1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23 and 24 August.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Francis Obikwelu  Nigeria
Silver	Riaan Dempers  South Africa
Bronze	Bryan Harrison  United States

Results

Final

24 August
Wind: -1.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Francis Obikwelu	Nigeria	20.47
	Riaan Dempers	South Africa	20.96
	Bryan Harrison	United States	21.10
4	Sunday Emmanuel	Nigeria	21.11
5	Ruddy Zami	France	21.11
6	Paul Pearce	Australia	21.12
7	Aldo Tonazzi	Switzerland	21.22
8	Roy Bailey	Jamaica	21.24

Semifinals

24 August

Semifinal 1

Wind: -2.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bryan Harrison	United States	21.13	Q
2	Ruddy Zami	France	21.21	Q
3	Roy Bailey	Jamaica	21.25	Q
4	Sunday Emmanuel	Nigeria	21.27	Q
5	David Baxter	Australia	21.32
6	Marcus La Grange	South Africa	21.51
7	Alessandro Attene	Italy	21.53
8	Uvie Ugono	United Kingdom	21.70

Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Francis Obikwelu	Nigeria	20.95	Q
2	Riaan Dempers	South Africa	21.25	Q
3	Paul Pearce	Australia	21.38	Q
4	Aldo Tonazzi	Switzerland	21.40	Q
5	Christian Malcolm	United Kingdom	21.52
6	Didier Héry	France	21.56
7	Paulo Poersch	Brazil	21.60
8	Dean Wise	New Zealand	21.75

Quarterfinals

23 August

Quarterfinal 1

Wind: +0.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Didier Héry	France	21.18	Q
2	Roy Bailey	Jamaica	21.22	Q
3	Paul Pearce	Australia	21.27	Q
4	Uvie Ugono	United Kingdom	21.42	Q
5	Charles Allen	Canada	21.52
6	Christie van Wyk	Namibia	21.54
7	Daniel Zimmer	Germany	21.81
8	Grabiel González	Cuba	21.89

Quarterfinal 2

Wind: -1.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ruddy Zami	France	21.03	Q
2	Sunday Emmanuel	Nigeria	21.09	Q
3	Marcus La Grange	South Africa	21.32	Q
4	Christian Malcolm	United Kingdom	21.33	Q
5	Hiroki Takahashi	Japan	21.68
6	Valentin Borsuk	Belarus	21.76
7	Misael Ortíz	Cuba	21.91
	William To Wai Lok	Hong Kong	DNS

Quarterfinal 3

Wind: -1.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bryan Harrison	United States	21.18	Q
2	Paulo Poersch	Brazil	21.25	Q
3	Aldo Tonazzi	Switzerland	21.31	Q
4	David Baxter	Australia	21.48	Q
5	Michele Paggi	Italy	21.64
6	Konstadínos Voyiatzákis	Greece	21.73
7	Dominic Demeritte	Bahamas	21.79
8	David Wilson	Guam	21.83

Quarterfinal 4

Wind: -1.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Francis Obikwelu	Nigeria	20.83	Q
2	Riaan Dempers	South Africa	21.12	Q
3	Alessandro Attene	Italy	21.28	Q
4	Dean Wise	New Zealand	21.49	Q
5	Vince Williams	United States	21.50
6	Masayuki Okusako	Japan	21.61
7	Malik Louahla	Algeria	22.06
8	Raman Ganeshwaran	Malaysia	22.14

Heats

23 August

Heat 1

Wind: -2.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Riaan Dempers	South Africa	21.36	Q
2	Ruddy Zami	France	21.53	Q
3	Christian Malcolm	United Kingdom	21.83	Q
4	Daniel Zimmer	Germany	21.94	Q
5	Thobias Akwenye	Namibia	22.09
6	Joseph Colville	Costa Rica	22.43
7	Adam Afrah	Maldives	24.58

Heat 2

Wind: -0.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Aldo Tonazzi	Switzerland	21.54	Q
2	Paulo Poersch	Brazil	21.57	Q
3	Paul Pearce	Australia	21.70	Q
4	Valentin Borsuk	Belarus	21.83	Q
5	Grabiel González	Cuba	22.02	q
6	Corey Chase	New Zealand	22.08
7	Evággelos Asaryiotákis	Greece	22.80

Heat 3

Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Francis Obikwelu	Nigeria	21.33	Q
2	Alessandro Attene	Italy	21.64	Q
3	Christie van Wyk	Namibia	21.70	Q
4	Dean Wise	New Zealand	21.75	Q
5	Konstadínos Voyiatzákis	Greece	22.00	q

Heat 4

Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sunday Emmanuel	Nigeria	21.25	Q
2	Didier Héry	France	21.38	Q
3	Bryan Harrison	United States	21.44	Q
4	Dominic Demeritte	Bahamas	21.80	Q
5	Malik Louahla	Algeria	21.99	q
6	William To Wai Lok	Hong Kong	22.05	q
7	Ali Al-Neyadi	United Arab Emirates	22.80

Heat 5

Wind: +0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	David Baxter	Australia	21.32	Q
2	Marcus La Grange	South Africa	21.34	Q
3	Masayuki Okusako	Japan	21.41	Q
4	Michele Paggi	Italy	21.49	Q
5	David Wilson	Guam	21.78	q
6	Raman Ganeshwaran	Malaysia	21.91	q
7	Maqsood Ahmed	Pakistan	22.70

Heat 6

Wind: -1.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Roy Bailey	Jamaica	21.19	Q
2	Charles Allen	Canada	21.43	Q
3	Misael Ortíz	Cuba	21.44	Q
4	Vince Williams	United States	21.52	Q
5	Uvie Ugono	United Kingdom	21.64	q
6	Hiroki Takahashi	Japan	21.75	q
7	Frantz Valbona	Haiti	22.51
	Jeffrey Bai	Papua New Guinea	DQ	(163.3)

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 41 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.

•  Algeria (1)
•  Australia (2)
•  Bahamas (1)
•  Belarus (1)
•  Brazil (1)
•  Canada (1)
•  Costa Rica (1)
•  Cuba (2)
•  France (2)
•  Germany (1)
•  Greece (2)
•  Guam (1)
•  Haiti (1)
•  Hong Kong (1)
•  Italy (2)
•  Jamaica (1)
•  Japan (2)
•  Malaysia (1)
•  Maldives (1)
•  Namibia (2)
•  New Zealand (2)
•  Nigeria (2)
•  Pakistan (1)
•  Papua New Guinea (1)
•  South Africa (2)
•   Switzerland (1)
•  United Arab Emirates (1)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 October 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015