Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria,^[1] on 1 and September 1961.

Medalists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
László Mihályfi Hungary	Brian Smouha Great Britain	Brian Anson Great Britain

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Edvins Ozolins	Soviet Union	21.6	Q
2	1	Gustav Ntiforo	Ghana	21.8	Q
3	1	Hubert Figeys	Belgium	22.2	Q
4	1	Wahjudi Babang	Indonesia	22.7
1	2	Hinrik Helmke	West Germany	22.9	Q
2	2	Zdzisław Szczerbański	Poland	23.0	Q
1	3	László Mihályfi	Hungary	21.6	Q
2	3	Brian Anson	Great Britain	21.6	Q
3	3	Heinz-Uwe Bordtheiser	West Germany	21.8	Q
4	3	Ferruh Oygur	Turkey	22.1
5	3	Armando Gómez	Cuba	23.2
1	4	Brian Smouha	Great Britain	21.2	Q
2	4	Jorge Soares	Portugal	22.6	Q
1	5	Hirotada Hayase	Japan	21.72	Q
2	5	Leonid Bartenyev	Soviet Union	21.7	Q
3	5	Bogusław Gierajewski	Poland	25.0	Q
1	6	Yojiro Muro	Japan	21.6	Q
2	6	Wilfried Geeroms	Belgium	22.02	Q
3	6	Enrique Figuerola	Cuba	22.0	Q
	6	Gerd Nöster	Austria	DQ

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	László Mihályfi	Hungary	21.41	Q
2	1	Yojiro Muro	Japan	21.60	Q
3	1	Edvins Ozolins	Soviet Union	21.6
4	1	Bogusław Gierajewski	Poland	21.7
5	1	Heinz-Uwe Bordtheiser	West Germany	21.8
6	1	Wilfried Geeroms	Belgium	22.1
1	2	Brian Anson	Great Britain	21.3	Q
2	2	Leonid Bartenyev	Soviet Union	21.5	Q
3	2	Zdzisław Szczerbański	Poland	21.8
4	2	Jorge Soares	Portugal	22.19
1	3	Brian Smouha	Great Britain	21.1	Q
2	3	Hirotada Hayase	Japan	21.5	Q
3	3	Gustav Ntiforo	Ghana	22.0
4	3	Hubert Figeys	Belgium	22.3

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	László Mihályfi	Hungary	21.27
	Brian Smouha	Great Britain	21.40
	Brian Anson	Great Britain	21.51
4	Leonid Bartenyev	Soviet Union	21.58
5	Hirotada Hayase	Japan	21.70
6	Yojiro Muro	Japan	21.84