# 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 19, 20 and 21 October.

## Medalists

| Gold | Paul Gorries South Africa |
| Silver | Marcin Jędrusiński Poland |
| Bronze | Tim Benjamin United Kingdom |

## Results
### Final

21 October Wind: +1.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Paul Gorries | South Africa | 20.64 |
| | Marcin Jędrusiński | Poland | 20.87 |
| | Tim Benjamin | United Kingdom | 20.94 |
| 4 | Omar Brown | Jamaica | 21.04 |
| 5 | Yusuke Omae | Japan | 21.05 |
| 6 | Marvin Anderson | Jamaica | 21.06 |
| 7 | Dwayne Grant | United Kingdom | 21.33 |
| 8 | Johan Engberg | Sweden | 21.38 |

### Semifinals

20 October

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: +1.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yusuke Omae | Japan | 20.81 | Q |
| 2 | Marvin Anderson | Jamaica | 20.84 | Q |
| 3 | Johan Engberg | Sweden | 20.87 | Q |
| 4 | Dwayne Grant | United Kingdom | 20.88 | Q |
| 5 | Salem Al-Yami | Saudi Arabia | 20.95 | |
| 6 | Sebastian Gatzka | Germany | 21.03 | |
| 7 | Jiří Vojtík | Czech Republic | 21.16 | |
| 8 | Bruno Campos | Brazil | 104.38 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Paul Gorries | South Africa | 20.62 | Q |
| 2 | Marcin Jędrusiński | Poland | 20.69 | Q |
| 3 | Tim Benjamin | United Kingdom | 20.76 | Q |
| 4 | Omar Brown | Jamaica | 20.90 | Q |
| 5 | Yang Yaozu | China | 20.96 | |
| 6 | Tim Williams | Australia | 21.33 | |
| 7 | Yuji Okuno | Japan | 30.91 | |
| | Rae Edwards | United States | DNF | |

### Quarterfinals

19 October

#### Quarterfinal 1

Wind: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Omar Brown | Jamaica | 21.06 | Q |
| 2 | Yusuke Omae | Japan | 21.15 | Q |
| 3 | Johan Engberg | Sweden | 21.19 | Q |
| 4 | Dwayne Grant | United Kingdom | 21.24 | Q |
| 5 | Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé | France | 21.45 | |
| 6 | Marco Marsadri | Italy | 21.67 | |
| 7 | Harry Adu-Mfum | Ghana | 21.78 | |
| 8 | Dmitriy Chumichkin | Azerbaijan | 22.25 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marvin Anderson | Jamaica | 20.94 | Q |
| 2 | Salem Al-Yami | Saudi Arabia | 21.07 | Q |
| 3 | Marcin Jędrusiński | Poland | 21.13 | Q |
| 4 | Yang Yaozu | China | 21.21 | Q |
| 5 | Ricardo Alves | Portugal | 21.34 | |
| 6 | Kostyantyn Vasyukov | Ukraine | 21.50 | |
| 7 | Johan Wissman | Sweden | 21.55 | |
| 8 | Gordon Kennedy | Ireland | 21.58 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

Wind: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Paul Gorries | South Africa | 20.72 | Q |
| 2 | Tim Benjamin | United Kingdom | 20.77 | Q |
| 3 | Sebastian Gatzka | Germany | 21.18 | Q |
| 4 | Yuji Okuno | Japan | 21.21 | Q |
| 5 | Guillermo Mayer | Chile | 21.39 | |
| 6 | Pedro Silva | Portugal | 21.60 | |
| 7 | Vladimir Demchenko | Ukraine | 21.63 | |
| 8 | Rubén Chávez | Mexico | 21.70 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

Wind: -1.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bruno Campos | Brazil | 21.21 | Q |
| 2 | Tim Williams | Australia | 21.29 | Q |
| 3 | Rae Edwards | United States | 21.32 | Q |
| 4 | Jiří Vojtík | Czech Republic | 21.37 | Q |
| 5 | Ronald Pognon | France | 21.42 | |
| 6 | Ommanandsingh Kowlessur | Mauritius | 21.52 | |
| 7 | Martín Rodríguez | Spain | 21.70 | |
| | Gareth Roelf | South Africa | DNS | |

