# 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 18 and 19 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Usain Bolt Jamaica |
| Silver | Brendan Christian Antigua and Barbuda |
| Bronze | Wes Felix United States |

## Results
### Final

19 July Wind: +0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 20.61 |
| | Brendan Christian | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.74 |
| | Wes Felix | United States | 20.82 |
| 4 | Rubin Williams | United States | 20.90 |
| 5 | Bruno Pacheco | Brazil | 20.95 |
| 6 | Sebastian Ernst | Germany | 21.00 |
| 7 | Till Helmke | Germany | 21.10 |
| | Grafton Ifill | Bahamas | DNF |

### Semifinals

19 July

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: -1.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Grafton Ifill | Bahamas | 21.02 | Q |
| 2 | Rubin Williams | United States | 21.07 | Q |
| 3 | Sebastian Ernst | Germany | 21.09 | q |
| 4 | Tyler Christopher | Canada | 21.20 | |
| 5 | Kristof Beyens | Belgium | 21.22 | |
| 6 | Paul Hession | Ireland | 21.22 | |
| 7 | Daisuke Sakai | Japan | 21.56 | |
| 8 | Tamunosiki Atorudibo | Nigeria | 21.58 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: -2.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 20.85 | Q |
| 2 | Brendan Christian | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.04 | Q |
| 3 | Bruno Pacheco | Brazil | 21.16 | q |
| 4 | Adam Miller | Australia | 21.39 | |
| 5 | Ricardo Pacheco | Portugal | 21.47 | |
| 6 | Dániel Ágoston | Hungary | 21.60 | |
| 7 | Ivor-Tit Jurisic | Croatia | 21.80 | |
| 8 | Paweł Ptak | Poland | 21.91 | |

#### Semifinal 3

Wind: -4.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wes Felix | United States | 21.50 | Q |
| 2 | Till Helmke | Germany | 21.65 | Q |
| 3 | Kazuteru Matsumoto | Japan | 21.66 | |
| 4 | Roman Smirnov | Russia | 21.74 | |
| 5 | Jorge Sena | Brazil | 21.77 | |
| 6 | Leigh Julius | South Africa | 21.83 | |
| 7 | Cédrick Audel | France | 21.92 | |
| 8 | Robert Majchrzak | Poland | 21.95 | |

### Heats

18 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: +1.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Brendan Christian | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.09 | Q |
| 2 | Roman Smirnov | Russia | 21.18 | Q |
| 3 | Daisuke Sakai | Japan | 21.25 | Q |
| 4 | Ivor-Tit Jurisic | Croatia | 21.43 | q |
| 5 | José María García | Spain | 21.48 | |
| 6 | Ku King Kit | Hong Kong | 22.19 | |
| 7 | Abdulkarem Abdulkarem | Bahrain | 22.96 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: +1.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Grafton Ifill | Bahamas | 21.05 | Q |
| 2 | Rubin Williams | United States | 21.06 | Q |
| 3 | Dániel Ágoston | Hungary | 21.31 | Q |
| 4 | Kapena Rukero | Namibia | 21.44 | |
| 5 | David Alerte | France | 21.67 | |
| 6 | Hayden Townsend | New Zealand | 21.92 | |
| 7 | Elio Gijon | Mexico | 22.82 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: +1.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tyler Christopher | Canada | 21.03 | Q |
| 2 | Kazuteru Matsumoto | Japan | 21.16 | Q |
| 3 | Ricardo Pacheco | Portugal | 21.34 | Q |
| 4 | Jeon Deok-Hyung | South Korea | 21.54 | |
| 5 | John Valoyes | Colombia | 21.62 | |
| 6 | Ahmed Mohamed Ali | Egypt | 21.83 | |
| 7 | Jone Biutilodoni | Fiji | 22.91 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +1.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 20.58 | Q |
| 2 | Sebastian Ernst | Germany | 20.97 | Q |
| 3 | Paul Hession | Ireland | 21.03 | Q |
| 4 | Kristof Beyens | Belgium | 21.19 | q |
| 5 | Tiarison Manandaza | Madagascar | 22.20 | |
| 6 | Khalid Brooks | Anguilla | 23.39 | |
| | Denis Kondratyev | Kazakhstan | DNF | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: +0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bruno Pacheco | Brazil | 21.19 | Q |
| 2 | Paweł Ptak | Poland | 21.58 | Q |
| 3 | Tamunosiki Atorudibo | Nigeria | 21.61 | Q |
| 4 | Kris Neofytou | Australia | 21.76 | |
| 5 | Darian Forbes | Turks and Caicos Islands | 22.36 | |
| 6 | Thulasizwe Mnisi | Swaziland | 23.03 | |

#### Heat 6

Wind: +1.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Till Helmke | Germany | 20.97 | Q |
| 2 | Jorge Sena | Brazil | 21.28 | Q |
| 3 | Cédrick Audel | France | 21.53 | Q |
| 4 | Robert Ibeh | Cayman Islands | 21.71 | |
| 5 | Andrés Rodríguez | Panama | 23.54 | |
| 6 | Enrique Cristobal Ndong | Equatorial Guinea | 25.10 | |

#### Heat 7

Wind: +1.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wes Felix | United States | 21.08 | Q |
| 2 | Adam Miller | Australia | 21.23 | Q |
| 3 | Leigh Julius | South Africa | 21.29 | Q |
| 4 | Robert Majchrzak | Poland | 21.36 | q |
| 5 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Gambia | 21.53 | |
| 6 | Darragh Graham | Ireland | 21.78 | |
| 7 | Emmanuel Ngom | Cameroon | 21.81 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 47 athletes from 39 countries participated in the event.
* Anguilla (1)
* Antigua and Barbuda (1)
* Australia (2)
* Bahamas (1)
* Bahrain (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (2)
* Cameroon (1)
* Canada (1)
* Cayman Islands (1)
* Colombia (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Egypt (1)
* Equatorial Guinea (1)
* Fiji (1)
* France (2)
* Gambia (1)
* Germany (2)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Ireland (2)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (2)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Madagascar (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Namibia (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Nigeria (1)
* Panama (1)
* Poland (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Russia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* South Korea (1)
* Spain (1)
* Swaziland (1)
* Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
* United States (2)