# Athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1985 Summer Universiade was held at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Kobe on 31 August and 2 September 1985.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Leandro Peñalver Cuba | Atlee Mahorn Canada | Jang Jae-keun South Korea |

## Results
### Heats

Wind: Heat 4: -2.9 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Leandro Peñalver | Cuba | 21.17 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Jang Jae-keun | South Korea | 21.31 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | István Nagy | Hungary | 21.31 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Ikpoto Eseme | Nigeria | 21.36 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Lorenzo Daniel | United States | 21.38 | Q |
| 6 | 7 | Atlee Mahorn | Canada | 21.39 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Elliott Quow | United States | 21.50 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Takale Tuna | Papua New Guinea | 21.63 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Sergio Querol | Cuba | 21.66 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | Dave Smith | Jamaica | 21.66 | Q |
| 9 | 8 | Peter Klein | West Germany | 21.66 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Luc Lenaerts | Belgium | 21.68 | q |
| 13 | 5 | Jun Asaba | Japan | 21.77 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | Kenji Yamauchi | Japan | 21.77 | Q |
| 15 | 8 | Shim Duk-sub | South Korea | 21.78 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | Mike Dwyer | Canada | 21.83 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | Pongsak Watcharakupt | Thailand | 21.83 | q |
| 18 | 8 | Timothy Arinze | Nigeria | 21.85 | Q |
| 19 | 8 | A. Sghayer | Iraq | 21.85 | q |
| 20 | 4 | Roland Jokl | Austria | 21.99 | Q |
| 21 | 1 | Nguyen Trung Hoa | Vietnam | 22.01 | q |
| 22 | 4 | Mark Rosenberg | Australia | 22.17 | Q |
| 23 | 4 | Oliver Daniels | Liberia | 22.32 | Q |
| 24 | 4 | Paulo Curvelo | Portugal | 22.32 | q |
| 25 | 3 | Jorge Burgos | Mexico | 22.41 | q |
| 26 | 6 | Emilio Samayoa | Guatemala | 22.43 | Q |
| 27 | 6 | Luis Karin Toledo | Mexico | 22.64 | Q |
| 28 | 3 | Gervais Kirolo | Central African Republic | 22.66 | q |
| 29 | 5 | F. Zayed | Kuwait | 22.80 | Q |
| 30 | 2 | Saidur Rahman Dawn | Bangladesh | 22.93 | Q |
| 31 | 7 | B. Lema | Tanzania | 23.19 | q |
| 32 | 6 | Gusztáv Menczer | Hungary | 23.31 | |
| 33 | 5 | Clifford Mamba | Swaziland | 23.36 | |
| 34 | 2 | Arnaldo da Silva | Brazil | 23.42 | Q |
| 35 | 3 | V. Golea | Fiji | 23.50 | |
| 36 | 6 | A. Chambula | Zambia | 23.71 | |
| 37 | 8 | Jitendra Chaudhari | Nepal | 23.77 | |
| 38 | 7 | P. Baysahwala | Liberia | 23.90 | |
| 39 | 6 | S. Nsibandze | Swaziland | 24.01 | |
| 40 | 2 | Leung Wing Kwong | Hong Kong | 24.04 | |
| 41 | 1 | Tarik Ahmad | Afghanistan | 24.34 | |
| 42 | 2 | S. El Agib | Sudan | 25.89 | |
| | 1 | M. Mostafa | Sudan | DQ | |

### Quarterfinals

Wind: Heat 2: +2.5 m/s, Heat 3: -2.5 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Leandro Peñalver | Cuba | 20.53 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Dave Smith | Jamaica | 20.80 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Elliott Quow | United States | 20.92 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Arnaldo da Silva | Brazil | 20.99 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Ikpoto Eseme | Nigeria | 21.01 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | István Nagy | Hungary | 21.05 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Lorenzo Daniel | United States | 21.07 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Shim Duk-sub | South Korea | 21.12 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Peter Klein | West Germany | 21.12 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Mike Dwyer | Canada | 21.28 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Jang Jae-keun | South Korea | 21.34 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Roland Jokl | Austria | 21.35 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Timothy Arinze | Nigeria | 21.48 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Atlee Mahorn | Canada | 21.60 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Sergio Querol | Cuba | 21.62 | q |
| 16 | 3 | Jun Asaba | Japan | 21.67 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | Pongsak Watcharakupt | Thailand | 21.74 | |
| 18 | 2 | Emilio Samayoa | Guatemala | 21.75 | |
| 19 | 3 | Mark Rosenberg | Australia | 21.81 | |
| 20 | 1 | Kenji Yamauchi | Japan | 21.82 | |
| 20 | 3 | Luc Lenaerts | Belgium | 21.82 | |
| 22 | 2 | Jorge Burgos | Mexico | 21.88 | |
| 23 | 4 | Oliver Daniels | Liberia | 21.95 | |
| 24 | 2 | Takale Tuna | Papua New Guinea | 22.03 | |
| 25 | 3 | Nguyen Trung Hoa | Vietnam | 22.14 | |
| 26 | 4 | Luis Karin Toledo | Mexico | 22.18 | |
| 27 | 1 | Paulo Curvelo | Portugal | 22.25 | |
| 28 | 3 | A. Sghayer | Iraq | 22.45 | |
| 29 | 4 | B. Lema | Tanzania | 22.61 | |
| 30 | 1 | Gervais Kirolo | Central African Republic | 22.66 | |
| 31 | 3 | F. Zayed | Kuwait | 22.77 | |
| 32 | 1 | Saidur Rahman Dawn | Bangladesh | 23.09 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Leandro Peñalver | Cuba | 21.02 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Jang Jae-keun | South Korea | 21.08 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | István Nagy | Hungary | 21.13 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Dave Smith | Jamaica | 21.16 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Ikpoto Eseme | Nigeria | 21.17 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Arnaldo da Silva | Brazil | 21.18 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Elliott Quow | United States | 21.29 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Atlee Mahorn | Canada | 21.37 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Lorenzo Daniel | United States | 21.37 | |
| 10 | 1 | Roland Jokl | Austria | 21.39 | |
| 11 | 2 | Sergio Querol | Cuba | 21.47 | |
| 12 | 1 | Peter Klein | West Germany | 21.56 | |
| 13 | 1 | Shim Duk-sub | South Korea | 21.57 | |
| 14 | 2 | Mike Dwyer | Canada | 22.06 | |
| 15 | 1 | Timothy Arinze | Nigeria | 22.20 | |
| | 2 | Jun Asaba | Japan | ? | |

### Final

Wind: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Leandro Peñalver | Cuba | 20.57 |
| | Atlee Mahorn | Canada | 20.65 |
| | Jang Jae-keun | South Korea | 20.78 |
| 4 | István Nagy | Hungary | 20.90 |
| 5 | Arnaldo da Silva | Brazil | 20.90 |
| 6 | Dave Smith | Jamaica | 20.92 |
| 7 | Ikpoto Eseme | Nigeria | 20.98 |
| | Elliott Quow | United States | DNF |