# 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Tallinn, Estonia, at Kadriorg Stadium on 9 and 10 July.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| European U23 record | Christophe Lemaitre (FRA) | 19.80 | Daegu, South Korea | 3 September 2011 |
| Championship U23 record | Ján Volko (SVK) | 20.33 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 15 July 2017 |

## Results
### Round 1

Qualification rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinal.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | William Reais | Switzerland | 20.81 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Jesús Gómez | Spain | 20.86 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Pol Retamal | Spain | 20.90 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Samuel Purola [fi] | Finland | 20.99 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Łukasz Żok | Poland | 21.01 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Shemar Boldizsar | Great Britain | 21.04 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Tomáš Nemejc | Czech Republic | 21.05 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Damian Trzaska | Poland | 21.12 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Riq de Wit | Netherlands | 21.21 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | André Prazeres | Portugal | 21.24 | Q, PB |
| 11 | 2 | Delvis Santos | Portugal | 21.24 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Onyema Adigida | Netherlands | 21.25 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Alessandro Ori | Italy | 21.26 | q |
| 14 | 4 | Patryk Wykrota | Poland | 21.28 | q |
| 15 | 3 | Oğuz Uyar | Turkey | 21.29 | q |
| 16 | 4 | Gal Arad | Israel | 21.33 | q |
| 17 | 2 | Francesco Libera | Italy | 21.35 | |
| 18 | 2 | Tomas Keršulis | Lithuania | 21.40 | |
| 19 | 4 | Kyrylo Prykhodko | Ukraine | 21.43 | |
| 20 | 2 | Aleksandrs Kucs | Latvia | 21.50 | |
| 21 | 3 | Erik Kostrytsya | Ukraine | 21.54 | |
| 22 | 1 | Venelin Georgiev | Bulgaria | 21.55 | |
| 23 | 1 | Matevž Šuštaršič | Slovenia | 21.60 | |
| 24 | 3 | Jan Trafina | Czech Republic | 21.63 | |
| 25 | 3 | Kasper Kadestål | Sweden | 21.66 | |
| 26 | 2 | Bradley Lestrade | Switzerland | 21.69 | |
| 27 | 1 | Ladislav Töpfer | Czech Republic | 21.85 | |
| 28 | 4 | Jakub Benda | Slovakia | 21.98 | |
| 29 | 3 | Francesco Sansovini | San Marino | 22.07 | NU23R |
| 30 | 2 | Senad Ramadani | North Macedonia | 22.96 | |

### Semifinal

Qualification rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the semifinal.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | William Reais | Switzerland | 20.57 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 1 | Onyema Adigida | Netherlands | 20.62 | Q, NU23R |
| 3 | 1 | Jesús Gómez | Spain | 20.72 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 1 | Łukasz Żok | Poland | 20.87 | q, PB |
| 5 | 1 | Damian Trzaska | Poland | 20.95 | q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | Gal Arad | Israel | 21.01 | PB |
| 7 | 2 | Samuel Purola [fr] | Finland | 21.27 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Shemar Boldizsar | Great Britain | 21.28 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Pol Retamal | Spain | 21.35 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Alessandro Ori | Italy | 21.35 | |
| 11 | 2 | Tomáš Nemejc | Czech Republic | 21.42 | |
| 12 | 2 | Riq de Wit | Netherlands | 21.49 | |
| 13 | 2 | Patryk Wykrota | Poland | 21.69 | |
| 14 | 2 | Oğuz Uyar | Turkey | 21.82 | |
| 15 | 2 | André Prazeres | Portugal | 21.83 | |
| | 1 | Delvis Santos | Portugal | DQ | DQ |

### Final

Wind: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | William Reais | Switzerland | 20.47 | EU23L |
| | 7 | Jesús Gómez | Spain | 20.60 | PB |
| | 8 | Pol Retamal | Spain | 20.76 | |
| 4 | 5 | Samuel Purola [fi] | Finland | 20.81 | |
| 5 | 6 | Onyema Agidiga | Netherlands | 20.84 | |
| 6 | 4 | Shemar Boldizsar | Great Britain | 20.84 | |
| 7 | 1 | Łukasz Żok | Poland | 20.95 | |
| 8 | 2 | Damian Trzaska | Poland | 21.09 | |