European Athletics Championships 1982/200 m men

13th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's 200-meter run
city	Athens
Stadion	Athens Olympic Stadium
Attendees	24 athletes from 14 countries
Competition phase	September 8th (preliminary / semi-finals) September 9th (final)
Medalist
gold	Olaf Prenzler ( GDR )
silver	Cameron Sharp ( GBR )
bronze	Frank Emmelmann ( GDR )

The Olympic Stadium of Athens in 2017

The men's 200-meter run at the 1982 European Athletics Championships was held on September 8 and 9, 1982 in the Olympic Stadium in Athens .

With gold and bronze there were two medals in this competition for the sprinters from the GDR. European champion was Olaf Prenzler . He won ahead of the Briton Cameron Sharp . Bronze went to the winner of the 100-meter run, Frank Emmelmann .

Existing records

World record	19.72 s	Pietro Mennea	Mexico City , Mexico	September 12, 1979
European record
Championship record	20.16 s		EM Prague , Czechoslovakia	September 1, 1978

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Preliminary round

September 8, 1982

The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - and the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.

Forward 1

Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Frank Emmelmann	GDR	20.87
2	Cameron Sharp	Great Britain	20.96
3	Pascal Barré	France	21.09
4th	Luciano Caravani	Italy	21.25
5	Stanislav Sajdok	Czechoslovakia	21.29
6th	László Babály	Hungary	21.39 SB

Forward 2

Wind: −0.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Hermann Lomba	France	20.90
2	Istvan Nagy	Hungary	21.00
3	Detlef Kübeck	GDR	21.03
4th	Sergei Sokolov	Soviet Union	21.15
5	Peter Klein	BR Germany	21.32 SB
6th	Zenon Licznerski	Poland	21.36 SB
7th	Peter Muster	Switzerland	31.10 SB

Forward 3

Wind: −0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Vladimir Muravyov	Soviet Union	20.96
2	Giovanni Bongiorni	Italy	21.02 SB
3	Olaf Prenzler	GDR	21.13
4th	Kimmo Saaristo	Finland	21.38 SB
5	Per-Ola Olsson	Sweden	21.72 PB

Forward 4

Wind: +0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Patrick Barré	France	21.03
2	Erwin Skamrahl	BR Germany	21.04
3	František Břečka	Czechoslovakia	21.11 SB
4th	Carlo Simionato	Italy	21.25
5	Ángel Heras	Spain	21.37 SB
6th	Nikolai Markov	Bulgaria	21.73 SB

Semifinals

September 8, 1982

In each of the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Run 1

Wind: -1.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Frank Emmelmann	GDR	20.80
2	Istvan Nagy	Hungary	20.82
3	Patrick Barré	France	20.93
4th	Vladimir Muravyov	Soviet Union	20.95
5	Pascal Barré	France	20.99 SB
6th	Carlo Simionato	Italy	21.04
7th	František Břečka	Czechoslovakia	21.17
8th	Luciano Caravani	Italy	21.24 SB

Run 2

Wind: +0.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Olaf Prenzler	GDR	20.58
2	Erwin Skamrahl	BR Germany	20.61
3	Cameron Sharp	Great Britain	20.62
4th	Sergei Sokolov	Soviet Union	20.68 SB
5	Detlef Kübeck	GDR	20.80
6th	Hermann Lomba	France	20.82 SB
7th	Giovanni Bongiorni	Italy	21.04
8th	Stanislav Sajdok	Czechoslovakia	21.17 PB

final

September 9, 1982

Wind: −0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Olaf Prenzler	GDR	20.46 PB
2	Cameron Sharp	Great Britain	20.47 PB
3	Frank Emmelmann	GDR	20.60
4th	Erwin Skamrahl	BR Germany	20.61 SB
5	Istvan Nagy	Hungary	20.62 SB
6th	Patrick Barré	France	20.75 SB
7th	Vladimir Muravyov	Soviet Union	20.76
8th	Sergei Sokolov	Soviet Union	20.81

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  European champion Olaf Prenzler (left) was sixth over 100 meters two days earlier and won silver on the last day in the GDR sprint relay

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  Bronze medalist Frank Emmelmann had become European champion over 100 meters two days earlier and on the final day also won silver in the GDR sprint relay

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Athens 1982 from european-athletics.org, accessed August 16, 2019
• Men 200m European Championship 1982 Athens on todor66.com, accessed August 16, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1982 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on August 16, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 200m European Championship 1982 Athens, p. 436 (PDF, 13.363 kB), Spanish / English at european-athletics.org, accessed on August 16, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1982, 200 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on August 16, 2019
• 13th European Athletics Championships 1982 in Athens, Greece from ifosta.de, accessed on August 16, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 200m men , accessed August 16, 2019