| Final 19:20 | time | | 1. Nikolay Karakulov |  Soviet Union | 21.6s | NR | | 2. Haakon Tranberg |  Norway | 21.7s | | | 3. Jiří David |  Czechia | 21.8s | | | 4. Stig Danielsson |  Sweden | 21.9s | | | 5. Julien Lebas |  France | 22.0s | | | 6. Jack Archer |  Great Britain | 22.0s | |
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| History Men 200m. Venue: Bislett Stadion. | | World Record: Owens (USA) 20.3s | | European Record: Kornig (GER) 20.9s | | Season Best: Moina 21.3s |
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Semi-Finals - Saturday, 24th August 18:20 | | First 3 progress to Final>. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Jack Archer | Great Britain | 22.0s | Q | | 2. Jiří David | Czechia | 22.1s | Q | | 3. Nikolay Karakulov | Soviet Union | 22.1s | Q | | 4. Agathon Lepève | France | 22.2s | | | 5. Mirko Paráček | Czechia | 22.7s | | | -. Chris van Osta |  Netherlands | DNS | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Stig Danielsson | Sweden | 22.0s | Q | | 2. Haakon Tranberg | Norway | 22.0s | Q | | 3. Julien Lebas | France | 22.1s | Q | | 4. Fernand Bourgaux |  Belgium | 22.2s | | | 5. Carlo Monti |  Italy | 22.2s | | | 6. Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson |  Iceland | 22.3s | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Nikolay Karakulov | Soviet Union | 21.9s | Q | | 2. Stig Danielsson | Sweden | 21.9s | Q | | 3. Carlo Monti | Italy | 22.3s | Q | | 4. Gabe Scholten | Netherlands | 22.4s | | | 5. Roman Sienicki |  Poland | 23.6s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Jiří David | Czechia | 22.3s | Q | | 2. Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson | Iceland | 22.4s | Q | | 3. Chris van Osta | Netherlands | 22.5s | Q | | 4. Gerhard Fehrm | Sweden | 22.7s | | | 5. Vanes Montanari | Italy | 24.1s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Julien Lebas | France | 22.2s | Q | | 2. Jack Archer | Great Britain | 22.2s | Q | | 3. Fernand Bourgaux | Belgium | 22.7s | Q | | 4. Stougaard Børge |  Denmark | 22.8s | | | 5. Egon Solymossy |  Hungary | 23.1s | | | 6. Marko Račič |  Yugoslavia | 23.6s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Haakon Tranberg | Norway | 22.1s | Q | | 2. Agathon Lepève | France | 22.3s | Q | | 3. Mirko Paráček | Czechia | 22.5s | Q | | 4. François Braekman | Belgium | 22.6s | | | 5. Rutkowski Józef | Poland | 22.8s | | | 6. Robert Roach | Great Britain | 23.1s | |
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