| Final | time | | | 1. Brian Shenton |  GBR | 21.5s | | | 2. Étienne Bally |  FRA | 21.8s | | | 3. Jan Lammers |  NED | 22.1s | | | 4. Angelo Moretti |  ITA | 22.1s | | | 5. Ásmundur Bjarnason |  ISL | 22.1s | | | 6. Yves Camus | FRA | 22.2s | |
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| History Men 200m | | -- Competitors from -- Nations. | | Venue: Heysel Stadium. |
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Semi-Finals Saturday 26.08 |
| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Étienne Bally | FRA | 21.9s | Q | | 2. Angelo Moretti | ITA | 21.9s | Q | | 3. Jan Lammers | NED | 22.0s | Q | | 4. Levan Sanadze |  URS | 22.0s | | | 5. Mario Colarossi | ITA | 22.0s | | | 6. Stig Danielsson |  SWE | 22.1s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Brian Shenton | GBR | 21.5s | Q | | 2. Yves Camus | FRA | 21.7s | Q | | 3. Ásmundur Bjarnason | ISL | 21.9s | Q | | 4. Vladimir Sukharev | URS | 21.9s | | | 5. Petar Pecelj |  YUG | 22.0s | | | 6. Willy Burgisser |  SUI | 22.6s | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Étienne Bally | FRA | 21.6s | Q | | 2. Stig Danielsson | SWE | 22.4s | Q | | 3. Fred Hammer |  LUX | 22.5s | | | 4. Jaakko Suikkari |  FIN | 22.7s | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Brian Shenton | GBR | 21.5s | Q | | 2. Jan Lammers | NED | 22.0s | Q | | 3. Knud Schibsbye |  DEN | 22.1s | | | 4. Hector Gosset |  BEL | 22.6s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Mario Colarossi | ITA | 22.4s | Q | | 2. Willy Burgisser | SUI | 22.5s | Q |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Yves Camus | FRA | 22.0s | Q | | 2. Angelo Moretti | ITA | 22.0s | Q | | 3. John Gregory | GBR | 22.1s | | | 4. Henry Johansen |  NOR | 22.1s | | | 5. Jean-Petit Hammer | LUX | 22.9s | |
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| Heat 5 | time | | | 1. Petar Pecelj | YUG | 22.0s | Q | | 2. Levan Sanadze | URS | 22.1s | Q | | 3. Fernand Linssen | BEL | 22.4s | | | 4. Knut Moum | NOR | 22.6s | | | 5. Michail Tsokalis |  GRE | 22.8s | |
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| Heat 6 | time | | | 1. Vladimir Sukharev | URS | 21.9s | Q | | 2. Bjarnason Ásmundur | ISL | 22.0s | Q | | 3. Willy Eichenberger | SUI | 22.7s | | | 4. Tomas Paquete |  POR | 23.1s | | | 5. Lennart Lindberg | FIN | 23.3s | |
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