European Athletics Championships 2018/200 m men
discipline | Men's 200-meter run |
city | Berlin |
place | Olympiastadion Berlin |
Attendees | 40 athletes from 22 countries |
Competition phase | August 8, 2018 (preliminary) August 9, 2018 (semi-finals / finals) |
Medalist | |
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gold | Ramil Guliyev ( TUR ) |
silver | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake ( GBR ) |
bronze | Alex Wilson ( SUI ) |
The men's 200-meter run at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place on August 8th and 9th in the Olympic Stadium in the German capital Berlin .
World champion was the Turk Ramil Guliyev , who won ahead of the Briton Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake . The Swiss Alex Wilson won the bronze medal.
Records
Existing records
World record | Usain Bolt | 19.19 s | World Cup in Berlin , Germany | August 20, 2009 |
European record | Pietro Mennea | 19.72 s | Mexico City , Mexico | September 12, 1979 |
Championship record | Konstantinos Kenteris | 19.85 s | EM in Munich , Germany | August 9, 2002 |
Record improvements
In the final, Ramil Guliyev improved the existing EM record to 19.76 seconds.
Conducting the competition
The ten fastest sprinters on the year's best list - marked with ‡ in the semi-final results - did not have to compete in the preliminary runs. They were automatically qualified for the semi-finals and only then intervened in the competition.
Prelims
From the four preliminary heats, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.
Run 1
August 8, 2018, 10:50 a.m. CEST
Wind: +0.1 m / s
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | Robin Vanderbemden | Belgium | 20.50 |
2 | 6th | Andrew Howe | Italy | 20.60 |
3 | 8th | Taymir Burnet | Netherlands | 20.67 |
4th | 3 | Robin Erewa | Germany | 20.69 |
5 | 1 | Pol Retamal | Spain | 20.92 |
6th | 7th | Emil Ibrahimov | Ukraine | 21.29 |
7th | 4th | Alexandru Terpezan | Romania | 21.39 |
8th | 2 | Denis Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 21.43 |
Run 2
August 8, 2018, 10:58 a.m. CEST
Wind: −0.1 m / s
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 8th | Likourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas | Greece | 20.49 |
2 | 4th | Méba-Mickaël Zézé | France | 20.65 SB |
3 | 3 | Davide Manenti | Italy | 20.70 |
4th | 7th | Jonathan Quarcoo | Norway | 20.77 |
5 | 2 | Marcus Lawler | Ireland | 20.80 |
6th | 5 | Ionuț Andrei Neagoe | Romania | 21.21 |
7th | 5 | Sergio Juarez | Spain | 21.33 |
Run 3
August 8, 2018, 11:06 a.m. CEST
Wind: +0.2 m / s
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7th | Eseosa Desalu | Italy | 20.39 SB |
2 | 8th | Stuart Dutamby | France | 20.64 |
3 | 6th | Delano Williams | Great Britain | 20.89 |
4th | 2 | Felix Svensson | Sweden | 20.95 |
5 | 5 | Oskari Lehtonen | Finland | 06/21 |
6th | 4th | Jan Jirka | Czech Republic | 21.15 |
7th | 3 | Šimon Bujna | Slovakia | 21.26 |
Run 4
August 8, 2018, 11:06 a.m. CEST
Wind: +0.2 m / s
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Solomon Bockarie | Netherlands | 20.66 |
2 | 8th | Steven Muller | Germany | 20.78 |
3 | 4th | Daniel Rodríguez | Spain | 20.81 |
4th | 5 | Silvan Wicki | Switzerland | 20.93 |
5 | 6th | Gediminas Truskauskas | Lithuania | 21.11 |
6th | 3 | Panagiotis Trivyzas | Greece | 21.18 |
7th | 7th | Markus Fuchs | Austria | 21.29 |
8th | 2 | Paisios Dimitriades | Cyprus | 2.31 |
Semifinals
From the three semi-finals, the first two of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final. The ten fastest of the year - marked with ‡, who were automatically qualified for the semi-finals, now intervened in the action.
