2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres

2008 World Junior
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The men's 200 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 11 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Christophe Lemaître
 France
Silver Nickel Ashmeade
 Jamaica
Bronze Robert Hering
 Germany

Results

Final

11 July
Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Christophe Lemaître  France 20.83
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nickel Ashmeade  Jamaica 20.84
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Robert Hering  Germany 20.96
4 Curtis Mitchell  United States 20.98
5 Ramil Guliyev  Azerbaijan 21.00
6 Antonio Sales  United States 21.01
7 Omar Al-Salfa  United Arab Emirates 21.10
Adel Jaber Al-Asseri  Saudi Arabia DQ IAAF rule 32.2

Semifinals

10 July

Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Nickel Ashmeade  Jamaica 20.83 Q
2 Ramil Guliyev  Azerbaijan 20.90 Q
3 Antonio Sales  United States 20.90 q
4 Omar Al-Salfa  United Arab Emirates 21.02 q
5 Alexander Nordkvist  Sweden 21.32
6 Masanori Kaji  Japan 21.45
7 Davide Manenti  Italy 21.67
8 Liang Tse-Ching  Chinese Taipei 21.89

Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Curtis Mitchell  United States 20.74 Q
2 Christophe Lemaître  France 20.88 Q
3 David Lescay  Cuba 21.32
4 Lukáš Štastný  Czech Republic 21.46
5 Javier Sanz  Spain 21.53
6 Shehan Abeypitiyage  Sri Lanka 21.60
7 Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas  Greece 21.83
Chris Clarke  United Kingdom DNS

Semifinal 3

Wind: -0.1 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Robert Hering  Germany 21.06 Q
2 Diego Marani  Italy 21.23
3 Seiya Hane  Japan 21.39
4 Jovon Toppin  Trinidad and Tobago 21.45
5 Pan Po-Yu  Chinese Taipei 21.55
6 Richard Kilty  United Kingdom 21.56
7 Ramone McKenzie  Jamaica 21.60
Adel Jaber Al-Asseri  Saudi Arabia DQ IAAF rule 32.2 Q

Heats

10 July

Heat 1

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Antonio Sales  United States 21.27 Q
2 Shehan Abeypitiyage  Sri Lanka 21.57 Q
3 Suppachai Chimdee  Thailand 21.74
4 Kemar Hyman  Cayman Islands 21.81
5 Endrik Zilberstein  Georgia 22.55
Tirafal Batsholelwang  Botswana DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Heat 2

Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Diego Marani  Italy 21.18 Q
2 Richard Kilty  United Kingdom 21.27 Q
3 Ramone McKenzie  Jamaica 21.55 q
4 Alvaro Cassiani  Venezuela 21.85
5 Roman Turcáni  Slovakia 22.13
6 Pedro Suazo  Honduras 22.38
7 Owen Camilleri  Malta 23.10

Heat 3

Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Christophe Lemaître  France 20.91 Q
2 Seiya Hane  Japan 21.42 q
3 Roy Schmidt  Germany 21.66
4 Ahmed Al-Merjabi  Oman 21.81
5 Michal Partyka  Poland 21.86
6 Curtis Kock  Netherlands Antilles 22.01
7 Tre Houston  Bermuda 22.10
Adel Jaber Al-Asseri  Saudi Arabia DQ IAAF rule 32.2 Q

Heat 4

Wind: -1.1 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Javier Sanz  Spain 21.69 Q
2 Pan Po-Yu  Chinese Taipei 21.71 Q
3 Frédéric Mignot  France 21.74
4 Filip Totos  Poland 21.79
5 Patrick Vosloo  South Africa 21.93
6 Philip Berntsen  Norway 21.99
7 Zwade Edwards  Trinidad and Tobago 22.11
8 Douglas Schmidt  Palau 24.01

Heat 5

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Nickel Ashmeade  Jamaica 20.86 Q
2 David Lescay  Cuba 21.32 Q
3 Alexander Nordkvist  Sweden 21.38 q
4 Lukáš Štastný  Czech Republic 21.50 q
5 Bernhard Chudarek  Austria 21.76
6 Mindaugas Baliukonis  Lithuania 21.83
7 Emmanuel Appiah Kubi  Ghana 22.04

Heat 6

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Masanori Kaji  Japan 21.34 Q
2 Omar Al-Salfa  United Arab Emirates 21.43 Q
3 Jovon Toppin  Trinidad and Tobago 21.56 q
4 Michael Robertson  Canada 21.64
5 Su Wai'bou Sanneh  Gambia 22.01
6 Matic Molicnik  Slovenia 22.37
7 Thapelo Ketlogetswe  Botswana 22.65

Heat 7

Wind: -1.8 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Curtis Mitchell  United States 21.21 Q
2 Chris Clarke  United Kingdom 21.70 Q
3 Femi Owolade  Nigeria 21.80
4 Shekeim Greaves  Barbados 21.81
5 Martin Ricar  Czech Republic 21.93
6 Maximus Fröjd  Sweden 22.06
7 Tantawat Tongalam  Thailand 22.64
8 René Heriniaina  Madagascar 23.16

Heat 8

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Robert Hering  Germany 21.08 Q
2 Ramil Guliyev  Azerbaijan 21.33 Q
3 Davide Manenti  Italy 21.50 q
4 Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas  Greece 21.56 q
5 Liang Tse-Ching  Chinese Taipei 21.60 q
6 Izzet Safer  Turkey 21.71
7 Innocent Bologo  Burkina Faso 22.12

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 58 athletes from 44 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015