European Athletics Championships 2002/200 m men

18th European Athletics Championships
discipline	200 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	35 athletes from 22 countries
venue	Munich
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 8th (preliminary / intermediate round) August 9th (semifinals / finals)
Medalist Konstantinos Kenteris ( GRE )   Francis Obikwelu ( POR )   Marlon Devonish ( GBR )

Munich Olympic Stadium

The men's 200-meter run at the 2002 European Athletics Championships was held on August 8 and 9, 2002 in the Munich Olympic Stadium.

The European champion was the Greek Olympic champion from 2000 and reigning world champion Konstantinos Kenteris . He won before the Portuguese World Cup third in 1999 Francis Obikwelu , who had won the 100-meter run two days earlier . Bronze went to the British Marlon Devonish .

Records

Existing records

World record	19.32 s	Michael Johnson	Olympic Games Atlanta , USA	August 1, 1996
European record	19.72 s	Pietro Mennea	Mexico City , Mexico	September 12, 1979
Championship record	20.11 s	John Regis	EM Split , Yugoslavia	August 30, 1990

Record improvement

European champion Konstantinos Kenteris improved the existing EM record in the final on August 9 by 26 hundredths of a second to 19.85 s.  

Preliminary round

August 8, 2002

The preliminary round was carried out in five runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the intermediate round.

Forward 1

Anastásios Goúsis was eliminated as seventh of his preliminary run

Wind: +0.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marcin Urbaś	Poland	20.71
2	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	20.82
3	Ronald Pognon	France	20.84
4th	Oleg Sergeyev	Russia	21.06
5	Sergejs Inšakovs	Latvia	21.20
6th	Anastásios Goúsis	Greece	21.22
7th	Gideon Jablonka	Israel	21.26

Forward 2

As sixth of his prelim, Matic Osovnikar did not survive the preliminary round

Wind: -0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Darren Campbell	Great Britain	20.66
2	Martin Briňarský	Slovakia	20.75
3	Johan Wissman	Sweden	20.97
4th	Alessandro Cavallaro	Italy	21.03
5	Steffen Otto	Germany	21.24
6th	Matic Osovnikar	Slovenia	21.55
7th	Dmitriy Chumichkin	Azerbaijan	21.72

Forward 3

Wind: -0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	20.81
2	Marco Torrieri	Italy	20.89
3	Sergei Blinov	Russia	20.99
4th	Erik Wahn	Sweden	21.02
5	Julián Martínez	Spain	21.13
6th	Paul Brizzel	Ireland	21.32

Forward 4

Wind: +0.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	20.55
2	Marcin Jędrusiński	Poland	20.57
3	Geir Moen	Norway	20.68
4th	Tommi Hartonen	Finland	20.87
5	Jiří Vojtík	Czech Republic	20.88
6th	Gary Ryan	Ireland	20.93
7th	Christian Birk	Denmark	21.15

Paul Hession was seventh in his preliminary run and was eliminated

Forward 5

Wind: -0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Konstantinos Kenteris	Greece	20.55
2	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	20.81
3	Johan Engberg	Sweden	20.83
4th	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	20.87
5	John Ertzgaard	Norway	20.88
6th	Emanuele Di Gregorio	Italy	21.04
7th	Paul Hession	Ireland	21.28

Intermediate round

August 8, 2002

From the three intermediate runs, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.

Intermediate run 1

Darren Campbell, runner-up European champion here over 100 meters and European champion in 1998 , was disqualified in the intermediate round

Wind: -1.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marcin Urbaś	Poland	20.86
2	Marco Torrieri	Italy	20.90
3	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	21.04
4th	John Ertzgaard	Norway	21.14
5	Jiří Vojtík	Czech Republic	21.16
6th	Johan Engberg	Sweden	21.21
7th	Sergei Blinov	Russia	21.32
DSQ	Darren Campbell	Great Britain

Intermediate run 2

Johan Wissman did not finish in the second intermediate run

Wind: +0.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Konstantinos Kenteris	Greece	20.29
2	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	20.41
3	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	20.78
4th	Geir Moen	Norway	20.85
5	Tommi Hartonen	Finland	20.90
6th	Oleg Sergeyev	Russia	21.11
7th	Emanuele Di Gregorio	Italy	k. A.
DNF	Johan Wissman	Sweden

Intermediate run 3

Wind: -0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marcin Jędrusiński	Poland	20.37
2	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	20.60
3	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	20.66
4th	Martin Briňarský	Slovakia	20.83
5	Gary Ryan	Ireland	20.98
6th	Ronald Pognon	France	20.99
7th	Alessandro Cavallaro	Italy	21.01
8th	Erik Wahn	Sweden	21.06

Semifinals

For Ronald Pognon, the semi-finals were the end of the line

August 9, 2002

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

Semi-final run 1

Wind: -0.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marcin Jędrusiński	Poland	20.46
2	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	20.48
3	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	20.54
4th	Marco Torrieri	Italy	20.78
5	Martin Briňarský	Slovakia	20.97
6th	Gary Ryan	Ireland	20.98
7th	Ronald Pognon	France	21.04
8th	Geir Moen	Norway	21.21

Sixth place in his semi-final was not enough for Alessandro Cavallaro to make it into the final

Semi-final run 2

Wind: +0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Konstantinos Kenteris	Greece	20.18
2	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	20.23
3	Marcin Urbaś	Poland	20.60
4th	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	20.64
5	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	20.69
6th	Alessandro Cavallaro	Italy	21.01
7th	Tommi Hartonen	Finland	21.04
DNF	John Ertzgaard	Norway

final

Francis Obikwelu - second after his 100m title two days earlier

August 9, 2002

Wind: -0.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Konstantinos Kenteris	Greece	19.85 CR / NO
2	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	20.21 NO
3	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	20.24
4th	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	20.30
5	Marcin Jędrusiński	Poland	20.31 NU23R
6th	Marco Torrieri	Italy	20.68
7th	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	20.83
DNF	Marcin Urbaś	Poland

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  Bronze medalist Marlon Devonish

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  Christian Malcolm came in fourth

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  Troy Douglas finished seventh

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  Marcin Urbaś did not finish in this final

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Munich 2002 at european-athletics.org, accessed on October 18, 2019
• Men 200m European Championship 2002 Munich on todor66.com, accessed October 26, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2002 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on October 26, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 200m European Championship 2002 Munich, p. 480 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on October 26, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2002, 200 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on October 26, 2019
• 18th European Athletics Championships 2002 in Munich, Germany from ifosta.de, accessed on October 26, 2019

Video

• Kenderis wins 200m in Munich European Championships 2002 on youtube.com (English), accessed on October 26, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 200 m men , accessed October 26, 2019
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 200 m Men , Spanish / English, p. 9 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on October 26, 2019