2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

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{{Infobox sports competition event

| event = Men's 200 metres

| competition = 2006 European Athletics Championships

| venue = Ullevi

| location = Gothenburg

| dates = {{Ubl|9 August (heats & quarter-finals)|10 August (semi-finals & final)}}

| competitors = 41

| nations = 24

| win_value = 20.01

| gold = Francis Obikwelu

| goldNOC = POR

| silver = Johan Wissman

| silverNOC = SWE

| bronze = Marlon Devonish

| bronzeNOC = GBR

| previous = 2002

| next = 2010

}}

{{2006AthleticsEC}}

The men's 200 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 9 and August 10. Obikwelu completed the sprinters' double, leading comfortably out of the last curve and continuing all the way to the finish. Wissman took silver in a time level with the national record. Devonish faded in the end and just managed to hold on to third in front of Belgian Kristof Beyens..

Schedule

class="wikitable"

! Date

! Time

! Round

August 9, 200611:10Round 1
August 9, 200619:35Quarter-finals
August 10, 200619:15Semi-finals
style=background:lemonchiffon

|August 10, 2006

20:45Final

Results

=Round 1=

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Quarter-finals.

==Heat 1==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;width: 55%;"

!scope="col"| Rank

!scope="col"| Athlete

!scope="col"| Nation

!scope="col"| Time

!scope="col"| Notes

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|1

|align=left|David Alerte

|align=left|{{FRA}}

|20.58

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|2

|align=left|Kristof Beyens

|align=left|{{BEL}}

|20.61

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}, {{AthAbbr|SB}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|3

|align=left|Ruslan Abbasov

|align=left|{{AZE}}

|20.86

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}, {{AthAbbr|NR|Azerbaijani}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|4

|align=left|Morten Jensen

|align=left|{{DEN}}

|20.94

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=ddffdd

|5

|align=left|Panagiotis Sarris

|align=left|{{GRE}}

|20.99

|{{AthAbbr|q}}

6

|align=left|Koura Kaba Fantoni

|align=left|{{ITA}}

|21.14

|

7

|align=left|Marco Cribari

|align=left|{{SUI}}

|21.16

|

class="sortbottom"

| colspan="3" |

colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| Wind: +1.7 m/s

==Heat 2==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;width: 55%;"

!scope="col"| Rank

!scope="col"| Athlete

!scope="col"| Nation

!scope="col"| Time

!scope="col"| Notes

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|1

|align=left|Marlon Devonish

|align=left|{{GBR2}}

|20.53

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}, {{AthAbbr|SB}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|2

|align=left|Sebastian Ernst

|align=left|{{GER}}

|20.67

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}, {{AthAbbr|SB}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|3

|align=left|Eddy De Lépine

|align=left|{{FRA}}

|20.70

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}, {{AthAbbr|SB}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|4

|align=left|Paul Brizzel

|align=left|{{IRL}}

|20.84

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}, {{AthAbbr|SB}}

bgcolor=ddffdd

|5

|align=left|Marcin Urbaś

|align=left|{{POL}}

|20.87

|{{AthAbbr|q}}

bgcolor=ddffdd

|6

|align=left|Dmytro Hlushchenko

|align=left|{{UKR}}

|21.00

|{{AthAbbr|q}}

7

|align=left|Tommi Hartonen

|align=left|{{FIN}}

|21.22

|

class="sortbottom"

| colspan="3" |

colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| Wind: +1.8 m/s

==Heat 3==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;width: 55%;"

!scope="col"| Rank

!scope="col"| Athlete

!scope="col"| Nation

!scope="col"| Time

!scope="col"| Notes

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|1

|align=left|Ivan Teplykh

|align=left|{{RUS}}

|20.71

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}, {{AthAbbr|PB}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|2

|align=left|Yordan Ilinov

|align=left|{{BUL}}

|20.80

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|3

|align=left|Rikki Fifton

|align=left|{{GBR2}}

|21.02

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|4

|align=left|Stefano Anceschi

|align=left|{{ITA}}

|21.04

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=ddffdd

|5

| align=left |Patrick van Luijk

| align=left |{{NED}}

|21.05

|{{AthAbbr|q}}

6

| align=left |Johan Engberg

| align=left |{{SWE}}

|21.12

|

7

| align=left |Ronald Pognon

| align=left |{{FRA}}

|{{sort|99.99|DNS}}

|

class="sortbottom"

| colspan="3" |

colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| Wind: +0.5 m/s

==Heat 4==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;width: 55%;"

