2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:	Men's 200 metres
Competition:	2018 World U20 Championships
Venue:	Ratina Stadium
Dates:	12 and 13 July
Competitors:	40
Nations:	31
Win Label:	Winning time
Win Value:	20.48
Gold:	Jona Efoloko
Goldnoc:	GBR
Silver:	Charles Dobson
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	Eric Harrison
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2016
Next:	2021

The men's 200 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 12 and 13 July.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record		19.93	Devonshire, Bermuda	11 April 2004
Championship Record		20.17	Bydgoszcz, Poland	22 July 2016
World Junior Leading		20.35	Kingston, Jamaica	24 March 2018

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the 4 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[2]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s, Heat 4: -0.1 m/s, Heat 5: +0.2 m/s, Heat 6: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	4		align=left		20.65	Q,
2	3		align=left		20.65	Q,
3	1		align=left		20.70	Q
4	2		align=left		20.73	Q
5	3		align=left		20.80	Q,
6	5		align=left		20.81	Q,
7	5		align=left		20.88	Q
8	1		align=left		21.04	Q
9	5		align=left		21.04	Q,
10	3		align=left		21.04	Q
11	5		align=left		21.06	Q,
12	2		align=left		21.09	Q,
13	2		align=left		21.20	Q
14	3		align=left		21.22	Q
15	1		align=left		21.23	Q
16	1		align=left		21.25	Q
17	4		align=left		21.25	Q
18	2		align=left		21.28	Q
19	1		align=left		21.30	q
20	3		align=left		21.32	q
21	5		align=left		21.33	q
22	1		align=left		21.34	q
23	3		align=left		21.35
24	4		align=left		21.39	Q
25	4		align=left		21.41	Q
26	5		align=left		21.43
27	2		align=left		21.53
28	4		align=left		21.57
29	4		align=left		21.59
30	1		align=left		21.61
31	4		align=left		21.88
32	3		align=left		21.91
33	3		align=left		22.08
34	5		align=left		22.17
35	1		align=left		22.96
36	2		align=left		23.12
	2		align=left
	2		align=left
	4		align=left
	5		align=left

Semifinal

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.^[3]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.6 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s, Heat 3: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1		align=left		20.53	Q,
2	3		align=left		20.74	Q
3	2		align=left		20.79	Q
4	1		align=left		20.81	Q
5	1		align=left		20.85	q,
6	3		align=left		20.86	Q
7	2		align=left		20.91	Q
8	1		align=left		20.96	q
9	3		align=left		21.10
10	2		align=left		21.18
11	1		align=left		21.20
12	3		align=left		21.24
13	1		align=left		21.28
14	2		align=left		21.30
15	2		align=left		21.33
16	1		align=left		21.36
17	1		align=left		21.37
18	2		align=left		21.37
19	3		align=left		21.45
20	2		align=left		21.48
21	3		align=left		21.51
22	3		align=left		21.58
23	2		align=left		21.64
24	3		align=left		21.72

Final

^[4]

Wind: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	6		align=left		20.48
	4		align=left		20.57
	7		align=left		20.79
4	8		align=left		20.85
5	5		align=left		20.86
6	3		align=left		20.87
7	1		align=left		21.07
	2		align=left

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 World U20 Championships Tampere Timetable by day. 9 July 2018 . IAAF.org.
2. Web site: 200 Metres Men – Round 1 – Summary . IAAF. 12 July 2018.
3. Web site: 200 Metres Men – Semi-Final – Summary . IAAF. 16 July 2018.
4. Web site: 200 Metres Men – Final – Results . IAAF. 16 July 2018.