2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 29 and 30 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Christophe Lemaitre France (FRA) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Christian Malcolm Great Britain (GBR) |
| Bronze | Martial Mbandjock France (FRA) |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 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 | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 19.56 | Kingston, Jamaica | 1 May 2010 |
| European Leading | Christophe Lemaître (FRA) | 20.16 | Valence, France | 10 July 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 29 July 2010 | 11:30 | Round 1 |
| 29 July 2010 | 19:55 | Semifinals |
| 30 July 2010 | 19:25 | Final |

## Results

### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 6 | Christian Malcolm | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.190 | 20.63 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Kamil Kryński | Poland (POL) | 0.184 | 20.81 | Q, =PB |
| 3 | 4 | Martial Mbandjock | France (FRA) | 0.192 | 20.83 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Ihor Bodrov | Ukraine (UKR) | 0.187 | 20.98 | |
| 5 | 8 | Jiří Vojtík | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0.179 | 21.02 | |
| 6 | 7 | Jan Žumer | Slovenia (SLO) | 0.174 | 21.17 | |
| 7 | 2 | Izzet Safer | Turkey (TUR) | 0.192 | 21.41 | |
| 8 | 1 | Yordan Ilinov | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0.203 | 21.65 | |
| | | | | Wind: -1.6 m/s | Wind: -1.6 m/s | Wind: -1.6 m/s |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 7 | Christophe Lemaitre | France (FRA) | 0.229 | 20.64 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Arnaldo Abrantes | Portugal (POR) | 0.222 | 20.87 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.181 | 20.93 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Daniel Schnelting | Germany (GER) | 0.236 | 20.98 | |
| 5 | 6 | Petr Szetei | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0.188 | 21.06 | |
| 6 | 1 | Ryan Moseley | Austria (AUT) | 0.147 | 21.07 | |
| 7 | 5 | Matic Osovnikar | Slovenia (SLO) | 0.177 | 21.36 | =SB |
| 8 | 3 | Alex Wilson | Switzerland (SUI) | 0.148 | 21.40 | |
| | | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway (NOR) | 0.203 | 20.60 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | David Alerte | France (FRA) | 0.250 | 20.70 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Johan Wissman | Sweden (SWE) | 0.219 | 20.79 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Marc Schneeberger | Switzerland (SUI) | 0.165 | 20.80 | q |
| 5 | 8 | Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko | Russia (RUS) | 0.242 | 20.95 | q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | Matteo Galvan | Italy (ITA) | 0.174 | 20.96 | |
| 7 | 3 | Steven Colvert | Ireland (IRL) | 0.181 | 21.14 | |
| 8 | 6 | Piotr Wiaderek | Poland (POL) | 0.202 | 21.20 | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.6 m/s | Wind: -0.6 m/s | Wind: -0.6 m/s |

**Heat 4**

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.167 | 20.68 | Q, =SB |
| 2 | 5 | Paul Hession | Ireland (IRL) | 0.162 | 20.69 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Sebastian Ernst | Germany (GER) | 0.185 | 20.72 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas | Greece (GRE) | 0.159 | 20.74 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Jonathan Åstrand | Finland (FIN) | 0.170 | 20.78 | q, PB |
| 6 | 4 | Dmitriy Glushchenko | Israel (ISR) | 0.248 | 21.09 | |
| 7 | 8 | Gregor Kokalovic | Slovenia (SLO) | 0.223 | 21.24 | |
| | 3 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal (POR) | | DNS | |
| | | | | Wind: 0.2 m/s | Wind: 0.2 m/s | Wind: 0.2 m/s |

