2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

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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..

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Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Francis Obikwelu
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Johan Wissman
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Marlon Devonish
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

Schedule

DateTimeRound
August 9, 200611:10 Round 1
August 9, 200619:35 Round 2
August 10, 200619:15 Semifinals
August 10, 200620:45 Final

Results

KEY:QQualifiedqFastest non-qualifiersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Round 1

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Round 2.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 Marlon Devonish Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 20.53Q, SB
21 David Alerte Flag of France.svg  France 20.58Q
31 Kristof Beyens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 20.61Q, SB
44 Anastasios Gousis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 20.64Q
56 Johan Wissman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 20.66Q
62 Sebastian Ernst Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 20.67Q, SB
72 Eddy De Lépine Flag of France.svg  France 20.70Q, SB
83 Ivan Teplykh Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 20.71Q, PB
95 Francis Obikwelu Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 20.78Q
103 Yordan Ilinov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 20.80Q
114 Paul Hession Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 20.81Q
124 Alessandro Cavallaro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20.82Q, SB
132 Paul Brizzel Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 20.84Q, SB
141 Ruslan Abbasov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 20.86Q, NR
152 Marcin Urbaś Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 20.87q
166 Matic Osovnikar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 20.90Q
176 Daniel Schnelting Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 20.90Q, SB
186 Jiří Vojtík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 20.91Q
195 Roman Smirnov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 20.92Q
205 Guus Hoogmoed Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 20.93Q
206 Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 20.93q
221 Morten Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 20.94Q
234 Caimin Douglas Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 20.97Q
241 Panagiotis Sarris Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 20.99q
252 Dmytro Hlushchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 21.00q
263 Rikki Fifton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 21.02Q
275 Tim Abeyie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 21.03Q
283 Stefano Anceschi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 21.04Q
293 Patrick van Luijk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 21.05q
304 Marc Schneeberger Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 21.06q
314 Vojtěch Šulc Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 21.07q
325 Josué Mena Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 21.09q
336 Florin Suciu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 21.10
343 Johan Engberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 21.12
355 Jan Schiller Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 21.12
361 Koura Kaba Fantoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 21.14
375 Gary Ryan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 21.14
381 Marco Cribari Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 21.16
392 Tommi Hartonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 21.22
406 Josip Šoprek Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 21.55
3 Ronald Pognon Flag of France.svg  France DNS

Round 2

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the semifinals.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
14 Francis Obikwelu Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 20.58Q
21 Marlon Devonish Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 20.67Q
32 David Alerte Flag of France.svg  France 20.68Q
33 Johan Wissman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 20.68Q
34 Anastasios Gousis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 20.68Q
62 Kristof Beyens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 20.70Q
71 Sebastian Ernst Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 20.71Q
83 Rikki Fifton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 20.73Q
91 Yordan Ilinov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 20.76Q
101 Guus Hoogmoed Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 20.76Q
112 Paul Hession Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 20.80Q
123 Ivan Teplykh Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 20.82Q
134 Matic Osovnikar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 20.85Q
142 Jiří Vojtík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 20.90Q
154 Alessandro Cavallaro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20.91Q
161 Roman Smirnov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 20.93
172 Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 20.96
182 Ruslan Abbasov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 20.98
193 Eddy De Lépine Flag of France.svg  France 21.00Q
201 Panagiotis Sarris Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 21.04
213 Dmytro Hlushchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 21.07
224 Josué Mena Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 21.09
232 Tim Abeyie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 21.17
244 Caimin Douglas Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 21.18
254 Vojtěch Šulc Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 21.21
261 Marcin Urbaś Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 21.39
273 Patrick van Luijk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 21.46
283 Morten Jensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 21.56
2 Marc Schneeberger Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland DNS
3 Daniel Schnelting Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNS
4 Paul Brizzel Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland DNF
1 Stefano Anceschi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DSQ

Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityReactTimeNotes
13 Francis Obikwelu Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0.20820.36Q
26 Johan Wissman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0.18020.38Q, NR
37 Eddy De Lépine Flag of France.svg  France 0.20720.70Q, SB
45 Anastasios Gousis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0.16320.76Q
58 Guus Hoogmoed Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0.19320.80
64 Rikki Fifton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 0.15420.85
72 Yordan Ilinov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 0.16521.00
81 Matic Osovnikar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 0.20121.08

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityReactTimeNotes
14 Marlon Devonish Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 0.14620.60Q
23 Kristof Beyens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0.15020.62Q
35 David Alerte Flag of France.svg  France 0.19820.69Q
41 Ivan Teplykh Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0.15420.82Q
57 Jiří Vojtík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0.19120.83
66 Sebastian Ernst Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0.17221.04
72 Paul Hession Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 0.28021.09
88 Alessandro Cavallaro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0.17021.19

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityReactTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Francis Obikwelu Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0.16620.01 NR, EL
Silver medal icon.svg4 Johan Wissman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0.17820.38 =NR
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Marlon Devonish Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 0.14920.54
46 Kristof Beyens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0.17020.57SB
51 Ivan Teplykh Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0.17420.76
67 Eddy De Lépine Flag of France.svg  France 0.20920.77
72 David Alerte Flag of France.svg  France 0.19320.93
88 Anastasios Gousis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0.15320.94

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