The men's 200 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 14 and 15 August.

The event was won by Great Britain's Adam Gemili in 19.98 seconds. Christophe Lemaitre of France, the defending champion, came second just as he did in the 100 metres, and Serhiy Smelyk of Ukraine came third.

Records Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics ChampionshipsWorld record19.19Berlin, Germany20 August 2009European record19.72Mexico City, Mexico12 September 1979Championship record19.85Munich, Germany9 August 2002World Leading19.68Monaco18 July 2014European Leading20.08Monaco18 July 2014Broken records during the 2014 European Athletics ChampionshipsEuropean Leading19.98Zürich, Switzerland15 August 2014

Schedule Date Time Round 14 August 2014 12:05 Round 1 14 August 2014 20:15 Semi-finals 15 August 2014 21:50 Final

Results Heat 1 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes15Serhiy Smelyk20.4926Ramil Guliyev20.5938Ben Bassaw20.6843Robin Erewa20.7254Sergio Ruiz20.73, 67Enrico Demonte20.9071Petar Kremenski21.7582Riste Pandev21.96 Wind: -1.5 m/s

Heat 2 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes14Christophe Lemaitre20.4322James Ellington20.5537Alex Wilson20.61, 48Johan Wissman20.8253İzzet Safer21.0666David Lima21.2575Fabian Haldner23.061Julian Reus Wind: +0.4 m/s

Heat 3 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes16Daniel Talbot20.6322Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas20.6438Diego Marani20.6544Karol Zalewski20.7653Nil de Oliveira20.9365Kevin Moore21.0371Marek Niit21.0487Jan Žumer21.47 Wind: -0.4 m/s

Heat 4 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes16Adam Gemili20.3924Eseosa Desalu20.55, 38Churandy Martina20.60, 41Alex-Platini Menga20.7157Jaysuma Saidy Ndure20.7865Jonathan Åstrand21.0373Joel Burgunder21.2482Mikel de Sa22.54 Wind: -0.2 m/s

Semi-finals First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final. Heat 1 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes15Christophe Lemaitre20.2623Serhiy Smelyk20.32, 37Diego Marani20.36, 44Ramil Guliyev20.38, 56James Ellington20.5268Alex Wilson20.7671Robin Erewa20.8282Sergio Ruiz20.85 Wind: -0.4 m/s

Heat 2 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes16Adam Gemili20.2327Churandy Martina20.40, 35Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas20.40, 41Karol Zalewski20.5258Ben Bassaw20.6263Daniel Talbot20.6274Eseosa Desalu20.7382Alex-Platini Menga20.89 Wind: +0.4 m/s

Final

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 4 Adam Gemili 19.98 3 Christophe Lemaitre 20.15 6 Serhiy Smelyk 20.30 4 5 Churandy Martina 20.37 5 7 Diego Marani 20.43 6 1 Ramil Guliyev 20.48 7 8 Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas 20.53 8 2 Karol Zalewski 20.58 Wind: -1.6 m/s

References

Round 1 Results Semifinal Results Final Results