# 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 12 and 13 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Delano Williams Turks and Caicos Islands | Aaron Ernest United States | Tyreek Hill United States |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| 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 | Tyreek Hill (USA) | 20.14 | Orlando, United States | 26 May 2012 |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: The first 2 of each heat (Q) and the 8 fastest times (q) qualified
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 6 | 5 | Delano Williams | Turks and Caicos Islands | 20.66 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | 5 | Julian Forte | Jamaica | 20.76 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 7 | David Bolarinwa | Great Britain | 20.78 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 9 | Teray Smith | Bahamas | 20.79 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 1 | 8 | Zhenye Xie | China | 20.86 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | 7 | Akiyuki Hashimoto | Japan | 20.89 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 6 | 7 | Zharnel Hughes | Anguilla | 20.90 | Q, NR |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Karol Zalewski | Poland | 20.95 | Q, PB |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Marlon Laidlaw-Allen | Canada | 20.98 | q, PB |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | Aaron Ernest | United States | 21.01 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 9 | Siphelo Ngquboza | South Africa | 21.04 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 5 | Yoandys Lescay | Cuba | 21.07 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Aska Cambridge | Japan | 21.10 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 4 | Jereem Richards | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.12 | Q |
| 15 | 8 | 9 | Patrick Domogala | Germany | 21.19 | q |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | Jonathan Farinha | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.19 | q |
| 17 | 1 | 9 | Cejhae Greene | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.20 | q |
| 18 | 6 | 2 | Michal Desensky | Czech Republic | 21.24 | q |
| 19 | 3 | 4 | Khalfani Muhammad | Puerto Rico | 21.25 | Q |
| 20 | 7 | 7 | Tyreek Hill | United States | 21.29 | Q |
| 21 | 6 | 3 | Josh Street | Great Britain | 21.30 | q |
| 22 | 5 | 8 | Okeudo Jonathan Nmaju | Nigeria | 21.31 | q, PB |
| 23 | 2 | 6 | Óscar Husillos | Spain | 21.33 | q, SB |
| 24 | 3 | 8 | Titus Kafunda | Zambia | 21.34 | |
| 24 | 8 | 3 | Ken Romain | France | 21.34 | |
| 26 | 7 | 3 | Solomon Afull | Ghana | 21.35 | Q |
| 27 | 3 | 9 | Mickael-Meba Zeze | France | 21.36 | |
| 28 | 8 | 8 | Carlos Nascimento | Portugal | 21.38 | PB |
| 29 | 2 | 2 | Blake Bartlett | Bahamas | 21.41 | |
| 30 | 3 | 2 | Drelan Bramwell | Canada | 21.46 | |
| 31 | 1 | 7 | Simon Schütz | Germany | 21.47 | |
| 31 | 4 | 5 | Tykwendo Tracey | Jamaica | 21.47 | |
| 33 | 1 | 8 | Jan Jirka | Czech Republic | 21.50 | |
| 33 | 1 | 5 | Hugh Donovan | Australia | 21.50 | |
| 35 | 7 | 6 | Abdelghani Zghali | Morocco | 21.53 | |
| 36 | 2 | 3 | Tahir Walsh | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.57 | |
| 37 | 7 | 2 | Abdullah Ahmed Abkar | Saudi Arabia | 21.58 | |
| 37 | 5 | 8 | Jonathan Oliver Permal | Mauritius | 21.58 | |
| 37 | 7 | 8 | Marcus Lawler | Ireland | 21.58 | |
| 40 | 1 | 3 | Dumisani Bhebhe | Zimbabwe | 21.61 | NJR |
| 41 | 5 | 5 | Leandro De Araújo | Brazil | 21.62 | |
| 42 | 5 | 7 | Ilya Siratsiuk | Belarus | 21.62 | |
| 43 | 2 | 8 | Ben Jaworski | Australia | 21.65 | |
| 44 | 6 | 4 | Kyle Webb | Bermuda | 21.71 | |
| 44 | 3 | 6 | Omri Harosh | Israel | 21.71 | |
| 44 | 6 | 9 | Volodymyr Suprun | Ukraine | 21.71 | |
| 47 | 4 | 7 | Héctor Ruiz | Mexico | 21.80 | |
| 47 | 4 | 2 | Ali Hassan Al Jassim | Qatar | 21.80 | |
| 49 | 5 | 3 | Silvan Wicki | Switzerland | 21.81 | |
| 49 | 5 | 2 | Juan Carlos Alanis | Mexico | 21.81 | |
| 51 | 8 | 2 | Artur Bruno Rojas | Bolivia | 21.92 | |
| 52 | 6 | 6 | Kim Jae-deok | South Korea | 21.96 | SB |
| 53 | 8 | 4 | Kodi Harman | New Zealand | 21.98 | SB |
| 54 | 8 | 6 | Furkan Sen | Turkey | 22.16 | |
| 55 | 3 | 3 | Luca Valbonesi | Italy | 22.19 | |
| 56 | 7 | 9 | Riste Pandev | Macedonia | 22.22 | PB |
| 57 | 4 | 7 | Jerai Torres | Gibraltar | 22.29 | PB |
| 58 | 2 | 4 | Deandre Rawlins | United States Virgin Islands | 22.73 | |
| 59 | 8 | 1 | Mahmoud Alloh | Palestine | 23.97 | PB |
| 60 | 7 | 5 | Paul Dimalanta | Guam | 23.98 | PB |
| 61 | 1 | 4 | Thomas Farrugia | Malta | 26.00 | |
| | 6 | 8 | Fausto Desalu | Italy | DSQ | |
| | 7 | 1 | Bernardo Baloyes | Colombia | DNS | |
| | 2 | 9 | Mateo Edward | Panama | DNS | |
| | 7 | 4 | Rodrigo Rocha | Brazil | DNS | |
| | 3 | 7 | Tamunotonye Briggs | Nigeria | DNS | |

