European Athletics Championships 1934/200 m men
| 1st European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | Men's 200-meter run |
| city |
 Turin
|
| Stadion | Stadio Benito Mussolini |
| Attendees | 12 athletes from 8 countries |
| Competition phase | September 8th (preliminary) September 9th, 1934 (final) |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Christiaan Berger ( NED )
 |
 silver |
József Sir ( HUN )
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 bronze |
Martinus Osendarp ( NED )
|
The men's 200-meter run at the European Athletics Championships in 1934 was held on September 8 and 9, 1934 in the Turin Stadio Benito Mussolini .
The gold and bronze medals went to sprinters from the Netherlands. Christiaan Berger became European champion . He won ahead of the Hungarians József Sir and Martinus Osendarp .
Christiaan Berger had won both sprint titles at these first European championships.
Existing records
|
World record straight track |
20.6 s - ran over 220 y (= 201.168 m) |
 Roland Locke
|
Lincoln , USA | May 6, 1923 |
|
World record full curve |
21.0 s |
Charles Paddock
|
Paris , France | May 1, 1926 |
.svg){kind=small} Helmut Körnig
|
Bochum , Germany | August 26, 1928 | ||
|
Ralph Metcalfe
|
Berlin , Germany | August 6, 1933 | ||
| Championship record | There was not yet a European championship record. | |||
Note:
In the 200-meter run , the IAAF did not distinguish between records on a straight track and with a full curve until 1951, so both variants are listed above.
Preliminary round
September 8, 1934
Since only twelve participants started in this competition, the first three runners from each of the two preliminary runs - highlighted in light blue - qualified directly for the final.
Forward 1
| space | Surname | nation | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christiaan Berger |
Netherlands
|
21.6 s CR |
| 2 | József Kovács |
Hungary
|
21.9 s |
| 3 | Tullio Gonnelli |
Italy
|
22.1 s |
| 4th | Albert Jud |
 Switzerland
|
22.2 s |
| 5 | Georges Guillez |
 France
|
22.2 s |
| 6th | Jānis Ķīvītis |
 Latvia
|
NT |
Forward 2
| 1 | József sir |
Hungary
|
21.8 s |
| 2 | Martinus Osendarp |
Netherlands
|
21.9 s |
| 3 | Egon Schein |
 German Empire
|
21.9 s |
| 4th | Paul Hänni |
Switzerland
|
22.0 s |
| 5 | Edgardo Toetti |
Italy
|
22.1 s |
| 6th | Karel Bergmann |
 Czechoslovakia
|
NT |
final
September 9, 1934
| space | Surname | nation | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christiaan Berger |
Netherlands
|
21.5 s CR |
| 2 | József sir |
Hungary
|
21.5 s CR |
| 3 | Martinus Osendarp |
Netherlands
|
21.6 s |
| 4th | József Kovács |
Hungary
|
21.7 s |
| 5 | Egon Schein |
German Empire
|
21.9 s |
| 6th | Tullio Gonnelli |
Italy
|
22.0 s |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Torino 1934 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed on March 5, 2019
- Men 200m Athletics I European Championships 1934 Torino (ITA) on todor66.com, accessed March 9, 2019
- I European Championship, Turin 1934 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed March 5, 2019
- 1st European Men's Athletics Championships 1934 in Turin, Italy from ifosta.de, accessed on March 5, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 192
- ↑ a b IAAF Statistics IAAF world records. 200 m men , accessed March 5, 2019