2024 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:	Men's 200 metres
Competition:	2024 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Stadio Olimpico
Location:	Rome
Competitors:	34
Nations:	23
Win Value:	20.28
Gold:	Timothé Mumenthaler
Silver:	Filippo Tortu
Bronze:	William Reais
Gold Nation:	SUI
Silver Nation:	ITA
Bronze Nation:	SUI
Previous:	2022
Next:	2026

The men's 200 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships took place at the Stadio Olimpico on 9 and 10 June.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2024 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		19.76	Berlin, Germany	9 August 2018
World Leading		19.67^[4]	Doha, Qatar	10 May 2024
Europe Leading		19.96^[5]	Kingston, Jamaica	11 May 2024

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
9 June 2024	11:50	Round 1
9 June 2024	21:35	Semi-finals
10 June 2024	22:50	Final

Results

Round 1

The 12 highest ranked athletes received a bye into the semi-finals. The next 12 fastest (Q) advance to the semi-finals.^[6]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Roko Farkaš		20.70	,
2	5	Gediminas Truskauskas		20.78	,
3	6	Eduard Kubelík		20.91
4	3	Łukasz Żok		20.97
5	9	Ioannis Kariofyllis		21.00
6	4	Samuel Purola		21.04
7	8	Mathias Hove Johansen		21.21
				Wind: -0.5 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	Tomáš Němejc		20.54	,
2	9	Ramil Guliyev		20.66	,
3	3	Oskars Grava		20.78	,
4	5	Albert Komański		20.81
5	7	Sotirios Gkaragkanis		20.91
6	2	Linus Phil		20.95
7	8	Andrej Skočir		21.08
8	4	Ján Volko		21.09
				Wind: +1.0 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	9	Felix Svensson		20.52
2	5	Erik Erlandsson		20.55	,
3	8	Diego Aldo Pettorossi		20.56	,
4	3	Mark Smyth		20.93	,
5	6	Patryk Wykrota		20.97
6	7	Zoltán Wahl		21.05
	4	Viljami Kaasalainen
				Wind: -0.7 m/s

Semi-finals

The first 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.^[7]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	Joshua Hartmann		20.38
2	7	Timothé Mumenthaler		20.38
3	4	Jona Efoloko		20.73
4	3	Gediminas Truskauskas		20.86
5	9	Diego Aldo Pettorossi		20.88
6	5	Linus Phil		20.91
7	2	Sotirios Gkaragkanis		20.93
8	8	Taymir Burnet		21.02
		Eduard Kubelík
				Wind: +0.8 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Pablo Matéo		20.34
2	4	Eseosa Fostine Desalu		20.39	,
3	6	William Reais		20.51
4	9	Tomáš Němejc		20.52	,
5	5	Erik Erlandsson		20.52	,
6	2	Oskars Grava		20.79
7	8	Jeriel Quainoo		20.81
8	3	Ramil Guliyev		20.87
				Wind: +1.2 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	8	Filippo Tortu		20.14	,
2	9	Blessing Afrifah		20.46	,
3	6	Ryan Zeze		20.53
4	4	Felix Svensson		20.66
5	3	Mark Smyth		20.86
6	7	Ondřej Macík		20.89
7	2	Roko Farkaš		20.95
	5	Albert Komański
				Wind: +0.9 m/s

*Athletes that received a bye into the semi-final.

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	9			20.28
	6			20.41
	3			20.47
	1			20.57
	5			20.59
	2			20.91
	4			20.97
	7				TR17.2.3^[8]
	8				TR16.8^[9]
				Wind: +0.8 m/s

Notes and References

1. Web site: ATHLETICS TIMETABLE . european-athletics.org . 5 June 2024 . 5 June 2024.
2. Web site: World Records . 5 June 2024 . World Athletics.
3. Web site: European Records . 5 June 2024 . World Athletics.
4. Web site: 2024 Top List . 5 June 2024 . World Athletics.
5. Web site: 2024 Top European List . 5 June 2024 . World Athletics.
6. Web site: 8 June 2024 . 200m Round 1 Startlist . 8 June 2024 . European Athletics.
7. Web site: 9 June 2024 . 200m Men Semi-Finals Startlist . 9 June 2024 . European Athletics.
8. Lane infringement
9. False start