1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

Events at the
1978 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's 200 metres at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 31 August and 1 September 1978.[1]

Medalists

Gold Pietro Mennea
 Italy
Silver Olaf Prenzler
 East Germany
Bronze Peter Muster
  Switzerland

Results

Final

1 September Wind: -0.2m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Pietro Mennea  Italy 20.16 CR
2nd Olaf Prenzler  East Germany 20.61
3rd Peter Muster   Switzerland 20.64
4 Leszek Dunecki  Poland 20.68
5 Pascal Barré  France 20.70
6 Zenon Licznerski  Poland 20.74
7 Aleksandr Aksinin  Soviet Union 20.87
8 Vladimir Ivanov  Bulgaria 20.92

Semi-finals

31 August

Semi-final 1

Wind: -0.2m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Pietro Mennea  Italy 20.40 Q
2 Peter Muster   Switzerland 20.63 Q
3 Leszek Dunecki  Poland 20.64 Q
4 Olaf Prenzler  East Germany 20.69 Q
5 Vladimir Ignatenko  Soviet Union 20.74
6 Joseph Arame  France 21.08
7 Antti Rajamäki  Finland 21.19
8 Martin Pelach  Czechoslovakia 21.59

Semi-final 2

Wind: 0m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Pascal Barré  France 20.96 Q
2 Vladimir Ivanov  Bulgaria 20.96 Q
3 Aleksandr Aksinin  Soviet Union 21.08 Q
4 Zenon Licznerski  Poland 21.10 Q
5 Luis Sarria  Spain 21.24
6 Dragan Zarić  Yugoslavia 21.28
7 David Jenkins  United Kingdom 21.59
8 Klaus Thiele  East Germany DNF

Heats

31 August

Heat 1

Wind: 0.5m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Pietro Mennea  Italy 20.70 Q
2 Leszek Dunecki  Poland 21.01 Q
3 Dragan Zarić  Yugoslavia 21.13 Q
4 David Jenkins  United Kingdom 21.16 Q
5 Roland Bombardella  Luxembourg 21.17
6 Lambert Micha  Belgium 21.36

Heat 2

Wind: -1.5m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Aleksandr Aksinin  Soviet Union 20.97 Q
2 Joseph Arame  France 21.32 Q
3 Antti Rajamäki  Finland 21.34 Q
4 Klaus Thiele  East Germany 21.36 Q
5 Luděk Bohman  Czechoslovakia 21.39
6 Mike Bayle  Luxembourg 21.48
7 Vilmundur Vilhjálmsson  Iceland 21.80

Heat 3

Wind: -0.2m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Pascal Barré  France 20.78 Q
2 Vladimir Ignatenko  Soviet Union 20.98 Q
3 Luis Sarria  Spain 21.18 Q
4 Martin Pelach  Czechoslovakia 21.48 Q
5 Pavel Pavlov  Bulgaria 21.50
6 Renno Roelandt  Belgium DNF

Heat 4

Wind: 0.2m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Zenon Licznerski  Poland 20.82 Q
2 Vladimir Ivanov  Bulgaria 20.96 Q
3 Olaf Prenzler  East Germany 20.97 Q
4 Peter Muster   Switzerland 21.04 Q
5 Trevor Hoyte  United Kingdom 21.24
6 Patrick Barré  France 21.27
7 Marián Králik  Czechoslovakia 21.47

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014
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