2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:Men's 200 metres
Competition:2023 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue:Leppävaara Stadium, Espoo
Dates:15 July (heats & semi-final)
16 July (final)
Competitors:40
Nations:24
Win Value:20.67
Gold:Blessing Afrifah
Goldnoc:ISR
Silver:Raphael Bouju
Silvernoc:NED
Bronze:Timothé Mumenthaler
Bronzenoc:SUI
Prev:2021
Next:2025

The men's 200 metres event at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Espoo, Finland, at Leppävaara Stadium on 15 and 16 July.[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

European U23 record19.80Daegu, South Korea3 September 2011
Championship U23 record20.33Bydgoszcz, Poland15 July 2017

Results

Heats

Qualification rules: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.[2]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s, Heat 4: +2.7 m/s, Heat 5: +2.3 m/s

Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes
1 5 20.65 Q
2 5 20.74 Q
3 1 20.83 Q
4 3 20.84 Q
5 3 20.84 Q,
6 2 20.95 Q,
7 1 20.97 Q
8 4 20.98 Q
9 5 21.05 q
10 2 21.07 Q
11 3 21.10 q,
12 2 21.12 q
13 2 21.12 q
14 5 21.12 q
15 1 21.13 q
16 5 21.15
17 2 21.21
18 1 21.23
19 3 21.26
20 1 21.27
21 3 21.28
22 4 21.29 Q
23 1 21.31
24 3 21.32
24 4 21.32
26 5 21.33
27 2 21.44
28 1 21.46
29 4 21.51
30 2 21.58
31 4 21.58
32 4 21.63
33 1 21.67
34 3 21.68
35 4 21.69
36 2 21.72
37 5 22.07
4
5
3

Semi-final

Qualification rules: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.[3]

Wind:
Heat 1: -3.2 m/s, Heat 2: -3.3 m/s

Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes
1 2 21.07 Q
2 1 21.14 Q
3 1 21.21 Q
4 2 21.28 Q
4 1 21.28 Q
6 2 21.29 Q
6 2 21.29 q
8 1 21.37 q
9 1 21.37
10 2 21.38
11 2 21.43
12 1 21.46
13 1 21.47
14 2 21.65
15 2 21.94
16 1 25.85

Final

Wind: -1.1 m/s[4]

Rank Heat Name Country Time Notes
6 20.67
5 20.68
4 20.85
4 3 20.96
5 1 20.98
6 8 21.05
7 2 21.35
8 7 1:11.18

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Event Schedule: European Athletics U23 Championships 2023 . Watch Athletics . 6 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231128204031/https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4422/event-schedule-european-athletics-u23-championships-2023 . 28 November 2023 . live.
  2. Web site: 15 July 2023 . 200m Men Round 1 Results Summary . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230716113038/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C74A_ATHM200M--------------RND1--------.pdf . 16 July 2023 . European Athletics.
  3. Web site: 16 July 2023 . 200m Men Semi-Finals Results Summary . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230716113040/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C74A_ATHM200M--------------SFNL--------.pdf . 16 July 2023 . European Athletics.
  4. Web site: 16 July 2023 . 200m Men Final Results . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230716172340/https://espoo23results.european-athletics.com/resEAA/pdf/ESP2023/ATH/ESP2023_ATH_C73A_ATHM200M--------------FNL-000100--.pdf . 16 July 2023 . European Athletics.