Athletics at the 1975 Summer Universiade – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1975 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 20 and 21 September.Results at Tilastopaja

Pietro Mennea's winning margin was an incredible 0.78 seconds which as of 2024 remains the greatest winning margin in the men's 200 metres at these championships and also the only time this event was won by more than 0.6 seconds at these championships since the introduction of fully automatic timing.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzePietro MenneaRobert MartinThorsten Johansson

Results Heats Held on 20 September

Wind:Heat 5: -1.4 m/s, Heat 6: +1.0 m/s Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Pietro Mennea 21.01 Q 2 4 Thorsten Johansson 21.34 Q 3 3 Robert Martin 21.39 Q 4 4 Claudiu Suselescu 21.45 Q 5 2 Toma Petrescu 21.48 Q 6 3 Luciano Caravani 21.49 Q 6 5 Sergey Vladimirtsev 21.49 Q 8 6 Aleksandr Zhidkikh 21.53 QSoviet results (p33) 9 5 Charles Ducasse 21.61 QFrench results 10 2 Roland Bombardella 21.67 Q 11 1 Uwe Schläfer 21.70 Q 12 6 Albin Dukowski 21.77 Q 13 5 Roger Jenkins 21.79 q 14 4 Reno Roelandt 21.82 q 15 2 Günther Würfel 21.84 q 15 4 Grzegorz Mądry 21.84 15 6 Jan Alończyk 21.84 18 4 Jorge Mathias 21.89 19 3 Franco Fähndrich 21.93 20 5 Peter Matejka 22.03 21 3 Juan Jesús Sarrasqueta 22.13 22 6 Henri Hermans 22.17 23 1 Abdulaziz Al-Hadba 22.21 24 1 Arturo Godoy 22.26 25 6 Gilles Dautremer 22.33 26 3 Tibor Nagy 22.43 27 3 Babak Mahmoudian 22.56 28 2 Houshemy Yar Arshadi 22.58 29 1 Albert Toro 22.61 30 6 José Antônio Rabaca 22.73 31 2 Thimotée Ngbangandimbo 22.85 32 4 Philippe Étienne 22.91 33 2 Miguel López 23.13 34 5 Wilfrid Cyriaque 23.51 35 4 S. Sotaravat 23.52 36 2 Mohamed Kamal 23.76 37 6 Carlos Mejía 24.03 38 3 Carlos Rosales 24.68

Semifinals Held on 21 September

Wind:Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: ? m/s Rank Heat Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Pietro Mennea 21.11 Q 2 2 Robert Martin 21.29 Q 3 1 Thorsten Johansson 21.30 Q 4 1 Sergey Vladimirtsev 21.42 Q 5 1 Charles Ducasse 21.48 Q 6 2 Claudiu Suselescu 21.49 Q 7 1 Luciano Caravani 21.55 Q 8 1 Toma Petrescu 21.58 9 1 Reno Roelandt 21.73 9 2 Uwe Schläfer 21.73 Q 11 1 Albin Dukowski 21.77 12 2 Aleksandr Zhidkikh 21.89 13 1 Günther Würfel 21.99 13 2 Roland Bombardella 21.99 15 2 Roger Jenkins 22.03

Final Held on 21 September

Wind: 0.0 m/s Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes Pietro Mennea 20.28 Robert Martin 21.06 Thorsten Johansson 21.15 4 Claudiu Suselescu 21.21 5 Sergey Vladimirtsev 21.44 6 Charles Ducasse 21.60 7 Luciano Caravani 21.61 8 Uwe Schläfer 21.70

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