2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

Last updated August 17, 2024

Men's 200 metres
at the 2012 European Athletics Championships

Venue

Helsinki Olympic Stadium

Location

Dates

29 June (heats & semi-finals)
30 June (final)

Competitors

35 from 25 nations

Winning time

20.42

Medalists

	Churandy Martina	Netherlands
	Patrick van Luijk	Netherlands
	Daniel Talbot	Great Britain

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2012 European Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
v t e

The men's 200 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 29 and 30 June.

Contents

Records
Schedule
Results
Round 1
Semi-finals
Final
References

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record	Usain Bolt (JAM)	19.19	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
European record	Pietro Mennea (ITA)	19.72	Mexico City, Mexico	12 September 1979
Championship record	Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE)	19.85	Munich, Germany	9 August 2002
World Leading	Yohan Blake (JAM)	19.91	Kingston, Jamaica	5 May 2012
European Leading	Churandy Martina (NED)	19.94	New York City, United States	9 June 2012

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
29 June 2012	12:30	Round 1
29 June 2012	20:25	Semi-finals
30 June 2012	22:20	Final

Results

Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	20.61	Q
2	4	Ben Bassaw	France	20.73	Q
3	6	Diego Marani	Italy	20.89	Q
4	8	Bruno Hortelano	Spain	21.08	Q
5	2	Aliaksandr Linnik	Belarus	21.20	q
–	5	Rachid Chouhal	Malta	DNF
–	3	Serhiy Smelyk	Ukraine	DQ	TR 162.7
				Wind: -0.3 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	20.74	Q
2	5	Alex Wilson	Switzerland	20.75	Q
3	4	Nil de Oliveira	Sweden	20.78	Q, =PB
4	7	Sebastian Ernst	Germany	20.96	Q
5	2	Vojtěch Šulc	Czech Republic	21.17	q
6	8	Catalin Cîmpeanu	Romania	21.37
7	3	Jan Žumer	Slovenia	21.50
				Wind: -1.1 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	Patrick van Luijk	Netherlands	20.78	Q
2	8	Christopher Clarke	Great Britain	20.83	Q
3	5	Davide Manenti	Italy	20.84	Q
4	7	Petar Kremenski	Bulgaria	21.03	Q
5	4	Arnaldo Abrantes	Portugal	21.24	q
6	2	Fabian Haldner	Liechtenstein	23.32
–	3	Steven Colvert	Ireland	DQ	TR 163.3
				Wind: -0.5 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas	Greece	20.73	Q
2	7	Paul Hession	Ireland	20.75	Q, SB
3	2	Sven Knipphals	Germany	20.94	Q
4	3	Jonathan Åstrand	Finland	21.20	Q
5	6	Kiril Kirilov	Bulgaria	21.45
–	4	Ihor Bodrov	Ukraine	DQ	TR 163.3
				Wind: -0.1 m/s

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	3	Daniel Talbot	Great Britain	20.82	Q
2	6	Kamil Kryński	Poland	20.88	Q
3	7	Marek Niit	Estonia	20.93	Q, SB
4	2	Reto Schenkel	Switzerland	20.96	Q
5	8	Aleksandr Khyutte	Russia	21.27	q
6	5	Jerrel Feller	Netherlands	21.32
7	5	Jerai Torres	Gibraltar	22.31	PB
				Wind: +0.4 m/s

Semi-finals

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	20.63	Q
2	6	Christopher Clarke	Great Britain	20.90	Q
3	5	Ben Bassaw	France	20.91
4	8	Sven Knipphals	Germany	20.92
5	3	Kamil Kryński	Poland	20.93
6	7	Reto Schenkel	Switzerland	21.05
7	1	Aliaksandr Linnik	Belarus	21.43
–	2	Vojtěch Šulc	Czech Republic	DQ	TR 162.7
				Wind: -0.3 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Daniel Talbot	Great Britain	20.69	Q
2	3	Nil de Oliveira	Sweden	20.83	Q
3	8	Diego Marani	Italy	20.83	q
4	4	Paul Hession	Ireland	20.84	q
5	7	Sebastian Ernst	Germany	20.91
6	2	Jonathan Åstrand	Finland	21.27
7	1	Arnaldo Abrantes	Portugal	21.36
–	6	Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas	Greece	DQ	TR 163.3
				Wind: -0.1 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	Patrick van Luijk	Netherlands	20.68	Q
2	3	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	20.74	Q
3	4	Alex Wilson	Switzerland	20.87
4	5	Davide Manenti	Italy	21.07
5	7	Petar Kremenski	Bulgaria	21.08
6	2	Bruno Hortelano	Spain	21.35
7	8	Marek Niit	Estonia	21.44
–	1	Aleksandr Khyutte	Russia	DNS
				Wind: -1.7 m/s

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	3	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	20.42
	6	Patrick van Luijk	Netherlands	20.87
	5	Daniel Talbot	Great Britain	20.95
4	4	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	20.99
5	8	Nil de Oliveira	Sweden	21.11
6	7	Christopher Clarke	Great Britain	21.26
7	2	Diego Marani	Italy	21.26
8	1	Paul Hession	Ireland	21.27
				Wind: -0.9 m/s

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