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

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1996 World Junior
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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.[1][2]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Francis Obikwelu
 Nigeria
Silver Riaan Dempers
 South Africa
Bronze Bryan Harrison
 United States

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

24 August
Wind: -1.6 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Francis Obikwelu  Nigeria 20.47
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Riaan Dempers  South Africa 20.96
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bryan Harrison  United States 21.10
4 Sunday Emmanuel  Nigeria 21.11
5 Ruddy Zami  France 21.11
6 Paul Pearce  Australia 21.12
7 Aldo Tonazzi   Switzerland 21.22
8 Roy Bailey  Jamaica 21.24

Semifinals[edit]

24 August

Semifinal 1[edit]

Wind: -2.9 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bryan Harrison  United States 21.13 Q
2 Ruddy Zami  France 21.21 Q
3 Roy Bailey  Jamaica 21.25 Q
4 Sunday Emmanuel  Nigeria 21.27 Q
5 David Baxter  Australia 21.32
6 Marcus La Grange  South Africa 21.51
7 Alessandro Attene  Italy 21.53
8 Uvie Ugono  United Kingdom 21.70

Semifinal 2[edit]

Wind: -0.8 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Francis Obikwelu  Nigeria 20.95 Q
2 Riaan Dempers  South Africa 21.25 Q
3 Paul Pearce  Australia 21.38 Q
4 Aldo Tonazzi   Switzerland 21.40 Q
5 Christian Malcolm  United Kingdom 21.52
6 Didier Héry  France 21.56
7 Paulo Poersch  Brazil 21.60
8 Dean Wise  New Zealand 21.75

Quarterfinals[edit]

23 August

Quarterfinal 1[edit]

Wind: +0.5 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Didier Héry  France 21.18 Q
2 Roy Bailey  Jamaica 21.22 Q
3 Paul Pearce  Australia 21.27 Q
4 Uvie Ugono  United Kingdom 21.42 Q
5 Charles Allen  Canada 21.52
6 Christie van Wyk  Namibia 21.54
7 Daniel Zimmer  Germany 21.81
8 Grabiel González  Cuba 21.89

Quarterfinal 2[edit]

Wind: -1.5 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ruddy Zami  France 21.03 Q
2 Sunday Emmanuel  Nigeria 21.09 Q
3 Marcus La Grange  South Africa 21.32 Q
4 Christian Malcolm  United Kingdom 21.33 Q
5 Hiroki Takahashi  Japan 21.68
6 Valentin Borsuk  Belarus 21.76
7 Misael Ortíz  Cuba 21.91
William To Wai Lok  Hong Kong DNS

Quarterfinal 3[edit]

Wind: -1.1 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bryan Harrison  United States 21.18 Q
2 Paulo Poersch  Brazil 21.25 Q
3 Aldo Tonazzi   Switzerland 21.31 Q
4 David Baxter  Australia 21.48 Q
5 Michele Paggi  Italy 21.64
6 Konstadínos Voyiatzákis  Greece 21.73
7 Dominic Demeritte  Bahamas 21.79
8 David Wilson  Guam 21.83

Quarterfinal 4[edit]

Wind: -1.6 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Francis Obikwelu  Nigeria 20.83 Q
2 Riaan Dempers  South Africa 21.12 Q
3 Alessandro Attene  Italy 21.28 Q
4 Dean Wise  New Zealand 21.49 Q
5 Vince Williams  United States 21.50
6 Masayuki Okusako  Japan 21.61
7 Malik Louahla  Algeria 22.06
8 Raman Ganeshwaran  Malaysia 22.14

Heats[edit]

23 August

Heat 1[edit]

Wind: -2.9 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Riaan Dempers  South Africa 21.36 Q
2 Ruddy Zami  France 21.53 Q
3 Christian Malcolm  United Kingdom 21.83 Q
4 Daniel Zimmer  Germany 21.94 Q
5 Thobias Akwenye  Namibia 22.09
6 Joseph Colville  Costa Rica 22.43
7 Adam Afrah  Maldives 24.58

Heat 2[edit]

Wind: -0.8 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Aldo Tonazzi   Switzerland 21.54 Q
2 Paulo Poersch  Brazil 21.57 Q
3 Paul Pearce  Australia 21.70 Q
4 Valentin Borsuk  Belarus 21.83 Q
5 Grabiel González  Cuba 22.02 q
6 Corey Chase  New Zealand 22.08
7 Evággelos Asaryiotákis  Greece 22.80

Heat 3[edit]

Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Francis Obikwelu  Nigeria 21.33 Q
2 Alessandro Attene  Italy 21.64 Q
3 Christie van Wyk  Namibia 21.70 Q
4 Dean Wise  New Zealand 21.75 Q
5 Konstadínos Voyiatzákis  Greece 22.00 q

Heat 4[edit]

Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sunday Emmanuel  Nigeria 21.25 Q
2 Didier Héry  France 21.38 Q
3 Bryan Harrison  United States 21.44 Q
4 Dominic Demeritte  Bahamas 21.80 Q
5 Malik Louahla  Algeria 21.99 q
6 William To Wai Lok  Hong Kong 22.05 q
7 Ali Al-Neyadi  United Arab Emirates 22.80

Heat 5[edit]

Wind: +0.3 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 David Baxter  Australia 21.32 Q
2 Marcus La Grange  South Africa 21.34 Q
3 Masayuki Okusako  Japan 21.41 Q
4 Michele Paggi  Italy 21.49 Q
5 David Wilson  Guam 21.78 q
6 Raman Ganeshwaran  Malaysia 21.91 q
7 Maqsood Ahmed  Pakistan 22.70

Heat 6[edit]

Wind: -1.8 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Roy Bailey  Jamaica 21.19 Q
2 Charles Allen  Canada 21.43 Q
3 Misael Ortíz  Cuba 21.44 Q
4 Vince Williams  United States 21.52 Q
5 Uvie Ugono  United Kingdom 21.64 q
6 Hiroki Takahashi  Japan 21.75 q
7 Frantz Valbona  Haiti 22.51
Jeffrey Bai  Papua New Guinea DQ (163.3)

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 41 athletes from 29 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 October 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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