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]
Medalists edit
| Gold | Pietro Mennea Italy
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| Silver | Manfred Ommer West Germany
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| Bronze | Hans-Jürgen Bombach East Germany
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Results edit
Final edit
6 September Wind: -0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Pietro Mennea | Italy |
20.60 | |
 |
Manfred Ommer | West Germany |
20.76 | |
 |
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 |
Semi-finals edit
6 September
Semi-final 1 edit
Wind: -1.6 m/s
| 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 |
Semi-final 2 edit
Wind: 0.5 m/s
| 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 |
Heats edit
4 September
Heat 1 edit
Wind: -0.1 m/s
| 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 |
Heat 2 edit
Wind: -2.4 m/s
| 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 |
Heat 3 edit
Wind: 0.3 m/s
| 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 |
Heat 4 edit
Wind: 1.5 m/s
| 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 |
Heat 5 edit
Wind: 1.4 m/s
| 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 |
Participation edit
According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
Bulgaria (1)
Czechoslovakia (3)
East Germany (2)
Finland (1)
France (3)
Hungary (1)
Italy (3)
Netherlands (1)
Poland (3)
Spain (2)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (1)
Great Britain (3)
West Germany (3)
References edit
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 420–427, retrieved 13 August 2014