1928 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (men)
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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) |
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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
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1 | Henry Cumming |
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22.4 s | |
2 | André Mourlon |
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k. A. | |
3 | Valéry Théard |
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k. A. | |
4th | Willy Weibel |
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5 | Diego Ordóñez |
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6th | Ladislau Peter |
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Forward 2
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1 | Bjorn Kugelberg |
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22.4 s | |
2 | Maurice Degrelle |
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k. A. | |
3 | Dan Cullen |
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k. A. | |
4th | Renos Frangoudis |
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Forward 3
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1 | John Fitzpatrick |
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22.8 s | |
2 | James Carlton |
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22.8 s | |
3 | Juan Serrahima |
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k. A. | |
4th | R. Burns |
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5 | Rodolfo Hannig |
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Forward 4
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1 | Jakob Schüller |
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22.0 s | |
2 | Marinus van den Berge |
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k. A. | |
3 | François Prinsen |
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k. A. | |
4th | Hans Niggl |
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Forward 5
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1 | Charles Paddock |
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22.2 s | |
2 | Mario Gomez |
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22.5 s | |
3 | Anselmo Gonzaga |
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22.7 s | |
4th | Adolphe Groscol |
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23.8 s |
Forward 6
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1 | Jackson Scholz |
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22.2 s | |
2 | Ralph Adams |
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22.5 s | |
3 | Iwao Aizawa |
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22.6 s | |
4th | Sean Lavan |
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22.9 s |
Forward 7
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1 | Charles Borah |
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25.0 s | |
2 | Hermann Schlöske |
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25.0 s |
Forward 8
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1 | André Cerbonney |
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22.2 s | |
2 | Paul Brochart |
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k. A. | |
3 | Ferenc Gerő |
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k. A. | |
4th | James Hall |
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5 | Johann Bartl |
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6th | Francisco Costas |
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Forward 9
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1 | Wilfred Legg |
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22.4 s | |
2 | Alberto Barucco |
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3 | Haris Šveminas |
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k. A. | |
DSQ | George Hester |
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Forward 10
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1 | Helmut Körnig |
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23.4 s | |
2 | Karel Kněnický |
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k. A. | |
3 | Jean Moulin |
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k. A. |
Forward 11
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1 | Guy Butler |
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22.8 s | |
2 | Jérôme Mannaert |
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k. A. | |
3 | Juan Bautista Pina |
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k. A. |
Forward 12
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1 | Hermann Geissler |
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22.4 s | |
2 | Giuseppe Castelli |
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k. A. | |
3 | Aubrey Burton-Durham |
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k. A. | |
4th | Angelos Lambrou |
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Forward 13
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1 | Walter Rangeley |
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22.0 s | |
2 | Harry Broos |
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k. A. | |
3 | Willy Dujardin |
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k. A. | |
4th | José de Lima |
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Forward 14
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1 | Percy Williams |
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22.6 s | |
2 | John Hambidge |
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k. A. | |
3 | Jaroslav Vykoupil |
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k. A. |
Forward 15
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1 | Cyril Gill |
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22.2 s | |
2 | Howard Kinsman |
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k. A. | |
3 | Edgardo Toetti |
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k. A. |
Quarter finals
Date: July 31, 1928
Not all times have been passed down.
Run 1
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1 | Jakob Schüller |
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22.0 s | |
2 | Henry Cumming |
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k. A. | |
3 | Ralph Adams |
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k. A. | |
4th | Hermann Geissler |
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5 | John Hambidge |
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Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Wilfred Legg |
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21.8 s | |
2 | Cyril Gill |
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k. A. | |
3 | Hermann Schlöske |
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k. A. | |
4th | Marinus van den Berge |
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5 | André Mourlon |
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Run 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Charles Paddock |
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21.8 s | |
2 | Bjorn Kugelberg |
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k. A. | |
3 | André Cerbonney |
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k. A. | |
4th | Guy Butler |
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5 | Harry Broos |
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Run 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Jackson Scholz |
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21.8 s | |
2 | Walter Rangeley |
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21.9 s | |
3 | Paul Brochart |
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k. A. | |
4th | Maurice Degrelle |
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k. A. | |
5 | Karel Kněnický |
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Run 5
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | John Fitzpatrick |
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22.0 s | |
2 | Mario Gomez |
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k. A. | |
3 | Alberto Barucco |
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k. A. | |
4th | Jérôme Mannaert |
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5 | Howard Kinsman |
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Run 6
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space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Helmut Körnig |
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21.6 s | ORe |
2 | Percy Williams |
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21.8 s | |
3 | Charles Borah |
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21.8 s | |
4th | James Carlton |
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22.0 s | |
5 | Giuseppe Castelli |
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k. A. |
Semifinals
Date: August 1, 1928
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Percy Williams |
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22.0 s | |
2 | Walter Rangeley |
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22.0 s | |
3 | Jakob Schüller |
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22.1 s | |
4th | Charles Paddock |
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22.1 s | |
5 | Mario Gomez |
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10.8 s | |
DNF | Wilfred Legg |
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Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Helmut Körnig |
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21.8 s | |
2 | Jackson Scholz |
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21.9 s | |
3 | John Fitzpatrick |
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22.0 s | |
4th | Henry Cumming |
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22.1 s | |
5 | Cyril Gill |
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22.3 s | |
6th | Bjorn Kugelberg |
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22.6 s |
final
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Percy Williams |
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21.8 s | |
2 | Walter Rangeley |
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21.9 s | |
3 | Helmut Körnig |
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21.9 s | |
4th | Jackson Scholz |
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21.9 s | |
5 | John Fitzpatrick |
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22.1 s | |
6th | Jakob Schüller |
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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
The 1924 Olympic champion Jackson Scholz (USA) crossed the finish line in fourth place.
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
- ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 192
- ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)