2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:	Men's 200 metres
Competition:	2018 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Location:	Berlin
Competitors:	40
Nations:	22
Win Value:	19.76
Gold:	Ramil Guliyev
Silver:	Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake
Bronze:	Alex Wilson
Gold Nation:	TUR
Silver Nation:	GBR
Bronze Nation:	SWI
Previous:	2016
Next:	2022

The men's 200 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 8 and 9 August.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 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		19.65	Monaco	20 July 2018
European Leading		19.90	Oslo, Norway	7 June 2018
Broken records during the 2018 European Athletics Championships
Championship record		19.76	Berlin, Germany	9 August 2018
European Leading		19.76	Berlin, Germany	9 August 2018

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
8 August 2018	10:50	Round 1
8 August 2018	20:15	Semi-finals
9 August 2018	21:05	Final

Competition format

The top ten ranked athletes by time during the season who entered the championships were given a bye into the semi-finals.

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the semi-finals.^[1]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Robin Vanderbemden		20.50
2	2	Andrew Howe		20.60
3	8	Taymir Burnet		20.67
4	3	Robin Erewa		20.69
5	1	Pol Retamal		20.92
6	7	Emil Ibrahimov		21.29
7	4	Alexandru Terpezan		21.39
8	2	Denis Dimitrov		21.43
				Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	8	Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas		20.49
2	4	Mickaël-Méba Zeze		20.65	,
3	3	Davide Manenti		20.70
4	7	Jonathan Quarcoo		20.77
5	2	Marcus Lawler		20.80
6	5	Ionut Andrei Neagoe		21.21
7	6	Sergio Juárez		21.33
				Wind: -0.1 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Eseosa Desalu		20.39	,
2	8	Stuart Dutamby		20.64
3	6	Delano Williams		20.89
4	2	Felix Svensson		20.95
5	5	Oskari Lehtonen		21.06
6	4	Jan Jirka		21.15
7	3	Šimon Bujna		21.26
				Wind: +0.2 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	1	Solomon Bockarie		20.66
2	8	Steven Müller		20.78
3	4	Daniel Rodríguez		20.81
4	5	Silvan Wicki		20.93
5	6	Gediminas Truskauskas		21.11
6	3	Panayiótis Trivizás		21.18
7	7	Markus Fuchs		21.29
8	2	Paisios Dimiatriades		21.31
				Wind: +0.2 m/s

Semi-finals

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

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Ramil Guliyev		20.33
2	3	Leon Reid		20.38
3	5	Ján Volko		20.58
4	7	Steven Müller		20.76
5	8	Davide Manenti		20.81
6	2	Taymir Burnet		20.84
	6	Stuart Dutamby
	1	Delano Williams
				Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Bruno Hortelano		20.29
2	6	Eseosa Desalu		20.35	,
3	5	Adam Gemili		20.46
4	2	Mickaël-Méba Zeze		20.49
5	3	Churandy Martina		20.51
6	8	Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas		20.54
7	7	Robin Vanderbemden		20.62
8	1	Robin Erewa		20.79
				Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Alex Wilson		20.16
2	5	Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake		20.35
3	7	Solomon Bockarie		20.41	,
4	3	Serhiy Smelyk		20.54
5	2	Daniel Rodríguez		20.77
6	8	Andrew Howe		20.78
7	6	Aleixo-Platini Menga		20.83
8	1	Jonathan Quarcoo		21.07
				Wind: +0.3 m/s

*Athletes who received a bye to the semi-finals^[3]

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	6			19.76	,,
	4			20.04
	5			20.04
4	3			20.05
5	2			20.10
6	7			20.13
7	8			20.37
8	1			20.39
				Wind: +0.7 m/s

^[4]

References

• 200m Men European Athletic Association

Notes and References

1. Web site: Round 1 results . 2018-08-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161120105142/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM002900_C74A.pdf . 2016-11-20 . dead .
2. Web site: Semifinals results . 2018-08-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180831181424/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM002200_C74A.pdf . 2018-08-31 . dead .
3. http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/28/47/61/ECH2018-SprintEvents-ListofqualifiedathletesinSF_English.pdf List of directly qualified athletes in Semi-Finals
4. Web site: Final results . 2018-08-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160917143352/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM001101_C73A.pdf . 2016-09-17 . dead .