1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres
# 1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1985 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 2 and 3 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Stefano Tilli Italy | Olaf Prenzler East Germany | Aleksandr Yevgenyev Soviet Union |

## Results

### Heats

The winner from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 21.14 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Daniel Sangouma | France | 21.14 | q |
| 3 | 1 | Stefano Tilli | Italy | 21.15 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Olaf Prenzler | East Germany | 21.15 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Carlo Simionato | Italy | 21.23 | q |
| 6 | 4 | Antonio Sánchez | Spain | 21.36 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Roland Jokl | Austria | 21.39 | q |
| 8 | 6 | Ade Mafe | Great Britain | 21.40 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | István Nagy | Hungary | 21.41 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | Rolf Kistner | West Germany | 21.42 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Linford Christie | Great Britain | 21.50 | |
| 12 | 5 | Earl Tulloch | Great Britain | 21.65 | |
| 13 | 2 | Aleksandar Popović | Yugoslavia | 21.73 | |
| 13 | 3 | Thomas Wild | Switzerland | 21.73 | |
| 15 | 4 | Frank Pilgram | West Germany | 21.80 | |
| 16 | 1 | Georgios Vamvakas | Greece | 21.94 | |
| 17 | 1 | Tore Bergan | Norway | 21.94 | |
| 18 | 4 | Kosmas Stratos | Greece | 22.02 | |
| 19 | 5 | Per-Ola Olsson | Sweden | 22.08 | |
| 20 | 2 | Pedro Agostinho | Portugal | 22.16 | |
| 21 | 3 | Kenth Rönn | Sweden | 22.25 | |
| 22 | 6 | Georgios Kaikis | Greece | 22.34 | |
| 23 | 6 | Luís Cunha | Portugal | 22.34 | |
| 24 | 2 | Ioannis Ioannou | Cyprus | 22.57 | |
| 25 | 3 | Jean-Claude Gengler | Luxembourg | 22.58 | |
| | 1 | Attila Kovács | Hungary | DNS | |

### Semifinals

First 2 from each semifinal (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Olaf Prenzler | East Germany | 20.81 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 1 | Stefano Tilli | Italy | 20.96 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 20.97 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | István Nagy | Hungary | 21.03 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Carlo Simionato | Italy | 21.16 | |
| 6 | 1 | Daniel Sangouma | France | 21.21 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Rolf Kistner | West Germany | 21.22 | |
| 8 | 1 | Antonio Sánchez | Spain | 21.23 | |
| 9 | 2 | Ade Mafe | Great Britain | 21.38 | |
| 10 | 1 | Roland Jokl | Austria | 21.67 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Stefano Tilli | Italy | 20.77 | CR |
| | Olaf Prenzler | East Germany | 20.83 | |
| | Aleksandr Yevgenyev | Soviet Union | 20.95 | |
| 4 | Daniel Sangouma | France | 21.13 | |
| 5 | István Nagy | Hungary | 21.53 | |
