# 2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 9 and August 10. Obikwelu completed the sprinters' double, leading comfortably out of the last curve and continuing all the way to the finish. Wissman took silver in a time level with the national record. Devonish faded in the end and just managed to hold on to third in front of Belgian Kristof Beyens..

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 9, 2006 | 11:10 | Round 1 |
| August 9, 2006 | 19:35 | Quarter-finals |
| August 10, 2006 | 19:15 | Semi-finals |
| August 10, 2006 | 20:45 | Final |

## Results
### Round 1

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Quarter-finals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | David Alerte | France | 20.58 | Q |
| 2 | Kristof Beyens | Belgium | 20.61 | Q, SB |
| 3 | Ruslan Abbasov | Azerbaijan | 20.86 | Q, NR |
| 4 | Morten Jensen | Denmark | 20.94 | Q |
| 5 | Panagiotis Sarris | Greece | 20.99 | q |
| 6 | Koura Kaba Fantoni | Italy | 21.14 | |
| 7 | Marco Cribari | Switzerland | 21.16 | |
| | | | Wind: +1.7 m/s | Wind: +1.7 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain | 20.53 | Q, SB |
| 2 | Sebastian Ernst | Germany | 20.67 | Q, SB |
| 3 | Eddy De Lépine | France | 20.70 | Q, SB |
| 4 | Paul Brizzel | Ireland | 20.84 | Q, SB |
| 5 | Marcin Urbaś | Poland | 20.87 | q |
| 6 | Dmytro Hlushchenko | Ukraine | 21.00 | q |
| 7 | Tommi Hartonen | Finland | 21.22 | |
| | | | Wind: +1.8 m/s | Wind: +1.8 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ivan Teplykh | Russia | 20.71 | Q, PB |
| 2 | Yordan Ilinov | Bulgaria | 20.80 | Q |
| 3 | Rikki Fifton | Great Britain | 21.02 | Q |
| 4 | Stefano Anceschi | Italy | 21.04 | Q |
| 5 | Patrick van Luijk | Netherlands | 21.05 | q |
| 6 | Johan Engberg | Sweden | 21.12 | |
| 7 | Ronald Pognon | France | DNS | |
| | | | Wind: +0.5 m/s | Wind: +0.5 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Anastasios Gousis | Greece | 20.64 | Q |
| 2 | Paul Hession | Ireland | 20.81 | Q |
| 3 | Alessandro Cavallaro | Italy | 20.82 | Q, SB |
| 4 | Caimin Douglas | Netherlands | 20.97 | Q |
| 5 | Marc Schneeberger | Switzerland | 21.06 | q |
| 6 | Vojtěch Šulc | Czech Republic | 21.07 | q |
| | | | Wind: -0.5 m/s | Wind: -0.5 m/s |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal | 20.78 | Q |
| 2 | Roman Smirnov | Russia | 20.92 | Q |
| 3 | Guus Hoogmoed | Netherlands | 20.93 | Q |
| 4 | Tim Abeyie | Great Britain | 21.03 | Q |
| 5 | Josué Mena | Spain | 21.09 | q |
| 6 | Jan Schiller | Czech Republic | 21.12 | |
| 7 | Gary Ryan | Ireland | 21.14 | |
| | | | Wind: -1.1 m/s | Wind: -1.1 m/s |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Johan Wissman | Sweden | 20.66 | Q |
| 2 | Matic Osovnikar | Slovenia | 20.90 | Q |
| 3 | Daniel Schnelting | Germany | 20.90 | Q, SB |
| 4 | Jiří Vojtík | Czech Republic | 20.91 | Q |
| 5 | Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé | Luxembourg | 20.93 | q |
| 6 | Florin Suciu | Romania | 21.10 | |
| 7 | Josip Šoprek | Croatia | 21.55 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.4 m/s | Wind: +0.4 m/s |

