2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres
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The men's 200 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi
Ullevi
Ullevi is a stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. The stadium was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then Ullevi has also hosted the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1983 and 1990, the UEFA Euro 1992...

 on August 9 and August 10.
Obikwelu completed the sprinters' double, leading comfortably out of the last curve and continuing all the way to the finish. Wissman took silver in a time level with the national record. Devonish faded in the end and just managed to hold on to third in front of Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 Kristof Beyens
Kristof Beyens
Kristof Beyens is a Belgian sprint athlete, specialised in the 100 and 200 metres. His personal best time over 200 metres is 20.44 s, achieved in Osaka during the World Championships....

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Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Francis Obikwelu
Francis Obikwelu
Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds...


Johan Wissman
Johan Wissman
Johan Lukas Wissman is a Swedish athlete from Helsingborg, specializing in the 200 and 400 m. He is the current national record holder in both of these events....


Marlon Devonish
Marlon Devonish
Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent...



Schedule

Date Time Round
August 9, 2006 11:10 Round 1
August 9, 2006 19:35 Round 2
August 10, 2006 19:15 Semifinals
August 10, 2006 20:45 Final

Results

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Round 1

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Round 2.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
2 Marlon Devonish
Marlon Devonish
Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent...

 
20.53 Q, SB
1 David Alerte
David Alerte
David Alerte is a French sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.At the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg he finished seventh in the 200 metres and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay...

 
20.58 Q
1 Kristof Beyens
Kristof Beyens
Kristof Beyens is a Belgian sprint athlete, specialised in the 100 and 200 metres. His personal best time over 200 metres is 20.44 s, achieved in Osaka during the World Championships....

 
20.61 Q, SB
4 Anastasios Gousis
Anastásios Goúsis
Anastasios "Tasos" Gousis is a Greek sprint athlete.He was born in Corfu.He competed in the 200 m and 400 m in the 2000 Olympics, but did not progress out of the heats in either event...

 
20.64 Q
6 Johan Wissman
Johan Wissman
Johan Lukas Wissman is a Swedish athlete from Helsingborg, specializing in the 200 and 400 m. He is the current national record holder in both of these events....

 
20.66 Q
2 Sebastian Ernst
Sebastian Ernst
Sebastian Ernst is a German sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.36 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2004 Summer Olympics. This ranks him third among German 200 m sprinters, only behind Tobias Unger and Frank Emmelmann...

 
20.67 Q, SB
2 Eddy De Lépine
Eddy De Lépine
Eddy De Lépine is a French sprinter. Together with Ladji Doucouré, Ronald Pognon, and Lueyi Dovy, he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics....

 
20.70 Q, SB
3 Ivan Teplykh
Ivan Teplykh
Ivan Teplykh is a male sprint athlete from Russia. He finished 5th in the 200m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.-Achievements:-External links:*...

 
20.71 Q, PB
5 Francis Obikwelu
Francis Obikwelu
Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds...

 
20.78 Q
10 3 Yordan Ilinov
Yordan Ilinov
Yordan Ilinov is a Bulgarian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He won the 2005 Balkan Games. He competed at the 2005 World Championships and the 2006 European Championships, but on both occasions only reached the semi-final....

 
20.80 Q
11 4 Paul Hession
Paul Hession
Paul Hession is an Irish international track and field athlete who specialises in the sprinting events, particularly the 200 metres...

 
20.81 Q
12 4 Alessandro Cavallaro
Alessandro Cavallaro
Alessandro Cavallaro is an Italian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He finished seventh in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2000 Olympic Games, together with teammates Francesco Scuderi, Maurizio Checcucci and Andrea Colombo...

 
20.82 Q, SB
13 2 Paul Brizzel  20.84 Q, SB
14 1 Ruslan Abbasov
Ruslan Abbasov
Ruslan Abbasov is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Azerbaijan.Abbasov represented Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 5th in his heat without advancing to the second round. He ran the distance in a time...

 
20.86 Q, NR
Azerbaijani records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Azerbaijan maintained by the Azerbaijan Athletics Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not recognized by federation-External links:...

15 2 Marcin Urbaś
Marcin Urbas
Marcin Urbaś is a former Polish track and field athlete. He is the Polish record holder for 200 metres dash with 19.98 seconds. He is now a sprinting coach. -Track and field:...

