2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 200 metres

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.[1] The event was won by Kirani James of Grenada, who also won the 400 metres.[2]

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Kirani James
  Grenada
Alberto Gavaldá
  Spain
Keenan Brock
  United States

Records

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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 20.40 Sherbrooke, Canada 13 July 2003
World Youth Leading   Dedric Dukes (USA) 20.94 Altamonte Springs, USA 20 June 2009

No new records were set during the competition.

Heats

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Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.

Semifinals

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

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Keenan Brock   United States 21.36 Q, PB
2 1 Tomasz Kluczynski   Poland 21.43 Q, PB
3 4 Sam Watts   Great Britain 21.50 q, PB
4 6 Johannes de Klerk   South Africa 21.52 q
5 8 Kazunori Katsuyama   Japan 21.69
6 2 Marlon Laidlaw-Allen   Canada 21.93
7 7 Carlos Rodríguez   Puerto Rico 22.01
8 5 Comfort Olugbemi   Nigeria 22.13

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Wind: 0.6 m/s

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Dedric Dukes   United States 21.22 Q
2 3 Leandro De Araújo   Brazil 21.76 Q
3 2 Demetri Knowles   Bahamas 21.76
4 6 Tan Juquan   China 21.78
5 8 Masato Hayashi   Japan 21.79
6 1 José Antonio Vizuete   Spain 22.08
7 4 Adam Pawlowski   Poland 22.41
8 7 Yateya Kambepera   Botswana 22.45

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Wind: 0.9 m/s

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Kirani James   Grenada 21.23 Q
2 3 Alberto Gavaldá   Spain 21.43 Q, SB
3 4 Moriba Morain   Trinidad and Tobago 21.56
4 1 Nicholas Deshong   Barbados 21.57
5 7 Alex Jordan   New Zealand 21.91 PB
6 6 Huang Xiang   China 21.99
7 2 Lester Ryan   Montserrat 22.01 PB
8 8 Kemar Bailey-Cole   Jamaica 22.11

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Wind: 1.4 m/s

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Kirani James   Grenada 21.05 PB
  7 Alberto Gavaldá   Spain 21.33 SB
  4 Keenan Brock   United States 21.39
4 5 Dedric Dukes   United States 21.61
5 6 Tomasz Kluczynski   Poland 21.70
6 8 Leandro De Araújo   Brazil 21.78
7 1 Sam Watts   Great Britain 22.00
8 2 Johannes de Klerk   South Africa 22.04

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Wind: −0.9 m/s

References

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