2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 200 metres explained

Event:	Boys' 200 metres
Competition:	2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue:	RSC Olimpiyskiy
Dates:	12 July (heats) 13 July (semifinal) 14 July (final)
Competitors:	104
Win Value:	20.63
Gold:	Michael O'Hara
Goldnoc:	JAM
Silver:	Vitor Hugo dos Santos
Silvernoc:	BRA
Bronze:	Reynier Mena
Bronzenoc:	CUB
Prev:	2011
Next:	2015

The boys' 200 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 12, 13 and 14 July.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Michael O'Hara	Vítor Hugo dos Santos	Reynier Mena

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best		20.13	Bridgetown, Barbados	20 July 2003
Championship Record		20.40	Sherbrooke, Canada	13 July 2003
World Youth Leading		20.72	Havana, Cuba	28 June 2013

Heats

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) next 11 fastest (q) qualified.^[1]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			21.66	Q
2	8			22.03
3	3			22.27	PB
4	7			22.38
5	2			22.45
6	6			22.54
7	5			22.67	PB
8	4			23.27

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			21.62	Q
2	8			21.68	q, PB
3	7			22.25
4	5			22.37
5	3			22.61
6	1			22.70	PB
7	6			22.75
8	2			22.97

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			21.62	Q
2	3			21.68	q
3	7			21.78	q, PB
4	5			22.41	PB
5	6			22.61
6	2			22.65
7	4			22.78	PB
8	8			22.90

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			21.53	Q
2	4			22.06	PB
3	1			22.09	PB
4	8			22.55	PB
5	3			22.76
6	5			22.83
	7			DQ
	6			DNS

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7			21.88	Q, PB
2	4			21.94
3	2			22.15
4	8			22.30	PB
5	5			22.99
6	1			23.02
	3			DNS
	6			DNS

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			21.57	Q
2	6			21.80	q
3	7			22.11
4	8			22.35	PB
5	3			22.44
6	1			22.46
7	2			22.57
8	4			22.79

Heat 7

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			21.46	Q
2	2			21.71	q
3	1			22.39
4	6			22.42
5	4			22.68
6	7			23.08
7	5			23.83	PB
	8			DNS

Heat 8

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			21.24	Q, PB
2	1			21.28	q, PB
3	6			22.12	PB
4	3			22.34
5	2			22.44
6	4			23.22
7	8			23.34
	7			DNS

Heat 9

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			21.09	Q, PB
2	1			21.80	q
3	5			22.09
4	8			22.22
5	7			22.35	PB
6	2			22.55
7	3			22.58	SB
8	6			22.86

Heat 10

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			20.96	Q
2	5			21.60	q, PB
3	7			22.19	PB
4	3			22.35	PB
5	1			22.62	PB
6	6			23.17
	8			DQ
	2			DNS

Heat 11

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			20.91	Q
2	4			21.87	q, PB
3	6			21.92	q
4	2			22.04
5	8			22.10	PB
6	7			22.31	PB
7	3			22.39	PB
8	1			23.25

Heat 12

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	8			21.63	Q
2	1			22.09
3	2			22.47
4	3			22.48
5	6			22.58
6	5			22.93
7	4			23.26
	7			DQ

Heat 13

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	8			21.76	Q
2	4			21.93	q, PB
3	1			21.99
4	6			22.27
5	3			22.34	PB
6	5			22.81
7	2			23.44
	7			DNS

Semifinals

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			21.05	Q, PB
2	3			21.13	Q, PB
3	4			21.49	q, PB
4	1			21.63
5	7			21.76
6	8			21.81
7	2			21.96
	6			DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			21.17	Q
2	3			21.20	Q
3	6			21.36	q
4	7			21.58
5	8			21.91
6	5			21.97
7	2			22.16
8	1			22.60

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			21.38	Q
2	4			21.59	Q
3	7			21.66	PB
4	8			22.02
5	1			22.12
6	2			22.20
7	5			22.25
	6			DNF

Final

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6			20.63	WYL
	7			20.67	PB
	5			20.79
4	4			20.84	PB
5	1			21.00	PB
6	3			21.37
7	8			21.37
8	2			21.54

Notes and References

1. Web site: 200 Metres Boys - Round 1 . . 12 July 2013.
2. Web site: 200 Metres Boys - Semi-Final . . 13 July 2013.
3. Web site: 200 Metres Boys - Final . . 14 July 2013.