The men's 200 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 25, 26 and 27 August 1950.

Participation According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

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Results Heats 25 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Étienne Bally 21.6 2 Stig Danielsson 22.4 3 Fred Hammer 22.5 4 Jaakko Suikkari 22.7 Wind: +0.2 m/s

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Brian Shenton 21.5 2 Jan Lammers 22.0 3 Knud Schibsbye 22.1 4 Hector Gosset 22.6 Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mario Colarossi 22.4 2 Willy Burgisser 22.5 Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Yves Camus 22.0 2 Angelo Moretti 22.0 3 John Gregory 22.1 4 Henry Johansen 22.1 5 Jean-Petit Hammer 22.9 Wind: +0.7 m/s

Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Petar Pecelj 22.0 2 Levan Sanadze 22.1 3 Fernand Linssen 22.4 4 Knut Moum 22.6 5 Michail Tsokalis 22.8 Wind: +0.2 m/s

Heat 6 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Vladimir Sukharev 21.9 2 Ásmundur Bjarnason 22.0 3 Willy Eichenberger 22.7 4 Tomas Paquete 23.1 5 Lennart Lindberg 23.3 Wind: -0.3 m/s

Semi-finals 26 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Étienne Bally 21.9 2 Angelo Moretti 21.9 3 Jan Lammers 22.0 4 Levan Sanadze 22.0 5 Mario Colarossi 22.0 6 Stig Danielsson 22.1 Wind: +0.6 m/s

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Brian Shenton 21.5 2 Yves Camus 21.7 3 Ásmundur Bjarnason 21.9 4 Vladimir Sukharev 21.9 5 Petar Pecelj 22.0 6 Willy Burgisser 22.6 Wind: -0.5 m/s

Final 27 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Brian Shenton 21.5 Étienne Bally 21.8 Jan Lammers 22.1 4 Angelo Moretti 22.1 5 Ásmundur Bjarnason 22.1 6 Yves Camus 22.2 Wind: -0.6 m/s

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