1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 31 August, and 1 September 1978.[1]

Medalists

GoldPietro Mennea
 Italy
SilverOlaf Prenzler
 East Germany
BronzePeter Muster
  Switzerland

Results

Final

1 September Wind: -0.2 m/s

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Pietro Mennea Italy20.16CR
Olaf Prenzler East Germany20.61
Peter Muster  Switzerland20.64
4Leszek Dunecki Poland20.68
5Pascal Barré France20.70
6Zenon Licznerski Poland20.74
7Aleksandr Aksinin Soviet Union20.87
8Vladimir Ivanov Bulgaria20.92

Semi-finals

31 August

Semi-final 1

Wind: -0.2 m/s

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Pietro Mennea Italy20.40Q
2Peter Muster  Switzerland20.63Q
3Leszek Dunecki Poland20.64Q
4Olaf Prenzler East Germany20.69Q
5Vladimir Ignatenko Soviet Union20.74
6Joseph Arame France21.08
7Antti Rajamäki Finland21.19
8Martin Pelach Czechoslovakia21.59

Semi-final 2

Wind: 0 m/s

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Pascal Barré France20.96Q
2Vladimir Ivanov Bulgaria20.96Q
3Aleksandr Aksinin Soviet Union21.08Q
4Zenon Licznerski Poland21.10Q
5Luis Sarría Spain21.24
6Dragan Zarić Yugoslavia21.28
7David Jenkins Great Britain21.59
Klaus Thiele East GermanyDNF

Heats

31 August

Heat 1

Wind: 0.5 m/s

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Pietro Mennea Italy20.70Q
2Leszek Dunecki Poland21.01Q
3Dragan Zarić Yugoslavia21.13Q
4David Jenkins Great Britain21.16Q
5Roland Bombardella Luxembourg21.17
6Lambert Micha Belgium21.36

Heat 2

Wind: -1.5 m/s

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Aleksandr Aksinin Soviet Union20.97Q
2Joseph Arame France21.32Q
3Antti Rajamäki Finland21.34Q
4Klaus Thiele East Germany21.36Q
5Luděk Bohman Czechoslovakia21.39
6Mike Bayle Luxembourg21.48
7Vilmundur Vilhjálmsson Iceland21.80

Heat 3

Wind: -0.2 m/s

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Pascal Barré France20.78Q
2Vladimir Ignatenko Soviet Union20.98Q
3Luis Sarría Spain21.18Q
4Martin Pelach Czechoslovakia21.48Q
5Pavel Pavlov Bulgaria21.50
Renno Roelandt BelgiumDNF

Heat 4

Wind: 0.2 m/s

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Zenon Licznerski Poland20.82Q
2Vladimir Ivanov Bulgaria20.96Q
3Olaf Prenzler East Germany20.97Q
4Peter Muster  Switzerland21.04Q
5Trevor Hoyte Great Britain21.24
6Patrick Barré France21.27
7Marián Králik Czechoslovakia21.47

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References

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