1964 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	200 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	57 athletes from 24 countries
Competition location	Tokyo Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	October 16, 1964 (preliminary / quarter-finals) October 17, 1964 (semi-finals / finals)
Medalist Henry Carr ( USA )   Paul Drayton ( USA )   Edwin Roberts ( TTO )

The men's 200-meter run at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo was held on October 16 and 17, 1964 in the Tokyo Olympic Stadium. 57 athletes took part.

The American Henry Carr became Olympic champion . He won ahead of his compatriot Paul Drayton and Edwin Roberts from Trinidad and Tobago.

Three Germans and one Swiss competed, athletes from Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part. The Swiss Jean-Louis Descloux and the German Heinz Erbstößer were eliminated after the preliminary stages . Friedrich Roderfeld made it to the quarter-finals and was eliminated there as eighth of his run. Heinz Schumann qualified for the semifinals and failed there in sixth place in his run.

Existing records

World record	20.2 s race over 220 yards (= 201.17 m)	Henry Carr ( USA )	Tempe (Arizona) , USA	April 4th 1964
Olympic record	20.5 s	Livio Berruti ( Italy )	Final of Rome , Italy	September 3, 1960

Conducting the competition

The athletes competed in a total of eight heats on October 16. The four best starters qualified for the quarter-finals on the same day. Here, too, the best four runners progressed. The semi-finals took place on October 17th. The four best running athletes reached the final on the same day.

Time schedule

October 16, 10.30 a.m .: Preliminaries
October 16, 2.30 p.m .: Quarter-finals
October 17, 2.30 p.m .: Semi-finals
October 17, 4.00 p.m .: Final

All times are local Tokyo time (UTC + 9)

The athletes qualified for the next round are highlighted in light blue.

Prelims

Date: October 16, 1964, from 10.30 a.m.

Weather conditions: sunny, 19–20 ° C, humidity approx. 42–44%

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Paul Drayton	United States	20.7 s	20.70 s
2	Andrzej Zieliński	Poland	21.2 s	21.24 s
3	Clifton Bertrand	Trinidad and Tobago	21.3 s	21.39 s
4th	Johan Du Preez	Southern Rhodesia	21.4 s	21.45 s
5	Jean-Louis Descloux	Switzerland	21.5 s	21.52 s
6th	Francisco Gutiérrez Hernández	Colombia	21.8 s	21.88 s
7th	Gerardo di Tolla	Peru	22.1 s	k. A.
8th	Somsak Thongsuk	Thailand	22.6 s

Wind: +0.61 m / s

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Roger Bambuck	France	21.2 s	21.29 s
2	Arquímedes Herrera	Venezuela	21.3 s	21.38 s
3	Boris Subov	Soviet Union	21.4 s	21.46 s
4th	Peter Radford	Great Britain	21.5 s	21.52 s
5	Erasmus Amukun	Uganda	21.5 s	21.55 s
6th	Carlos Lorenzo	Mexico	21.6 s	21.60 s

Wind: +0.24 m / s

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Menzies Campbell	Great Britain	21.3 s	21.33 s
2	Seraphino Antao	Kenya	21.5 s	21.52 s
3	Csaba Csutorás	Hungary	21.5 s	21.54 s
4th	Bouchaib El-Maachi	Morocco	21.5 s	21.58 s
5	David Njitock	Cameroon	22.5 s	k. A.
6th	Wesley Johnson	Liberia	24.7 s

Wind: +0.34 m / s

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Marian Foik	Poland	21.1 s	21.11 s
2	Sergio Ottolina	Italy	21.2 s	21.27 s
3	Edwin Osolin	Soviet Union	21.3 s	21.32 s
4th	Jeffery Smith	Zambia	21.7 s	21.77 s
5	Jassim Karim Kuraishi	Iraq	22.6 s	k. A.
6th	Lee Ar-tu	Taiwan	23.0 s

