2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:	Men's 200 metres
Competition:	2010 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Location:	Barcelona
Competitors:	32
Nations:	21
Win Value:	20.37
Gold:	Christophe Lemaitre
Goldnoc:	FRA
Silver:	Christian Malcolm
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	Martial Mbandjock
Bronzenoc:	FRA
Previous:	2006
Next:	2012

The men's 200 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 29 and 30 July.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record		19.19	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
European record		19.72	Mexico City, Mexico	12 September 1979
Championship record		19.85	Munich, Germany	9 August 2002
World Leading		19.56	Kingston, Jamaica	1 May 2010
European Leading		20.16	Valence, France	10 July 2010

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
29 July 2010	11:30	Round 1
29 July 2010	19:55	Semi-finals
30 July 2010	19:25	Final

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6			20.63
2	3			20.81	, =
3	4			20.83
4	5			20.98
5	8			21.02
6	7			21.17
7	2			21.41
8	1			21.65
				Wind: -1.6 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7			20.64
2	8			20.87
3	2			20.93
4	4			20.98
5	6			21.06
6	1			21.07
7	5			21.36	=
8	3			21.40
				Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	2			20.60
2	5			20.70
3	4			20.79
4	7			20.80
5	8			20.95	,
6	1			20.96
7	3			21.14
8	6			21.20
				Wind: -0.6 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	2			20.68	, =
2	5			20.69
3	6			20.72
4	7			20.74
5	1			20.78	,
6	4			21.09
7	8			21.24
	3
				Wind: +0.2 m/s

Semi-finals

First 3 in each heat and 2 best performers advance to the Final.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4			20.50
2	3			20.55	,
3	8			20.62
4	5			20.67
5	2			20.75
6	1			20.88
7	6			20.88
8	7			20.95
				Wind: +1.2 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6			20.39
2	5			20.58
3	4			20.59
4	8			20.77
5	3			20.81	=
6	1			20.81
7	2			20.82
8	7			20.85
				Wind: +0.8 m/s

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	5			20.37
	6			20.38
	8			20.42
4	3			20.62
5	4			20.63
6	2			20.71
7	1			20.90
8	7			1:27.24
				Wind: -0.8 m/s

References

• Results
• Full results