1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
# 1986 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany, held at Neckarstadion on 28 and 29 August 1986.

## Medalists

| Gold | Vladimir Krylov Soviet Union |
| - | - |
| Silver | Jürgen Evers West Germany |
| Bronze | Andrey Fedoriv Soviet Union |

## Results

### Final

29 August Wind: 0.0 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Vladimir Krylov | Soviet Union | 20.52 |
| | Jürgen Evers | West Germany | 20.75 |
| | Andrey Fedoriv | Soviet Union | 20.84 |
| 4 | Thomas Schröder | East Germany | 20.89 |
| 5 | Allan Wells | United Kingdom | 20.89 |
| 6 | Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 20.91 |
| 7 | Olaf Prenzler | East Germany | 21.00 |
| 8 | Frank Emmelmann | East Germany | 21.03 |

### Semi-finals

28 August

**Semi-final 1**

Wind: 0 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vladimir Krylov | Soviet Union | 20.61 | Q |
| 2 | Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 20.66 | Q |
| 3 | Allan Wells | United Kingdom | 20.77 | Q |
| 4 | Frank Emmelmann | East Germany | 20.82 | Q |
| 5 | Pascal Barré | France | 20.88 | |
| 6 | Bruno Marie-Rose | France | 20.97 | |
| 7 | Volker Westhagemann | West Germany | 21.04 | |
| 8 | Luís Cunha | Portugal | 21.31 | |

**Semi-final 2**

Wind: 0 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Thomas Schröder | East Germany | 20.54 | Q |
| 2 | Jürgen Evers | West Germany | 20.58 | Q |
| 3 | Andrey Fedoriv | Soviet Union | 20.60 | Q |
| 4 | Olaf Prenzler | East Germany | 20.68 | Q |
| 5 | Linford Christie | United Kingdom | 20.69 | |
| 6 | Stefano Tilli | Italy | 20.74 | |
| 7 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni | Italy | 20.85 | |
| 8 | Einar Sagli | Norway | 21.23 | |

### Heats

28 August

**Heat 1**

Wind: -0.9 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Allan Wells | United Kingdom | 20.88 | Q |
| 2 | Andrey Fedoriv | Soviet Union | 20.90 | Q |
| 3 | Pierfrancesco Pavoni | Italy | 20.99 | Q |
| 4 | Thomas Schröder | East Germany | 21.03 | q |
| 5 | Jeroen Fischer | Belgium | 21.58 | |
| 6 | Lars Pedersen | Denmark | 21.75 | |
| 7 | Phil Snoddy | Ireland | 21.83 | |
| 8 | Markus Büchel | Liechtenstein | 22.23 | |

**Heat 2**

Wind: -1.7 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 20.72 | Q |
| 2 | Stefano Tilli | Italy | 20.79 | Q |
| 3 | Frank Emmelmann | East Germany | 21.15 | Q |
| 4 | Peter Eriksson | Sweden | 21.39 | |
| 5 | Arnaldo Abrantes | Portugal | 21.50 | |

**Heat 3**

Wind: -0.3 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Linford Christie | United Kingdom | 20.78 | Q |
| 2 | Olaf Prenzler | East Germany | 20.91 | Q |
| 3 | Volker Westhagemann | West Germany | 20.91 | Q |
| 4 | Bruno Marie-Rose | France | 20.97 | q |
| 5 | Einar Sagli | Norway | 21.34 | q |
| 6 | Pedro Agostinho | Portugal | 21.48 | |

**Heat 4**

Wind: -0.5 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jürgen Evers | West Germany | 20.64 | Q |
| 2 | Vladimir Krylov | Soviet Union | 20.69 | Q |
| 3 | Pascal Barré | France | 20.80 | Q |
| 4 | Luís Cunha | Portugal | 21.19 | q |
| 5 | Morten Kjems | Denmark | 21.84 | |
| | Todd Bennett | United Kingdom | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

* Belgium (1)
* Denmark (2)
* East Germany (3)
* France (2)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (2)
* Liechtenstein (1)
* Norway (1)
* Portugal (3)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Sweden (1)
* United Kingdom (3)
* West Germany (2)
