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) |
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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 ) | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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1 | René Lorain | France | 25.0 s | |
2 | Albert Heijnneman | Netherlands | 25.4 s | |
3 | Cyril Coaffee | Canada | k. A. |
Forward 12
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- ↑ 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 )