European Athletics Championships 2012/200 m men

21st European Athletics Championships
discipline	200 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	34 athletes from 26 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	June 29th (preliminary / semi-finals) June 30th (final)
Medalist Churandy Martina ( NED )   Patrick van Luijk ( NED )   Daniel Talbot ( GBR )

The Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The men's 200-meter run at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held on June 29 and 30, 2012 in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki .

The Dutch sprinters achieved a double victory in this discipline. Churandy Martina became European champion . Patrick van Luijk came in second . The Briton Daniel Talbot won the bronze medal.

Existing records

World record	19.19 s	Usain Bolt	2009, World Cup Berlin , Germany	August 20, 2009
European record	19.72 s	Pietro Mennea	Mexico City , Mexico	September 12, 1979
Championship record	19.85 s	Konstantinos Kenteris	EM Munich , Germany	August 9, 2002

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved. There were no times under twenty seconds.

Preliminary round

June 29, 2012

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 semifinals.

Forward 1

Serhiy Smelyk, who was 100 meters fifth, was disqualified in the preliminary run

Wind: −0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	20.61
2	Ben Bassaw	France	20.73
3	Diego Marani	Italy	20.89
4th	Bruno Hortelano	Spain	21.08
5	Aljaksandr Linnik	Belarus	21.20
DSQ	Rachid Chouhal	Malta
	Serhiy Smelyk	Ukraine

Forward 2

Wind: -1.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	20.74
2	Alex Wilson	Switzerland	20.75
3	Nile de Oliveira	Sweden	20.78
4th	Sebastian Ernst	Germany	20.96
5	Vojtěch Šulc	Czech Republic	21.17
6th	Catalin Campeanu	Romania	21.37
7th	Jan Žumer	Slovenia	21.50

Forward 3

Wind: −0.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Patrick van Luijk	Netherlands	20.78
2	Christopher Clarke	Great Britain	20.83
3	Davide Manenti	Italy	20.84
4th	Petar Kremensky	Bulgaria	21.03
5	Arnaldo Abrantes	Portugal	21.24
6th	Fabian Haldner	Liechtenstein	23.32
DSQ	Steven Colvert	Ireland

Forward 4

Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas	Greece	20.73
2	Paul Hession	Ireland	20.75
3	Sven Knipphals	Germany	20.94
4th	Jonathan Åstrand	Finland	21.20
5	Kiril Kirilov	Bulgaria	21.45
DSQ	Ihor Bodrow	Ukraine

Forward 5

Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Daniel Talbot	Great Britain	20.82
2	Kamil Kryński	Poland	20.88
3	Marek Niit	Estonia	20.93
4th	Amaru Reto Schenkel	Switzerland	20.96
5	Alexander Kjutte	Russia	21.27
6th	Jerrel Feller	Netherlands	21.32
7th	Jerai Torres	Gibraltar	22.31

Semifinals

June 29, 2012

From each of the three semi-finals, the first two athletes - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Run 1

Wind: −0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	20.63
2	Christopher Clarke	Great Britain	20.90
3	Ben Bassaw	France	20.91
4th	Sven Knipphals	Germany	20.92
5	Kamil Kryński	Poland	20.93
6th	Amaru Reto Schenkel	Switzerland	21.05
7th	Aljaksandr Linnik	Belarus	21.43
DSQ	Vojtěch Šulc	Czech Republic

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  Ben Bassaw (left) missed the final by one place

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  Sven Knipphals was eliminated as fourth in his semi-final race

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  Amaru Reto Schenkel failed in the semifinals as he did over 100 meters

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  Aljaksandr Linnik - seventh place in the first semifinals and thus eliminated

Run 2

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  Sebastian Ernst was seven hundredths of a second missing from the final

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  As over 100 meters, Arnaldo Abrantes was eliminated in the semifinals

Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Daniel Talbot	Great Britain	20.69
2	Nile de Oliveira	Sweden	20.83
3	Diego Marani	Italy	20.83
4th	Paul Hession	Ireland	20.84
5	Sebastian Ernst	Germany	20.91
6th	Jonathan Åstrand	Finland	21.27
7th	Arnaldo Abrantes	Portugal	21.36
DSQ	Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas	Greece

Run 3

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  Alex Wilson's third place in his semi-final run wasn't enough to make it into the final

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  Davide Manenti was fourth in his semifinals and was eliminated

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  Bruno Hortelano's sixth place in the third semifinals was not enough for the final qualification

Wind: −1.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Patrick van Luijk	Netherlands	20.68
2	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	20.74
3	Alex Wilson	Switzerland	20.87
4th	Davide Manenti	Italy	21.07
5	Petar Kremensky	Bulgaria	21.08
6th	Bruno Hortelano	Spain	21.35
7th	Marek Niit	Estonia	21.44
DNS	Alexander Kjutte	Russia

final

June 30, 2012, 10:20 pm

Wind: −0.9 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	20.42
2	Patrick van Luijk	Netherlands	20.87
3	Daniel Talbot	Great Britain	20.95
4th	Jonathan Borlée	Belgium	20.99
5	Nile de Oliveira	Sweden	21.11
6th	Christopher Clarke	Great Britain	21.26
7th	Diego Marani	Italy	21.26
8th	Paul Hession	Ireland	21.27

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  European champion Churandy Martina

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  Vice European Champion Patrick van Luijk

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  Bronze medalist Danny Talbot

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  Jonathan Borlée finished fourth

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  Christopher Clarke - Sixth

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  Diego Marani reached seventh place

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  Paul Hession came in eighth in this final

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 2012 at european-athletics.org, accessed January 7, 2020
• Men 200m European Championship 2012 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed January 7, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2012 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on January 7, 2020
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 100m European Championship 2012 Helsinki, p. 510 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on January 7, 2020
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2012, 200 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on January 7, 2020
• 21st European Athletics Championships 2012 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on January 7, 2020

Video

• EC Helsinki 2012 200m men final - Churandy Martina 20.42 on youtube.com, accessed on January 7, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 200 m men , accessed January 7, 2020
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 200 m Men , Spanish / English, p. 9 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on January 7, 2020