# 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 3 and 4 August 2022.

## Records

U20 standing records prior to the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nationality | Mark | Location | Date |
| World U20 Record | Erriyon Knighton (USA) | 19.69 | Eugene, United States | 26 June 2022 |
| Championship Record | Michael Norman (USA) | 20.17 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 22 July 2016 |
| World U20 Leading | Erriyon Knighton (USA) | 19.49 | Baton Rouge, United States | 30 April 2022 |

## Results
### Round 1

Round 1 took place on 3 August, with the 55 athletes involved being split into 7 heats, 6 heats of 8 and 1 of 7 athletes. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 3 fastest ( q ) qualified to the semi-final. The overall results were as follows:
Wind: Heat 1: -1.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s, Heat 3: +1.0 m/s, Heat 4: -1.5 m/s, Heat 5: -0.3 m/s, Heat 6: -0.8 m/s, Heat 7: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Letsile Tebogo | Botswana | 19.99 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 5 | Blessing Afrifah | Israel | 20.37 | Q, NU20R |
| 3 | 5 | Juriel Quainoo | United Kingdom | 20.56 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Puripol Boonson | Thailand | 20.68 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Calab Law | Australia | 20.72 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Bradley Olifant | South Africa | 20.73 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 6 | Benjamin Richardson | South Africa | 20.74 | Q |
| 8 | 7 | Brandon Miller | United States | 20.79 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Muhd Azeem Fahmi | Malaysia | 20.83 [.822] | Q, NU20R |
| 10 | 2 | Renan Correa | Brazil | 20.83 [.825] | Q, PB |
| 11 | 3 | Aidan Murphy | Australia | 20.85 [.841] | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Bryan Levell | Jamaica | 20.85 [.842] | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Nazzio John | Grenada | 20.93 | Q, SB |
| 14 | 5 | Adekalu Fakorede | Nigeria | 20.94 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | Anthony Smith | Turkey | 20.96 | Q, NU20R |
| 16 | 3 | José Rodríguez | Mexico | 21.00 | q, PB |
| 17 | 7 | Óscar Baltán | Colombia | 21.02 | Q, PB |
| 18 | 1 | Erik Erlandsson | Sweden | 21.06 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | Kakene Sitali | Zambia | 21.07 [.068] | Q, PB |
| 20 | 3 | Thawatchai Himaiad | Thailand | 21.07 [.070] | q, PB |
| 21 | 7 | Roko Farkaš | Croatia | 21.08 | q, PB |
| 22 | 5 | Tomás Mondino | Argentina | 21.15 | PB |
| 23 | 4 | Tobias Morawietz | Germany | 21.17 | |
| 24 | 5 | Lundi Pinaemang | Botswana | 21.19 | PB |
| 25 | 7 | Denzel Simusialela | Zimbabwe | 21.21 [.202] | |
| 26 | 6 | José Figueroa | Puerto Rico | 21.21 [.204] | Q |
| 27 | 7 | Silviu-Daniel Munteanu | Romania | 21.24 [.231] | PB |
| 28 | 1 | Loris Tonella | Italy | 21.24 [.238] | Q |
| 29 | 2 | Shakeem McKay | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.30 [.295] | |
| 30 | 2 | Wanyae Belle | British Virgin Islands | 21.30 [.299] | PB |
| 31 | 6 | Kenny Tijani-Ajayi | Norway | 21.31 [.551] | |
| 32 | 1 | Wanya McCoy | Bahamas | 21.38 | Q |
| 33 | 6 | Daniel Kidd | Canada | 21.40 [.392] | |
| 34 | 4 | Jørgen Evensen Lund | Norway | 21.40 [.400] | |
| 35 | 3 | Revell Webster | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.42 [.412] | |
| 36 | 3 | Jernej Gumilar | Slovenia | 21.42 [.420] | |
| 37 | 7 | Jakub Nemec | Slovakia | 21.52 | |
| 38 | 2 | Jaiden Reid | Cayman Islands | 21.53 | |
| 39 | 1 | Niko Kangasoja | Finland | 21.56 | |
| 40 | 6 | Ogheneovo Mabilo | Nigeria | 21.63 | |
| 41 | 1 | Devonric Mack | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21.72 | |
| 42 | 1 | Jonathan Padilla | Mexico | 21.76 | |
| 43 | 5 | Alejandro Ricketts | Croatia | 21.84 | |
| 44 | 4 | Adem Benyache | Algeria | 21.97 | |
| 45 | 5 | Abdellah Ouhib | Algeria | 22.02 | |
| 46 | 5 | Jerrold Alexis | Seychelles | 22.36 | PB |
| 47 | 3 | Diego González | Puerto Rico | 27.83 | |
| 48 | 2 | Almond Small | Canada | 1:15.51 | |
| | 6 | Bautista Diamante | Argentina | DNS | DNS |
| | 6 | Izaias Alves | Brazil | DNS | DNS |
| | 1 | Emmanuel Rwotomiya | Uganda | DNS | DNS |
| | 1 | Laurenz Colber | Germany | DNS | DNS |
| | 4 | Sandrey Davison | Jamaica | DNS | DNS |
| | 7 | Shunki Tateno | Japan | DNS | DNS |
| | 2 | Sisínio Ambriz | Portugal | DNS | DNS |

