# Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1983 Summer Universiade was held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada on 8, 9 and 10 July 1983.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Innocent Egbunike Nigeria | Elliott Quow United States | Bernie Jackson United States |

## Results
### Heats

Held on 8 July
Wind: Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +1.0 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: +3.0 m/s, Heat 5: ? m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Bernie Jackson | United States | 20.52 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Jean-Jacques Boussemart | France | 20.87 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Tony Sharpe | Canada | 20.90 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Boubacar Diallo | Senegal | 20.94 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Vladimir Muravyov | Soviet Union | 21.04 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Innocent Egbunike | Nigeria | 21.06 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Elliott Quow | United States | 21.14 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Jang Jae-keun | South Korea | 21.20 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Fritz Werner-Heer | West Germany | 21.21 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Juan Prado | Spain | 21.25 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Koichi Mishiba | Japan | 21.25 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Roland Jokl | Austria | 21.30 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Emilio Moltrasio | Italy | 21.36 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 21.36 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Paulo Roberto Correia | Brazil | 21.46 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Harouna Pale | Upper Volta | 21.50 | q |
| 17 | 1 | Álvarez Sánchez | Spain | 21.52 | Q |
| 18 | 2 | Desai Williams | Canada | 21.55 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Mohamed Purnomo | Indonesia | 21.61 | q |
| 20 | 5 | Aleksandr Zolotaryev | Soviet Union | 21.62 | Q |
| 21 | 1 | Thomas Geuyen | West Germany | 21.63 | Q |
| 22 | 3 | Oddur Sigurðsson | Iceland | 21.65 | q |
| 23 | 5 | Giovanni Bongiorni | Italy | 21.75 | Q |
| 24 | 2 | Kenji Yamauchi | Japan | 21.94 | |
| 25 | 4 | Rubén Inácio | Angola | 22.07 | |
| 26 | 3 | Clifford Mamba | Swaziland | 22.22 | |
| 27 | 5 | Arnaldo Abrantes | Portugal | 22.30 | Q |
| 28 | 5 | Alan Zammit | Malta | 22.63 | |
| 29 | 1 | Julius Afar | Indonesia | 22.69 | |
| 30 | 3 | Jihad Salame | Lebanon | 22.90 | |
| 31 | 1 | José Rodolfo Asturias | Guatemala | 23.41 | |
| | 2 | Armenio Gaspar | Angola | DQ | |

### Quarterfinals

Held on 9 July
Wind: Heat 1: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +1.5 m/s, Heat 3: +0.7 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Bernie Jackson | United States | 20.69 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Elliott Quow | United States | 20.75 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Jean-Jacques Boussemart | France | 20.81 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Innocent Egbunike | Nigeria | 20.82 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Boubacar Diallo | Senegal | 20.82 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 20.85 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Fritz Werner-Heer | West Germany | 20.89 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Desai Williams | Canada | 20.95 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Tony Sharpe | Canada | 20.97 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Jang Jae-keun | South Korea | 21.00 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Roland Jokl | Austria | 21.00 | q |
| 12 | 3 | Vladimir Muravyov | Soviet Union | 21.02 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Aleksandr Zolotaryev | Soviet Union | 21.07 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Paulo Roberto Correia | Brazil | 21.10 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Giovanni Bongiorni | Italy | 21.20 | q |
| 16 | 3 | Álvarez Sánchez | Spain | 21.22 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | Koichi Mishiba | Japan | 21.25 | |
| 18 | 3 | Emilio Moltrasio | Italy | 21.39 | |
| 19 | 2 | Juan Prado | Spain | 21.40 | |
| 20 | 2 | Harouna Pale | Upper Volta | 21.43 | |
| 21 | 1 | Mohamed Purnomo | Indonesia | 21.51 | |
| 22 | 3 | Oddur Sigurðsson | Iceland | 21.64 | |
| | ? | Thomas Geuyen | West Germany | ??.?? | |
| | ? | Arnaldo Abrantes | Portugal | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Held on 10 July
Wind: Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: -0.5 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Innocent Egbunike | Nigeria | 20.53 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Bernie Jackson | United States | 20.58 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Vladimir Muravyov | Soviet Union | 20.61 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Boubacar Diallo | Senegal | 20.72 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Jean-Jacques Boussemart | France | 20.73 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Elliott Quow | United States | 20.78 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 20.80 | q, PB |
| 8 | 1 | Tony Sharpe | Canada | 20.81 | |
| 9 | 2 | Desai Williams | Canada | 20.84 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Jang Jae-keun | South Korea | 20.93 | |
| 11 | 2 | Fritz Werner-Heer | West Germany | 20.95 | |
| 12 | 2 | Roland Jokl | Austria | 21.02 | |
| 13 | 2 | Aleksandr Zolotaryev | Soviet Union | 21.13 | |
| 14 | 1 | Álvarez Sánchez | Spain | 21.22 | |
| 15 | 1 | Paulo Roberto Correia | Brazil | 21.25 | |
| 16 | 2 | Giovanni Bongiorni | Italy | 21.46 | |

### Final

Held on 10 July
Wind: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Innocent Egbunike | Nigeria | 20.42 |
| | Elliott Quow | United States | 20.46 |
| | Bernie Jackson | United States | 20.57 |
| 4 | Vladimir Muravyov | Soviet Union | 20.66 |
| 5 | Jean-Jacques Boussemart | France | 20.70 |
| 6 | Desai Williams | Canada | 20.80 |
| 7 | Boubacar Diallo | Senegal | 20.92 |
| 8 | Luis Alberto Schneider | Chile | 20.95 |