1920 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (men)
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sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 200 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 48 athletes from 22 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Antwerp Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 19, 1920 (preliminary round / quarter-finals) August 20, 1920 (semi-finals / final) |
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The men's 200-meter run at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp was held on July 19 and 20, 1920 in the Antwerp Olympic Stadium. 48 athletes took part.
The American Allen Woodring was Olympic champion ahead of his compatriot Charles Paddock . Bronze went to the Briton Harry Edward .
No athletes from Switzerland took part. Germany and Austria were excluded from the 1920 Olympic Games .
Existing records
World record |
Willie Applegarth ( Great Britain )
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21.2 s (Unofficial) | London | 4th July 1914 |
Olympic record |
Archie Hahn ( USA )
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21.6 s (train with a straight line) | St. Louis | August 31, 1904 |
Conducting the competition
A total of twelve preliminary runs were carried out on August 19 (2:00 p.m. local time). The athletes who finished in the first two places qualified for the quarter-finals, which were held on the same day at 4 p.m. From these five races, too, the two first-placed winners each made it to the semifinals that took place the following day. In both preliminary rounds, the first three runners qualified for the final at 4 p.m. on the same day.
Note: The runners qualified for the next round are highlighted in light blue.
Prelims
Date: August 19, 1920, 2 p.m. local time
Only the times of the qualifiers and a few other times have survived.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | René Tirard |
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23.2 s | |
2 | Agne Holmström |
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23.3 s | |
3 | Diego Ordóñez |
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23.7 s | |
4th | Shinichi Yamaoka |
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23.9 s | |
5 | Bjarne Guldager |
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k. A. |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | George Davidson |
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22.6 s | |
2 | Alexandre pontoon |
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22.9 s | |
3 | Félix Mendizábal |
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23.2 s | |
4th | Harry van Rappard |
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23.7 s | |
5 | Federico Raparez |
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k. A. |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Vojtěch Plzák |
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23.4 s | |
2 | William Hill |
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23.8 s | |
3 | Marcel Gustin |
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24.3 s |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Paul Brochart |
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23.2 s | |
2 | William Hunt |
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23.5 s | |
3 | Giovanni Orlandi |
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23.8 s | |
4th | Paul Hammer |
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24.1 s |
Forward 5
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | René Caste |
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23.0 s | |
2 | Harold Abrahams |
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23.3 s | |
3 | Jacobus Bukes |
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23.4 s | |
4th | Rolf Stenersen |
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23.7 s |
Forward 6
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Charles Paddock |
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23.2 s | |
2 | August Sørensen |
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23.8 s | |
3 | Victor d'Arcy |
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23.9 s | |
4th | Ahmed Khairy |
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k. A. |
Forward 7
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Sven Krokström |
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23.8 s | |
2 | Max Houben |
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24.2 s | |
3 | Dimitrios Karabatis |
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24.2 s |
Forward 8
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Loren Murchison |
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23.2 s | |
2 | Nils Sandström |
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23.6 s | |
3 | Carlos Pajarón |
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24.2 s | |
4th | August Waibel |
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k. A. |
Forward 9
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Allen Woodring |
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22.8 s | |
2 | Cor Wezepoel |
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23.3 s | |
3 | Francis Irvine |
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23.3 s | |
4th | Ichiro Kaga |
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k. A. | |
5 | Edmond Médécin |
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k. A. |
Forward 10
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Harry Edward |
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22.8 s | |
2 | Jack Oosterlaak |
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23.2 s | |
3 | Sven Malm |
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23.3 s | |
4th | Mario Riccoboni |
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k. A. | |
5 | Reinhold Saulmann |
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k. A. |
Forward 11
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | René Lorain |
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25.0 s | |
2 | Albert Heijnneman |
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25.4 s | |
3 | Cyril Coaffee |
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k. A. |
Forward 12
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Morris Kirksey |
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23.4 s | |
2 | Josef Imbach |
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23.5 s | |
3 | Jean-René Seurin |
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k. A. |
Quarter finals
Date: August 19, 1920
Even in the quarter-finals, the transmission of the times is not complete.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Loren Murchison |
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22.8 s | |
2 | Josef Imbach |
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23.1 s | |
3 | René Tirard |
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k. A. | |
4th | August Sørensen |
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k. A. |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Harry Edward |
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22.0 s | |
2 | Allen Woodring |
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22.1 s | |
3 | René Caste |
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22.2 s | |
4th | William Hunt |
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22.4 s | |
5 | Agne Holmström |
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22.5 s |
Run 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | George Davidson |
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22.8 s | |
2 | Charles Paddock |
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22.9 s | |
3 | René Lorain |
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23.0 s | |
4th | Nils Sandström |
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23.3 s | |
5 | Max Houben |
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k. A. |
Run 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Morris Kirksey |
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22.6 s | |
2 | Alexandre pontoon |
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22.7 s | |
3 | Harold Abrahams |
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23.0 s | |
4th | Vojtěch Plzák |
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23.1 s | |
5 | Cor Wezepoel |
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23.3 s |
Run 5
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Jack Oosterlaak |
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23.0 s | |
2 | Paul Brochart |
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23.1 s | |
3 | William Hill |
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23.3 s | |
4th | Sven Krokström |
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k. A. | |
5 | Albert Heijnneman |
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k. A. |
Semifinals
Date: August 20, 1920, 2:00 p.m. local time
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Loren Murchison |
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22.6 s | |
2 | Harry Edward |
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22.7 s | |
3 | Goerge Davidson |
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22.7 s | |
4th | Morris Kirksey |
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22.7 s | |
DNF | Paul Brochart |
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Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Allen Woodring |
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22.4 s | |
2 | Charles Paddock |
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22.5 s | |
3 | Jack Oosterlaak |
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22.7 s | |
4th | Alexandre pontoon |
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k. A. | |
DNF | Josef Imbach |
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final
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Allen Woodring |
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22.0 s | |
2 | Charles Paddock |
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22.0 s | |
3 | Harry Edward |
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22.2 s | |
4th | Loren Murchison |
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22.2 s | |
5 | George Davidson |
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22.4 s | |
6th | Jack Oosterlaak |
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22.4 s |
Date: August 20, 1920, 4:00 p.m. local time
Charles Paddock also started his target jump over 200 meters . This time he was unsuccessful, however, because Allen Woodring was too strong and became Olympic champion before Paddock. Harry Edward, who had the fastest time in the intermediate runs with 22.0 s, won bronze.
Woodring's victory was the fourth US success in the fifth Olympic final in this discipline and also the third US double victory. Ten of the 15 medals awarded so far have been won by US starters.
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 133f
Web links
- SportsReference 200m , accessed August 29, 2017
- Official report , French (PDF), accessed on August 29, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 546 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Official report, page 87 (French) ( Memento of October 7, 2018 in the Internet Archive )