2022 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:	Men's 200 metres
Competition:	2022 World Athletics U20 Championships
Venue:	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Dates:	3 August (heats and semifinal) 4 August (final)
Win Value:	19.96
Gold:	Blessing Afrifah
Goldnoc:	ISR
Silver:	Letsile Tebogo
Silvernoc:	BOT
Bronze:	Calab Law
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	2021
Next:	2024

The men's 200 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 3 and 4 August 2022.^[1]

Records

U20 standing records prior to the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows:^[2]

Record	Athlete & Nationality	Mark	Location	Date
World U20 Record		19.69	Eugene, United States	26 June 2022
Championship Record		20.17	Bydgoszcz, Poland	22 July 2016
World U20 Leading		19.49	Baton Rouge, United States	30 April 2022

Results

Round 1

Round 1 took place on 3 August, with the 55 athletes involved being split into 7 heats, 6 heats of 8 and 1 of 7 athletes.^[3] The first 3 athletes in each heat ( 

Q ) and the next 3 fastest ( q ) qualified to the semi-final.^[4] The overall results were as follows:^[5]

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s, Heat 3: +1.0 m/s, Heat 4: -1.5 m/s, Heat 5: -0.3 m/s, Heat 6: -0.8 m/s, Heat 7: +0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2			19.99	Q,
2	5			20.37	Q,
3	5			20.56	Q
4	4			20.68	Q
5	7			20.72	Q
6	4			20.73	Q,
7	6			20.74	Q
8	7			20.79	Q
9	3			20.83	Q,
10	2			20.83	Q,
11	3			20.85	Q
12	3			20.85	Q
13	4			20.93	Q,
14	5			20.94	Q
15	6			20.96	Q,
16	3			21.00	q,
17	7			21.02	Q,
18	1			21.06	Q
19	2			21.07	Q,
20	3			21.07	q,
21	7			21.08	q,
22	5			21.15
23	4			21.17
24	5			21.19
25	7			21.21
26	6			21.21	Q
27	7			21.24
28	1			21.24	Q
29	2			21.30
30	2			21.30
31	6			21.31
32	1			21.38	Q
33	6			21.40
34	4			21.40
35	3			21.42
36	3			21.42
37	7			21.52
38	2			21.53
39	1			21.56
40	6			21.63
41	1			21.72
42	1			21.76
43	5			21.84
44	4			21.97
45	5			22.02
46	5			22.36
47	3			27.83
48	2			1:15.51
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	7
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Semi-final

The semi-final took place on 4 August, with the 24 athletes involved being split into 3 heats of 8 athletes each.^[6] The first 2 athletes in each heat ( 

Q ) and the next 2 fastest ( q ) qualified to the final.^[7] The overall results were as follows:^[8]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.2 m/s, Heat 2: -1.2 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2			20.17	Q,
2	3			20.23	Q
3	1			20.34	Q,
4	2			20.39	Q
5	1			20.42	Q,
6	3			20.43	q
7	1			20.57	q
8	2			20.61
9	2			20.75
10	2			20.83	Q,
11	3			20.84
12	3			20.93
13	2			20.94
14	1			20.95
15	1			20.97
16	1			20.98
17	3			21.03
18	2			21.05
19	1			21.13
20	3			21.23
21	3			21.30
22	3			21.30
23	1			21.86
24	2			26.38

Final

The final was started at 18:00 on 4 August.^[9] The results were as follows:^[10]

Wind: -1.0 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	5			19.96
	4			19.96
	7			20.48
4	6			20.55
5	1			20.64
6	3			20.72
7	2			20.73
8	8			20.87

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships Cali Timetable. World Athletics. 1 August 2022.
2. Web site: 200 Metres Men − Outdoor Records. World Athletics. 23 August 2022.
3. Web site: START LIST 200 Metres Men – Round 1. World Athletics. 2 August 2022.
4. Web site: RESULTS 200 Metres Men – Round 1. World Athletics. 3 August 2022.
5. Web site: SUMMARY 200 Metres Men – Round 1. World Athletics. 3 August 2022.
6. Web site: START LIST 200 Metres Men – Semi-Final. World Athletics. 4 August 2022.
7. Web site: RESULTS 200 Metres Men – Semi-Final. World Athletics. 4 August 2022.
8. Web site: SUMMARY 200 Metres Men – Semi-Final. World Athletics. 4 August 2022.
9. Web site: START LIST 200 Metres Men – Final. World Athletics. 4 August 2022.
10. Web site: RESULTS 200 Metres Men – Final. World Athletics. 4 August 2022.