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