2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:	Men's 200 metres
Competition:	2016 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Location:	Amsterdam
Competitors:	34
Nations:	22
Win Value:	20.45
Gold:	Bruno Hortelano
Silver:	Ramil Guliyev
Bronze:	Daniel Talbot
Gold Nation:	ESP
Silver Nation:	TUR
Bronze Nation:	GBR
Previous:	2014
Next:	2018

The men's 200 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 7 and 8 July.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships
World record		19.19^[2]	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
European record		19.72^[3]	Mexico City, Mexico	12 September 1979
Championship record		19.85	Munich, Germany	9 August 2002
World Leading		19.78^[4]	Nassau, The Bahamas	16 April 2016
European Leading		19.95^[5]	Tuscaloosa, United States	14 May 2016

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
7 July 2016	11:20	Round 1
8 July 2016	18:50	Semi-finals
8 July 2016	20:35	Final

Results

Round 1

First 3 (Q) and next 5 fastest (q) qualify for the semi-finals.^[6]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Bruno Hortelano		20.55
2	8	Karol Zalewski		20.69
3	5	Mickaël-Meba Zézé		20.84
4	6	Johan Wissman		20.96
5	3	Marcus Lawler		21.06
6	4	Ionut Andrei Neagoe		21.18
7	2	Zharnel Hughes		21.21
8	1	Samuli Samuelsson		21.36
				Wind: -1.1 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Alex Wilson		20.80
2	8	Davide Manenti		20.82
3	1	Ján Volko		21.00
4	6	Hensley Paulina		21.04
5	5	Robin Erewa		21.05
6	7	Vitaliy Korzh		21.49
7	3	Marek Niit		21.93
8	2	Mikel de Sa		22.74
				Wind: -1.2 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	2	Solomon Bockarie		20.55
2	5	David Lima		20.82
3	8	Antonio Infantino		20.99
4	3	Tom Kling-Baptiste		21.06
5	1	Igor Bodrov		21.13
6	4	Robin Vanderbemden		21.17
7	7	Silvan Wicki		21.41
8	6	Gábor Pásztor		21.60
				Wind: -0.1 m/s

Semi-finals

First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.^[7]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Ramil Guliyev		20.69
2	7	Alex Wilson		20.71
3	3	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure		20.92
4	6	Eseosa Desalu		20.94
5	4	Aleixo Platini Menga		21.06
6	2	Ján Volko		21.28
7	1	Marcus Lawler		21.33
8	8	Hensley Paulina		23.49
				Wind: -1.7 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Danny Talbot		20.37	,
2	3	Churandy Martina		20.44
3	5	Davide Manenti		20.46
4	7	Karol Zalewski		20.69
5	8	Mickaël-Meba Zézé		20.81
6	6	Julian Reus		20.83
7	2	David Lima		20.86
	1	Johan Wissman
				Wind: -0.1 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Bruno Hortelano		20.39	,
2	6	Solomon Bockarie		20.39	,
3	3	Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake		20.46
4	5	Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas		20.48
5	4	Serhiy Smelyk		20.76
6	8	Antonio Infantino		20.93
7	1	Robin Erewa		20.98
8	2	Tom Kling-Baptiste		21.34
				Wind: -1.1 m/s

*Athletes who received a bye to the semi-finals^[8]

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	6			20.45
	3			20.51
	5			20.56
4	4			20.56
5	1			20.60
6	2			20.66
7	7			20.70
	8				R163.3a^[9]
				Wind: -0.9 m/s

^[10]

External links

• amsterdam2016.org, official championship site.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Programme - European Athletics Championships. amsterdam2016.org. 2016-06-30.
2. Web site: All Time Best . 2016-06-30 . International Association of Athletics Federations.
3. Web site: European Outdoor Records Men . 2016-06-30 . .
4. Web site: 2016 Top List . 2016-06-30 . International Association of Athletics Federations.
5. Web site: European Top 30 2016 . 2016-06-30 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20160819193659/http://www.european-athletics-statistics.org/db/xml/euroranking.php?Season=2016&Indoor=0&Gender=m&Event=40&List=senior . 2016-08-19 . dead .
6. Web site: Heats results . 2016-07-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180831175427/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM002900_C74A.pdf . 2018-08-31 . dead .
7. http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM002200_C74A.pdf Semifinals results
8. http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/93/97/ECH2016-SprintEvents-ListofqualifiedathletesinSF_Neutral.pdf List of directly qualified athletes in Semi-Finals
9. Lane infringement
10. Web site: 200m Men - Final results . European Athletics . 16 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160803223454/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM002101_C73A.pdf . 3 August 2016 . 8 July 2016 . dead.