The men's 200 metres event at the 2001 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Olympisch Stadion on 14 July.
| Gold | Marcin Jędrusiński | |
| Silver | Łukasz Chyła | |
| Bronze | Mark Howard |
14 July
Wind: 0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | | 20.94 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 20.99 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 21.00 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 21.06 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 21.10 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 21.10 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 21.20 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 21.64 |
14 July
Qualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final
Wind: -1.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 21.21 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 21.23 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left |  | 21.36 | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 21.38 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 22.14 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 22.30 |
Wind: -0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 20.93 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 20.99 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 21.18 | q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 21.24 | q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 21.25 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 21.58 |
Wind: -1.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 21.11 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 21.29 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 21.41 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 21.46 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 21.51 |
According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
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