Athletics at the 1955 Summer International University Sports Week – Men's 200 metres
# Athletics at the 1955 Summer International University Sports Week – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1955 International University Sports Week was held in San Sebastián on 11 and 12 August 1955.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Grant Scruggs United States | Karl-Heinz Naujoks West Germany | Lothar Prinz West Germany |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Lothar Prinz | West Germany | 22.3 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Wotton | Great Britain | 22.3 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Arie Gluck | Israel | 23.4 | |
| 4 | 1 | Francisco Tuduri | Spain | 23.7 | |
| 1 | 2 | Grant Scruggs | United States | 22.7 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Maisin | Belgium | 23.0 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Trinceiras | Portugal | 23.4 | |
| 1 | 3 | Graham Robertson | Great Britain | 23.6 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Wolfango Montanari | Italy | 27.5 | Q |
| 1 | 4 | Kanji Akagi | Japan | 22.6 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Karl-Heinz Naujoks | West Germany | 22.7 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Carvalhais | Portugal | 23.0 | |
| 1 | 5 | Raymond Perin | Belgium | 22.6 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Mario Colarrosi | Italy | 22.8 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Gwilym Roberts | Great Britain | 23.0 | |
| 3 | 5 | Yoshiaki Hara | Japan | 23.4 | |
| 1 | 6 | Jacques Vercruysse | Belgium | 22.1 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Sergio D'Asnasch | Italy | 22.5 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Peter Röthig | West Germany | 22.8 | |
| 4 | 6 | Pierfancesco Campana | Switzerland | 23.4 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Jacques Vercruysse | Belgium | 22.1 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Grant Scruggs | United States | 22.2 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Sergio D'Asnasch | Italy | 22.6 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Wotton | Great Britain | 22.6 | |
| 5 | 1 | Graham Robertson | Great Britain | 22.7 | |
| 6 | 1 | Mario Colarrosi | Italy | 22.8 | |
| 1 | 2 | Lothar Prinz | West Germany | 22.2 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Karl-Heinz Naujoks | West Germany | 22.3 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Kanji Akagi | Japan | 22.4 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Raymond Perin | Belgium | 22.4 | |
| 5 | 2 | Maisin | Belgium | 23.0 | |
| | 2 | Wolfango Montanari | Italy | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Grant Scruggs | United States | 21.7 | GR |
| | Karl-Heinz Naujoks | West Germany | 21.8 | |
| | Lothar Prinz | West Germany | 21.9 | |
| 4 | Jacques Vercruysse | Belgium | 22.3 | |
| 5 | Sergio D'Asnasch | Italy | 22.3 | |
| 6 | Kanji Akagi | Japan | 22.3 | |
