1985 IAAF World Indoor Games – Men's 200 metres

The winner of each heat (Q) and next 7 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	João Batista da Silva	Brazil	21.38	Q
2	2	Dennis Mitchell	United States	21.39	Q
3	4	Aleksandr Yevgenyev	Soviet Union	21.54	Q
4	3	Stefano Tilli	Italy	21.57	q
5	5	Ade Mafe	Great Britain	21.58	Q
6	1	Albert Robinson	United States	21.63	Q
7	1	Patrick Barré	France	21.72	q
8	4	Mohamed Yuhdi Purnomo	Indonesia	21.74	q
9	4	Daniel Sangouma	France	21.75	q
10	2	Clayton Kearney	Australia	21.76	q
11	2	Georgios Vamvakas	Greece	21.84	q
12	5	David Peltier	Barbados	21.97	q
13	1	Anri Grigorov	Bulgaria	22.01
14	5	Giovanni Bongiorni	Italy	22.13
15	4	Agustín Pavó	Cuba	22.48
16	1	Jasem Goma'an Al-Duaillah	Kuwait	22.63	NR
17	4	Mohamed Samantar	South Yemen	22.95	NR
18	1	Alberto Izu	Peru	23.01
19	2	Jorge Burgos	Mexico	23.44	NR
20	3	Nabil Nahri	Syria	23.47	NR
	3	Roberto Ramos	Cuba	DNF

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Aleksandr Yevgenyev	Soviet Union	21.11	Q
2	2	Ade Mafe	Great Britain	21.13	Q
3	1	Daniel Sangouma	France	21.20	Q
4	1	Albert Robinson	United States	21.23	Q
5	2	Dennis Mitchell	United States	21.33	Q
6	1	João Batista da Silva	Brazil	21.36	Q
7	1	Stefano Tilli	Italy	21.38
8	2	Patrick Barré	France	21.54
9	1	Mohamed Yuhdi Purnomo	Indonesia	21.58	AR
10	2	Clayton Kearney	Australia	21.67	AR
11	1	David Peltier	Barbados	21.82
12	2	Georgios Vamvakas	Greece	22.08

[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Aleksandr Yevgenyev	Soviet Union	20.95
	Ade Mafe	Great Britain	20.96	PB
	João Batista da Silva	Brazil	21.19
4	Daniel Sangouma	France	21.36
5	Albert Robinson	United States	21.54
6	Dennis Mitchell	United States	21.92