2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 200 metres

None The Boys' 200 metres at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Brixen-Bressanone Sport Arena on 10, 11, and 12 July.iaaf.org - International Association of Athletics Federations The event was won by Kirani James of Grenada, who also won the 400 metres.Williams and James achieve unprecedented doubles as Kenya steals the show in middle distance Medalists GoldSilverBronzeKirani JamesGRNAlberto GavaldáESPKeenan BrockUSA Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows. World Youth BestUsain Bolt JAM20.13Bridgetown, Barbados20 July 2003Championship Record20.40Sherbrooke, Canada13 July 2003World Youth LeadingDedric Dukes USA20.94Altamonte Springs, USA20 June 2009 No new records were set during the competition. Heats Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified. Semifinals Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified. Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Keenan Brock 21.36 Q, PB 2 1 Tomasz Kluczynski 21.43 Q, PB 3 4 Sam Watts 21.50 q, PB 4 6 Johannes de Klerk 21.52 q 5 8 Kazunori Katsuyama 21.69 6 2 Marlon Laidlaw-Allen 21.93 7 7 Carlos Rodríguez 22.01 8 5 Comfort Olugbemi 22.13 Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best Wind: 0.6 m/s Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Dedric Dukes 21.22 Q 2 3 Leandro De Araújo 21.76 Q 3 2 Demetri Knowles 21.76 4 6 Tan Juquan 21.78 5 8 Masato Hayashi 21.79 6 1 José Antonio Vizuete 22.08 7 4 Adam Pawlowski 22.41 8 7 Yateya Kambepera 22.45 Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best Wind: 0.9 m/s Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Kirani James 21.23 Q 2 3 Alberto Gavaldá 21.43 Q, SB 3 4 Moriba Morain 21.56 4 1 Nicholas Deshong 21.57 5 7 Alex Jordan 21.91 PB 6 6 Huang Xiang 21.99 7 2 Lester Ryan Montserrat Montserrat 22.01 PB 8 8 Kemar Bailey-Cole 22.11 Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best Wind: 1.4 m/s Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Kirani James 21.05 PB 7 Alberto Gavaldá 21.33 SB 4 Keenan Brock 21.39 04 4 5 Dedric Dukes 21.61 05 5 6 Tomasz Kluczynski 21.70 06 6 8 Leandro De Araújo 21.78 07 7 1 Sam Watts 22.00 08 8 2 Johannes de Klerk 22.04 Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best Wind: −0.9 m/s References World Youth Championships 2009 Category:2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics