1960 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	200 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	62 athletes from 47 countries
Competition location	Stadio Olimpico
Competition phase	September 2, 1960 (preliminary / quarter-finals) September 3, 1960 (semi-finals / final)
Medalist Livio Berruti ( ITA )   Lester Carney ( USA )   Abdoulaye Seye ( FRA )

The men's 200-meter run at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome was held on September 2nd and 3rd, 1960 in the Stadio Olimpico . 62 athletes took part.

Olympic champion was the Italian Livio Berruti . He won ahead of the American Lester Carney and the French Abdoulaye Seye .

Germany was represented by Marcel Wendelin and Manfred Germar . Germar was eliminated in his run-up due to injury and illness, Wendelin was able to qualify for the quarter-finals, but failed there. Sebald Schnellmann and Peter Laeng competed for Switzerland. Laeng was also eliminated in the run-up, Schnellmann in the quarter-finals. Elmar Kunauer ran out of Austria, but he also dropped out in the run-up.

Existing records

World record	20.5 s	Peter Radford ( Great Britain )	Wolverhampton , UK	May 28, 1960 - over 220  yards = 201.168 m
		Stone Johnson ( USA )	Palo Alto , USA	July 2nd, 1960
		Ray Norton ( USA )
Olympic record	20.6 s	Bobby Morrow ( USA )	Melbourne	November 27, 1956

Conducting the competition

The runners competed in twelve preliminary runs on September 2nd. From each preliminary run, the two best runners reached the quarter-finals on the same day. In addition, the three fastest runners in the total also advanced one lap. In both the quarter and semi-finals, the three best athletes per run qualified for the semi-finals and final on September 3rd.

Note: The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the athletes who have qualified over time are highlighted in light green.

Time schedule

September 2nd, 9:00 a.m .: Preliminaries
September 2nd, 3:20 p.m .: Quarterfinals
September 3rd, 3:45 p.m .: Semi-finals
September 3rd, 6:00 p.m .: Final

Prelims

Date: September 2, 1960, from 9:00 a.m.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Paul Genevay	France	21.2 s	21.33 s
2	Wadym Archyptschuk	Soviet Union	21.5s	21.67 s
3	James Omagbemi	Nigeria	26.2 s	26.40 s

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Lester Carney	United States	21.1 s	21.31 s
2	David Segal	Great Britain	21.3 s	21.48 s
3	Peter Laeng	Switzerland	21.6 s	21.75 s
4th	Shahrudin Mohamed Ali	Malaya	22.3 s	22.40 s

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Stone Johnson	United States	21.7 s	21.81 s
2	Nikolaos Gergopoulos	Greece	22.0 s	22.18 s
3	Clayton Glasgow	British Guiana	22.6 s	22.75 s
4th	James Roberts	Liberia	23.1 s	23.22 s

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Marcel Wendelin	Germany	21.6 s	21.71 s
2	Leonid Bartenew	Soviet Union	21.8 s	21.89 s
3	Michael Okantey	Ghana	21.8 s	21.91 s
4th	Santiago Plaza	Mexico	22.0 s	22.17 s
5	Huang Suh-chuang	Taiwan	22.9 s	23.08 s
6th	Abdul Khaliq	Pakistan	23.1 s	23.24 s

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Peter Radford	Great Britain	21.1 s	21.25 s
2	Erasmus Amukun	Uganda	21.3 s	21.38 s
3	Csaba Csutorás	Hungary	21.7 s	21.90 s
4th	Sitiveni Moceidreke	Fiji	21.8 s	21.97 s
5	Elmar Kunauer	Austria	22.2 s	22.34 s

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Ray Norton	United States	21.2 s	21.27 s
2	David Jones	Great Britain	21.2 s	21.29 s
3	Yuri Konovalov	Soviet Union	21.4 s	21.50 s
4th	Ramón Vega	Puerto Rico	21.8 s	21.94 s
5	Patrick Lowry	Ireland	22.1 s	22.30 s
DNF	Vilém Mandlík	Czechoslovakia

Forward 7

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Livio Berruti	Italy	21.0 s	21.14 s
2	Tom Robinson	Bahamas	21.4 s	21.56 s
3	Lloyd Murad	Venezuela	21.8 s	21.86 s
4th	Pentti Rekola	Finland	22.2 s	22.27 s
5	Bouchaib El-Maachi	Morocco	22.3 s	22.34 s

Forward 8

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Dennis Johnson	West Indian Federation	21.2 s	21.36 s
2	José Telles da Conceição	Brazil	21.3 s	21.48 s
3	Sebald Schnellmann	Switzerland	21.4 s	21.59 s
4th	Jean-Pierre Barra	Belgium	22.3 s	22.43 s
5	Enrique Bautista	Philippines	23.0 s	23.16 s
6th	Ali Zaid	Afghanistan	23.1 s	23.22 s

Forward 9

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Abdoulaye Seye	France	21.1 s	21.21 s
2	Carl Fredrik Bunæs	Norway	21.3 s	21.46 s
3	Clifton Bertrand	West Indian Federation	21.3 s	21.51 s
4th	Amos Grodzinowsky	Israel	21.8 s	21.99 s
5	Barry Robinson	New Zealand	22.2 s	22.35 s
6th	Lennart Jonsson	Sweden	22.3 s	22.41 s

Forward 10

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Marian Foik	Poland	21.1 s	21.28 s
2	Jocelyn Delecour	France	21.3 s	21.48 s
3	Armando Sardi	Italy	21.6 s	21.81 s
4th	Lynn Eves	Canada	21.9 s	22.02 s
5	Mikhail Batschvarow	Bulgaria	22.32 s	22.36 s
6th	Roger Bofferding	Luxembourg	23.2 s	23.36 s

