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Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

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Men's 200 metres
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Percy Williams
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesJuly 31 (heats and quarterfinals)
August 1 (semifinals and final)
Competitors59 from 29 nations
Winning time21.8
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Percy Williams
 Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Walter Rangeley
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Helmut Körnig
 Germany
← 1924
1932 →

The men's 200 metres was an event at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.[1] It was held on 31 July and 1 August 1928 at the Olympic Stadium. There were 59 competitors from 29 nations.[2] Nations had been limited to 4 athletes each since 1920.[3] The event was won by 0.1 seconds by Percy Williams of Canada, the nation's second victory in the event (after 1908). The win broke a streak of three victories by the United States; with no Americans on the podium, the nation's six-Games medal streak was broken as well. Walter Rangeley of Great Britain took silver, giving Great Britain a four-Games medal streak in the event. Germany earned its first men's 200 metres medal with Helmut Körnig's bronze.

Background

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This was the seventh appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Olympics in 1896 but has been on the program ever since. Two of the six finalists from the 1924 Games returned: gold medalist Jackson Scholz and two-time silver medalist Charley Paddock, both of the United States. Scholz was a slight favorite, but the Americans had not won any medals in the 100 metres earlier in Amsterdam and the winner of that event, Canada's Percy Williams, was a strong contender for a double in this event.[2]

Lithuania and Romania each made their debut in the event. The United States made its seventh appearance, the only nation to have competed at each edition of the 200 metres to date.

Competition format

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The competition used the four round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. There were 15 heats of between 2 and 6 runners each, with the top 2 men in each advancing to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals consisted of 6 heats of 5 athletes each; the two fastest men in each heat advanced to the semifinals. There were 2 semifinals, each with 6 runners. In that round, the top three athletes advanced. The final had 6 runners. The races were run on a now-standard 400 metre track.[2]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record
Olympic record  Archie Hahn (USA) 21.6 St. Louis, United States 31 August 1904

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition. Helmut Körnig tied the Olympic record in the last quarterfinal.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Friday, 31 July 1928 14:50
17:15
Heats
Quarterfinals
Saturday, 1 August 1928 14:00
15:50
Semifinals
Final

Results

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Heats

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15 heats were held; the fastest two in each heat advanced to Round Two.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Henry Cumming  United States 22.4 Q
2 André Mourlon  France Unknown Q
3 André Théard  Haiti Unknown
4 Willy Weibel  Switzerland Unknown
5 Diego Ordóñez  Spain Unknown
6 Ladislau Peter  Romania Unknown

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Björn Kugelberg  Sweden 22.4 Q
2 Maurice Degrelle  France Unknown Q
3 Donald Cullen  Ireland Unknown
4 Renos Frangoudis  Greece Unknown

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 John Fitzpatrick  Canada 22.8 Q
2 Jimmy Carlton  Australia 22.8 Q
3 Juan Serrahima  Spain Unknown
4 Ronald Burns  India Unknown
5 Alejandro Hannig  Chile Unknown

Heat 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jakob Schüller  Germany 22.0 Q
2 Rinus van den Berge  Netherlands Unknown Q
3 François Prinsen  Belgium Unknown
4 Hans Niggl  Switzerland Unknown

Heat 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Charlie Paddock  United States 22.2 Q
2 Mario Gómez  Mexico 22.5 Q
3 Anselmo Gonzaga  Philippines 22.7
4 Adolphe Groscol  Belgium 23.8

Heat 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jackson Scholz  United States 22.2 Q
2 Ralph Adams  Canada 22.5 Q
3 Iwao Aizawa  Japan 22.6
4 Sean Lavan  Ireland 22.9

Heat 7

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Charley Borah  United States 25.0 Q
2 Hermann Schlöske  Germany 25.0 Q

Heat 8

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 André Cerbonney  France 22.2 Q
2 Paul Brochart  Belgium Unknown Q
3 Ferenc Gerő  Hungary Unknown
4 James Hall  India Unknown
5 Johann Bartl  Czechoslovakia Unknown
6 Francisco Costas  Mexico Unknown

Heat 9

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Wilfred Legg  South Africa 22.4 Q
2 Alberto Barucco  Argentina Unknown Q
3 Haris Šveminas  Lithuania Unknown
George Hester  Canada DSQ