 
20.87 q
16 6 Matic Osovnikar
Matic Osovnikar
Matic Osovnikar is a Slovenian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.Osovnikar competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics where he achieved third place in his 100 metres heat, thus making through to the second round but narrowly missed out on a placing in the semi-finals after achieving fourth place in...

 
20.90 Q
17 6 Daniel Schnelting  20.90 Q, SB
18 6 Jiří Vojtík
Jiří Vojtík
Jiří Vojtík is a Czech sprinter. He competed at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic games competing in the 200 meters. He failed to win a medal both times.-External links:*...

 
20.91 Q
19 5 Roman Smirnov
Roman Smirnov (athlete)
Roman Petrovich Smirnov is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.57 seconds, achieved in June 2008 in Chania. He also has 10.38 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Zhukovskiy; and 6.74 seconds in the 60 metres, achieved in December 2005...

 
20.92 Q
20 5 Guus Hoogmoed
Guus Hoogmoed
Guus Hoogmoed is a Dutch sprinter, specializing in the 200 metres.He finished fourth in 60 metres at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and eighth in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2006 European Championships....

 
20.93 Q
20 6 Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé  20.93 q
22 1 Morten Jensen
Morten Jensen
Morten Jensen is a Danish athlete. He primarily participates in long jump, 100 metres and 200 metres.He competed at the World Championships in 2005 and 2007, the 2006 World Indoor Championships, the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without...

 
20.94 Q
23 4 Caimin Douglas
Caimin Douglas
Caimin Christian Douglas is a Dutch sprinter.-Biography:Douglas was born in Rosmalen, out of a Dutch mother and an Antillean father. At the age of five the family returned to his father's roots in Curaçao. There he played football from the age of 11 for his local team in Willemstad and the...

 
20.97 Q
24 1 Panagiotis Sarris
Panagiotis Sarris
Panagiotis Sarris is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He won the bronze medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games and finished eighth in 4 x 100 m relay at the 2006 IAAF World Cup...

 
20.99 q
25 2 Dmytro Hlushchenko
Dmytro Hlushchenko
Dmytro Hlushchenko, ukr. Дмитро Леонідович Глущенко is a Ukrainian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. His personal best time in the 200 metres is 20.75 seconds, achieved in May 2004 in Kiev. In the 100 metres he has 10.25 seconds, achieved in July 2004 in Kiev.He finished fifth at...

 
21.00 q
26 3 Rikki Fifton
Rikki Fifton
Rikki Fifton is a British sprinter who mainly specialises in the 200 metres, but occasionally competes in 100 metres, 400 metres, and relay events.Before becoming involved in athletics, Fifton was an avid kick boxer...

 
21.02 Q
27 5 Tim Abeyie
Tim Abeyie
Timothy Akwesi "Tim" Abeyie is a former British sprinter specialising in the 200 metres, who now competes for Ghana....

 
21.03 Q
28 3 Stefano Anceschi  21.04 Q
29 3 Patrick van Luijk
Patrick van Luijk
Patrick Jermaine Herschel van Luijk is a Dutch sprinter.-Biography:Patrick van Luijk was born in 1984 out of a Dutch mother and a Jamaican father. Sports have always been the most important hobby of Van Luijk and he started with football at an early age for local team FC Bakestijn...

 
21.05 q
30 4 Marc Schneeberger
Marc Schneeberger
Marc Schneeberger is a Swiss sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.He was born in Täuffeln. He competed at the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final...

 
21.06 q
31 4 Vojtech Šulc  21.07 q
32 5 Josué Mena  21.09 q
33 6 Florin Suciu  21.10
34 3 Johan Engberg  21.12
35 5 Jan Schiller  21.12
36 1 Koura Kaba Fantoni  21.14
37 5 Gary Ryan
Gary Ryan
Gary Ryan is a former Irish sprinter who specialised in the 200 metres. On retirement he worked for the Irish athletics association as Director of Coaching before leaving in January, 2009 for a position with the National University of Ireland, Galway.Ryan won the bronze medal in 4 x 400 metres...

 
21.14
38 1 Marco Cribari
Marco Cribari
Marco Cribari is a Swiss sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.He was born in Zurich. He competed at the 2004 World Junior Championships, the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final...

