1974 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
| Men's 200 metres at the 1974 European Athletics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Stadio Olimpico | |||||||||
| Location | Rome | |||||||||
| Dates |
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| Competitors | 28 from 14 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 20.60 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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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.
- Bulgaria (1)
- Czechoslovakia (3)
- East Germany (2)
- Finland (1)
- France (3)
- Great Britain (3)
- Hungary (1)
- Italy (3)
- Netherlands (1)
- Poland (3)
- Spain (2)
- Sweden (1)
- Switzerland (1)
- West Germany (3)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Wind: -0.8 m/s | ||||
References
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 420–427, retrieved 13 August 2014