# 1958 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 1958 European Athletics Championships was held in Stockholm, Sweden, at Stockholms Olympiastadion on 22 and 23 August 1958.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (2)
* Belgium (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* Denmark (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Great Britain (2)
* Greece (2)
* Hungary (2)
* Italy (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* Turkey (1)
* West Germany (2)

## Results
### Heats

22 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Leonid Bartenyev | Soviet Union | 21.7 | Q |
| 2 | Ernst Vogel | Switzerland | 22.2 | Q |
| 3 | Mikhail Bachvarov | Bulgaria | 22.5 | Q |
| 4 | Aydın Onur | Turkey | 22.6 | |
| 5 | Edmund Burg | West Germany | 23.2 | |
| | | | Wind: +1.0 m/s | Wind: +1.0 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | György Gyuricza | Hungary | 22.4 | Q |
| 2 | Habib Thiam | France | 23.0 | Q |
| 3 | Adolf Huber | Austria | 24.9 | Q |
| | | | Wind: +1.0 m/s | Wind: +1.0 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vilém Mandlík | Czechoslovakia | 21.6 | Q |
| 2 | Yuriy Konovalov | Soviet Union | 21.7 | Q |
| 3 | Nikolaos Georgopoulos | Greece | 21.9 | Q |
| 4 | Richard Schwarzgruber | Austria | 22.4 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.5 m/s | Wind: +0.5 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Manfred Germar | West Germany | 21.4 | Q |
| 2 | Edward Szmidt | Poland | 21.9 | Q |
| 3 | Robbie Brightwell | Great Britain | 21.9 | Q |
| 4 | Jacques Vercruysse | Belgium | 22.0 | |
| 5 | Börje Strand | Finland | 22.0 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.5 m/s | Wind: +0.5 m/s |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jocelyn Delecour | France | 22.2 | Q |
| 2 | Béla Goldoványi | Hungary | 22.2 | Q |
| 3 | Vasilios Syllis | Greece | 23.1 | Q |
| | | | Wind: +0.6 m/s | Wind: +0.6 m/s |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | David Segal | Great Britain | 21.0 | Q |
| 2 | Livio Berruti | Italy | 21.6 | Q |
| 3 | Bjørn Nilsen | Norway | 21.6 | Q |
| 4 | Björn Malmroos | Sweden | 21.8 | |
| 5 | Peter Rasmussen | Denmark | 22.2 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.8 m/s | Wind: +0.8 m/s |

### Semi-finals

22 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jocelyn Delecour | France | 21.3 | Q |
| 2 | Robbie Brightwell | Great Britain | 21.7 | Q |
| 3 | Leonid Bartenyev | Soviet Union | 21.7 | |
| 4 | Edward Szmidt | Poland | 21.9 | |
| 5 | György Gyuricza | Hungary | 22.4 | |
| 6 | Ernst Vogel | Switzerland | 22.4 | |
| | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vilém Mandlík | Czechoslovakia | 21.0 | Q |
| 2 | David Segal | Great Britain | 21.1 | Q |
| 3 | Béla Goldoványi | Hungary | 21.7 | |
| 4 | Habib Thiam | France | 22.3 | |
| 5 | Vasilios Syllis | Greece | 22.4 | |
| – | Livio Berruti | Italy | DNF | |
| | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Manfred Germar | West Germany | 21.2 | Q |
| 2 | Yuriy Konovalov | Soviet Union | 21.3 | Q |
| 3 | Bjørn Nilsen | Norway | 21.5 | |
| 4 | Nikolaos Georgopoulos | Greece | 21.7 | |
| 5 | Mikhail Bachvarov | Bulgaria | 22.2 | |
| 6 | Adolf Huber | Austria | 22.8 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.2 m/s | Wind: +0.2 m/s |

### Final

23 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Manfred Germar | West Germany | 21.0 | |
| | David Segal | Great Britain | 21.3 | |
| | Jocelyn Delecour | France | 21.3 | |
| 4 | Vilém Mandlík | Czechoslovakia | 21.4 | |
| 5 | Robbie Brightwell | Great Britain | 21.9 | |
| 6 | Yuriy Konovalov | Soviet Union | 22.0 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.1 m/s | Wind: +0.1 m/s |