1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Location	Helsinki
Dates	12 August (heats & semi-finals) 13 August (final)
Competitors	28 from 18 nations
Winning time	20.31
Medalists
Valeriy Borzov    Soviet Union   Franz-Peter Hofmeister    West Germany   Jörg Pfeifer    East Germany
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The men's 200 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 12 and 13 August 1971. ^[1]

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

•   Belgium (1)
•   Czechoslovakia (3)
•   Denmark (1)
•   East Germany (2)
•   Finland (1)
•   France (3)
•   Great Britain (1)
•   Iceland (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   Soviet Union (3)
•   Spain (2)
•   Sweden (1)
•    Switzerland (2)
•   Turkey (1)
•   West Germany (2)
•   Yugoslavia (1)

Results

Heats

12 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	West Germany	20.92	Q
2	Jörg Pfeifer	East Germany	21.35	Q
3	Zenon Nowosz	Poland	21.47	Q
4	Aleksey Chebykin	Soviet Union	21.58	Q
5	José Luis Sánchez Paraíso	Spain	21.60
6	Ladislav Kříž	Czechoslovakia	21.71
7	Bjarni Stefánsson	Iceland	21.97

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Aleksandr Zhidkikh	Soviet Union	21.35	Q
2	Charles Ducasse	France	21.40	Q
3	Philippe Clerc	Switzerland	21.53	Q
4	Luděk Bohman	Czechoslovakia	21.61	Q
5	Jean-Pierre Borlée	Belgium	21.68
6	Ertuğrul Oğulbolan	Turkey	22.1

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gérard Fenouil	France	21.14	Q
2	Pietro Mennea	Italy	21.20	Q
3	Siegfried Schenke	East Germany	21.32	Q
4	Reto Diezi	Switzerland	21.47	Q
5	Karl Honz	West Germany	21.52
6	Ossi Karttunen	Finland	21.64
7	Predrag Križan	Yugoslavia	21.87
8	Alexandru Munteanu	Romania	22.11

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	21.16	Q
2	Joseph Arame	France	21.44	Q
3	Jiří Kynos	Czechoslovakia	21.54	Q
4	Luis Sarría	Spain	21.56	Q
5	Søren Viggo Pedersen	Denmark	21.69
6	Martin Reynolds	Great Britain	21.71
7	Bo Söderberg	Sweden	21.91

Semi-finals

12 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	20.86	Q
2	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	West Germany	20.93	Q
3	Aleksandr Zhidkikh	Soviet Union	21.04	Q
4	Siegfried Schenke	East Germany	21.21	Q
5	Luis Sarría	Spain	21.35
6	Joseph Arame	France	21.43
7	Reto Diezi	Switzerland	21.53
8	Jiří Kynos	Czechoslovakia	21.54
			Wind: -0.2 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gérard Fenouil	France	21.15	Q
2	Pietro Mennea	Italy	21.23	Q
3	Philippe Clerc	Switzerland	21.25	Q
4	Jörg Pfeifer	East Germany	21.29	Q
5	Luděk Bohman	Czechoslovakia	21.37
6	Charles Ducasse	France	21.40
7	Aleksey Chebykin	Soviet Union	21.45
8	Zenon Nowosz	Poland	21.56

Final

13 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	20.31	CR
	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	West Germany	20.71
	Jörg Pfeifer	East Germany	20.73
4	Siegfried Schenke	East Germany	20.74
5	Philippe Clerc	Switzerland	20.86
6	Pietro Mennea	Italy	20.88
7	Gérard Fenouil	France	20.92
8	Aleksandr Zhidkikh	Soviet Union	21.23

References

1. "European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK" (PDF). European Athletics Association. pp. 412–420. Retrieved 13 August 2014.