!scope="col"| Rank

!scope="col"| Athlete

!scope="col"| Nation

!scope="col"| Time

!scope="col"| Notes

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|1

|align=left|Anastasios Gousis

|align=left|{{GRE}}

|20.64

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|2

|align=left|Paul Hession

|align=left|{{IRL}}

|20.81

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|3

|align=left|Alessandro Cavallaro

|align=left|{{ITA}}

|20.82

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}, {{AthAbbr|SB}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|4

|align=left|Caimin Douglas

|align=left|{{NED}}

|20.97

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=ddffdd

|5

|align=left|Marc Schneeberger

|align=left|{{SUI}}

|21.06

|{{AthAbbr|q}}

bgcolor=ddffdd

|6

|align=left|Vojtěch Šulc

|align=left|{{CZE}}

|21.07

|{{AthAbbr|q}}

class="sortbottom"

| colspan="3" |

colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Wind: -0.5 m/s

==Heat 5==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;width: 55%;"

!scope="col"| Rank

!scope="col"| Athlete

!scope="col"| Nation

!scope="col"| Time

!scope="col"| Notes

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|1

|align=left|Francis Obikwelu

|align=left|{{POR}}

|20.78

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|2

|align=left|Roman Smirnov

|align=left|{{RUS}}

|20.92

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|3

|align=left|Guus Hoogmoed

|align=left|{{NED}}

|20.93

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|4

|align=left|Tim Abeyie

|align=left|{{GBR2}}

|21.03

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=ddffdd

|5

|align=left|Josué Mena

|align=left|{{ESP}}

|21.09

|{{AthAbbr|q}}

6

|align=left|Jan Schiller

|align=left|{{CZE}}

|21.12

|

7

|align=left|Gary Ryan

|align=left|{{IRL}}

|21.14

|

class="sortbottom"

| colspan="3" |

colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| Wind: -1.1 m/s

==Heat 6==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;width: 55%;"

!scope="col"| Rank

!scope="col"| Athlete

!scope="col"| Nation

!scope="col"| Time

!scope="col"| Notes

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|1

|align=left|Johan Wissman

|align=left|{{SWE}}

|20.66

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|2

|align=left|Matic Osovnikar

|align=left|{{SLO}}

|20.90

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|3

|align=left|Daniel Schnelting

|align=left|{{GER}}

|20.90

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}, {{AthAbbr|SB}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|4

|align=left|Jiří Vojtík

|align=left|{{CZE}}

|20.91

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=ddffdd

|5

|align=left|Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé

|align=left|{{LUX}}

|20.93

|{{AthAbbr|q}}

6

|align=left|Florin Suciu

|align=left|{{ROU}}

|21.10

|

7

|align=left|Josip Šoprek

|align=left|{{CRO}}

|21.55

|

class="sortbottom"

| colspan="3" |

colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| Wind: +0.4 m/s

=Quarter-finals=

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the semifinals.

==Heat 1==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;width: 55%;"

!scope="col"| Rank

!scope="col"| Athlete

!scope="col"| Nation

!scope="col"| Time

!scope="col"| Notes

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|1

|align=left|Marlon Devonish

|align=left|{{GBR2}}

|20.67

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|2

|align=left|Sebastian Ernst

|align=left|{{GER}}

|20.71

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|3

|align=left|Yordan Ilinov

|align=left|{{BUL}}

|20.76

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|4

|align=left|Guus Hoogmoed

|align=left|{{NED}}

|20.76

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

5

|align=left|Roman Smirnov

|align=left|{{RUS}}

|20.93

|

6

|align=left|Panagiotis Sarris

|align=left|{{GRE}}

|21.04

|

7

|align=left|Marcin Urbaś

|align=left|{{POL}}

|21.39

|

{{sort|99|–}}

|align=left|Stefano Anceschi

|align=left|{{ITA}}

|{{sort|99|{{AthAbbr|DQ}}}}

|

class="sortbottom"

| colspan="3" |

colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| Wind: +0.6 m/s

==Heat 2==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;width: 55%;"

!scope="col"| Rank

!scope="col"| Athlete

!scope="col"| Nation

!scope="col"| Time

!scope="col"| Notes

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|1

|align=left|David Alerte

|align=left|{{FRA}}

|20.68

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|2

|align=left|Kristof Beyens

|align=left|{{BEL}}

|20.70

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|3

|align=left|Paul Hession

|align=left|{{IRL}}

|20.80

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|4

|align=left|Jiří Vojtík

|align=left|{{CZE}}

|20.90

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

5

|align=left|Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé

|align=left|{{LUX}}

|20.96

|

6

|align=left|Ruslan Abbasov

|align=left|{{AZE}}

|20.98

|

7

|align=left|Tim Abeyie

|align=left|{{GBR2}}

|21.17

|

{{sort|99|–}}

|align=left|Marc Schneeberger

|align=left|{{SUI}}

|{{sort|99|{{AthAbbr|DNS}}}}

|

class="sortbottom"

| colspan="3" |

colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| Wind: -0.1 m/s

==Heat 3==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;width: 55%;"