Wind: +0.03 m / s

The Ethiopian Tegegne Bezabeh was eliminated in the preliminary run

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Harry Jerome	Canada	20.9 s	20.95 s
2	Manikavasagam Jegathesan	Malaysia	20.9 s	20.99 s
3	Paul Genevay	France	21.0 s	21.08 s
4th	Frans Luitjes	Netherlands	21.1 s	21.13 s
5	Heinz Erbstößer	Germany	21.4 s	21.40 s
6th	Tegegne Bezabeh	Ethiopia	22.0 s	22.03 s
7th	Vahab Shahkhordeh	Iran	22.3 s	k. A.
DSQ	Boris Savchuk	Soviet Union

Wind: −0.02 m / s

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	20.8 s	20.89 s
2	Bob Lay	Australia	21.3 s	21.34 s
3	Pedro Grajales	Colombia	21.4 s	21.48 s
4th	David Ejoke	Nigeria	21.4 s	21.48 s
5	George Collie	Bahamas	21.9 s	21.91 s
6th	Aggrey Awori	Uganda	21.9 s	21.94 s
7th	Kenneth Powell	India	22.2 s	k. A.
8th	William Hill	Hong Kong	22.2 s

Wind: +0.11 m / s

Forward 7

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Heinz Schumann	Germany	21.0 s	21.09 s
2	Henry Carr	United States	21.1 s	21.12 s
3	Jocelyn Delecour	France	21.3 s	21.38 s
4th	Iván Moreno	Chile	21.5 s	21.55 s
5	Alioune Sow	Senegal	21.9 s	21.91 s
6th	Michael Okantey	Ghana	21.9 s	21.97 s
7th	Rogelio Onofre	Philippines	22.1 s	22.17 s

Wind: −1.45 m / s

Forward 8

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Livio Berruti	Italy	21.1 s	21.11 s
2	Richard Stebbins	United States	21.1 s	21.17 s
3	Friedrich Roderfeld	Germany	21.5 s	21.58 s
4th	Gary Holdsworth	Australia	21.6 s	21.65 s
5	José de Rocha	Portugal	21.7 s	21.79 s
6th	Valeriu Jurcă	Romania	21.8 s	21.82 s
7th	Jeong Gi-seon	South Korea	22.3 s	k. A.
8th	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa	Madagascar	22.4 s

Wind: +0.90 m / s

Quarter finals

Date: October 16, 1964, from 2:30 p.m.

Weather conditions: sunny, approx. 21 ° C, humidity approx. 47%

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Paul Drayton	United States	20.9 s	20.98 s
2	Livio Berruti	Italy	21.2 s	21.24 s
3	Manikavasagam Jegathesan	Malaysia	21.4 s	21.40 s
4th	Jocelyn Delecour	France	21.5 s	21.58 s
5	Andrzej Zieliński	Poland	21.5 s	21.59 s
6th	Boris Subov	Soviet Union	21.8 s	21.86 s
7th	Jeffery Smith	Zambia	22.0 s	22.05 s
8th	Seraphino Antao	Kenya	22.1 s	22.11 s

Wind: −0.89 m / s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Henry Carr	United States	21.0 s	21.02 s
2	Sergio Ottolina	Italy	21.1 s	21.16 s
3	Heinz Schumann	Germany	21.2 s	21.25 s
4th	Arquímedes Herrera	Venezuela	21.2 s	21.29 s
5	Bob Lay	Australia	21.4 s	21.49 s
6th	Csaba Csutorás	Hungary	21.4 s	21.50 s
7th	Iván Moreno	Chile	21.7 s	21.74 s
8th	Johan Du Preez	Southern Rhodesia	21.8 s	21.87 s

Wind: -1.16 m / s

Run 3

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Harry Jerome	Canada	21.2 s	21.23 s
2	Richard Stebbins	United States	21.2 s	21.28 s
3	Roger Bambuck	France	21.4 s	21.47 s
4th	Bouchaib El-Maachi	Morocco	21.6 s	21.66 s
5	Clifton Bertrand	Trinidad and Tobago	21.6 s	21.69 s
6th	Menzies Campbell	Great Britain	21.7 s	21.74 s
7th	Pedro Grajales	Colombia	21.7 s	21.78 s
8th	Friedrich Roderfeld	Germany	22.2 s	22.29 s

Wind: −2.90 m / s

Run 4

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	20.9 s	20.90 s
2	Marian Foik	Poland	21.0 s	21.08 s
3	Paul Genevay	France	21.3 s	21.35 s
4th	Frans Luitjes	Netherlands	21.4 s	21.40 s
5	Edwin Osolin	Soviet Union	21.4 s	21.47 s
6th	Peter Radford	Great Britain	21.5 s	21.53 s
7th	Gary Holdsworth	Australia	22.1 s	22.13 s

Wind: −2.16 m / s

Semifinals

Date: October 17, 1964, from 2.30 p.m.

