# 2022 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2022 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympiastadion on 18 and 19 August.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2022 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 | Ramil Guliyev (TUR) | 19.76 | Berlin, Germany | 9 August 2018 |
| World Leading | Noah Lyles (USA) | 19.31 | Eugene, Oregon, United States | 21 July 2022 |
| Europe Leading | Blessing Afrifah (ISR) | 19.96 | Cali, Colombia | 4 August 2022 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 18 August 2022 | 12:30 | Round 1 |
| 18 August 2022 | 20:13 | Semifinals |
| 19 August 2022 | 21:20 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals. The 12 highest ranked athletes received a bye into the semi-finals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | Taymir Burnet | Netherlands | 20.48 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Łukasz Żok | Poland | 20.78 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Jan Jirka | Czech Republic | 20.84 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Mathias Hove Johansen | Norway | 20.89 | |
| 5 | 2 | Robin Vanderbemden | Belgium | 20.90 | |
| 6 | 3 | Panayiotis Trivizas | Greece | 21.00 | |
| 7 | 4 | Marcus Lawler | Ireland | 21.10 | |
| 8 | 1 | Robin Erewa | Germany | 21.12 | |
| | | | | Wind: -1.0 m/s | Wind: -1.0 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | Eseosa Desalu | Italy | 20.46 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | William Reais | Switzerland | 20.66 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 4 | Gediminas Truskauskas | Lithuania | 20.67 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Samuel Purola | Finland | 20.77 | q |
| 5 | 6 | Tazana Kamanga-Dyrbak | Denmark | 20.88 | |
| 6 | 1 | Tamás Máté | Hungary | 20.94 | |
| 7 | 5 | Eduard Kubelík | Czech Republic | 21.25 | |
| 8 | 7 | Jerai Torres | Gibraltar | 22.70 | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.6 m/s | Wind: -0.6 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | Ján Volko | Slovakia | 20.48 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 5 | Diego Aldo Pettorossi | Italy | 20.65 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Daniel Rodríguez | Spain | 20.80 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Patryk Wykrota | Poland | 20.81 | q |
| 5 | 6 | Simon Hansen | Denmark | 20.81 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Felix Svensson | Switzerland | 20.90 | |
| 7 | 7 | Jiří Polák | Czech Republic | 20.94 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.3 m/s | Wind: +0.3 m/s |

### Semi-finals

The twelve qualifiers from round 1 are joined by the twelve highest ranked athletes who received a bye.
First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Zharnel Hughes | Great Britain | 20.19 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Joshua Hartmann | Germany | 20.33 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 4 | Blessing Afrifah | Israel | 20.34 | q |
| 4 | 8 | Eseosa Desalu | Italy | 20.48 | |
| 5 | 2 | Jan Jirka | Czech Republic | 20.80 | |
| 6 | 3 | Mouhamadou Fall | France | 20.83 | |
| 7 | 1 | Łukasz Żok | Poland | 20.93 | |
| – | 7 | Simon Hansen | Denmark | DNS | |
| | | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Charlie Dobson | Great Britain | 20.21 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Ramil Guliyev | Turkey | 20.44 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Méba-Mickaël Zeze | France | 20.47 | |
| 4 | 3 | Owen Ansah | Germany | 20.48 | |
| 5 | 7 | Diego Aldo Pettorossi | Italy | 20.75 | |
| 6 | 1 | Daniel Rodríguez | Spain | 20.75 | |
| 7 | 8 | Samuel Purola | Finland | 20.83 | |
| 8 | 2 | Gediminas Truskauskas | Lithuania | 21.05 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.4 m/s | Wind: +0.4 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Filippo Tortu | Italy | 20.29 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | Great Britain | 20.34 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Pol Retamal | Spain | 20.38 | q |
| 4 | 8 | Ján Volko | Slovakia | 20.39 | SB |
| 5 | 7 | Taymir Burnet | Netherlands | 20.44 | SB |
| 6 | 3 | Ryan Zeze | France | 20.58 | |
| 7 | 2 | William Reais | Switzerland | 20.82 | |
| 8 | 1 | Patryk Wykrota | Poland | 22.84 | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.1 m/s | Wind: -0.1 m/s |

### Final

Olympiastadion - 19 Aug - 21:20
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Zharnel Hughes | Great Britain | 20.07 | SB |
| | 7 | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | Great Britain | 20.17 | |
| | 6 | Filippo Tortu | Italy | 20.27 | |
| 4 | 5 | Charlie Dobson | Great Britain | 20.34 | |
| 5 | 4 | Joshua Hartmann | Germany | 20.50 | |
| 6 | 2 | Pol Retamal | Spain | 20.63 | |
| 7 | 1 | Blessing Afrifah | Israel | 20.69 | |
| – | 8 | Ramil Guliyev | Turkey | DNF |
| | | | | Wind: -0.3 m/s | Wind: -0.3 m/s |