Final time 1. László Mihályfi Hungary 21.27s 2. Brian Smouha Great Britain 21.40s 3. Brian Anson Great Britain 21.51s 4. Leonid Bartenyev Soviet Union 21.58s 5. Hirotada Hayase Japan 21.70s 6. Yojiro Muro Japan 21.84s 24 athletes Venue: Vasil Levski stadium.

index Athletics Sofia 1961 Men 100m Men High Jump Women 100m Men 200m Men Pole Vault Women 200m Men 400m Men Long Jump Women 800m Men 800m Men Triple Jump Women 80m Hurdles Men 1500m Men Discus Throw Women High Jump Men 5000m Men Hammer Throw Women Long Jump Men 110m Hurdles Men Javelin Throw Women Discus Throw Men 400m Hurdles Men Shot Put Women Shot Put Men 4x100m Relay Men Decathlon Women Javelin Throw Men 4x400m Relay Women 4x100m Relay

Semi 1 time 1. Zoltan Vamoș Romania 1:49.3 Q 2. Mike Fleet Great Britain 1:49.5 Q 3. Vasily Savinkov Soviet Union 1:49.5 4. Per Knuts Sweden 1:50.0 5. Bruno Unseld West Germany 1:52.4 6. Ohenia Asara Ghana 1:54.1

Semi 2 time 1. Ron Delany Ireland 1:50.7 Q 2. Rudolf Klaban Austria 1:50.8 Q 3. Norbert Haupert Luxembourg 1:51.6 4. Josef Odložil Czechoslovakia 1:51.7 5. Evelio Planas Cuba 1:54.7 6. Ŷ"zen Tuncel Turkey 2:00.2 Semi 3 time 1. Milan Jílek Czechoslovakia 1:51.6 Q 2. Wolfgang Schöll West Germany 1:51.9 Q 3. Volker Tulzer Austria 1:52.3 4. John Holt Great Britain 1:53.4 5. Georgi Zapundzhiev Bulgaria 1:55.4 6. Ahmet Akbaş Turkey 1:58.5

Heat 1 time 1. Ron Delany Ireland 1:56.7 Q 2. Mike Fleet Great Britain 1:56.8 Q 3. Luc Baeyens Belgium 1:56.8 5. Benito Tamiozzi Italy 1:57.0

Heat 2 time 1. Vasily Savinkov Soviet Union 1:53.6 Q 2. Wolfgang Schöll West Germany 1:53.6 Q 3. Evelio Planas Cuba 1:53.9 Q 4. Mamoru Morimoto Japan 1:54.5

Heat 3 time 1. Zoltan Vamoș Romania 2:00.9 Q 2. Norbert Haupert Luxembourg 2:01.4 Q 3. Ahmet Akbaş Turkey 2:01.7 Q 4. Volker Tulzer Austria :0-.-

Heat 4 time 1. John Holt Great Britain 1:56.0 Q 2. Josef Odložil Czechoslovakia 1:56.0 Q 3. Ohenia Asara Ghana 1:56.2 Q 4. Mladen Zabev Bulgaria 1:56.3

Heat 5 time 1. Ŷ"zen Tuncel Turkey 2:02.6 Q 2. Bruno Unseld West Germany 2:02.6 Q 3. Milan Jílek Czechoslovakia 2:02.6 Q 4. Hossein Ahmad Mir-Nezami Iran 2:09.7

Heat 6 time 1. Per Knuts Sweden 1:56.5 Q 2. Rudolf Klaban Austria 1:56.9 Q 3. Georgi Zapundzhiev Bulgaria 1:57.0 Q 4. Sokol Morina Albania 1:57.4

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Last updated: 6 Nov 2025
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