 
21.16
39 2 Tommi Hartonen
Tommi Hartonen
Tommi Mikael Hartonen is a Finnish sprinter. He holds the Finnish national records at men's 100 m and 200 m. His personal trainer is Markus Hartonen...

 
21.22
40 6 Josip Šoprek  21.55
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Ronald Pognon
Ronald Pognon is a French sprint athlete. He originally specialized in the 200 metres, but later shifted to the shorter sprint distances...

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Round 2

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the semifinals.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
4 Francis Obikwelu
Francis Obikwelu
Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds...

 
20.58 Q
1 Marlon Devonish
Marlon Devonish
Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent...

 
20.67 Q
2 David Alerte
David Alerte
David Alerte is a French sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.At the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg he finished seventh in the 200 metres and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay...

 
20.68 Q
3 Johan Wissman
Johan Wissman
Johan Lukas Wissman is a Swedish athlete from Helsingborg, specializing in the 200 and 400 m. He is the current national record holder in both of these events....

 
20.68 Q
4 Anastasios Gousis
Anastásios Goúsis
Anastasios "Tasos" Gousis is a Greek sprint athlete.He was born in Corfu.He competed in the 200 m and 400 m in the 2000 Olympics, but did not progress out of the heats in either event...

 
20.68 Q
2 Kristof Beyens
Kristof Beyens
Kristof Beyens is a Belgian sprint athlete, specialised in the 100 and 200 metres. His personal best time over 200 metres is 20.44 s, achieved in Osaka during the World Championships....

 
20.70 Q
1 Sebastian Ernst
Sebastian Ernst
Sebastian Ernst is a German sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.36 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2004 Summer Olympics. This ranks him third among German 200 m sprinters, only behind Tobias Unger and Frank Emmelmann...

 
20.71 Q
3 Rikki Fifton
Rikki Fifton
Rikki Fifton is a British sprinter who mainly specialises in the 200 metres, but occasionally competes in 100 metres, 400 metres, and relay events.Before becoming involved in athletics, Fifton was an avid kick boxer...

 
20.73 Q
1 Yordan Ilinov
Yordan Ilinov
Yordan Ilinov is a Bulgarian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He won the 2005 Balkan Games. He competed at the 2005 World Championships and the 2006 European Championships, but on both occasions only reached the semi-final....

 
20.76 Q
10 1 Guus Hoogmoed
Guus Hoogmoed
Guus Hoogmoed is a Dutch sprinter, specializing in the 200 metres.He finished fourth in 60 metres at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and eighth in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2006 European Championships....

 
20.76 Q
11 2 Paul Hession
Paul Hession
Paul Hession is an Irish international track and field athlete who specialises in the sprinting events, particularly the 200 metres...

 
20.80 Q
12 3 Ivan Teplykh
Ivan Teplykh
Ivan Teplykh is a male sprint athlete from Russia. He finished 5th in the 200m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.-Achievements:-External links:*...

 
20.82 Q
13 4 Matic Osovnikar
Matic Osovnikar
Matic Osovnikar is a Slovenian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.Osovnikar competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics where he achieved third place in his 100 metres heat, thus making through to the second round but narrowly missed out on a placing in the semi-finals after achieving fourth place in...

 
20.85 Q
14 2 Jiří Vojtík
Jiří Vojtík
Jiří Vojtík is a Czech sprinter. He competed at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic games competing in the 200 meters. He failed to win a medal both times.-External links:*...

 
20.90 Q
15 4 Alessandro Cavallaro
Alessandro Cavallaro
Alessandro Cavallaro is an Italian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He finished seventh in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2000 Olympic Games, together with teammates Francesco Scuderi, Maurizio Checcucci and Andrea Colombo...

 
20.91 Q
16 1 Roman Smirnov
Roman Smirnov (athlete)
Roman Petrovich Smirnov is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.57 seconds, achieved in June 2008 in Chania. He also has 10.38 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Zhukovskiy; and 6.74 seconds in the 60 metres, achieved in December 2005...

 
20.93
17 2 Daniel Abenzoar-Foulé  20.96
18 2 Ruslan Abbasov
Ruslan Abbasov
Ruslan Abbasov is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Azerbaijan.Abbasov represented Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 5th in his heat without advancing to the second round. He ran the distance in a time...

