1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium
Location	Athens
Dates	18 September (heats) 19 September (semi-finals) 20 September (final)
Competitors	21 from 17 nations
Winning time	20.70
Medalists
Philippe Clerc     Switzerland   Hermann Burde    East Germany   Zenon Nowosz    Poland
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The men's 200 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18, 19, and 20 September 1969. ^[1]

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

•   Austria (1)
•   Bulgaria (1)
•   Czechoslovakia (3)
•   East Germany (2)
•   Finland (1)
•   France (1)
•   Great Britain (1)
•   Greece (1)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Luxembourg (1)
•   Norway (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Portugal (1)
•   Soviet Union (1)
•    Switzerland (2)
•   Yugoslavia (1)

Results

Heats

18 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ladislav Kříž	Czechoslovakia	21.4	Q
2	Predrag Križan	Yugoslavia	21.6	Q
3	Philippe Clerc	Switzerland	21.7	Q
4	Barcelo de Carvalho	Portugal	21.8	Q
5	Emile Jung	Luxembourg	22.2
			Wind: -2.3 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Pasqualino Abeti	Italy	21.4	Q
2	Hansruedi Wiedmer	Switzerland	21.4	Q
3	Jiří Kynos	Czechoslovakia	21.4	Q
4	Dave Dear	Great Britain	21.6	Q
5	Georgios Mikelidis	Greece	21.8
6	Trendafil Terziyski	Bulgaria	21.8
			Wind: -4.5 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Nikolay Ivanov	Soviet Union	21.6	Q
2	Axel Nepraunik	Austria	21.7	Q
3	Hermann Burde	East Germany	21.7	Q
4	László Mihályfi	Hungary	21.8	Q
5	Ole Bernt Skarstein	Norway	21.9
			Wind: -2.8 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Zenon Nowosz	Poland	21.2	Q
2	Philippe Guillet	France	21.3	Q
3	Hans-Jürgen Bombach	East Germany	21.3	Q
4	Luděk Bohman	Czechoslovakia	21.4	Q
5	Ossi Karttunen	Finland	21.4
			Wind: -2.8 m/s

Semi-finals

19 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Philippe Clerc	Switzerland	20.9	Q
2	Zenon Nowosz	Poland	20.9	Q
3	Hermann Burde	East Germany	21.0	Q
4	Pasqualino Abeti	Italy	21.1	Q
5	Luděk Bohman	Czechoslovakia	21.1
6	Predrag Križan	Yugoslavia	21.2
7	Ladislav Kříž	Czechoslovakia	21.3
8	László Mihályfi	Hungary	21.5
			Wind: -1.2 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hans-Jürgen Bombach	East Germany	21.2	Q
2	Jiří Kynos	Czechoslovakia	21.2	Q
3	Philippe Guillet	France	21.2	Q
4	Hansruedi Wiedmer	Switzerland	21.4	Q
5	Axel Nepraunik	Austria	21.5
6	Dave Dear	Great Britain	21.5
7	Nikolay Ivanov	Soviet Union	21.6
	Barcelo de Carvalho	Portugal	DNS
			Wind: -1.8 m/s

Final

20 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Philippe Clerc	Switzerland	20.70	CR
	Hermann Burde	East Germany	20.94
	Zenon Nowosz	Poland	20.96
4	Hans-Jürgen Bombach	East Germany	21.07
5	Jiří Kynos	Czechoslovakia	21.09
6	Hansruedi Wiedmer	Switzerland	21.14
7	Pasqualino Abeti	Italy	21.18
8	Philippe Guillet	France	21.22
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

References

1. "European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK" (PDF). European Athletics Association. pp. 405–412. Retrieved 13 August 2014.