# 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Espoo, Finland, at Leppävaara Stadium on 15 and 16 July.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| European U23 record | Christophe Lemaitre (FRA) | 19.80 | Daegu, South Korea | 3 September 2011 |
| Championship U23 record | Ján Volko (SVK) | 20.33 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 15 July 2017 |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification rules: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.
Wind: Heat 1: +0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s, Heat 4: +2.7 m/s, Heat 5: +2.3 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Blessing Afrifah | Israel | 20.65 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Łukasz Żok | Poland | 20.74 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Raphael Bouju | Netherlands | 20.83 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Timothé Mumenthaler | Switzerland | 20.84 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Ioannis Kariofyllis | Greece | 20.84 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 2 | Xavi Mo-Ajok | Netherlands | 20.95 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | Ondřej Macík | Czech Republic | 20.97 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Marco Ricci | Italy | 20.98 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | Simon Wulff | Germany | 21.05 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Bradley Lestrade | Switzerland | 21.07 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Edoardo Luraschi | Italy | 21.10 | q, PB |
| 12 | 2 | James Hanson | Great Britain | 21.12 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Hugo Cerra | France | 21.12 | q |
| 14 | 5 | Andrej Skočir | Slovenia | 21.12 | q |
| 15 | 1 | Igor Bogaczyński | Poland | 21.13 | q |
| 16 | 5 | Colin Doyle | Ireland | 21.15 | |
| 17 | 2 | Vasileios Myrianthopoulos | Greece | 21.21 | |
| 18 | 1 | Jacopo Albertin | Italy | 21.23 | |
| 19 | 3 | Valtteri Louko | Finland | 21.26 | PB |
| 20 | 1 | Linus Pihl | Sweden | 21.27 | |
| 21 | 3 | Oskars Grava | Latvia | 21.28 | |
| 22 | 4 | Marcin Karolewski | Poland | 21.29 | Q |
| 23 | 1 | Jordan Jalce | France | 21.31 | |
| 24 | 3 | Robin Ganter | Germany | 21.32 | |
| 24 | 4 | Eduard Kubelík | Czech Republic | 21.32 | |
| 26 | 5 | Gabriel Maia | Portugal | 21.33 | |
| 27 | 2 | Oğuz Uyar | Turkey | 21.44 | |
| 28 | 1 | Simon Graf | Switzerland | 21.46 | |
| 29 | 4 | Jehan Anicet | France | 21.51 | |
| 30 | 2 | Jakub Nemec | Slovakia | 21.58 | |
| 31 | 4 | Robin Sapar | Estonia | 21.58 | |
| 32 | 4 | Kenny Emi Tijani-Ajayi | Norway | 21.63 | |
| 33 | 1 | Anthony Smith | Turkey | 21.67 | |
| 34 | 3 | Mikkel Linnemand Johansson | Denmark | 21.68 | |
| 35 | 4 | Aviv Koffler | Israel | 21.69 | |
| 36 | 2 | Beppe Grillo | Malta | 21.72 | |
| 37 | 5 | Kristupas Seikauskas | Lithuania | 22.07 | |
| | 4 | Felix Frühn | Germany | DQ | |
| | 5 | Ioannis Granitsiotis | Greece | DQ | |
| | 3 | Jaime Sancho | Spain | DQ | |

### Semi-final

Qualification rules: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
Wind: Heat 1: -3.2 m/s, Heat 2: -3.3 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Raphael Bouju | Netherlands | 21.07 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Blessing Afrifah | Israel | 21.14 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Xavi Mo-Ajok | Netherlands | 21.21 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Łukasz Żok | Poland | 21.28 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Marco Ricci | Italy | 21.28 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Ioannis Kariofyllis | Greece | 21.29 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Timothé Mumenthaler | Switzerland | 21.29 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Ondřej Macík | Czech Republic | 21.37 | q |
| 9 | 1 | James Hanson | Great Britain | 21.37 | |
| 10 | 2 | Hugo Cerra | France | 21.38 | |
| 11 | 2 | Simon Wulff | Germany | 21.43 | |
| 12 | 1 | Edoardo Luraschi | Italy | 21.46 | |
| 13 | 1 | Bradley Lestrade | Switzerland | 21.47 | |
| 14 | 2 | Andrej Skočir | Slovenia | 21.65 | |
| 15 | 2 | Marcin Karolewski | Poland | 21.94 | |
| 16 | 1 | Igor Bogaczyński | Poland | 25.85 | |

### Final

Wind: -1.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Country | Time |
| | 6 | Blessing Afrifah | Israel | 20.67 |
| | 5 | Raphael Bouju | Netherlands | 20.68 |
| | 4 | Timothé Mumenthaler | Switzerland | 20.85 |
| 4 | 3 | Marco Ricci | Italy | 20.96 |
| 5 | 1 | Ioannis Kariofyllis | Greece | 20.98 |
| 6 | 8 | Łukasz Żok | Poland | 21.05 |
| 7 | 2 | Ondřej Macík | Czech Republic | 21.35 |
| 8 | 7 | Xavi Mo-Ajok | Netherlands | 1:11.18 |