# Athletics at the 1975 Summer Universiade – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1975 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 20 and 21 September.
Pietro Mennea's winning margin was an incredible 0.78 seconds which as of 2024 remains the greatest winning margin in the men's 200 metres at these championships and also the only time this event was won by more than 0.6 seconds at these championships since the introduction of fully automatic timing.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Pietro Mennea Italy | Robert Martin Canada | Thorsten Johansson Sweden |

## Results
### Heats

Held on 20 September
Wind: Heat 5: -1.4 m/s, Heat 6: +1.0 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Pietro Mennea | Italy | 21.01 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Thorsten Johansson | Sweden | 21.34 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Robert Martin | Canada | 21.39 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Claudiu Suselescu | Romania | 21.45 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Toma Petrescu | Romania | 21.48 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Luciano Caravani | Italy | 21.49 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | Sergey Vladimirtsev | Soviet Union | 21.49 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | Aleksandr Zhidkikh | Soviet Union | 21.53 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | Charles Ducasse | France | 21.61 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Roland Bombardella | Luxembourg | 21.67 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Uwe Schläfer | West Germany | 21.70 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | Albin Dukowski | Canada | 21.77 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Roger Jenkins | Great Britain | 21.79 | q |
| 14 | 4 | Reno Roelandt | Belgium | 21.82 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Günther Würfel | Austria | 21.84 | q |
| 15 | 4 | Grzegorz Mądry | Poland | 21.84 | |
| 15 | 6 | Jan Alończyk | Poland | 21.84 | |
| 18 | 4 | Jorge Mathias | Brazil | 21.89 | |
| 19 | 3 | Franco Fähndrich | Switzerland | 21.93 | |
| 20 | 5 | Peter Matejka | Austria | 22.03 | |
| 21 | 3 | Juan Jesús Sarrasqueta | Spain | 22.13 | |
| 22 | 6 | Henri Hermans | Belgium | 22.17 | |
| 23 | 1 | Abdulaziz Al-Hadba | Kuwait | 22.21 | |
| 24 | 1 | Arturo Godoy | Mexico | 22.26 | |
| 25 | 6 | Gilles Dautremer | France | 22.33 | |
| 26 | 3 | Tibor Nagy | Hungary | 22.43 | |
| 27 | 3 | Babak Mahmoudian | Iran | 22.56 | |
| 28 | 2 | Houshemy Yar Arshadi | Iran | 22.58 | |
| 29 | 1 | Albert Toro | Central African Republic | 22.61 | |
| 30 | 6 | José Antônio Rabaca | Brazil | 22.73 | |
| 31 | 2 | Thimotée Ngbangandimbo | Central African Republic | 22.85 | |
| 32 | 4 | Philippe Étienne | Haiti | 22.91 | |
| 33 | 2 | Miguel López | Central African Republic | 23.13 | |
| 34 | 5 | Wilfrid Cyriaque | Haiti | 23.51 | |
| 35 | 4 | S. Sotaravat | Thailand | 23.52 | |
| 36 | 2 | Mohamed Kamal | Kuwait | 23.76 | |
| 37 | 6 | Carlos Mejía | Honduras | 24.03 | |
| 38 | 3 | Carlos Rosales | Honduras | 24.68 | |

### Semifinals

Held on 21 September
Wind: Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Pietro Mennea | Italy | 21.11 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Robert Martin | Canada | 21.29 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Thorsten Johansson | Sweden | 21.30 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Sergey Vladimirtsev | Soviet Union | 21.42 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Charles Ducasse | France | 21.48 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Claudiu Suselescu | Romania | 21.49 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Luciano Caravani | Italy | 21.55 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Toma Petrescu | Romania | 21.58 | |
| 9 | 1 | Reno Roelandt | Belgium | 21.73 | |
| 9 | 2 | Uwe Schläfer | West Germany | 21.73 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Albin Dukowski | Canada | 21.77 | |
| 12 | 2 | Aleksandr Zhidkikh | Soviet Union | 21.89 | |
| 13 | 1 | Günther Würfel | Austria | 21.99 | |
| 13 | 2 | Roland Bombardella | Luxembourg | 21.99 | |
| 15 | 2 | Roger Jenkins | Great Britain | 22.03 | |

### Final

Held on 21 September
Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Pietro Mennea | Italy | 20.28 |
| | Robert Martin | Canada | 21.06 |
| | Thorsten Johansson | Sweden | 21.15 |
| 4 | Claudiu Suselescu | Romania | 21.21 |
| 5 | Sergey Vladimirtsev | Soviet Union | 21.44 |
| 6 | Charles Ducasse | France | 21.60 |
| 7 | Luciano Caravani | Italy | 21.61 |
| 8 | Uwe Schläfer | West Germany | 21.70 |