1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres explained

The men's 200 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 19 September.

Medalists

Gold	Ato Boldon
Silver	Darren Campbell
Bronze	Glen Elferink

Results

Final

19 September
Wind: +0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		20.63
	align=left		align=left		20.87
	align=left		align=left		21.00
4	align=left		align=left		21.04
5	align=left		align=left		21.05
6	align=left		align=left		21.10
7	align=left		align=left		21.19
8	align=left		align=left		21.74

Semifinals

18 September

Semifinal 1

Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		20.71	Q
2	align=left		align=left		20.91	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.30
4	align=left		align=left		21.46
5	align=left		align=left		21.47
6	align=left		align=left		21.64
7	align=left		align=left		21.70
	align=left		align=left		DNS

Semifinal 2

Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		20.94	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.07	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.44
4	align=left		align=left		21.44
5	align=left		align=left		21.44
6	align=left		align=left		21.47
7	align=left		align=left		21.56
8	align=left		align=left		21.84

Semifinal 3

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		20.96	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.10	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.15	q
4	align=left		align=left		21.27	q
5	align=left		align=left		21.55
6	align=left		align=left		21.57
7	align=left		align=left		21.82
	align=left		align=left		DNF

Heats

18 September

Heat 1

Wind: +0.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.11	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.12	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.36	Q
4	align=left		align=left		21.52	Q
5	align=left		align=left		22.11
6	align=left		align=left		22.18

Heat 2

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		20.91	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.06	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.41	Q
4	align=left		align=left		21.47	Q
5	align=left		align=left		21.63	q
6	align=left		align=left		21.77
7	align=left		align=left		22.31

Heat 3

Wind: +0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.40	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.40	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.49	Q
4	align=left		align=left		21.57	Q
5	align=left		align=left		21.87
6	align=left		align=left		22.31
7	align=left		align=left		22.35
8	align=left		align=left		23.23

Heat 4

Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		20.89	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.05	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.28	Q
4	align=left		align=left		21.38	Q
5	align=left		align=left		21.65	q
6	align=left		align=left		21.69	q
7	align=left		align=left		21.76	q
8	align=left		align=left		21.77

Heat 5

Wind: +0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.11	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.43	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.51	Q
4	align=left		align=left		21.53	Q
5	align=left		align=left		21.88
6	align=left		align=left		23.25

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.