# Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 23, 24 and 25 July 1981.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Yuriy Naumenko Soviet Union | István Nagy Hungary | Georges Kablan Degnan Ivory Coast |

## Results
### Heats

Wind: Heat 4: +1.5 m/s, Heat 5: +2.0 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Georges Kablan Degnan | Ivory Coast | 20.94 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Boubacar Diallo | Senegal | 21.01 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Théophile Nkounkou | Congo | 21.02 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Yuriy Naumenko | Soviet Union | 21.03 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Tomás González | Cuba | 21.10 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Vladimir Muravyov | Soviet Union | 21.11 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | Giovanni Bongiorni | Italy | 21.15 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | Paulo Roberto Correia | Brazil | 21.15 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | Aldo Canti | France | 21.16 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | Jang Jae-keun | South Korea | 21.18 | q |
| 11 | 4 | Stéphane Adam | France | 21.24 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | Cameron Sharp | Great Britain | 21.26 | q |
| 13 | 6 | Dragan Zarić | Yugoslavia | 21.32 | q |
| 14 | 3 | István Nagy | Hungary | 21.34 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | Paul Narracott | Australia | 21.37 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | László Babály | Hungary | 21.39 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | Jesús Cabrera | Puerto Rico | 21.40 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | Matti Rusanen | Finland | 21.47 | q |
| 19 | 5 | Brahim Badi | Algeria | 21.65 | q |
| 20 | 4 | Leandro Peñalver | Cuba | 21.70 | q |
| 21 | 3 | Cornel Hapaianu | Romania | 21.75 | |
| 22 | 5 | Jesús Isasa | Spain | 21.77 | |
| 23 | 1 | Şükrü Çaprazlı | Turkey | 21.80 | Q |
| 24 | 2 | Hirohito Yamazaki | Japan | 21.87 | Q |
| 25 | 3 | Kazimierz Grubecki | Poland | 21.88 | |
| 26 | 2 | Kosmas Stratos | Greece | 21.94 | Q |
| 27 | 5 | Silvio Almanzar | Dominican Republic | 22.00 | |
| 28 | 3 | Sabidou Touré | Senegal | 22.05 | |
| 29 | 1 | Jorge Burgos | Mexico | 22.06 | Q |
| 30 | 2 | Murat Akman | Turkey | 22.13 | |
| 31 | 1 | Yoav Meckel | Israel | 22.27 | |
| 32 | 4 | Antoine Kiakouama | Congo | 22.30 | |
| 33 | 2 | Nabil Nahri | Syria | 22.43 | |
| 34 | 4 | Roland Dagher | Lebanon | 22.58 | |
| 35 | 3 | Jihad Salame | Lebanon | 24.15 | |

### Semifinals

Wind: Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +1.4 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | István Nagy | Hungary | 20.81 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Boubacar Diallo | Senegal | 20.90 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Georges Kablan Degnan | Ivory Coast | 20.91 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Paulo Roberto Correia | Brazil | 20.99 | q |
| 4 | 3 | Yuriy Naumenko | Soviet Union | 20.99 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Vladimir Muravyov | Soviet Union | 21.06 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Théophile Nkounkou | Congo | 21.10 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | László Babály | Hungary | 21.14 | q |
| 9 | 3 | Aldo Canti | France | 21.16 | |
| 10 | 1 | Cameron Sharp | Great Britain | 21.19 | |
| 11 | 2 | Tomás González | Cuba | 21.21 | |
| 12 | 1 | Giovanni Bongiorni | Italy | 21.29 | |
| 13 | 2 | Stéphane Adam | France | 21.31 | |
| 14 | 2 | Jesús Cabrera | Puerto Rico | 21.44 | |
| 15 | 3 | Jang Jae-keun | South Korea | 21.49 | |
| 16 | 1 | Dragan Zarić | Yugoslavia | 21.54 | |
| 17 | 3 | Paul Narracott | Australia | 21.62 | |
| 18 | 1 | Matti Rusanen | Finland | 21.74 | |
| 19 | 1 | Leandro Peñalver | Cuba | 21.83 | |
| 20 | 3 | Şükrü Çaprazlı | Turkey | 21.86 | |
| 21 | 2 | Brahim Badi | Algeria | 21.89 | |
| 22 | 2 | Kosmas Stratos | Greece | 21.92 | |
| 23 | 1 | Jorge Burgos | Mexico | 22.57 | |
| 24 | 3 | Hirohito Yamazaki | Japan | 27.89 | |

### Final

Wind: +0.4 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Yuriy Naumenko | Soviet Union | 20.79 |
| | István Nagy | Hungary | 20.83 |
| | Georges Kablan Degnan | Ivory Coast | 20.97 |
| 4 | László Babály | Hungary | 21.03 |
| 5 | Vladimir Muravyov | Soviet Union | 21.08 |
| 6 | Boubacar Diallo | Senegal | 21.08 |
| 7 | Théophile Nkounkou | Congo | 21.25 |
| | Paulo Roberto Correia | Brazil | DNF |