| Final 16:00 | time | | | 1. Manfred Germar |  FRG | 21.0s | | | 2. David Segal |  GBR | 21.3s | | | 3. Jocelyn Delecour |  FRA | 21.3s | | | 4. Vilém Mandlík |  TCH | 21.4s | | | 5. Robbie Brightwell | GBR | 21.9s | | | 6. Yuriy Konovalov |  URS | 22.0s | |
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| History Men 200m | | Championship Record: Futterer (GER) 20.9s - 1954 |
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Semi-Finals - Friday 22.08 16:50 | | First 2 to Final |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Jocelyn Delecour | FRA | 21.3s | Q | | 2. Robbie Brightwell | GBR | 21.7s | Q | | 3. Leonid Bartenyev | URS | 21.7s | | | 4. Edward Szmidt |  POL | 21.9s | | | 5. György Gyuricza |  HUN | 22.4s | | | 6. Ernst Vogel |  SUI | 22.4s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Vilém Mandlík | TCH | 21.0s | Q | | 2. David Segal | GBR | 21.1s | Q | | 3. Béla Goldoványi | HUN | 21.7s | | | 4. Habib Thiam | FRA | 22.3s | | | 5. Vasilios Syllis |  GRE | 22.4s | | | -. Livio Berruti |  ITA | DNF | |
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| Semi 3 | time | | | 1. Manfred Germar | FRG | 21.2s | Q | | 2. Yuriy Konovalov | URS | 21.3s | Q | | 3. Bjørn Nilsen |  NOR | 21.5s | | | 4. Nikolaos Georgopoulos | GRE | 21.7s | | | 5. Mikhail Bachvarov |  BUL | 22.2s | | | 6. Adolf Huber |  AUT | 22.8s | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Leonid Bartenyev | URS | 21.7s | Q | | 2. Ernst Vogel | SUI | 22.2s | Q | | 3. Mikhail Bachvarov | BUL | 22.5s | Q | | 4. Aydın Onur |  TUR | 22.6s | | | 5. Edmund Burg | FRG | 23.2s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. György Gyuricza | HUN | 22.4s | Q | | 2. Habib Thiam | FRA | 23.0s | Q | | 3. Adolf Huber | AUT | 24.9s | Q | | -. Marian Foik | POL | DNS | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Vilém Mandlík | TCH | 21.6s | Q | | 2. Yuriy Konovalov | URS | 21.7s | Q | | 3. Nikolaos Georgopoulos | GRE | 21.9s | Q | | 4. Richard Schwarzgruber | AUT | 22.4s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Manfred Germar | FRG | 21.4s | Q | | 2. Edward Szmidt | POL | 21.9s | Q | | 3. Robbie Brightwell | GBR | 21.9s | Q | | 4. Jacques Vercruysse |  BEL | 22.0s | | | 5. Börje Strand |  FIN | 22.0s | |
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| Heat 5 | time | | | 1. Jocelyn Delecour | FRA | 22.2s | Q | | 2. Béla Goldoványi | HUN | 22.2s | Q | | 3. Vasilios Syllis | GRE | 23.1s | Q | | -. Faria |  POR | DNS | | | -. Weber | SUI | DNS | |
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| Heat 6 | time | | | 1. David Segal | GBR | 21.0s | Q | | 2. Livio Berruti | ITA | 21.6s | Q | | 3. Bjørn Nilsen | NOR | 21.6s | Q | | 4. Björn Malmroos |  SWE | 21.8s | | | 5. Peter Rasmussen |  DEN | 22.2s | |
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