The men's 200 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 1 August.

Medalists Gold Christian Malcolm Silver Jairo Duzant Bronze Russell Frye

Results Final 1 August Wind: -0.2 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Christian Malcolm 20.44 Jairo Duzant 20.92 Russell Frye 20.94 4 Steve Slowly 20.99 5 Scott Thom 21.00 6 Roy Bailey 21.02 7 Massimiliano Donati 21.08 8 Stefan Holz 21.39

Semifinals 1 August

Semifinal 1 Wind: -0.7 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Russell Frye 20.92 Q 2 Jairo Duzant 21.01 Q 3 Roy Bailey 21.16 Q 4 Stefan Holz 21.29 Q 5 Wynand Dempers 21.38 6 Tim Benjamin 21.59 7 Raphael de Oliveira 21.88 8 Sherwin Vries 21.88

Semifinal 2 Wind: +1.0 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Christian Malcolm 20.62 Q 2 Massimiliano Donati 20.97 Q 3 Scott Thom 21.05 Q 4 Steve Slowly 21.07 Q 5 Kevin Baker 21.24 6 Benjamin Potter 21.32 7 Bradley Agnew 21.45 8 Hirofumi Nakagawa 21.89

Quarterfinals 31 July

Quarterfinal 1 Wind: -0.1 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Steve Slowly 21.00 Q 2 Scott Thom 21.14 Q 3 Kevin Baker 21.53 Q 4 Raphael de Oliveira 21.54 Q 5 Jeremy Bobe 21.56 6 Attila Farkas 21.57 7 Heber Viera 21.58 José Luis Herrera DNS

Quarterfinal 2 Wind: 0.0 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Russell Frye 20.79 Q 2 Roy Bailey 21.07 Q 3 Tim Benjamin 21.22 Q 4 Sherwin Vries 21.31 Q 5 William To Wai Lok 21.81 6 Julien Arame 21.87 7 Kenji Nara 22.19 Matthias Mertens DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Quarterfinal 3 Wind: -0.2 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Christian Malcolm 20.85 Q 2 Benjamin Potter 21.26 Q 3 Hirofumi Nakagawa 21.31 Q 4 Wynand Dempers 21.36 Q 5 Anastasios Goúsis 21.48 6 Alexander Lakhanpal 21.78 7 Alejandro Olivan 21.79 8 Stephen Hadfield 21.88

Quarterfinal 4 Wind: -0.9 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jairo Duzant 21.07 Q 2 Stefan Holz 21.27 Q 3 Massimiliano Donati 21.29 Q 4 Bradley Agnew 21.38 Q 5 Dallas Roberts 21.40 6 Uros Zver 21.66 7 Helly Ollarves 21.76 8 Ousman Jatta 22.51

Heats 31 July

Heat 1 Wind: +0.6 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Roy Bailey 21.32 Q 2 Hirofumi Nakagawa 21.32 Q 3 Attila Farkas 21.59 Q 4 William To Wai Lok 21.77 Q 5 Nelson Lucas 22.14 6 Dermot Rawlins 22.46 Marco Cuneo DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Heat 2 Wind: -0.9 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jairo Duzant 21.25 Q 2 Stefan Holz 21.33 Q 3 Dallas Roberts 21.52 Q 4 Uros Zver 21.57 Q 5 Heber Viera 21.59 q 6 Stephen Hadfield 21.79 q 7 Saula Roko 22.24 8 Charles Shaw 23.41

Heat 3 Wind: -0.2 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Scott Thom 21.23 Q 2 Steve Slowly 21.34 Q 3 Julien Arame 21.51 Q 4 Matthias Mertens 21.56 Q 5 Kenji Nara 21.92 q 6 Rudy Colabella 21.97 7 Gary Webb 23.61 8 Papy Stone Seke Moundele 23.66

Heat 4 Wind: +0.4 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Massimiliano Donati 21.10 Q 2 Wynand Dempers 21.25 Q 3 Benjamin Potter 21.26 Q 4 José Luis Herrera 22.15 Q 5 Sean Lambert 22.51 6 Xu Zizhou 22.69 7 Bashir Al-Khewani 23.80 8 Philam Garcia 25.11

Heat 5 Wind: +0.1 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Russell Frye 20.97 Q 2 Bradley Agnew 21.43 Q 3 Raphael de Oliveira 21.58 Q 4 Alejandro Olivan 21.69 Q 5 Helly Ollarves 21.76 q 6 Thomas Scheidl 22.11 7 Ernesto Elo 23.80

Heat 6 Wind: +0.7 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Christian Malcolm 20.73 Q 2 Jeremy Bobe 21.36 Q 3 Alexander Lakhanpal 21.44 Q 4 Ousman Jatta 21.89 Q 5 Ahmed Torkhani 21.94 6 Piotr Berestiuk 22.00 7 Robert Mugagga 22.34

Heat 7 Wind: +1.6 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kevin Baker 21.16 Q 2 Tim Benjamin 21.19 Q 3 Sherwin Vries 21.25 Q 4 Anastasios Goúsis 21.61 Q 5 Isaac Yaya 22.64 Rodney Pitts DQ IAAF rule 163.3

Participation According to an unofficial count, 51 athletes from 41 countries participated in the event.

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