1924 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	200 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	65 athletes from 33 countries
Competition location	Stade de Colombes
Competition phase	July 8, 1924 (preliminary round / quarter-finals) July 9, 1924 (semi-finals / final)
Medalist Jackson Scholz ( USA )   Charles Paddock ( USA )   Eric Liddell ( GBR )

The men's 200-meter run at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris was held on July 8th and 9th, 1924 in the Stade de Colombes . 65 athletes took part.

The American Jackson Scholz was Olympic champion ahead of his compatriot Charles Paddock . Bronze went to the Briton Eric Liddell .

The Austrian Rudolf Rauch qualified for the quarter-finals, but was the last to retire there in his run. The Swiss Karl Borner did not get past the lead. German athletes were still excluded from participating in the Olympic Games.

Existing records

World record	Willie Applegarth ( United Kingdom )	21.2 s	London	4th July 1914
Olympic record	Archie Hahn ( USA )	21.6 s	St. Louis	August 31, 1904

Conducting the competition

The athletes started a total of 17 heats on July 8th. The two best runners in each case qualified for the quarter-finals on the same day. The two best runners from the six quarter-finals also progressed one lap. The two semi-finals and the final were held on July 9th. In the preliminary rounds, the first three placed qualified for the final.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

Prelims

Eric Liddell (GBR) won bronze

Date: July 8, 1924

Not all times have been passed down.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Howard Kinsman	South African Union	21.8 s
2	André Mourlon	France	21.8 s
3	Pietro Pastorino	Italy	22.1 s
4th	James Hall	British India	22.5 s
5	José-María Larrabeiti	Spain	k. A.

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Bayes Norton	United States	21.8 s
2	Cyril Coaffee	Canada	k. A.
3	Carlos Garces	Mexico	k. A.
4th	Félix Mendizábal	Spain	k. A.

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Eric Liddell	Great Britain	22.2 s
2	Rudolf Rauch	Austria	22.6 s
3	Joseph Hilger	Luxembourg	k. A.
4th	Herminio Ahumada	Mexico	k. A.

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Arthur Porritt	New Zealand	22.4 s
2	Laurence Armstrong	Canada	k. A.
3	Karl Borner	Switzerland	k. A.
4th	Lauri Härö	Finland	k. A.
5	Diego Ordóñez	Spain	k. A.

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Harry Broos	Netherlands	22.6 s
2	George Dustan	South African Union	k. A.
3	Paul Hammer	Luxembourg	k. A.
4th	Mogens Truelsen	Denmark	k. A.
5	Oto Seviško	Latvia	k. A.

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jackson Scholz	United States	22.4 s
2	George Hester	Canada	k. A.
3	Terence Pitt	British India	k. A.
4th	Pierre Parrain	France	k. A.

Forward 7

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Slip Carr	Australia	22.6 s
2	William Lowe	Irish Free State	23.0 s
3	Jan de Vries	Netherlands	23.2 s

Forward 8

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	John MacKechenneay	Canada	23.2 s
2	Roy Norman	Australia	k. A.
3	Alexandros Papafingos	Greece	k. A.
4th	Alois Linka	Czechoslovakia	k. A.
5	Wilfred Hildreth	British India	k. A.

Forward 9

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	William Nichol	Great Britain	22.6 s
2	Ferenc Gerő	Hungary	k. A.
3	José Martínez	Mexico	k. A.

Forward 10

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Harold Abrahams	Great Britain	22.2 s
2	Charles Paddock	United States	22.3 s
3	Gentil dos Santos	Portugal	23.0 s
4th	Johannes van Kampen	Netherlands	23.1 s

Forward 11

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Paul Brochart	Belgium	23.0 s
2	Konstantinos Pantelidis	Greece	k. A.
3	Stanko Perpar	Yugoslavia	k. A.

Forward 12

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Lajos Kurunczy	Hungary	22.6 s
2	Sasago Tani	Japan	k. A.
3	Gvido Jekals	Latvia	k. A.

Forward 13

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	George Hill	United States	22.0 s
2	Thomas Matthewman	Great Britain	k. A.
3	Alvaro de Oliveira	Brazil	k. A.
4th	Aleksander Szenajch	Poland	22.8 s
5	Mariano Aguilar	Mexico	k. A.

