1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres
at the 1950 European Athletics Championships
Men's 200 metres ; at the 1950 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Heysel Stadium
Location	Brussels
Dates	25 August (heats); 26 August (semi-finals); 27 August (final);
Competitors	25 from 16 nations
Winning time	21.5
Medalists
	← 1946 1954 →

The men's 200 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 25, 26 and 27 August 1950.^[1]

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Étienne Bally	France	21.6	Q
2	Stig Danielsson	Sweden	22.4	Q
3	Fred Hammer	Luxembourg	22.5
4	Jaakko Suikkari	Finland	22.7
			Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Brian Shenton	Great Britain	21.5	Q
2	Jan Lammers	Netherlands	22.0	Q
3	Knud Schibsbye	Denmark	22.1
4	Hector Gosset	Belgium	22.6
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mario Colarossi	Italy	22.4	Q
2	Willy Burgisser	Switzerland	22.5	Q
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yves Camus	France	22.0	Q
2	Angelo Moretti	Italy	22.0	Q
3	John Gregory	Great Britain	22.1
4	Henry Johansen	Norway	22.1
5	Jean-Petit Hammer	Luxembourg	22.9
			Wind: +0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Petar Pecelj	Yugoslavia	22.0	Q
2	Levan Sanadze	Soviet Union	22.1	Q
3	Fernand Linssen	Belgium	22.4
4	Knut Moum	Norway	22.6
5	Michail Tsokalis	Greece	22.8
			Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Vladimir Sukharev	Soviet Union	21.9	Q
2	Ásmundur Bjarnason	Iceland	22.0	Q
3	Willy Eichenberger	Switzerland	22.7
4	Tomas Paquete	Portugal	23.1
5	Lennart Lindberg	Finland	23.3
			Wind: -0.3 m/s

26 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Étienne Bally	France	21.9	Q
2	Angelo Moretti	Italy	21.9	Q
3	Jan Lammers	Netherlands	22.0	Q
4	Levan Sanadze	Soviet Union	22.0
5	Mario Colarossi	Italy	22.0
6	Stig Danielsson	Sweden	22.1
			Wind: +0.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Brian Shenton	Great Britain	21.5	Q
2	Yves Camus	France	21.7	Q
3	Ásmundur Bjarnason	Iceland	21.9	Q
4	Vladimir Sukharev	Soviet Union	21.9
5	Petar Pecelj	Yugoslavia	22.0
6	Willy Burgisser	Switzerland	22.6
			Wind: -0.5 m/s

27 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Brian Shenton	Great Britain	21.5
	Étienne Bally	France	21.8
	Jan Lammers	Netherlands	22.1
4	Angelo Moretti	Italy	22.1
5	Ásmundur Bjarnason	Iceland	22.1
6	Yves Camus	France	22.2
			Wind: -0.6 m/s