1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres

Events at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m		men		women
60 m hurdles		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Heptathlon		men

The men's 200 metres event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 9–10 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Erik Wijmeersch Belgium	Alexios Alexopoulos Greece	Torbjörn Eriksson Sweden

Results

Heats

The winner of each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest runners-up (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Alexios Alexopoulos	Greece	20.93	Q
2	7	Torbjörn Eriksson	Sweden	21.14	Q
3	2	Erik Wijmeersch	Belgium	21.23	Q
4	5	Thomas Sbokos	Greece	21.26	Q
5	7	Allyn Condon	Great Britain	21.27	q
6	4	Holger Blume	Germany	21.36	Q
7	3	Anton Ivanov	Bulgaria	21.52	Q
7	6	Martin Lachkovics	Austria	21.52	Q
9	6	Christophe Cheval	France	21.53	q
10	2	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	21.54	q
11	6	Aleksandr Streltsov	Ukraine	21.57
12	3	Patrick van Balkom	Netherlands	21.63	q
13	1	Gonzalo Corroto	Spain	21.66	q
14	5	Reşat Oğuz	Turkey	22.29
	1	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	DQ
	2	Robert Maćkowiak	Poland	DQ
	4	Doug Turner	Great Britain	DQ
	4	Sergejs Inšakovs	Latvia	DQ
	5	Andrey Fedoriv	Russia	DQ
	6	Vadim Zadoinov	Moldova	DNF
	3	Marc Blume	Germany	DNS
	7	Bülent Eren	Turkey	DNS

Semifinals

The winner of each semifinal (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final. The subsequent 4 fastest qualified for the B final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Torbjörn Eriksson	Sweden	21.10	Q
2	2	Erik Wijmeersch	Belgium	21.11	Q
3	2	Thomas Sbokos	Greece	21.12	q
4	1	Holger Blume	Germany	21.13	qB
5	3	Alexios Alexopoulos	Greece	21.20	Q
6	2	Allyn Condon	Great Britain	21.34	qB
7	1	Christophe Cheval	France	21.38	qB
7	3	Anton Ivanov	Bulgaria	21.38	qB
9	3	Martin Lachkovics	Austria	21.41
10	2	Patrick van Balkom	Netherlands	21.69
11	1	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	21.86
12	3	Gonzalo Corroto	Spain	21.99

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Erik Wijmeersch	Belgium	21.04
	Alexios Alexopoulos	Greece	21.05
	Torbjörn Eriksson	Sweden	21.07
4	Thomas Sbokos	Greece	21.74

B final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Holger Blume	Germany	21.42
2	Anton Ivanov	Bulgaria	21.45
3	Christophe Cheval	France	21.58
	Allyn Condon	Great Britain	DNS