Athletics at the 1977 Summer Universiade – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1977 Summer Universiade was held at the Vassil Levski Stadion in Sofia on 21 and 22 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Clancy Edwards  United States	Silvio Leonard  Cuba	William Snoddy  United States

Results

Heats

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.8 m/s, Heat 5: +1.2 m/s, Heat 6: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	William Snoddy	United States	20.75	Q
?	?	Peter Muster	Switzerland	20.98	Q[1]
2	5	Urs Gisler	Switzerland	21.00	Q[2]
2	6	Pietro Farina	Italy	21.07	Q[2]
5	?	Didier Brel	France	21.47	q, +0.2[3]
4	?	Miguel Ángel Arnau	Spain	21.78	[4]
2	?	Eric Bigon	France	22.11	Q, +0.8[3]

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
7	?	Eric Bigon	France	22.03	-2.2[3]
8	?	Didier Brel	France	22.47	[3]

Final

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Wind: -1.8 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Clancy Edwards	United States	20.46
	Silvio Leonard	Cuba	20.64
	William Snoddy	United States	21.17
4	Roland Bombardella	Luxembourg	21.20
5	Renno Roelandt	Belgium	21.25
6	Peter Muster	Switzerland	21.41
7	Petar Petrov	Bulgaria	21.41
8	Urs Gisler	Switzerland	21.44

References

1. "Sofia: deux records du monde pour Juantorena et Casanas" (in French). Sion Nouvelliste Et Feuille Davis Du Valais. 22 August 1977. p. 25. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
2. Year list
3. French results
4. "Casañas y Juantorena no esperaron a la Copa del Mundo" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 22 August 1977. p. 19.
5. "Final results". The Charlotte News. 23 August 1977. p. 24. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
6. "Final results". The Tampa Times. 23 August 1977. p. 20. Retrieved 22 March 2020.