1928 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	200 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	59 athletes from 29 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	July 31, 1928 (preliminary / quarter-finals) August 1, 1928 (semi-final / final)
Medalist Percy Williams ( CAN )   Walter Rangeley ( GBR )   Helmut Körnig ( DEU )

The men's 200-meter run at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam was held on July 31 and August 1, 1928 in the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium. 59 athletes took part.

Olympic champion was the Canadian Percy Williams ahead of the Briton Walter Rangeley . Bronze went to the German Helmut Körnig .

Existing records

• World record : 21.0 s - Charles Paddock ( USA ), Paris , May 6, 1923
• Olympic record : 21.6 s - Archie Hahn ( USA ), final of St. Louis 1904 , August 31, 1904 / Jackson Scholz ( USA ), final of Paris , July 9, 1924

Conducting the competition

On July 31st, the runners competed in fifteen heats. The two best athletes each qualified for the quarter-finals on the same day. From these six quarter-finals, too, the first and second placed came into the next round, the semi-finals. The two preliminary rounds and the final were held on August 1st. The first three from the semifinals reached the finals.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

Prelims

Date: July 31, 1928

Not all times have been passed down.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Henry Cumming	United States	22.4 s
2	André Mourlon	France	k. A.
3	Valéry Théard	Haiti	k. A.
4th	Willy Weibel	Switzerland
5	Diego Ordóñez	Spain
6th	Ladislau Peter	Romania

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Bjorn Kugelberg	Sweden	22.4 s
2	Maurice Degrelle	France	k. A.
3	Dan Cullen	Irish Free State	k. A.
4th	Renos Frangoudis	Greece

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	John Fitzpatrick	Canada	22.8 s
2	James Carlton	Australia	22.8 s
3	Juan Serrahima	Spain	k. A.
4th	R. Burns	British India
5	Rodolfo Hannig	Chile

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jakob Schüller	German Empire	22.0 s
2	Marinus van den Berge	Netherlands	k. A.
3	François Prinsen	Belgium	k. A.
4th	Hans Niggl	Switzerland

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Charles Paddock	United States	22.2 s
2	Mario Gomez	Mexico	22.5 s
3	Anselmo Gonzaga	Philippines	22.7 s
4th	Adolphe Groscol	Belgium	23.8 s

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jackson Scholz	United States	22.2 s
2	Ralph Adams	Canada	22.5 s
3	Iwao Aizawa	Japan	22.6 s
4th	Sean Lavan	Irish Free State	22.9 s

Forward 7

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Charles Borah	United States	25.0 s
2	Hermann Schlöske	German Empire	25.0 s

Forward 8

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	André Cerbonney	France	22.2 s
2	Paul Brochart	Belgium	k. A.
3	Ferenc Gerő	Hungary	k. A.
4th	James Hall	British India
5	Johann Bartl	Czechoslovakia
6th	Francisco Costas	Mexico

Forward 9

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Wilfred Legg	South African Union	22.4 s
2	Alberto Barucco	Argentina
3	Haris Šveminas	Lithuania	k. A.
DSQ	George Hester	Canada

Forward 10

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Helmut Körnig	German Empire	23.4 s
2	Karel Kněnický	Czechoslovakia	k. A.
3	Jean Moulin	Luxembourg	k. A.

Forward 11

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Guy Butler	Great Britain	22.8 s
2	Jérôme Mannaert	France	k. A.
3	Juan Bautista Pina	Argentina	k. A.

Forward 12

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Hermann Geissler	Austria	22.4 s
2	Giuseppe Castelli	Italy	k. A.
3	Aubrey Burton-Durham	South African Union	k. A.
4th	Angelos Lambrou	Greece

Forward 13

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Walter Rangeley	Great Britain	22.0 s
2	Harry Broos	Netherlands	k. A.
3	Willy Dujardin	Belgium	k. A.
4th	José de Lima	Portugal

Forward 14

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Percy Williams	Canada	22.6 s
2	John Hambidge	Great Britain	k. A.
3	Jaroslav Vykoupil	Czechoslovakia	k. A.

Forward 15

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Cyril Gill	Great Britain	22.2 s
2	Howard Kinsman	South African Union	k. A.
3	Edgardo Toetti	Italy	k. A.

