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.

Medalists Gold Francis Obikwelu Silver Riaan Dempers Bronze Bryan Harrison

Results Final 24 August Wind: -1.6 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Francis Obikwelu 20.47 Riaan Dempers 20.96 Bryan Harrison 21.10 4 Sunday Emmanuel 21.11 5 Ruddy Zami 21.11 6 Paul Pearce 21.12 7 Aldo Tonazzi 21.22 8 Roy Bailey 21.24

Semifinals 24 August

Semifinal 1 Wind: -2.9 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Bryan Harrison 21.13 Q 2 Ruddy Zami 21.21 Q 3 Roy Bailey 21.25 Q 4 Sunday Emmanuel 21.27 Q 5 David Baxter 21.32 6 Marcus La Grange 21.51 7 Alessandro Attene 21.53 8 Uvie Ugono 21.70

Semifinal 2 Wind: -0.8 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Francis Obikwelu 20.95 Q 2 Riaan Dempers 21.25 Q 3 Paul Pearce 21.38 Q 4 Aldo Tonazzi 21.40 Q 5 Christian Malcolm 21.52 6 Didier Héry 21.56 7 Paulo Poersch 21.60 8 Dean Wise 21.75

Quarterfinals 23 August

Quarterfinal 1 Wind: +0.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Didier Héry 21.18 Q 2 Roy Bailey 21.22 Q 3 Paul Pearce 21.27 Q 4 Uvie Ugono 21.42 Q 5 Charles Allen 21.52 6 Christie van Wyk 21.54 7 Daniel Zimmer 21.81 8 Grabiel González 21.89

Quarterfinal 2 Wind: -1.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ruddy Zami 21.03 Q 2 Sunday Emmanuel 21.09 Q 3 Marcus La Grange 21.32 Q 4 Christian Malcolm 21.33 Q 5 Hiroki Takahashi 21.68 6 Valentin Borsuk 21.76 7 Misael Ortíz 21.91 William To Wai Lok DNS

Quarterfinal 3 Wind: -1.1 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Bryan Harrison 21.18 Q 2 Paulo Poersch 21.25 Q 3 Aldo Tonazzi 21.31 Q 4 David Baxter 21.48 Q 5 Michele Paggi 21.64 6 Konstadínos Voyiatzákis 21.73 7 Dominic Demeritte 21.79 8 David Wilson 21.83

Quarterfinal 4 Wind: -1.6 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Francis Obikwelu 20.83 Q 2 Riaan Dempers 21.12 Q 3 Alessandro Attene 21.28 Q 4 Dean Wise 21.49 Q 5 Vince Williams 21.50 6 Masayuki Okusako 21.61 7 Malik Louahla 22.06 8 Raman Ganeshwaran 22.14

Heats 23 August

Heat 1 Wind: -2.9 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Riaan Dempers 21.36 Q 2 Ruddy Zami 21.53 Q 3 Christian Malcolm 21.83 Q 4 Daniel Zimmer 21.94 Q 5 Thobias Akwenye 22.09 6 Joseph Colville 22.43 7 Adam Afrah 24.58

Heat 2 Wind: -0.8 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Aldo Tonazzi 21.54 Q 2 Paulo Poersch 21.57 Q 3 Paul Pearce 21.70 Q 4 Valentin Borsuk 21.83 Q 5 Grabiel González 22.02 q 6 Corey Chase 22.08 7 Evággelos Asaryiotákis 22.80

Heat 3 Wind: +0.2 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Francis Obikwelu 21.33 Q 2 Alessandro Attene 21.64 Q 3 Christie van Wyk 21.70 Q 4 Dean Wise 21.75 Q 5 Konstadínos Voyiatzákis 22.00 q

Heat 4 Wind: -0.7 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sunday Emmanuel 21.25 Q 2 Didier Héry 21.38 Q 3 Bryan Harrison 21.44 Q 4 Dominic Demeritte 21.80 Q 5 Malik Louahla 21.99 q 6 William To Wai Lok 22.05 q 7 Ali Al-Neyadi 22.80

Heat 5 Wind: +0.3 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 David Baxter 21.32 Q 2 Marcus La Grange 21.34 Q 3 Masayuki Okusako 21.41 Q 4 Michele Paggi 21.49 Q 5 David Wilson 21.78 q 6 Raman Ganeshwaran 21.91 q 7 Maqsood Ahmed 22.70

Heat 6 Wind: -1.8 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Roy Bailey 21.19 Q 2 Charles Allen 21.43 Q 3 Misael Ortíz 21.44 Q 4 Vince Williams 21.52 Q 5 Uvie Ugono 21.64 q 6 Hiroki Takahashi 21.75 q 7 Frantz Valbona 22.51 Jeffrey Bai DQ (163.3)

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

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