2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 8 and 9 August.

Men's 200 metres
at the 2018 European Athletics Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
LocationBerlin
Dates
  • August 8 (round 1 & semifinals)
  • August 9 (final)
Competitors40 from 22 nations
Winning time19.76
Medalists
gold medal    Turkey
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal     Switzerland
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Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships
World record  Usain Bolt (JAM)19.19Berlin, Germany20 August 2009
European record  Pietro Mennea (ITA)19.72Mexico City, Mexico12 September 1979
Championship record  Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE)19.85Munich, Germany9 August 2002
World Leading  Noah Lyles (USA)19.65Monaco20 July 2018
European Leading  Ramil Guliyev (TUR)19.90Oslo, Norway7 June 2018
Broken records during the 2018 European Athletics Championships
Championship record  Ramil Guliyev (TUR)19.76Berlin, Germany9 August 2018
European Leading  Ramil Guliyev (TUR)19.76Berlin, Germany9 August 2018

Schedule

DateTimeRound
8 August 201810:50Round 1
8 August 201820:15Semifinals
9 August 201821:05Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Competition format

The top ten ranked athletes by time during the season who entered the championships were given a bye into the semifinals.

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.[1]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: –0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s, Heat 4: +0.2 m/s

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNote
137Eseosa Desalu  Italy20.39Q SB
228Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas  Greece20.49Q
315Robin Vanderbemden  Belgium20.50Q
412Andrew Howe  Italy20.60Q
538Stuart Dutamby  France20.64Q
624Mickaël-Méba Zeze  France20.65Q SB
741Solomon Bockarie  Netherlands20.66Q
818Taymir Burnet  Netherlands20.67Q
913Robin Erewa  Germany20.69q
1023Davide Manenti  Italy20.70Q
1127Jonathan Quarcoo  Norway20.77q
1248Steven Müller  Germany20.78Q
1322Marcus Lawler  Ireland20.80
1444Daniel Rodríguez  Spain20.81Q
1536Delano Williams  Great Britain20.89Q
1611Pol Retamal  Spain20.92
1745Silvan Wicki  Switzerland20.93
1832Felix Svensson  Sweden20.95
1935Oskari Lehtonen  Finland21.06
2046Gediminas Truskauskas  Lithuania21.11
2134Jan Jirka  Czech Republic21.15
2243Panayiótis Trivizás  Greece21.18
2325Ionut Andrei Neagoe  Romania21.21
2433Šimon Bujna  Slovakia21.26
2547Markus Fuchs  Austria21.29
2617Emil Ibrahimov  Ukraine21.29
2742Paisios Dimiatriades  Cyprus21.31
2826Sergio Juárez  Spain21.33
2914Alexandru Terpezan  Romania21.39
3012Denis Dimitrov  Bulgaria21.43

Semifinals

First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.[2]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s, Heat 3: +0.3 m/s

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNote
134Alex Wilson*  Switzerland20.16Q
224Bruno Hortelano*  Spain20.29Q
314Ramil Guliyev*  Turkey20.33Q
435Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake*  Great Britain20.35Q
526Eseosa Desalu  Italy20.35Q SB
613Leon Reid*  Ireland20.38Q
737Solomon Bockarie  Netherlands20.41q, SB
825Adam Gemili*  Great Britain20.46q
922Mickaël-Méba Zeze  France20.49SB
1023Churandy Martina*  Netherlands20.51
1128Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas  Greece20.54
1233Serhiy Smelyk*  Ukraine20.54
1315Ján Volko*  Slovakia20.58
1427Robin Vanderbemden  Belgium20.62
1517Steven Müller  Germany20.76
1632Daniel Rodríguez  Spain20.77
1738Andrew Howe  Italy20.78
1821Robin Erewa  Germany20.79
1918Davide Manenti  Italy20.81
2036Aleixo-Platini Menga*  Germany20.83
2112Taymir Burnet  Netherlands20.84
2231Jonathan Quarcoo  Norway21.07
16Stuart Dutamby  FranceDNS
11Delano Williams  Great BritainDNS

*Athletes who received a bye to the semifinals[3]

Final

Wind: +0.7 m/s[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNote
6Ramil Guliyev  Turkey19.76CR, EL, NR
4Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake  Great Britain20.04SB
5Alex Wilson  Switzerland20.04NR
43Bruno Hortelano  Spain20.05
52Adam Gemili  Great Britain20.10SB
67Eseosa Desalu  Italy20.13PB
78Leon Reid  Ireland20.37
81Solomon Bockarie  Netherlands20.39SB

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