1982 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece, held at Olympic Stadium "Spiros Louis" on 8 and 9 September 1982.

Medalists

Gold	Olaf Prenzler East Germany
Silver	Cameron Sharp United Kingdom
Bronze	Frank Emmelmann East Germany

Results

Final

9 September Wind: -0.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Olaf Prenzler	East Germany	20.46
	Cameron Sharp	United Kingdom	20.47
	Frank Emmelmann	East Germany	20.60
4	Erwin Skamrahl	West Germany	20.60
5	István Nagy	Hungary	20.62
6	Patrick Barré	France	20.75
7	Vladimir Muravyov	Soviet Union	20.76
8	Sergey Sokolov	Soviet Union	20.81

Semi-finals

8 September

Semi-final 1

Wind: -1.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Frank Emmelmann	East Germany	20.80	Q
2	István Nagy	Hungary	20.82	Q
3	Patrick Barré	France	20.93	Q
4	Vladimir Muravyov	Soviet Union	20.95	Q
5	Pascal Barré	France	20.99
6	Carlo Simionato	Italy	21.04
7	František Břečka	Czechoslovakia	21.17
8	Luciano Caravani	Italy	21.24

Semi-final 2

Wind: 0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Olaf Prenzler	East Germany	20.58	Q
2	Erwin Skamrahl	West Germany	20.61	Q
3	Cameron Sharp	United Kingdom	20.62	Q
4	Sergey Sokolov	Soviet Union	20.68	Q
5	Detlef Kübeck	East Germany	20.80
6	Hermann Lomba	France	20.82
7	Giovanni Bongiorni	Italy	21.04
8	Stanislav Sajdok	Czechoslovakia	21.17

Heats

8 September

Heat 1

Wind: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Frank Emmelmann	East Germany	20.87	Q
2	Cameron Sharp	United Kingdom	20.96	Q
3	Pascal Barré	France	21.09	Q
4	Luciano Caravani	Italy	21.25	q
5	Stanislav Sajdok	Czechoslovakia	21.29	q
6	László Babály	Hungary	21.39

Heat 2

Wind: -0.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hermann Lomba	France	20.90	Q
2	István Nagy	Hungary	21.00	Q
3	Detlef Kübeck	East Germany	21.03	Q
4	Sergey Sokolov	Soviet Union	21.15	q
5	Peter Klein	West Germany	21.32
6	Zenon Licznerski	Poland	21.36
7	Peter Muster	Switzerland	31.10

Heat 3

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vladimir Muravyov	Soviet Union	20.96	Q
2	Giovanni Bongiorni	Italy	21.02	Q
3	Olaf Prenzler	East Germany	21.13	Q
4	Kimmo Saaristo	Finland	21.38
5	Per-Ola Olsson	Sweden	21.72

Heat 4

Wind: 0.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Pascal Barré	France	21.03	Q
2	Erwin Skamrahl	West Germany	21.04	Q
3	František Břečka	Czechoslovakia	21.11	Q
4	Carlo Simionato	Italy	21.25	q
5	Ángel Heras	Spain	21.37
6	Nikolay Markov	Bulgaria	21.73

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

• Bulgaria (1)
• Czechoslovakia (2)
• East Germany (3)
• Finland (1)
• France (3)
• Hungary (2)
• Italy (3)
• Poland (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Spain (1)
• Sweden (1)
• Switzerland (1)
• United Kingdom (1)
• West Germany (2)

See also

• 1978 Men's European Championships 200 metres (Prague)
• 1980 Men's Olympic 200 metres (Moscow)
• 1983 Men's World Championships 200 metres (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic 200 metres (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships 200 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships 200 metres (Rome)
• 1988 Men's Olympic 200 metres (Seoul)

References

• Results