1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 25, 26 and 27 August 1950.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Brian Shenton
 Great Britain
Silver Étienne Bally
 France
Bronze Jan Lammers
 Netherlands

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

27 August Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Brian Shenton  Great Britain 21.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Étienne Bally  France 21.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jan Lammers  Netherlands 22.1
4 Angelo Moretti  Italy 22.1
5 Ásmundur Bjarnason  Iceland 22.1
6 Yves Camus  France 22.2

Semi-finals[edit]

26 August

Semi-final 1[edit]

Wind: 0.6m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Étienne Bally  France 21.9 Q
2 Angelo Moretti  Italy 21.9 Q
3 Jan Lammers  Netherlands 22.0 Q
4 Levan Sanadze  Soviet Union 22.0
5 Mario Colarossi  Italy 22.0
6 Stig Danielsson  Sweden 22.1

Semi-final 2[edit]

Wind: NWI

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Brian Shenton  Great Britain 21.5 Q
2 Yves Camus  France 21.7 Q
3 Ásmundur Bjarnason  Iceland 21.9 Q
4 Vladimir Sukharev  Soviet Union 21.9
5 Petar Pecelj  Yugoslavia 22.0
6 Willy Burgisser   Switzerland 22.6

Heats[edit]

25 August

Heat 1[edit]

Wind: 0.2m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Étienne Bally  France 21.6 Q
2 Stig Danielsson  Sweden 22.4 Q
3 Fred Hammer  Luxembourg 22.5
4 Jaakko Suikkari  Finland 22.7

Heat 2[edit]

Wind: 0m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Brian Shenton  Great Britain 21.5 Q
2 Jan Lammers  Netherlands 22.0 Q
3 Knud Schibsbye  Denmark 22.1
4 Hector Gosset  Belgium 22.6

Heat 3[edit]

Wind: 0m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mario Colarossi  Italy 22.4 Q
2 Willy Burgisser   Switzerland 22.5 Q

Heat 4[edit]

Wind: 0.7m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yves Camus  France 22.0 Q
2 Angelo Moretti  Italy 22.0 Q
3 John Gregory  Great Britain 22.1
4 Henry Johansen  Norway 22.1
5 Jean-Petit Hammer  Luxembourg 22.9

Heat 5[edit]

Wind: 0.2m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Petar Pecelj  Yugoslavia 22.0 Q
2 Levan Sanadze  Soviet Union 22.1 Q
3 Fernand Linssen  Belgium 22.4
4 Knut Moum  Norway 22.6
5 Michail Tsokalis  Greece 22.8

Heat 6[edit]

Wind: 0.4m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Vladimir Sukharev  Soviet Union 21.9 Q
2 Ásmundur Bjarnason  Iceland 22.0 Q
3 Willy Eichenberger   Switzerland 22.7
4 Tomas Paquete  Portugal 23.1
5 Lennart Lindberg  Finland 23.3

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 372–377, retrieved 13 August 2014