1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

Events at the 1950 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		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 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 25, 26 and 27 August 1950.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Brian Shenton  United Kingdom
Silver	Étienne Bally  France
Bronze	Jan Lammers  Netherlands

Results

Final

27 August Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Brian Shenton	United Kingdom	21.5
02 !	Étienne Bally	France	21.8
03 !	Jan Lammers	Netherlands	22.1
4	Angelo Moretti	Italy	22.1
5	Ásmundur Bjarnason	Iceland	22.1
6	Yves Camus	France	22.2

Semi-finals

26 August

Semi-final 1

Wind: 0.6m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Étienne Bally	France	21.9	Q
2	Angelo Moretti	Italy	21.9	Q
3	Jan Lammers	Netherlands	22.0	Q
4	Levan Sanadze	Soviet Union	22.0
5	Mario Colarossi	Italy	22.0
6	Stig Danielsson	Sweden	22.1

Semi-final 2

Wind: NWI

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Brian Shenton	United Kingdom	21.5	Q
2	Yves Camus	France	21.7	Q
3	Ásmundur Bjarnason	Iceland	21.9	Q
4	Vladimir Sukharev	Soviet Union	21.9
5	Petar Pecelj	Yugoslavia	22.0
6	Willy Burgisser	Switzerland	22.6

Heats

25 August

Heat 1

Wind: 0.2m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Étienne Bally	France	21.6	Q
2	Stig Danielsson	Sweden	22.4	Q
3	Fred Hammer	Luxembourg	22.5
4	Jaakko Suikkari	Finland	22.7

Heat 2

Wind: 0m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Brian Shenton	United Kingdom	21.5	Q
2	Jan Lammers	Netherlands	22.0	Q
3	Knud Schibsbye	Denmark	22.1
4	Hector Gosset	Belgium	22.6

Heat 3

Wind: 0m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mario Colarossi	Italy	22.4	Q
2	Willy Burgisser	Switzerland	22.5	Q

Heat 4

Wind: 0.7m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yves Camus	France	22.0	Q
2	Angelo Moretti	Italy	22.0	Q
3	John Gregory	United Kingdom	22.1
4	Henry Johansen	Norway	22.1
5	Jean-Petit Hammer	Luxembourg	22.9

Heat 5

Wind: 0.2m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Petar Pecelj	Yugoslavia	22.0	Q
2	Levan Sanadze	Soviet Union	22.1	Q
3	Fernand Linssen	Belgium	22.4
4	Knut Moum	Norway	22.6
5	Michail Tsokalis	Greece	22.8

Heat 6

Wind: 0.4m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vladimir Sukharev	Soviet Union	21.9	Q
2	Ásmundur Bjarnason	Iceland	22.0	Q
3	Willy Eichenberger	Switzerland	22.7
4	Tomas Paquete	Portugal	23.1
5	Lennart Lindberg	Finland	23.3

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References