2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 11 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Christophe Lemaître   France
Silver	Nickel Ashmeade   Jamaica
Bronze	Robert Hering   Germany

Results

Final

11 July
Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Christophe Lemaître	France	20.83
	Nickel Ashmeade	Jamaica	20.84
	Robert Hering	Germany	20.96
4	Curtis Mitchell	United States	20.98
5	Ramil Guliyev	Azerbaijan	21.00
6	Antonio Sales	United States	21.01
7	Omar Al-Salfa	United Arab Emirates	21.10
	Adel Jaber Al-Asseri	Saudi Arabia	DQ	IAAF rule 32.2

Semifinals

10 July

Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nickel Ashmeade	Jamaica	20.83	Q
2	Ramil Guliyev	Azerbaijan	20.90	Q
3	Antonio Sales	United States	20.90	q
4	Omar Al-Salfa	United Arab Emirates	21.02	q
5	Alexander Nordkvist	Sweden	21.32
6	Masanori Kaji	Japan	21.45
7	Davide Manenti	Italy	21.67
8	Liang Tse-Ching	Chinese Taipei	21.89

Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Curtis Mitchell	United States	20.74	Q
2	Christophe Lemaître	France	20.88	Q
3	David Lescay	Cuba	21.32
4	Lukáš Štastný	Czech Republic	21.46
5	Javier Sanz	Spain	21.53
6	Shehan Abeypitiyage	Sri Lanka	21.60
7	Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas	Greece	21.83
	Chris Clarke	United Kingdom	DNS

Semifinal 3

Wind: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Robert Hering	Germany	21.06	Q
2	Diego Marani	Italy	21.23
3	Seiya Hane	Japan	21.39
4	Jovon Toppin	Trinidad and Tobago	21.45
5	Pan Po-Yu	Chinese Taipei	21.55
6	Richard Kilty	United Kingdom	21.56
7	Ramone McKenzie	Jamaica	21.60
	Adel Jaber Al-Asseri	Saudi Arabia	DQ	IAAF rule 32.2 Q

Heats

10 July

Heat 1

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Antonio Sales	United States	21.27	Q
2	Shehan Abeypitiyage	Sri Lanka	21.57	Q
3	Suppachai Chimdee	Thailand	21.74
4	Kemar Hyman	Cayman Islands	21.81
5	Endrik Zilberstein	Georgia	22.55
	Tirafal Batsholelwang	Botswana	DQ	IAAF rule 163.3

Heat 2

Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Diego Marani	Italy	21.18	Q
2	Richard Kilty	United Kingdom	21.27	Q
3	Ramone McKenzie	Jamaica	21.55	q
4	Alvaro Cassiani	Venezuela	21.85
5	Roman Turcáni	Slovakia	22.13
6	Pedro Suazo	Honduras	22.38
7	Owen Camilleri	Malta	23.10

Heat 3

Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Christophe Lemaître	France	20.91	Q
2	Seiya Hane	Japan	21.42	q
3	Roy Schmidt	Germany	21.66
4	Ahmed Al-Merjabi	Oman	21.81
5	Michal Partyka	Poland	21.86
6	Curtis Kock	Netherlands Antilles	22.01
7	Tre Houston	Bermuda	22.10
	Adel Jaber Al-Asseri	Saudi Arabia	DQ	IAAF rule 32.2 Q

Heat 4

Wind: -1.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Javier Sanz	Spain	21.69	Q
2	Pan Po-Yu	Chinese Taipei	21.71	Q
3	Frédéric Mignot	France	21.74
4	Filip Totos	Poland	21.79
5	Patrick Vosloo	South Africa	21.93
6	Philip Berntsen	Norway	21.99
7	Zwade Edwards	Trinidad and Tobago	22.11
8	Douglas Schmidt	Palau	24.01

Heat 5

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nickel Ashmeade	Jamaica	20.86	Q
2	David Lescay	Cuba	21.32	Q
3	Alexander Nordkvist	Sweden	21.38	q
4	Lukáš Štastný	Czech Republic	21.50	q
5	Bernhard Chudarek	Austria	21.76
6	Mindaugas Baliukonis	Lithuania	21.83
7	Emmanuel Appiah Kubi	Ghana	22.04

Heat 6

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Masanori Kaji	Japan	21.34	Q
2	Omar Al-Salfa	United Arab Emirates	21.43	Q
3	Jovon Toppin	Trinidad and Tobago	21.56	q
4	Michael Robertson	Canada	21.64
5	Su Wai'bou Sanneh	Gambia	22.01
6	Matic Molicnik	Slovenia	22.37
7	Thapelo Ketlogetswe	Botswana	22.65

Heat 7

Wind: -1.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Curtis Mitchell	United States	21.21	Q
2	Chris Clarke	United Kingdom	21.70	Q
3	Femi Owolade	Nigeria	21.80
4	Shekeim Greaves	Barbados	21.81
5	Martin Ricar	Czech Republic	21.93
6	Maximus Fröjd	Sweden	22.06
7	Tantawat Tongalam	Thailand	22.64
8	René Heriniaina	Madagascar	23.16

Heat 8

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Robert Hering	Germany	21.08	Q
2	Ramil Guliyev	Azerbaijan	21.33	Q
3	Davide Manenti	Italy	21.50	q
4	Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas	Greece	21.56	q
5	Liang Tse-Ching	Chinese Taipei	21.60	q
6	Izzet Safer	Turkey	21.71
7	Innocent Bologo	Burkina Faso	22.12

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 58 athletes from 44 countries participated in the event.

•   Austria (1)
•   Azerbaijan (1)
•   Barbados (1)
•   Bermuda (1)
•   Botswana (2)
•   Burkina Faso (1)
•   Canada (1)
•   Cayman Islands (1)
•   Chinese Taipei (2)
•   Cuba (1)
•   Czech Republic (2)
•   France (2)
•   Gambia (1)
•   Georgia (1)
•   Germany (2)
•   Ghana (1)
•   Greece (1)
•   Honduras (1)
•   Italy (2)
•   Jamaica (2)
•   Japan (2)
•   Lithuania (1)
•   Madagascar (1)
•   Malta (1)
•   Netherlands Antilles (1)
•   Nigeria (1)
•   Norway (1)
•   Oman (1)
•   Palau (1)
•   Poland (2)
•   Saudi Arabia (1)
•   Slovakia (1)
•   Slovenia (1)
•   South Africa (1)
•   Spain (1)
•   Sri Lanka (1)
•   Sweden (2)
•   Thailand (2)
•   Trinidad and Tobago (2)
•   Turkey (1)
•   United Arab Emirates (1)
•   United Kingdom (2)
•   United States (2)
•   Venezuela (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015