### Semi-finals

Qualification: The first 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Julian Forte | Jamaica | 20.83 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 6 | David Bolarinwa | Great Britain | 20.85 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Karol Zalewski | Poland | 20.93 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Delano Williams | Turks and Caicos Islands | 20.94 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 7 | Tyreek Hill | United States | 21.00 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | Aaron Ernest | United States | 21.06 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 4 | Teray Smith | Bahamas | 21.06 | q |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Zhenye Xie | China | 21.06 | q |
| 9 | 1 | 9 | Jereem Richards | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.14 | |
| 10 | 3 | 5 | Akiyuki Hashimoto | Japan | 21.20 | |
| 11 | 2 | 9 | Aska Cambridge | Japan | 21.24 | |
| 11 | 2 | 5 | Siphelo Ngquboza | South Africa | 21.24 | |
| 13 | 1 | 8 | Marlon Laidlaw-Allen | Canada | 21.27 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Yoandys Lescay | Cuba | 21.27 | |
| 15 | 1 | 3 | Josh Street | Great Britain | 21.36 | |
| 16 | 3 | 8 | Khalfani Muhammad | Puerto Rico | 21.45 | |
| 17 | 3 | 3 | Okeudo Jonathan Nmaju | Nigeria | 21.46 | |
| 18 | 3 | 2 | Michal Desensky | Czech Republic | 21.57 | |
| 19 | 2 | 8 | Patrick Domogala | Germany | 21.58 | |
| 20 | 3 | 9 | Solomon Afull | Ghana | 21.63 | |
| 21 | 2 | 2 | Jonathan Farinha | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.72 | |
| 22 | 2 | 3 | Óscar Husillos | Spain | 21.82 | |
| | 1 | 6 | Cejhae Greene | Antigua and Barbuda | DNS | |
| | 1 | 2 | Zharnel Hughes | Anguilla | DNS | |

### Final

Wind: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 6 | Delano Williams | Turks and Caicos Islands | 20.48 | NJ |
| | 5 | Aaron Ernest | United States | 20.53 | PB |
| | 4 | Tyreek Hill | United States | 20.54 | |
| 4 | 7 | Karol Zalewski | Poland | 20.54 | NJ |
| 5 | 3 | Zhenye Xie | China | 20.66 | |
| 6 | 9 | David Bolarinwa | Great Britain | 20.69 | PB |
| 7 | 8 | Teray Smith | Bahamas | 20.99 | |
| 8 | 2 | Julian Forte | Jamaica | 21.00 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 62 athletes from 48 countries participated in the event.
* Anguilla (1)
* Antigua and Barbuda (2)
* Australia (2)
* Bahamas (2)
* Belarus (1)
* Bermuda (1)
* Bolivia (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (2)
* China (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Czech Republic (2)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Ghana (1)
* Gibraltar (1)
* Guam (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (2)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (2)
* Macedonia (1)
* Malta (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mexico (2)
* Morocco (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Nigeria (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Qatar (1)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* South Korea (1)
* Spain (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (2)
* Turkey (1)
* Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
* Zambia (1)
* Zimbabwe (1)