2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 9 and August 10.
Obikwelu completed the sprinters' double, leading comfortably out of the last curve and continuing all the way to the finish. Wissman took silver in a time level with the national record. Devonish faded in the end and just managed to hold on to third in front of Belgian Kristof Beyens..Medalists
Schedule
Results
Round 1
Qualification: First 4 in each heat and the next 8 fastest advance to the [|Round 2].
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 2 | Marlon Devonish | | 20.53 | Q, SB |
| 1 | David Alerte | | 20.58 | Q |
| 1 | Kristof Beyens | | 20.61 | Q, SB |
| 4 | Anastasios Gousis | | 20.64 | Q |
| 6 | Johan Wissman | | 20.66 | Q |
| 2 | Sebastian Ernst | | 20.67 | Q, SB |
| 2 | Eddy De Lépine | | 20.70 | Q, SB |
| 3 | Ivan Teplykh | | 20.71 | Q, PB |
| 5 | Francis Obikwelu | | 20.78 | Q |
10 | 3 | Yordan Ilinov | | 20.80 | Q |
11 | 4 | Paul Hession | | 20.81 | Q |
12 | 4 | Alessandro Cavallaro | | 20.82 | Q, SB |
13 | 2 | Paul Brizzel | | 20.84 | Q, SB |
14 | 1 | Ruslan Abbasov | | 20.86 | Q, NR |
15 | 2 | Marcin Urbaś | | 20.87 | q |
16 | 6 | Matic Osovnikar | | 20.90 | Q |
17 | 6 | Daniel Schnelting | | 20.90 | Q, SB |
18 | 6 | Jiří Vojtík | | 20.91 | Q |
19 | 5 | Roman Smirnov | | 20.92 | Q |
20 | 5 | Guus Hoogmoed | | 20.93 | Q |
20 | 6 | Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé | | 20.93 | q |
22 | 1 | Morten Jensen | | 20.94 | Q |
23 | 4 | Caimin Douglas | | 20.97 | Q |
24 | 1 | Panagiotis Sarris | | 20.99 | q |
25 | 2 | Dmytro Hlushchenko | | 21.00 | q |
26 | 3 | Rikki Fifton | | 21.02 | Q |
27 | 5 | Tim Abeyie | | 21.03 | Q |
28 | 3 | Stefano Anceschi | | 21.04 | Q |
29 | 3 | Patrick van Luijk | | 21.05 | q |
30 | 4 | Marc Schneeberger | | 21.06 | q |
31 | 4 | Vojtěch Šulc | | 21.07 | q |
32 | 5 | Josué Mena | | 21.09 | q |
33 | 6 | Florin Suciu | | 21.10 | |
34 | 3 | Johan Engberg | | 21.12 | |
35 | 5 | Jan Schiller | | 21.12 | |
36 | 1 | Koura Kaba Fantoni | | 21.14 | |
37 | 5 | Gary Ryan | | 21.14 | |
38 | 1 | Marco Cribari | | 21.16 | |
39 | 2 | Tommi Hartonen | | 21.22 | |
40 | 6 | Josip Šoprek | | 21.55 | |
| 3 | Ronald Pognon | | | |
Round 2
Qualification: First 4 in each heat advance to the [|semifinals].
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Francis Obikwelu | | 20.58 | Q |
| 1 | Marlon Devonish | | 20.67 | Q |
| 2 | David Alerte | | 20.68 | Q |
| 3 | Johan Wissman | | 20.68 | Q |
| 4 | Anastasios Gousis | | 20.68 | Q |
| 2 | Kristof Beyens | | 20.70 | Q |
| 1 | Sebastian Ernst | | 20.71 | Q |
| 3 | Rikki Fifton | | 20.73 | Q |
| 1 | Yordan Ilinov | | 20.76 | Q |
10 | 1 | Guus Hoogmoed | | 20.76 | Q |
11 | 2 | Paul Hession | | 20.80 | Q |
12 | 3 | Ivan Teplykh | | 20.82 | Q |
13 | 4 | Matic Osovnikar | | 20.85 | Q |
14 | 2 | Jiří Vojtík | | 20.90 | Q |
15 | 4 | Alessandro Cavallaro | | 20.91 | Q |
16 | 1 | Roman Smirnov | | 20.93 | |
17 | 2 | Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé | | 20.96 | |
18 | 2 | Ruslan Abbasov | | 20.98 | |
19 | 3 | Eddy De Lépine | | 21.00 | Q |
20 | 1 | Panagiotis Sarris | | 21.04 | |
21 | 3 | Dmytro Hlushchenko | | 21.07 | |
22 | 4 | Josué Mena | | 21.09 | |
23 | 2 | Tim Abeyie | | 21.17 | |
24 | 4 | Caimin Douglas | | 21.18 | |
25 | 4 | Vojtěch Šulc | | 21.21 | |
26 | 1 | Marcin Urbaś | | 21.39 | |
27 | 3 | Patrick van Luijk | | 21.46 | |
28 | 3 | Morten Jensen | | 21.56 | |
| 2 | Marc Schneeberger | | | DNS |
| 3 | Daniel Schnelting | | | DNS |
| 4 | Paul Brizzel | | | DNF |
| 1 | Stefano Anceschi | | | DSQ |
Semifinals
First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified for the [|Final].Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Final
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 5 | Francis Obikwelu | | 0.166 | 20.01 | NR, EL |
| 4 | Johan Wissman | | 0.178 | 20.38 | =NR |
| 3 | Marlon Devonish | | 0.149 | 20.54 | |
4 | 6 | Kristof Beyens | | 0.170 | 20.57 | SB |
5 | 1 | Ivan Teplykh | | 0.174 | 20.76 | |
6 | 7 | Eddy De Lépine | | 0.209 | 20.77 | |
7 | 2 | David Alerte | | 0.193 | 20.93 | |
8 | 8 | Anastasios Gousis | | 0.153 | 20.94 | |