Run 1
August 8, 2018, 8:15 p.m. CEST
Wind: +0.3 m / s
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
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1 | 4th | Ramil Guliyev ‡ | Turkey | 20.33 |
2 | 3 | Leon Reid ‡ | Ireland | 20.38 |
3 | 5 | Ján Volko ‡ | Slovakia | 20.58 |
4th | 7th | Steven Muller | Germany | 20.76 |
5 | 8th | Davide Manenti | Italy | 20.81 |
6th | 2 | Taymir Burnet | Netherlands | 20.84 |
DNS | 6th | Stuart Dutamby | France | |
1 | Delano Williams | Great Britain |
Run 2
August 8, 2018, 8:23 p.m. CEST
Wind: +0.3 m / s
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4th | Bruno Hortelano ‡ | Spain | 20.29 |
2 | 6th | Eseosa Desalu | Italy | 20.35 SB |
3 | 5 | Adam Gemili ‡ | Great Britain | 20.46 |
4th | 2 | Méba-Mickaël Zézé | France | 20.49 SB |
5 | 3 | Churandy Martina ‡ | Netherlands | 20.51 |
6th | 5 | Likourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas | Greece | 20.54 |
7th | 7th | Robin Vanderbemden | Belgium | 20.62 |
8th | 1 | Robin Erewa | Germany | 20.79 |
Run 3
August 8, 2018, 8:31 p.m. CEST
Wind: +0.3 m / s
space | train | Surname | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4th | Alex Wilson ‡ | Switzerland | 20.16 |
2 | 5 | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | Great Britain | 20.35 |
3 | 7th | Solomon Bockarie | Netherlands | 20.41 |
4th | 3 | Serhiy Smelyk ‡ | Ukraine | 20.54 |
5 | 2 | Daniel Rodríguez | Spain | 20.77 |
6th | 8th | Andrew Howe | Italy | 20.78 |
7th | 6th | Aleixo Platini Menga ‡ | Germany | 20.83 |
8th | 1 | Jonathan Quarcoo | Norway | 21.07 |
final
August 9, 2018, 9:05 p.m. CEST
Wind: +0.7 m / s
The clear favorite for this final was the Turkish World Champion of 2017 and Vice European Champion of 2016 Ramil Guliyev. Among his strongest competitors were the British World Cup fourth Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, his compatriot Adam Gemili as European champion in 2014 and the Spanish defending champion Bruno Hortelano. The Swiss Alex Wilson also made a very strong impression in the semi-finals.
Three runners came out of the starting curve, almost level, onto the home straight. These were Guliyev, Hortelano and Gemili. Mitchell-Blake and Wilson followed closely behind, and Irish Leon Reid wasn't far behind either. On the home stretch, the favorite Ramil Guliyev clearly prevailed and became European champion. The fight for the places behind him was extremely close. Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake came second, while Alex Wilson won the bronze medal with him. Defending champion Bruno Hortelano took fourth place just a hundredth of a second back. Adam Gemili finished fifth another five hundredths of a second ahead of the Italian Eseosa Desalu, who was also not far behind with three more hundredths of a second. The ranks seven and eight went to Leon Reid and the Dutchman Solomon Bockarie.
space | train | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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6th | Ramil Guliyev | Turkey | 19.76 CR | |
4th | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | Great Britain | 20.04 SB | |
5 | Alex Wilson | Switzerland | 20.04 NO | |
4th | 3 | Bruno Hortelano | Spain | 20.05 |
5 | 2 | Adam Gemili | Great Britain | 20.10 SB |
6th | 7th | Eseosa Desalu | Italy | 20.13 PB |
7th | 8th | Leon Reid | Ireland | 20.37 |
8th | 1 | Solomon Bockarie | Netherlands | 20.39 SB |
Web links and sources
- Official Results European Athletics Championships 2018 on the EAA website , English (PDF, 49.183 KB), accessed on December 30, 2018
- Results of the European Athletics Championships 2018 at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 30, 2018
- Reports on the European Championships 2018 on Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 30, 2018
Video
- European Championship, Final 200 m, Berlin 2018 on youtube.com (French), published on September 25, 2018, accessed on December 30, 2018