The men's 200 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene from 18 to 21 July 2022.

A cramp in the semi-final round quashed Fred Kerley's bid to win a medal in all three sprint events.

Alexander Ogando set a national record to win heat 1, Knighton won heat 3 and defending champion Noah Lyles won semi 2 ahead of the next fastest qualifier Kenny Bednarek, putting those four in the center of the track for the final.

Lyles 19.31 broke Michael Johnson's American Record set winning the 1996 Olympics to become the third fastest 200 runner of all time.

[3] The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows: The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the semi-finals.