Athletics at the 1957 World University Games – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 7 and 8 September 1957. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Manfred Germar   West Germany	Leonid Bartenyev   Soviet Union	Habib Thiam   France

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Manfred Germar	West Germany	21.8	Q [3]
2	1	Habib Thiam	France	21.9	Q
3	1	Enrique Ichasmendi	Spain	23.3	Q [3]
4	1	Vladimír Šimeček	Czechoslovakia	23.4
1	2	Ira Murchison	United States	22.1	Q
2	2	Csaba Csutorás	Hungary	22.1	Q
3	2	Christian Larrieu	France	22.2	Q
4	2	Takayama	Japan	22.8
1	3	Leonid Bartenyev	Soviet Union	22.6	Q
2	3	Fritz Helfrich	West Germany	22.8	Q
3	3	Takeo Tamura	Japan	22.8	Q
4	3	Ketmetto	Lebanon	23.6
1	4	Sergio D'Asnasch	Italy	22.3	Q
2	4	Vladilyen Marin	Soviet Union	22.6	Q
3	4	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	22.7	Q
4	4	Miyata	Japan	23.3
5	4	Gerald Mason	Ireland	23.7
1	5	Sándor Jakabfy	Hungary	22.1	Q
2	5	Lucio Sangermano	Italy	22.3	Q [4]
3	5	Francis	Bermuda	22.3	Q
4	5	Nick Whitehead	Great Britain	22.7
5	5	Bernard Chemorin	France	23.0
1	6	Karl-Heinz Naujoks	West Germany	22.3	Q
2	6	Albert Plaskeyev	Soviet Union	22.4	Q
3	6	Klaus Gump	Austria	22.6	Q
4	6	Karl Heinz Kopitke	Brazil	22.8
5	6	Janusz Bielski	Poland	23.4

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Manfred Germar	West Germany	21.5	Q [3]
2	1	Albert Plaskeyev	Soviet Union	21.9	Q
3	1	Csaba Csutorás	Hungary	22.0
4	1	Sergio D'Asnasch	Italy	22.2
5	1	Francis	Bermuda	22.2
	1	Takeo Tamura	Japan	DNS
1	2	Leonid Bartenyev	Soviet Union	21.6	Q [3]
2	2	Ira Murchison	United States	22.2	Q [5]
3	2	Christian Larrieu	France	22.2
4	2	Fritz Helfrich	West Germany	22.2
5	2	Enrique Ichasmendi	Spain	23.1	[3]
	2	Lucio Sangermano	Italy	DNS
1	3	Habib Thiam	France	21.6	Q
2	3	Sándor Jakabfy	Hungary	22.2	Q
3	3	Josef Trousil	Czechoslovakia	22.3
4	3	Karl-Heinz Naujoks	West Germany	22.3
5	3	Klaus Gump	Austria	22.6
	3	Vladilyen Marin	Soviet Union	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Manfred Germar	West Germany	21.3
	5	Leonid Bartenyev	Soviet Union	21.7
	6	Habib Thiam	France	21.8
4	3	Albert Plaskeyev	Soviet Union	21.9
5	2	Sándor Jakabfy	Hungary	22.1
6	1	Ira Murchison	United States	22.7

References

1. García, Gerardo. "Los Juegos Universitarios Mundiales" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). October 1957: 15–19. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. L'Athletisme (September 1957, pp4–5)
3. García, Gerardo (8 September 1957). "Una gran jornada de finales, la de ayer en los Juegos Universitarios Mundiales de París" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 5. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
4. Tuscan athletes at the Universiade
5. Lampe, Keith (6 September 1957). "Win in beartraps; Russians in built-up shoes capture high jump in Paris". The Cumberland Times. p. 22. Retrieved 22 November 2021.