# 1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18, 19, and 20 September 1969.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Czechoslovakia (3)
* East Germany (2)
* Finland (1)
* France (1)
* Great Britain (1)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (1)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Soviet Union (1)
* Switzerland (2)
* Yugoslavia (1)

## Results
### Heats

18 September

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ladislav Kříž | Czechoslovakia | 21.4 | Q |
| 2 | Predrag Križan | Yugoslavia | 21.6 | Q |
| 3 | Philippe Clerc | Switzerland | 21.7 | Q |
| 4 | Barcelo de Carvalho | Portugal | 21.8 | Q |
| 5 | Emile Jung | Luxembourg | 22.2 | |
| | | | Wind: -2.3 m/s | Wind: -2.3 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Pasqualino Abeti | Italy | 21.4 | Q |
| 2 | Hansruedi Wiedmer | Switzerland | 21.4 | Q |
| 3 | Jiří Kynos | Czechoslovakia | 21.4 | Q |
| 4 | Dave Dear | Great Britain | 21.6 | Q |
| 5 | Georgios Mikelidis | Greece | 21.8 | |
| 6 | Trendafil Terziyski | Bulgaria | 21.8 | |
| | | | Wind: -4.5 m/s | Wind: -4.5 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Nikolay Ivanov | Soviet Union | 21.6 | Q |
| 2 | Axel Nepraunik | Austria | 21.7 | Q |
| 3 | Hermann Burde | East Germany | 21.7 | Q |
| 4 | László Mihályfi | Hungary | 21.8 | Q |
| 5 | Ole Bernt Skarstein | Norway | 21.9 | |
| | | | Wind: -2.8 m/s | Wind: -2.8 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Zenon Nowosz | Poland | 21.2 | Q |
| 2 | Philippe Guillet | France | 21.3 | Q |
| 3 | Hans-Jürgen Bombach | East Germany | 21.3 | Q |
| 4 | Luděk Bohman | Czechoslovakia | 21.4 | Q |
| 5 | Ossi Karttunen | Finland | 21.4 | |
| | | | Wind: -2.8 m/s | Wind: -2.8 m/s |

### Semi-finals

19 September

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Philippe Clerc | Switzerland | 20.9 | Q |
| 2 | Zenon Nowosz | Poland | 20.9 | Q |
| 3 | Hermann Burde | East Germany | 21.0 | Q |
| 4 | Pasqualino Abeti | Italy | 21.1 | Q |
| 5 | Luděk Bohman | Czechoslovakia | 21.1 | |
| 6 | Predrag Križan | Yugoslavia | 21.2 | |
| 7 | Ladislav Kříž | Czechoslovakia | 21.3 | |
| 8 | László Mihályfi | Hungary | 21.5 | |
| | | | Wind: -1.2 m/s | Wind: -1.2 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Hans-Jürgen Bombach | East Germany | 21.2 | Q |
| 2 | Jiří Kynos | Czechoslovakia | 21.2 | Q |
| 3 | Philippe Guillet | France | 21.2 | Q |
| 4 | Hansruedi Wiedmer | Switzerland | 21.4 | Q |
| 5 | Axel Nepraunik | Austria | 21.5 | |
| 6 | Dave Dear | Great Britain | 21.5 | |
| 7 | Nikolay Ivanov | Soviet Union | 21.6 | |
| | Barcelo de Carvalho | Portugal | DNS | |
| | | | Wind: -1.8 m/s | Wind: -1.8 m/s |

### Final

20 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Philippe Clerc | Switzerland | 20.70 | CR |
| | Hermann Burde | East Germany | 20.94 | |
| | Zenon Nowosz | Poland | 20.96 | |
| 4 | Hans-Jürgen Bombach | East Germany | 21.07 | |
| 5 | Jiří Kynos | Czechoslovakia | 21.09 | |
| 6 | Hansruedi Wiedmer | Switzerland | 21.14 | |
| 7 | Pasqualino Abeti | Italy | 21.18 | |
| 8 | Philippe Guillet | France | 21.22 | |
| | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |