1999 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Göteborg, Sweden, at Ullevi on 30 and 31 July 1999.

Medalists

Gold	John Ertzgaard Norway
Silver	Christian Malcolm United Kingdom
Bronze	Stefan Holz Germany

Results

Final

31 July
Wind: -0.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	John Ertzgaard	Norway	20.47
	Christian Malcolm	United Kingdom	20.47
	Stefan Holz	Germany	20.69
4	Anastasios Poulioglou	Greece	20.83
5	John Stewart	United Kingdom	20.84
6	Frédéric Krantz	France	20.90
7	Christos Magos	Greece	20.94
8	Graham Beasley	United Kingdom	21.21

Semifinals

31 July
Qualified: first 4 in each to the Final

Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Christian Malcolm	United Kingdom	20.65	Q
2	Stefan Holz	Germany	20.77	Q
3	Frédéric Krantz	France	20.84	Q
4	Anastasios Poulioglou	Greece	20.94	Q
5	Massimiliano Donati	Italy	21.04
6	Aldo Tonazzi	Switzerland	21.46
7	Stéphane Peccatus	France	21.48
8	Thomas Mellin-Olsen	Norway	21.79

Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	John Ertzgaard	Norway	20.82	Q
2	John Stewart	United Kingdom	20.88	Q
3	Christos Magos	Greece	21.12	Q
4	Graham Beasley	United Kingdom	21.19	Q
5	Erik Kringeland	Norway	21.21
6	Mikael Ahl	Sweden	21.27
7	Michele Paggi	Italy	21.32
8	Jimmy Melfort	France	21.43

Heats

30 July
Qualified: first 3 in each heat and 4 best to the Semifinal

Heat 1

Wind: 0.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	John Ertzgaard	Norway	20.70	Q
2	Graham Beasley	United Kingdom	21.03	Q
3	Michele Paggi	Italy	21.11	Q
4	Aldo Tonazzi	Switzerland	21.17	q
5	Jimmy Melfort	France	21.28	q
6	Predrag Momirović	Yugoslavia	21.73
	Shamil Mamudov	Georgia	DNF

Heat 2

Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Christos Magos	Greece	20.79	Q
2	John Stewart	United Kingdom	20.88	Q
3	Frédéric Krantz	France	20.92	Q
4	Thomas Mellin-Olsen	Norway	21.39	q
5	Thomas Scheidl	Austria	21.90

Heat 3

Wind: 1.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Stefan Holz	Germany	20.64	Q
2	Massimiliano Donati	Italy	20.84	Q
3	Stéphane Peccatus	France	21.11	Q
4	Ion Gutiérrez	Spain	21.45
5	Gideon Jablonka	Israel	21.46
	Christofer Ohlsson	Sweden	DNF

Heat 4

Wind: 0.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Christian Malcolm	United Kingdom	20.83	Q
2	Anastasios Poulioglou	Greece	20.92	Q
3	Mikael Ahl	Sweden	21.11	Q
4	Erik Kringeland	Norway	21.22	q
5	Roman Zubek	Czech Republic	21.42
6	Israel Nuñez	Spain	21.63

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

• Austria (1)
• Czech Republic (1)
• France (3)
• Georgia (1)
• Germany (1)
• Greece (2)
• Israel (1)
• Italy (2)
• Norway (3)
• Spain (2)
• Sweden (2)
• Switzerland (1)
• United Kingdom (3)
• Yugoslavia (1)