Forward 14

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Joseph Jackson	France	22.8 s
2	Félix Escobar	Argentina	23.0 s
3	Zygmunt Weiss	Poland	23.4 s

Forward 15

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Maurice Degrelle	France	22.6 s
2	Marinus van den Berge	Netherlands	k. A.
3	David Nepomuceno	Philippines	k. A.

Forward 16

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Sean Lavan	Irish Free State	23.2 s
2	Juan Junqueras	Spain	k. A.
3	Reinhold Keskull	Estonia	k. A.

Forward 17

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	André Théard	Haiti	23.6 s
2	Johans Oja	Latvia	k. A.
3	Mohamed Burhan	Turkey	k. A.

Quarter finals

Charles Paddock (USA) won silver

Date: July 8, 1924

Not all times have been passed down.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Charles Paddock	United States	22.2 s
2	William Nichol	Great Britain	22.6 s
3	George Dustan	South African Union	k. A.
4th	Johans Oja	Latvia	k. A.
5	Rudolf Rauch	Austria	k. A.

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Slip Carr	Australia	21.8 s
2	Eric Liddell	Great Britain	k. A.
3	Joseph Jackson	France	k. A.
4th	Sean Lavan	Irish Free State	k. A.
5	John MacKechenneay	Canada	k. A.
6th	Juan Junqueras	Spain	k. A.

Run 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jackson Scholz	United States	21.8 s
2	Cyril Coaffee	Canada	k. A.
3	Sasago Tani	Japan	k. A.
4th	André Théard	Haiti	k. A.
5	Roy Norman	Australia	k. A.
6th	Constantine Pantelidis	Greece	k. A.

Run 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Harold Abrahams	Great Britain	22.0 s
2	Bayes Norton	United States	22.3 s
3	Maurice Degrelle	France	22.4 s
4th	Ferenc Gerő	Hungary	22.4 s
5	Laurence Armstrong	Canada	k. A.
6th	Félix Escobar	Argentina	k. A.

Run 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Arthur Porritt	New Zealand	22.0 s
2	André Mourlon	France	22.1 s
3	Lajos Kurunczy	Hungary	k. A.
4th	Thomas Matthewman	Great Britain	k. A.
5	William Lowe	Irish Free State	k. A.
6th	Marinus van den Berge	Netherlands	k. A.

Run 6

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	George Hill	United States	21.8 s
2	Howard Kinsman	South African Union	k. A.
3	Paul Brochart	Belgium	k. A.
4th	George Hester	Canada	k. A.
5	Harry Broos	Netherlands	k. A.

Semifinals

Olympic Champion Jackson Scholz (USA)

Date: July 9, 1924

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jackson Scholz	United States	21.8 s
2	George Hill	United States	21.8 s
3	Harold Abrahams	Great Britain	21.9 s
4th	Slip Carr	Australia	22.1 s
5	William Nichol	Great Britain	22.4 s
6th	Arthur Porritt	New Zealand	22.6 s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Charles Paddock	United States	21.8 s
2	Eric Liddell	Great Britain	21.8 s
3	Bayes Norton	United States	22.1 s
4th	André Mourlon	France	22.2 s
5	Howard Kinsman	South African Union	22.3 s
6th	Cyril Coaffee	Canada	22.4 s

final

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jackson Scholz	United States	21.6 s	ORe
2	Charles Paddock	United States	21.7 s
3	Eric Liddell	Great Britain	21.9 s
4th	George Hill	United States	22.0 s
5	Bayes Norton	United States	22.0 s
6th	Harold Abrahams	Great Britain	22.3 s

Date: July 9, 1924

In the final there was a purely US-American-British duel. Four runners from the USA competed against two Britons.

At the start of the home stretch, apart from Harold Abrahams, who had already lost ground, pretty much all runners were tied. Now Jackson Scholz could break away. Charles Paddock came closer again, but was unable to catch up with Scholz despite his target jump. Scholz presented Archie Hahn's Olympic record from 1904 , but Hahn was then run on a straight path. Abraham's compatriot Eric Liddell won the bronze medal before becoming Olympic champion over 400 meters two days later .

As in the finals in 1912 and 1920 , two US runners won ahead of a Briton.

It was the fourth US double success and the fifth US victory in the sixth Olympic final of this discipline.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 158f

Web links

• SportsReference 200 m . accessed on September 5, 2017
• Official report pp. 104–106, French. (PDF), accessed on September 5, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official report ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Pp. 104-106, french. (PDF)