# Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China on 30–31 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Marcin Urbaś Poland | Gennadiy Chernovol Kazakhstan | Corné du Plessis South Africa |

## Results
### Heats

Wind: Heat 1: +1.7 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s, Heat 5: 0.0 m/s, Heat 6: -0.1 m/s, Heat 7: ? m/s, Heat 8: +1.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Gennadiy Chernovol | Kazakhstan | 20.82 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Chris Lambert | Great Britain | 20.84 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Xu Zizhou | China | 20.86 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Marcin Urbaś | Poland | 20.92 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Tim Williams | Australia | 20.96 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | Sherwin Vries | Namibia | 20.99 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Yusuke Omae | Japan | 21.00 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Josephus Howard | United States | 21.01 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Mark Howard | Ireland | 21.02 | Q |
| 9 | 8 | Corné du Plessis | South Africa | 21.02 | Q |
| 9 | 8 | Masayuki Okusako | Japan | 21.02 | Q |
| 12 | 7 | Juan Pedro Toledo | Mexico | 21.05 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Gideon Jablonka | Israel | 21.10 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Kaaron Conwright | United States | 21.14 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Tsai Meng-lin | Chinese Taipei | 21.15 | q |
| 15 | 5 | José Carlos Peña | Cuba | 21.15 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | Virgil Spier | Netherlands | 21.17 | q, PB |
| 18 | 2 | Oleg Sergeyev | Russia | 21.25 | Q |
| 18 | 6 | Tommy Kafri | Israel | 21.25 | Q |
| 20 | 5 | David Flowers | Australia | 21.26 | Q |
| 21 | 6 | Fernando dos Reis | Brazil | 21.47 | Q |
| 22 | 7 | Marc Schneeberger | Switzerland | 21.52 | Q |
| 22 | 8 | Paul McKee | Ireland | 21.52 | Q |
| 24 | 4 | Massimiliano Donati | Italy | 21.55 | Q |
| 25 | 5 | Chinedu Ike | Nigeria | 21.56 | q |
| 26 | 8 | Yang Yaozu | China | 21.60 | q |
| 27 | 3 | Dmitrijs Hadakovs | Latvia | 21.62 | q |
| 28 | 4 | Thobias Akwenye | Namibia | 21.63 | Q |
| 29 | 4 | Tony Ogbu | Nigeria | 21.65 | q |
| 30 | 5 | Rika Fardani | Indonesia | 21.83 | q |
| 31 | 7 | Lei Wai Kun | Macau | 21.85 | Q |
| 32 | 6 | Ho Kwan Lung | Hong Kong | 21.96 | q |
| 33 | 3 | Dmitriy Chumichkin | Azerbaijan | 22.02 | |
| 34 | 2 | Vadims Avdejevs | Latvia | 22.09 | |
| 35 | 6 | Diego Ferreira | Paraguay | 22.15 | |
| 36 | 5 | Alieu Conteh | Sierra Leone | 22.31 | |
| 37 | 8 | Sidiki Aboubakar | Cameroon | 22.44 | |
| 38 | 1 | Karl Farrugia | Malta | 22.47 | |
| 39 | 2 | Roberto Gómez | Costa Rica | 22.65 | |
| 39 | 4 | Lan Ming Tak | Hong Kong | 22.65 | |
| 41 | 7 | Lee Prowell | Guyana | 22.66 | |
| 42 | 6 | Afif Hass | Yemen | 22.87 | |
| 43 | 6 | Said Al-Abadi | Oman | 22.91 | |
| 44 | 2 | Ekkachai Janthana | Thailand | 22.97 | |
| 45 | 7 | Pablo Moura | Peru | 23.16 | |
| 46 | 7 | Chadana Wickramarachchi | Sri Lanka | 23.20 | |
| 47 | 8 | Ali Mohamed Foudhe | Comoros | 23.29 | |
| 48 | 3 | Roberto Salvatierra | Peru | 23.52 | |
| 49 | 1 | Chong Ka Man | Macau | 23.69 | |
| 50 | 6 | Sam Daraphirith | Cambodia | 23.81 | |
| 51 | 1 | Zeyad Abueshabieh | Jordan | 23.92 | |
| 52 | 4 | Edward Grech | Malta | 23.99 | |
| 53 | 5 | El Ottambot | Gabon | 24.43 | |
| 54 | 7 | Habib Sylla | Guinea | 26.45 | |
| | 8 | Aleksandr Ryabov | Russia | DNF | |

