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

None 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. Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1996.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131031070305/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC1996.html 31 October 2013 dead WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") 13 June 2015 IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/1b820a45-e3d7-40f4-9d5d-7a3abea7f433.pdf IAAF 13 June 2015 Medalists Gold Francis Obikwelu NGRSilver Riaan Dempers RSABronze Bryan Harrison USA Results Final 24 August Wind: -1.6 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Francis Obikwelu NGR 20.47 Riaan Dempers RSA 20.96 Bryan Harrison USA 21.10 4 Sunday Emmanuel NGR 21.11 5 Ruddy Zami FRA 21.11 6 Paul Pearce AUS 21.12 7 Aldo Tonazzi SUI 21.22 8 Roy Bailey JAM 21.24 Semifinals 24 August Semifinal 1 Wind: -2.9 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Bryan Harrison USA 21.13 Q 2 Ruddy Zami FRA 21.21 Q 3 Roy Bailey JAM 21.25 Q 4 Sunday Emmanuel NGR 21.27 Q 5 David Baxter AUS 21.32 6 Marcus La Grange RSA 21.51 7 Alessandro Attene ITA 21.53 8 Uvie Ugono UK 21.70 Semifinal 2 Wind: -0.8 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Francis Obikwelu NGR 20.95 Q 2 Riaan Dempers RSA 21.25 Q 3 Paul Pearce AUS 21.38 Q 4 Aldo Tonazzi SUI 21.40 Q 5 Christian Malcolm UK 21.52 6 Didier Héry FRA 21.56 7 Paulo Poersch BRA 21.60 8 Dean Wise NZL 21.75 Quarterfinals 23 August Quarterfinal 1 Wind: +0.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Didier Héry FRA 21.18 Q 2 Roy Bailey JAM 21.22 Q 3 Paul Pearce AUS 21.27 Q 4 Uvie Ugono UK 21.42 Q 5 Charles Allen CAN 21.52 6 Christie van Wyk NAM 21.54 7 Daniel Zimmer GER 21.81 8 Grabiel González CUB 21.89 Quarterfinal 2 Wind: -1.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ruddy Zami FRA 21.03 Q 2 Sunday Emmanuel NGR 21.09 Q 3 Marcus La Grange RSA 21.32 Q 4 Christian Malcolm UK 21.33 Q 5 Hiroki Takahashi JPN 21.68 6 Valentin Borsuk BLR 1995 21.76 7 Misael Ortíz CUB 21.91 8 William To Wai Lok HKG 1959 DNS Quarterfinal 3 Wind: -1.1 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Bryan Harrison USA 21.18 Q 2 Paulo Poersch BRA 21.25 Q 3 Aldo Tonazzi SUI 21.31 Q 4 David Baxter AUS 21.48 Q 5 Michele Paggi ITA 21.64 6 Konstadínos Voyiatzákis GRE 21.73 7 Dominic Demeritte BAH 21.79 8 David Wilson GUM 21.83 Quarterfinal 4 Wind: -1.6 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Francis Obikwelu NGR 20.83 Q 2 Riaan Dempers RSA 21.12 Q 3 Alessandro Attene ITA 21.28 Q 4 Dean Wise NZL 21.49 Q 5 Vince Williams USA 21.50 6 Masayuki Okusako JPN 21.61 7 Malik Louahla ALG 22.06 8 Raman Ganeshwaran MAS 22.14 Heats 23 August Heat 1 Wind: -2.9 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Riaan Dempers RSA 21.36 Q 2 Ruddy Zami FRA 21.53 Q 3 Christian Malcolm UK 21.83 Q 4 Daniel Zimmer GER 21.94 Q 5 Thobias Akwenye NAM 22.09 6 Joseph Colville CRC 22.43 7 Adam Afrah MDV 24.58 Heat 2 Wind: -0.8 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Aldo Tonazzi SUI 21.54 Q 2 Paulo Poersch BRA 21.57 Q 3 Paul Pearce AUS 21.70 Q 4 Valentin Borsuk BLR 1995 21.83 Q 5 Grabiel González CUB 22.02 q 6 Corey Chase NZL 22.08 7 Evággelos Asaryiotákis GRE 22.80 Heat 3 Wind: +0.2 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Francis Obikwelu NGR 21.33 Q 2 Alessandro Attene ITA 21.64 Q 3 Christie van Wyk NAM 21.70 Q 4 Dean Wise NZL 21.75 Q 5 Konstadínos Voyiatzákis GRE 22.00 q Heat 4 Wind: -0.7 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sunday Emmanuel NGR 21.25 Q 2 Didier Héry FRA 21.38 Q 3 Bryan Harrison USA 21.44 Q 4 Dominic Demeritte BAH 21.80 Q 5 Malik Louahla ALG 21.99 q 6 William To Wai Lok HKG 1959 22.05 q 7 Ali Al-Neyadi UAE 22.80 Heat 5 Wind: +0.3 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 David Baxter AUS 21.32 Q 2 Marcus La Grange RSA 21.34 Q 3 Masayuki Okusako JPN 21.41 Q 4 Michele Paggi ITA 21.49 Q 5 David Wilson GUM 21.78 q 6 Raman Ganeshwaran MAS 21.91 q 7 Maqsood Ahmed PAK 22.70 Heat 6 Wind: -1.8 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Roy Bailey JAM 21.19 Q 2 Charles Allen CAN 21.43 Q 3 Misael Ortíz CUB 21.44 Q 4 Vince Williams USA 21.52 Q 5 Uvie Ugono UK 21.64 q 6 Hiroki Takahashi JPN 21.75 q 7 Frantz Valbona HAI 22.51 8 Jeffrey Bai PNG DQ (163.3) Participation According to an unofficial count, 41 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event. 22em ALG (1) AUS (2) BAH (1) BLR 1995 (1) BRA (1) CAN (1) CRC (1) CUB (2) FRA (2) GER (1) GRE (2) GUM (1) HAI (1) HKG 1959 (1) ITA (2) JAM (1) JPN (2) MAS (1) MDV (1) NAM (2) NZL (2) NGR (2) PAK (1) PNG (1) RSA (2) SUI (1) UAE (1) UK (2) USA (2) References Category:200 metres at the World Athletics U20 Championships Category:Men's events at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics