Italy | 20.79 | |
| 8 | 2 | Aoi Inage | Japan | 21.10 | |
| Source: | Source: | Source: | Source: | Wind: +0.5 m/s | Wind: +0.5 m/s |