1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres
# 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 9–10 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Erik Wijmeersch Belgium | Alexios Alexopoulos Greece | Torbjörn Eriksson Sweden |

## Results

### Heats

The winner of each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest runners-up (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Alexios Alexopoulos | Greece | 20.93 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Torbjörn Eriksson | Sweden | 21.14 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Erik Wijmeersch | Belgium | 21.23 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Thomas Sbokos | Greece | 21.26 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Allyn Condon | Great Britain | 21.27 | q |
| 6 | 4 | Holger Blume | Germany | 21.36 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Anton Ivanov | Bulgaria | 21.52 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | Martin Lachkovics | Austria | 21.52 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | Christophe Cheval | France | 21.53 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain | 21.54 | q |
| 11 | 6 | Aleksandr Streltsov | Ukraine | 21.57 | |
| 12 | 3 | Patrick van Balkom | Netherlands | 21.63 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Gonzalo Corroto | Spain | 21.66 | q |
| 14 | 5 | Reşat Oğuz | Turkey | 22.29 | |
| | 1 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | DQ | |
| | 2 | Robert Maćkowiak | Poland | DQ | |
| | 4 | Doug Turner | Great Britain | DQ | |
| | 4 | Sergejs Inšakovs | Latvia | DQ | |
| | 5 | Andrey Fedoriv | Russia | DQ | |
| | 6 | Vadim Zadoinov | Moldova | DNF | |
| | 3 | Marc Blume | Germany | DNS | |
| | 7 | Bülent Eren | Turkey | DNS | |

### Semifinals

The winner of each semifinal (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final. The subsequent 4 fastest qualified for the B final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Torbjörn Eriksson | Sweden | 21.10 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Erik Wijmeersch | Belgium | 21.11 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Thomas Sbokos | Greece | 21.12 | q |
| 4 | 1 | Holger Blume | Germany | 21.13 | qB |
| 5 | 3 | Alexios Alexopoulos | Greece | 21.20 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Allyn Condon | Great Britain | 21.34 | qB |
| 7 | 1 | Christophe Cheval | France | 21.38 | qB |
| 7 | 3 | Anton Ivanov | Bulgaria | 21.38 | qB |
| 9 | 3 | Martin Lachkovics | Austria | 21.41 | |
| 10 | 2 | Patrick van Balkom | Netherlands | 21.69 | |
| 11 | 1 | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain | 21.86 | |
| 12 | 3 | Gonzalo Corroto | Spain | 21.99 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Erik Wijmeersch | Belgium | 21.04 |
| | Alexios Alexopoulos | Greece | 21.05 |
| | Torbjörn Eriksson | Sweden | 21.07 |
| 4 | Thomas Sbokos | Greece | 21.74 |

**B final**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Holger Blume | Germany | 21.42 |
| 2 | Anton Ivanov | Bulgaria | 21.45 |
| 3 | Christophe Cheval | France | 21.58 |
| | Allyn Condon | Great Britain | DNS |
