Men's 200 metres at the Games of the V Olympiad | ||||||||||
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The finish of the final. | ||||||||||
Venue | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | July 10 (heats, semifinals) July 11 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 61 from 19 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 21.7 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics | |
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Track events | |
100 m | men |
200 m | men |
400 m | men |
800 m | men |
1500 m | men |
5000 m | men |
10,000 m | men |
110 m hurdles | men |
4×100 m relay | men |
4×400 m relay | men |
3000 m team race | men |
10 km walk | men |
Road events | |
Marathon | men |
Field events | |
Long jump | men |
Triple jump | men |
High jump | men |
Pole vault | men |
Standing long jump | men |
Standing high jump | men |
Shot put | men |
Discus throw | men |
Hammer throw | men |
Javelin throw | men |
2-hand shot put | men |
2-hand discus | men |
2-hand javelin | men |
Combined events | |
Pentathlon | men |
Decathlon | men |
Cross-country events | |
Individual | men |
Team | men |
The men's 200 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which has appeared at every edition of the Summer Olympics since the 1900 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on July 10, 1912, and on July 11, 1912. 61 runners from 19 nations competed. [1] NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes. [2] The event was won by Ralph Craig of the United States, the nation's third victory in four Games. Another American, Donald Lippincott, took silver. Great Britain earned its first medal in the 200 metres with Willie Applegarth's bronze.
This was the fourth 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 1908 Games returned. There was no clear favorite. None of the four different AAU champions since 1908 competed. Willie Applegarth of Great Britain was the 1912 AAA champion and closest thing to a favorite before the Games. American Ralph Craig had set the world record for 220 yards in 1910, won the eastern U.S. trials, and started out in Stockholm by winning the 100 metres. [3]
Australasia, Bohemia, Chile, Japan, Portugal, and Russia each made their debut in the event. The United States made its fourth appearance, the only nation to have competed at each edition of the 200 metres to date.
There were three rounds: quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The quarterfinals consisted of 18 heats of between 2 and 5 athletes each; the two fastest men in each heat advanced to the semifinals. There were 6 semifinals, each with 6 runners. In that round, only the top athlete advanced. The final had 6 runners. [3]
The race was run on a 383-metre track. [3]
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.
World record | 21.3 | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 26 July 1911 | |
Olympic record | 21.6 | St. Louis, United States | 31 August 1904 |
* unofficial 220 yards (= 201.17 m)
** straight course
Ralph Craig's 21.7 second performance in the final was 1⁄10 of a second off the Olympic record of 21.6 seconds, set in 1904.
Date | Time | Round |
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Wednesday, 10 July 1912 | 10:30 16:00 | Quarterfinals Semifinals |
Thursday, 11 July 1912 | 15:00 | Final |
All quarterfinal heats were held on Wednesday, July 10, 1912.
