European Athletics Championships 2016/200 m men

23rd European Athletics Championships
discipline	200 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	34 athletes from 22 countries
venue	Amsterdam
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	July 7th (preliminary) July 8th (semifinals / finals)
Medalist Bruno Hortelano ( ESP )   Ramil Guliyev ( TUR )   Daniel Talbot ( GBR )

The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam

The men's 200-meter run at the 2016 European Athletics Championships was held on July 7th and 8th, 2016 in the Olympic Stadium in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam .

The European champion was the Spaniard Bruno Hortelano . He won against the Turk Ramil Guliyev . Bronze went to the Briton Daniel Talbot .

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. However, all races took place under partly clear headwind conditions, so that it was hardly possible to improve the records.

doping

This competition was affected by a doping case:

The Hungarian Gábor Pásztor , who finished last in the third heat and was eliminated, was tested positive for illegal substances after his race at these European championships on July 7th. He received a four-year ban until June 7, 2020. His result from these European Championships was annulled.

execution

For this discipline, a new competition mode was used for the first time. The ten strongest athletes on the European annual best list did not yet have to compete in the preliminary round, but only entered the semi-finals.

Preliminary round

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

Forward 1

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  Zharnel Hughes was eliminated as seventh of his preliminary run

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  Samuli Samuelsson had no chance with eighth place in the first heat

July 7, 2016, 10:50 am

Wind: -1.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Bruno Hortelano	Spain	20.55
2	Karol Zalewski	Poland	20.69
3	Méba-Mickaël Zézé	France	20.84
4th	Johan Wissman	Sweden	20.96
5	Marcus Lawler	Ireland	21.06
6th	Ionut Andrei Neagoe	Romania	21.18
7th	Zharnel Hughes	Great Britain	21.21
8th	Samuli Samuelsson	Finland	21.36

Seventh place in his preliminary run was not enough for Marek Niit to advance

Forward 2

July 7, 2016, 10:57 am

Wind: −1.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Alex Wilson	Switzerland	20.80
2	Davide Manenti	Italy	20.82
3	Ján Volko	Slovakia	21.00
4th	Hensley Paulina	Netherlands	21.04
5	Robin Erewa	Germany	21.05
6th	Vitaliy Korzh	Ukraine	21.49
7th	Marek Niit	Estonia	21.93
8th	Mikel De Sa	Andorra	22.74

Forward 3

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  Igor Bodrov missed the next round as fifth in his run by seven hundredths of a second

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  Robin Vanderbemden failed in the preliminary round as sixth of his race

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  Silvan Wicki - eighth of the third heat and thus eliminated

July 7, 2016, 11:04 am

Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Solomon Bockarie	Netherlands	20.55
2	David Lima	Portugal	20.82
3	Antonio Infantino	Italy	20.99
4th	Tom Kling-Baptiste	Sweden	21.06
5	Igor Bodrov	Bulgaria	21.13
6th	Robin Vanderbemden	Belgium	21.17
7th	Silvan Wicki	Switzerland	21.41
DOP	Gábor Pásztor	Hungary

Semifinals

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

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  Jaysuma Saidy Ndure's third place in the first semifinals was not enough for the final

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  Eseosa Desalu was eliminated in fourth in his race in the semifinals

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  Aleixo Platini Menga had no chance of reaching the final with his time of over 21 seconds

July 8, 2016, 6:50 p.m.

Wind: −1.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Ramil Guliyev	Turkey	20.69
2	Alex Wilson	Switzerland	20.71
3	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	Norway	20.92
4th	Eseosa Desalu	Italy	20.94
5	Aleixo Platini Menga	Germany	21.06
6th	Ján Volko	Slovakia	21.28
7th	Marcus Lawler	Ireland	21.33
8th	Hensley Paulina	Netherlands	21.49

Run 2

July 8, 2016, 6:58 pm

Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Daniel Talbot	Great Britain	20.37
2	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	20.44
3	Davide Manenti	Italy	20.46
4th	Karol Zalewski	Poland	20.69
5	Méba-Mickaël Zézé	France	20.81
6th	Julian Reus	Germany	20.83
7th	David Lima	Portugal	20.86
DNF	Johan Wissman	Sweden

Sprinters eliminated in the second semifinals:

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  Karol Zalewski - fourth place

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  Méba-Mickaël Zézé - fifth place

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  Julian Reus - sixth

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  Johan Wissman - not on target

Run 3

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  Serhiy Smelyk did not reach the final as fifth in his semi-final run

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  Robin Erewa - seventh in his semifinals and eliminated

July 8, 2016, 7:06 pm

Wind: -1.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Bruno Hortelano	Spain	20.39 NO
2	Solomon Bockarie	Netherlands	20.39
3	Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	Great Britain	20.46
4th	Likoúrgos-Stéfanos Tsákonas	Greece	20.48
5	Serhiy Smelyk	Ukraine	20.76
6th	Antonio Infantino	Italy	20.93
7th	Robin Erewa	Germany	20.98
8th	Tom Kling-Baptiste	Sweden	21.34

final

Start of the 200 meter final

Churandy Martina was the first to pass the finish line, but was subsequently disqualified because he had exceeded the limit of his path.

July 8, 2016, 8:35 p.m.

Wind: −0.9 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Bruno Hortelano	Spain	20.45
2	Ramil Guliyev	Turkey	20.51
3	Daniel Talbot	Great Britain	20.56
4th	Solomon Bockarie	Netherlands	20.56
5	Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake	Great Britain	20.60
6th	Davide Manenti	Italy	20.66
7th	Alex Wilson	Switzerland	20.70
DSQ	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	IAAF Rule 163.3a - Crossing the Track

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  Surprise European champion Bruno Hortelano

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  Vice European Champion Ramil Guliyev

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  Bronze medalist Daniel Talbot

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  The day after his seventh place over 100 meters , Solomon Bockarie was fourth

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  Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake reached number five

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  Davide Manenti came in sixth place

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  Alex Wilson finished seventh

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  Churandy Martina - the first to cross the finish line - was disqualified for breaking the lane

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Amsterdam 2016 at european-athletics.org, accessed on February 22, 2020
• Men 200m European Championship 2016 Amsterdam on todor66.com, accessed February 22, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2016 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on February 22, 2020
• 23rd European Athletics Championships 2016 in Amsterdam, Netherlands from ifosta.de, accessed on February 22, 2020

Video

• 200m Men's Final - European Athletics Championships 2016 on youtube.com, accessed on February 22, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 200 m men , accessed February 22, 2020
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 200 m Men , Spanish / English, p. 9 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on February 22, 2020
3. ↑ IAAF confirms lengthly sanctions issued to athletes on sportsintegrityinitiative.com, February 28, 2017 (English), accessed on February 22, 2020
4. ↑ Gabor Pasztor on dopingsanctions.com (English), accessed on February 22, 2020
5. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 73 (PDF), accessed on January 30, 2019