# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 29 and 30 July.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 19.19 | Berlin, Germany | 20 August 2009 |
| European record | Pietro Mennea (ITA) | 19.72 | Mexico City, Mexico | 12 September 1979 |
| Championship record | Konstantinos Kenteris (GRE) | 19.85 | Munich, Germany | 9 August 2002 |
| World Leading | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 19.56 | Kingston, Jamaica | 1 May 2010 |
| European Leading | Christophe Lemaître (FRA) | 20.16 | Valence, France | 10 July 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 29 July 2010 | 11:30 | Round 1 |
| 29 July 2010 | 19:55 | Semi-finals |
| 30 July 2010 | 19:25 | Final |

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Christian Malcolm | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.63 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Kamil Kryński | Poland (POL) | 20.81 | Q, =PB |
| 3 | 4 | Martial Mbandjock | France (FRA) | 20.83 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Ihor Bodrov | Ukraine (UKR) | 20.98 | |
| 5 | 8 | Jiří Vojtík | Czech Republic (CZE) | 21.02 | |
| 6 | 7 | Jan Žumer | Slovenia (SLO) | 21.17 | |
| 7 | 2 | Izzet Safer | Turkey (TUR) | 21.41 | |
| 8 | 1 | Yordan Ilinov | Bulgaria (BUL) | 21.65 | |
| | | | | Wind: -1.6 m/s | Wind: -1.6 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Christophe Lemaitre | France (FRA) | 20.64 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Arnaldo Abrantes | Portugal (POR) | 20.87 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.93 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Daniel Schnelting | Germany (GER) | 20.98 | |
| 5 | 6 | Petr Szetei | Czech Republic (CZE) | 21.06 | |
| 6 | 1 | Ryan Moseley | Austria (AUT) | 21.07 | |
| 7 | 5 | Matic Osovnikar | Slovenia (SLO) | 21.36 | =SB |
| 8 | 3 | Alex Wilson | Switzerland (SUI) | 21.40 | |
| | | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway (NOR) | 20.60 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | David Alerte | France (FRA) | 20.70 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Johan Wissman | Sweden (SWE) | 20.79 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Marc Schneeberger | Switzerland (SUI) | 20.80 | q |
| 5 | 8 | Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko | Russia (RUS) | 20.95 | q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | Matteo Galvan | Italy (ITA) | 20.96 | |
| 7 | 3 | Steven Colvert | Ireland (IRL) | 21.14 | |
| 8 | 6 | Piotr Wiaderek | Poland (POL) | 21.20 | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.6 m/s | Wind: -0.6 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.68 | Q, =SB |
| 2 | 5 | Paul Hession | Ireland (IRL) | 20.69 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Sebastian Ernst | Germany (GER) | 20.72 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas | Greece (GRE) | 20.74 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Jonathan Åstrand | Finland (FIN) | 20.78 | q, PB |
| 6 | 4 | Dmitriy Glushchenko | Israel (ISR) | 21.09 | |
| 7 | 8 | Gregor Kokalovic | Slovenia (SLO) | 21.24 | |
| – | 3 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal (POR) | DNS | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.2 m/s | Wind: +0.2 m/s |

### Semi-finals

First 3 in each heat and 2 best performers advance to the Final.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway (NOR) | 20.50 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.55 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 8 | Martial Mbandjock | France (FRA) | 20.62 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Paul Hession | Ireland (IRL) | 20.67 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas | Greece (GRE) | 20.75 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko | Russia (RUS) | 20.88 | PB |
| 7 | 6 | Arnaldo Abrantes | Portugal (POR) | 20.88 | |
| 8 | 7 | Sebastian Ernst | Germany (GER) | 20.95 | |
| | | | | Wind: +1.2 m/s | Wind: +1.2 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Christophe Lemaitre | France (FRA) | 20.39 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Christian Malcolm | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.58 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | David Alerte | France (FRA) | 20.59 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Johan Wissman | Sweden (SWE) | 20.77 | |
| 5 | 3 | Kamil Kryński | Poland (POL) | 20.81 | =PB |
| 6 | 1 | Jonathan Åstrand | Finland (FIN) | 20.81 | |
| 7 | 2 | Marc Schneeberger | Switzerland (SUI) | 20.82 | |
| 8 | 7 | Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.85 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.8 m/s | Wind: +0.8 m/s |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Christophe Lemaitre | France (FRA) | 20.37 | |
| | 6 | Christian Malcolm | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.38 | SB |
| | 8 | Martial Mbandjock | France (FRA) | 20.42 | |
| 4 | 3 | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 20.62 | |
| 5 | 4 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Norway (NOR) | 20.63 | |
| 6 | 2 | Paul Hession | Ireland (IRL) | 20.71 | |
| 7 | 1 | Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas | Greece (GRE) | 20.90 | |
| 8 | 7 | David Alerte | France (FRA) | 1:27.24 | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.8 m/s | Wind: -0.8 m/s |