title: 2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
text: # 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
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Francis Obikwelu Portugal | Johan Wissman Sweden | Marlon Devonish United Kingdom |
  
  ## Schedule
  
  | Date | Time | Round |
  | - | - | - |
  | August 9, 2006 | 11:10 | Round 1 |
  | August 9, 2006 | 19:35 | Round 2 |
  | August 10, 2006 | 19:15 | Semifinals |
  | August 10, 2006 | 20:45 | Final |
  
  ## Results
  
  | KEY: | Q | Qualified | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  ### Round 1
  
  Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Round 2.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Marlon Devonish | United Kingdom | 20.53 | Q, SB |
  | 2 | 1 | David Alerte | France | 20.58 | Q |
  | 3 | 1 | Kristof Beyens | Belgium | 20.61 | Q, SB |
  | 4 | 4 | Anastasios Gousis | Greece | 20.64 | Q |
  | 5 | 6 | Johan Wissman | Sweden | 20.66 | Q |
  | 6 | 2 | Sebastian Ernst | Germany | 20.67 | Q, SB |
  | 7 | 2 | Eddy De Lépine | France | 20.70 | Q, SB |
  | 8 | 3 | Ivan Teplykh | Russia | 20.71 | Q, PB |
  | 9 | 5 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal | 20.78 | Q |
  | 10 | 3 | Yordan Ilinov | Bulgaria | 20.80 | Q |
  | 11 | 4 | Paul Hession | Ireland | 20.81 | Q |
  | 12 | 4 | Alessandro Cavallaro | Italy | 20.82 | Q, SB |
  | 13 | 2 | Paul Brizzel | Ireland | 20.84 | Q, SB |
  | 14 | 1 | Ruslan Abbasov | Azerbaijan | 20.86 | Q, NR |
  | 15 | 2 | Marcin Urbaś | Poland | 20.87 | q |
  | 16 | 6 | Matic Osovnikar | Slovenia | 20.90 | Q |
  | 17 | 6 | Daniel Schnelting | Germany | 20.90 | Q, SB |
  | 18 | 6 | Jiří Vojtík | Czech Republic | 20.91 | Q |
  | 19 | 5 | Roman Smirnov | Russia | 20.92 | Q |
  | 20 | 5 | Guus Hoogmoed | Netherlands | 20.93 | Q |
  | 20 | 6 | Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé | Luxembourg | 20.93 | q |
  | 22 | 1 | Morten Jensen | Denmark | 20.94 | Q |
  | 23 | 4 | Caimin Douglas | Netherlands | 20.97 | Q |
  | 24 | 1 | Panagiotis Sarris | Greece | 20.99 | q |
  | 25 | 2 | Dmytro Hlushchenko | Ukraine | 21.00 | q |
  | 26 | 3 | Rikki Fifton | United Kingdom | 21.02 | Q |
  | 27 | 5 | Tim Abeyie | United Kingdom | 21.03 | Q |
  | 28 | 3 | Stefano Anceschi | Italy | 21.04 | Q |
  | 29 | 3 | Patrick van Luijk | Netherlands | 21.05 | q |
  | 30 | 4 | Marc Schneeberger | Switzerland | 21.06 | q |
  | 31 | 4 | Vojtěch Šulc | Czech Republic | 21.07 | q |
  | 32 | 5 | Josué Mena | Spain | 21.09 | q |
  | 33 | 6 | Florin Suciu | Romania | 21.10 | |
  | 34 | 3 | Johan Engberg | Sweden | 21.12 | |
  | 35 | 5 | Jan Schiller | Czech Republic | 21.12 | |
  | 36 | 1 | Koura Kaba Fantoni | Italy | 21.14 | |
  | 37 | 5 | Gary Ryan | Ireland | 21.14 | |
  | 38 | 1 | Marco Cribari | Switzerland | 21.16 | |
  | 39 | 2 | Tommi Hartonen | Finland | 21.22 | |
  | 40 | 6 | Josip Šoprek | Croatia | 21.55 | |
  | | 3 | Ronald Pognon | France | DNS | |
  
