# 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 17 and 18 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Toby Sandeman United Kingdom |
| Silver | Alex-Platini Menga Germany |
| Bronze | Igor Bodrov Ukraine |

## Results
### Final

18 July Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Toby Sandeman | United Kingdom | 20.37 |
| | Alex-Platini Menga | Germany | 20.59 |
| | Igor Bodrov | Ukraine | 20.61 |
| 4 | Matteo Galvan | Italy | 20.62 |
| 5 | Marek Niit | Estonia | 20.88 |
| 6 | Dmytro Ostrovskyy | Ukraine | 20.90 |
| 7 | Richard Kilty | United Kingdom | 20.93 |
| 8 | Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux | France | 21.13 |

### Semifinals

18 July Qualified: first 4 each to Final

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Toby Sandeman | United Kingdom | 20.80 | Q |
| 2 | Igor Bodrov | Ukraine | 20.95 | Q |
| 3 | Matteo Galvan | Italy | 20.98 | Q |
| 4 | Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux | France | 21.07 | Q |
| 5 | Mickaël Arminana | France | 21.08 | |
| 6 | Visa Hongisto | Finland | 21.28 | |
| 7 | Miloš Savić | Serbia | 21.57 | |
| 8 | Edgar Pérez | Spain | 21.68 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alex-Platini Menga | Germany | 20.61 | Q |
| 2 | Marek Niit | Estonia | 20.88 | Q |
| 3 | Richard Kilty | United Kingdom | 20.99 | Q |
| 4 | Dmytro Ostrovskyy | Ukraine | 21.03 | Q |
| 5 | Kamil Kryński | Poland | 21.11 | |
| 6 | Bruno Naprix | France | 21.35 | |
| 7 | Ali Ekber Kayaş | Turkey | 21.45 | |
| 8 | Reto Schenkel | Switzerland | 21.45 | |

### Heats

17 July Qualified: first 3 each heat and 4 best to Semifinals

#### Heat 1

Wind: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marek Niit | Estonia | 20.95 | Q |
| 2 | Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux | France | 21.05 | Q |
| 3 | Kamil Kryński | Poland | 21.10 | Q |
| 4 | Pascal Mancini | Switzerland | 21.41 | |
| 5 | Teo Turchi | Italy | 21.74 | |
| | Rytis Sakalauskas | Lithuania | DNS | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Toby Sandeman | United Kingdom | 20.87 | Q |
| 2 | Matteo Galvan | Italy | 20.91 | Q |
| 3 | Mickaël Arminana | France | 21.25 | Q |
| 4 | Ali Ekber Kayaş | Turkey | 21.38 | q |
| 5 | Javier Sanz | Spain | 21.83 | |
| 6 | Pavel Setin | Azerbaijan | 21.96 | |
| | Gil Sheleg | Israel | DQ | Rule 163.3 |

#### Heat 3

Wind: 0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alex-Platini Menga | Germany | 20.70 | Q |
| 2 | Dmytro Ostrovskyy | Ukraine | 21.03 | Q |
| 3 | Visa Hongisto | Finland | 21.17 | Q |
| 4 | Miloš Savić | Serbia | 21.40 | q |
| 5 | Egidijus Dilys | Lithuania | 21.43 | |
| 6 | Davide Pelizzoli | Italy | 21.44 | |
| | Elvijs Misāns | Latvia | DNS | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: 0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Igor Bodrov | Ukraine | 20.94 | Q |
| 2 | Richard Kilty | United Kingdom | 21.19 | Q |
| 3 | Bruno Naprix | France | 21.27 | Q |
| 4 | Reto Schenkel | Switzerland | 21.41 | q |
| 5 | Edgar Pérez | Spain | 21.41 | q |
| 6 | George Cristian Vulcu | Romania | 21.75 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Estonia (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (3)
* Germany (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (3)
* Lithuania (1)
* Poland (1)
* Romania (1)
* Serbia (1)
* Spain (2)
* Switzerland (2)
* Turkey (1)
* Ukraine (2)
* United Kingdom (2)