# 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 19 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Stanley Kerr United States |
| Silver | Derrick Florence United States |
| Bronze | Steve McBain Australia |

## Results
### Final

19 July Wind: +0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Stanley Kerr | United States | 20.74 |
| | Derrick Florence | United States | 21.12 |
| | Steve McBain | Australia | 21.21 |
| 4 | Nikolay Antonov | Bulgaria | 21.37 |
| 5 | Phil Goedluck | United Kingdom | 21.38 |
| 6 | Jarosław Kaniecki | Poland | 21.46 |
| 7 | Michael Newbold | Bahamas | 21.50 |
| 8 | Ivo Rýznar | Czechoslovakia | 21.71 |

### Semifinals

18 July

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stanley Kerr | United States | 20.78 | Q |
| 2 | Phil Goedluck | United Kingdom | 21.32 | Q |
| 3 | Steve McBain | Australia | 21.38 | Q |
| 4 | Ivo Rýznar | Czechoslovakia | 21.44 | Q |
| 5 | Masahiro Nagura | Japan | 21.45 | |
| 6 | Frank Kobor | West Germany | 21.57 | |
| 7 | Lars Hedner | Sweden | 21.62 | |
| 8 | Jarosław Lewandowicz | Poland | 22.10 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Derrick Florence | United States | 21.08 | Q |
| 2 | Jarosław Kaniecki | Poland | 21.37 | Q |
| 3 | Nikolay Antonov | Bulgaria | 21.39 | Q |
| 4 | Michael Newbold | Bahamas | 21.42 | Q |
| 5 | Mark Garner | Australia | 21.42 | |
| 6 | Abdullah Tetengi | Nigeria | 21.57 | |
| 7 | Oliver Schmidt | West Germany | 21.58 | |
| 8 | Grant Gilbert | New Zealand | 21.96 | |

### Quarterfinals

18 July

#### Quarterfinal 1

Wind: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mark Garner | Australia | 21.21 | Q |
| 2 | Nikolay Antonov | Bulgaria | 21.32 | Q |
| 3 | Abdullah Tetengi | Nigeria | 21.36 | Q |
| 4 | Lars Hedner | Sweden | 21.47 | Q |
| 5 | Desmond Griffiths | Canada | 21.53 | |
| 6 | Sergey Klyonov | Soviet Union | 21.77 | |
| 7 | Ho Sung-Won | South Korea | 21.78 | |
| | Roberto Hernández | Cuba | DNS | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

Wind: +1.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Derrick Florence | United States | 21.16 | Q |
| 2 | Phil Goedluck | United Kingdom | 21.25 | Q |
| 3 | Frank Kobor | West Germany | 21.34 | Q |
| 4 | Jarosław Lewandowicz | Poland | 21.57 | Q |
| 5 | José Luis Arrazola | Spain | 21.64 | |
| 6 | Mark Johnson | Bahamas | 21.79 | |
| | Alvin Daniel | Trinidad and Tobago | DNS | |
| | Eduardo Nava | Mexico | DNS | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

Wind: +1.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stanley Kerr | United States | 20.83 | Q |
| 2 | Michael Newbold | Bahamas | 21.36 | Q |
| 3 | Masahiro Nagura | Japan | 21.38 | Q |
| 4 | Oliver Schmidt | West Germany | 21.43 | Q |
| 5 | Alberto Martilli | Italy | 21.58 | |
| 6 | Diego Gómez | Spain | 21.74 | |
| 7 | Pel van de Kerkhof | Netherlands | 21.78 | |
| 8 | Mohamed El-Kandoussi | Morocco | 21.99 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

Wind: -0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Steve McBain | Australia | 21.21 | Q |
| 2 | Jarosław Kaniecki | Poland | 21.33 | Q |
| 3 | Ivo Rýznar | Czechoslovakia | 21.33 | Q |
| 4 | Grant Gilbert | New Zealand | 21.51 | Q |
| 5 | Yaya Adesina | Nigeria | 21.52 | |
| 6 | Koichi Igarashi | Japan | 21.82 | |
| 7 | Avi Nisenkorn | Israel | 21.93 | |
| 8 | Krasimir Bozhinovski | Bulgaria | 22.43 | |

### Heats

18 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: -0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Stanley Kerr | United States | 21.06 | Q |
| 2 | Alberto Martilli | Italy | 21.72 | Q |
| 3 | Desmond Griffiths | Canada | 21.73 | q |
| 4 | Mohamed El-Kandoussi | Morocco | 22.01 | q |
| 5 | Ronnie Sköld | Sweden | 22.09 | |
| 6 | Aris Cefai | Malta | 23.27 | |
| 7 | Reece Kalsakau | Vanuatu | 23.63 | |
| 8 | Fayaka Dumbar | Liberia | 24.02 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: +0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Phil Goedluck | United Kingdom | 21.36 | Q |
| 2 | Nikolay Antonov | Bulgaria | 21.92 | Q |
| 3 | Mohamed Al-Bishi | Saudi Arabia | 22.12 | |
| 4 | Brad McCuaig | Canada | 22.18 | |
| 5 | Stephen Lewis | Montserrat | 22.36 | |
| 6 | Francisco Raimundo | Angola | 22.94 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: +1.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oliver Schmidt | West Germany | 21.49 | Q |
| 2 | José Luis Arrazola | Spain | 21.77 | Q |
| 3 | Joel Isasi | Cuba | 22.15 | |
| 4 | Maloni Bole | Fiji | 22.15 | |
| 5 | Claire Soleyne | Antigua and Barbuda | 22.71 | |
| 6 | Francisco Colorado | El Salvador | 22.80 | |
| 7 | Awad Ead Awad | Egypt | 22.93 | |
| 8 | William Akanoa | Cook Islands | 23.63 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Krasimir Bozhinovski | Bulgaria | 21.57 | Q |
| 2 | Jarosław Lewandowicz | Poland | 21.62 | Q |
| 3 | Diego Gómez | Spain | 21.82 | q |
| 4 | Grant Gilbert | New Zealand | 21.94 | q |
| 5 | Mikhail Vdovin | Soviet Union | 22.19 | |
| 6 | Emmanuel Mack | Papua New Guinea | 22.29 | |
| 7 | Yves Bolanga | Cameroon | 23.54 | |
| 8 | Nadim Aboud | Lebanon | 23.82 | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: +0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lars Hedner | Sweden | 21.66 | Q |
| 2 | Michael Newbold | Bahamas | 21.73 | Q |
| 3 | Koichi Igarashi | Japan | 21.74 | q |
| 4 | Mohamed Bakr Al-Housaoui | Saudi Arabia | 22.21 | |
| 5 | Tsegaye Wolde Iyesus | Ethiopia | 22.33 | |
| 6 | Robert Outerbridge | Bermuda | 22.73 | |
| 7 | Ho Kwok Wai | Hong Kong | 23.24 | |