Quarter finals

Date: July 31, 1928

Not all times have been passed down.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jakob Schüller	German Empire	22.0 s
2	Henry Cumming	United States	k. A.
3	Ralph Adams	Canada	k. A.
4th	Hermann Geissler	Austria
5	John Hambidge	Great Britain

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Wilfred Legg	South African Union	21.8 s
2	Cyril Gill	Great Britain	k. A.
3	Hermann Schlöske	German Empire	k. A.
4th	Marinus van den Berge	Netherlands
5	André Mourlon	France

Run 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Charles Paddock	United States	21.8 s
2	Bjorn Kugelberg	Sweden	k. A.
3	André Cerbonney	France	k. A.
4th	Guy Butler	Great Britain
5	Harry Broos	Netherlands

Run 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jackson Scholz	United States	21.8 s
2	Walter Rangeley	Great Britain	21.9 s
3	Paul Brochart	Belgium	k. A.
4th	Maurice Degrelle	France	k. A.
5	Karel Kněnický	Czechoslovakia

Run 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	John Fitzpatrick	Canada	22.0 s
2	Mario Gomez	Mexico	k. A.
3	Alberto Barucco	Argentina	k. A.
4th	Jérôme Mannaert	France
5	Howard Kinsman	South African Union

Run 6

The Australian James Carlton (here with his teammate Eileen Wearne in a photo from 1932) failed in the quarterfinals.

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Helmut Körnig	German Empire	21.6 s	ORe
2	Percy Williams	Canada	21.8 s
3	Charles Borah	United States	21.8 s
4th	James Carlton	Australia	22.0 s
5	Giuseppe Castelli	Italy	k. A.

Semifinals

Date: August 1, 1928

Run 1

Failed in the semifinals: Charles Paddock (USA)

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Percy Williams	Canada	22.0 s
2	Walter Rangeley	Great Britain	22.0 s
3	Jakob Schüller	German Empire	22.1 s
4th	Charles Paddock	United States	22.1 s
5	Mario Gomez	Mexico	10.8 s
DNF	Wilfred Legg	South African Union

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Helmut Körnig	German Empire	21.8 s
2	Jackson Scholz	United States	21.9 s
3	John Fitzpatrick	Canada	22.0 s
4th	Henry Cumming	United States	22.1 s
5	Cyril Gill	Great Britain	22.3 s
6th	Bjorn Kugelberg	Sweden	22.6 s

final

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Percy Williams	Canada	21.8 s
2	Walter Rangeley	Great Britain	21.9 s
3	Helmut Körnig	German Empire	21.9 s
4th	Jackson Scholz	United States	21.9 s
5	John Fitzpatrick	Canada	22.1 s
6th	Jakob Schüller	German Empire	22.2 s

Date: August 1, 1928

Because of his preliminary work, the favorite of this race was Helmut Körnig. In the quarter-finals he equaled the Olympic record with 21.6 s and beat the 100-meter Olympic champion Percy Williams. In the preliminary round, Körnig defeated the Olympic champion of 1924 , Jackson Scholz, in 21.8 s . In the final, Scholz started the race quickly. After half of the course, Körnig was in front, but cramped a little on the home straight and so Williams and Walter Rangeley were able to overtake him. Percy Williams had won his second gold medal at these games. At first there was no decision about the bronze medal, Körnig and Scholz crossed the finish line almost tied. The referees decided on a dead race, both runners should compete against each other again. Scholz withdrew and left Körnig with the bronze medal. Later film analyzes showed that this decision was correct.

After his victory over the 100 meters two days earlier, Percy Williams became the first sprint double Olympic champion not from the USA.

Helmut Körnig managed to win the first German medal over 200 meters .

For the first time the US team remained in this discipline without winning a medal.

Picture gallery

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  Olympic Champion Percy Williams (CAN)

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  Helmut Körnig (DEU) won the bronze medal (left in the picture).

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  The 1924 Olympic champion Jackson Scholz (USA) crossed the finish line in fourth place.

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  Jakob Schüller (GER) finished sixth in the final.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp 188-192

Web links

• SportsReference 200 m
• Official report , pp. 403-408. (engl.)

Video

• Percy Williams Wins 100m & 200m Gold At 19 - Amsterdam 1928 Olympics , published May 9, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed September 11, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 192
2. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)