The boys' 200 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 8, 9 and 10 July. The event was won by Stephen Newbold of The Bahamas. Arman Hall, who ran the 2011 world youth leading over 200 metres, was switched to the 400 metres before the championship.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeStephen Newbold Odail Todd Ronald Darby

Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best20.13Bridgetown, Barbados20 July 2003Championship Record20.40Sherbrooke, Canada13 July 2003World Youth Leading20.82Miami, United States5 March 2011

No new records were set during the competition.

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

Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Hendrik Khumalo 21.58 Q 2 6 Joshua Hawkins 21.75 Q 3 7 Zenebe Madfu 22.20 PB 4 8 Dávid Bartha 22.39 5 4 Juan Alanis 22.51 6 5 Hamza Bendoukkalia 22.87 7 2 Cliford Charuka 23.13 PB 8 3 Julien Meunier 23.21

Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Odail Todd 21.60 Q 2 2 Adam Jabłoński 21.74 Q 3 5 Jeon Hyeok-jin 22.13 4 7 Luka Janežič 22.49 5 1 Oluwarotimi Adebayo 22.88 6 4 Andrea Ercolani Volta 24.69 6 Sajith de Silva DNS

Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Andre Azonwanna 21.51 Q 2 5 Marcus Lawler 21.63 Q, PB 3 8 Jonathan Permal 22.01 4 4 Jean-Yves Esparon 22.57 PB 5 1 Mohmmed Al-Shueili 22.58 6 7 Ştefan Găinuşă 22.80 7 3 Chu Wai In 24.37 PB 6 Deon Hope DNS

Heat 4 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Zhang Mingming 21.87 Q 2 6 Bernardo Baloyes 21.89 Q 2 3 Mohammad Sico Ibrahim 21.89 q, PB 4 1 Gautier Dautremer 22.05 5 2 Harry Chukwudike 22.11 6 7 Choi Dong-baek 22.38 7 5 Kyle Webb 22.49 PB

Heat 5 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Jereem Richards 21.85 Q 2 4 Tatsuro Suwa 21.94 Q 3 1 Luka Žontar 22.43 4 2 Anthony Adderley 22.64 5 6 Marden Alves 22.97 6 7 Haithan Al-Saadi 23.49 7 3 Thomas Farrugia 23.60

Heat 6 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Hugh Donovan 21.47 Q, SB 2 2 Akiyuki Hashimoto 21.58 Q 3 1 Cejhae Greene 21.81 4 7 Oleh Polovytsya 22.21 5 3 Jatin Jain 23.31 6 5 Haythem Aissa 23.35 6 Houcine Abdelkaoui DNF

Heat 7 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 7 Méba-Mickaël Zeze 21.42 Q 2 1 Ruttanapon Sowan 21.86 Q 3 6 Sapwaturrahman 22.13 4 4 Volodymyr Suprun 22.15 5 5 Adrián Pérez 22.45 6 3 Alexandru Terpezan 22.46 PB 7 2 Ali Seif El Islam Agab 22.86

Heat 8 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Stephen Newbold 21.40 Q 2 8 Mike Nyang'au 21.55 Q 3 4 Chan Yan Lam 22.01 4 7 Sondre Nyvold Lid 22.14 PB 5 1 César Holguín 22.78 6 5 Abdelrahman Abu Al-Hummos 23.22 PB 7 3 Lawrence Muyambo 24.59 PB 6 Carlos Nascimento DNS

Heat 9 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Aldrich Bailey 21.46 Q 2 8 Wesley Best 21.91 Q 3 4 Fahhad Al-Subaie 22.19 4 1 Tan Zong Yang 22.67 5 6 Lukáš Meszáros 22.74 6 2 Jerai Torres 23.16 PB 7 5 Brian Thomas 23.81 PB 7 Ever Carranza DQ

Heat 10 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Odean Skeen 21.75 Q 2 6 Jeneko Place 21.89 Q 3 4 Tahir Walsh 21.97 4 8 Marek Bakalár 22.23 5 5 Gerald Drummond 22.55 PB 6 2 Ng Chin Hui 22.72 7 7 Vitalii Karnaukhov 23.13 8 1 Giga Tchikadze 23.69 PB

Heat 11 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Ronald Darby 21.50 Q 2 6 Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake 21.67 Q 3 7 Fana Mofokeng 21.78 q 4 3 Kacha Sawangyen 22.52 5 1 Rait Veesalu 22.57 6 4 Kolbeinn Höður Gunnarsson 22.61 PB 7 5 Álvaro Toledo 23.81

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 4 Stephen Newbold 21.08 Q, PB 2 7 Akiyuki Hashimoto 21.20 Q 3 6 Andre Azonwanna 21.21 q, PB 4 3 Hendrik Khumalo 21.47 5 1 Bernardo Baloyes 21.59 6 5 Mike Nyang'au 21.62 7 8 Ruttanapon Sowan 21.84 8 2 Jeneko Place 22.03

Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Odail Todd 21.02 Q, PB 2 6 Ronald Darby 21.08 Q 3 3 Méba-Mickaël Zeze 21.21 q 4 2 Tatsuro Suwa 21.48 5 1 Mohammad Sico Ibrahim 21.48 PB 6 7 Joshua Hawkins 21.49 7 8 Marcus Lawler 21.81 5 Zhang Mingming DQ

Heat 3 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Aldrich Bailey 21.29 Q, PB 2 6 Hugh Donovan 21.46 Q, SB 3 5 Jereem Richards 21.47 PB 4 7 Adam Jabłoński 21.56 5 8 Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake 21.61 6 2 Fana Mofokeng 21.79 7 1 Wesley Best 21.91 4 Odean Skeen DQ

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Stephen Newbold 20.89 PB 4 Odail Todd 21.00 PB 5 Ronald Darby 21.08 4 8 Akiyuki Hashimoto 21.21 5 1 Méba-Mickaël Zeze 21.30 6 3 Aldrich Bailey 21.36 7 2 Andre Azonwanna 21.40 8 7 Hugh Donovan 21.46 SB

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