### Semi-final

The semi-final took place on 4 August, with the 24 athletes involved being split into 3 heats of 8 athletes each. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 2 fastest ( q ) qualified to the final. The overall results were as follows:
Wind: Heat 1: -0.2 m/s, Heat 2: -1.2 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Blessing Afrifah | Israel | 20.17 | Q, NU20R |
| 2 | 3 | Letsile Tebogo | Botswana | 20.23 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Bryan Levell | Jamaica | 20.34 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 2 | Benjamin Richardson | South Africa | 20.39 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Calab Law | Australia | 20.42 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 3 | Jeriel Quainoo | Great Britain | 20.43 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Brandon Miller | United States | 20.57 [.285] | q |
| 8 | 2 | Puripol Boonson | Thailand | 20.61 [.285] | |
| 9 | 2 | Bradley Olifant | South Africa | 20.75 [.291] | |
| 10 | 2 | Anthony Smith | Turkey | 20.83 [.292] | Q, NU20R |
| 11 | 3 | Aidan Murphy | Australia | 20.84 [.309] | |
| 12 | 3 | Adekalu Fakorede | Nigeria | 20.93 [.309] | |
| 13 | 2 | José Figueroa | Puerto Rico | 20.94 | PB |
| 14 | 1 | Loris Tonella | Italy | 20.95 | PB |
| 15 | 1 | Muhd Azeem Fahmi | Malaysia | 20.97 | |
| 16 | 1 | Renan Correa | Brazil | 20.98 | |
| 17 | 3 | Erik Erlandsson | Sweden | 21.03 | |
| 18 | 2 | Óscar Baltán | Colombia | 21.05 | |
| 19 | 1 | José Rodríguez | Mexico | 21.13 [.447] | |
| 20 | 3 | Wanya McCoy | Bahamas | 21.23 | |
| 21 | 3 | Roko Farkaš | Croatia | 21.30 | |
| 22 | 3 | Kakene Sitali | Zambia | 21.30 | |
| 23 | 1 | Thawatchai Himaiad | Thailand | 21.86 | |
| 24 | 2 | Nazzio John | Grenada | 26.38 | |

### Final

The final was started at 18:00 on 4 August. The results were as follows:
Wind: -1.0 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 5 | Blessing Afrifah | Israel | 19.96 [.954] | CR |
| | 4 | Letsile Tebogo | Botswana | 19.96 [.960] | CR |
| | 7 | Calab Law | Australia | 20.48 | |
| 4 | 6 | Benjamin Richardson | South Africa | 20.55 | |
| 5 | 1 | Brandon Miller | United States | 20.64 | |
| 6 | 3 | Bryan Levell | Jamaica | 20.72 | |
| 7 | 2 | Jerel Quainoo | Great Britain | 20.73 | |
| 8 | 8 | Anthony Smith | Turkey | 20.87 | |