### Quarterfinals

Wind: Heat 1: +0.8 m/s, Heat 2: +1.4 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s, Heat 4: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Corné du Plessis | South Africa | 20.63 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Marcin Urbaś | Poland | 20.66 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Xu Zizhou | China | 20.74 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Josephus Howard | United States | 20.79 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Sherwin Vries | Namibia | 20.81 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | José Carlos Peña | Cuba | 20.81 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Gennadiy Chernovol | Kazakhstan | 20.82 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Chris Lambert | Great Britain | 20.87 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Mark Howard | Ireland | 20.88 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Kaaron Conwright | United States | 20.92 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Masayuki Okusako | Japan | 20.93 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Juan Pedro Toledo | Mexico | 20.95 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Oleg Sergeyev | Russia | 21.01 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Tim Williams | Australia | 21.05 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Yusuke Omae | Japan | 21.06 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Tommy Kafri | Israel | 21.14 | |
| 17 | 1 | Gideon Jablonka | Israel | 21.18 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | Fernando dos Reis | Brazil | 21.18 | |
| 19 | 2 | Virgil Spier | Netherlands | 21.18 | |
| 20 | 1 | David Flowers | Australia | 21.21 | |
| 20 | 2 | Marc Schneeberger | Switzerland | 21.21 | |
| 22 | 3 | Tsai Meng-lin | Chinese Taipei | 21.32 | |
| 23 | 4 | Paul McKee | Ireland | 21.42 | |
| 24 | 3 | Massimiliano Donati | Italy | 21.45 | |
| 25 | 4 | Tony Ogbu | Nigeria | 21.57 | |
| 26 | 3 | Chinedu Ike | Nigeria | 21.60 | |
| 27 | 3 | Lei Wai Kun | Macau | 21.63 | |
| 28 | 1 | Yang Yaozu | China | 21.67 | |
| 29 | 2 | Thobias Akwenye | Namibia | 21.69 | |
| 30 | 1 | Dmitrijs Hadakovs | Latvia | 21.70 | |
| 31 | 4 | Ho Kwan Lung | Hong Kong | 22.13 | |
| | 2 | Rika Fardani | Indonesia | ? | |

### Semifinals

Wind: Heat 1: +2.7 m/s, Heat 2: +1.5 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Xu Zizhou | China | 20.39 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Marcin Urbaś | Poland | 20.39 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Gennadiy Chernovol | Kazakhstan | 20.47 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Sherwin Vries | Namibia | 20.53 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Corné du Plessis | South Africa | 20.61 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Kaaron Conwright | United States | 20.71 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Masayuki Okusako | Japan | 20.81 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Chris Lambert | Great Britain | 20.86 | |
| 9 | 2 | Josephus Howard | United States | 20.91 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Mark Howard | Ireland | 20.95 | |
| 11 | 1 | Yusuke Omae | Japan | 21.05 | |
| 12 | 1 | Oleg Sergeyev | Russia | 21.08 | |
| 13 | 2 | José Carlos Peña | Cuba | 21.09 | |
| 14 | 2 | Gideon Jablonka | Israel | 21.09 | |
| 15 | 2 | Tim Williams | Australia | 21.15 | |
| 16 | 2 | Juan Pedro Toledo | Mexico | 21.20 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Marcin Urbaś | Poland | 20.56 |
| | Gennadiy Chernovol | Kazakhstan | 20.57 |
| | Corné du Plessis | South Africa | 20.58 |
| 4 | Xu Zizhou | China | 20.70 |
| 5 | Sherwin Vries | Namibia | 20.75 |
| 6 | Masayuki Okusako | Japan | 20.99 |
| 7 | Josephus Howard | United States | 21.10 |
| 8 | Kaaron Conwright | United States | 21.38 |