2024 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres
at the 2024 European Athletics Championships
Men's 200 metres ; at the 2024 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Stadio Olimpico
Location	Rome
Dates	9 June (round 1 & semifinals); 10 June (final);
Competitors	34 from 23 nations
Winning time	20.28
Medalists
	← 2022 2026 →

Records

Standing records prior to the 2024 European Athletics Championships
World record	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.19^[2]	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
European record	Pietro Mennea (ITA)	19.72^[3]	Mexico City, Mexico	12 September 1979
Championship record	Ramil Guliyev (TUR)	19.76	Berlin, Germany	9 August 2018
World Leading	Kenneth Bednarek (USA)	19.67^[4]	Doha, Qatar	10 May 2024
Europe Leading	Zharnel Hughes (GBR)	19.96^[5]	Kingston, Jamaica	11 May 2024

All times are local times (UTC+2)

The next 12 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.^[6] The 12 highest ranked athletes received a bye into the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +1.0 m/s, Heat 3: -0.7 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	3	9	Felix Svensson	Switzerland	20.52	q
2	2	6	Tomáš Němejc	Czech Republic	20.54	q, SB
3	3	5	Erik Erlandsson	Sweden	20.55	q, PB
4	3	8	Diego Aldo Pettorossi	Italy	20.56	q, SB
5	2	9	Ramil Guliyev	Turkey	20.66	q, SB
6	1	7	Roko Farkaš	Croatia	20.70	q, NR
7	2	3	Oskars Grava	Latvia	20.78	q, PB
8	1	5	Gediminas Truskauskas	Lithuania	20.78	q, SB
9	2	5	Albert Komański	Poland	20.81	q
10	2	7	Sotirios Gkaragkanis	Greece	20.91	q
11	1	6	Eduard Kubelík	Czech Republic	20.91	q
12	3	3	Mark Smyth	Ireland	20.93	q, SB
13	2	2	Linus Phil	Sweden	20.95	R
14	1	3	Łukasz Żok	Poland	20.97
15	3	6	Patryk Wykrota	Poland	20.97
16	1	9	Ioannis Kariofyllis	Greece	21.00
17	1	4	Samuel Purola	Finland	21.04
18	3	7	Zoltán Wahl	Hungary	21.05	SB
19	2	8	Andrej Skočir	Slovenia	21.08
20	2	4	Ján Volko	Slovakia	21.09
21	1	8	Mathias Hove Johansen	Norway	21.21
	3	4	Viljami Kaasalainen	Finland	DNS

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

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.8 m/s, Heat 2: +1.2 m/s, Heat 3: +0.9 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	3	8	Filippo Tortu*	Italy	20.14	Q, SB
2	2	7	Pablo Matéo*	France	20.34	Q
3	1	6	Joshua Hartmann*	Germany	20.38	Q
4	1	7	Timothé Mumenthaler*	Switzerland	20.38	Q
5	2	4	Eseosa Fostine Desalu*	Italy	20.39	Q, SB
6	3	9	Blessing Afrifah*	Israel	20.46	Q, SB
7	2	6	William Reais*	Switzerland	20.51	q
8	2	9	Tomáš Němejc	Czech Republic	20.52	q, PB
8	2	5	Erik Erlandsson	Sweden	20.52	q, PB
10	3	6	Ryan Zeze*	France	20.53
11	3	4	Felix Svensson	Switzerland	20.66
12	1	4	Jona Efoloko*	Great Britain	20.73
13	2	2	Oskars Grava	Latvia	20.79
14	2	8	Jeriel Quainoo*	Great Britain	20.81
15	1	3	Gediminas Truskauskas	Lithuania	20.86
16	3	3	Mark Smyth	Ireland	20.86	SB
17	2	3	Ramil Guliyev	Turkey	20.87
18	1	9	Diego Aldo Pettorossi	Italy	20.88
19	3	7	Ondřej Macík*	Czech Republic	20.89
20	1	5	Linus Phil	Sweden	20.91	PB
21	1	2	Sotirios Gkaragkanis	Greece	20.93
22	3	2	Roko Farkaš	Croatia	20.95
23	1	8	Taymir Burnet*	Netherlands	21.02
	3	5	Albert Komański	Poland	DNF
	1		Eduard Kubelík	Czech Republic	DNS

*Athletes that received a bye into the semifinal

Wind: +0.8 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	9	Timothé Mumenthaler	Switzerland	20.28	EU23L
	6	Filippo Tortu	Italy	20.41
	3	William Reais	Switzerland	20.47
4	1	Erik Erlandsson	Sweden	20.57
5	5	Eseosa Fostine Desalu	Italy	20.59
6	2	Tomáš Nĕmejc	Czech Republic	20.91
7	4	Blessing Akwasi Afrifah	Israel	20.97
	7	Pablo Mateo	France	DQ	TR17.2.3^[8]
	8	Joshua Hartmann	Germany	DQ	TR16.8^[9]

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^ Lane infringement
^ False start