1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres
at the 1954 European Athletics Championships
VenueStadion Neufeld
LocationBern
Dates
  • 28 August (heats & semi-finals)
  • 29 August (final)
Competitors30 from 18 nations
Winning time20.9
Medalists
gold medal    West Germany
silver medal    Soviet Union
bronze medal    Great Britain
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The men's 200 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 28 and 29 August 1954.[1]

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

Results

Heats

28 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 George Ellis  Great Britain 21.3 Q
2 Jan Carlsson  Sweden 21.3 Q, NR
3 Zdobysław Stawczyk  Poland 21.5
4 Gert Lemmes  Saar 22.0
5 Todori Yordanidis  Turkey 22.5

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ardalion Ignatyev  Soviet Union 21.5 Q
2 Ilarie Magdas  Romania 21.9 Q
3 Kaj Månsson  Sweden 21.9
4 Angel Gavrilov  Bulgaria 22.3
5 Kurt Heidrich  Saar 22.5
Leonhard Pohl  West Germany DQ

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Heinz Fütterer  West Germany 21.4 Q
2 Aad van Hardeveld  Netherlands 21.6 Q
3 Carlos Germonprez  Belgium 22.0
4 Josef Wimmer  Austria 22.1

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Brian Shenton  Great Britain 21.6 Q
2 Yuriy Konovalov  Soviet Union 21.8 Q
3 Angel Kolev  Bulgaria 21.9
4 Nikolaos Georgopoulos  Greece 22.2
5 Daniel Meneux  France 22.3
6 Muzaffer Selvi  Turkey 22.5

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ásmundur Bjarnason  Iceland 21.7 Q
2 Václav Janeček  Czechoslovakia 21.7 Q
3 József Senkei  Hungary 22.0
4 Jacques Vercruysse  Belgium 22.0
5 Pierre Coelembier  France 22.1
6 Willy Eichenberger   Switzerland 22.4

Heat 6

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Theo Saat  Netherlands 21.8 Q
2 Hans Wehrli   Switzerland 21.9 Q
3 Alexandru Stoenescu  Romania 22.4

Semi-finals

28 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 George Ellis  Great Britain 21.3 Q
2 Ardalion Ignatyev  Soviet Union 21.3 Q
3 Václav Janeček  Czechoslovakia 21.4 Q
4 Aad van Hardeveld  Netherlands 21.4
5 Hans Wehrli   Switzerland 21.6
6 Ilarie Magdas  Romania 21.8

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Heinz Fütterer  West Germany 21.1 Q, CR
2 Jan Carlsson  Sweden 21.4 Q
3 Brian Shenton  Great Britain 21.4 Q
4 Ásmundur Bjarnason  Iceland 21.6
5 Yuriy Konovalov  Soviet Union 21.7
6 Theo Saat  Netherlands 22.1

Final

29 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Heinz Fütterer  West Germany 20.9 CR, AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ardalion Ignatyev  Soviet Union 21.1 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) George Ellis  Great Britain 21.2 NR
4 Brian Shenton  Great Britain 21.3
5 Jan Carlsson  Sweden 21.5
6 Václav Janeček  Czechoslovakia 21.9
Wind: +0.1 m/s

References

  1. ^ "European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK" (PDF). European Athletics Association. pp. 377–384. Retrieved 13 August 2014.