1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 22 and 23 February.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Linford Christie Great Britain	Aleksandr Yevgenyev Soviet Union	Nikolay Razgonov Soviet Union

Results

Heats

The winner of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Aleksandr Yevgenyev	Soviet Union	21.23	Q
2	5	Nikolay Razgonov	Soviet Union	21.26	Q
3	1	Linford Christie	Great Britain	21.42	q
4	1	Daniel Sangouma	France	21.42	q
5	3	Norbert Dobeleit	West Germany	21.78	Q
5	5	Juha Pyy	Finland	21.78	q
7	2	Ronald Desruelles	Belgium	21.83	Q
8	4	Juan Prado	Spain	21.87	Q
9	2	Jacek Licznerski	Poland	21.90
9	5	Krzysztof Zwoliński	Poland	21.90
11	4	Roland Jokl	Austria	21.92
12	4	Anri Grigorov	Bulgaria	22.01
13	1	Luís Cunha	Portugal	22.02
14	3	Carlos Turró	Spain	22.05
15	3	Lars Pedersen	Denmark	22.08
16	4	Marco De Pasquale	Italy	22.42
16	2	Angelos Angelidis	Cyprus	22.51
17	3	Yann Quentrec	France	23.09	PB
	2	Ade Mafe	Great Britain	DNF
	5	Andreas Berger	Austria	DNF

Semifinals

First 2 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Aleksandr Yevgenyev	Soviet Union	21.17	Q
2	2	Nikolay Razgonov	Soviet Union	21.29	Q
3	2	Linford Christie	Great Britain	21.33	Q
4	1	Daniel Sangouma	France	21.47	Q
5	1	Norbert Dobeleit	West Germany	21.60
6	2	Ronald Desruelles	Belgium	22.04
7	2	Juha Pyy	Finland	22.57
8	1	Juan Prado	Spain	22.70

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Linford Christie	Great Britain	21.10
	3	Aleksandr Yevgenyev	Soviet Union	21.18
	2	Nikolay Razgonov	Soviet Union	21.48
4	1	Daniel Sangouma	France	21.78