The men's 200 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 4 and 6 September 1974.
Participation According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
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Results Heats 4 September Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Bruno Cherrier 20.96 2 Luigi Benedetti 21.11 3 Raymond Heerenveen 21.24 4 Chris Monk 21.25 5 Jaroslav Matoušek 21.36 6 Robert Tempel 21.51 7 Marek Bedyński 21.53 Wind: -0.1 m/s
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hans-Jürgen Bombach 21.04 2 Joseph Arame 21.09 3 Ainsley Bennett 21.13 4 Marian Woronin 21.60 Wind: -2.4 m/s
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Manfred Ommer 21.23 2 Pietro Mennea 21.24 3 Peter Muster 21.41 4 Petar Petrov 21.49 5 Tibor Farkas 22.06 Wind: +0.3 m/s
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hans-Joachim Zenk 21.30 2 Philippe Leroux 21.40 3 Steve Green 21.54 4 Luis Sarría 21.54 5 Zenon Nowosz 21.67 6 Marian Králik 21.67 Wind: +1.5 m/s
Heat 5 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Franz-Peter Hofmeister 21.03 2 Thorsten Johansson 21.34 3 Antti Rajamäki 21.48 4 Norberto Oliosi 21.54 5 Miguel Arnau 21.72 6 Jiří Kynos 22.38 Wind: +1.4 m/s
Semi-finals 6 September Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Hans-Jürgen Bombach 20.81 2 Manfred Ommer 20.92 3 Bruno Cherrier 20.94 4 Antti Rajamäki 20.97 5 Luigi Benedetti 21.11 6 Philippe Leroux 21.22 7 Thorsten Johansson 21.26 8 Chris Monk 21.32 Wind: -1.6 m/s
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Pietro Mennea 20.83 2 Franz-Peter Hofmeister 21.09 3 Joseph Arame 21.16 4 Ainsley Bennett 21.23 5 Raymond Heerenveen 21.44 6 Hans-Joachim Zenk 21.46 7 Steve Green 21.52 8 Peter Muster 77.41 Wind: +0.5 m/s
Final 6 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Pietro Mennea 20.60 Manfred Ommer 20.76 Hans-Jürgen Bombach 20.83 4 Joseph Arame 20.87 5 Franz-Peter Hofmeister 20.93 6 Bruno Cherrier 21.02 7 Ainsley Bennett 21.29 Antti Rajamäki Wind: -0.8 m/s
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