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.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Pietro Mennea Italy
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| Silver | Manfred Ommer West Germany
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| Bronze | Hans-Jürgen Bombach East Germany
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Results
Final
6 September Wind: -0.8m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Pietro Mennea | Italy |
20.60 | |
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Manfred Ommer | West Germany |
20.76 | |
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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: -1.6m/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: 0.5m/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: -0.1m/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: -2.4m/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: 0.3m/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: 1.5m/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: 1.4m/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.
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References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 420–427, retrieved 13 August 2014