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2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

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Men's 200 metres
at the 2014 European Athletics Championships
VenueLetzigrund
LocationZurich
Dates
  • 14 August (heats & semi-finals)
  • 15 August (final)
Competitors32 from 22 nations
Winning time19.98
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    France
bronze medal    Ukraine
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The men's 200 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 14 and 15 August.

The event was won by Great Britain's Adam Gemili in 19.98 seconds. Christophe Lemaitre of France, the defending champion, came second just as he did in the 100 metres, and Serhiy Smelyk of Ukraine came third.

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2014 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  Justin Gatlin (USA) 19.68 Monaco 18 July 2014
European Leading  Christophe Lemaître (FRA) 20.08 Monaco 18 July 2014
Broken records during the 2014 European Athletics Championships
European Leading  Adam Gemili (GBR) 19.98 Zürich, Switzerland 15 August 2014

Schedule

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Date Time Round
14 August 2014 12:05 Round 1
14 August 2014 20:15 Semi-finals
15 August 2014 21:50 Final

Results

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Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Serhiy Smelyk  Ukraine 20.49 Q
2 6 Ramil Guliyev  Turkey 20.59 Q
3 8 Ben Bassaw  France 20.68 Q
4 3 Robin Erewa  Germany 20.72 q
5 4 Sergio Ruiz  Spain 20.73 q, SB
6 7 Enrico Demonte  Italy 20.90
7 1 Petar Kremenski  Bulgaria 21.75
8 2 Riste Pandev  Macedonia 21.96
Wind: -1.5 m/s

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Christophe Lemaitre  France 20.43 Q
2 2 James Ellington  Great Britain 20.55 Q
3 7 Alex Wilson  Switzerland 20.61 Q, SB
4 8 Johan Wissman  Sweden 20.82
5 3 İzzet Safer  Turkey 21.06
6 6 David Lima  Portugal 21.25
7 5 Fabian Haldner  Liechtenstein 23.06
1 Julian Reus  Germany DNS
Wind: +0.4 m/s

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Daniel Talbot  Great Britain 20.63 Q
2 2 Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas  Greece 20.64 Q
3 8 Diego Marani  Italy 20.65 Q
4 4 Karol Zalewski  Poland 20.76 q
5 3 Nil de Oliveira  Sweden 20.93
6 5 Kevin Moore  Malta 21.03 NR
7 1 Marek Niit  Estonia 21.04
8 7 Jan Žumer  Slovenia 21.47
Wind: -0.4 m/s

Heat 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Adam Gemili  Great Britain 20.39 Q
2 4 Eseosa Desalu  Italy 20.55 Q, PB
3 8 Churandy Martina  Netherlands 20.60 Q, SB
4 1 Alex-Platini Menga  Germany 20.71 q
5 7 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure  Norway 20.78
6 5 Jonathan Åstrand  Finland 21.03
7 3 Joel Burgunder  Switzerland 21.24
8 2 Mikel de Sa  Andorra 22.54
Wind: -0.2 m/s

Semi-finals

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First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Christophe Lemaitre  France 20.26 Q
2 3 Serhiy Smelyk  Ukraine 20.32 Q, PB
3 7 Diego Marani  Italy 20.36 Q, PB
4 4 Ramil Guliyev  Turkey 20.38 q, NR
5 6 James Ellington  Great Britain 20.52
6 8 Alex Wilson  Switzerland 20.76
7 1 Robin Erewa  Germany 20.82
8 2 Sergio Ruiz  Spain 20.85
Wind: -0.4 m/s

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Adam Gemili  Great Britain 20.23 Q
2 7 Churandy Martina  Netherlands 20.40 Q, SB
3 5 Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas  Greece 20.40 Q, PB
4 1 Karol Zalewski  Poland 20.52 q
5 8 Ben Bassaw  France 20.62
6 3 Daniel Talbot  Great Britain 20.62
7 4 Eseosa Desalu  Italy 20.73
8 2 Alex-Platini Menga  Germany 20.89
Wind: +0.4 m/s

Final

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The final
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Adam Gemili  Great Britain 19.98 EL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Christophe Lemaitre  France 20.15
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Serhiy Smelyk  Ukraine 20.30 PB
4 5 Churandy Martina  Netherlands 20.37 SB
5 7 Diego Marani  Italy 20.43
6 1 Ramil Guliyev  Turkey 20.48
7 8 Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas  Greece 20.53
8 2 Karol Zalewski  Poland 20.58
Wind: -1.6 m/s

References

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