1904 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (men)

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Olympic rings
Francis Field 1904.jpg
sport athletics
discipline 200 meter run
gender Men
Attendees 5 or 7 athletes from 2 countries
Competition location Francis Field
Competition phase August 31, 1904
Winning time 21.6 s ( OR )
Medalist
gold medal Archie Hahn ( USA ) United States 45United States 
Silver medal Nate Cartmell ( USA ) United States 45United States 
Bronze medal William Hogenson ( USA ) United States 45United States 

The men's 200-meter run at the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis was held on August 31, 1904 at Francis Field . It was the only time that this competition was held on a straight track at the Olympic Games. There were five or seven participants, depending on the source.

Only Americans were in the final. Olympic champion was Archie Hahn ahead of Nate Cartmell and William Hogenson .

Records

All of the world records mentioned below - albeit unofficially held - were set in races over 220 yards , which corresponds to 201.168 meters.

World record 21.2 s United States 44United States United States Bernard Wefers New York ( USA ), May 30, 1896 - straight track
United States 44United States United States John Maybury Chicago ( USA ), June 5, 1897
United States 44United States United States Bernard Wefers Toronto ( Canada ), September 25, 1897
Olympic record 22.2 s United States 45United States United States Walter Tewksbury Paris finals ( FRA ), July 22, 1900

The following records were broken or set at these Olympic Games over 200 meters :

ORe 22.2 s United States 45United States United States Archie Hahn First run, August 31
OR 21.6 s Final, August 31

Results

Prelims

August 31, 1904

The winners and runners-up from both preliminary runs (highlighted in color) made it to the final. The fact that there were prelims at all speaks in favor of seven participants, because if there had been only five, the decision could have been made in a race without prelims, in which case only a single runner would have been eliminated. However, that would mean that two athletes are missing from the two tables below.

1. Forward

space athlete country Time (s)
1 Archie Hahn United States 45United States United States 22.2 ( ORe )
2 Nate Cartmell United States 45United States United States k. A.

2. Forward

space athlete country Time (s)
1 William Hogenson United States 45United States United States 22.8
2 Fay Moulton United States 45United States United States k. A.
3 Robert Kerr Canada 1868Canada Canada k. A.

final

August 31, 1904

space athlete country Time (s)
1 Archie Hahn United States 45United States United States 21.6 ( OR )
2 Nate Cartmell United States 45United States United States 21.9
3 William Hogenson United States 45United States United States k. A.
4th Fay Moulton United States 45United States United States k. A.

The start of this final with four sprinters was strange. Archie Hahn was very close to causing a false start, but bobbed back just before the starter gave the signal. As a result, Hahn's three competitors were so irritated that they all made a false start. For this they were moved back one yard at the start according to the then valid rules . Hahn took the lead right from the start, while Nate Cartmell in particular got off badly and immediately fell behind.

At the 20-yard mark, Cartmell was seven yards behind, but recovered and was able to overtake two competitors. A time of 22.1 seconds is given in some sources for the third-placed William Hogenson.

These games were consistently successful for three medalists. Archie Hahn also won the 60 and 100 meters , Nathan Cartmell was second in the 100 meters three days later, William Hogenson also won silver over 60 and bronze over 100 meters.

  • The runners at their first start over 200 meters

  • Three-time Olympic sprint champion Archie Hahn

  • Two-time Olympic runner-up Nate Cartmell - here in a photo from 1908 - over 100 and 200 meters

  • William Hogensen wins bronze over 200 meters and two other sprint medals

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sports-Reference, Athletics at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's 200 meters , English, accessed July 28, 2018
  2. ↑ a b Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 46