European Athletics Championships 1946/200 m men

3. European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's 200-meter run
city	Oslo
Stadion	Bislett Stadium
Attendees	21 athletes from 9 countries
Competition phase	August 24th (heats / semifinals / finals)
Medalist
gold	Nikolai Karakulov ( URS )
silver	Haakon Tranberg ( NOR )
bronze	Jiří David ( TCH )

The Bislett Stadium in Oslo shortly after the European Championships

The men's 200-meter run at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held on August 24, 1946 in the Bislett Stadium in the Norwegian capital, Oslo .

Nikolai Karakulow from the Soviet Union became European champion . The Norwegian Haakon Tranberg won his second silver medal after the 100-meter run . Bronze went to the Czechoslovak Jiří David .

Existing records

World record	20.3 s	Jesse Owens	Ann Arbor , USA	May 25, 1935
European record	20.9 s	Helmut Körnig	Berlin , Germany	August 9, 1928
Championship record	21.2 s	Martinus Osendarp	EM Paris , France	September 4, 1938

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Notes on the world and European records:

• Jesse Owens set his world record on a straight track over the actually longer 220  yards . The IAAF made until 1950 in the recognition of world records not make the difference between straight lines and those with full curve like on a 400-meter track. Up until then, Jesse Owens, with his 20.7 seconds , was the fastest sprinter at the Olympic Games in Berlin on August 5, 1936, on a track with a full curve .
• Helmut Körnig also achieved his European record on a straight track.

execution

The entire competition took place in one day. The preliminary runs (5:20 p.m.), semi-finals (6:20 p.m.) and the final (7:20 p.m.) took place on August 24, 1946.

Preliminary round

August 24, 1946, 5:20 p.m.

The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Nikolai Karakulov	Soviet Union	21.9
2	Stig Danielsson	Sweden	21.9
3	Carlo Monti	Italy	22.3
4th	Gabe Scholten	Netherlands	22.4
5	Roman Sienicki	Poland	22.6

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Jiří David	Czechoslovakia	22.3
2	Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson	Iceland	22.4
3	Chris van Osta	Netherlands	22.5
4th	Gerhard Fehrm	Sweden	22.7
5	Vanes Montanari	Italy	23.1

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Julien Lebas	France	22.2
2	Jack Archer	Great Britain	22.2
3	Fernand Bourgaux	Belgium	22.7
4th	Børge Stougaard	Denmark	22.8
5	Egon Solymossy	Hungary	23.1
6th	Marko Racic	Yugoslavia	23.6

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Haakon Tranberg	Norway	22.1
2	Agathon Lepève	France	22.3
3	Mirko Paráček	Czechoslovakia	22.5
4th	François Braekman	Belgium	22.6
5	Jozef Rutkowski	Poland	22.8
6th	Robert Roach	Great Britain	23.1

Agathon Lepève - here in a cartoon - was eliminated as fourth in his semi-finals

In contrast to the 100-meter run , Carlo Monti did not make it to the final over 200 meters

Semifinals

August 24, 1946, 6:20 p.m.

In each of the two semi-finals, the first three athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Jack Archer	Great Britain	22.0
2	Jiří David	Czechoslovakia	22.1
3	Nikolai Karakulov	Soviet Union	22.1
4th	Agathon Lepève	France	22.2
5	Mirko Paráček	Czechoslovakia	22.7
DNS	Chris van Osta	Netherlands

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Stig Danielsson	Sweden	22.0
2	Haakon Tranberg	Norway	22.1
3	Julien Lebas	France	22.2
4th	Fernand Bourgaux	Belgium	22.2
5	Carlo Monti	Italy	22.3
6th	Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson	Iceland	22.3

final

Julien Lebas finished fifth in the final

August 24, 1946, 7:20 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Nikolai Karakulov	Soviet Union	21.6
2	Haakon Tranberg	Norway	21.7
3	Jiří David	Czechoslovakia	21.8
4th	Stig Danielsson	Sweden	21.9
5	Julien Lebas	France	22.0
6th	Jack Archer	Great Britain	22.0

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Oslo 1946 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed March 16, 2019
• Men 200m European Championship 1946 Oslo on todor66.com, accessed March 16, 2019
• III European Championship, Oslo 1946 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on March 16, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1946, 200 m men on sportschau.de, accessed on March 16, 2019
• 3rd European Athletics Championships 1946 in Oslo, Norway from ifosta.de, accessed on March 16, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ Men 200m European Championship 1946 Oslo , accessed March 16, 2019
2. ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 270
3. ↑ IAAF world records. 200 m men , accessed March 16, 2019