Final 18:30 | time | | 1. Pietro Mennea | Italy | 20.16s | Cr | 2. Olaf Prenzler | East Germany | 20.61s | | 3. Peter Muster | Switzerland | 20.64s | | 4. Leszek Dunecki | Poland | 20.68s | | 5. Pascal Barré | France | 20.70s | | 6. Zenon Licznerski | Poland | 20.74s | | 7. Aleksandr Aksinin | Soviet Union | 20.87s | | 8. Vladimir Ivanov | Bulgaria | 20.92s | |
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Venue: Stadion Evžena Rošického | History Men 200m |
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Semi 1 | time | | 1. Pietro Mennea | Italy | 20.40s | Q | 2. Peter Muster | Switzerland | 20.63s | Q | 3. Leszek Dunecki | Poland | 20.64s | Q | 4. Olaf Prenzler | East Germany | 20.69s | Q | 5. Vladimir Ignatenko | Soviet Union | 20.74s | | 6. Joseph Arame | France | 21.08s | | 7. Antti Rajamäki | Finland | 21.19s | | 8. Martin Pelach | Czechoslovakia | 21.59s | |
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Semi 2 | time | | 1. Pascal Barré | France | 20.96 | Q | 2. Vladimir Ivanov | Bulgaria | 20.96 | Q | 3. Aleksandr Aksinin | Soviet Union | 21.08 | Q | 4. Zenon Licznerski | Poland | 21.10 | Q | 5. Luis Sarría | Spain | 21.24 | | 6. Dragan Zarić | Yugoslavia | 21.28 | | 7. David Jenkins | Great Britain | 21.59 | | -. Klaus Thiele | East Germany | DNF | |
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Heat 1 | time | | 1. Pietro Mennea | Italy | 20.70s | Q | 2. Leszek Dunecki | Poland | 21.01s | Q | 3. Dragan Zarić | Yugoslavia | 21.13s | Q | 4. David Jenkins | Great Britain | 21.16s | Q | 5. Roland Bombardella | Luxembourg | 21.17s | | 6. Lambert Micha | Belgium | 21.36s | |
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Heat 2 | time | & | 1. Aleksandr Aksinin | Soviet Union | 20.97s | Q | 2. Joseph Arame | France | 21.32s | Q | 3. Antti Rajamäki | Finland | 21.34s | Q | 4. Klaus Thiele | East Germany | 21.36s | Q | 5. Luděk Bohman | Czechoslovakia | 21.39s | | 6. Mike Bayle | Luxembourg | 21.48s | | 7. Vilmundur Vilhjálmsson | Iceland | 21.80s | |
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Heat 3 | time | | 1. Pascal Barré | France | 20.78s | Q | 2. Vladimir Ignatenko | Soviet Union | 20.98s | Q | 3. Luis Sarría | Spain | 21.18s | Q | 4. Martin Pelach | Czechoslovakia | 21.48s | Q | 5. Pavel Pavlov | Bulgaria | 21.50s | | -. Renno Roelandt | Belgium | DNF | |
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Heat 4 | time | | 1. Zenon Licznerski | Poland | 20.82s | Q | 2. Vladimir Ivanov | Bulgaria | 20.96s | Q | 3. Olaf Prenzler | East Germany | 20.97s | Q | 4. Peter Muster | Switzerland | 21.04s | Q | 5. Trevor Hoyte | Great Britain | 21.24s | | 6. Patrick Barré | France | 21.27s | | 7. Marián Králik | Czechoslovakia | 21.47s | |
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