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Athletics at the 1975 Summer Universiade – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1975 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 20 and 21 September.[1][2]

Pietro Mennea's winning margin was an incredible 0.78 seconds which as of 2024 remains the greatest winning margin in the men's 200 metres at these championships and also the only time this event was won by more than 0.6 seconds at these championships since the introduction of fully automatic timing.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Pietro Mennea
  Italy 		Robert Martin
  Canada 		Thorsten Johansson
  Sweden

Results

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Heats

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Held on 20 September

Wind:
Heat 5: -1.4 m/s, Heat 6: +1.0 m/s

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Pietro Mennea   Italy 21.01 Q[3]
2 4 Thorsten Johansson   Sweden 21.34 Q
3 3 Robert Martin   Canada 21.39 Q[4]
4 4 Claudiu Suselescu   Romania 21.45 Q
5 2 Toma Petrescu   Romania 21.48 Q
6 3 Luciano Caravani   Italy 21.49 Q
6 5 Sergey Vladimirtsev   Soviet Union 21.49 Q
8 6 Aleksandr Zhidkikh   Soviet Union 21.53 Q[5]
9 5 Charles Ducasse   France 21.61 Q[6]
10 2 Roland Bombardella   Luxembourg 21.67 Q
11 1 Uwe Schläfer   West Germany 21.70 Q
12 6 Albin Dukowski   Canada 21.77 Q
13 5 Roger Jenkins   Great Britain 21.79 q
14 4 Reno Roelandt   Belgium 21.82 q
15 2 Günther Würfel   Austria 21.84 q
15 4 Grzegorz Mądry   Poland 21.84
15 6 Jan Alończyk   Poland 21.84
18 4 Jorge Mathias   Brazil 21.89
19 3 Franco Fähndrich   Switzerland 21.93
20 5 Peter Matejka   Austria 22.03
21 3 Juan Jesús Sarrasqueta   Spain 22.13 [4]
22 6 Henri Hermans   Belgium 22.17
23 1 Abdulaziz Al-Hadba   Kuwait 22.21
24 1 Arturo Godoy   Mexico 22.26
25 6 Gilles Dautremer   France 22.33 [6]
26 3 Tibor Nagy   Hungary 22.43
27 3 Babak Mahmoudian   Iran 22.56
28 2 Houshemy Yar Arshadi   Iran 22.58
29 1 Albert Toro   Central African Republic 22.61
30 6 José Antônio Rabaca   Brazil 22.73
31 2 Thimotée Ngbangandimbo   Central African Republic 22.85
32 4 Philippe Étienne   Haiti 22.91
33 2 Miguel López   Central African Republic 23.13
34 5 Wilfrid Cyriaque   Haiti 23.51
35 4 S. Sotaravat   Thailand 23.52
36 2 Mohamed Kamal   Kuwait 23.76
37 6 Carlos Mejía   Honduras 24.03
38 3 Carlos Rosales   Honduras 24.68

Semifinals

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Held on 21 September

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s

Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Pietro Mennea   Italy 21.11 Q[7]
2 2 Robert Martin   Canada 21.29 Q
3 1 Thorsten Johansson   Sweden 21.30 Q
4 1 Sergey Vladimirtsev   Soviet Union 21.42 Q[5]
5 1 Charles Ducasse   France 21.48 Q[6]
6 2 Claudiu Suselescu   Romania 21.49 Q
7 1 Luciano Caravani   Italy 21.55 Q
8 1 Toma Petrescu   Romania 21.58
9 1 Reno Roelandt   Belgium 21.73
9 2 Uwe Schläfer   West Germany 21.73 Q
11 1 Albin Dukowski   Canada 21.77
12 2 Aleksandr Zhidkikh   Soviet Union 21.89 [5]
13 1 Günther Würfel   Austria 21.99
13 2 Roland Bombardella   Luxembourg 21.99
15 2 Roger Jenkins   Great Britain 22.03

Final

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Held on 21 September

Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
  Pietro Mennea   Italy 20.28
  Robert Martin   Canada 21.06
  Thorsten Johansson   Sweden 21.15
4 Claudiu Suselescu   Romania 21.21
5 Sergey Vladimirtsev   Soviet Union 21.44
6 Charles Ducasse   France 21.60
7 Luciano Caravani   Italy 21.61
8 Uwe Schläfer   West Germany 21.70

References

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  1. ^ García, Gerardo (22 September 1975). "Brillante clausura en el Estadio Olimpico de Roma" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 34. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  2. ^ Results at Tilastopaja
  3. ^ Perucca, Bruno (21 September 1975). "Dionisi non fa il miracolo" (in Italian). La Stampa. p. 19. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b Gerardo García (21 September 1975). "Continua la danza de records mundiales universitarios" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 22. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b c Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p33)
  6. ^ a b c French results
  7. ^ "Due "bis" più Enzo Del Forno" (in Italian). La Stampa. 22 September 1975. p. 14. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
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