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 record		19.80	Daegu, South Korea	3 September 2011
Championship U23 record		20.33	Bydgoszcz, Poland	15 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.