2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 200 metres
# 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 200 metres

The Boys' 200 metres at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 13 and 14 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Michael O'Hara Jamaica | Vítor Hugo dos Santos Brazil | Reynier Mena Cuba |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

| World Youth Best | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 20.13 | Bridgetown, Barbados | 20 July 2003 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Championship Record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 20.40 | Sherbrooke, Canada | 13 July 2003 |
| World Youth Leading | Reynier Mena (CUB) | 20.72 | Havana, Cuba | 28 June 2013 |

## Heats

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) qualified.

## Semifinals

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 6 | Michael O'Hara | Jamaica | 20.63 | WYL |
| | 7 | Vítor Hugo dos Santos | Brazil | 20.67 | PB |
| | 5 | Reynier Mena | Cuba | 20.79 | |
| 4 | 4 | Thomas Somers | Great Britain | 20.84 | PB |
| 5 | 1 | Jonathan Farinha | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.00 | PB |
| 6 | 3 | Ejowvokoghene Oduduru | Nigeria | 21.37 | |
| 7 | 8 | Mo Youxue | China | 21.37 | |
| 8 | 2 | Li Zhe | China | 21.54 | |
