Men's 200 metres
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
The finish of the final, with Allen Woodring beating Charley Paddock
VenueOlympisch Stadion
DatesAugust 19 (round 1 & quarterfinals)
August 20 (semifinals & final)
Competitors48 from 22 nations
Winning time22.0
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Allen Woodring  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Charley Paddock  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Harry Edward  Great Britain

The men's 200 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Thursday, August 19, 1920, and on Friday, August 20, 1920. Forty-eight sprinters from 22 nations competed.[1] Nations were limited to 4 athletes each, down from the 12 allowed in previous Games. The event was won by Allen Woodring of the United States, the nation's second consecutive victory in the event and fourth in five Games. Fellow American Charley Paddock took silver. Great Britain reached the podium for a second consecutive Games with Harry Edward's bronze.

Background

This was the fifth appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Olympics in 1896 but has been on the program ever since. None of the finalists from the pre-war 1912 Games returned. The favorite was Charley Paddock, winner of the U.S. trials and the 1919 Inter-Allied Championships. The strongest non-American competitor was Harry Edward of Great Britain, the 1920 AAA champion.[2]

Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Luxembourg, Monaco, New Zealand, Spain, and Switzerland each made their debut in the event. The United States made its fifth appearance, the only nation to have competed at each edition of the 200 metres to date.

Competition format

The competition expanded to four rounds: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. There were 12 heats of between 3 and 5 runners each, with the top 2 men in each advancing to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals consisted of 5 heats of between 4 and 5 athletes each; the two fastest men in each heat advanced to the semifinals. There were 2 semifinals, each with 5 runners. In that round, the top three athletes advanced. The final had 6 runners.[2]

The race was run on a 390-metre track that was wet and soft.[2]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World record Willie Applegarth (GBR)*21.2 London, United Kingdom4 July 1914
Olympic record Archie Hahn (USA)**21.6 St. Louis, United States31 August 1904[3]

* unofficial 220 yards (= 201.17 m)

** straight course

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

Date Time Round
Thursday, 19 August 192014:00
16:00		Round 1
Quarterfinals
Friday, 20 August 192014:45
16:00		Semifinals
Final

Results

Times were generally only published for the winners of each heat. Some of the times listed below are estimates based on contemporary reports of the races.[4]

Round 1

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1René Tirard France23.2Q
2Agne Holmström Sweden23.3Q
3Diego Ordóñez Spain23.7
4Shinichi Yamaoka Japan23.9
5Bjarne Guldager Norway

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1George Davidson New Zealand22.6Q
2Alexander Ponton Canada22.8Q
3Félix Mendizábal Spain23.2
4Harry van Rappard Netherlands23.7

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Vojtěch Plzák Czechoslovakia23.4Q
2William Hill Great Britain23.8Q
3Marcel Gustin Belgium24.3

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Paul Brochart Belgium23.2Q
2William Hunt Australia23.5Q
3Giovanni Orlandi Italy23.8
4Paul Hammer Luxembourg24.0
5Federico Reparez Spain

Heat 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Robert Caste France23.0Q
2Harold Abrahams Great Britain23.3Q
3Willie Bukes South Africa23.4
4Rolf Stenersen Norway23.8

Heat 6

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Charley Paddock United States23.2Q
2August Sørensen Denmark23.8Q
3Victor d'Arcy Great Britain24.0
4Ahmed Khairy Egypt

Heat 7

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Sven Krokström Sweden23.8Q
2Max Houben Belgium24.2Q
3Dimitrios Karambatis Greece24.2

Heat 8

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Loren Murchison United States23.2Q
2Nils Sandström Sweden23.6Q
3Carlos Pajarón Spain24.2
4August Waibel Switzerland

Heat 9

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Allen Woodring United States22.8Q
2Cor Wezepoel Netherlands23.3Q
3Francis Irvine South Africa23.3
4Ichiro Kaga Japan
5Edmond Médécin Monaco

Heat 10

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Harry Edward Great Britain22.8Q
2Jack Oosterlaak South Africa23.2Q
3Sven Malm Sweden23.3
4Mario Riccobono Italy
5Reinhold Saulmann Estonia25.4

Heat 11

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1René Lorain France25.0Q
2Albert Heijnneman Netherlands25.4Q
3Cyril Coaffee Canada

Heat 12

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Morris Kirksey United States23.4Q
2Josef Imbach Switzerland23.5Q
3Jean-René Seurin France23.6

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Loren Murchison United States22.8Q
2Josef Imbach Switzerland23.1Q
3René Tirard France23.2
4August Sørensen Denmark

Quarterfinal 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Harry Edward Great Britain22.0Q
2Allen Woodring United States22.1Q
3Robert Caste France22.2
4William Hunt Australia22.4
5Agne Holmström Sweden22.5

Quarterfinal 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1George Davidson New Zealand22.8Q
2Charley Paddock United States22.9Q
3René Lorain France23.0
4Nils Sandström Sweden23.3
5Max Houben Belgium

Quarterfinal 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Morris Kirksey United States22.6Q
2Alexander Ponton Canada22.7Q
3Harold Abrahams Great Britain23.0
4Vojtěch Plzák Czechoslovakia23.1
5Cor Wezepoel Netherlands23.3

Quarterfinal 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Jack Oosterlaak South Africa23.0Q
2Paul Brochart Belgium23.2Q
3William Hill Great Britain23.2
4Sven Krokström Sweden23.3
—Albert Heijnneman NetherlandsDNF

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Loren Murchison United States22.4Q
2Harry Edward Great Britain22.5Q
3George Davidson New Zealand22.5Q
4Morris Kirksey United States22.5
—Paul Brochert BelgiumDNS

Semifinal 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Allen Woodring United States22.4Q
2Charley Paddock United States22.5Q
3Jack Oosterlaak South Africa22.7Q
4Alexandre Penton Canada22.9
—Josef Imbach SwitzerlandDNF

Final

Rank LaneAthleteNationTime
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3Allen Woodring United States22.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4Charley Paddock United States22.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5Harry Edward Great Britain22.2
4 6Loren Murchison United States22.2
5 1George Davidson New Zealand22.3
6 2Jack Oosterlaak South Africa22.3

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "200 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Mallon, Bill (2012). "Track & Field Athletics – Olympic Record Progressions" (PDF). Track and Field News. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

Further reading

  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 11 August 2007.
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