# 2014 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 14 and 15 August.
The event was won by Great Britain's Adam Gemili in 19.98 seconds. Christophe Lemaitre of France, the defending champion, came second just as he did in the 100 metres, and Serhiy Smelyk of Ukraine came third.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 19.19 | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 |
| European record | Pietro Mennea (ITA) | 19.72 | Mexico City, Mexico | 12 September 1979 |
| Championship record | Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE) | 19.85 | Munich, Germany | 9 August 2002 |
| World Leading | Justin Gatlin (USA) | 19.68 | Monaco | 18 July 2014 |
| European Leading | Christophe Lemaître (FRA) | 20.08 | Monaco | 18 July 2014 |
| Broken records during the 2014 European Athletics Championships |||||
| European Leading | Adam Gemili (GBR) | 19.98 | Zürich, Switzerland | 15 August 2014 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 14 August 2014 | 12:05 | Round 1 |
| 14 August 2014 | 20:15 | Semi-finals |
| 15 August 2014 | 21:50 | Final |

## Results
### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Serhiy Smelyk | Ukraine | 20.49 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Ramil Guliyev | Turkey | 20.59 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Ben Bassaw | France | 20.68 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Robin Erewa | Germany | 20.72 | q |
| 5 | 4 | Sergio Ruiz | Spain | 20.73 | q, SB |
| 6 | 7 | Enrico Demonte | Italy | 20.90 | |
| 7 | 1 | Petar Kremenski | Bulgaria | 21.75 | |
| 8 | 2 | Riste Pandev | Macedonia | 21.96 | |
| | | | | Wind: -1.5 m/s | Wind: -1.5 m/s |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Christophe Lemaitre | France | 20.43 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | James Ellington | Great Britain | 20.55 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Alex Wilson | Switzerland | 20.61 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 8 | Johan Wissman | Sweden | 20.82 | |
| 5 | 3 | İzzet Safer | Turkey | 21.06 | |
| 6 | 6 | David Lima | Portugal | 21.25 | |
| 7 | 5 | Fabian Haldner | Liechtenstein | 23.06 | |
| – | 1 | Julian Reus | Germany | DNS | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.4 m/s | Wind: +0.4 m/s |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Daniel Talbot | Great Britain | 20.63 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas | Greece | 20.64 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Diego Marani | Italy | 20.65 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Karol Zalewski | Poland | 20.76 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Nil de Oliveira | Sweden | 20.93 | |
| 6 | 5 | Kevin Moore | Malta | 21.03 | NR |
| 7 | 1 | Marek Niit | Estonia | 21.04 | |
| 8 | 7 | Jan Žumer | Slovenia | 21.47 | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.4 m/s | Wind: -0.4 m/s |

### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Adam Gemili | Great Britain | 20.39 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Eseosa Desalu | Italy | 20.55 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 8 | Churandy Martina | Netherlands | 20.60 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | Alex-Platini Menga | Germany | 20.71 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway | 20.78 | |
| 6 | 5 | Jonathan Åstrand | Finland | 21.03 | |
| 7 | 3 | Joel Burgunder | Switzerland | 21.24 | |
| 8 | 2 | Mikel de Sa | Andorra | 22.54 | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.2 m/s | Wind: -0.2 m/s |

### Semi-finals

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Christophe Lemaitre | France | 20.26 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Serhiy Smelyk | Ukraine | 20.32 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 7 | Diego Marani | Italy | 20.36 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 4 | Ramil Guliyev | Turkey | 20.38 | q, NR |
| 5 | 6 | James Ellington | Great Britain | 20.52 | |
| 6 | 8 | Alex Wilson | Switzerland | 20.76 | |
| 7 | 1 | Robin Erewa | Germany | 20.82 | |
| 8 | 2 | Sergio Ruiz | Spain | 20.85 | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.4 m/s | Wind: -0.4 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Adam Gemili | Great Britain | 20.23 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Churandy Martina | Netherlands | 20.40 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 5 | Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas | Greece | 20.40 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 1 | Karol Zalewski | Poland | 20.52 | q |
| 5 | 8 | Ben Bassaw | France | 20.62 | |
| 6 | 3 | Daniel Talbot | Great Britain | 20.62 | |
| 7 | 4 | Eseosa Desalu | Italy | 20.73 | |
| 8 | 2 | Alex-Platini Menga | Germany | 20.89 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.4 m/s | Wind: +0.4 m/s |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Adam Gemili | Great Britain | 19.98 | EL |
| | 3 | Christophe Lemaitre | France | 20.15 | |
| | 6 | Serhiy Smelyk | Ukraine | 20.30 | PB |
| 4 | 5 | Churandy Martina | Netherlands | 20.37 | SB |
| 5 | 7 | Diego Marani | Italy | 20.43 | |
| 6 | 1 | Ramil Guliyev | Turkey | 20.48 | |
| 7 | 8 | Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas | Greece | 20.53 | |
| 8 | 2 | Karol Zalewski | Poland | 20.58 | |
| | | | | Wind: -1.6 m/s | Wind: -1.6 m/s |