Weather conditions: sunny, approx. 23 ° C, humidity approx. 65%

Run 1

Frans Luitjes (NED) failed in the semi-finals

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Paul Drayton	United States	20.5 s	20.58 s	ORe
2	Sergio Ottolina	Italy	20.7 s	20.76 s
3	Richard Stebbins	United States	20.8 s	20.88 s
4th	Marian Foik	Poland	20.9 s	20.94 s
5	Paul Genevay	France	20.9 s	21.00 s
6th	Arquímedes Herrera	Venezuela	21.0 s	21.07 s
7th	Frans Luitjes	Netherlands	21.1 s	21.16 s
8th	Bouchaib El-Maachi	Morocco	21.6 s	21.61 s

Wind: +0.38 m / s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Henry Carr	United States	20.6 s	20.69 s
2	Livio Berruti	Italy	20.7 s	20.78 s
3	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	20.8 s	20.86 s
4th	Harry Jerome	Canada	21.0 s	21.01 s
5	Roger Bambuck	France	21.0 s	21.06 s
6th	Heinz Schumann	Germany	21.1 s	21.18 s
7th	Jocelyn Delecour	France	21.2 s	21.26 s
8th	Manikavasagam Jegathesan	Malaysia	21.2 s	21.26 s

Wind: +0.46 m / s

Award ceremony: in the middle Henry Carr (USA), left Paul Drayton (USA), right Edwin Roberts (TTO)

final

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Henry Carr	United States	20.3 s	20.36 s	OR
2	Paul Drayton	United States	20.5 s	20.58 s
3	Edwin Roberts	Trinidad and Tobago	20.6 s	20.63 s
4th	Harry Jerome	Canada	20.7 s	20.79 s
5	Livio Berruti	Italy	20.8 s	20.83 s
6th	Marian Foik	Poland	20.8 s	20.83 s
7th	Richard Stebbins	United States	20.8 s	20.89 s
8th	Sergio Ottolina	Italy	20.9 s	20.94 s

Date: October 17, 1964, 4:00 p.m.

Wind: −0.78 m / s

Weather conditions: sunny, approx. 23 ° C, humidity approx. 67%

After the season so far and the eliminations here in Tokyo , US runner Paul Drayton was the favorite. In the semifinals, he had set the existing Olympic record . The main competitor was seen as Henry Carr, who had hitherto been deeply stacked. The 1960 Olympic champion , Livio Berruti, was no longer in the shape of four years ago, but still reached the final here and came in fifth.

The race turned out to be more exciting than expected for the first hundred meters. Drayton and Carr came out of the corner tied. On the home stretch, Carr surprisingly had the most reserves and won well ahead of Drayton and Edwin Roberts from Trinidad and Tobago. The 100-meter Olympic third party Harry Jerome took fourth place here. Despite the headwind, Henry Carr improved the Olympic record by two tenths of a second.

Edwin Roberts won the first athletics medal for Trinidad and Tobago.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 251–253

Video

• 1964 Tokyo olympic 200m final_ Livio Berruti , published January 4, 2010 on youtube.com, accessed October 25, 2017

Web links

• SportsReference 200 m , accessed October 25, 2017
• Official Report of the Olympic Games 1964 pp. 22–24 engl. (PDF), accessed on October 25, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 Page 547 (Engl.) ( Memento of 29 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ) retrieved on October 25, 2017
2. ↑ Official report of the 1964 Olympic Games ( memento of the original from June 30, 2018 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. P. 17 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 25, 2017 
3. ↑ Official report of the 1964 Olympic Games ( memento of the original from June 30, 2018 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. P. 22f (English) from library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 25, 2017 
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Official Report of the Olympic Games 1964 ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2018 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. P. 24 (English) from library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 25, 2017 
5. ↑ SportsReference , accessed October 25, 2017