The men's 200 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 29 and 30 June.

Records Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics ChampionshipsWorld record19.19Berlin, Germany20 August 2009European record19.72Mexico City, Mexico12 September 1979Championship record19.85Munich, Germany9 August 2002World Leading19.91Kingston, Jamaica5 May 2012European Leading19.94New York City, United States9 June 2012

Schedule Date Time Round 29 June 2012 12:30 Round 1 29 June 2012 20:25 Semi-finals 30 June 2012 22:20 Final

Results

Round 1 First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Heat 1 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes17Jonathan Borlée20.6124Ben Bassaw20.7336Diego Marani20.8948Bruno Hortelano21.0852Aliaksandr Linnik21.205Rachid Chouhal3Serhiy Smelyk Wind: -0.3 m/s

Heat 2 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes16Churandy Martina20.7425Alex Wilson20.7534Nil de Oliveira20.78, =47Sebastian Ernst20.9652Vojtěch Šulc21.1768Catalin Cîmpeanu21.3773Jan Žumer21.50 Wind: -1.1 m/s

Heat 3 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes16Patrick van Luijk20.7828Christopher Clarke20.8335Davide Manenti20.8447Petar Kremenski21.0354Arnaldo Abrantes21.2462Fabian Haldner23.323Steven Colvert Wind: -0.5 m/s

Heat 4 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes15Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas20.7327Paul Hession20.75, 32Sven Knipphals20.9443Jonathan Åstrand21.2056Kiril Kirilov21.454Ihor Bodrov Wind: -0.1 m/s

Heat 5 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes13Daniel Talbot20.8226Kamil Kryński20.8837Marek Niit20.93, 42Reto Schenkel20.9658Aleksandr Khyutte21.2765Jerrel Feller21.3275Jerai Torres22.31 Wind: +0.4 m/s

Semi-finals First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final. Heat 1 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes14Churandy Martina20.6326Christopher Clarke20.9035Ben Bassaw20.9148Sven Knipphals20.9253Kamil Kryński20.9367Reto Schenkel21.0571Aliaksandr Linnik21.43–2Vojtěch Šulc Wind: -0.3 m/s

Heat 2 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes15Daniel Talbot20.6923Nil de Oliveira20.8338Diego Marani20.8344Paul Hession20.8457Sebastian Ernst20.9162Jonathan Åstrand21.2771Arnaldo Abrantes21.36–6Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas Wind: -0.1 m/s

Heat 3 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes16Patrick van Luijk20.6823Jonathan Borlée20.7434Alex Wilson20.8745Davide Manenti21.0757Petar Kremenski21.0862Bruno Hortelano21.3578Marek Niit21.44–1Aleksandr Khyutte Wind: -1.7 m/s

Final Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 3 Churandy Martina 20.42 6 Patrick van Luijk 20.87 5 Daniel Talbot 20.95 4 4 Jonathan Borlée 20.99 5 8 Nil de Oliveira 21.11 6 7 Christopher Clarke 21.26 7 2 Diego Marani 21.26 8 1 Paul Hession 21.27 Wind: -0.9 m/s

References

Round 1 Results Semifinal Results Final Results