1920 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (men)

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)
Medalist Allen Woodring ( USA )   Charles Paddock ( USA )   Harry Edward ( GBR )

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 )	21.2 s (Unofficial)	London	4th July 1914
Olympic record	Archie Hahn ( USA )	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
1	René Tirard	France	23.2 s
2	Agne Holmström	Sweden	23.3 s
3	Diego Ordóñez	Spain	23.7 s
4th	Shinichi Yamaoka	Japan	23.9 s
5	Bjarne Guldager	Norway	k. A.

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	George Davidson	New Zealand	22.6 s
2	Alexandre pontoon	Canada	22.9 s
3	Félix Mendizábal	Spain	23.2 s
4th	Harry van Rappard	Netherlands	23.7 s
5	Federico Raparez	Spain	k. A.

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Vojtěch Plzák	Czechoslovakia	23.4 s
2	William Hill	Great Britain	23.8 s
3	Marcel Gustin	Belgium	24.3 s

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Paul Brochart	Belgium	23.2 s
2	William Hunt	Australia	23.5 s
3	Giovanni Orlandi	Italy	23.8 s
4th	Paul Hammer	Luxembourg	24.1 s

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	René Caste	France	23.0 s
2	Harold Abrahams	Great Britain	23.3 s
3	Jacobus Bukes	South African Union	23.4 s
4th	Rolf Stenersen	Norway	23.7 s

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Charles Paddock	United States	23.2 s
2	August Sørensen	Denmark	23.8 s
3	Victor d'Arcy	Great Britain	23.9 s
4th	Ahmed Khairy	Egypt	k. A.

Forward 7

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Sven Krokström	Sweden	23.8 s
2	Max Houben	Belgium	24.2 s
3	Dimitrios Karabatis	Greece	24.2 s

Forward 8

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Loren Murchison	United States	23.2 s
2	Nils Sandström	Sweden	23.6 s
3	Carlos Pajarón	Spain	24.2 s
4th	August Waibel	Switzerland	k. A.

Forward 9

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Allen Woodring	United States	22.8 s
2	Cor Wezepoel	Netherlands	23.3 s
3	Francis Irvine	South African Union	23.3 s
4th	Ichiro Kaga	Japan	k. A.
5	Edmond Médécin	Monaco	k. A.

Forward 10

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Harry Edward	Great Britain	22.8 s
2	Jack Oosterlaak	South African Union	23.2 s
3	Sven Malm	Sweden	23.3 s
4th	Mario Riccoboni	Italy	k. A.
5	Reinhold Saulmann	Estonia	k. A.

Forward 11

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	René Lorain	France	25.0 s
2	Albert Heijnneman	Netherlands	25.4 s
3	Cyril Coaffee	Canada	k. A.

René Tirard (FRA) is eliminated in the quarter-finals

Charles Paddock (USA), silver medal winner

Morris Kirksey (USA) later failed in the semifinals

Couldn't finish the race: Josef Imbach (SUI)

Olympic Champion Allen Woodring (USA)

Forward 12

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Morris Kirksey	United States	23.4 s
2	Josef Imbach	Switzerland	23.5 s
3	Jean-René Seurin	France	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
1	Loren Murchison	United States	22.8 s
2	Josef Imbach	Switzerland	23.1 s
3	René Tirard	France	k. A.
4th	August Sørensen	Denmark	k. A.

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Harry Edward	Great Britain	22.0 s
2	Allen Woodring	United States	22.1 s
3	René Caste	France	22.2 s
4th	William Hunt	Australia	22.4 s
5	Agne Holmström	Sweden	22.5 s

Run 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	George Davidson	New Zealand	22.8 s
2	Charles Paddock	United States	22.9 s
3	René Lorain	France	23.0 s
4th	Nils Sandström	Sweden	23.3 s
5	Max Houben	Belgium	k. A.

Run 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Morris Kirksey	United States	22.6 s
2	Alexandre pontoon	Canada	22.7 s
3	Harold Abrahams	Great Britain	23.0 s
4th	Vojtěch Plzák	Czechoslovakia	23.1 s
5	Cor Wezepoel	Netherlands	23.3 s

Run 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jack Oosterlaak	South African Union	23.0 s
2	Paul Brochart	Belgium	23.1 s
3	William Hill	Great Britain	23.3 s
4th	Sven Krokström	Sweden	k. A.
5	Albert Heijnneman	Netherlands	k. A.

Semifinals

Date: August 20, 1920, 2:00 p.m. local time

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Loren Murchison	United States	22.6 s
2	Harry Edward	Great Britain	22.7 s
3	Goerge Davidson	New Zealand	22.7 s
4th	Morris Kirksey	United States	22.7 s
DNF	Paul Brochart	Belgium	-

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Allen Woodring	United States	22.4 s
2	Charles Paddock	United States	22.5 s
3	Jack Oosterlaak	South African Union	22.7 s
4th	Alexandre pontoon	Canada	k. A.
DNF	Josef Imbach	Switzerland	-

final

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Allen Woodring	United States	22.0 s
2	Charles Paddock	United States	22.0 s
3	Harry Edward	Great Britain	22.2 s
4th	Loren Murchison	United States	22.2 s
5	George Davidson	New Zealand	22.4 s
6th	Jack Oosterlaak	South African Union	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

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 546 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Official report, page 87 (French) ( Memento of October 7, 2018 in the Internet Archive )