Main > Men, 200 m > European Records Progression
All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
•   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated
Manual Timing
  24.0y Percy Thornton GBR London Feb 24, 1866
  23.2y Charles Emery GBR London May 19, 1866
  23.0y William Colett GBR London Nov 24, 1866
  22.8y Edward Colbeck GBR London May 31, 1867
  22.8*y John Reay GBR London May 17, 1873
  22.8*y Montague Sherman GBR 1875
  22.6y Frederic Elborough GBR London Oct 07, 1876
  22.2y Milroy Cowie GBR London Sep 22, 1883
  21.8y Harry Hutchens GBR London May 11, 1885
• 21.2y William Applegarth GBR London Jul 04, 1914
  21.0(HT) Helmut Körnig GER Bochum Aug 26, 1928
  21.1 Christiaan Berger NED Amsterdam Jun 15, 1930
  21.0 Jozsef Kovacs HUN Budapest Oct 15, 1933
  21.0* Jacob Scheuring GER Stuttgart Aug 30, 1941
  21.0* Harald Mellerowicz GER Krakau Sep 20, 1942
  21.0* Emmanuel McDonald Bailey GBR Stockholm Sep 06, 1950
• 20.9 Emmanuel McDonald Bailey GBR Colombes Sep 10, 1950
  20.9* Emmanuel McDonald Bailey GBR Göteborg Sep 24, 1950
• 20.9* Emmanuel McDonald Bailey GBR Belgrad Aug 26, 1951
• 20.9* Emmanuel McDonald Bailey GBR London May 24, 1952
• 20.9* Emmanuel McDonald Bailey GBR Berlin Sep 21, 1952
• 20.9* Heinz Fütterer GER Bern Aug 29, 1954
• 20.8 Heinz Fütterer GER Osaka Oct 16, 1954
• 20.8* Heinz Fütterer GER Yokohama Oct 31, 1954
  20.6(HT) Heinz Fütterer FRG Köln Sep 04, 1955
• 20.8* Manfred Germar GER Hannover Sep 15, 1957
• 20.8* Manfred Germar GER Oslo Sep 05, 1958
• 20.8* Peter Radford GBR Colombes Sep 14, 1958
• 20.8* Manfred Germar GER Augsburg Sep 21, 1958
• 20.6* Manfred Germar GER Wuppertal Oct 01, 1958
• 20.5y Peter Radford GBR Wolverhampton May 28, 1960
• 20.5** Livio Berruti ITA Rome Sep 03, 1960
• 20.5* Livio Berruti ITA Rome Sep 03, 1960
• 20.4 Sergio Ottolina ITA Saarbrücken Jun 21, 1964
• 20.4* Jan Werner POL Warsaw Jun 03, 1967
• 20.4* Roger Bambuck FRA Paris Jul 30, 1967
  20.4* Roger Bambuck FRA Paris Jun 13, 1968
• 20.4* Jochen Eigenherr FRG Mexico City Oct 16, 1968
• 20.4* Roger Bambuck FRA Mexico City Oct 16, 1968
• 20.3 Philippe Clerc SUI Zürich Jul 04, 1969
• 20.2 Valeriy Borzov URS Moscow Jul 18, 1971
• 20.2* Pietro Mennea ITA Milan Jun 17, 1972
• 20.0 Valeriy Borzov URS München Sep 04, 1972
Electronic Timing
  20.65 Livio Berruti ITA Rome Sep 03, 1960
  20.62 Livio Berruti ITA Rome Sep 03, 1960
  20.51 Roger Bambuck FRA Paris Jul 30, 1967
  20.47 Roger Bambuck FRA Mexico City Oct 16, 1968
  20.31 Valeriy Borzov URS Helsinki Aug 13, 1971
• 20.00 Valeriy Borzov URS München Sep 04, 1972
• 19.96 Pietro Mennea ITA Mexico City Sep 10, 1979
• 19.72 Pietro Mennea ITA Mexico City Sep 12, 1979