2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres
at the 2006 European Athletics Championships
VenueUllevi
LocationGothenburg
Dates
  • 9 August (heats & quarter-finals)
  • 10 August (semi-finals & final)
Competitors41 from 24 nations
Winning time20.01
Medalists
gold medal    Portugal
silver medal    Sweden
bronze medal    Great Britain
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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..

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 9, 2006 11:10 Round 1
August 9, 2006 19:35 Quarter-finals
August 10, 2006 19:15 Semi-finals
August 10, 2006 20:45 Final

Results

Round 1

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Quarter-finals.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 David Alerte  France 20.58 Q
2 Kristof Beyens  Belgium 20.61 Q, SB
3 Ruslan Abbasov  Azerbaijan 20.86 Q, NR
4 Morten Jensen  Denmark 20.94 Q
5 Panagiotis Sarris  Greece 20.99 q
6 Koura Kaba Fantoni  Italy 21.14
7 Marco Cribari  Switzerland 21.16
Wind: +1.7 m/s

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Marlon Devonish  Great Britain 20.53 Q, SB
2 Sebastian Ernst  Germany 20.67 Q, SB
3 Eddy De Lépine  France 20.70 Q, SB
4 Paul Brizzel  Ireland 20.84 Q, SB
5 Marcin Urbaś  Poland 20.87 q
6 Dmytro Hlushchenko  Ukraine 21.00 q
7 Tommi Hartonen  Finland 21.22
Wind: +1.8 m/s

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ivan Teplykh  Russia 20.71 Q, PB
2 Yordan Ilinov  Bulgaria 20.80 Q
3 Rikki Fifton  Great Britain 21.02 Q
4 Stefano Anceschi  Italy 21.04 Q
5 Patrick van Luijk  Netherlands 21.05 q
6 Johan Engberg  Sweden 21.12
7 Ronald Pognon  France DNS
Wind: +0.5 m/s

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Anastasios Gousis  Greece 20.64 Q
2 Paul Hession  Ireland 20.81 Q
3 Alessandro Cavallaro  Italy 20.82 Q, SB
4 Caimin Douglas  Netherlands 20.97 Q
5 Marc Schneeberger  Switzerland 21.06 q
6 Vojtěch Šulc  Czech Republic 21.07 q
Wind: -0.5 m/s

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Francis Obikwelu  Portugal 20.78 Q
2 Roman Smirnov  Russia 20.92 Q
3 Guus Hoogmoed  Netherlands 20.93 Q
4 Tim Abeyie  Great Britain 21.03 Q
5 Josué Mena  Spain 21.09 q
6 Jan Schiller  Czech Republic 21.12
7 Gary Ryan  Ireland 21.14
Wind: -1.1 m/s

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Johan Wissman  Sweden 20.66 Q
2 Matic Osovnikar  Slovenia 20.90 Q
3 Daniel Schnelting  Germany 20.90 Q, SB
4 Jiří Vojtík  Czech Republic 20.91 Q
5 Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé  Luxembourg 20.93 q
6 Florin Suciu  Romania 21.10
7 Josip Šoprek  Croatia 21.55
Wind: +0.4 m/s

Quarter-finals

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

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Marlon Devonish  Great Britain 20.67 Q
2 Sebastian Ernst  Germany 20.71 Q
3 Yordan Ilinov  Bulgaria 20.76 Q
4 Guus Hoogmoed  Netherlands 20.76 Q
5 Roman Smirnov  Russia 20.93
6 Panagiotis Sarris  Greece 21.04
7 Marcin Urbaś  Poland 21.39
Stefano Anceschi  Italy DQ
Wind: +0.6 m/s

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 David Alerte  France 20.68 Q
2 Kristof Beyens  Belgium 20.70 Q
3 Paul Hession  Ireland 20.80 Q
4 Jiří Vojtík  Czech Republic 20.90 Q
5 Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé  Luxembourg 20.96
6 Ruslan Abbasov  Azerbaijan 20.98
7 Tim Abeyie  Great Britain 21.17
Marc Schneeberger  Switzerland DNS
Wind: -0.1 m/s

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Johan Wissman  Sweden 20.68 Q
2 Rikki Fifton  Great Britain 20.73 Q
3 Ivan Teplykh  Russia 20.82 Q
4 Eddy De Lépine  France 21.00 Q
5 Dmytro Hlushchenko  Ukraine 21.07
6 Patrick van Luijk  Netherlands 21.46
7 Morten Jensen  Denmark 21.56
Daniel Schnelting  Germany DNS
Wind: -0.5 m/s

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Francis Obikwelu  Portugal 20.58 Q
2 Anastasios Gousis  Greece 20.68 Q
3 Matic Osovnikar  Slovenia 20.85 Q
4 Alessandro Cavallaro  Italy 20.91 Q
5 Josué Mena  Spain 21.09
6 Caimin Douglas  Netherlands 21.18
7 Vojtěch Šulc  Czech Republic 21.21
Paul Brizzel  Ireland DNF
Wind: -0.7 m/s

Semi-finals

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

Heat 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Francis Obikwelu  Portugal 20.36 Q
2 6 Johan Wissman  Sweden 20.38 Q, NR
3 7 Eddy De Lépine  France 20.70 Q, SB
4 5 Anastasios Gousis  Greece 20.76 Q
5 8 Guus Hoogmoed  Netherlands 20.80
6 4 Rikki Fifton  Great Britain 20.85
7 2 Yordan Ilinov  Bulgaria 21.00
8 1 Matic Osovnikar  Slovenia 21.08

Heat 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Marlon Devonish  Great Britain 20.60 Q
2 3 Kristof Beyens  Belgium 20.62 Q
3 5 David Alerte  France 20.69 Q
4 1 Ivan Teplykh  Russia 20.82 Q
5 7 Jiří Vojtík  Czech Republic 20.83
6 6 Sebastian Ernst  Germany 21.04
7 2 Paul Hession  Ireland 21.09
8 8 Alessandro Cavallaro  Italy 21.19

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Francis Obikwelu  Portugal 20.01 NR, EL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Johan Wissman  Sweden 20.38 =NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Marlon Devonish  Great Britain 20.54
4 6 Kristof Beyens  Belgium 20.57 SB
5 1 Ivan Teplykh  Russia 20.76
6 7 Eddy De Lépine  France 20.77
7 2 David Alerte  France 20.93
8 8 Anastasios Gousis  Greece 20.94