1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres explained

The men's 200 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 19 July.

Medalists

Gold	Stanley Kerr
Silver	Derrick Florence
Bronze	Steve McBain

Results

Final

19 July
Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		20.74
	align=left		align=left		21.12
	align=left		align=left		21.21
4	align=left		align=left		21.37
5	align=left		align=left		21.38
6	align=left		align=left		21.46
7	align=left		align=left		21.50
8	align=left		align=left		21.71

Semifinals

18 July

Semifinal 1

Wind: +0.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		20.78	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.32	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.38	Q
4	align=left		align=left		21.44	Q
5	align=left		align=left		21.45
6	align=left		align=left		21.57
7	align=left		align=left		21.62
8	align=left		align=left		22.10

Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.08	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.37	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.39	Q
4	align=left		align=left		21.42	Q
5	align=left		align=left		21.42
6	align=left		align=left		21.57
7	align=left		align=left		21.58
8	align=left		align=left		21.96

Quarterfinals

18 July

Quarterfinal 1

Wind: +0.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.21	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.32	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.36	Q
4	align=left		align=left		21.47	Q
5	align=left		align=left		21.53
6	align=left		align=left		21.77
7	align=left		align=left		21.78
	align=left		align=left		DNS

Quarterfinal 2

Wind: +1.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.16	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.25	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.34	Q
4	align=left		align=left		21.57	Q
5	align=left		align=left		21.64
6	align=left		align=left		21.79
	align=left		align=left		DNS
	align=left		align=left		DNS

Quarterfinal 3

Wind: +1.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		20.83	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.36	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.38	Q
4	align=left		align=left		21.43	Q
5	align=left		align=left		21.58
6	align=left		align=left		21.74
7	align=left		align=left		21.78
8	align=left		align=left		21.99

Quarterfinal 4

Wind: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.21	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.33	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.33	Q
4	align=left		align=left		21.51	Q
5	align=left		align=left		21.52
6	align=left		align=left		21.82
7	align=left		align=left		21.93
8	align=left		align=left		22.43

Heats

18 July

Heat 1

Wind: -0.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.06	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.72	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.73	q
4	align=left		align=left		22.01	q
5	align=left		align=left		22.09
6	align=left		align=left		23.27
7	align=left		align=left		23.63
8	align=left		align=left		24.02

Heat 2

Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.36	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.92	Q
3	align=left		align=left		22.12
4	align=left		align=left		22.18
5	align=left		align=left		22.36
6	align=left		align=left		22.94

Heat 3

Wind: +1.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.49	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.77	Q
3	align=left		align=left		22.15
4	align=left		align=left		22.15
5	align=left		align=left		22.71
6	align=left		align=left		22.80
7	align=left		align=left		22.93
8	align=left		align=left		23.63

Heat 4

Wind: +0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.57	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.62	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.82	q
4	align=left		align=left		21.94	q
5	align=left		align=left		22.19
6	align=left		align=left		22.29
7	align=left		align=left		23.54
8	align=left		align=left		23.82

Heat 5

Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.66	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.73	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.74	q
4	align=left		align=left		22.21
5	align=left		align=left		22.33
6	align=left		align=left		22.73
7	align=left		align=left		23.24

Heat 6

Wind: +0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.61	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.80	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.98	q
4	align=left		align=left		22.05
5	align=left		align=left		22.80
6	align=left		align=left		22.98
7	align=left		align=left		23.42

Heat 7

Wind: +0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.20	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.42	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.97	q
4	align=left		align=left		22.09
5	align=left		align=left		22.39
6	align=left		align=left		22.48
7	align=left		align=left		22.83
	align=left		align=left		DQ

Heat 8

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.38	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.57	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.75	q
4	align=left		align=left		22.02
5	align=left		align=left		22.32
6	align=left		align=left		22.66

Heat 9

Wind: -1.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.36	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.53	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.94	q
4	align=left		align=left		22.42
5	align=left		align=left		22.66
6	align=left		align=left		23.10

Heat 10

Wind: +0.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.82	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.97	Q
3	align=left		align=left		22.17
4	align=left		align=left		22.30
5	align=left		align=left		22.78
6	align=left		align=left		22.99
7	align=left		align=left		23.16
8	align=left		align=left		23.32

Heat 11

Wind: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.32	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.64	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.82	q
4	align=left		align=left		22.08
5	align=left		align=left		22.28
6	align=left		align=left		22.34
7	align=left		align=left		22.45
8	align=left		align=left		23.71

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 80 athletes from 62 countries participated in the event.