European Athletics Championships 1946/200 m men

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3. European Athletics Championships
1946 European Athletics Championships logo.png
discipline Men's 200-meter run
city NorwayNorway Oslo
Stadion Bislett Stadium
Attendees 21 athletes from 9 countries
Competition phase August 24th
(heats / semifinals / finals)
Medalist
gold gold Nikolai Karakulov ( URS ) Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union 
Silver medals silver Haakon Tranberg ( NOR ) NorwayNorway 
Bronze medals bronze Jiří David ( TCH ) CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia 
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 United States 48United States Jesse Owens Ann Arbor , USA May 25, 1935
European record 20.9 s German EmpireGerman Empire Helmut Körnig Berlin , Germany August 9, 1928
Championship record 21.2 s NetherlandsNetherlands 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 1923Soviet Union Soviet Union 21.9
2 Stig Danielsson SwedenSweden Sweden 21.9
3 Carlo Monti ItalyItaly Italy 22.3
4th Gabe Scholten NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 22.4
5 Roman Sienicki Poland 1944Poland Poland 22.6

Forward 2

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

Forward 3

space Surname nation Time (s)
1 Julien Lebas France 1944Provisional Government of the French Republic France 22.2
2 Jack Archer United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 22.2
3 Fernand Bourgaux BelgiumBelgium Belgium 22.7
4th Børge Stougaard DenmarkDenmark Denmark 22.8
5 Egon Solymossy Hungary 1946Hungary Hungary 23.1
6th Marko Racic Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 23.6

Forward 4

space Surname nation Time (s)
1 Haakon Tranberg NorwayNorway Norway 22.1
2 Agathon Lepève France 1944Provisional Government of the French Republic France 22.3
3 Mirko Paráček CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 22.5
4th François Braekman BelgiumBelgium Belgium 22.6
5 Jozef Rutkowski Poland 1944Poland Poland 22.8
6th Robert Roach United KingdomUnited Kingdom 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 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 22.0
2 Jiří David CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 22.1
3 Nikolai Karakulov Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Soviet Union 22.1
4th Agathon Lepève France 1944Provisional Government of the French Republic France 22.2
5 Mirko Paráček CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 22.7
DNS Chris van Osta NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands

Run 2

space Surname nation Time (s)
1 Stig Danielsson SwedenSweden Sweden 22.0
2 Haakon Tranberg NorwayNorway Norway 22.1
3 Julien Lebas France 1944Provisional Government of the French Republic France 22.2
4th Fernand Bourgaux BelgiumBelgium Belgium 22.2
5 Carlo Monti ItalyItaly Italy 22.3
6th Finnbjörn Þorvaldsson IcelandIceland 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 1923Soviet Union Soviet Union 21.6
2 Haakon Tranberg NorwayNorway Norway 21.7
3 Jiří David CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 21.8
4th Stig Danielsson SwedenSweden Sweden 21.9
5 Julien Lebas France 1944Provisional Government of the French Republic France 22.0
6th Jack Archer United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 22.0

Web links

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