2024 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:	Men's 200 metres
Competition:	2024 World Athletics U20 Championships
Venue:	Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA
Competitors:	58
Nations:	38
Win Value:	20.52
Gold:	Bayanda Walaza
Goldnoc:	RSA
Silver:	Gout Gout
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Jake Odey-Jordan
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	2022
Next:	2026

The men's 200 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA in Lima, Peru on 29 and 30 August 2024.

Records

U20 standing records prior to the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows:^[1]

Record	Athlete & Nationality	Mark	Location	Date
World U20 Record		19.69	Eugene, United States	26 June 2022
Championship Record		19.96	Cali, Colombia	4 August 2022
		19.96	Cali, Colombia
World U20 Leading		20.20	Lexington, United States	24 May 2024

Results

Heats

The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) qualified to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	2	Jesse Myers		21.43
2	4	Eduardo Longobardi		21.45
3	3	Daniel González		21.64
4	7	Wesley da Silva		21.69
5	6	Keo Davis		21.73
6	5	Sophus Ramsgaard Jensen		21.78
7	8	Mihai Militaru		24.54
				Wind: -1.1 m/s

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Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	9	Jackson Clarke		21.37
2	6	Kong Peng		21.49
3	8	Jessus Bănicioiu		21.72
4	2	Andrew Styles		21.72
5	7	Maximilian Achhammer		21.95
6	3	Aron Earl		22.12
	5	Paulo Henrique Batista
	4	William Batley
				Wind: -1.0 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Jake Odey-Jordan		21.02
2	8	Magnus Johannsson		21.27
3	3	Katsuki Sato		21.31
4	2	Miloš Nisić		21.87
5	5	Isaac Chandra		21.89
6	6	Caledon Ruwende		22.01
	4	Mubarak Bader Al-Qahtani
				Wind: -1.1 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Gout Gout		20.77
2	5	Malith Thamel		21.23
3	6	Alejandro Cardenas		21.32
4	2	Bertie Cruywagen		21.64
5	8	Justin Rennert		21.87
6	3	Magano Naseb		22.14
7	4	Omar Chaaban		23.00
	9	Yip King Wai
				Wind: -0.5 m/s

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	Jaden Wiley		20.93
2	5	Zachary Della Rocca		21.03
3	9	Dejan Ottou		21.32
4	4	Bejamin Aravena		21.44
5	3	Matteo Miola		21.65
6	2	David Nyamufarira		21.78
7	7	Sanjay Weekes		21.95
8	8	Vladimir Bitolja		22.51
				Wind: -1.3 m/s

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Bayanda Walaza		21.16
2	6	Carlos Brown Jr.		21.31
3	5	Hristo Iliev		21.53
4	7	Jónas Isaksen		21.63
5	8	Aidil Hajam		22.20
6	2	Junior Gallimore		22.46
7	3	Aistis Manton		22.71
				Wind: -0.4 m/s

Heat 7

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Kei Wakana		21.17
2	6	Juho Venäläinen		21.23 (.226)
3	2	Aragorn Straker		21.23 (.228)
4	3	Sebastian Libura		21.63
5	4	Youchao Huang		21.73
6	7	Devonric Mack		22.01
7	8	Eduardo Loya		22.05
				Wind: -0.1 m/s

Heat 8

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	William Trulsson		20.99
2	8	Marek Zakrzewski		21.11
3	3	Yaqoub Al Azemi		21.24	,
4	6	Romario Hines		21.35
5	5	Muhammad Amin Bin Rosla		21.54
6	7	Indusara Rajamuni		21.56
	2	Tomás Mondino
				Wind: -0.6 m/s

Semi-finals

The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified to the semi-final.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Gout Gout		21.07
2	9	Magnus Johannsson		21.21
3	6	Kei Wakana		21.33
4	4	Yaqoub Al Azemi		21.35
5	2	Dejan Ottou		21.65 (.644)
6	3	Hristo Iliev		21.65 (.644)
7	8	Jackson Clarke		21.88
8	5	Malith Thamel		21.93
				Wind: -0.9 m/s

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Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	William Trulsson		21.30
2	7	Jake Odey-Jordan		21.40
3	9	Eduardo Longobardi		21.52
4	3	Romario Hines		21.68
5	2	Alejandro Cardenas		21.69
6	8	Jesse Myers		21.80
7	5	Indusara Rajamuni		21.93
	4	Kong Peng
				Wind: -1.2 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Bayanda Walaza		21.00
2	8	Jaden Wiley		21.04
3	9	Carlos Brown Jr.		21.19
4	6	Zachary Della Rocca		21.23
5	4	Aragorn Straker		21.30
6	2	Katsuki Sato		21.47
7	5	Juho Venäläinen		21.54
8	3	Bejamin Aravena		21.55
				Wind: +0.3 m/s

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	7	Bayanda Walaza		20.52
	8	Gout Gout		20.60
	5	Jake Odey-Jordan		20.81
4	6	William Trulsson		20.91
5	4	Jaden Wiley		21.17
6	3	Zachary Della Rocca		21.22
7	9	Magnus Johannsson		21.27
8	2	Carlos Brown Jr.		21.51
				Wind: -0.7 m/s

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Notes and References

1. Web site: 200 Metres Men - Round 1 - Start list . World Athletics . 29 August 2024 . 28 August 2024.
2. Web site: 200 Metres Men - Round 1 results . World Athletics . 29 August 2024 . 29 August 2024.
3. Web site: 200 Metres Men - Semi-Final results . World Athletics . 29 August 2024 . 29 August 2024.
4. Web site: 200 Metres Men - Final results . World Athletics . 31 August 2024 . 30 August 2024.