| Event: | Men's 200 metres |
| Competition: | 1938 European Athletics Championships |
| Venue: | Stade Olympique de Colombes |
| Location: | Paris |
| Competitors: | 16 |
| Nations: | 11 |
| Win Value: | 21.2 |
| Gold: | Martinus Osendarp |
| Goldnoc: | NED |
| Silver: | Jakob Scheuring |
| Silvernoc: | GER |
| Silver Variant: | 1935 |
| Bronze: | Alan Pennington |
| Bronzenoc: | GBR |
| Previous: | 1934 |
| Next: | 1946 |
The men's 200 metres at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Paris, France, at Stade Olympique de Colombes on 4 September 1938.[1]
According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
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(1)4 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 24.0 | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 26.6 | ||||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 27.0 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 21.8 | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 22.0 | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 22.3 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 22.4 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 21.8 | , | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 22.2 | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 22.5 | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 24.7 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 25.6 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 22.3 | ||||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 22.5 | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 22.5 | |||
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4 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 21.5 | , | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 21.9 | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 22.0 | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 22.2 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 22.6 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 22.7 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 21.5 | , | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 21.6 | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 21.7 | , | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 21.8 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 22.1 | |||
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4 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 21.2 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 21.6 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | 21.6 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 21.7 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 22.1 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 22.1 |