View source for Men's 200 metres European record progression

The following table shows the European record progression in the men's [[200 metres]], as ratified by the [[European Athletic Association|EAA]]<ref>[http://athletix.org/?p=1840 Athletix] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012015458/http://athletix.org/?p=1840 |date=2013-10-12 }}</ref>
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== Hand timing ==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
! Time
! Athlete
! Nationality
! Venue
! Date
|-
| 21.2*
| [[Willie Applegarth]]
| {{GBR}}
| [[London]], [[England]]
| 4 July 1914
|-
| 20.9
| [[McDonald Bailey]]
| {{GBR}}
| [[Paris]], [[France]]
| 10 September 1950
|-
| 20.9
| [[McDonald Bailey]]
| {{GBR}}
| [[Belgrade]], [[Yugoslavia]]
| 26 August 1951
|-
| 20.9
| [[McDonald Bailey]]
| {{GBR}}
| [[London]], [[England]]
| 24 May 1952
|-
| 20.9
| [[McDonald Bailey]]
| {{GBR}}
| [[Berlin]], [[Germany]]
| 21 September 1952
|-
| 20.9
| [[Heinz Futterer]]
| {{FRG}}
| [[Bern]], [[Switzerland]]
| 29 August 1954
|-
| 20.8
| [[Heinz Futterer]]
| {{FRG}}
| [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]
| 16 October 1954
|-
| 20.8
| [[Heinz Futterer]]
| {{FRG}}
| [[Yokohama]], [[Japan]]
| 31 October 1954
|-
| 20.8
| [[Manfred Germar]]
| {{FRG}}
| [[Hanover]], [[West Germany]]
| 15 September 1957
|-
| 20.8
| [[Manfred Germar]]
| {{FRG}}
| [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]
| 5 September 1958
|-
| 20.8
| [[Peter Radford]]
| {{GBR}}
| [[Paris]], [[France]]
| 14 September 1958
|-
| 20.8
| [[Manfred Germar]]
| {{FRG}}
| [[Augsburg]], [[West Germany]]
| 21 September 1958
|-
| 20.6
| [[Manfred Germar]]
| {{FRG}}
| [[Wuppertal]], [[West Germany]]
| 1 October 1958
|-
| 20.5*
| [[Peter Radford]]
| {{GBR}}
| [[Wolverhampton]], [[England]]
| 28 May 1960
|-
| 20.5
| [[Livio Berruti]]
| {{ITA}}
| [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
| 3 September 1960
|-
| 20.5
| [[Livio Berruti]]
| {{ITA}}
| [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
| 3 September 1960
|-
| 20.4
| [[Sergio Ottolina]]
| {{ITA}}
| [[Saarbrücken]], [[West Germany]]
| 21 June 1964
|-
| 20.4
| [[Jan Werner (athlete)|Jan Werner]]
| {{Flag|Poland|1928}}
| [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]]
| 3 June 1967
|-
| 20.4
| [[Roger Bambuck]]
| {{FRA}}
| [[Paris]], [[France]]
| 30 July 1967
|-
| 20.4
| [[Roger Bambuck]]
| {{FRA}}
| [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
| 16 October 1968
|-
| 20.4
| [[Jochen Eigenherr]]
| {{flag|Germany|EUA}}
| [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
| 16 October 1968
|-
| 20.3
| [[Philippe Clerc]]
| {{SUI}}
| [[Zürich]], [[Switzerland]]
| 4 July 1969
|-
| 20.2
| [[Valeriy Borzov]]
| {{URS}}
| [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]]
| 18 July 1971
|-
| 20.2
| [[Pietro Mennea]]
| {{ITA}}
| [[Milan]], [[Italy]]
| 17 June 1972
|-
| 20.0
| [[Valeriy Borzov]]
| {{URS}}
| [[Munich]], [[West Germany]]
| 4 September 1972
|}
(*) Performance timed over 220 yards
== Automatic timing ==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
! Time
! Athlete
! Nationality
! Venue
! Date
|-
| 20.00
| [[Valeriy Borzov]]
| {{URS}}
| [[Munich]], [[West Germany]]
| 4 September 1972
|-
| 19.96
| [[Pietro Mennea]]
| {{ITA}}
| [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
| 10 September 1979
|-
| 19.72
| [[Pietro Mennea]]
| {{ITA}}
| [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
| 12 September 1979
|}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Athletics record progressions}}
[[Category:European athletics record progressions|200 m]]
[[Category:200 metres]]
[[Category:Men's athletics|European 200 metres record]]