1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
# 1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 29 and 30 August 1990.

## Medalists

| Gold | John Regis United Kingdom |
| - | - |
| Silver | Jean-Charles Trouabal France |
| Bronze | Linford Christie United Kingdom |

## Results

### Final

30 August Wind: 0.0 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | John Regis | United Kingdom | 20.11 |
| | Jean-Charles Trouabal | France | 20.31 |
| | Linford Christie | United Kingdom | 20.33 |
| 4 | Stefano Tilli | Italy | 20.66 |
| 5 | Nikolay Antonov | Bulgaria | 20.68 |
| 6 | Oleg Fatun | Soviet Union | 20.77 |
| 7 | Patrick Stevens | Belgium | 20.80 |
| 8 | Sandro Floris | Italy | 20.84 |

### Semi-finals

30 August

**Semi-final 1**

Wind: 0.5 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | John Regis | United Kingdom | 20.16 | Q |
| 2 | Jean-Charles Trouabal | France | 20.54 | Q |
| 3 | Nikolay Antonov | Bulgaria | 20.67 | Q |
| 4 | Stefano Tilli | Italy | 20.75 | Q |
| 5 | Marcus Adam | United Kingdom | 20.83 | |
| 5 | Alain Reimann | Switzerland | 21.07 | |
| 7 | Lars Pedersen | Denmark | 21.21 | |
| 8 | Enrique Talavera | Spain | 21.31 | |

**Semi-final 2**

Wind: 0.0 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Linford Christie | United Kingdom | 20.56 | Q |
| 2 | Sandro Floris | Italy | 20.72 | Q |
| 3 | Oleg Fatun | Soviet Union | 20.86 | Q |
| 4 | Patrick Stevens | Belgium | 20.95 | Q |
| 5 | Gilles Quénéhervé | France | 21.00 | |
| 6 | Peter Klein | West Germany | 21.01 | |
| 7 | Luís Barroso | Portugal | 21.25 | |
| 8 | Aham Okeke | Norway | 21.37 | |

### Heats

29 August

**Heat 1**

Wind: 1.1 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | John Regis | United Kingdom | 20.67 | Q |
| 2 | Gilles Quénéhervé | France | 20.87 | Q |
| 3 | Stefano Tilli | Italy | 20.92 | Q |
| 4 | Lars Pedersen | Denmark | 21.02 | Q |
| 5 | Enrique Talavera | Spain | 21.15 | q |
| 6 | Pedro Agostinho | Portugal | 21.16 | |
| 7 | Barış Özatman | Turkey | 21.47 | |

**Heat 2**

Wind: 3.4 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jean-Charles Trouabal | France | 20.45 w | Q |
| 2 | Oleg Fatun | Soviet Union | 20.56 w | Q |
| 3 | Nikolay Antonov | Bulgaria | 20.64 w | Q |
| 4 | Patrick Stevens | Belgium | 20.76 w | Q |
| 5 | Marcus Adam | United Kingdom | 20.79 w | q |
| 6 | Luís Barroso | Portugal | 20.89 w | q |
| 7 | Aham Okeke | Norway | 21.14 w | q |

**Heat 3**

Wind: 2.4 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sandro Floris | Italy | 20.47 w | Q |
| 2 | Alain Reimann | Switzerland | 20.81 w | Q |
| 3 | Linford Christie | United Kingdom | 20.85 w | Q |
| 4 | Peter Klein | West Germany | 20.87 w | Q |
| 5 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | 21.41 w | |
| 6 | Bruno Marie-Rose | France | 21.46 w | |
| | Luis Rodríguez | Spain | DNS | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

* Belgium (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* Denmark (1)
* France (3)
* Italy (2)
* Norway (1)
* Portugal (2)
* Soviet Union (1)
* Spain (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* Turkey (1)
* United Kingdom (3)
* West Germany (1)