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Charles Reidpath | 22.6 | Q | |
2 | Georges Rolot | 22.7 | Q | |
3 | Knut Stenborg | Unknown | ||
4 | Václav Labík | Unknown |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ralph Craig | 22.8 | Q | |
2 | Richard Rice | 23.0 | Q | |
3 | Charles Poulenard | Unknown | ||
4 | Karl Lindblom | Unknown |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ira Courtney | 22.7 | Q | |
2 | Duncan Macmillan | Unknown | Q | |
3 | Léon Aelter | Unknown | ||
4 | Haralds Hāns | Unknown | ||
— | Herberts Baumanis | DNF |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Charles Luther | 23.6 | Q | |
2 | Jan Grijseels | Unknown | Q |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Willie Applegarth | 24.7 | Q | |
2 | Harold Heiland | 24.7 | Q |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Richard Rau | 22.5 | Q | |
2 | Arthur Anderson | Unknown | Q | |
3 | Rudolf Rauch | Unknown |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Carl Cooke | 22.5 | Q | |
2 | Reuben Povey | Unknown | Q | |
3 | Joseph Wells | Unknown | ||
4 | Harry Beasley | Unknown | ||
5 | Georges Malfait | Unknown |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | John Howard | 25.0 | Q | |
2 | Franco Giongo | 25.0 | Q |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Knut Lindberg | 23.1 | Q | |
2 | Frigyes Wiesner | Unknown | Q | |
3 | Charles Lelong | Unknown |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Peter Gerhardt | 22.9 | Q | |
2 | Victor d'Arcy | 22.9 | Q | |
3 | Gustav Möller | Unknown |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Donald Lippincott | 22.8 | Q | |
2 | Ivan Möller | Unknown | Q | |
3 | Pierre Failliot | Unknown | ||
4 | Ernest Haley | Unknown | ||
5 | Pablo Eitel | Unknown |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Alvah Meyer | 24.1 | Q | |
2 | Robert Duncan | Unknown | Q |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Donnell Young | 22.8 | Q | |
2 | Cyril Seedhouse | Unknown | Q | |
3 | Fritz Fleischer | Unknown | ||
4 | Heinrich Wenseler | Unknown | ||
5 | Yahiko Mishima | Unknown |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | George Patching | 22.3 | Q | |
2 | Clement Wilson | Unknown | Q | |
3 | Frank McConnell | Unknown | ||
4 | Ervin Szerelemhegyi | Unknown | ||
5 | Emil Grandell | Unknown |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Max Herrmann | 22.9 | Q | |
2 | István Déván | Unknown | Q | |
3 | Herman Sotaaen | Unknown | ||
4 | Wladyslaw Ponurski | Unknown |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | William Stewart | 26.0 | Q | |
2 | Henry Macintosh | Unknown | Q |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | David Jacobs | 23.2 | Q | |
2 | Skotte Jacobsson | 23.2 | Q |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ture Person | 23.2 | Q | |
2 | Robert Schurrer | Unknown | Q | |
3 | António Stromp | Unknown |
All semi-finals were held on Wednesday, July 10, 1912.
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ralph Craig | 21.9 | Q | |
2 | David Jacobs | Unknown | ||
3 | Ira Courtney | Unknown | ||
4 | Ture Person | Unknown | ||
5 | Frigyes Wiesner | Unknown | ||
— | Arthur Anderson | DNF |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Willie Applegarth | 21.9 | Q | |
2 | Clement Wilson | Unknown | ||
3 | Cyril Seedhouse | Unknown | ||
4 | Harold Heiland | Unknown | ||
5 | Skotte Jacobsson | Unknown | ||
— | William Stewart | DNF |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Donnell Young | 21.9 | Q | |
2 | Carl Cooke | Unknown | ||
3 | Georges Rolot | Unknown | ||
4 | Max Herrmann | Unknown | ||
— | Henry Macintosh | DNF | ||
George Patching | DNF |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Donald Lippincott | 21.8 | Q | |
2 | Alvah Meyer | Unknown | ||
3 | John Howard | Unknown | ||
4 | Ivan Möller | 22.4 | ||
5 | Duncan Macmillan | Unknown | ||
6 | Jan Grijseels | Unknown |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Richard Rau | 22.1 | Q | |
2 | Peter Gerhardt | Unknown | ||
3 | Charles Luther | 22.3 | ||
4 | Franco Giongo | Unknown | ||
5 | Reuben Povey | Unknown | ||
— | Richard Rice | DNF |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Charles Reidpath | 22.1 | Q | |
2 | Victor d'Arcy | Unknown | ||
3 | Knut Lindberg | 22.5 | ||
4 | István Déván | Unknown | ||
5 | Robert Schurrer | Unknown | ||
— | Robert Duncan | DNF |
The final was held on Thursday, July 11, 1912.
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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Ralph Craig | 21.7 | ||
Donald Lippincott | 21.8 | ||
Willie Applegarth | 22.0 | ||
4 | Richard Rau | 22.2 | |
5 | Charles Reidpath | 22.3 | |
6 | Donnell Young | 22.3 |
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