1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 10 and 11 August.Medalists
Results
Final
11 August
Wind: -0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Aleksandr Goremykin | URS | 20.47 | |
| Davidson Ezinwa | NGR | 20.75 | |
| James Stallworth | USA | 20.81 | |
| 4 | Osmond Ezinwa | NGR | 21.06 | |
| 5 | Peter Ogilvie | CAN | 21.08 | |
| 6 | Martin Kock | FRG | 21.18 | |
| 7 | Paul Henderson | AUS | 21.24 | |
| 8 | Mark Smith | UK | 21.25 | |
Semifinals
10 AugustSemifinal 1
Wind: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Davidson Ezinwa | NGR | 20.97 | Q |
| 2 | Paul Henderson | AUS | 21.05 | Q |
| 3 | Gilles Bogui | | 21.23 | |
| 4 | Vitaliy Semyonov | URS | 21.25 | |
| 5 | Torbjörn Eriksson | SWE | 21.26 | |
| 6 | Alexander Lack | GDR | 21.61 | |
| 7 | Paolo Carniel | ITA | 21.63 | |
| 8 | Zepee Mberiuana | NAM | 21.97 | |
Semifinal 2
Wind: -0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | James Stallworth | USA | 20.73 | Q |
| 2 | Osmond Ezinwa | NGR | 20.91 | Q |
| 3 | Mark Smith | UK | 21.16 | q |
| 4 | Marcus Skupin-Alfa | FRG | 21.52 | |
| 5 | Andrew Tynes | BAH | 21.57 | |
| 6 | Stefaan Allemeersh | BEL | 21.77 | |
| 7 | Ricardo Greenidge | CAN | 21.79 | |
| Osamu Kanomata | JPN | DNF | |
Semifinal 3
Wind: +0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aleksandr Goremykin | URS | 20.91 | Q |
| 2 | Martin Kock | FRG | 21.17 | Q |
| 3 | Peter Ogilvie | CAN | 21.21 | q |
| 4 | Cameron Taylor | NZL | 21.23 | |
| 5 | Nilton Messias | | 21.46 | |
| 6 | Elgin Gordon | USA | 21.53 | |
| 7 | Michael Williams | UK | 21.68 | |
| 8 | Stoyan Manolev | | 21.77 | |
Heats
10 AugustHeat 1
Wind: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Davidson Ezinwa | NGR | 21.01 | Q |
| 2 | Paul Henderson | AUS | 21.17 | Q |
| 3 | Cameron Taylor | NZL | 21.32 | q |
| 4 | Michael Williams | UK | 21.46 | q |
| 5 | Torbjörn Eriksson | SWE | 21.52 | q |
| 6 | Adi Paz | ISR | 22.37 | |
| 7 | Franck Zio | BUR | 22.66 | |
Heat 2
Wind: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | James Stallworth | USA | 21.08 | Q |
| 2 | Martin Kock | FRG | 21.26 | Q |
| 3 | Stoyan Manolev | | 21.60 | q |
| 4 | Anninos Marcoullides | | 21.88 | |
| 5 | Carl Casey | ATG | 21.96 | |
| 6 | Getachew Legesse | | 22.18 | |
Heat 3
Wind: -0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aleksandr Goremykin | URS | 21.16 | Q |
| 2 | Elgin Gordon | USA | 21.76 | Q |
| 3 | Chris Aston | AUS | 21.96 | |
| 4 | Reinaldo Santana | | 22.07 | |
| 5 | Carles Franques | ESP | 22.10 | |
| 6 | Jari Haverinen | FIN | 22.16 | |
| 7 | Laurent Kemp | LUX | 22.46 | |
| 8 | Feye Girma | | 24.09 | |
Heat 4
Wind: +0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nilton Messias | | 21.39 | Q |
| 2 | Peter Ogilvie | CAN | 21.57 | Q |
| 3 | Stefaan Allemeersh | BEL | 21.79 | q |
| 4 | Konstadínos Koutsoumbas | GRE | 21.91 | |
| 5 | Joel Lamela | CUB | 22.09 | |
| 6 | Julio Caballero | | 22.74 | |
| 7 | Foday Sillah | SLE | 23.02 | |
Heat 5
Wind: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mark Smith | UK | 21.18 | Q |
| 2 | Vitaliy Semyonov | URS | 21.30 | Q |
| 3 | Gilles Bogui | | 21.33 | q |
| 4 | Marcus Skupin-Alfa | FRG | 21.45 | q |
| 5 | Ricardo Greenidge | CAN | 21.57 | q |
| 6 | Aleksandar Popović | YUG | 22.06 | |
| 7 | Martin Frick | LIE | 22.28 | |
Heat 6
Wind: +0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Osmond Ezinwa | NGR | 21.39 | Q |
| 2 | Alexander Lack | GDR | 21.51 | Q |
| 3 | Osamu Kanomata | JPN | 21.80 | q |
| 4 | Juan Jesús Puigmarti | ESP | 21.95 | |
| 5 | Mark Noreiga | TRI | 22.08 | |
| 6 | Garib Tahir | SUD | 24.08 | |
Heat 7
Wind: -1.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andrew Tynes | BAH | 21.56 | Q |
| 2 | Zepee Mberiuana | NAM | 21.62 | Q |
| 3 | Paolo Carniel | ITA | 21.74 | q |
| 4 | Diene Ndiaye | SEN | 22.73 | |
| 5 | Bothloke Shebe | LES | 22.74 | |
| 6 | Mark Sullivan | MLT | 23.59 | |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 47 athletes from 38 countries participated in the event.
