1908 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (men)
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sport | athletics |
discipline | 200 meter run |
gender | Men |
place | White City Stadium |
Attendees | 43 athletes from 15 countries |
Competition phase | July 21-23, 1908 |
Medalist | |
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Robert Kerr ( CAN )
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Robert Cloughen ( USA )
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Nate Cartmell ( USA )
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The men's 200-meter run at the 1908 Olympic Games in London was decided on July 23, 1908 at the White City Stadium .
The Canadian Robert Kerr won Olympic gold . He won ahead of the two Americans Robert Cloughen and Nate Cartmell .
On the two days before there were preliminary and intermediate runs to determine the final field. The relatively large number of preliminary races can only be explained by the fact that numerous registered runners did not start. In two cases there was only a single runner left. It is not entirely clear whether these two preliminary runs actually took place or whether the participants reached the semi-finals without a fight.
Records
The world record given here was set in a race over 220 yards , which corresponds to 201.168 meters. World records were still unofficial back then.
World record | 21.2 s |
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Bernard Wefers | New York ( USA ), May 30, 1896 |
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John Maybury | Chicago ( USA ), June 5, 1897 | ||
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Bernard Wefers | Toronto ( Canada ), September 25, 1897 | ||
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Dan Kelly | Spokane ( USA ), June 23, 1906 | ||
Olympic record | 21.6 s |
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Archie Hahn | Final of St. Louis ( USA ), August 31, 1904 |
Comment on the world record of 1906:
Dan Kelly ran on a straight track without a curve.
Results
Date: July 21, 1908
Only the preliminary winners qualified for the semifinals - colored light green.
The times in brackets are estimates.
1. Forward
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | John George |
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23.4 |
2 | Victor Henry |
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k. A. |
George won the run clearly by 10 yards .
2. Forward
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Harry Huff |
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22.8 |
2 | Eddie Duffy |
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(23.2) |
3 | Henk van der Wal |
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k. A. |
4th | Knut Stenborg |
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Duffy was a yard and a half behind.
3. Forward
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Patrick Roche |
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22.8 |
2 | Lawson Robertson |
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(23.0) |
3 | Frank Lukeman |
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k. A. |
4th | Evert Koops |
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Roche won by a yard.
4. Forward
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Nate Cartmell |
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23.0 |
2 | Vilmos Rácz |
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(23.3) |
3 | Ragnar Stenberg |
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k. A. |
The Olympic runner-up from St. Louis won his run by two yards.
5. Forward
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Georges Malfait |
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22.6 |
2 | Robert Duncan |
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(23.1) |
There was a four-yard gap between the two runners.
6. Forward
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Sven Låftman |
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23.8 |
2 | Frigyes Mezei |
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(24.0) |
3 | Ernestus Greven |
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k. A. |
Låftman was two yards from Mezei. As the only preliminary winner, the Swede later decided not to take part in the intermediate run.
7. Forward
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Károly Radóczy |
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single-handedly |
8. Forward
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Robert Cloughen |
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23.4 |
2 | Umberto Barozzi |
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(24.1) |
There was a six-yard gap between the two runners.
9. Forward
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Samuel Hurdsfield |
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23.6 |
2 | Mikhail Paskhalidis |
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(24.0) |
There was a yard and a half between the two runners.
10. Forward
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | William Hamilton |
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22.4 |
2 | Lou Sebert |
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(22.8) |
3 | Henry Pankhurst |
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k. A. |
4th | Pál Simon |
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5 | Fernand Halbart |
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Hamilton won by a margin of three yards.
11. Forward
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Robert Kerr |
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22.2 |
2 | William W. May |
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(22.7) |
3 | James P. Stark |
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k. A. |
4th | Knut Lindberg |
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5 | Emilio Brambilla |
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Kerr won by two and a half yards.
12. Forward
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Nathaniel Sherman |
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22.8 |
2 | Jack Morton |
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(23.1) |
3 | Edi Schönecker |
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k. A. |
4th | Cornelis the hero |
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Sherman won by two yards.
13. Forward
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Lionel Reed |
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23.2 |
2 | Arthur Hoffmann |
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(23.5) |
There were two and a half yards between the two runners.
14. Forward
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Oscar Guttormsen |
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single-handedly |
15. Forward
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | George Hawkins |
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22.8 |
2 | Henri Meslot |
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(23.2) |
3 | Jacobus Hoogveld |
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k. A. |
Hawkins won by three yards.
Semifinals
Date: July 22nd
Only the semi-final winners - colored light green - qualified for the final.
The times in brackets are estimates.
1st semifinals
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Robert Kerr |
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22.6 |
2 | William Hamilton |
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(22.7) |
3 | Károly Radóczy |
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k. A. |
4th | Oscar Guttormsen |
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The two fastest preliminary winners met directly, so that one of them had to miss the final. Kerr narrowly prevailed, and Radóczy followed a little further.
2nd semifinals
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Nate Cartmell |
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22.6 |
2 | Nathaniel Sherman |
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(22.9) |
3 | Harry Huff |
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k. A. |
Cartmell won by a yard and a half over the closely spaced competitors.
3rd semifinals
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Robert Cloughen |
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22.6 |
2 | Lionel Reed |
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(22.8) |
3 | John George |
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k. A. |
4th | Samuel Hurdsfield |
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Cloughen won by a yard.
4th semifinals
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | George Hawkins |
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22.6 |
2 | Patrick Roche |
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(22.6) |
3 | Georges Malfait |
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k. A. |
Hawkins was only a foot ahead at the finish .
final
Date: July 23
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
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1 | Robert Kerr |
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22.6 |
2 | Robert Cloughen |
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k. A. |
3 | Nate Cartmell |
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k. A. |
4th | George Hawkins |
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k. A. |
The Canadian Robert Kerr took a clear lead after a hundred meters with a fast cornering. His opponents came up on the second half of the route. Robert Cloughen in particular, who had skipped his 100 meter semi-final in order to be fit for the 200 meter race, was very quick on the home straight and jumped across the finish line. But it was no longer enough, Kerr stayed razor-thin. A distance of two feet decided gold and silver.
Like the silver medalist, the Olympic champion had Irish roots. In 1896, at the age of four, Robert Kerr had emigrated with his parents to a farm in Hamilton , Canada. Robert Cloughen, born in New York City, wasn't even on the official US team. His association, the Irish-American AC, to which immigrants with Irish ancestors belonged, had registered him for the sprint competitions - a specialty that was still possible in the early years of Olympic history.
literature
- Volker Kluge , Olympic Summer Games - The Chronicle I, Berlin 1997 ( ISBN 3-328-00715-6 )
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The history of Olympic athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970
Web links
- Sports-Reference, Athletics at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's 200 meters , English, accessed August 19, 2018
- Olympic Games London 1908, Athletics, 200m men , IOC page on athletics at the 1908 Olympic Games at olympic.org, English, accessed 19 August 2018
Individual evidence
- ^ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 72
- ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 71f