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2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 200 metres

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The Boys' 200 metres at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Brixen-Bressanone Sport Arena on 10, 11, and 12 July.[1] The event was won by Kirani James of Grenada, who also won the 400 metres.[2]

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Kirani James
 Grenada
Alberto Gavaldá
 Spain
Keenan Brock
 United States

Records

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

World Youth Best  Usain Bolt (JAM) 20.13 Bridgetown, Barbados 20 July 2003
Championship Record 20.40 Sherbrooke, Canada 13 July 2003
World Youth Leading  Dedric Dukes (USA) 20.94 Altamonte Springs, USA 20 June 2009

No new records were set during the competition.

Heats

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Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.

Semifinals

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

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Keenan Brock  United States 21.36 Q, PB
2 1 Tomasz Kluczynski  Poland 21.43 Q, PB
3 4 Sam Watts  Great Britain 21.50 q, PB
4 6 Johannes de Klerk  South Africa 21.52 q
5 8 Kazunori Katsuyama  Japan 21.69
6 2 Marlon Laidlaw-Allen  Canada 21.93
7 7 Carlos Rodríguez  Puerto Rico 22.01
8 5 Comfort Olugbemi  Nigeria 22.13

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Wind: 0.6 m/s

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Dedric Dukes  United States 21.22 Q
2 3 Leandro De Araújo  Brazil 21.76 Q
3 2 Demetri Knowles  Bahamas 21.76
4 6 Tan Juquan  China 21.78
5 8 Masato Hayashi  Japan 21.79
6 1 José Antonio Vizuete  Spain 22.08
7 4 Adam Pawlowski  Poland 22.41
8 7 Yateya Kambepera  Botswana 22.45

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Wind: 0.9 m/s

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Kirani James  Grenada 21.23 Q
2 3 Alberto Gavaldá  Spain 21.43 Q, SB
3 4 Moriba Morain  Trinidad and Tobago 21.56
4 1 Nicholas Deshong  Barbados 21.57
5 7 Alex Jordan  New Zealand 21.91 PB
6 6 Huang Xiang  China 21.99
7 2 Lester Ryan  Montserrat 22.01 PB
8 8 Kemar Bailey-Cole  Jamaica 22.11

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Wind: 1.4 m/s

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Kirani James  Grenada 21.05 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Alberto Gavaldá  Spain 21.33 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Keenan Brock  United States 21.39
4 5 Dedric Dukes  United States 21.61
5 6 Tomasz Kluczynski  Poland 21.70
6 8 Leandro De Araújo  Brazil 21.78
7 1 Sam Watts  Great Britain 22.00
8 2 Johannes de Klerk  South Africa 22.04

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Wind: −0.9 m/s

References

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