Heats

The winner of each heat (Q) and the next 9 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Chris Lambert	Great Britain	20.77	Q, PB
2	4	Paul Hession	Ireland	20.80	q, PB
3	3	Guus Hoogmoed	Netherlands	20.81	Q, PB
4	1	Marcin Urbaś	Poland	20.87	Q, =SB
5	5	Tim Abeyie	Great Britain	20.92	Q, PB
6	1	Johan Wissman	Sweden	20.93	q, SB
6	5	Jiří Vojtík	Czech Republic	20.93	q, PB
8	2	Tobias Unger	Germany	20.95	Q
9	2	Marcin Jędrusiński	Poland	20.97	q, SB
10	6	Dmytro Hlushchenko	Ukraine	20.98	q, SB
11	3	Alexander Kosenkow	Germany	21.02	q
12	6	Massimiliano Donati	Italy	21.05	q, SB
13	2	Idrissa M'Barke	France	21.07	q, =PB
14	5	Matic Osovnikar	Slovenia	21.09	q, SB
15	4	Panayiotis Sarris	Greece	21.10	q, SB
16	3	Tommi Hartonen	Finland	21.13	NR
17	1	Paul Brizzel	Ireland	21.27
18	1	Nipa Tran	Finland	21.61	PB
19	3	Josip Šoprek	Croatia	21.65
20	4	Marko Janković	Serbia and Montenegro	21.76
	5	Santiago Ezquerro	Spain	DQ
	6	Sebastian Ernst	Germany	DQ

Semifinals

First, 2 of each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Tobias Unger	Germany	20.64	Q
2	3	Chris Lambert	Great Britain	20.74	Q, PB
3	2	Guus Hoogmoed	Netherlands	20.86	Q
4	1	Marcin Urbaś	Poland	20.88	Q
5	3	Dmytro Hlushchenko	Ukraine	20.89	Q, PB
6	1	Tim Abeyie	Great Britain	20.93	Q
7	1	Alexander Kosenkow	Germany	20.96	PB
8	3	Paul Hession	Ireland	21.03
9	1	Jiří Vojtík	Czech Republic	21.11
9	3	Massimiliano Donati	Italy	21.11
11	2	Marcin Jędrusiński	Poland	21.19
12	2	Johan Wissman	Sweden	21.27
13	1	Panayiotis Sarris	Greece	21.53
14	3	Idrissa M'Barke	France	21.63
	2	Matic Osovnikar	Slovenia	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	React	Notes
	6	Tobias Unger	Germany	20.53	0.262	NR
	5	Chris Lambert	Great Britain	20.69	0.196	PB
	3	Marcin Urbaś	Poland	21.04	0.157
4	4	Guus Hoogmoed	Netherlands	21.12	0.175
5	2	Dmytro Hlushchenko	Ukraine	21.25	0.175
	1	Tim Abeyie	Great Britain	DNS