1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

1954 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 200 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 28 and 29 August 1954.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Heinz Fütterer  West Germany
Silver	Ardalion Ignatyev  Soviet Union
Bronze	George Ellis  Great Britain

Results

Final

29 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Heinz Fütterer	West Germany	20.9	CR AR
	Ardalion Ignatyev	Soviet Union	21.1	NR
	George Ellis	Great Britain	21.2	NR
4	Brian Shenton	Great Britain	21.3
5	Jan Carlsson	Sweden	21.5
6	Václav Janeček	Czechoslovakia	21.9

Semi-finals

28 August

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	George Ellis	Great Britain	21.3	Q
2	Ardalion Ignatyev	Soviet Union	21.3	Q
3	Václav Janeček	Czechoslovakia	21.4	Q
4	Aad van Hardeveld	Netherlands	21.4
5	Hans Wehrli	Switzerland	21.6
6	Ilarie Magdas	Romania	21.8

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Heinz Fütterer	West Germany	21.1	CR Q
2	Jan Carlsson	Sweden	21.4	Q
3	Brian Shenton	Great Britain	21.4	Q
4	Ásmundur Bjarnason	Iceland	21.6
5	Yuriy Konovalov	Soviet Union	21.7
6	Theo Saat	Netherlands	22.1

Heats

28 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	George Ellis	Great Britain	21.3	Q
2	Jan Carlsson	Sweden	21.3	NR Q
3	Zdobysław Stawczyk	Poland	21.5
4	Gert Lemmes	Saar	22.0
5	Todori Yordanidis	Turkey	22.5

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ardalion Ignatyev	Soviet Union	21.5	Q
2	Ilarie Magdas	Romania	21.9	Q
3	Kaj Månsson	Sweden	21.9
4	Angel Gavrilov	Bulgaria	22.3
5	Kurt Heidrich	Saar	22.5
	Leonhard Pohl	West Germany	DQ

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Heinz Fütterer	West Germany	21.4	Q
2	Aad van Hardeveld	Netherlands	21.6	Q
3	Carlos Germonprez	Belgium	22.0
4	Josef Wimmer	Austria	22.1

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Brian Shenton	Great Britain	21.6	Q
2	Yuriy Konovalov	Soviet Union	21.8	Q
3	Angel Kolev	Bulgaria	21.9
4	Nikolaos Georgopoulos	Greece	22.2
5	Daniel Meneux	France	22.3
6	Muzaffer Selvi	Turkey	22.5

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ásmundur Bjarnason	Iceland	21.7	Q
2	Václav Janeček	Czechoslovakia	21.7	Q
3	József Senkei	Hungary	22.0
4	Jacques Vercruysse	Belgium	22.0
5	Pierre Coelembier	France	22.1
6	Willy Eichenberger	Switzerland	22.4

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Theo Saat	Netherlands	21.8	Q
2	Hans Wehrli	Switzerland	21.9	Q
3	Alexandru Stoenescu	Romania	22.4

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References

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