Forward 11

Illness and injury-related end in the run-up for the German Manfred Germar (front)

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Seraphino Antao	Kenya	21.3 s	21.44 s
2	Rafael Romero	Venezuela	21.4 s	21.60 s
3	Manfred Germar	Germany	21.6 s	21.76 s
4th	Romain Poté	Belgium	22.1 s	22.27 s
5	Melanio Asensio	Spain	22.3 s	22.45 s
6th	Aydın Onur	Turkey	22.5 s	22.61 s

Forward 12

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Edward Jefferys	South African Union	21.1 s	21.18 s
2	Salvatore Giannone	Italy	21.5 s	21.61 s
3	Kimitada Hayase	Japan	22.3 s	22.44 s
4th	Fahmi Falih	Iraq	22.6 s	22.77 s
5	Dennis Tipping	Australia	22.9 s	23.09 s

Quarter finals

Date: September 2, 1960, from 3:20 p.m.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Stone Johnson	United States	20.9 s	21.08 s
2	Edward Jefferys	South African Union	21.1 s	21.22 s
3	Tom Robinson	Bahamas	21.2 s	21.32 s
4th	Erasmus Amukun	Uganda	21.3 s	21.47 s
5	Yuri Konovalov	Soviet Union	21.3 s	21.52 s
6th	Clifton Bertrand	West Indian Federation	21.4 s	21.57 s
7th	Rafael Romero	Venezuela	21.4 s	21.58 s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Abdoulaye Seye	France	20.8 s	20.95 s
2	Ray Norton	United States	21.0 s	21.14 s
3	David Segal	Great Britain	21.1 s	21.21 s
4th	Seraphino Antao	Kenya	21.3 s	21.43 s
5	Wadym Archyptschuk	Soviet Union	21.5 s	21.58 s
6th	José Telles da Conceição	Brazil	21.5 s	21.63 s
7th	Nikolaos Georgopoulos	Greece	22.0 s	22.15 s

Run 3

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Lester Carney	United States	20.9 s	21.06 s
2	Peter Radford	Great Britain	21.0 s	21.12 s
3	Dennis Johnson	West Indian Federation	21.1 s	21.25 s
4th	Jocelyn Delecour	France	21.5 s	21.64 s
5	Leonid Bartenew	Soviet Union	21.5 s	21.65 s
6th	Sebald Schnellmann	Switzerland	21.5 s	21.66 s
7th	Salvatore Giannone	Italy	21.8 s	21.95 s

Run 4

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Livio Berruti	Italy	20.8 s	20.91 s
2	Marian Foik	Poland	20.9 s	21.02 s
3	Paul Genevay	France	21.1 s	21.26 s
4th	David Jones	Great Britain	21.2 s	21.33 s
5	Carl Fredrik Bunæs	Norway	21.4 s	21.50 s
6th	Marcel Wendelin	Germany	21.6 s	21.71 s

Semifinals

Date: September 3, 1960, from 3:45 p.m.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Abdoulaye Seye	France	20.8 s	21.00 s
2	Marian Foik	Poland	21.0 s	21.15 s
3	Lester Carney	United States	21.1 s	21.24 s
4th	Edward Jefferys	South African Union	21.3 s	21.46 s
5	Tom Robinson	Bahamas	21.5 s	21.67 s
DSQ	David Segal	Great Britain

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Livio Berruti	Italy	20.5 s	20.65 s	WRe / OR
2	Ray Norton	United States	20.7 s	20.81 s
3	Stone Johnson	United States	20.8 s	20.93 s
4th	Peter Radford	Great Britain	20.9 s	21.04 s
5	Dennis Johnson	West Indian Federation	21.0 s	21.16 s
6th	Paul Genevay	France	21.0 s	21.17 s

final

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Livio Berruti	Italy	20.5 s	20.62 s	WRe / ORe
2	Lester Carney	United States	20.6 s	20.69 s
3	Abdoulaye Seye	France	20.7 s	20.83 s
4th	Marian Foik	Poland	20.8 s	20.90 s
5	Stone Johnson	United States	20.8 s	20.93 s
6th	Ray Norton	United States	20.9 s	21.09 s

Date: September 3, 1960, 6:00 p.m.

American Ray Norton, US champion from 1959 and 1960 and winner of the Pan American Games in 1959 , and local hero Livio Berruti, who had beaten Norton once in the previous season, started as favorites.
Berruti, had already set the world record in the semi-finals and came out of the curve as the leader in the final. Norton was promising in second position. But like over 100 meters , the American showed himself out of shape in this race and fell back to sixth place. Berruti, on the other hand, set his world record from the preliminary decision and won the only gold medal in Italy in athletics in front of a home crowd. Outsider Lester Carney was second to save a medal for the US sprinters who were battered in Rome . Abdoulaye Seye won bronze in front of Marian Foik and Stone Johnson at the same time.

Livio Berruti won the first Italian Olympic victory over 200 meters .
Abdoulaye Seye won the first French medal in this discipline.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 180f

Videos

• 1960 Livio Berruti 200m batteria, semifinals e finale Roma Olympics , published May 19, 2014 on youtube.com, accessed October 10, 2017

Web links

• SportsReference 200 m , accessed October 10, 2017
• Official report pp. 69–74, engl. (PDF), accessed on October 10, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 200 m men , accessed October 10, 2017
2. ↑ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 63 (English) on library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 10, 2017
3. ↑ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , pp. 69–71 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 10, 2017
4. ↑ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 71 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 10, 2017
5. ↑ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 73 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 10, 2017
6. ↑ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 74 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 10, 2017
7. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)