2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres explained

Event:	Men's 200 metres
Competition:	2012 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Location:	Helsinki
Competitors:	35
Nations:	25
Win Value:	20.42
Gold:	Churandy Martina
Goldnoc:	NED
Silver:	Patrick van Luijk
Silvernoc:	NED
Bronze:	Daniel Talbot
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Previous:	2010
Next:	2014

The men's 200 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 29 and 30 June.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record	19.19	Berlin, Germany	20 August 2009
European record	19.72	Mexico City, Mexico	12 September 1979
Championship record	19.85	Munich, Germany	9 August 2002
World Leading	19.91	Kingston, Jamaica	5 May 2012
European Leading	19.94	New York City, United States	9 June 2012

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	6	Churandy Martina	20.74
2	5	Alex Wilson	20.75
3	4	Nil de Oliveira	20.78	, =
4	7	Sebastian Ernst	20.96
5	2	Vojtěch Šulc	21.17
6	8	Catalin Cîmpeanu	21.37
7	3	Jan Žumer	21.50
			Wind: -1.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	5	Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas	20.73
2	7	Paul Hession	20.75	,
3	2	Sven Knipphals	20.94
4	3	Jonathan Åstrand	21.20
5	6	Kiril Kirilov	21.45
	4	Ihor Bodrov
			Wind: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	3	Daniel Talbot	20.82
2	6	Kamil Kryński	20.88
3	7	Marek Niit	20.93	,
4	2	Reto Schenkel	20.96
5	8	Aleksandr Khyutte	21.27
6	5	Jerrel Feller	21.32
7	5	Jerai Torres	22.31
			Wind: +0.4 m/s

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time
1	4	Churandy Martina	20.63
2	6	Christopher Clarke	20.90
3	5	Ben Bassaw	20.91
4	8	Sven Knipphals	20.92
5	3	Kamil Kryński	20.93
6	7	Reto Schenkel	21.05
7	1	Aliaksandr Linnik	21.43
–	2	Vojtěch Šulc
			Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time
1	5	Daniel Talbot	20.69
2	3	Nil de Oliveira	20.83
3	8	Diego Marani	20.83
4	4	Paul Hession	20.84
5	7	Sebastian Ernst	20.91
6	2	Jonathan Åstrand	21.27
7	1	Arnaldo Abrantes	21.36
–	6	Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas
			Wind: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time
1	6	Patrick van Luijk	20.68
2	3	Jonathan Borlée	20.74
3	4	Alex Wilson	20.87
4	5	Davide Manenti	21.07
5	7	Petar Kremenski	21.08
6	2	Bruno Hortelano	21.35
7	8	Marek Niit	21.44
–	1	Aleksandr Khyutte
			Wind: -1.7 m/s