# 1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece, held at Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" on 8 and 9 September 1982.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
* Bulgaria (1)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* East Germany (3)
* Finland (1)
* France (3)
* Great Britain (1)
* Hungary (2)
* Italy (3)
* Poland (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* West Germany (2)

## Results
### Heats

8 September

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Frank Emmelmann | East Germany | 20.87 | Q |
| 2 | Cameron Sharp | Great Britain | 20.96 | Q |
| 3 | Pascal Barré | France | 21.09 | Q |
| 4 | Luciano Caravani | Italy | 21.25 | q |
| 5 | Stanislav Sajdok | Czechoslovakia | 21.29 | q |
| 6 | László Babály | Hungary | 21.39 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.1 m/s | Wind: -0.1 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hermann Lomba | France | 20.90 | Q |
| 2 | István Nagy | Hungary | 21.00 | Q |
| 3 | Detlef Kübeck | East Germany | 21.03 | Q |
| 4 | Sergey Sokolov | Soviet Union | 21.15 | q |
| 5 | Peter Klein | West Germany | 21.32 | |
| 6 | Zenon Licznerski | Poland | 21.36 | |
| 7 | Peter Muster | Switzerland | 31.10 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.8 m/s | Wind: -0.8 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vladimir Muravyov | Soviet Union | 20.96 | Q |
| 2 | Giovanni Bongiorni | Italy | 21.02 | Q |
| 3 | Olaf Prenzler | East Germany | 21.13 | Q |
| 4 | Kimmo Saaristo | Finland | 21.38 | |
| 5 | Per-Ola Olsson | Sweden | 21.72 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.2 m/s | Wind: -0.2 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Pascal Barré | France | 21.03 | Q |
| 2 | Erwin Skamrahl | West Germany | 21.04 | Q |
| 3 | František Břečka | Czechoslovakia | 21.11 | Q |
| 4 | Carlo Simionato | Italy | 21.25 | q |
| 5 | Ángel Heras | Spain | 21.37 | |
| 6 | Nikolay Markov | Bulgaria | 21.73 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.6 m/s | Wind: +0.6 m/s |

### Semi-finals

8 September

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Frank Emmelmann | East Germany | 20.80 | Q |
| 2 | István Nagy | Hungary | 20.82 | Q |
| 3 | Patrick Barré | France | 20.93 | Q |
| 4 | Vladimir Muravyov | Soviet Union | 20.95 | Q |
| 5 | Pascal Barré | France | 20.99 | |
| 6 | Carlo Simionato | Italy | 21.04 | |
| 7 | František Břečka | Czechoslovakia | 21.17 | |
| 8 | Luciano Caravani | Italy | 21.24 | |
| | | | Wind: -1.1 m/s | Wind: -1.1 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Olaf Prenzler | East Germany | 20.58 | Q |
| 2 | Erwin Skamrahl | West Germany | 20.61 | Q |
| 3 | Cameron Sharp | Great Britain | 20.62 | Q |
| 4 | Sergey Sokolov | Soviet Union | 20.68 | Q |
| 5 | Detlef Kübeck | East Germany | 20.80 | |
| 6 | Hermann Lomba | France | 20.82 | |
| 7 | Giovanni Bongiorni | Italy | 21.04 | |
| 8 | Stanislav Sajdok | Czechoslovakia | 21.17 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.7 m/s | Wind: +0.7 m/s |

### Final

9 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Olaf Prenzler | East Germany | 20.46 | |
| | Cameron Sharp | Great Britain | 20.47 | |
| | Frank Emmelmann | East Germany | 20.60 | |
| 4 | Erwin Skamrahl | West Germany | 20.60 | |
| 5 | István Nagy | Hungary | 20.62 | |
| 6 | Patrick Barré | France | 20.75 | |
| 7 | Vladimir Muravyov | Soviet Union | 20.76 | |
| 8 | Sergey Sokolov | Soviet Union | 20.81 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.6 m/s | Wind: -0.6 m/s |