# 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 17 and 18 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Marek Niit Estonia |
| Silver | Bryan Barnett Canada |
| Bronze | Alex Nelson United Kingdom |

## Results
### Final

18 August Wind: -1.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Marek Niit | Estonia | 20.96 |
| | Bryan Barnett | Canada | 21.00 |
| | Alex Nelson | United Kingdom | 21.14 |
| 4 | Igor Bodrov | Ukraine | 21.17 |
| 5 | Ramon Gittens | Barbados | 21.25 |
| 6 | Franklin Nazareno | Ecuador | 21.25 |
| | Matteo Galvan | Italy | DQ |
| | Dmitriy Ostrovsky | Ukraine | DQ |

### Semifinals

17 August

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: -1.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dmitriy Ostrovsky | Ukraine | 21.00 | Q |
| 2 | Matteo Galvan | Italy | 21.26 | Q |
| 3 | Julian Reus | Germany | 21.30 | |
| 4 | Zhang Peimeng | China | 21.34 | |
| 5 | Yusuke Ishitsuka | Japan | 21.41 | |
| 6 | Kurt Mulcahy | Australia | 21.42 | |
| 7 | Jerrel Feller | Netherlands | 21.47 | |
| 8 | Kemar Hyman | Cayman Islands | 21.54 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marek Niit | Estonia | 21.06 | Q |
| 2 | Alex Nelson | United Kingdom | 21.19 | Q |
| 3 | Willie Perry | United States | 21.45 | |
| 4 | Arnout Matthys | Belgium | 21.49 | |
| 5 | Nils Müller | Germany | 21.68 | |
| 6 | Matija Čop | Croatia | 21.79 | |
| 7 | Per Strandquist | Sweden | 21.81 | |
| | Visa Hongisto | Finland | DNS | |

#### Semifinal 3

Wind: -1.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bryan Barnett | Canada | 20.96 | Q |
| 2 | Igor Bodrov | Ukraine | 21.18 | Q |
| 3 | Franklin Nazareno | Ecuador | 21.25 | q |
| 4 | Ramon Gittens | Barbados | 21.29 | q |
| 5 | Miklós Szebeny | Hungary | 21.37 | |
| 6 | Calvin Smith | United States | 21.46 | |
| 7 | Mateusz Pluta | Poland | 21.50 | |
| 8 | Rion Pierre | United Kingdom | 21.54 | |

### Heats

17 August

#### Heat 1

Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Willie Perry | United States | 21.11 | Q |
| 2 | Per Strandquist | Sweden | 21.26 | Q |
| 3 | Arnout Matthys | Belgium | 21.36 | q |
| 4 | Ramis Abdulkaderov | Russia | 21.76 | |
| 5 | Marc Altés | Spain | 21.92 | |
| 6 | Nicolás Piorno | Argentina | 22.13 | |
| | Abdullah Al-Souli | Oman | DQ | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: -1.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kurt Mulcahy | Australia | 21.26 | Q |
| 2 | Matteo Galvan | Italy | 21.33 | Q |
| 3 | Igor Bodrov | Ukraine | 21.36 | q |
| 4 | Chen Yibo | China | 21.71 | |
| 5 | Nyls Nubret | France | 21.92 | |
| 6 | Leung Ki Ho | Hong Kong | 22.13 | |
| 7 | Daryl Vassallo | Gibraltar | 22.24 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Franklin Nazareno | Ecuador | 21.21 | Q |
| 2 | Marek Niit | Estonia | 21.24 | Q |
| 3 | Kemar Hyman | Cayman Islands | 21.41 | q |
| 4 | Yusuke Ishitsuka | Japan | 21.42 | q |
| 5 | Gabriel Mvumvure | Zimbabwe | 22.08 | |
| 6 | Yutthapong Muadmueng | Thailand | 22.33 | |
| | Aaron Vanderent | Australia | DNF | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: -1.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ramon Gittens | Barbados | 21.26 | Q |
| 2 | Miklós Szebeny | Hungary | 21.48 | Q |
| 3 | Rion Pierre | United Kingdom | 21.51 | q |
| 4 | Reto Schenkel | Switzerland | 21.65 | |
| 5 | Yi Wei-Chen | Chinese Taipei | 21.75 | |
| 6 | Javier Sanz | Spain | 21.87 | |
| 7 | Christopher Kenty | Palau | 24.43 | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: -0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bryan Barnett | Canada | 21.07 | Q |
| 2 | Calvin Smith | United States | 21.51 | Q |
| 3 | Kagisho Kumbane | South Africa | 21.71 | |
| 4 | Elvijs Misāns | Latvia | 22.05 | |
| 5 | Kervin Morgan | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.21 | |
| 6 | Reagan Ngoshi | Namibia | 22.39 | |
| | Hassan Thabit | Yemen | DQ | |

#### Heat 6

Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alex Nelson | United Kingdom | 21.15 | Q |
| 2 | Mateusz Pluta | Poland | 21.30 | Q |
| 3 | Zhang Peimeng | China | 21.58 | q |
| 4 | Giuseppe Aita | Italy | 21.58 | |
| 5 | Mitsuhiro Abiko | Japan | 21.79 | |
| 6 | Ahmed Bongo | Mauritius | 21.93 | |
| 7 | Serge Tcheuko | Cameroon | 22.56 | |
| | Tshegofatso Mputla | South Africa | DQ | |

#### Heat 7

Wind: -0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jerrel Feller | Netherlands | 21.21 | Q |
| 2 | Julian Reus | Germany | 21.39 | Q |
| 3 | Matija Čop | Croatia | 21.51 | q |
| 4 | Katim Touré | Senegal | 21.66 | |
| 5 | Simon Johansson | Sweden | 21.75 | |
| 6 | Alexandre Adalbert | France | 21.96 | |
| 7 | Withley Williams | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 22.62 | |
| | Richard Richardson | Antigua and Barbuda | DQ | |

#### Heat 8

Wind: -0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dmitriy Ostrovsky | Ukraine | 21.00 | Q |
| 2 | Visa Hongisto | Finland | 21.51 | Q |
| 3 | Nils Müller | Germany | 21.57 | q |
| 4 | Nedim Covic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21.67 | |
| 5 | Tristan Taylor | Jamaica | 21.86 | |
| 6 | Tyrell Cuffy | Cayman Islands | 21.96 | |
| 7 | Pavel Setin | Azerbaijan | 22.31 | |
| 8 | Keston Bledman | Trinidad and Tobago | 25.57 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 59 athletes from 45 countries participated in the event.
* Antigua and Barbuda (1)
* Argentina (1)
* Australia (2)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Barbados (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Cameroon (1)
* Canada (1)
* Cayman Islands (2)
* China (2)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Ecuador (1)
* Estonia (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Gibraltar (1)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (2)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (2)
* Latvia (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Namibia (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Oman (1)
* Palau (1)
* Poland (1)
* Russia (1)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)
* Senegal (1)
* South Africa (2)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Thailand (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (2)
* Ukraine (2)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* Yemen (1)
* Zimbabwe (1)