Heat 10

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Helmut Körnig  Germany 23.4 Q
2 Karel Knenicky  Czechoslovakia Unknown Q
3 Jean Moulin  Luxembourg Unknown

Heat 11

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Guy Butler  Great Britain 22.8 Q
2 Jérôme Mannaert  France Unknown Q
3 Juan Bautista Pina  Argentina Unknown

Heat 12

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Hermann Geißler  Austria 22.4 Q
2 Giuseppe Castelli  Italy Unknown Q
3 Aubrey Burton-Durham  South Africa Unknown
4 Angelos Lambrou  Greece Unknown

Heat 13

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Walter Rangeley  Great Britain 22.0 Q
2 Harry Broos  Netherlands Unknown Q
3 Willy Dujarin  Belgium Unknown
4 José de Lima  Portugal Unknown

Heat 14

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Percy Williams  Canada 22.6 Q
2 Jack Hambidge  Great Britain Unknown Q
3 Jaroslav Vykoupil  Czechoslovakia Unknown

Heat 15

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Cyril Gill  Great Britain 22.2 Q
2 Howard Kinsman  South Africa Unknown Q
3 Edgardo Toetti  Italy Unknown

Quarterfinals

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Six heats were held; the fastest two finishers in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jakob Schüller  Germany 22.0 Q
2 Henry Cumming  United States Unknown Q
3 Ralph Adams  Canada Unknown
4 Hermann Geißler  Austria Unknown
5 Jack Hambidge  Great Britain Unknown

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Wilfred Legg  South Africa 21.8 Q
2 Cyril Gill  Great Britain Unknown Q
3 Hermann Schlöske  Germany Unknown
4 Rinus van den Berge  Netherlands Unknown
5 André Mourlon  France Unknown

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Charlie Paddock  United States 21.8 Q
2 Björn Kugelberg  Sweden Unknown Q
3 André Cerbonney  France Unknown
4 Guy Butler  Great Britain Unknown
5 Harry Broos  Netherlands Unknown

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jackson Scholz  United States 21.8 Q
2 Walter Rangeley  Great Britain 21.9 Q
3 Paul Brochart  Belgium Unknown
4 Maurice Degrelle  France Unknown
5 Karel Knenicky  Czechoslovakia Unknown

Quarterfinal 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 John Fitzpatrick  Canada 22.0 Q
2 Mario Gómez  Mexico Unknown Q
3 Alberto Barucco  Argentina Unknown
4 Jérôme Mannaert  France Unknown
5 Howard Kinsman  South Africa Unknown

Quarterfinal 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Helmut Körnig  Germany 21.6 Q, =OR
2 Percy Williams  Canada 21.8 Q
3 Charley Borah  United States 21.8
4 Jimmy Carlton  Australia 22.0
5 Giuseppe Castelli  Italy 22.2

Semifinals

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The fastest three runners from each of the two heats advanced to the Final Round.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Percy Williams  Canada 22.0 Q
2 Walter Rangeley  Great Britain 22.0 Q
3 Jakob Schüller  Germany 22.1 Q
4 Charley Paddock  United States 22.1
5 Mario Gómez  Mexico 22.3
Wilfred Legg  South Africa DNF

Semifinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Helmut Körnig  Germany 21.8 Q
2 Jackson Scholz  United States 21.9 Q
3 John Fitzpatrick  Canada 22.0 Q
4 Henry Cumming  United States 22.1
5 Cyril Gill  Great Britain 22.3
6 Björn Kugelberg  Sweden 22.6

Final

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Helmut Körnig and Jackson Scholz finished so close that the judges could not determine who was third and who fourth.

The judges called it a dead heat and called for a run-off. Scholz declined to participate, resulting in Körnig being awarded the bronze medal: the film of the race confirmed that Körnig finished third.[2]

Rank Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Percy Williams  Canada 21.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Walter Rangeley  Great Britain 21.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Helmut Körnig  Germany 21.9
4 Jackson Scholz  United States 21.9
5 John Fitzpatrick  Canada 22.1
6 Jakob Schüller  Germany 22.2

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "200 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 374.
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