1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Népstadion
Location	Budapest
Dates	20 August (heats) 21 August (semi-finals & final)
Competitors	31 from 22 nations
Winning time	20.53
Medalists
Douglas Walker   Great Britain   Douglas Turner   Great Britain   Julian Golding   Great Britain

The men's 200 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 20 and 21 August.

Results

Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Julian Golding	Great Britain	20.39	Q, SB
2	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	20.55	Q, SB
3	Christophe Cheval	France	20.59	Q, NR
4	Georgios Panagiotopoulos	Greece	21.05	q
5	Daniel Bittner	Germany	21.09
6	Martin Morkes	Czech Republic	21.14
7	Piotr Balcerzak	Poland	21.22
8	Martin Plesnicar	Slovenia	21.35
			Wind: -1.2 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Prodromos Katsantonis	Cyprus	20.76	Q
2	Alessandro Attene	Italy	20.95	Q
3	Erik Wijmeersch	Belgium	21.02	Q
4	Manuel Milde	Germany	21.08
5	Tommy Kafri	Israel	21.09
6	Harri Kivelä	Finland	21.14
7	Martin Brinarský	Slovakia	21.32
8	Kevin Widmer	Switzerland	21.37
			Wind: -0.9 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Douglas Turner	Great Britain	20.63	Q
2	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	20.74	Q
3	Gary Ryan	Ireland	20.76	Q, SB
4	Patrick van Balkom	Netherlands	20.88	q
5	Reşat Oğuz	Turkey	21.10
6	Panagiotis Sarris	Greece	21.24
7	Mario Bonello	Malta	21.65
–	Marcin Urbaś	Poland	DNF
			Wind: -0.8 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Rodrigue Nordin	France	20.52	Q
2	Geir Moen	Norway	20.64	Q
3	Douglas Walker	Great Britain	20.67	Q
4	Torbjörn Eriksson	Sweden	20.85	q, SB
5	Petko Yankov	Bulgaria	20.89	q
6	Javier Navarro	Spain	21.22
7	Paul Brizzel	Ireland	21.25
			Wind: -0.6 m/s

Semi-finals

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Julian Golding	Great Britain	20.61	Q
2	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	20.65	Q
3	Prodromos Katsantonis	Cyprus	20.80	Q
4	Christophe Cheval	France	20.87	Q
5	Torbjörn Eriksson	Sweden	21.00
6	Alessandro Attene	Italy	21.04
7	Georgios Panagiotopoulos	Greece	21.15
8	Erik Wijmeersch	Belgium	DQ
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Douglas Walker	Great Britain	20.74	Q
2	Douglas Turner	Great Britain	20.89	Q
3	Rodrigue Nordin	France	21.00	Q
4	Geir Moen	Norway	21.01	Q
5	Patrick van Balkom	Netherlands	21.04
6	Petko Yankov	Bulgaria	21.08
7	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	21.14
8	Gary Ryan	Ireland	21.28
			Wind: -1.8 m/s

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Douglas Walker	Great Britain	20.53
	Douglas Turner	Great Britain	20.64
	Julian Golding	Great Britain	20.72
4	Geir Moen	Norway	20.78
5	Rodrigue Nordin	France	20.83
6	Christophe Cheval	France	20.91
7	Prodromos Katsantonis	Cyprus	21.24
–	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	DQ
			Wind: -1.0 m/s

References

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