# 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 15 and 16 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Andrew Howe Italy |
| Silver | Leigh Julius South Africa |
| Bronze | Jamil James Trinidad and Tobago |

## Results
### Final

16 July Wind: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Andrew Howe | Italy | 20.28 |
| | Leigh Julius | South Africa | 20.88 |
| | Jamil James | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.00 |
| 4 | Hank Palmer | Canada | 21.13 |
| 5 | Julian Thomas | United Kingdom | 21.13 |
| 6 | Rikki Fifton | United Kingdom | 21.17 |
| 7 | Samuel Adade | Ghana | 21.20 |
| 8 | Daniel Grueso | Colombia | 21.45 |

### Semifinals

15 July

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: +1.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrew Howe | Italy | 20.72 | Q |
| 2 | Hank Palmer | Canada | 20.81 | Q |
| 3 | Daniel Grueso | Colombia | 21.07 | q |
| 4 | Visa Hongisto | Finland | 21.23 | |
| 5 | Florian Rentz | Germany | 21.29 | |
| 6 | Jared Connaughton | Canada | 21.42 | |
| 7 | Yordan Ilinov | Bulgaria | 21.51 | |
| 8 | Graeme Read | New Zealand | 21.63 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Leigh Julius | South Africa | 20.84 | Q |
| 2 | Jamil James | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.97 | Q |
| 3 | Marcus Duncan | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.23 | |
| 4 | Nesta Carter | Jamaica | 21.24 | |
| 5 | Hiroyuki Noda | Japan | 21.24 | |
| 6 | Mohamed Al-Rasheedi | Bahrain | 21.34 | |
| 7 | Marcus Pugh | United States | 21.61 | |
| 8 | José Eduardo Acevedo | Venezuela | 21.66 | |

#### Semifinal 3

Wind: +1.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Julian Thomas | United Kingdom | 20.86 | Q |
| 2 | Rikki Fifton | United Kingdom | 20.90 | Q |
| 3 | Samuel Adade | Ghana | 21.07 | q |
| 4 | Ivan Teplykh | Russia | 21.12 | |
| 5 | Martial Mbandjock | France | 21.28 | |
| 6 | Jacobi Mitchell | Bahamas | 21.41 | |
| 7 | Anton Korobets | Russia | 21.57 | |
| | Carey LaCour | United States | DNF | |

### Heats

15 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: +2.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Julian Thomas | United Kingdom | 20.93 w | Q |
| 2 | Hiroyuki Noda | Japan | 21.00 w | Q |
| 3 | Jacobi Mitchell | Bahamas | 21.34 w | Q |
| 4 | Jared Connaughton | Canada | 21.46 w | q |
| 5 | Musa Al-Housaoui | Saudi Arabia | 21.57 w | |
| 6 | Marco Cribari | Switzerland | 21.73 w | |
| 7 | Luke Mansfield | Australia | 25.40 w | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: +2.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mohamed Al-Rasheedi | Bahrain | 21.17 w | Q |
| 2 | Martial Mbandjock | France | 21.17 w | Q |
| 3 | Visa Hongisto | Finland | 21.20 w | Q |
| 4 | Daniel Grueso | Colombia | 21.27 w | q |
| 5 | Samuel Adade | Ghana | 21.32 w | q |
| 6 | José Eduardo Acevedo | Venezuela | 21.45 w | q |
| 7 | Mariano Jiménez | Argentina | 21.77 w | |
| 8 | Imran Imran Ali | Pakistan | 21.85 w | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: +1.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Florian Rentz | Germany | 21.19 | Q |
| 2 | Marcus Duncan | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.20 | Q |
| 3 | Anton Korobets | Russia | 21.26 | Q |
| 4 | Nesta Carter | Jamaica | 21.28 | q |
| 5 | Raymond Diogo | Uganda | 21.81 | |
| 6 | Philip Stanek | Austria | 22.30 | |
| 7 | Salim Al-Qaifi | Yemen | 22.95 | |
| | Grafton Ifill | Bahamas | DQ | IAAF rule 162.7 |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrew Howe | Italy | 20.86 | Q |
| 2 | Carey LaCour | United States | 21.18 | Q |
| 3 | Jamil James | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.43 | Q |
| 4 | Yuichi Shokawa | Japan | 21.47 | |
| 5 | Jean Du Randt | South Africa | 21.48 | |
| 6 | Jorge Sena | Brazil | 21.57 | |
| 7 | Said Hassani | France | 21.91 | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: +1.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Leigh Julius | South Africa | 20.91 | Q |
| 2 | Graeme Read | New Zealand | 21.43 | Q |
| 3 | Yordan Ilinov | Bulgaria | 21.46 | Q |
| 4 | Othman Raqib | Morocco | 21.56 | |
| 5 | Lim Jae-Yoel | South Korea | 21.58 | |
| 6 | Félix Martínez | Puerto Rico | 21.72 | |
| 7 | Moise Kossi | Central African Republic | 23.26 | |
| | Paulo Orlando | Brazil | DNF | |

#### Heat 6

Wind: +1.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Rikki Fifton | United Kingdom | 20.99 | Q |
| 2 | Hank Palmer | Canada | 20.99 | Q |
| 3 | Marcus Pugh | United States | 21.20 | Q |
| 4 | Ivan Teplykh | Russia | 21.32 | q |
| 5 | Matt Davies | Australia | 21.55 | |
| 6 | Juma Al-Jabri | Oman | 21.70 | |
| 7 | Todd Mansfield | New Zealand | 21.87 | |
| 8 | Tiarison Manandaza | Madagascar | 22.05 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 46 athletes from 34 countries participated in the event.
* Argentina (1)
* Australia (2)
* Austria (1)
* Bahamas (2)
* Bahrain (1)
* Brazil (2)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (2)
* Central African Republic (1)
* Colombia (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (1)
* Ghana (1)
* Italy (1)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (2)
* Madagascar (1)
* Morocco (1)
* New Zealand (2)
* Oman (1)
* Pakistan (1)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Russia (2)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* South Africa (2)
* South Korea (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (2)
* Uganda (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* Venezuela (1)
* Yemen (1)