 
20.98
19 3 Eddy De Lépine
Eddy De Lépine
Eddy De Lépine is a French sprinter. Together with Ladji Doucouré, Ronald Pognon, and Lueyi Dovy, he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics....

 
21.00 Q
20 1 Panagiotis Sarris
Panagiotis Sarris
Panagiotis Sarris is a retired Greek sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He won the bronze medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games and finished eighth in 4 x 100 m relay at the 2006 IAAF World Cup...

 
21.04
21 3 Dmytro Hlushchenko
Dmytro Hlushchenko
Dmytro Hlushchenko, ukr. Дмитро Леонідович Глущенко is a Ukrainian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. His personal best time in the 200 metres is 20.75 seconds, achieved in May 2004 in Kiev. In the 100 metres he has 10.25 seconds, achieved in July 2004 in Kiev.He finished fifth at...

 
21.07
22 4 Josué Mena  21.09
23 2 Tim Abeyie
Tim Abeyie
Timothy Akwesi "Tim" Abeyie is a former British sprinter specialising in the 200 metres, who now competes for Ghana....

 
21.17
24 4 Caimin Douglas
Caimin Douglas
Caimin Christian Douglas is a Dutch sprinter.-Biography:Douglas was born in Rosmalen, out of a Dutch mother and an Antillean father. At the age of five the family returned to his father's roots in Curaçao. There he played football from the age of 11 for his local team in Willemstad and the...

 
21.18
25 4 Vojtech Šulc  21.21
26 1 Marcin Urbaś
Marcin Urbas
Marcin Urbaś is a former Polish track and field athlete. He is the Polish record holder for 200 metres dash with 19.98 seconds. He is now a sprinting coach. -Track and field:...

 
21.39
27 3 Patrick van Luijk
Patrick van Luijk
Patrick Jermaine Herschel van Luijk is a Dutch sprinter.-Biography:Patrick van Luijk was born in 1984 out of a Dutch mother and a Jamaican father. Sports have always been the most important hobby of Van Luijk and he started with football at an early age for local team FC Bakestijn...

 
21.46
28 3 Morten Jensen
Morten Jensen
Morten Jensen is a Danish athlete. He primarily participates in long jump, 100 metres and 200 metres.He competed at the World Championships in 2005 and 2007, the 2006 World Indoor Championships, the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without...

 
21.56
} || 2||align=left| Marc Schneeberger
Marc Schneeberger
Marc Schneeberger is a Swiss sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.He was born in Täuffeln. He competed at the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final...

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Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes
1 3 Francis Obikwelu
Francis Obikwelu
Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds...

 
0.208 20.36 Q
2 6 Johan Wissman
Johan Wissman
Johan Lukas Wissman is a Swedish athlete from Helsingborg, specializing in the 200 and 400 m. He is the current national record holder in both of these events....

 
0.180 20.38 Q, NR
Swedish records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Sweden maintained by its national athletics federation: Svenska Friidrottsförbundet .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:OT = oversized track# = not recognised by federation-External links:* *...

3 7 Eddy De Lépine
Eddy De Lépine
Eddy De Lépine is a French sprinter. Together with Ladji Doucouré, Ronald Pognon, and Lueyi Dovy, he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics....

 
0.207 20.70 Q, SB
4 5 Anastasios Gousis
Anastásios Goúsis
Anastasios "Tasos" Gousis is a Greek sprint athlete.He was born in Corfu.He competed in the 200 m and 400 m in the 2000 Olympics, but did not progress out of the heats in either event...

 
0.163 20.76 Q
5 8 Guus Hoogmoed
Guus Hoogmoed
Guus Hoogmoed is a Dutch sprinter, specializing in the 200 metres.He finished fourth in 60 metres at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and eighth in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2006 European Championships....

 
0.193 20.80
6 4 Rikki Fifton
Rikki Fifton
Rikki Fifton is a British sprinter who mainly specialises in the 200 metres, but occasionally competes in 100 metres, 400 metres, and relay events.Before becoming involved in athletics, Fifton was an avid kick boxer...

