# 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 21 and 22 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Michael Norman Jr. United States |
| Silver | Tlotliso Leotlela South Africa |
| Bronze | Nigel Ellis Jamaica |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics :
| World Junior Record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 19.93 | Devonshire, Bermuda | 11 April 2004 |
| Championship Record | Andrew Howe (ITA) | 20.28 | Grosseto, Italy | 16 July 2004 |
| World Junior Leading | Noah Lyles (USA) | 20.09 | Eugene, United States | 9 July 2016 |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: +1.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: +1.6 m/s, Heat 4: -1.2 m/s, Heat 5: +1.3 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 4 | Clarence Munyai | South Africa | 20.40 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Tlotliso Leotlela | South Africa | 20.63 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Roger Gurski | Germany | 20.73 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 5 | Michael Norman Jr. | United States | 20.74 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Cameron Tindle | Great Britain | 20.78 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 2 | Ryan Gorman | Great Britain | 20.84 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 3 | Akanni Hislop | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.87 | Q, PB |
| 8 | 2 | Nigel Ellis | Jamaica | 20.87 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Jun Yamashita | Japan | 20.89 | Q, PB |
| 10 | 4 | Mathias Hove Johansen | Norway | 21.00 | Q, PB |
| 11 | 1 | Vladislav Grigoryev | Kazakhstan | 21.02 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Yang Chun-han | Chinese Taipei | 21.11 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Marcus Tornée | Sweden | 21.19 | q, PB |
| 14 | 1 | Micaiah Harris | United States | 21.19 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Emmanuel Arowolo | Nigeria | 21.20 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | Coull Graham | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.31 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | Hamish Gill | New Zealand | 21.33 | Q |
| 18 | 2 | Samson Colebrooke | Bahamas | 21.35 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | Ko Seung-hwan | South Korea | 21.35 | q |
| 20 | 4 | Trae Williams | Australia | 21.40 | q |
| 21 | 1 | Wataru Inuzuka | Japan | 21.41 | Q |
| 22 | 5 | Vinicius Moraes | Brazil | 21.46 | Q |
| 23 | 1 | Moffat Ngari Wanjiru | Kenya | 21.47 | q |
| 24 | 2 | Moussa Ali Issa | Bahrain | 21.53 | |
| 25 | 3 | Xholani Talane | Botswana | 21.64 | Q |
| 26 | 5 | Dániel Szabó | Hungary | 21.78 | |
| 27 | 1 | Lee Gyu-hyeong | South Korea | 21.84 | |
| 28 | 3 | Ezequiel Suárez | Puerto Rico | 21.93 | |
| 29 | 4 | Kentoine Browne | Barbados | 22.00 | |
| 30 | 2 | Dicki-Terry Mael | Vanuatu | 22.06 | NU20R |
| 31 | 1 | Mahmoud El Daou | Lebanon | 22.39 | |
| 32 | 1 | Jessy Franco | Gibraltar | 22.44 | |
| 33 | 3 | Pascual Ochaga | Equatorial Guinea | 24.70 | PB |
| | 5 | Loïc Prevot | France | DNF | |
| | 3 | Hujaye Cornwall | Jamaica | DQ | R163.3(a) |
| | 2 | Arturo Deliser | Panama | DNS | |
| | 3 | Mohamed Fares Jlassi | Tunisia | DNS | |
| | 5 | Mario Burke | Barbados | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.
Wind: Heat 1: +1.5 m/s, Heat 2: +1.1 m/s, Heat 3: +2.0 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Clarence Munyai | South Africa | 20.54 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Tlotliso Leotlela | South Africa | 20.58 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Roger Gurski | Germany | 20.64 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 1 | Jun Yamashita | Japan | 20.67 | q, PB |
| 5 | 2 | Michael Norman Jr. | United States | 20.71 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Cameron Tindle | Great Britain | 20.71 | q |
| 7 | 3 | Nigel Ellis | Jamaica | 20.78 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Yang Chun-han | Chinese Taipei | 20.90 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Ryan Gorman | Great Britain | 20.91 | |
| 10 | 1 | Micaiah Harris | United States | 20.97 | |
| 11 | 3 | Vladislav Grigoryev | Kazakhstan | 21.08 | |
| 12 | 3 | Emmanuel Arowolo | Nigeria | 21.16 | |
| 13 | 2 | Mathias Hove Johansen | Norway | 21.19 | |
| 14 | 2 | Coull Graham | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.24 | PB |
| 15 | 1 | Vinicius Moraes | Brazil | 21.25 | |
| 16 | 3 | Samson Colebrooke | Bahamas | 21.30 | PB |
| 17 | 3 | Wataru Inuzuka | Japan | 21.40 | |
| 18 | 1 | Xholani Talane | Botswana | 21.40 | |
| 19 | 1 | Moffat Ngari Wanjiru | Kenya | 21.48 | |
| 20 | 2 | Hamish Gill | New Zealand | 21.49 | |
| 21 | 3 | Trae Williams | Australia | 21.49 | |
| 22 | 2 | Ko Seung-hwan | South Korea | 21.50 | |
| 23 | 2 | Marcus Tornée | Sweden | 21.70 | |
| | 3 | Akanni Hislop | Trinidad and Tobago | DNF | |

### Final

Wind: +1.2 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 6 | Michael Norman Jr. | United States | 20.17 | CR |
| | 5 | Tlotliso Leotlela | South Africa | 20.59 | |
| | 8 | Nigel Ellis | Jamaica | 20.63 | |
| 4 | 4 | Clarence Munyai | South Africa | 20.77 | |
| 5 | 9 | Yang Chun-han | Chinese Taipei | 20.81 | |
| 6 | 7 | Roger Gurski | Germany | 20.81 | |
| 7 | 3 | Cameron Tindle | Great Britain | 20.82 | |
| 8 | 2 | Jun Yamashita | Japan | 20.94 | |