# 1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 25, 26 and 27 August 1950.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
* Belgium (2)
* Denmark (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Great Britain (2)
* Greece (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Italy (2)
* Luxembourg (2)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (2)
* Yugoslavia (1)

## Results
### Heats

25 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Étienne Bally | France | 21.6 | Q |
| 2 | Stig Danielsson | Sweden | 22.4 | Q |
| 3 | Fred Hammer | Luxembourg | 22.5 | |
| 4 | Jaakko Suikkari | Finland | 22.7 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.2 m/s | Wind: +0.2 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Brian Shenton | Great Britain | 21.5 | Q |
| 2 | Jan Lammers | Netherlands | 22.0 | Q |
| 3 | Knud Schibsbye | Denmark | 22.1 | |
| 4 | Hector Gosset | Belgium | 22.6 | |
| | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mario Colarossi | Italy | 22.4 | Q |
| 2 | Willy Burgisser | Switzerland | 22.5 | Q |
| | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yves Camus | France | 22.0 | Q |
| 2 | Angelo Moretti | Italy | 22.0 | Q |
| 3 | John Gregory | Great Britain | 22.1 | |
| 4 | Henry Johansen | Norway | 22.1 | |
| 5 | Jean-Petit Hammer | Luxembourg | 22.9 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.7 m/s | Wind: +0.7 m/s |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Petar Pecelj | Yugoslavia | 22.0 | Q |
| 2 | Levan Sanadze | Soviet Union | 22.1 | Q |
| 3 | Fernand Linssen | Belgium | 22.4 | |
| 4 | Knut Moum | Norway | 22.6 | |
| 5 | Michail Tsokalis | Greece | 22.8 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.2 m/s | Wind: +0.2 m/s |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vladimir Sukharev | Soviet Union | 21.9 | Q |
| 2 | Ásmundur Bjarnason | Iceland | 22.0 | Q |
| 3 | Willy Eichenberger | Switzerland | 22.7 | |
| 4 | Tomas Paquete | Portugal | 23.1 | |
| 5 | Lennart Lindberg | Finland | 23.3 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.3 m/s | Wind: -0.3 m/s |

### Semi-finals

26 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Étienne Bally | France | 21.9 | Q |
| 2 | Angelo Moretti | Italy | 21.9 | Q |
| 3 | Jan Lammers | Netherlands | 22.0 | Q |
| 4 | Levan Sanadze | Soviet Union | 22.0 | |
| 5 | Mario Colarossi | Italy | 22.0 | |
| 6 | Stig Danielsson | Sweden | 22.1 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.6 m/s | Wind: +0.6 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Brian Shenton | Great Britain | 21.5 | Q |
| 2 | Yves Camus | France | 21.7 | Q |
| 3 | Ásmundur Bjarnason | Iceland | 21.9 | Q |
| 4 | Vladimir Sukharev | Soviet Union | 21.9 | |
| 5 | Petar Pecelj | Yugoslavia | 22.0 | |
| 6 | Willy Burgisser | Switzerland | 22.6 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.5 m/s | Wind: -0.5 m/s |

### Final

27 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Brian Shenton | Great Britain | 21.5 | |
| | Étienne Bally | France | 21.8 | |
| | Jan Lammers | Netherlands | 22.1 | |
| 4 | Angelo Moretti | Italy | 22.1 | |
| 5 | Ásmundur Bjarnason | Iceland | 22.1 | |
| 6 | Yves Camus | France | 22.2 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.6 m/s | Wind: -0.6 m/s |