title: 1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
text: # 1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
  
  The men's 200 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 August 1946.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Nikolay Karakulov Soviet Union |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Haakon Tranberg Norway |
  | Bronze | Jiří David Czechoslovakia |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  24 August
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nikolay Karakulov | Soviet Union | 21.6 | NR |
  | | Haakon Tranberg | Norway | 21.7 | |
  | | Jiří David | Czechoslovakia | 21.8 | |
  | 4 | Stig Danielsson | Sweden | 21.9 | |
  | 5 | Julien Lebas | France | 22.0 | |
  | 6 | Jack Archer | Great Britain | 22.0 | |
  
  ### Semi-finals
  
  24 August
  
  **Semi-final 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Jack Archer | Great Britain | 22.0 | Q |
  | 2 | Jiří David | Czechoslovakia | 22.1 | Q |
  | 3 | Nikolay Karakulov | Soviet Union | 22.1 | Q |
  | 4 | Agathon Lepève | France | 22.2 | |
  | 5 | Mirko Paráček | Czechoslovakia | 22.7 | |
  | | Chris van Osta | Netherlands | DNS | |
  
  **Semi-final 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Stig Danielsson | Sweden | 22.0 | Q |
  | 2 | Haakon Tranberg | Norway | 22.0 | Q |
  | 3 | Julien Lebas | France | 22.1 | Q |
  | 4 | Fernand Bourgaux | Belgium | 22.2 | |
  | 5 | Carlo Monti | Italy | 22.2 | |
  | 6 | Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson | Iceland | 22.3 | |
  
  ### Heats
  
  24 August
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Nikolay Karakulov | Soviet Union | 21.9 | Q |
  | 2 | Stig Danielsson | Sweden | 21.9 | Q |
  | 3 | Carlo Monti | Italy | 22.3 | Q |
  | 4 | Gabe Scholten | Netherlands | 22.4 | |
  | 5 | Roman Sienicki | Poland | 23.6 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Jiří David | Czechoslovakia | 22.3 | Q |
  | 2 | Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson | Iceland | 22.4 | Q |
  | 3 | Chris van Osta | Netherlands | 22.5 | Q |
  | 4 | Gerhard Fehrm | Sweden | 22.7 | |
  | 5 | Vanes Montanari | Italy | 24.1 | |
  
  **Heat 3**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Julien Lebas | France | 22.2 | Q |
  | 2 | Jack Archer | Great Britain | 22.2 | Q |
  | 3 | Fernand Bourgaux | Belgium | 22.7 | Q |
  | 4 | Børge Stougaard | Denmark | 22.8 | |
  | 5 | Egon Solymossy | Hungary | 23.1 | |
  | 6 | Marko Račič | Yugoslavia | 23.6 | |
  
  **Heat 4**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Haakon Tranberg | Norway | 22.1 | Q |
  | 2 | Agathon Lepève | France | 22.3 | Q |
  | 3 | Mirko Paráček | Czechoslovakia | 22.5 | Q |
  | 4 | François Braekman | Belgium | 22.6 | |
  | 5 | Józef Rutkowski | Poland | 22.8 | |
  | 6 | Robert Roach | Great Britain | 23.1 | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Belgium (2)
  * Czechoslovakia (2)
  * Denmark (1)
  * France (2)
  * Hungary (1)
  * Iceland (1)
  * Italy (2)
  * Netherlands (2)
  * Norway (1)
  * Poland (2)
  * Soviet Union (1)
  * Sweden (2)
  * Great Britain (2)
  * Yugoslavia (1)
  