The men's 200 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 20 and 21 August.
Medalists edit
| Gold | Douglas Walker Great Britain
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| Silver | Douglas Turner Great Britain
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| Bronze | Julian Golding Great Britain
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Results edit
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Round 1 edit
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.
Semifinals edit
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Julian Golding | Great Britain |
20.61 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Troy Douglas |  Netherlands |
20.65 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Douglas Walker | Great Britain |
20.74 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Prodromos Katsantonis |  Cyprus |
20.80 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Christophe Cheval |  France |
20.87 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Douglas Turner | Great Britain |
20.89 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Rodrigue Nordin | France |
21.00 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Torbjörn Eriksson |  Sweden |
21.00 | |
| 9 | 2 | Geir Moen |  Norway |
21.01 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Alessandro Attene |  Italy |
21.04 | |
| 10 | 2 | Patrick van Balkom | Netherlands |
21.04 | |
| 12 | 2 | Petko Yankov |  Bulgaria |
21.08 | |
| 13 | 2 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus |
21.14 | |
| 14 | 1 | Georgios Panagiotopoulos |  Greece |
21.15 | |
| 15 | 2 | Gary Ryan |  Ireland |
21.28 | |
| 1 | Erik Wijmeersch |  Belgium |
DSQ |
Final edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Douglas Walker | Great Britain |
20.53 | |
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Douglas Turner | Great Britain |
20.64 | |
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Julian Golding | Great Britain |
20.72 | |
| 4 | Geir Moen | Norway |
20.78 | |
| 5 | Rodrigue Nordin | France |
20.83 | |
| 6 | Christophe Cheval | France |
20.91 | |
| 7 | Prodromos Katsantonis | Cyprus |
21.24 | |
| Troy Douglas | Netherlands |
DSQ |