2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:	Men's 200 metres
Competition:	2014 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Letzigrund
Location:	Zurich
Competitors:	32
Nations:	22
Win Value:	19.98
Gold:	Adam Gemili
Goldnoc:	GBR
Silver:	Christophe Lemaître
Silvernoc:	FRA
Bronze:	Serhiy Smelyk
Bronzenoc:	UKR
Previous:	2012
Next:	2016

The men's 200 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 14 and 15 August.

The event was won by Great Britain's Adam Gemili in 19.98 seconds. Christophe Lemaitre of France, the defending champion, came second just as he did in the 100 metres, and Serhiy Smelyk of Ukraine came third.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 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		19.68	Monaco	18 July 2014
European Leading		20.08	Monaco	18 July 2014
Broken records during the 2014 European Athletics Championships
European Leading		19.98	Zürich, Switzerland	15 August 2014

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
14 August 2014	12:05	Round 1
14 August 2014	20:15	Semi-finals
15 August 2014	21:50	Final

Results

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Serhiy Smelyk		20.49
2	6	Ramil Guliyev		20.59
3	8	Ben Bassaw		20.68
4	3	Robin Erewa		20.72
5	4	Sergio Ruiz		20.73	,
6	7	Enrico Demonte		20.90
7	1	Petar Kremenski		21.75
8	2	Riste Pandev		21.96
				Wind: -1.5 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Christophe Lemaitre		20.43
2	2	James Ellington		20.55
3	7	Alex Wilson		20.61	,
4	8	Johan Wissman		20.82
5	3	İzzet Safer		21.06
6	6	David Lima		21.25
7	5	Fabian Haldner		23.06
	1	Julian Reus
				Wind: +0.4 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	Daniel Talbot		20.63
2	2	Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas		20.64
3	8	Diego Marani		20.65
4	4	Karol Zalewski		20.76
5	3	Nil de Oliveira		20.93
6	5	Kevin Moore		21.03
7	1	Marek Niit		21.04
8	7	Jan Žumer		21.47
				Wind: -0.4 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	Adam Gemili		20.39
2	4	Eseosa Desalu		20.55	,
3	8	Churandy Martina		20.60	,
4	1	Alex-Platini Menga		20.71
5	7	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure		20.78
6	5	Jonathan Åstrand		21.03
7	3	Joel Burgunder		21.24
8	2	Mikel de Sa		22.54
				Wind: -0.2 m/s

Semi-finals

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Christophe Lemaitre		20.26
2	3	Serhiy Smelyk		20.32	,
3	7	Diego Marani		20.36	,
4	4	Ramil Guliyev		20.38	,
5	6	James Ellington		20.52
6	8	Alex Wilson		20.76
7	1	Robin Erewa		20.82
8	2	Sergio Ruiz		20.85
				Wind: -0.4 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	Adam Gemili		20.23
2	7	Churandy Martina		20.40	,
3	5	Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas		20.40	,
4	1	Karol Zalewski		20.52
5	8	Ben Bassaw		20.62
6	3	Daniel Talbot		20.62
7	4	Eseosa Desalu		20.73
8	2	Alex-Platini Menga		20.89
				Wind: +0.4 m/s

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	4			19.98
	3			20.15
	6			20.30
4	5			20.37
5	7			20.43
6	1			20.48
7	8			20.53
8	2			20.58
				Wind: -1.6 m/s

References

• Round 1 Results
• Semifinal Results
• Final Results