1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
# 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 19 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago |
| - | - |
| Silver | Darren Campbell United Kingdom |
| Bronze | Glen Elferink South Africa |

## Results

### Final

19 September Wind: +0.3 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.63 |
| | Darren Campbell | United Kingdom | 20.87 |
| | Glen Elferink | South Africa | 21.00 |
| 4 | Jamie Baulch | United Kingdom | 21.04 |
| 5 | László Kiss | Hungary | 21.05 |
| 6 | Kostás Kénteris | Greece | 21.10 |
| 7 | Mark Keddell | New Zealand | 21.19 |
| 8 | Yancey Hilliard | Germany | 21.74 |

### Semifinals

18 September

**Semifinal 1**

Wind: +0.9 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.71 | Q |
| 2 | Jamie Baulch | United Kingdom | 20.91 | Q |
| 3 | Darryl Wohlsen | Australia | 21.30 | |
| 4 | Marlon Dechausey | Canada | 21.46 | |
| 5 | George Page | United States | 21.47 | |
| 6 | Keita Hiraga | Japan | 21.64 | |
| 7 | Todd Blythe | New Zealand | 21.70 | |
| | Sergey Osovich | Commonwealth of Independent States | DNS | |

**Semifinal 2**

Wind: +0.9 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | László Kiss | Hungary | 20.94 | Q |
| 2 | Glen Elferink | South Africa | 21.07 | Q |
| 3 | Holger Blume | Germany | 21.44 | |
| 4 | Deji Aliu | Nigeria | 21.44 | |
| 5 | Sebastián Keitel | Chile | 21.44 | |
| 6 | Eric Frempong-Manso | Canada | 21.47 | |
| 7 | Juan Trull | Spain | 21.56 | |
| 8 | Ji Haisheng | China | 21.84 | |

**Semifinal 3**

Wind: -0.3 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Darren Campbell | United Kingdom | 20.96 | Q |
| 2 | Mark Keddell | New Zealand | 21.10 | Q |
| 3 | Kostás Kénteris | Greece | 21.15 | q |
| 4 | Yancey Hilliard | Germany | 21.27 | q |
| 5 | Markus Ineichen | Switzerland | 21.55 | |
| 6 | Paul Egonye | Nigeria | 21.57 | |
| 7 | Pierpaolo Cacciotti | Italy | 21.82 | |
| | Jordi Mayoral | Spain | DNF | |

### Heats

18 September

**Heat 1**

Wind: +0.5 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Glen Elferink | South Africa | 21.11 | Q |
| 2 | Mark Keddell | New Zealand | 21.12 | Q |
| 3 | Jordi Mayoral | Spain | 21.36 | Q |
| 4 | Yancey Hilliard | Germany | 21.52 | Q |
| 5 | Antônio da Costa | Brazil | 22.11 | |
| 6 | Wendell Faria | Suriname | 22.18 | |

**Heat 2**

Wind: +0.4 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ato Boldon | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.91 | Q |
| 2 | Jamie Baulch | United Kingdom | 21.06 | Q |
| 3 | Paul Egonye | Nigeria | 21.41 | Q |
| 4 | Marlon Dechausey | Canada | 21.47 | Q |
| 5 | Ji Haisheng | China | 21.63 | q |
| 6 | Jair Moreira | Brazil | 21.77 | |
| 7 | Alexis Recioy | Uruguay | 22.31 | |

**Heat 3**

Wind: +0.7 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | George Page | United States | 21.40 | Q |
| 2 | Holger Blume | Germany | 21.40 | Q |
| 3 | Darryl Wohlsen | Australia | 21.49 | Q |
| 4 | Keita Hiraga | Japan | 21.57 | Q |
| 5 | Tomás Drímal | Czechoslovakia | 21.87 | |
| 6 | Ku Wai Ming | Hong Kong | 22.31 | |
| 7 | Thaniya Lopez | Barbados | 22.35 | |
| 8 | Abate Abayneh | Ethiopia | 23.23 | |

**Heat 4**

Wind: +0.2 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Darren Campbell | United Kingdom | 20.89 | Q |
| 2 | Kostás Kénteris | Greece | 21.05 | Q |
| 3 | Sergey Osovich | Commonwealth of Independent States | 21.28 | Q |
| 4 | Sebastián Keitel | Chile | 21.38 | Q |
| 5 | Deji Aliu | Nigeria | 21.65 | q |
| 6 | Todd Blythe | New Zealand | 21.69 | q |
| 7 | Pierpaolo Cacciotti | Italy | 21.76 | q |
| 8 | Luis Vega | Colombia | 21.77 | |

**Heat 5**

Wind: +0.7 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | László Kiss | Hungary | 21.11 | Q |
| 2 | Juan Trull | Spain | 21.43 | Q |
| 3 | Eric Frempong-Manso | Canada | 21.51 | Q |
| 4 | Markus Ineichen | Switzerland | 21.53 | Q |
| 5 | Alejandro Cárdenas | Mexico | 21.88 | |
| 6 | Kent Dennie | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 23.25 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

* Australia (1)
* Barbados (1)
* Brazil (2)
* Canada (2)
* Chile (1)
* China (1)
* Colombia (1)
* Commonwealth of Independent States (1)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* Ethiopia (1)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (1)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (1)
* Mexico (1)
* New Zealand (2)
* Nigeria (2)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (2)
* Suriname (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (1)
* Uruguay (1)