  ### Round 2
  
  Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the semifinals.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal | 20.58 | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | Marlon Devonish | United Kingdom | 20.67 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | David Alerte | France | 20.68 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Johan Wissman | Sweden | 20.68 | Q |
  | 3 | 4 | Anastasios Gousis | Greece | 20.68 | Q |
  | 6 | 2 | Kristof Beyens | Belgium | 20.70 | Q |
  | 7 | 1 | Sebastian Ernst | Germany | 20.71 | Q |
  | 8 | 3 | Rikki Fifton | United Kingdom | 20.73 | Q |
  | 9 | 1 | Yordan Ilinov | Bulgaria | 20.76 | Q |
  | 10 | 1 | Guus Hoogmoed | Netherlands | 20.76 | Q |
  | 11 | 2 | Paul Hession | Ireland | 20.80 | Q |
  | 12 | 3 | Ivan Teplykh | Russia | 20.82 | Q |
  | 13 | 4 | Matic Osovnikar | Slovenia | 20.85 | Q |
  | 14 | 2 | Jiří Vojtík | Czech Republic | 20.90 | Q |
  | 15 | 4 | Alessandro Cavallaro | Italy | 20.91 | Q |
  | 16 | 1 | Roman Smirnov | Russia | 20.93 | |
  | 17 | 2 | Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé | Luxembourg | 20.96 | |
  | 18 | 2 | Ruslan Abbasov | Azerbaijan | 20.98 | |
  | 19 | 3 | Eddy De Lépine | France | 21.00 | Q |
  | 20 | 1 | Panagiotis Sarris | Greece | 21.04 | |
  | 21 | 3 | Dmytro Hlushchenko | Ukraine | 21.07 | |
  | 22 | 4 | Josué Mena | Spain | 21.09 | |
  | 23 | 2 | Tim Abeyie | United Kingdom | 21.17 | |
  | 24 | 4 | Caimin Douglas | Netherlands | 21.18 | |
  | 25 | 4 | Vojtěch Šulc | Czech Republic | 21.21 | |
  | 26 | 1 | Marcin Urbaś | Poland | 21.39 | |
  | 27 | 3 | Patrick van Luijk | Netherlands | 21.46 | |
  | 28 | 3 | Morten Jensen | Denmark | 21.56 | |
  | | 2 | Marc Schneeberger | Switzerland | | DNS |
  | | 3 | Daniel Schnelting | Germany | | DNS |
  | | 4 | Paul Brizzel | Ireland | | DNF |
  | | 1 | Stefano Anceschi | Italy | | DSQ |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified (Q) for the Final.
  
  **Semifinal 1**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal | 0.208 | 20.36 | Q |
  | 2 | 6 | Johan Wissman | Sweden | 0.180 | 20.38 | Q, NR |
  | 3 | 7 | Eddy De Lépine | France | 0.207 | 20.70 | Q, SB |
  | 4 | 5 | Anastasios Gousis | Greece | 0.163 | 20.76 | Q |
  | 5 | 8 | Guus Hoogmoed | Netherlands | 0.193 | 20.80 | |
  | 6 | 4 | Rikki Fifton | United Kingdom | 0.154 | 20.85 | |
  | 7 | 2 | Yordan Ilinov | Bulgaria | 0.165 | 21.00 | |
  | 8 | 1 | Matic Osovnikar | Slovenia | 0.201 | 21.08 | |
  
  **Semifinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Marlon Devonish | United Kingdom | 0.146 | 20.60 | Q |
  | 2 | 3 | Kristof Beyens | Belgium | 0.150 | 20.62 | Q |
  | 3 | 5 | David Alerte | France | 0.198 | 20.69 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | Ivan Teplykh | Russia | 0.154 | 20.82 | Q |
  | 5 | 7 | Jiří Vojtík | Czech Republic | 0.191 | 20.83 | |
  | 6 | 6 | Sebastian Ernst | Germany | 0.172 | 21.04 | |
  | 7 | 2 | Paul Hession | Ireland | 0.280 | 21.09 | |
  | 8 | 8 | Alessandro Cavallaro | Italy | 0.170 | 21.19 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 5 | Francis Obikwelu | Portugal | 0.166 | 20.01 | NR, EL |
  | | 4 | Johan Wissman | Sweden | 0.178 | 20.38 | =NR |
  | | 3 | Marlon Devonish | United Kingdom | 0.149 | 20.54 | |
  | 4 | 6 | Kristof Beyens | Belgium | 0.170 | 20.57 | SB |
  | 5 | 1 | Ivan Teplykh | Russia | 0.174 | 20.76 | |
  | 6 | 7 | Eddy De Lépine | France | 0.209 | 20.77 | |
  | 7 | 2 | David Alerte | France | 0.193 | 20.93 | |
  | 8 | 8 | Anastasios Gousis | Greece | 0.153 | 20.94 | |
  