#### Heat 6

Wind: +0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Derrick Florence | United States | 21.61 | Q |
| 2 | Sergey Klyonov | Soviet Union | 21.80 | Q |
| 3 | Ho Sung-Won | South Korea | 21.98 | q |
| 4 | Konstadínos Labrópoulos | Greece | 22.05 | |
| 5 | Andriants Razafimanantjoa | Madagascar | 22.80 | |
| 6 | Livasoa Randrianjatovo | Madagascar | 22.98 | |
| 7 | Said Ahmed Fayez | South Yemen | 23.42 | |

#### Heat 7

Wind: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Roberto Hernández | Cuba | 21.20 | Q |
| 2 | Mark Garner | Australia | 21.42 | Q |
| 3 | Avi Nisenkorn | Israel | 21.97 | q |
| 4 | Christopher Mbilo | Tanzania | 22.09 | |
| 5 | Padmakumar Amarasekera | Sri Lanka | 22.39 | |
| 6 | Tshokolo Peloethata | Botswana | 22.48 | |
| 7 | Carlos Oliveira | Uruguay | 22.83 | |
| | Horace Dove-Edwin | Sierra Leone | DQ | |

#### Heat 8

Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jarosław Kaniecki | Poland | 21.38 | Q |
| 2 | Abdullah Tetengi | Nigeria | 21.57 | Q |
| 3 | Mark Johnson | Bahamas | 21.75 | q |
| 4 | Milan Petaković | Yugoslavia | 22.02 | |
| 5 | Carlos Moreno | Chile | 22.32 | |
| 6 | Aceng Rumaedi | Indonesia | 22.66 | |

#### Heat 9

Wind: -1.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Frank Kobor | West Germany | 21.36 | Q |
| 2 | Masahiro Nagura | Japan | 21.53 | Q |
| 3 | Alvin Daniel | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.94 | q |
| 4 | Indra Nugraha | Indonesia | 22.42 | |
| 5 | Khayar Seck | Senegal | 22.66 | |
| 6 | Henri Ngamotendi | Congo | 23.10 | |

#### Heat 10

Wind: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Pel van de Kerkhof | Netherlands | 21.82 | Q |
| 2 | Eduardo Nava | Mexico | 21.97 | Q |
| 3 | Dazel Jules | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.17 | |
| 4 | Pedro Pérez | Puerto Rico | 22.30 | |
| 5 | Washington Rodrigues | Brazil | 22.78 | |
| 6 | Eversley Linley | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22.99 | |
| 7 | M.Adam Salih | Sudan | 23.16 | |
| 8 | Michel Bibi | Seychelles | 23.32 | |

#### Heat 11

Wind: -0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Steve McBain | Australia | 21.32 | Q |
| 2 | Ivo Rýznar | Czechoslovakia | 21.64 | Q |
| 3 | Yaya Adesina | Nigeria | 21.82 | q |
| 4 | Ioannis Zisimides | Cyprus | 22.08 | |
| 5 | Hoon Kim Seng | Singapore | 22.28 | |
| 6 | Yehuda Moreli | Israel | 22.34 | |
| 7 | Tamás Molnár | Hungary | 22.45 | |
| 8 | Ahmed Hassan Rawiah | North Yemen | 23.71 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 80 athletes from 62 countries participated in the event.
* Angola (1)
* Antigua and Barbuda (1)
* Australia (2)
* Bahamas (2)
* Bermuda (1)
* Botswana (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Cameroon (1)
* Canada (2)
* Chile (1)
* Congo (1)
* Cook Islands (1)
* Cuba (2)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* Egypt (1)
* El Salvador (1)
* Ethiopia (1)
* Fiji (1)
* Greece (1)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Indonesia (2)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (2)
* Lebanon (1)
* Liberia (1)
* Madagascar (2)
* Malta (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Montserrat (1)
* Morocco (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Nigeria (2)
* North Yemen (1)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Poland (2)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
* Saudi Arabia (2)
* Senegal (1)
* Seychelles (1)
* Sierra Leone (1)
* Singapore (1)
* South Korea (1)
* South Yemen (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (2)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Sudan (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Tanzania (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (2)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)
* Uruguay (1)
* Vanuatu (1)
* West Germany (2)
* Yugoslavia (1)