1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

  • 4 September (heats & semi-finals)
  • 6 September (final)
Competitors28 from 14 nationsWinning time20.60Medalists
gold medal Pietro Mennea   Italy
silver medal Manfred Ommer   West Germany
bronze medal Hans-Jürgen Bombach   East Germany
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The men's 200 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held in Rome, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico on 4 and 6 September 1974.[1]

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

Results

Heats

4 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bruno Cherrier  France 20.96 Q
2 Luigi Benedetti  Italy 21.11 Q
3 Raymond Heerenveen  Netherlands 21.24 Q
4 Chris Monk  Great Britain 21.25 q
5 Jaroslav Matoušek  Czechoslovakia 21.36
6 Robert Tempel  West Germany 21.51
7 Marek Bedyński  Poland 21.53
Wind: -0.1 m/s

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hans-Jürgen Bombach  East Germany 21.04 Q
2 Joseph Arame  France 21.09 Q
3 Ainsley Bennett  Great Britain 21.13 Q
4 Marian Woronin  Poland 21.60
Wind: -2.4 m/s

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Manfred Ommer  West Germany 21.23 Q
2 Pietro Mennea  Italy 21.24 Q
3 Peter Muster   Switzerland 21.41 Q
4 Petar Petrov  Bulgaria 21.49
5 Tibor Farkas  Hungary 22.06
Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hans-Joachim Zenk  East Germany 21.30 Q
2 Philippe Leroux  France 21.40 Q
3 Steve Green  Great Britain 21.54 Q
4 Luis Sarría  Spain 21.54
5 Zenon Nowosz  Poland 21.67
6 Marian Králik  Czechoslovakia 21.67
Wind: +1.5 m/s

Heat 5

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Franz-Peter Hofmeister  West Germany 21.03 Q
2 Thorsten Johansson  Sweden 21.34 Q
3 Antti Rajamäki  Finland 21.48 Q
4 Norberto Oliosi  Italy 21.54
5 Miguel Arnau  Spain 21.72
6 Jiří Kynos  Czechoslovakia 22.38
Wind: +1.4 m/s

Semi-finals

6 September

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Hans-Jürgen Bombach  East Germany 20.81 Q
2 Manfred Ommer  West Germany 20.92 Q
3 Bruno Cherrier  France 20.94 Q
4 Antti Rajamäki  Finland 20.97 Q
5 Luigi Benedetti  Italy 21.11
6 Philippe Leroux  France 21.22
7 Thorsten Johansson  Sweden 21.26
8 Chris Monk  Great Britain 21.32
Wind: -1.6 m/s

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Pietro Mennea  Italy 20.83 Q
2 Franz-Peter Hofmeister  West Germany 21.09 Q
3 Joseph Arame  France 21.16 Q
4 Ainsley Bennett  Great Britain 21.23 Q
5 Raymond Heerenveen  Netherlands 21.44
6 Hans-Joachim Zenk  East Germany 21.46
7 Steve Green  Great Britain 21.52
8 Peter Muster   Switzerland 77.41
Wind: +0.5 m/s

Final

6 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pietro Mennea  Italy 20.60
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Manfred Ommer  West Germany 20.76
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hans-Jürgen Bombach  East Germany 20.83
4 Joseph Arame  France 20.87
5 Franz-Peter Hofmeister  West Germany 20.93
6 Bruno Cherrier  France 21.02
7 Ainsley Bennett  Great Britain 21.29
Antti Rajamäki  Finland DNS
Wind: -0.8 m/s

References

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 420–427, retrieved 13 August 2014