1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 4 and 6 September 1974.

Medalists

Gold	Pietro Mennea Italy
Silver	Manfred Ommer West Germany
Bronze	Hans-Jürgen Bombach East Germany

Results

Final

6 September Wind: -0.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Pietro Mennea	Italy	20.60
	Manfred Ommer	West Germany	20.76
	Hans-Jürgen Bombach	East Germany	20.83
4	Joseph Arame	France	20.87
5	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	West Germany	20.93
6	Bruno Cherrier	France	21.02
7	Ainsley Bennett	Great Britain	21.29
	Antti Rajamäki	Finland	DNS

Semi-finals

6 September

Semi-final 1

Wind: -1.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hans-Jürgen Bombach	East Germany	20.81	Q
2	Manfred Ommer	West Germany	20.92	Q
3	Bruno Cherrier	France	20.94	Q
4	Antti Rajamäki	Finland	20.97	Q
5	Luigi Benedetti	Italy	21.11
6	Philippe Leroux	France	21.22
7	Thorsten Johansson	Sweden	21.26
8	Chris Monk	Great Britain	21.32

Semi-final 2

Wind: 0.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Pietro Mennea	Italy	20.83	Q
2	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	West Germany	21.09	Q
3	Joseph Arame	France	21.16	Q
4	Ainsley Bennett	Great Britain	21.23	Q
5	Raymond Heerenveen	Netherlands	21.44
6	Hans-Joachim Zenk	East Germany	21.46
7	Steve Green	Great Britain	21.52
8	Peter Muster	Switzerland	77.41

Heats

4 September

Heat 1

Wind: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bruno Cherrier	France	20.96	Q
2	Luigi Benedetti	Italy	21.11	Q
3	Raymond Heerenveen	Netherlands	21.24	Q
4	Chris Monk	Great Britain	21.25	q
5	Jaroslav Matoušek	Czechoslovakia	21.36
6	Robert Tempel	West Germany	21.51
7	Marek Bedyński	Poland	21.53

Heat 2

Wind: -2.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hans-Jürgen Bombach	East Germany	21.04	Q
2	Joseph Arame	France	21.09	Q
3	Ainsley Bennett	Great Britain	21.13	Q
4	Marian Woronin	Poland	21.60

Heat 3

Wind: 0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Manfred Ommer	West Germany	21.23	Q
2	Pietro Mennea	Italy	21.24	Q
3	Peter Muster	Switzerland	21.41	Q
4	Petar Petrov	Bulgaria	21.49
5	Tibor Farkas	Hungary	22.06

Heat 4

Wind: 1.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hans-Joachim Zenk	East Germany	21.30	Q
2	Philippe Leroux	France	21.40	Q
3	Steve Green	Great Britain	21.54	Q
4	Luis Sarría	Spain	21.54
5	Zenon Nowosz	Poland	21.67
6	Marian Králik	Czechoslovakia	21.67

Heat 5

Wind: 1.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Franz-Peter Hofmeister	West Germany	21.03	Q
2	Thorsten Johansson	Sweden	21.34	Q
3	Antti Rajamäki	Finland	21.48	Q
4	Norberto Oliosi	Italy	21.54
5	Miguel Arnau	Spain	21.72
6	Jiří Kynos	Czechoslovakia	22.38

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

• Bulgaria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (3)
• East Germany (2)
• Finland (1)
• France (3)
• Hungary (1)
• Italy (3)
• Netherlands (1)
• Poland (3)
• Spain (2)
• Sweden (1)
• Switzerland (1)
• Great Britain (3)
• West Germany (3)