### Heats

19 October

#### Heat 1

Wind: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yang Yaozu | China | 20.97 | Q |
| 2 | Salem Al-Yami | Saudi Arabia | 21.12 | Q |
| 3 | Vladimir Demchenko | Ukraine | 21.63 | Q |
| 4 | Rubén Chávez | Mexico | 21.78 | Q |
| 5 | Helly Ollarves | Venezuela | 22.07 | |
| 6 | David Hamil | Cayman Islands | 22.64 | |
| | Marc Burns | Trinidad and Tobago | DNF | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: -1.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bruno Campos | Brazil | 21.27 | Q |
| 2 | Yuji Okuno | Japan | 21.40 | Q |
| 3 | Marvin Anderson | Jamaica | 21.42 | Q |
| 4 | Johan Engberg | Sweden | 21.49 | Q |
| 5 | Martín Rodríguez | Spain | 21.54 | q |
| 6 | Hicham Chliyeh | Morocco | 22.18 | |
| 7 | Guillermo Dongo | Suriname | 22.21 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Paul Gorries | South Africa | 21.13 | Q |
| 2 | Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé | France | 21.42 | Q |
| 3 | Pedro Silva | Portugal | 21.61 | Q |
| 4 | Kostyantyn Vasyukov | Ukraine | 21.62 | Q |
| 5 | Liu Yuan-Kai | Chinese Taipei | 22.15 | |
| 6 | Turo Bourgery | Tahiti | 22.29 | |
| 7 | Ku King Kit | Hong Kong | 22.62 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tim Benjamin | United Kingdom | 21.15 | Q |
| 2 | Sebastian Gatzka | Germany | 21.36 | Q |
| 3 | Ricardo Alves | Portugal | 21.47 | Q |
| 4 | Gareth Roelf | South Africa | 21.70 | Q |
| 5 | Dmitriy Chumichkin | Azerbaijan | 21.97 | q |
| 6 | Andrew Konai | Solomon Islands | 23.59 | |
| | Churandy Martina | Netherlands Antilles | DQ | IAAF rule 163.3 |

#### Heat 5

Wind: +1.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Rae Edwards | United States | 21.08 | Q |
| 2 | Dwayne Grant | United Kingdom | 21.34 | Q |
| 3 | Marco Marsadri | Italy | 21.48 | Q |
| 4 | Gordon Kennedy | Ireland | 21.56 | Q |
| 5 | Melville Rogers | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 23.09 | |
| 6 | Darrel Brown | Trinidad and Tobago | 52.84 | |

#### Heat 6

Wind: -0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Omar Brown | Jamaica | 21.30 | Q |
| 2 | Ronald Pognon | France | 21.34 | Q |
| 3 | Ommanandsingh Kowlessur | Mauritius | 21.51 | Q |
| 4 | Harry Adu-Mfum | Ghana | 21.68 | Q |
| 5 | Roland Kwitt | Austria | 22.06 | |
| 6 | Tal Mor | Israel | 22.12 | |
| 7 | Ville Vakkuri | Finland | 28.39 | |

#### Heat 7

Wind: -1.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yusuke Omae | Japan | 20.99 | Q |
| 2 | Marcin Jędrusiński | Poland | 21.25 | Q |
| 3 | Jiří Vojtík | Czech Republic | 21.31 | Q |
| 4 | Tim Williams | Australia | 21.42 | Q |
| 5 | Guillermo Mayer | Chile | 21.51 | q |
| 6 | Johan Wissman | Sweden | 21.78 | q |
| 7 | Javier Baeza | Mexico | 22.35 | |
| 8 | Teina Teiti | Cook Islands | 23.19 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 49 athletes from 39 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (1)
* Austria (1)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Cayman Islands (1)
* Chile (1)
* China (1)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Cook Islands (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (1)
* Ghana (1)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (1)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (2)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mexico (2)
* Morocco (1)
* Netherlands Antilles (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (2)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (1)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* Solomon Islands (1)
* South Africa (2)
* Spain (1)
* Suriname (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Tahiti (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (2)
* Ukraine (2)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (1)
* Venezuela (1)