The men's 200 metres event at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Göteborg, Sweden, at Ullevi on 30 and 31 July 1999.
| Gold | John Ertzgaard | |
| Silver | Christian Malcolm | |
| Bronze | Stefan Holz |
31 July
Wind: -0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | | 20.47 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | 20.47 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 20.69 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 20.83 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 20.84 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 20.90 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 20.94 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 21.21 |
31 July
Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final
Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 20.65 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 20.77 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 20.84 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 20.94 | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 21.04 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 21.46 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 21.48 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 21.79 |
Wind: -0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 20.82 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 20.88 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 21.12 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 21.19 | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 21.21 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 21.27 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 21.32 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 21.43 |
30 July
Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinal
Wind: 0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 20.70 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 21.03 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 21.11 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 21.17 | q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 21.28 | q | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 21.73 | ||||
| align=left | align=left |  | DNF |
Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 20.79 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 20.88 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 20.92 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 21.39 | q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 21.90 |
Wind: 1.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 20.64 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 20.84 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 21.11 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 21.45 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 21.46 | |||
| align=left | align=left | | DNF |
Wind: 0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 20.83 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 20.92 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 21.11 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 21.22 | q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 21.42 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 21.63 |
According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
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