- Medalists
- Results Final Semi-finals Semi-final 1 Semi-final 2 Heats Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4
- Participation
- References
{{1978 European Athletics Championships}}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] MedalistsGold | | {{flagcountry>ITA}} Silver | | {{flagcountry>GDR}} Bronze | | {{flagcountry>SUI}}
ResultsFinal1 September Wind: -0.2 m/s Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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{{Gold1}} | Pietro Mennea | {{flagcountry|ITA}} | 20.16 | CR | {{Silver2}} | Olaf Prenzler | {{flagcountry|GDR}} | 20.61 | {{Bronze3}} | Peter Muster | {{flagcountry|SUI}} | 20.64 | 4 | Leszek Dunecki | {{flagcountry|POL}} | 20.68 | 5 | Pascal Barré | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 20.70 | 6 | Zenon Licznerski | {{flagcountry|POL}} | 20.74 | 7 | Aleksandr Aksinin | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 20.87 | 8 | Vladimir Ivanov | {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}} | 20.92 |
Semi-finals31 August Semi-final 1Wind: -0.2 m/s Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Pietro Mennea | {{flagcountry|ITA}} | 20.40 | Q | 2 | Peter Muster | {{flagcountry|SUI}} | 20.63 | Q | 3 | Leszek Dunecki | {{flagcountry|POL}} | 20.64 | Q | 4 | Olaf Prenzler | {{flagcountry|GDR}} | 20.69 | Q | 5 | Vladimir Ignatenko | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 20.74 | 6 | Joseph Arame | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 21.08 | 7 | Antti Rajamäki | {{flagcountry|FIN}} | 21.19 | 8 | Martin Pelach | {{flagcountry|TCH}} | 21.59 |
Semi-final 2Wind: 0 m/s Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Pascal Barré | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 20.96 | Q | 2 | Vladimir Ivanov | {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}} | 20.96 | Q | 3 | Aleksandr Aksinin | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 21.08 | Q | 4 | Zenon Licznerski | {{flagcountry|POL}} | 21.10 | Q | 5 | Luis Sarria | {{flagcountry|ESP|1977}} | 21.24 | 6 | Dragan Zarić | {{flagcountry|SFR Yugoslavia}} | 21.28 | 7 | David Jenkins | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 21.59 | 8}} | Klaus Thiele | {{flagcountry|GDR}} | DNF |
Heats31 August Heat 1Wind: 0.5 m/s Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Pietro Mennea | {{flagcountry|ITA}} | 20.70 | Q | 2 | Leszek Dunecki | {{flagcountry|POL}} | 21.01 | Q | 3 | Dragan Zarić | {{flagcountry|SFR Yugoslavia}} | 21.13 | Q | 4 | David Jenkins | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 21.16 | Q | 5 | Roland Bombardella | {{flagcountry|LUX}} | 21.17 | 6 | Lambert Micha | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | 21.36 |
Heat 2Wind: -1.5 m/s Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Aleksandr Aksinin | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 20.97 | Q | 2 | Joseph Arame | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 21.32 | Q | 3 | Antti Rajamäki | {{flagcountry|FIN}} | 21.34 | Q | 4 | Klaus Thiele | {{flagcountry|GDR}} | 21.36 | Q | 5 | Luděk Bohman | {{flagcountry|TCH}} | 21.39 | 6 | Mike Bayle | {{flagcountry|LUX}} | 21.48 | 7 | Vilmundur Vilhjálmsson | {{flagcountry|ISL}} | 21.80 |
Heat 3Wind: -0.2 m/s Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Pascal Barré | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 20.78 | Q | 2 | Vladimir Ignatenko | {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} | 20.98 | Q | 3 | Luis Sarria | {{flagcountry|ESP|1977}} | 21.18 | Q | 4 | Martin Pelach | {{flagcountry|TCH}} | 21.48 | Q | 5 | Pavel Pavlov | {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}} | 21.50 | 6}} | Renno Roelandt | {{flagcountry|BEL}} | DNF |
Heat 4Wind: 0.2 m/s Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Zenon Licznerski | {{flagcountry|POL}} | 20.82 | Q | 2 | Vladimir Ivanov | {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}} | 20.96 | Q | 3 | Olaf Prenzler | {{flagcountry|GDR}} | 20.97 | Q | 4 | Peter Muster | {{flagcountry|SUI}} | 21.04 | Q | 5 | Trevor Hoyte | {{flagcountry|GBR}} | 21.24 | 6 | Patrick Barré | {{flagcountry|FRA}} | 21.27 | 7 | Marián Králik | {{flagcountry|TCH}} | 21.47 |
ParticipationAccording to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event. {{col-start}}{{col-break}}- {{flagcountry|BEL}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|BUL|1971}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|TCH}} (3)
- {{flagcountry|GDR}} (2)
{{col-break}}- {{flagcountry|FIN}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|FRA}} (3)
- {{flagcountry|ISL}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|ITA}} (1)
{{col-break}}- {{flagcountry|LUX}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|POL}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|URS|1955}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|ESP|1977}} (1)
{{col-break}}- {{flagcountry|SUI}} (1)
- {{flagcountry|GBR}} (2)
- {{flagcountry|SFR Yugoslavia}} (1)
{{col-end}}References1. ^{{ Citation | last = | first = | date = | title = European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK| url = http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf| pages = 427–435| publisher = European Athletics Association| language = | accessdate = 13 August 2014}}
{{EC200metres}}{{DEFAULTSORT:1978 European Athletics Championships, Mens 200 metres}} 2 : Events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships|200 metres at the European Athletics Championships |