# Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 16 and 17 July 1987.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Wallace Spearmon United States | Floyd Heard United States | Edgardo Guilbe Puerto Rico |

## Results
### Heats

Wind: Heat 6: +1.4 m/s, Heat 10: +2.3 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Floyd Heard | United States | 20.89 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Edgardo Guilbe | Puerto Rico | 21.11 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Wallace Spearmon | United States | 21.12 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Andrew Smith | Jamaica | 21.18 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | Andy Carrott | Great Britain | 21.26 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Patrick Nwankwo | Nigeria | 21.30 | Q |
| 7 | 9 | Oleg Fatun | Soviet Union | 21.32 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | Mohammed El Kandoussi | Morocco | 21.42 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Pál Karlik | Hungary | 21.45 | q |
| 10 | 7 | Cyprian Enweani | Canada | 21.46 | Q |
| 11 | 10 | Simon Baird | Great Britain | 21.50 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Steve Morgan | Jamaica | 21.60 | Q |
| 12 | 9 | Mariusz Ozimek | Poland | 21.60 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | György Fetter | Hungary | 21.66 | Q |
| 15 | 8 | Álvaro Prenafeta | Chile | 21.68 | q |
| 16 | 2 | Phil Snoddy | Ireland | 21.79 | q |
| 17 | 7 | Paulo Curvelo | Portugal | 21.80 | Q |
| 18 | 6 | Andrew Meya | Uganda | 21.81 | Q |
| 19 | 10 | Víctor Andino | Puerto Rico | 21.82 | Q |
| 20 | 9 | Pedro Curvelo | Portugal | 21.85 | q |
| 21 | 6 | Steve Saunders | Australia | 21.89 | Q |
| 22 | 4 | Emilio Samayoa | Guatemala | 21.94 | q |
| 23 | 3 | Courtney Brown | Canada | 22.03 | Q |
| 24 | 7 | Issa Alassane-Ousséni | Benin | 22.05 | q |
| 25 | 5 | Domenico Gorla | Italy | 22.08 | Q |
| 26 | 8 | Herman Adam | Mexico | 22.09 | q |
| 27 | 10 | Prosper Chavarika | Zimbabwe | 22.11 | q |
| 28 | 1 | Moisés del Castillo | Peru | 22.13 | q |
| 29 | 3 | Itai Iluz | Israel | 22.22 | Q |
| 29 | 6 | Jorge Navarro | Mexico | 22.22 | q |
| 31 | 1 | Josephus Thomas | Sierra Leone | 22.23 | q |
| 32 | 4 | Irving Gil | Panama | 22.26 | |
| 33 | 1 | Ziad Abu Qazan | Jordan | 22.32 | |
| 34 | 3 | Mert Bursel | Turkey | 22.35 | |
| 35 | 7 | Alejandro Krauss | Chile | 22.39 | |
| 36 | 10 | Peter Fossey | Australia | 22.41 | |
| 37 | 10 | Tsagaan Odonbaiar | Mongolia | 22.49 | |
| 38 | 3 | David Ince | Barbados | 22.50 | |
| 38 | 5 | Hoang Cu | Vietnam | 22.50 | Q |
| 40 | 6 | Faustino Kiwa | Uganda | 22.59 | |
| 41 | 4 | Jonathan Njau | Tanzania | 22.75 | |
| 42 | 8 | Rafael Carmona | Costa Rica | 22.77 | |
| 43 | 5 | Hussein Yasser | Jordan | 23.01 | |
| 44 | 9 | Saihou Ceesay | Gambia | 23.03 | |
| 45 | 10 | Naderi Mirwais | Afghanistan | 23.07 | |
| 46 | 2 | Manuel Youness | Lebanon | 23.15 | |
| 47 | 6 | Tarek Mustapha Moussalli | Lebanon | 23.26 | |
| 48 | 1 | Sekou Diakite | Guinea | 23.37 | |
| 49 | 6 | José Flores | Honduras | 23.39 | |
| 50 | 1 | Chung Man Biu | Hong Kong | 23.43 | |
| 51 | 4 | Diallo Lama | Guinea | 23.46 | |
| 52 | 5 | Munyaradzi Chidanyika | Zimbabwe | 23.61 | |
| 53 | 9 | Chan Sai Keung | Hong Kong | 23.82 | |
| 54 | 5 | Abdulhakim Fegi | Libya | 23.92 | |
| 55 | 10 | Mohamed Shah Jalal | Bangladesh | 24.03 | |
| 56 | 9 | Abdelkarim Mutwakil | Sudan | 25.42 | |
| | 1 | Gabriel Okon | Nigeria | DNF | |

