European Athletics Championships 2014/200 m men

22nd European Athletics Championships
discipline	200 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	31 athletes from 22 countries
venue	Zurich
Competition location	Letzigrund Stadium
Competition phase	August 13th (preliminary) August 14th (semi-finals) August 15th (final)
Medalist Adam Gemili ( GBR )   Christophe Lemaitre ( FRA )   Serhij Smelyk ( UKR )

The Letzigrund stadium in Zurich

The 200-meter race of the men at the 2014 European Athletics Championships was from 13 to 15 August 2014 at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich held.

The British Adam Gemili became European Champion . Second place went to the two-time European champion over 100 meters ( 2010 / 2012 ) and World Championship -Third about 200 meters from 2011 Christophe Lemaitre of France. Bronze went to the Ukrainian Serhiy Smelyk .

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.

Preliminary round

August 15, 2014, 5:35 p.m.

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

August 13, 2014, 12:05 pm

Wind: −1.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Serhiy Smelyk	Ukraine	20.49
2	Ramil Guliyev	Turkey	20.59
3	Ben Bassaw	France	20.68
4th	Robin Erewa	Germany	20.72
5	Sergio Ruiz	Spain	20.73
6th	Enrico Demonte	Italy	20.90
7th	Petar Kremensky	Bulgaria	21.75
8th	Riste Pandev	Macedonia	21.96

Forward 2

Johan Wissman missed a place in the next round

August 13, 2014, 12:13 pm

Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Christophe Lemaitre	France	20.43
2	James Ellington	Great Britain	20.55
3	Alex Wilson	Switzerland	20.61
4th	Johan Wissman	Sweden	20.82
5	İzzet Safer	Turkey	21.06
6th	David Lima	Portugal	21.25
7th	Fabian Haldner	Liechtenstein	23.06
DNS	Julian Reus	Germany

Forward 3

Marek Niit had no chance as seventh of his prelim with a time of over 21 seconds

August 13, 2014, 12:21 p.m.

Wind: −0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Danny Talbot	Great Britain	20.63
2	Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas	Greece	20.64
3	Diego Marani	Italy	20.65
4th	Karol Zalewski	Poland	20.76
5	Nile de Oliveira	Sweden	20.93
6th	Kevin Moore	Malta	21.03 NO
7th	Marek Niit	Estonia	21.04
8th	Jan Žumer	Slovenia	21.47

Forward 4

The 100 meters -Sechsten Jaysuma Saidy Ndure missing two hundredths of a second for participation in the semi-finals

August 13, 2014, 12:29 pm

Wind: −0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Adam Gemili	Great Britain	20.39
2	Eseosa Desalu	Italy	20.55
3	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	20.60
4th	Aleixo Platini Menga	Germany	20.71
5	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	Norway	20.78
6th	Jonathan Åstrand	Finland	21.03
7th	Joel Burgundy	Switzerland	21.24
8th	Mikel De Sa	Andorra	22.54

Semifinals

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

Run 1

In the target curve of the first semi-final (from left to right): James Ellington, Christophe Lemaitre, Ramil Guliyev

August 14, 2014, 8:15 pm

Wind: −0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Christophe Lemaitre	France	20.26
2	Serhiy Smelyk	Ukraine	20.32
3	Diego Marani	Italy	20.36
4th	Ramil Guliyev	Turkey	20.38 NO
5	James Ellington	Great Britain	20.52
6th	Alex Wilson	Switzerland	20.76
7th	Robin Erewa	Germany	20.82
8th	Sergio Ruiz	Spain	20.85

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  James Ellington missed the finals by just a few thousandths of a second

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  Alex Wilson was eliminated in sixth place in his semifinal run

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  Robin Erewa's seventh place in the first semi-final was not enough for participation in the final

Run 2

In the target curve of the second semi-final (from left to right): Ben Bassaw, Churandy Martina, Adam Gemili

August 14, 2014, 8:22 pm

Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Adam Gemili	Great Britain	20.23
2	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	20.40
3	Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas	Greece	20.40
4th	Karol Zalewski	Poland	20.52
5	Ben Bassaw	France	20.62
6th	Danny Talbot	Great Britain	20.62
7th	Eseosa Desalu	Italy	20.73
8th	Aleixo Platini Menga	Germany	20.89

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  Danny Talbot, 2012 bronze medalist , failed to reach the final by finishing sixth in his semi-final race

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  Eseosa Desalu finished seventh in the second semifinals and did not make it to the finals

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  For Aleixo-Platini Menga, the competition was over after finishing eighth in his semifinals

final

At the start of the home straight of the 200 meter final (from left to right): Diego Marani, Serhij Smelyk, Churandy Martina, Adam Gemili, Christophe Lemaitre

August 15, 2014, 9:49 pm

Wind: −1.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Adam Gemili	Great Britain	19.98 NU23R
2	Christophe Lemaitre	France	20.15
3	Serhiy Smelyk	Ukraine	20.30
4th	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	20.37
5	Diego Marani	Italy	20.43
6th	Ramil Guliyev	Turkey	20.48
7th	Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas	Greece	20.53
8th	Karol Zalewski	Poland	20.58

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  European champion Adam Gemili

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  Just like over 100 meters , Christophe Lemaitre, third in the 2011 World Cup , won the silver medal

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  Defending champion Churandy Martina finished fourth here in Zurich

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  Diego Marani reached fifth place

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  The later world and European champion Ramil Guliyev came in sixth place

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  The eighth placed Karol Zalewski

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Zurich 2014 at european-athletics.org, accessed on February 1, 2020
• Men 200m European Championship 2014 Zurich on todor66.com, accessed on February 1, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2014 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on February 1, 2020
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2014, 200 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on February 1, 2020
• 22nd European Athletics Championships 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland from ifosta.de, accessed on February 1, 2020

Video

• 200m Men's Final European Championship Zurich 2014 on youtube.com, accessed February 1, 2020

References and comments

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