# 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 10 and 11 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Aleksandr Goremykin Soviet Union |
| Silver | Davidson Ezinwa Nigeria |
| Bronze | James Stallworth United States |

## Results
### Final

11 August Wind: -0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Aleksandr Goremykin | Soviet Union | 20.47 |
| | Davidson Ezinwa | Nigeria | 20.75 |
| | James Stallworth | United States | 20.81 |
| 4 | Osmond Ezinwa | Nigeria | 21.06 |
| 5 | Peter Ogilvie | Canada | 21.08 |
| 6 | Martin Kock | West Germany | 21.18 |
| 7 | Paul Henderson | Australia | 21.24 |
| 8 | Mark Smith | United Kingdom | 21.25 |

### Semifinals

10 August

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Davidson Ezinwa | Nigeria | 20.97 | Q |
| 2 | Paul Henderson | Australia | 21.05 | Q |
| 3 | Gilles Bogui | Côte d'Ivoire | 21.23 | |
| 4 | Vitaliy Semyonov | Soviet Union | 21.25 | |
| 5 | Torbjörn Eriksson | Sweden | 21.26 | |
| 6 | Alexander Lack | East Germany | 21.61 | |
| 7 | Paolo Carniel | Italy | 21.63 | |
| 8 | Zepee Mberiuana | Namibia | 21.97 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | James Stallworth | United States | 20.73 | Q |
| 2 | Osmond Ezinwa | Nigeria | 20.91 | Q |
| 3 | Mark Smith | United Kingdom | 21.16 | q |
| 4 | Marcus Skupin-Alfa | West Germany | 21.52 | |
| 5 | Andrew Tynes | Bahamas | 21.57 | |
| 6 | Stefaan Allemeersh | Belgium | 21.77 | |
| 7 | Ricardo Greenidge | Canada | 21.79 | |
| | Osamu Kanomata | Japan | DNF | |

#### Semifinal 3

Wind: +0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aleksandr Goremykin | Soviet Union | 20.91 | Q |
| 2 | Martin Kock | West Germany | 21.17 | Q |
| 3 | Peter Ogilvie | Canada | 21.21 | q |
| 4 | Cameron Taylor | New Zealand | 21.23 | |
| 5 | Nilton Messias | Brazil | 21.46 | |
| 6 | Elgin Gordon | United States | 21.53 | |
| 7 | Michael Williams | United Kingdom | 21.68 | |
| 8 | Stoyan Manolev | Bulgaria | 21.77 | |

### Heats

10 August

#### Heat 1

Wind: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Davidson Ezinwa | Nigeria | 21.01 | Q |
| 2 | Paul Henderson | Australia | 21.17 | Q |
| 3 | Cameron Taylor | New Zealand | 21.32 | q |
| 4 | Michael Williams | United Kingdom | 21.46 | q |
| 5 | Torbjörn Eriksson | Sweden | 21.52 | q |
| 6 | Adi Paz | Israel | 22.37 | |
| 7 | Franck Zio | Burkina Faso | 22.66 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | James Stallworth | United States | 21.08 | Q |
| 2 | Martin Kock | West Germany | 21.26 | Q |
| 3 | Stoyan Manolev | Bulgaria | 21.60 | q |
| 4 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | 21.88 | |
| 5 | Carl Casey | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.96 | |
| 6 | Getachew Legesse | Ethiopia | 22.18 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: -0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aleksandr Goremykin | Soviet Union | 21.16 | Q |
| 2 | Elgin Gordon | United States | 21.76 | Q |
| 3 | Chris Aston | Australia | 21.96 | |
| 4 | Reinaldo Santana | Venezuela | 22.07 | |
| 5 | Carles Franques | Spain | 22.10 | |
| 6 | Jari Haverinen | Finland | 22.16 | |
| 7 | Laurent Kemp | Luxembourg | 22.46 | |
| 8 | Feye Girma | Ethiopia | 24.09 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nilton Messias | Brazil | 21.39 | Q |
| 2 | Peter Ogilvie | Canada | 21.57 | Q |
| 3 | Stefaan Allemeersh | Belgium | 21.79 | q |
| 4 | Konstadínos Koutsoumbas | Greece | 21.91 | |
| 5 | Joel Lamela | Cuba | 22.09 | |
| 6 | Julio Caballero | Paraguay | 22.74 | |
| 7 | Foday Sillah | Sierra Leone | 23.02 | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mark Smith | United Kingdom | 21.18 | Q |
| 2 | Vitaliy Semyonov | Soviet Union | 21.30 | Q |
| 3 | Gilles Bogui | Côte d'Ivoire | 21.33 | q |
| 4 | Marcus Skupin-Alfa | West Germany | 21.45 | q |
| 5 | Ricardo Greenidge | Canada | 21.57 | q |
| 6 | Aleksandar Popović | Yugoslavia | 22.06 | |
| 7 | Martin Frick | Liechtenstein | 22.28 | |

#### Heat 6

Wind: +0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Osmond Ezinwa | Nigeria | 21.39 | Q |
| 2 | Alexander Lack | East Germany | 21.51 | Q |
| 3 | Osamu Kanomata | Japan | 21.80 | q |
| 4 | Juan Jesús Puigmarti | Spain | 21.95 | |
| 5 | Mark Noreiga | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.08 | |
| 6 | Garib Tahir | Sudan | 24.08 | |

#### Heat 7

Wind: -1.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrew Tynes | Bahamas | 21.56 | Q |
| 2 | Zepee Mberiuana | Namibia | 21.62 | Q |
| 3 | Paolo Carniel | Italy | 21.74 | q |
| 4 | Diene Ndiaye | Senegal | 22.73 | |
| 5 | Bothloke Shebe | Lesotho | 22.74 | |
| 6 | Mark Sullivan | Malta | 23.59 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 47 athletes from 38 countries participated in the event.
* Antigua and Barbuda (1)
* Australia (2)
* Bahamas (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Burkina Faso (1)
* Canada (2)
* Côte d'Ivoire (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* East Germany (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* Finland (1)
* Greece (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (1)
* Lesotho (1)
* Liechtenstein (1)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Malta (1)
* Namibia (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Nigeria (2)
* Paraguay (1)
* Senegal (1)
* Sierra Leone (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (2)
* Sudan (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* Venezuela (1)
* West Germany (2)
* Yugoslavia (1)