1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
5000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
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The men's 200 metres event at the 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6–7 March.^[1] It was the first time that this event was held at the European Athletics Indoor Championships.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Erwin Skamrahl  West Germany	István Nagy  Hungary	Michele Di Pace  Italy

The winner of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Karl-Heinz Weisenseel	West Germany	21.42	Q
1	6	István Nagy	Hungary	21.42	Q
3	6	Ingo Froböse	West Germany	21.43	q
4	4	Marcel Klarenbeek	Netherlands	21.47	q, NR
5	3	Vladimir Muravyov	Soviet Union	21.51	Q
6	1	Erwin Skamrahl	West Germany	21.58	Q
6	2	Michele Di Pace	Italy	21.58	Q
8	3	Luciano Caravani	Italy	21.67
9	2	Attila Kovács	Hungary	21.70
9	4	Per-Ola Olsson	Sweden	21.70
11	1	Ángel Heras	Spain	21.71
12	5	Franco Fähndrich	Switzerland	21.75	Q
13	2	Isidoro Hornillos	Spain	21.76
14	1	Earl Tulloch	Great Britain	21.77
15	5	István Tatár	Hungary	21.85
16	5	Josef Lomický	Czechoslovakia	21.92
17	6	Stefaan van Hamme	Belgium	21.96
18	6	Tommy Johansson	Sweden	22.03
19	3	Roland Jokl	Austria	22.09
20	2	Ralf Andersson	Sweden	22.30
21	4	Roland Marichal	Belgium	22.84

First 2 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Erwin Skamrahl	West Germany	21.32	Q
2	2	Ingo Froböse	West Germany	21.38	Q
3	1	István Nagy	Hungary	21.42	Q
4	1	Michele Di Pace	Italy	21.43	Q
5	2	Franco Fähndrich	Switzerland	21.52
6	2	Marcel Klarenbeek	Netherlands	21.70
7	1	Vladimir Muravyov	Soviet Union	21.96
8	1	Karl-Heinz Weisenseel	West Germany	22.03

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Erwin Skamrahl	West Germany	21.20
	2	István Nagy	Hungary	21.41
	3	Michele Di Pace	Italy	21.52
4	1	Ingo Froböse	West Germany	21.64