2005 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 200 metres
# 2005 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2005 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Erfurt, Germany, at Steigerwaldstadion on 15 and 17 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | David Alerte France |
| - | - |
| Silver | Sebastian Ernst Germany |
| Bronze | Koura Kaba Fantoni Italy |

## Results

### Final

17 July Wind: 1.3 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | David Alerte | France | 20.47 |
| | Sebastian Ernst | Germany | 20.58 |
| | Koura Kaba Fantoni | Italy | 20.71 |
| 4 | Rikki Fifton | United Kingdom | 20.73 |
| 5 | Till Helmke | Germany | 20.78 |
| 6 | Yordan Ilinov | Bulgaria | 20.78 |
| 7 | Florin Suciu | Romania | 20.88 |
| 8 | Idrissa M'Barke | France | 21.13 |

### Heats

15 July Qualified: first 2 in each heat and 2 best to the Final

**Heat 1**

Wind: 0.1 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Till Helmke | Germany | 20.76 | Q |
| 2 | Yordan Ilinov | Bulgaria | 20.91 | Q |
| 3 | Ivan Teplykh | Russia | 21.12 | |
| 4 | Kamil Masztak | Poland | 21.14 | |
| 5 | Manuel Nivollet | France | 21.34 | |

**Heat 2**

Wind: 0.2 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sebastian Ernst | Germany | 20.54 | Q |
| 2 | Koura Kaba Fantoni | Italy | 20.79 | Q |
| 3 | Rikki Fifton | United Kingdom | 20.81 | q |
| 4 | Idrissa M'Barke | France | 21.08 | q |
| 5 | Piotr Wiaderek | Poland | 21.33 | |
| 6 | Rudolf Götz | Czech Republic | 21.35 | |

**Heat 3**

Wind: -0.8 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | David Alerte | France | 20.69 | Q |
| 2 | Florin Suciu | Romania | 20.91 | Q |
| 3 | Florian Rentz | Germany | 21.23 | |
| 4 | Paweł Ptak | Poland | 21.36 | |
| 5 | José María García-Borreguero | Spain | 21.53 | |
| 6 | Valentin Bulychov | Azerbaijan | 21.92 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

* Azerbaijan (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* France (3)
* Germany (3)
* Italy (1)
* Poland (3)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (1)
* Spain (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
