# 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 200 metres

The boys' 200 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia from 17 to 19 July 2015.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 20.13 | Bridgetown, Barbados | 20 July 2003 |
| Championship Record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 20.40 | Sherbrooke, Canada | 13 July 2003 |
| World Youth Leading | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (JPN) | 20.56 | Niigata, Japan | 26 June 2015 |

## Results
### Round 1

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 8 | Gift Leotlela | South Africa | 20.82 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Maxwell Willis | United States | 20.99 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 7 | Derick Silva | Brazil | 21.07 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Josephus Lyles | United States | 21.07 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Toby Harries | Great Britain | 21.12 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Japan | 21.19 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Cameron Tindle | Great Britain | 21.19 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Luo Wenyi | China | 21.22 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Xavior Angus | Jamaica | 21.26 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | Jack Hale | Australia | 21.31 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | Loïc Prévot | France | 21.41 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Michele Rancan | Italy | 21.41 | q, PB |
| 13 | 3 | Simon Hansen | Denmark | 21.45 | q, PB |
| 14 | 5 | Edel Amores | Cuba | 21.46 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Khairul Hafiz Jantan | Malaysia | 21.46 | q, PB |
| 16 | 1 | Kyle Appel | South Africa | 21.52 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | Thomas Barthel | Germany | 21.54 | q, PB |
| 18 | 6 | Kazuki Tamura | Japan | 21.60 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | Yu Yang | China | 21.62 | Q |
| 20 | 8 | Brandon Herrigan | Australia | 21.69 | q |
| 20 | 7 | Steffen Knudsen | Denmark | 21.69 | q, PB |
| 20 | 8 | Manuel de Nicolás | Spain | 21.69 | q, PB |
| 23 | 7 | Aaron Kimutai | Kenya | 21.73 | q, PB |
| 24 | 6 | Gediminas Truskauskas | Lithuania | 21.75 | PB |
| 25 | 7 | Donovan Storr | Bahamas | 21.76 | |
| 26 | 1 | Nico Garea | Austria | 21.82 | Q |
| 26 | 6 | Grega Pavlovič | Slovenia | 21.82 | PB |
| 28 | 4 | Michael Bentley | Jamaica | 21.91 | |
| 28 | 3 | Caesar Compton | Guyana | 21.91 | PB |
| 30 | 2 | Tinotenda Matiyenga | Zimbabwe | 21.93 | PB |
| 31 | 8 | Miquel Shepper | Suriname | 21.96 | |
| 32 | 5 | Aobakwe Malau | Botswana | 22.02 | PB |
| 32 | 5 | Nicolás Thomson | Colombia | 22.02 | |
| 34 | 4 | Burhan Wardhani | Indonesia | 22.03 | PB |
| 35 | 2 | Mathias Hove Johansen | Norway | 22.05 | |
| 36 | 8 | Ahmed Saleh Mahda | Saudi Arabia | 22.06 | PB |
| 37 | 3 | Zhalolitdin Khamrokulov | Uzbekistan | 22.08 | |
| 37 | 6 | Markson Sirere | Kenya | 22.08 | |
| 39 | 3 | Thabiso Sekgopi | Botswana | 22.11 | |
| 40 | 5 | Maximilian Münzker | Austria | 22.13 | PB |
| 41 | 8 | Jaime Smith | Panama | 22.23 | |
| 42 | 4 | Alberto Antelo | Bolivia | 22.28 | |
| 43 | 3 | Bayraktar Berkay Çalik | Turkey | 22.31 | |
| 44 | 7 | Shane Tuvusa | Fiji | 22.40 | |
| 45 | 1 | Ibrahim Abdelgader | Sudan | 22.43 | |
| 46 | 6 | Muhammad Hariz Bin Darajit | Singapore | 22.53 | |
| 47 | 4 | Wayne Griffin | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 22.54 | |
| 48 | 1 | Fernando Virgilio | Spain | 22.57 | |
| 49 | 2 | Jherson Viáfara | Colombia | 22.65 | SB |
| 50 | 1 | Javan Martin | Bahamas | 22.75 | |
| 51 | 1 | Louis-Maxime Bois | Canada | 34.84 | |
| – | 5 | Paulo André de Oliveira | Brazil | DNF | |
| – | 1 | Coull Graham | Antigua and Barbuda | DQ | |
| – | 5 | Márk Pálmai | Hungary | DQ | |
| – | 7 | Mohamed Abdelazim | Sudan | DQ | |
| – | 4 | Dwayne Koroka | Papua New Guinea | DQ | |
| – | 5 | Akanni Hislop | Trinidad and Tobago | DNS | |
| – | 6 | Becker Jarquín Ulloa | Nicaragua | DNS | |
| – | 4 | Enzo Faulbaum | Chile | DNS | |
| – | 3 | Saeed Al-Khaldi | Bahrain | DNS | |
| – | 7 | Shen Yu-sen | Chinese Taipei | DNS | |

### Semifinal

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Japan | 20.62 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Kyle Appel | South Africa | 20.79 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Derick Silva | Brazil | 20.92 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 2 | Josephus Lyles | United States | 20.93 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 3 | Cameron Tindle | Great Britain | 20.93 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Edel Amores | Cuba | 21.07 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 2 | Toby Harries | Great Britain | 21.10 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Gift Leotlela | South Africa | 21.13 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Luo Wenyi | China | 21.29 | |
| 10 | 3 | Kazuki Tamura | Japan | 21.35 | |
| 11 | 1 | Simon Hansen | Denmark | 21.37 | PB |
| 12 | 2 | Michele Rancan | Italy | 21.51 | |
| 13 | 2 | Xavior Angus | Jamaica | 21.58 | |
| 14 | 1 | Khairul Hafiz Jantan | Malaysia | 21.64 | |
| 15 | 3 | Yu Yang | China | 21.67 | |
| 16 | 3 | Thomas Barthel | Germany | 21.69 | |
| 17 | 1 | Loïc Prévot | France | 21.78 | |
| 17 | 2 | Nico Garea | Austria | 21.78 | |
| 19 | 1 | Aaron Kimutai | Kenya | 21.95 | |
| 19 | 2 | Steffen Knudsen | Denmark | 21.95 | |
| 21 | 3 | Manuel de Nicolás | Spain | 22.02 | |
| – | 1 | Jack Hale | Australia | DQ | |
| – | 3 | Maxwell Willis | United States | DQ | |
| – | 2 | Brandon Herrigan | Australia | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Japan | 20.34 | CR |
| | Kyle Appel | South Africa | 20.57 | PB |
| | Josephus Lyles | United States | 20.74 | PB |
| 4 | Derick Silva | Brazil | 20.85 | PB |
| 5 | Gift Leotlela | South Africa | 20.86 | |
| 6 | Toby Harries | Great Britain | 20.92 | PB |
| 7 | Edel Amores | Cuba | 21.04 | PB |
| 8 | Cameron Tindle | Great Britain | 21.13 | |