1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
at the 1978 European Athletics Championships | ||
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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 | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | 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 Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 31 August, and 1 September 1978.[1]
Medalists[]
Gold | Pietro Mennea![]() |
Silver | Olaf Prenzler![]() |
Bronze | Peter Muster![]() |
Results[]
Final[]
1 September Wind: -0.2 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Pietro Mennea | ![]() |
20.16 | CR |
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Olaf Prenzler | ![]() |
20.61 | |
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Peter Muster | ![]() |
20.64 | |
4 | Leszek Dunecki | ![]() |
20.68 | |
5 | Pascal Barré | ![]() |
20.70 | |
6 | Zenon Licznerski | ![]() |
20.74 | |
7 | Aleksandr Aksinin | ![]() |
20.87 | |
8 | Vladimir Ivanov | ![]() |
20.92 |
Semi-finals[]
31 August
Semi-final 1[]
Wind: -0.2 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Pietro Mennea | ![]() |
20.40 | Q |
2 | Peter Muster | ![]() |
20.63 | Q |
3 | Leszek Dunecki | ![]() |
20.64 | Q |
4 | Olaf Prenzler | ![]() |
20.69 | Q |
5 | Vladimir Ignatenko | ![]() |
20.74 | |
6 | Joseph Arame | ![]() |
21.08 | |
7 | Antti Rajamäki | ![]() |
21.19 | |
8 | ![]() |
21.59 |
Semi-final 2[]
Wind: 0 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Pascal Barré | ![]() |
20.96 | Q |
2 | Vladimir Ivanov | ![]() |
20.96 | Q |
3 | Aleksandr Aksinin | ![]() |
21.08 | Q |
4 | Zenon Licznerski | ![]() |
21.10 | Q |
5 | Luis Sarría | ![]() |
21.24 | |
6 | ![]() |
21.28 | ||
7 | David Jenkins | ![]() |
21.59 | |
Klaus Thiele | ![]() |
DNF |
Heats[]
31 August
Heat 1[]
Wind: 0.5 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Pietro Mennea | ![]() |
20.70 | Q |
2 | Leszek Dunecki | ![]() |
21.01 | Q |
3 | ![]() |
21.13 | Q | |
4 | David Jenkins | ![]() |
21.16 | Q |
5 | Roland Bombardella | ![]() |
21.17 | |
6 | Lambert Micha | ![]() |
21.36 |
Heat 2[]
Wind: -1.5 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Aleksandr Aksinin | ![]() |
20.97 | Q |
2 | Joseph Arame | ![]() |
21.32 | Q |
3 | Antti Rajamäki | ![]() |
21.34 | Q |
4 | Klaus Thiele | ![]() |
21.36 | Q |
5 | Luděk Bohman | ![]() |
21.39 | |
6 | ![]() |
21.48 | ||
7 | ![]() |
21.80 |
Heat 3[]
Wind: -0.2 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Pascal Barré | ![]() |
20.78 | Q |
2 | Vladimir Ignatenko | ![]() |
20.98 | Q |
3 | Luis Sarría | ![]() |
21.18 | Q |
4 | ![]() |
21.48 | Q | |
5 | Pavel Pavlov | ![]() |
21.50 | |
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DNF |
Heat 4[]
Wind: 0.2 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Zenon Licznerski | ![]() |
20.82 | Q |
2 | Vladimir Ivanov | ![]() |
20.96 | Q |
3 | Olaf Prenzler | ![]() |
20.97 | Q |
4 | Peter Muster | ![]() |
21.04 | Q |
5 | Trevor Hoyte | ![]() |
21.24 | |
6 | Patrick Barré | ![]() |
21.27 | |
7 | ![]() |
21.47 |
Participation[]
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
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References[]
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014
Categories:
- Events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships
- 200 metres at the European Athletics Championships