The men's 200 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 12 and 13 August 1971.
Participation According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
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Results Heats 12 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Franz-Peter Hofmeister 20.92 2 Jörg Pfeifer 21.35 3 Zenon Nowosz 21.47 4 Aleksey Chebykin 21.58 5 José Luis Sánchez Paraíso 21.60 6 Ladislav Kříž 21.71 7 Bjarni Stefánsson 21.97
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Aleksandr Zhidkikh 21.35 2 Charles Ducasse 21.40 3 Philippe Clerc 21.53 4 Luděk Bohman 21.61 5 Jean-Pierre Borlée 21.68 6 Ertuğrul Oğulbolan 22.1
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Gérard Fenouil 21.14 2 Pietro Mennea 21.20 3 Siegfried Schenke 21.32 4 Reto Diezi 21.47 5 Karl Honz 21.52 6 Ossi Karttunen 21.64 7 Predrag Križan 21.87 8 Alexandru Munteanu 22.11
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Valeriy Borzov 21.16 2 Joseph Arame 21.44 3 Jiří Kynos 21.54 4 Luis Sarría 21.56 5 Søren Viggo Pedersen 21.69 6 Martin Reynolds 21.71 7 Bo Söderberg 21.91
Semi-finals 12 August Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Valeriy Borzov 20.86 2 Franz-Peter Hofmeister 20.93 3 Aleksandr Zhidkikh 21.04 4 Siegfried Schenke 21.21 5 Luis Sarría 21.35 6 Joseph Arame 21.43 7 Reto Diezi 21.53 8 Jiří Kynos 21.54 Wind: -0.2 m/s
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Gérard Fenouil 21.15 2 Pietro Mennea 21.23 3 Philippe Clerc 21.25 4 Jörg Pfeifer 21.29 5 Luděk Bohman 21.37 6 Charles Ducasse 21.40 7 Aleksey Chebykin 21.45 8 Zenon Nowosz 21.56
Final 13 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Valeriy Borzov 20.31 Franz-Peter Hofmeister 20.71 Jörg Pfeifer 20.73 4 Siegfried Schenke 20.74 5 Philippe Clerc 20.86 6 Pietro Mennea 20.88 7 Gérard Fenouil 20.92 8 Aleksandr Zhidkikh 21.23
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