1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

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.[1]

Medalists edit

Gold Brian Shenton
  Great Britain
Silver Étienne Bally
  France
Bronze Jan Lammers
  Netherlands

Results edit

Final edit

27 August Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Brian Shenton   Great Britain 21.5
  Étienne Bally   France 21.8
  Jan Lammers   Netherlands 22.1
4 Angelo Moretti   Italy 22.1
5 Ásmundur Bjarnason   Iceland 22.1
6 Yves Camus   France 22.2

Semi-finals edit

26 August

Semi-final 1 edit

Wind: 0.6m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Étienne Bally   France 21.9 Q
2 Angelo Moretti   Italy 21.9 Q
3 Jan Lammers   Netherlands 22.0 Q
4 Levan Sanadze   Soviet Union 22.0
5 Mario Colarossi   Italy 22.0
6 Stig Danielsson   Sweden 22.1

Semi-final 2 edit

Wind: NWI

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Brian Shenton   Great Britain 21.5 Q
2 Yves Camus   France 21.7 Q
3 Ásmundur Bjarnason   Iceland 21.9 Q
4 Vladimir Sukharev   Soviet Union 21.9
5 Petar Pecelj   Yugoslavia 22.0
6 Willy Burgisser    Switzerland 22.6

Heats edit

25 August

Heat 1 edit

Wind: 0.2m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Étienne Bally   France 21.6 Q
2 Stig Danielsson   Sweden 22.4 Q
3 Fred Hammer   Luxembourg 22.5
4 Jaakko Suikkari   Finland 22.7

Heat 2 edit

Wind: 0m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Brian Shenton   Great Britain 21.5 Q
2 Jan Lammers   Netherlands 22.0 Q
3 Knud Schibsbye   Denmark 22.1
4 Hector Gosset   Belgium 22.6

Heat 3 edit

Wind: 0m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mario Colarossi   Italy 22.4 Q
2 Willy Burgisser    Switzerland 22.5 Q

Heat 4 edit

Wind: 0.7m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yves Camus   France 22.0 Q
2 Angelo Moretti   Italy 22.0 Q
3 John Gregory   Great Britain 22.1
4 Henry Johansen   Norway 22.1
5 Jean-Petit Hammer   Luxembourg 22.9

Heat 5 edit

Wind: 0.2m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Petar Pecelj   Yugoslavia 22.0 Q
2 Levan Sanadze   Soviet Union 22.1 Q
3 Fernand Linssen   Belgium 22.4
4 Knut Moum   Norway 22.6
5 Michail Tsokalis   Greece 22.8

Heat 6 edit

Wind: 0.4m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vladimir Sukharev   Soviet Union 21.9 Q
2 Ásmundur Bjarnason   Iceland 22.0 Q
3 Willy Eichenberger    Switzerland 22.7
4 Tomas Paquete   Portugal 23.1
5 Lennart Lindberg   Finland 23.3

Participation edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 372–377, retrieved 13 August 2014