!scope="col"| Rank

!scope="col"| Athlete

!scope="col"| Nation

!scope="col"| Time

!scope="col"| Notes

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|1

|align=left|Johan Wissman

|align=left|{{SWE}}

|20.68

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|2

|align=left|Rikki Fifton

|align=left|{{GBR2}}

|20.73

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|3

|align=left|Ivan Teplykh

|align=left|{{RUS}}

|20.82

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|4

|align=left|Eddy De Lépine

|align=left|{{FRA}}

|21.00

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

5

|align=left|Dmytro Hlushchenko

|align=left|{{UKR}}

|21.07

|

6

|align=left|Patrick van Luijk

|align=left|{{NED}}

|21.46

|

7

|align=left|Morten Jensen

|align=left|{{DEN}}

|21.56

|

{{sort|99|–}}

|align=left|Daniel Schnelting

|align=left|{{GER}}

|{{sort|99|{{AthAbbr|DNS}}}}

|

class="sortbottom"

| colspan="3" |

colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| Wind: -0.5 m/s

==Heat 4==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;width: 55%;"

!scope="col"| Rank

!scope="col"| Athlete

!scope="col"| Nation

!scope="col"| Time

!scope="col"| Notes

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|1

|align=left|Francis Obikwelu

|align=left|{{POR}}

|20.58

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|2

|align=left|Anastasios Gousis

|align=left|{{GRE}}

|20.68

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|3

|align=left|Matic Osovnikar

|align=left|{{SLO}}

|20.85

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor=bbf3bb

|4

|align=left|Alessandro Cavallaro

|align=left|{{ITA}}

|20.91

|{{AthAbbr|Q}}

5

|align=left|Josué Mena

|align=left|{{ESP}}

|21.09

|

6

|align=left|Caimin Douglas

|align=left|{{NED}}

|21.18

|

7

|align=left|Vojtěch Šulc

|align=left|{{CZE}}

|21.21

|

{{sort|99|–}}

|align=left|Paul Brizzel

|align=left|{{IRL}}

|{{sort|99|{{AthAbbr|DNF}}}}

|

class="sortbottom"

| colspan="3" |

colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"| Wind: -0.7 m/s

=Semi-finals=

First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.

==Heat 1==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;width: 55%;"
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
bgcolor=bbf3bb

| 1

3align=left | Francis Obikwelualign=left| {{POR}}20.36{{AthAbbr|Q}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb

| 2

6align=left | Johan Wissmanalign=left| {{SWE}}20.38{{AthAbbr|Q}}, {{AthAbbr|NR|Swedish}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb

| 3

7align=left | Eddy De Lépinealign=left| {{FRA}}20.70{{AthAbbr|Q}}, {{AthAbbr|SB}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb

| 4

5align=left | Anastasios Gousisalign=left| {{GRE}}20.76{{AthAbbr|Q}}
58align=left | Guus Hoogmoedalign=left| {{NED}}20.80
64align=left | Rikki Fiftonalign=left| {{GBR2}}20.85
72align=left | Yordan Ilinovalign=left| {{BUL}}21.00
81align=left | Matic Osovnikaralign=left| {{SLO}}21.08

==Heat 2==

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;width: 60%;"
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
bgcolor=bbf3bb

| 1

4align=left | Marlon Devonishalign=left| {{GBR2}}20.60{{AthAbbr|Q}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb

| 2

3align=left | Kristof Beyensalign=left| {{BEL}}20.62{{AthAbbr|Q}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb

| 3

5align=left | David Alertealign=left| {{FRA}}20.69{{AthAbbr|Q}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb

| 4

1align=left | Ivan Teplykhalign=left| {{RUS}}20.82{{AthAbbr|Q}}
57align=left | Jiří Vojtíkalign=left| {{CZE}}20.83
66align=left | Sebastian Ernstalign=left| {{GER}}21.04
72align=left | Paul Hessionalign=left| {{IRL}}21.09
88align=left | Alessandro Cavallaroalign=left| {{ITA}}21.19

=Final=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;width: 55%;"
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
{{gold1}}5align=left | Francis Obikwelualign=left| {{POR}}20.01{{AthAbbr|NR|Portuguese}}, {{AthAbbr|EL}}
{{silver2}}4align=left | Johan Wissmanalign=left| {{SWE}}20.38={{AthAbbr|NR|Swedish}}
{{bronze3}}3align=left | Marlon Devonishalign=left| {{GBR2}}20.54
46align=left | Kristof Beyensalign=left| {{BEL}}20.57{{AthAbbr|SB}}
51align=left | Ivan Teplykhalign=left| {{RUS}}20.76
67align=left | Eddy De Lépinealign=left| {{FRA}}20.77
72align=left | David Alertealign=left| {{FRA}}20.93
88align=left | Anastasios Gousisalign=left| {{GRE}}20.94