# 1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 28 and 29 August 1954.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (1)
* Belgium (2)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* France (2)
* Great Britain (2)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Iceland (1)
* Netherlands (2)
* Poland (1)
* Romania (2)
* Saar (2)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (2)
* Turkey (2)
* West Germany (2)

## Results
### Heats

28 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | George Ellis | Great Britain | 21.3 | Q |
| 2 | Jan Carlsson | Sweden | 21.3 | Q, NR |
| 3 | Zdobysław Stawczyk | Poland | 21.5 | |
| 4 | Gert Lemmes | Saar | 22.0 | |
| 5 | Todori Yordanidis | Turkey | 22.5 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ardalion Ignatyev | Soviet Union | 21.5 | Q |
| 2 | Ilarie Magdas | Romania | 21.9 | Q |
| 3 | Kaj Månsson | Sweden | 21.9 | |
| 4 | Angel Gavrilov | Bulgaria | 22.3 | |
| 5 | Kurt Heidrich | Saar | 22.5 | |
| | Leonhard Pohl | West Germany | DQ | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Heinz Fütterer | West Germany | 21.4 | Q |
| 2 | Aad van Hardeveld | Netherlands | 21.6 | Q |
| 3 | Carlos Germonprez | Belgium | 22.0 | |
| 4 | Josef Wimmer | Austria | 22.1 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Brian Shenton | Great Britain | 21.6 | Q |
| 2 | Yuriy Konovalov | Soviet Union | 21.8 | Q |
| 3 | Angel Kolev | Bulgaria | 21.9 | |
| 4 | Nikolaos Georgopoulos | Greece | 22.2 | |
| 5 | Daniel Meneux | France | 22.3 | |
| 6 | Muzaffer Selvi | Turkey | 22.5 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ásmundur Bjarnason | Iceland | 21.7 | Q |
| 2 | Václav Janeček | Czechoslovakia | 21.7 | Q |
| 3 | József Senkei | Hungary | 22.0 | |
| 4 | Jacques Vercruysse | Belgium | 22.0 | |
| 5 | Pierre Coelembier | France | 22.1 | |
| 6 | Willy Eichenberger | Switzerland | 22.4 | |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Theo Saat | Netherlands | 21.8 | Q |
| 2 | Hans Wehrli | Switzerland | 21.9 | Q |
| 3 | Alexandru Stoenescu | Romania | 22.4 | |

### Semi-finals

28 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | George Ellis | Great Britain | 21.3 | Q |
| 2 | Ardalion Ignatyev | Soviet Union | 21.3 | Q |
| 3 | Václav Janeček | Czechoslovakia | 21.4 | Q |
| 4 | Aad van Hardeveld | Netherlands | 21.4 | |
| 5 | Hans Wehrli | Switzerland | 21.6 | |
| 6 | Ilarie Magdas | Romania | 21.8 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Heinz Fütterer | West Germany | 21.1 | Q, CR |
| 2 | Jan Carlsson | Sweden | 21.4 | Q |
| 3 | Brian Shenton | Great Britain | 21.4 | Q |
| 4 | Ásmundur Bjarnason | Iceland | 21.6 | |
| 5 | Yuriy Konovalov | Soviet Union | 21.7 | |
| 6 | Theo Saat | Netherlands | 22.1 | |

### Final

29 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Heinz Fütterer | West Germany | 20.9 | CR, AR |
| | Ardalion Ignatyev | Soviet Union | 21.1 | NR |
| | George Ellis | Great Britain | 21.2 | NR |
| 4 | Brian Shenton | Great Britain | 21.3 | |
| 5 | Jan Carlsson | Sweden | 21.5 | |
| 6 | Václav Janeček | Czechoslovakia | 21.9 | |
| | | | Wind: +0.1 m/s | Wind: +0.1 m/s |