1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres
at the 1998 European Athletics Championships
Men's 200 metres ; at the 1998 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Népstadion
Location	Budapest
Dates	20 August (heats); 21 August (semi-finals & final);
Competitors	31 from 22 nations
Winning time	20.53
Medalists
	← 1994 2002 →

The men's 200 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 20 and 21 August.

Results

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Julian Golding	Great Britain	20.39	Q, SB
2	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	20.55	Q, SB
3	Christophe Cheval	France	20.59	Q, NR
4	Georgios Panagiotopoulos	Greece	21.05	q
5	Daniel Bittner	Germany	21.09
6	Martin Morkes	Czech Republic	21.14
7	Piotr Balcerzak	Poland	21.22
8	Martin Plesnicar	Slovenia	21.35
			Wind: -1.2 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Prodromos Katsantonis	Cyprus	20.76	Q
2	Alessandro Attene	Italy	20.95	Q
3	Erik Wijmeersch	Belgium	21.02	Q
4	Manuel Milde	Germany	21.08
5	Tommy Kafri	Israel	21.09
6	Harri Kivelä	Finland	21.14
7	Martin Brinarský	Slovakia	21.32
8	Kevin Widmer	Switzerland	21.37
			Wind: -0.9 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Douglas Turner	Great Britain	20.63	Q
2	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	20.74	Q
3	Gary Ryan	Ireland	20.76	Q, SB
4	Patrick van Balkom	Netherlands	20.88	q
5	Reşat Oğuz	Turkey	21.10
6	Panagiotis Sarris	Greece	21.24
7	Mario Bonello	Malta	21.65
–	Marcin Urbaś	Poland	DNF
			Wind: -0.8 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Rodrigue Nordin	France	20.52	Q
2	Geir Moen	Norway	20.64	Q
3	Douglas Walker	Great Britain	20.67	Q
4	Torbjörn Eriksson	Sweden	20.85	q, SB
5	Petko Yankov	Bulgaria	20.89	q
6	Javier Navarro	Spain	21.22
7	Paul Brizzel	Ireland	21.25
			Wind: -0.6 m/s

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

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Julian Golding	Great Britain	20.61	Q
2	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	20.65	Q
3	Prodromos Katsantonis	Cyprus	20.80	Q
4	Christophe Cheval	France	20.87	Q
5	Torbjörn Eriksson	Sweden	21.00
6	Alessandro Attene	Italy	21.04
7	Georgios Panagiotopoulos	Greece	21.15
8	Erik Wijmeersch	Belgium	DQ
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Douglas Walker	Great Britain	20.74	Q
2	Douglas Turner	Great Britain	20.89	Q
3	Rodrigue Nordin	France	21.00	Q
4	Geir Moen	Norway	21.01	Q
5	Patrick van Balkom	Netherlands	21.04
6	Petko Yankov	Bulgaria	21.08
7	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	21.14
8	Gary Ryan	Ireland	21.28
			Wind: -1.8 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
	Douglas Walker	Great Britain	20.53
	Douglas Turner	Great Britain	20.64
	Julian Golding	Great Britain	20.72
4	Geir Moen	Norway	20.78
5	Rodrigue Nordin	France	20.83
6	Christophe Cheval	France	20.91
7	Prodromos Katsantonis	Cyprus	21.24
–	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	DQ
			Wind: -1.0 m/s