1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres

Events at the
1946 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men
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
10,000 m track walk 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
Decathlon men
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The men's 200 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 August 1946.[1]

Medalists

Gold Nikolay Karakulov
 Soviet Union
Silver Haakon Tranberg
 Norway
Bronze Jiří David
 Czechoslovakia

Results

Final

24 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Nikolay Karakulov  Soviet Union 21.6 NR
2nd Haakon Tranberg  Norway 21.7
3rd Jiří David  Czechoslovakia 21.8
4 Stig Danielsson  Sweden 21.9
5 Julien Lebas  France 22.0
6 Jack Archer  United Kingdom 22.0

Semi-finals

24 August

Semi-final 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jack Archer  United Kingdom 22.0 Q
2 Jiří David  Czechoslovakia 22.1 Q
3 Nikolay Karakulov  Soviet Union 22.1 Q
4 Agathon Lepève  France 22.2
5 Mirko Paráček  Czechoslovakia 22.7
9 Chris van Osta  Netherlands DNS

Semi-final 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Stig Danielsson  Sweden 22.0 Q
2 Haakon Tranberg  Norway 22.0 Q
3 Julien Lebas  France 22.1 Q
4 Fernand Bourgaux  Belgium 22.2
5 Carlo Monti  Italy 22.2
6 Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson  Iceland 22.3

Heats

24 August

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Nikolay Karakulov  Soviet Union 21.9 Q
2 Stig Danielsson  Sweden 21.9 Q
3 Carlo Monti  Italy 22.3 Q
4 Gabe Scholten  Netherlands 22.4
5 Roman Sienicki  Poland 23.6

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Jiří David  Czechoslovakia 22.3 Q
2 Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson  Iceland 22.4 Q
3 Chris van Osta  Netherlands 22.5 Q
4 Gerhard Fehrm  Sweden 22.7
5 Vanes Montanari  Italy 24.1

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Julien Lebas  France 22.2 Q
2 Jack Archer  United Kingdom 22.2 Q
3 Fernand Bourgaux  Belgium 22.7 Q
4 Børge Stougaard  Denmark 22.8
5 Egon Solymossy  Hungary 23.1
6 Marko Račič  Yugoslavia 23.6

Heat 4

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Haakon Tranberg  Norway 22.1 Q
2 Agathon Lepève  France 22.3 Q
3 Mirko Paráček  Czechoslovakia 22.5 Q
4 François Braekman  Belgium 22.6
5 Józef Rutkowski  Poland 22.8
6 Robert Roach  United Kingdom 23.1

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References