1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres explained

The men's 200 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 29 and 30 July.

Medalists

Gold	Kevin Braunskill
Silver	Olapade Adeniken
Bronze	Dmitriy Bartenyev

Results

Final

30 July
Wind: +4.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		20.87 w
	align=left		align=left		20.88 w
	align=left		align=left		20.92 w
4	align=left		align=left		20.99 w
5	align=left		align=left		21.00 w
6	align=left		align=left		21.12 w
7	align=left		align=left		21.16 w
8	align=left		align=left		21.23 w

Semifinals

29 July

Semifinal 1

Wind: +2.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		20.83 w	Q
2	align=left		align=left		20.92 w	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.08 w	q
4	align=left		align=left		21.39 w
5	align=left		align=left		21.57 w
6	align=left		align=left		21.60 w
7	align=left		align=left		21.74 w
8	align=left		align=left		21.75 w

Semifinal 2

Wind: +2.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.02	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.04	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.21
4	align=left		align=left		21.38
5	align=left		align=left		21.66
6	align=left		align=left		21.68
7	align=left		align=left		21.77
8	align=left		align=left		21.97

Semifinal 3

Wind: +3.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		20.81 w	Q
2	align=left		align=left		20.90 w	Q
3	align=left		align=left		20.98 w	q
4	align=left		align=left		21.37 w
5	align=left		align=left		21.49 w
6	align=left		align=left		21.60 w
7	align=left		align=left		21.61 w
8	align=left		align=left		21.78 w

Heats

29 July

Heat 1

Wind: +1.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.40	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.47	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.63	q
4	align=left		align=left		21.95
5	align=left		align=left		22.38
6	align=left		align=left		22.76
7	align=left		align=left		23.10
	align=left		align=left		DQ

Heat 2

Wind: +1.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.67	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.73	Q
3	align=left		align=left		22.09
4	align=left		align=left		22.54
5	align=left		align=left		24.02
	align=left		align=left		DQ
	align=left		align=left		DQ

Heat 3

Wind: +1.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.06	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.60	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.60	q
4	align=left		align=left		21.92

Heat 4

Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.03	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.53	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.66	q
4	align=left		align=left		21.91
5	align=left		align=left		22.43
6	align=left		align=left		22.50
	align=left		align=left		DQ

Heat 5

Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.11	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.16	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.49	q
4	align=left		align=left		21.67	q
5	align=left		align=left		22.19
6	align=left		align=left		22.75
	align=left		align=left		DQ

Heat 6

Wind: +2.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.40 w	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.99 w	Q
3	align=left		align=left		22.32 w
4	align=left		align=left		22.87 w
5	align=left		align=left		23.90 w
	align=left		align=left		DQ

Heat 7

Wind: +0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.19	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.26	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.62	q
	align=left		align=left		DQ
	align=left		align=left		DQ

Heat 8

Wind: +2.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.13 w	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.16 w	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.34 w	q
4	align=left		align=left		21.63 w	q

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 36 countries participated in the event.