The men's 200 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 9 and August 10. Obikwelu completed the sprinters' double, leading comfortably out of the last curve and continuing all the way to the finish. Wissman took silver in a time level with the national record. Devonish faded in the end and just managed to hold on to third in front of Belgian Kristof Beyens.
Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 9, 2006 11:10 Round 1August 9, 2006 19:35 Quarter-finalsAugust 10, 2006 19:15 Semi-finalsAugust 10, 2006 20:45 Final
Results Round 1 Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Quarter-finals.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1David Alerte20.582Kristof Beyens20.61, 3Ruslan Abbasov20.86, 4Morten Jensen20.945Panagiotis Sarris20.996Koura Kaba Fantoni21.147Marco Cribari21.16 Wind: +1.7 m/s
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1Marlon Devonish20.53, 2Sebastian Ernst20.67, 3Eddy De Lépine20.70, 4Paul Brizzel20.84, 5Marcin Urbaś20.876Dmytro Hlushchenko21.007Tommi Hartonen21.22 Wind: +1.8 m/s
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1Ivan Teplykh20.71, 2Yordan Ilinov20.803Rikki Fifton21.024Stefano Anceschi21.045Patrick van Luijk21.056Johan Engberg21.127Ronald Pognon Wind: +0.5 m/s
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1Anastasios Gousis20.642Paul Hession20.813Alessandro Cavallaro20.82, 4Caimin Douglas20.975Marc Schneeberger21.066Vojtěch Šulc21.07 Wind: -0.5 m/s
Heat 5 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1Francis Obikwelu20.782Roman Smirnov20.923Guus Hoogmoed20.934Tim Abeyie21.035Josué Mena21.096Jan Schiller21.127Gary Ryan21.14 Wind: -1.1 m/s
Heat 6 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1Johan Wissman20.662Matic Osovnikar20.903Daniel Schnelting20.90, 4Jiří Vojtík20.915Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé20.936Florin Suciu21.107Josip Šoprek21.55 Wind: +0.4 m/s
Quarter-finals Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the semifinals. Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1Marlon Devonish20.672Sebastian Ernst20.713Yordan Ilinov20.764Guus Hoogmoed20.765Roman Smirnov20.936Panagiotis Sarris21.047Marcin Urbaś21.39Stefano Anceschi Wind: +0.6 m/s
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1David Alerte20.682Kristof Beyens20.703Paul Hession20.804Jiří Vojtík20.905Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé20.966Ruslan Abbasov20.987Tim Abeyie21.17Marc Schneeberger Wind: -0.1 m/s
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1Johan Wissman20.682Rikki Fifton20.733Ivan Teplykh20.824Eddy De Lépine21.005Dmytro Hlushchenko21.076Patrick van Luijk21.467Morten Jensen21.56Daniel Schnelting Wind: -0.5 m/s
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1Francis Obikwelu20.582Anastasios Gousis20.683Matic Osovnikar20.854Alessandro Cavallaro20.915Josué Mena21.096Caimin Douglas21.187Vojtěch Šulc21.21Paul Brizzel Wind: -0.7 m/s
Semi-finals First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.
Heat 1 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Francis Obikwelu 20.36 2 6 Johan Wissman 20.38 , 3 7 Eddy De Lépine 20.70 , 4 5 Anastasios Gousis 20.76 5 8 Guus Hoogmoed 20.80 6 4 Rikki Fifton 20.85 7 2 Yordan Ilinov 21.00 8 1 Matic Osovnikar 21.08
Heat 2 Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Marlon Devonish 20.60 2 3 Kristof Beyens 20.62 3 5 David Alerte 20.69 4 1 Ivan Teplykh 20.82 5 7 Jiří Vojtík 20.83 6 6 Sebastian Ernst 21.04 7 2 Paul Hession 21.09 8 8 Alessandro Cavallaro 21.19
Final
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Francis Obikwelu 20.01 , 4 Johan Wissman 20.38 = 3 Marlon Devonish 20.54 4 6 Kristof Beyens 20.57 5 1 Ivan Teplykh 20.76 6 7 Eddy De Lépine 20.77 7 2 David Alerte 20.93 8 8 Anastasios Gousis 20.94
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