1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
# 1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 20 and 21 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Douglas Walker Great Britain |
| - | - |
| Silver | Douglas Turner Great Britain |
| Bronze | Julian Golding Great Britain |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
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### Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Julian Golding | Great Britain | 20.39 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 4 | Rodrigue Nordin | France | 20.52 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Troy Douglas | Netherlands | 20.55 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 1 | Christophe Cheval | France | 20.59 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Douglas Turner | Great Britain | 20.63 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Geir Moen | Norway | 20.64 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Douglas Walker | Great Britain | 20.67 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | 20.74 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Prodromos Katsantonis | Cyprus | 20.76 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Gary Ryan | Ireland | 20.76 | Q, SB |
| 11 | 4 | Torbjörn Eriksson | Sweden | 20.85 | q, SB |
| 12 | 3 | Patrick van Balkom | Netherlands | 20.88 | q |
| 13 | 4 | Petko Yankov | Bulgaria | 20.89 | q |
| 14 | 2 | Alessandro Attene | Italy | 20.95 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Erik Wijmeersch | Belgium | 21.02 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Georgios Panagiotopoulos | Greece | 21.05 | q |
| 17 | 2 | Manuel Milde | Germany | 21.08 | |
| 18 | 1 | Daniel Bittner | Germany | 21.09 | |
| 18 | 2 | Tommy Kafri | Israel | 21.09 | |
| 20 | 3 | Reşat Oğuz | Turkey | 21.10 | |
| 21 | 1 | Martin Morkes | Czech Republic | 21.14 | |
| 21 | 2 | Harri Kivelä | Finland | 21.14 | |
| 23 | 1 | Piotr Balcerzak | Poland | 21.22 | |
| 23 | 4 | Javier Navarro | Spain | 21.22 | |
| 25 | 3 | Panagiotis Sarris | Greece | 21.24 | |
| 26 | 4 | Paul Brizzel | Ireland | 21.25 | |
| 27 | 2 | Martin Brinarský | Slovakia | 21.32 | |
| 28 | 1 | Martin Plesnicar | Slovenia | 21.35 | |
| 29 | 2 | Kevin Widmer | Switzerland | 21.37 | |
| 30 | 3 | Mario Bonello | Malta | 21.65 | |
| | 3 | Marcin Urbaś | Poland | DNF | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Julian Golding | Great Britain | 20.61 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Troy Douglas | Netherlands | 20.65 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Douglas Walker | Great Britain | 20.74 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Prodromos Katsantonis | Cyprus | 20.80 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Christophe Cheval | France | 20.87 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Douglas Turner | Great Britain | 20.89 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Rodrigue Nordin | France | 21.00 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Torbjörn Eriksson | Sweden | 21.00 | |
| 9 | 2 | Geir Moen | Norway | 21.01 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Alessandro Attene | Italy | 21.04 | |
| 10 | 2 | Patrick van Balkom | Netherlands | 21.04 | |
| 12 | 2 | Petko Yankov | Bulgaria | 21.08 | |
| 13 | 2 | Anninos Marcoullides | Cyprus | 21.14 | |
| 14 | 1 | Georgios Panagiotopoulos | Greece | 21.15 | |
| 15 | 2 | Gary Ryan | Ireland | 21.28 | |
| | 1 | Erik Wijmeersch | Belgium | DSQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Douglas Walker | Great Britain | 20.53 |
| | Douglas Turner | Great Britain | 20.64 |
| | Julian Golding | Great Britain | 20.72 |
| 4 | Geir Moen | Norway | 20.78 |
| 5 | Rodrigue Nordin | France | 20.83 |
| 6 | Christophe Cheval | France | 20.91 |
| 7 | Prodromos Katsantonis | Cyprus | 21.24 |
| | Troy Douglas | Netherlands | DSQ |
