1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
# 1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 August 1946.

## Medalists

| Gold | Nikolay Karakulov Soviet Union |
| - | - |
| Silver | Haakon Tranberg Norway |
| Bronze | Jiří David Czechoslovakia |

## Results

### Final

24 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Nikolay Karakulov | Soviet Union | 21.6 | NR |
| | Haakon Tranberg | Norway | 21.7 | |
| | Jiří David | Czechoslovakia | 21.8 | |
| 4 | Stig Danielsson | Sweden | 21.9 | |
| 5 | Julien Lebas | France | 22.0 | |
| 6 | Jack Archer | Great Britain | 22.0 | |

### Semi-finals

24 August

**Semi-final 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jack Archer | Great Britain | 22.0 | Q |
| 2 | Jiří David | Czechoslovakia | 22.1 | Q |
| 3 | Nikolay Karakulov | Soviet Union | 22.1 | Q |
| 4 | Agathon Lepève | France | 22.2 | |
| 5 | Mirko Paráček | Czechoslovakia | 22.7 | |
| | Chris van Osta | Netherlands | DNS | |

**Semi-final 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stig Danielsson | Sweden | 22.0 | Q |
| 2 | Haakon Tranberg | Norway | 22.0 | Q |
| 3 | Julien Lebas | France | 22.1 | Q |
| 4 | Fernand Bourgaux | Belgium | 22.2 | |
| 5 | Carlo Monti | Italy | 22.2 | |
| 6 | Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson | Iceland | 22.3 | |

### Heats

24 August

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nikolay Karakulov | Soviet Union | 21.9 | Q |
| 2 | Stig Danielsson | Sweden | 21.9 | Q |
| 3 | Carlo Monti | Italy | 22.3 | Q |
| 4 | Gabe Scholten | Netherlands | 22.4 | |
| 5 | Roman Sienicki | Poland | 23.6 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jiří David | Czechoslovakia | 22.3 | Q |
| 2 | Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson | Iceland | 22.4 | Q |
| 3 | Chris van Osta | Netherlands | 22.5 | Q |
| 4 | Gerhard Fehrm | Sweden | 22.7 | |
| 5 | Vanes Montanari | Italy | 24.1 | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Julien Lebas | France | 22.2 | Q |
| 2 | Jack Archer | Great Britain | 22.2 | Q |
| 3 | Fernand Bourgaux | Belgium | 22.7 | Q |
| 4 | Børge Stougaard | Denmark | 22.8 | |
| 5 | Egon Solymossy | Hungary | 23.1 | |
| 6 | Marko Račič | Yugoslavia | 23.6 | |

**Heat 4**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Haakon Tranberg | Norway | 22.1 | Q |
| 2 | Agathon Lepève | France | 22.3 | Q |
| 3 | Mirko Paráček | Czechoslovakia | 22.5 | Q |
| 4 | François Braekman | Belgium | 22.6 | |
| 5 | Józef Rutkowski | Poland | 22.8 | |
| 6 | Robert Roach | Great Britain | 23.1 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

* Belgium (2)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* Denmark (1)
* France (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Italy (2)
* Netherlands (2)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (2)
* Soviet Union (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Great Britain (2)
* Yugoslavia (1)
