2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres explained

The men's 200 metres event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 15 and 16 July.

Medalists

Gold	Andrew Howe
Silver	Leigh Julius
Bronze	Jamil James

Results

Final

16 July
Wind: +0.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		20.28
	align=left		align=left		20.88
	align=left		align=left		21.00
4	align=left		align=left		21.13
5	align=left		align=left		21.13
6	align=left		align=left		21.17
7	align=left		align=left		21.20
8	align=left		align=left		21.45

Semifinals

15 July

Semifinal 1

Wind: +1.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		20.72	Q
2	align=left		align=left		20.81	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.07	q
4	align=left		align=left		21.23
5	align=left		align=left		21.29
6	align=left		align=left		21.42
7	align=left		align=left		21.51
8	align=left		align=left		21.63

Semifinal 2

Wind: +0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		20.84	Q
2	align=left		align=left		20.97	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.23
4	align=left		align=left		21.24
5	align=left		align=left		21.24
6	align=left		align=left		21.34
7	align=left		align=left		21.61
8	align=left		align=left		21.66

Semifinal 3

Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		20.86	Q
2	align=left		align=left		20.90	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.07	q
4	align=left		align=left		21.12
5	align=left		align=left		21.28
6	align=left		align=left		21.41
7	align=left		align=left		21.57
	align=left		align=left		DNF

Heats

15 July

Heat 1

Wind: +2.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		20.93 w	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.00 w	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.34 w	Q
4	align=left		align=left		21.46 w	q
5	align=left		align=left		21.57 w
6	align=left		align=left		21.73 w
7	align=left		align=left		25.40 w

Heat 2

Wind: +2.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.17 w	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.17 w	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.20 w	Q
4	align=left		align=left		21.27 w	q
5	align=left		align=left		21.32 w	q
6	align=left		align=left		21.45 w	q
7	align=left		align=left		21.77 w
8	align=left		align=left		21.85 w

Heat 3

Wind: +1.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		21.19	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.20	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.26	Q
4	align=left		align=left		21.28	q
5	align=left		align=left		21.81
6	align=left		align=left		22.30
7	align=left		align=left		22.95
	align=left		align=left		DQ	IAAF rule 162.7

Heat 4

Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		20.86	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.18	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.43	Q
4	align=left		align=left		21.47
5	align=left		align=left		21.48
6	align=left		align=left		21.57
7	align=left		align=left		21.91

Heat 5

Wind: +1.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		20.91	Q
2	align=left		align=left		21.43	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.46	Q
4	align=left		align=left		21.56
5	align=left		align=left		21.58
6	align=left		align=left		21.72
7	align=left		align=left		23.26
	align=left		align=left		DNF

Heat 6

Wind: +1.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		20.99	Q
2	align=left		align=left		20.99	Q
3	align=left		align=left		21.20	Q
4	align=left		align=left		21.32	q
5	align=left		align=left		21.55
6	align=left		align=left		21.70
7	align=left		align=left		21.87
8	align=left		align=left		22.05

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 46 athletes from 34 countries participated in the event.