1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres explained

The men's 200 metres event at the 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 5 and 6 March.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Nikolay Razgonov	Nikolay Antonov Bulgaria	Linford Christie

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			21.02	Q
2	4			21.03	Q
3	2			21.09	Q
4	3			21.11	Q
5	2			21.22	Q
6	2			21.28	q
6	4			21.28	Q
8	4			21.29	q
9	3			21.34	q
10	1			21.35	Q
11	4			21.39	q
12	1			21.56	Q
13	3			21.57
14	1			21.58
15	3			21.61
16	2			21.64
17	1			21.67
18	4			21.75
19	2			21.84

Semifinals

First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			20.79	Q
2	1			20.87	Q
3	1			20.87	Q
4	2			21.07	Q
5	2			21.16	Q
6	1			21.22	Q
7	1			21.24
7	2			21.24
9	2			21.31
10	1			21.39
11	2			21.67
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Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			20.62	PB
	4			20.65
	3			20.83
4	6			20.85
5	2			21.37
6	1			21.57

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/eich/EICH2013-statistics.pdf Results