### Quarterfinals

Wind: Heat 2: +1.4 m/s, Heat 3: +1.4 m/s, Heat 4: +1.4 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Wallace Spearmon | United States | 20.67 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Floyd Heard | United States | 20.70 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Edgardo Guilbe | Puerto Rico | 20.72 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Steve Morgan | Jamaica | 20.89 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Oleg Fatun | Soviet Union | 20.94 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Courtney Brown | Canada | 20.95 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Patrick Nwankwo | Nigeria | 21.00 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Andy Carrott | Great Britain | 21.12 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Simon Baird | Great Britain | 21.12 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Andrew Smith | Jamaica | 21.14 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Domenico Gorla | Italy | 21.21 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Cyprian Enweani | Canada | 21.22 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Mariusz Ozimek | Poland | 21.43 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Mohammed El Kandoussi | Morocco | 21.43 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Pál Karlik | Hungary | 21.45 | |
| 16 | 1 | György Fetter | Hungary | 21.46 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | Álvaro Prenafeta | Chile | 21.52 | Q |
| 18 | 2 | Phil Snoddy | Ireland | 21.55 | |
| 19 | 2 | Andrew Meya | Uganda | 21.71 | |
| 20 | 1 | Víctor Andino | Puerto Rico | 21.82 | |
| 21 | 3 | Issa Alassane-Ousséni | Benin | 21.83 | |
| 22 | 4 | Emilio Samayoa | Guatemala | 21.83 | |
| 23 | 3 | Pedro Curvelo | Portugal | 21.87 | |
| 24 | 4 | Steve Saunders | Australia | 21.97 | |
| 25 | 1 | Paulo Curvelo | Portugal | 21.98 | |
| 26 | 4 | Itai Iluz | Israel | 22.02 | |
| 27 | 3 | Herman Adam | Mexico | 22.07 | |
| 28 | 1 | Moisés del Castillo | Peru | 22.11 | |
| 29 | 4 | Prosper Chavarika | Zimbabwe | 22.26 | |
| 30 | 3 | Josephus Thomas | Sierra Leone | 22.29 | |
| | ? | Jorge Navarro | Mexico | ? | |
| | ? | Hoang Cu | Vietnam | ? | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Floyd Heard | United States | 20.73 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Wallace Spearmon | United States | 20.91 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Edgardo Guilbe | Puerto Rico | 20.96 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Oleg Fatun | Soviet Union | 21.13 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Cyprian Enweani | Canada | 21.13 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Andrew Smith | Jamaica | 21.17 | |
| 7 | 2 | Patrick Nwankwo | Nigeria | 21.31 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Andy Carrott | Great Britain | 21.40 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Simon Baird | Great Britain | 21.53 | |
| 10 | 1 | Mohammed El Kandoussi | Morocco | 21.59 | |
| 11 | 2 | Domenico Gorla | Italy | 21.71 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | György Fetter | Hungary | 21.87 | |
| 13 | 2 | Mariusz Ozimek | Poland | 22.04 | |
| | ? | Steve Morgan | Jamaica | ? | |
| | ? | Courtney Brown | Canada | ? | |
| | ? | Álvaro Prenafeta | Chile | ? | |

### Final

Wind: +1.4 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Wallace Spearmon | United States | 20.42 |
| | 3 | Floyd Heard | United States | 20.44 |
| | 5 | Edgardo Guilbe | Puerto Rico | 20.92 |
| 4 | 6 | Cyprian Enweani | Canada | 21.20 |
| 5 | 2 | Oleg Fatun | Soviet Union | 21.21 |
| 6 | 7 | Andy Carrott | Great Britain | 21.24 |
| 7 | 8 | Patrick Nwankwo | Nigeria | 21.26 |
| 8 | 1 | Domenico Gorla | Italy | 21.54 |