# 2018 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 8 and 9 August.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 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 | Noah Lyles (USA) | 19.65 | Monaco | 20 July 2018 |
| European Leading | Ramil Guliyev (TUR) | 19.90 | Oslo, Norway | 7 June 2018 |
| Broken records during the 2018 European Athletics Championships |||||
| Championship record | Ramil Guliyev (TUR) | 19.76 | Berlin, Germany | 9 August 2018 |
| European Leading | Ramil Guliyev (TUR) | 19.76 | Berlin, Germany | 9 August 2018 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 8 August 2018 | 10:50 | Round 1 |
| 8 August 2018 | 20:15 | Semi-finals |
| 9 August 2018 | 21:05 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Competition format

The top ten ranked athletes by time during the season who entered the championships were given a bye into the semi-finals.

## Results
### Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the semi-finals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Robin Vanderbemden | Belgium | 20.50 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Andrew Howe | Italy | 20.60 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Taymir Burnet | Netherlands | 20.67 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Robin Erewa | Germany | 20.69 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Pol Retamal | Spain | 20.92 | |
| 6 | 7 | Emil Ibrahimov | Ukraine | 21.29 | |
| 7 | 4 | Alexandru Terpezan | Romania | 21.39 | |
| 8 | 2 | Denis Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 21.43 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.1 m/s | Wind: +0.1 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas | Greece | 20.49 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Mickaël-Méba Zeze | France | 20.65 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 3 | Davide Manenti | Italy | 20.70 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Jonathan Quarcoo | Norway | 20.77 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Marcus Lawler | Ireland | 20.80 | |
| 6 | 5 | Ionut Andrei Neagoe | Romania | 21.21 | |
| 7 | 6 | Sergio Juárez | Spain | 21.33 | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.1 m/s | Wind: -0.1 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Eseosa Desalu | Italy | 20.39 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 8 | Stuart Dutamby | France | 20.64 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Delano Williams | Great Britain | 20.89 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Felix Svensson | Sweden | 20.95 | |
| 5 | 5 | Oskari Lehtonen | Finland | 21.06 | |
| 6 | 4 | Jan Jirka | Czech Republic | 21.15 | |
| 7 | 3 | Šimon Bujna | Slovakia | 21.26 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.2 m/s | Wind: +0.2 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Solomon Bockarie | Netherlands | 20.66 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Steven Müller | Germany | 20.78 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Daniel Rodríguez | Spain | 20.81 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Silvan Wicki | Switzerland | 20.93 | |
| 5 | 6 | Gediminas Truskauskas | Lithuania | 21.11 | |
| 6 | 3 | Panayiótis Trivizás | Greece | 21.18 | |
| 7 | 7 | Markus Fuchs | Austria | 21.29 | |
| 8 | 2 | Paisios Dimiatriades | Cyprus | 21.31 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.2 m/s | Wind: +0.2 m/s |

### Semi-finals

First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Ramil Guliyev* | Turkey | 20.33 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Leon Reid* | Ireland | 20.38 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Ján Volko* | Slovakia | 20.58 | |
| 4 | 7 | Steven Müller | Germany | 20.76 | |
| 5 | 8 | Davide Manenti | Italy | 20.81 | |
| 6 | 2 | Taymir Burnet | Netherlands | 20.84 | |
| – | 6 | Stuart Dutamby | France | DNS | |
| – | 1 | Delano Williams | Great Britain | DNS | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.3 m/s | Wind: +0.3 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Bruno Hortelano* | Spain | 20.29 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Eseosa Desalu | Italy | 20.35 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 5 | Adam Gemili* | Great Britain | 20.46 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Mickaël-Méba Zeze | France | 20.49 | SB |
| 5 | 3 | Churandy Martina* | Netherlands | 20.51 | |
| 6 | 8 | Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas | Greece | 20.54 | |
| 7 | 7 | Robin Vanderbemden | Belgium | 20.62 | |
| 8 | 1 | Robin Erewa | Germany | 20.79 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.3 m/s | Wind: +0.3 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Alex Wilson* | Switzerland | 20.16 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake* | Great Britain | 20.35 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Solomon Bockarie | Netherlands | 20.41 | q, SB |
| 4 | 3 | Serhiy Smelyk* | Ukraine | 20.54 | |
| 5 | 2 | Daniel Rodríguez | Spain | 20.77 | |
| 6 | 8 | Andrew Howe | Italy | 20.78 | |
| 7 | 6 | Aleixo-Platini Menga* | Germany | 20.83 | |
| 8 | 1 | Jonathan Quarcoo | Norway | 21.07 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.3 m/s | Wind: +0.3 m/s |
*Athletes who received a bye to the semi-finals

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Ramil Guliyev | Turkey | 19.76 | CR, EL, NR |
| | 4 | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | Great Britain | 20.04 | SB |
| | 5 | Alex Wilson | Switzerland | 20.04 | NR |
| 4 | 3 | Bruno Hortelano | Spain | 20.05 | |
| 5 | 2 | Adam Gemili | Great Britain | 20.10 | SB |
| 6 | 7 | Eseosa Desalu | Italy | 20.13 | PB |
| 7 | 8 | Leon Reid | Ireland | 20.37 | |
| 8 | 1 | Solomon Bockarie | Netherlands | 20.39 | SB |
| | | | | Wind: +0.7 m/s | Wind: +0.7 m/s |