Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.8 m/s, Heat 2: -0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s, Heat 4: +0.8 m/s, Heat 5: +0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	20.55	Q
1	5	Konstantinos Kenteris	Greece	20.55	Q
3	4	Marcin Jędrusiński	Poland	20.57	Q
4	2	Darren Campbell	Great Britain	20.66	Q
5	4	Geir Moen	Norway	20.68	Q
6	1	Marcin Urbaś	Poland	20.71	Q
7	2	Martin Brinarský	Slovakia	20.75	Q
8	3	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	20.81	Q
8	5	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	20.81	Q
10	1	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	20.82	Q
11	5	Johan Engberg	Sweden	20.83	Q
12	1	Ronald Pognon	France	20.84	Q
13	4	Tommi Hartonen	Finland	20.87	Q
13	5	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	20.87	Q
15	4	Jiří Vojtík	Czech Republic	20.88	q
15	5	John Ertzgaard	Norway	20.88	q
17	3	Marco Torrieri	Italy	20.89	Q
18	4	Gary Ryan	Ireland	20.93	q
19	2	Johan Wissman	Sweden	20.97	Q
20	3	Sergey Blinov	Russia	20.99	Q
21	3	Erik Wahn	Sweden	21.02	Q
22	2	Alessandro Cavallaro	Italy	21.03	Q
23	5	Emanuele Di Gregorio	Italy	21.04	q
24	1	Oleg Sergeyev	Russia	21.06	Q
25	3	Julian Martínez	Spain	21.13
26	4	Christian Birk	Denmark	21.15
27	1	Sergejs Inšakovs	Latvia	21.20
28	1	Anastasios Goussis	Greece	21.22
29	2	Steffen Otto	Germany	21.24
30	1	Gideon Jablonka	Israel	21.26
31	5	Paul Hession	Ireland	21.28
32	3	Paul Brizzel	Ireland	21.32
33	2	Matic Osovnikar	Slovenia	21.55
34	2	Dmitriy Chumichkin	Azerbaijan	21.72

Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.8 m/s, Heat 2: -0.8 m/s, Heat 3: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Konstantinos Kenteris	Greece	20.29	Q
2	3	Marcin Jędrusiński	Poland	20.37	Q
3	2	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	20.41	Q
4	3	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	20.60	Q
5	3	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	20.66	Q
6	2	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	20.78	Q
7	3	Martin Brinarský	Slovakia	20.83	Q
8	2	Geir Moen	Norway	20.85	Q
9	1	Marcin Urbaś	Poland	20.86	Q
10	1	Marco Torrieri	Italy	20.90	Q
10	2	Tommi Hartonen	Finland	20.90	q
12	3	Gary Ryan	Ireland	20.98	q
13	3	Ronald Pognon	France	20.99	q
14	3	Alessandro Cavallaro	Italy	21.01	q
15	1	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	21.04	Q
16	3	Erik Wahn	Sweden	21.06
17	2	Oleg Sergeyev	Russia	21.11
18	1	John Ertzgaard	Norway	21.14	Q
19	1	Jiří Vojtík	Czech Republic	21.16
20	2	Emanuele Di Gregorio	Italy	21.17
21	1	Johan Engberg	Sweden	21.21
22	1	Sergey Blinov	Russia	21.32
	2	Johan Wissman	Sweden	DNF
	1	Darren Campbell	Great Britain	DQ

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Konstantinos Kenteris	Greece	20.18	Q, =EL
2	2	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	20.23	Q
3	1	Marcin Jędrusiński	Poland	20.46	Q
4	1	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	20.48	Q
5	1	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	20.54	Q
6	2	Marcin Urbaś	Poland	20.60	Q
7	2	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	20.64	Q
8	2	Anninos Marcoullides	Cyprus	20.69
9	1	Marco Torrieri	Italy	20.78	Q
10	1	Martin Brinarský	Slovakia	20.97
11	1	Gary Ryan	Ireland	20.98
12	2	Alessandro Cavallaro	Italy	21.01
13	1	Ronald Pognon	France	21.04
13	2	Tommi Hartonen	Finland	21.04
15	1	Geir Moen	Norway	21.21
	2	John Ertzgaard	Norway	DNF

Final

Wind: -0.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Konstantinos Kenteris	Greece	19.85	CR, NR
	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal	20.21	NR
	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain	20.24
4	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	20.30	SB
5	Marcin Jędrusiński	Poland	20.31	PB
6	Marco Torrieri	Italy	20.68
7	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	20.73
	Marcin Urbaś	Poland	DNF