2025 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships
Venue	Fana Stadion
Location	Bergen, Norway
Dates	18 July (heats) 19 July (semi-finals & final)
Competitors	26 from 21 nations
Winning time	20.64
Medalists
Blessing Afrifah    Israel   Damiano Dentato    Italy   Jaime Sancho    Spain
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The men's 200 metres event at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Bergen, Norway, at Fana Stadion on 18 and 19 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Record	Athlete (nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
European U23 record	Christophe Lemaitre  (FRA)	19.80	Daegu, South Korea	3 September 2011
Championship U23 record	Ján Volko  (SVK)	20.33	Bydgoszcz, Poland	15 July 2017

Results

Heats

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals. ^[3]

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Damiano Dentato	Italy	20.74	Q
2	Erik Erlandsson	Sweden	20.89	Q
3	Kenny Emi Tijani-Ajayi  [ no ]	Norway	20.93	Q, PB
4	Jurij Beber	Slovenia	20.99	q, PB
5	Mathieu Chèvre	Switzerland	21.01	q
6	Balázs Mészáros	Hungary	21.24	q
[4]			Wind: (−1.4 m/s)

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Igor Bogaczyński  [ de; es ]	Poland	20.71	Q
2	Filippo Cappelletti	Italy	21.02	Q
3	Ábel Takács	Hungary	21.40	Q, SB
4	Justin Rennert	Germany	21.45
5	Remus Andrei Niculiță	Romania	21.48
—	Jeriel Quainoo	Great Britain	DQ	TR 17.2.3
—	Beppe Grillo  [ de; it; no ]	Malta	DNS
[5]			Wind: (−0.8 m/s)

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Linus Pihl	Sweden	21.20	Q
2	Deniz Kaan Kartal	Turkey	21.28	Q
3	Jaime Sancho	Spain	21.31	Q
4	Waly Bathily	France	21.39
5	Andrew Egan	Ireland	21.77
6	Neloo Falck	Denmark	24.64
[6]			Wind: (−3.0 m/s)

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Blessing Afrifah	Israel	20.92	Q
2	Eduardo Longobardi	Italy	21.14	Q
3	Timo Spiering	Netherlands	21.16	Q
4	Gabriel Maia	Portugal	21.20	q
5	Andrej Skočir  [ de; no ]	Slovenia	21.28
6	Valtteri Louko  [ fi ]	Finland	21.55
7	Filip Federič  [ de ]	Slovakia	21.71
[7]			Wind: (−2.7 m/s)

Semi-finals

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final. ^[8]

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Blessing Afrifah	Israel	20.59	Q
2	Damiano Dentato	Italy	20.78	Q
3	Jaime Sancho	Spain	20.84	Q
4	Erik Erlandsson	Sweden	20.89	q
5	Timo Spiering	Netherlands	20.92	q
6	Eduardo Longobardi	Italy	20.96
7	Mathieu Chèvre	Switzerland	21.14
8	Balázs Mészáros	Hungary	21.59
[9]			Wind: (−1.4 m/s)

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Igor Bogaczyński  [ de; es ]	Poland	20.83	Q
2	Filippo Cappelletti	Italy	20.86	Q
3	Linus Pihl	Sweden	20.96	Q, SB
4	Kenny Emi Tijani-Ajayi  [ no ]	Norway	20.98
5	Deniz Kaan Kartal	Turkey	21.02
6	Gabriel Maia	Portugal	21.15
7	Jurij Beber	Slovenia	21.38
8	Ábel Takács	Hungary	21.53
[10]			Wind: (−0.3 m/s)

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Blessing Afrifah	Israel	20.64
	Damiano Dentato	Italy	20.69
	Jaime Sancho	Spain	20.76
4	Erik Erlandsson	Sweden	20.80
5	Timo Spiering	Netherlands	20.82	PB
6	Filippo Cappelletti	Italy	20.85
7	Linus Pihl	Sweden	20.90	PB
8	Igor Bogaczyński  [ de; es ]	Poland	20.93
[11]			Wind: (−0.7 m/s)

References

1. "2025 U23 European Athletics Championships Bergen schedule". Etusuora. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
2. "European Athletics U23 Championships 2025 - Results & Schedule". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
3. "Men's 200 metres - Round 1 - Start list" (PDF). European Athletics. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
4. "Men's 200 metres - Round 1 - Heat 1/4 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
5. "Men's 200 metres - Round 1 - Heat 2/4 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
6. "Men's 200 metres - Round 1 - Heat 3/4 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
7. "Men's 200 metres - Round 1 - Heat 4/4 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
8. "Men's 200 metres - Semi-finals - Start list" (PDF). European Athletics. 18 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
9. "Men's 200 metres - Semi-finals - Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
10. "Men's 200 metres - Semi-finals - Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). European Athletics. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
11. "Men's 200 metres - Final results" (PDF). European Athletics. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.