1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 20 and 21 August.

Medalists

Gold	Douglas Walker Great Britain
Silver	Douglas Turner Great Britain
Bronze	Julian Golding Great Britain

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

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Julian Golding	Great Britain	20.39	Q, SB
2	4	Rodrigue Nordin	France	20.52	Q
3	1	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	20.55	Q, NR
4	1	Christophe Cheval	France	20.59	Q
5	3	Douglas Turner	Great Britain	20.63	Q
6	4	Geir Moen	Norway	20.64	Q
7	4	Douglas Walker	Great Britain	20.67	Q
8	3	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	20.74	Q
9	2	Prodromos Katsantonis	Cyprus	20.76	Q
9	3	Gary Ryan	Ireland	20.76	Q, SB
11	4	Torbjörn Eriksson	Sweden	20.85	q, SB
12	3	Patrick van Balkom	Netherlands	20.88	q
13	4	Petko Yankov	Bulgaria	20.89	q
14	2	Alessandro Attene	Italy	20.95	Q
15	2	Erik Wijmeersch	Belgium	21.02	Q
16	1	Georgios Panagiotopoulos	Greece	21.05	q
17	2	Manuel Milde	Germany	21.08
18	1	Daniel Bittner	Germany	21.09
18	2	Tommy Kafri	Israel	21.09
20	3	Reşat Oğuz	Turkey	21.10
21	1	Martin Morkes	Czech Republic	21.14
21	2	Harri Kivelä	Finland	21.14
23	1	Piotr Balcerzak	Poland	21.22
23	4	Javier Navarro	Spain	21.22
25	3	Panagiotis Sarris	Greece	21.24
26	4	Paul Brizzel	Ireland	21.25
27	2	Martin Brinarský	Slovakia	21.32
28	1	Martin Plesnicar	Slovenia	21.35
29	2	Kevin Widmer	Switzerland	21.37
30	3	Mario Bonello	Malta	21.65
	3	Marcin Urbaś	Poland	DNF

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Julian Golding	Great Britain	20.61	Q
2	1	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	20.65	Q
3	2	Douglas Walker	Great Britain	20.74	Q
4	1	Prodromos Katsantonis	Cyprus	20.80	Q
5	1	Christophe Cheval	France	20.87	Q
6	2	Douglas Turner	Great Britain	20.89	Q
7	2	Rodrigue Nordin	France	21.00	Q
7	1	Torbjörn Eriksson	Sweden	21.00
9	2	Geir Moen	Norway	21.01	Q
10	1	Alessandro Attene	Italy	21.04
10	2	Patrick van Balkom	Netherlands	21.04
12	2	Petko Yankov	Bulgaria	21.08
13	2	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	21.14
14	1	Georgios Panagiotopoulos	Greece	21.15
15	2	Gary Ryan	Ireland	21.28
	1	Erik Wijmeersch	Belgium	DSQ

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Douglas Walker	Great Britain	20.53
	Douglas Turner	Great Britain	20.64
	Julian Golding	Great Britain	20.72
4	Geir Moen	Norway	20.78
5	Rodrigue Nordin	France	20.83
6	Christophe Cheval	France	20.91
7	Prodromos Katsantonis	Cyprus	21.24
	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	DSQ