### Quarter-finals

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain | 20.67 | Q |
| 2 | Sebastian Ernst | Germany | 20.71 | Q |
| 3 | Yordan Ilinov | Bulgaria | 20.76 | Q |
| 4 | Guus Hoogmoed | Netherlands | 20.76 | Q |
| 5 | Roman Smirnov | Russia | 20.93 | |
| 6 | Panagiotis Sarris | Greece | 21.04 | |
| 7 | Marcin Urbaś | Poland | 21.39 | |
| – | Stefano Anceschi | Italy | DQ | |
| | | | Wind: +0.6 m/s | Wind: +0.6 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | David Alerte | France | 20.68 | Q |
| 2 | Kristof Beyens | Belgium | 20.70 | Q |
| 3 | Paul Hession | Ireland | 20.80 | Q |
| 4 | Jiří Vojtík | Czech Republic | 20.90 | Q |
| 5 | Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé | Luxembourg | 20.96 | |
| 6 | Ruslan Abbasov | Azerbaijan | 20.98 | |
| 7 | Tim Abeyie | Great Britain | 21.17 | |
| – | Marc Schneeberger | Switzerland | DNS | |
| | | | Wind: -0.1 m/s | Wind: -0.1 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Johan Wissman | Sweden | 20.68 | Q |
| 2 | Rikki Fifton | Great Britain | 20.73 | Q |
| 3 | Ivan Teplykh | Russia | 20.82 | Q |
| 4 | Eddy De Lépine | France | 21.00 | Q |
| 5 | Dmytro Hlushchenko | Ukraine | 21.07 | |
| 6 | Patrick van Luijk | Netherlands | 21.46 | |
| 7 | Morten Jensen | Denmark | 21.56 | |
| – | Daniel Schnelting | Germany | DNS | |
| | | | Wind: -0.5 m/s | Wind: -0.5 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal | 20.58 | Q |
| 2 | Anastasios Gousis | Greece | 20.68 | Q |
| 3 | Matic Osovnikar | Slovenia | 20.85 | Q |
| 4 | Alessandro Cavallaro | Italy | 20.91 | Q |
| 5 | Josué Mena | Spain | 21.09 | |
| 6 | Caimin Douglas | Netherlands | 21.18 | |
| 7 | Vojtěch Šulc | Czech Republic | 21.21 | |
| – | Paul Brizzel | Ireland | DNF | |
| | | | Wind: -0.7 m/s | Wind: -0.7 m/s |

### Semi-finals

First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal | 20.36 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Johan Wissman | Sweden | 20.38 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 7 | Eddy De Lépine | France | 20.70 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 5 | Anastasios Gousis | Greece | 20.76 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | Guus Hoogmoed | Netherlands | 20.80 | |
| 6 | 4 | Rikki Fifton | Great Britain | 20.85 | |
| 7 | 2 | Yordan Ilinov | Bulgaria | 21.00 | |
| 8 | 1 | Matic Osovnikar | Slovenia | 21.08 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain | 20.60 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Kristof Beyens | Belgium | 20.62 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | David Alerte | France | 20.69 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Ivan Teplykh | Russia | 20.82 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Jiří Vojtík | Czech Republic | 20.83 | |
| 6 | 6 | Sebastian Ernst | Germany | 21.04 | |
| 7 | 2 | Paul Hession | Ireland | 21.09 | |
| 8 | 8 | Alessandro Cavallaro | Italy | 21.19 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal | 20.01 | NR, EL |
| | 4 | Johan Wissman | Sweden | 20.38 | =NR |
| | 3 | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain | 20.54 | |
| 4 | 6 | Kristof Beyens | Belgium | 20.57 | SB |
| 5 | 1 | Ivan Teplykh | Russia | 20.76 | |
| 6 | 7 | Eddy De Lépine | France | 20.77 | |
| 7 | 2 | David Alerte | France | 20.93 | |
| 8 | 8 | Anastasios Gousis | Greece | 20.94 | |