 
0.154 20.85
7 2 Yordan Ilinov
Yordan Ilinov
Yordan Ilinov is a Bulgarian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He won the 2005 Balkan Games. He competed at the 2005 World Championships and the 2006 European Championships, but on both occasions only reached the semi-final....

 
0.165 21.00
8 1 Matic Osovnikar
Matic Osovnikar
Matic Osovnikar is a Slovenian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.Osovnikar competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics where he achieved third place in his 100 metres heat, thus making through to the second round but narrowly missed out on a placing in the semi-finals after achieving fourth place in...

 
0.201 21.08

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes
1 4 Marlon Devonish
Marlon Devonish
Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent...

 
0.146 20.60 Q
2 3 Kristof Beyens
Kristof Beyens
Kristof Beyens is a Belgian sprint athlete, specialised in the 100 and 200 metres. His personal best time over 200 metres is 20.44 s, achieved in Osaka during the World Championships....

 
0.150 20.62 Q
3 5 David Alerte
David Alerte
David Alerte is a French sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.At the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg he finished seventh in the 200 metres and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay...

 
0.198 20.69 Q
4 1 Ivan Teplykh
Ivan Teplykh
Ivan Teplykh is a male sprint athlete from Russia. He finished 5th in the 200m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.-Achievements:-External links:*...

 
0.154 20.82 Q
5 7 Jiří Vojtík
Jiří Vojtík
Jiří Vojtík is a Czech sprinter. He competed at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic games competing in the 200 meters. He failed to win a medal both times.-External links:*...

 
0.191 20.83
6 6 Sebastian Ernst
Sebastian Ernst
Sebastian Ernst is a German sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.36 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2004 Summer Olympics. This ranks him third among German 200 m sprinters, only behind Tobias Unger and Frank Emmelmann...

 
0.172 21.04
7 2 Paul Hession
Paul Hession
Paul Hession is an Irish international track and field athlete who specialises in the sprinting events, particularly the 200 metres...

 
0.280 21.09
8 8 Alessandro Cavallaro
Alessandro Cavallaro
Alessandro Cavallaro is an Italian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He finished seventh in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2000 Olympic Games, together with teammates Francesco Scuderi, Maurizio Checcucci and Andrea Colombo...

 
0.170 21.19

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality React Time Notes
5 Francis Obikwelu
Francis Obikwelu
Francis Obiorah Obikwelu, born 22 November 1978 in Nigeria and a Portuguese citizen since 2001, is a sprint athlete specializing in 100 metres and 200 metres. He holds the record for the fastest time in the 100 m set by a European competitor with a time of 9.86 seconds...

 
0.166 20.01 NR
Portuguese records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Portugal maintained by its national athletics federation: Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not officially ratified by federationx = mark was made in a mixed race...

, EL
4 Johan Wissman
Johan Wissman
Johan Lukas Wissman is a Swedish athlete from Helsingborg, specializing in the 200 and 400 m. He is the current national record holder in both of these events....

 
0.178 20.38 =NR
Swedish records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Sweden maintained by its national athletics federation: Svenska Friidrottsförbundet .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:OT = oversized track# = not recognised by federation-External links:* *...

3 Marlon Devonish
Marlon Devonish
Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent...

 
0.149 20.54
4 6 Kristof Beyens
Kristof Beyens
Kristof Beyens is a Belgian sprint athlete, specialised in the 100 and 200 metres. His personal best time over 200 metres is 20.44 s, achieved in Osaka during the World Championships....

 
0.170 20.57 SB
5 1 Ivan Teplykh
Ivan Teplykh
Ivan Teplykh is a male sprint athlete from Russia. He finished 5th in the 200m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.-Achievements:-External links:*...

 
0.174 20.76
6 7 Eddy De Lépine
Eddy De Lépine
Eddy De Lépine is a French sprinter. Together with Ladji Doucouré, Ronald Pognon, and Lueyi Dovy, he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics....

 
0.209 20.77
7 2 David Alerte
David Alerte
David Alerte is a French sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.At the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg he finished seventh in the 200 metres and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay...

 
0.193 20.93
8 8 Anastasios Gousis
Anastásios Goúsis
Anastasios "Tasos" Gousis is a Greek sprint athlete.He was born in Corfu.He competed in the 200 m and 400 m in the 2000 Olympics, but did not progress out of the heats in either event...

0.153 20.94

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