**Summary**

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | 2 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway (NOR) | 0.203 | 20.60 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | Christian Malcolm | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.190 | 20.63 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 7 | Christophe Lemaitre | France (FRA) | 0.229 | 20.64 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.167 | 20.68 | Q, =SB |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Paul Hession | Ireland (IRL) | 0.162 | 20.69 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | David Alerte | France (FRA) | 0.250 | 20.70 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Sebastian Ernst | Germany (GER) | 0.185 | 20.72 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 7 | Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas | Greece (GRE) | 0.159 | 20.74 | q |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Jonathan Åstrand | Finland (FIN) | 0.170 | 20.78 | q, PB |
| 10 | 3 | 4 | Johan Wissman | Sweden (SWE) | 0.219 | 20.79 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 7 | Marc Schneeberger | Switzerland (SUI) | 0.165 | 20.80 | q |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | Kamil Kryński | Poland (POL) | 0.184 | 20.81 | Q, =PB |
| 13 | 1 | 4 | Martial Mbandjock | France (FRA) | 0.192 | 20.83 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | 8 | Arnaldo Abrantes | Portugal (POR) | 0.222 | 20.87 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.181 | 20.93 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 8 | Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko | Russia (RUS) | 0.242 | 20.95 | q, PB |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Matteo Galvan | Italy (ITA) | 0.174 | 20.96 | |
| 18 | 1 | 5 | Ihor Bodrov | Ukraine (UKR) | 0.187 | 20.98 | |
| 18 | 2 | 4 | Daniel Schnelting | Germany (GER) | 0.236 | 20.98 | |
| 20 | 1 | 8 | Jiří Vojtík | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0.179 | 21.02 | |
| 21 | 2 | 6 | Petr Szetei | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0.188 | 21.06 | |
| 22 | 2 | 1 | Ryan Moseley | Austria (AUT) | 0.147 | 21.07 | |
| 23 | 4 | 4 | Dmitriy Glushchenko | Israel (ISR) | 0.248 | 21.09 | |
| 24 | 3 | 3 | Steven Colvert | Ireland (IRL) | 0.181 | 21.14 | |
| 25 | 1 | 7 | Jan Žumer | Slovenia (SLO) | 0.174 | 21.17 | |
| 26 | 3 | 6 | Piotr Wiaderek | Poland (POL) | 0.202 | 21.20 | |
| 27 | 4 | 8 | Gregor Kokalovic | Slovenia (SLO) | 0.223 | 21.24 | |
| 28 | 2 | 5 | Matic Osovnikar | Slovenia (SLO) | 0.177 | 21.36 | =SB |
| 29 | 2 | 3 | Alex Wilson | Switzerland (SUI) | 0.148 | 21.40 | |
| 30 | 1 | 2 | Izzet Safer | Turkey (TUR) | 0.192 | 21.41 | |
| 31 | 1 | 1 | Yordan Ilinov | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0.203 | 21.65 | |
| | 4 | 3 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal (POR) | | DNS | |

### Semifinals

First 3 in each heat and 2 best performers advance to the Final.

**Semifinal 1**

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway (NOR) | 0.178 | 20.50 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.169 | 20.55 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 8 | Martial Mbandjock | France (FRA) | 0.195 | 20.62 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Paul Hession | Ireland (IRL) | 0.182 | 20.67 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas | Greece (GRE) | 0.181 | 20.75 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko | Russia (RUS) | 0.246 | 20.88 | PB |
| 7 | 6 | Arnaldo Abrantes | Portugal (POR) | 0.247 | 20.88 | |
| 8 | 7 | Sebastian Ernst | Germany (GER) | 0.236 | 20.95 | |
| | | | | Wind: 1.2 m/s | Wind: 1.2 m/s | Wind: 1.2 m/s |

**Semifinal 2**

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 6 | Christophe Lemaitre | France (FRA) | 0.235 | 20.39 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Christian Malcolm | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.193 | 20.58 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | David Alerte | France (FRA) | 0.233 | 20.59 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Johan Wissman | Sweden (SWE) | 0.222 | 20.77 | |
| 5 | 3 | Kamil Kryński | Poland (POL) | 0.195 | 20.81 | =PB |
| 6 | 1 | Jonathan Åstrand | Finland (FIN) | 0.167 | 20.81 | |
| 7 | 2 | Marc Schneeberger | Switzerland (SUI) | 0.156 | 20.82 | |
| 8 | 7 | Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.200 | 20.85 | |
| | | | | Wind: 0.8 m/s | Wind: 0.8 m/s | Wind: 0.8 m/s |

**Summary**

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 6 | Christophe Lemaitre | France (FRA) | 0.235 | 20.39 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway (NOR) | 0.178 | 20.50 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.169 | 20.55 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Christian Malcolm | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.193 | 20.58 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | David Alerte | France (FRA) | 0.233 | 20.59 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 8 | Martial Mbandjock | France (FRA) | 0.195 | 20.62 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Paul Hession | Ireland (IRL) | 0.182 | 20.67 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas | Greece (GRE) | 0.181 | 20.75 | q |
| 9 | 2 | 8 | Johan Wissman | Sweden (SWE) | 0.222 | 20.77 | |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Kamil Kryński | Poland (POL) | 0.195 | 20.81 | =PB |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Jonathan Åstrand | Finland (FIN) | 0.167 | 20.81 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Marc Schneeberger | Switzerland (SUI) | 0.156 | 20.82 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.200 | 20.85 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko | Russia (RUS) | 0.246 | 20.88 | PB |
| 15 | 1 | 6 | Arnaldo Abrantes | Portugal (POR) | 0.247 | 20.88 | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Sebastian Ernst | Germany (GER) | 0.236 | 20.95 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Christophe Lemaitre | France (FRA) | 0.187 | 20.37 | |
| | 6 | Christian Malcolm | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.176 | 20.38 | SB |
| | 8 | Martial Mbandjock | France (FRA) | 0.170 | 20.42 | |
| 4 | 3 | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 0.157 | 20.62 | |
| 5 | 4 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway (NOR) | 0.187 | 20.63 | |
| 6 | 2 | Paul Hession | Ireland (IRL) | 0.161 | 20.71 | |
| 7 | 1 | Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas | Greece (GRE) | 0.184 | 20.90 | |
| 8 | 7 | David Alerte | France (FRA) | 0.223 | 1:27.24 | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.8 m/s | Wind: -0.8 m/s | Wind: -0.8 m/s |
