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Men's 200 metres European record progression

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The following table shows the European record progression in the men's 200 metres, as ratified by the EAA[1] [2]

Hand timing

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Time Athlete Nationality Venue Date
21.2* Willie Applegarth   United Kingdom London, England 4 July 1914
20.9 McDonald Bailey   United Kingdom Paris, France 10 September 1950
20.9 McDonald Bailey   United Kingdom Belgrade, Yugoslavia 26 August 1951
20.9 McDonald Bailey   United Kingdom London, England 24 May 1952
20.9 McDonald Bailey   United Kingdom Berlin, Germany 21 September 1952
20.9 Heinz Futterer   West Germany Bern, Switzerland 29 August 1954
20.8 Heinz Futterer   West Germany Osaka, Japan 16 October 1954
20.8 Heinz Futterer   West Germany Yokohama, Japan 31 October 1954
20.8 Manfred Germar   West Germany Hanover, West Germany 15 September 1957
20.8 Manfred Germar   West Germany Oslo, Norway 5 September 1958
20.8 Peter Radford   United Kingdom Paris, France 14 September 1958
20.8 Manfred Germar   West Germany Augsburg, West Germany 21 September 1958
20.6 Manfred Germar   West Germany Wuppertal, West Germany 1 October 1958
20.5* Peter Radford   United Kingdom Wolverhampton, England 28 May 1960
20.5 Livio Berruti   Italy Rome, Italy 3 September 1960
20.5 Livio Berruti   Italy Rome, Italy 3 September 1960
20.4 Sergio Ottolina   Italy Saarbrücken, West Germany 21 June 1964
20.4 Jan Werner   Poland Warsaw, Poland 3 June 1967
20.4 Roger Bambuck   France Paris, France 30 July 1967
20.4 Roger Bambuck   France Mexico City, Mexico 16 October 1968
20.4 Jochen Eigenherr   Germany Mexico City, Mexico 16 October 1968
20.3 Philippe Clerc   Switzerland Zürich, Switzerland 4 July 1969
20.2 Valeriy Borzov   Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union 18 July 1971
20.2 Pietro Mennea   Italy Milan, Italy 17 June 1972
20.0 Valeriy Borzov   Soviet Union Munich, West Germany 4 September 1972

(*) Performance timed over 220 yards

Automatic timing

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Time Athlete Nationality Venue Date
20.00 Valeriy Borzov   Soviet Union Munich, West Germany 4 September 1972
19.96 Pietro Mennea   Italy Mexico City, Mexico 10 September 1979
19.72 Pietro Mennea   Italy Mexico City, Mexico 12 September 1979

References

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  1. ^ Athletix Archived 2013-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ European Athletics Archived 2007-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
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