title: 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 200 metres
text: # 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's 200 metres
  
  The men's 200 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 12 and 13 July.
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics :
  
  | World Junior Record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 19.93 | Devonshire, Bermuda | 11 April 2004 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Championship Record | Michael Norman Jr. (USA) | 20.17 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 22 July 2016 |
  | World Junior Leading | Christopher Taylor (JAM) | 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.
  
  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 | Charles Dobson | Great Britain | 20.65 | Q, PB |
  | 2 | 3 | Jona Efoloko | Great Britain | 20.65 | Q, PB |
  | 3 | 1 | Khance Meyers | United States | 20.70 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Eric Harrison | United States | 20.73 | Q |
  | 5 | 3 | Milo Skupin-Alfa | Germany | 20.80 | Q, PB |
  | 6 | 5 | Pol Retamal | Spain | 20.81 | Q, NJR |
  | 7 | 5 | Henrik Larsson | Sweden | 20.88 | Q |
  | 8 | 1 | Koki Ueyama | Japan | 21.04 | Q |
  | 9 | 5 | Onyema Adigida | Netherlands | 21.04 | Q, NJR |
  | 10 | 3 | Zane Branco | Australia | 21.04 | Q |
  | 11 | 5 | Aaron Sexton | Ireland | 21.06 | Q, PB |
  | 12 | 2 | Lorenzo Patta | Italy | 21.09 | Q, PB |
  | 13 | 2 | Keigo Yasuda | Japan | 21.20 | Q |
  | 14 | 3 | Daniel Vejražka | Czech Republic | 21.22 | Q |
  | 15 | 1 | Paul Tritenne | France | 21.23 | Q |
  | 16 | 1 | A.M. Salim Mohamed | Qatar | 21.25 | Q |
  | 17 | 4 | Kasper Kadestål | Sweden | 21.25 | Q |
  | 18 | 2 | Dickson Clever Kapandura | Zimbabwe | 21.28 | Q |
  | 19 | 1 | Timothy Frederick | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.30 | q |
  | 20 | 3 | Xavier Nairne | Jamaica | 21.32 | q |
  | 21 | 5 | Ahmed Omar Jumah | Saudi Arabia | 21.33 | q |
  | 22 | 1 | Juan Gonzáles | Spain | 21.34 | q |
  | 23 | 3 | Matthew Clarke | Barbados | 21.35 |
  | 24 | 4 | Bartosz Zieliński | Poland | 21.39 | Q |
  | 25 | 4 | William Reais | Switzerland | 21.41 | Q |
  | 26 | 5 | Antonio Ivanov | Bulgaria | 21.43 | |
  | 27 | 2 | Štěpán Hampl | Czech Republic | 21.53 | |
  | 28 | 4 | Riku Illukka | Finland | 21.57 | |
  | 29 | 4 | Ruben Els | South Africa | 21.59 | |
  | 30 | 1 | Ramadin Pataudi Alexander Jr. | Netherlands Antilles | 21.61 | |
  | 31 | 4 | Lorenzo Ianes | Italy | 21.88 | |
  | 32 | 3 | Ako Hislop | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.91 | |
  | 33 | 3 | Kristijan Subotić | Montenegro | 22.08 | NJR |
  | 34 | 5 | Jacob El Aida Chaffey | Malta | 22.17 | PB |
  | 35 | 1 | Tariq Polonius | Aruba | 22.96 | |
  | 36 | 2 | Esmael Dos Ramos De O. Freitas | São Tomé and Príncipe | 23.12 | PB |
  | | 2 | Rikkoi Brathwaite | British Virgin Islands | DQ | |
  | | 2 | Joel Johnson | Bahamas | DNS | |
  | | 4 | Minkyu Shin | South Korea | DNS | |
  | | 5 | Thando Dlodlo | South Africa | DNS | |
  
  ### Semifinal
  
  Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.
  
  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 | Charles Dobson | Great Britain | 20.53 | Q, PB |
  | 2 | 3 | Jona Efoloko | Great Britain | 20.74 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Khance Meyers | United States | 20.79 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | Zane Branco | Australia | 20.81 | Q |
  | 5 | 1 | Henrik Larsson | Sweden | 20.85 | q, PB |
  | 6 | 3 | Eric Harrison | United States | 20.86 | Q |
  | 7 | 2 | Pol Retamal | Spain | 20.91 | Q |
  | 8 | 1 | Milo Skupin-Alfa | Germany | 20.96 | q |
  | 9 | 3 | Onyema Adigida | Netherlands | 21.10 | |
  | 10 | 2 | Lorenzo Patta | Italy | 21.18 | |
  | 11 | 1 | A.M. Salim Mohamed | Qatar | 21.20 | |
  | 12 | 3 | Koki Ueyama | Japan | 21.24 | |
  | 13 | 1 | Keigo Yasuda | Japan | 21.28 | |
  | 14 | 2 | Kasper Kadestål | Sweden | 21.30 | |
  | 15 | 2 | Aaron Sexton | Ireland | 21.33 | |
  | 16 | 1 | Juan Gonzáles | Spain | 21.36 | |
  | 17 | 1 | Dickson Clever Kapandura | Zimbabwe | 21.37 |
  | 18 | 2 | Bartosz Zieliński | Poland | 21.37 | |
  | 19 | 3 | Daniel Vejražka | Czech Republic | 21.45 | |
  | 20 | 2 | Timothy Frederick | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.48 | |
  | 21 | 3 | William Reais | Switzerland | 21.51 | |
  | 22 | 3 | Ahmed Omar Jumah | Saudi Arabia | 21.58 | |
  | 23 | 2 | Xavier Nairne | Jamaica | 21.64 | |
  | 24 | 3 | Paul Tritenne | France | 21.72 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  Wind: -0.1 m/s
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 6 | Jona Efoloko | Great Britain | 20.48 | PB |
  | | 4 | Charles Dobson | Great Britain | 20.57 | |
  | | 7 | Eric Harrison | United States | 20.79 | |
  | 4 | 8 | Pol Retamal | Spain | 20.85 | |
  | 5 | 5 | Zane Branco | Australia | 20.86 | |
  | 6 | 3 | Khance Meyers | United States | 20.87 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Milo Skupin-Alfa | Germany | 21.07 | |
  | | 2 | Henrik Larsson | Sweden | DNS | |
  