Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

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]

Men's 200 metres
at the Games of the V Olympiad
The finish of the final.
VenueStockholm Olympic Stadium
DatesJuly 10 (heats, semifinals)
July 11 (final)
Competitors61 from 19 nations
Medalists
Ralph Craig  United States
Donald Lippincott  United States
Willie Applegarth  Great Britain
Athletics at the
1912 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmen
200 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
110 m hurdlesmen
4×100 m relaymen
4×400 m relaymen
3000 m team racemen
10 km walkmen
Road events
Marathonmen
Field events
Long jumpmen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmen
Pole vaultmen
Standing long jumpmen
Standing high jumpmen
Shot putmen
Discus throwmen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmen
2-hand shot putmen
2-hand discusmen
2-hand javelinmen
Combined events
Pentathlonmen
Decathlonmen
Cross-country events
Individualmen
Teammen

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World Record 21.3(*) Jack Donaldson Glasgow (GBR) July 26, 1911
Olympic Record 21.6(**) Archie Hahn St. Louis (USA) August 31, 1904

(*) unofficial 220 yards (= 201.17 m)

(**) straight course

Ralph Craig's 21.7 second performance was ​1⁄10 of a second off the Olympic record of 21.6 seconds, set in 1904.

Results

Heats

All heats were held on Wednesday, July 10, 1912.

Heat 1

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Charles Reidpath (USA)22.6QS
2 Georges Rolot (FRA)22.7QS
3 Knut Stenborg (SWE)
4 Václav Labík (BOH)

Heat 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Ralph Craig (USA)22.8QS
2 Richard Rice (GBR)23.0QS
3 Charles Poulenard (FRA)
4 Karl Lindblom (SWE)

Heat 3

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1. Ira Courtney (USA)22.7QS
2 Duncan Macmillan (GBR)QS
3 Léon Aelter (BEL)
4 Haralds Hāns (RUS)
— Herberts Baumanis (RUS)Did not finish

Heat 4

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Charles Luther (SWE)23.6QS
2 Jan Grijseels (NED)QS

Heat 5

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Willie Applegarth (GBR)24.7QS
2 Harold Heiland (USA)(24.7)QS

Heat 6

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Richard Rau (GER)22.5QS
2 Arthur Anderson (GBR)QS
3 Rudolf Rauch (AUT)

Heat 7

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Carl Cooke (USA)22.5QS
2 Reuben Povey (RSA)QS
3 Joseph Wells (GBR)
4 Harry Beasley (CAN)
5 Georges Malfait (FRA)

Heat 8

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 John Howard (CAN)25.0QS
2 Franco Giongo (ITA)(25.0)QS

Heat 9

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Knut Lindberg (SWE)23.1QS
2 Frigyes Wiesner (HUN)QS
3 Charles Lelong (FRA)

Heat 10

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Peter Gerhardt (USA)22.9QS
2 Victor d'Arcy (GBR)22.9QS
3 Gustav Möller (SWE)

Heat 11

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Donald Lippincott (USA)22.8QS
2 Ivan Möller (SWE)QS
3 Pierre Failliot (FRA)
4 Ernest Haley (GBR)
5 Pablo Eitel (CHI)

Heat 12

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Alvah Meyer (USA)24.1QS
2 Robert Duncan (GBR)QS

Heat 13

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Donnell Young (USA)22.8QS
2 Cyril Seedhouse (GBR)QS
3 Fritz Fleischer (AUT)
4 Heinrich Wenseler (GER)
5 Yahiko Mishima (JPN)

Heat 14

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 George Patching (RSA)22.3QS
2 Clement Wilson (USA)QS
3 Frank McConnell (CAN)
4 Ervin Szerelemhegyi (HUN)
5 Emil Grandell (SWE)

Heat 15

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Max Herrmann (GER)22.9QS
2 István Déván (HUN)QS
3 Herman Sotaaen (NOR)
4 Wladyslaw Ponurski (AUT)

Heat 16

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 William Stewart (ANZ)26.0QS
2 Henry Macintosh (GBR)QS

Heat 17

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 David Jacobs (GBR)23.2QS
2 Skotte Jacobsson (SWE)(23.2)QS

Heat 18

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Ture Person (SWE)23.2QS
2 Robert Schurrer (FRA)QS
3 António Stromp (POR)

Semifinals

All semi-finals were held on Wednesday, July 10, 1912.

Semifinal 1

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Ralph Craig (USA)21.9QF
2 David Jacobs (GBR)
3 Ira Courtney (USA)
4 Ture Person (SWE)
5 Frigyes Wiesner (HUN)
— Arthur Anderson (GBR)Did not finish

Semifinal 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Willie Applegarth (GBR)21.9 secondsQF
2 Clement Wilson (USA)
3 Cyril Seedhouse (GBR)
4 Harold Heiland (USA)
5 Skotte Jacobsson (SWE)
— William Stewart (ANZ)Did not finish

Semifinal 3

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Donnell Young (USA)21.9QF
2 Carl Cooke (USA)
3 Georges Rolot (FRA)
4 Max Herrmann (GER)
— Henry Macintosh (GBR)Did not finish
 George Patching (RSA)Did not finish

Semifinal 4

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Donald Lippincott (USA)21.8QF
2 Alvah Meyer (USA)
3 John Howard (CAN)
4 Ivan Möller (SWE)22.4
5 Duncan Macmillan (GBR)
6 Jan Grijseels (NED)

Semifinal 5

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Richard Rau (GER)22.1QF
2 Peter Gerhardt (USA)
3 Charles Luther (SWE)22.3
4 Franco Giongo (ITA)
5 Reuben Povey (RSA)
— Richard Rice (GBR)Did not finish
The start of the final.

Semifinal 6

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Charles Reidpath (USA)22.1QF
2 Victor d'Arcy (GBR)
3 Knut Lindberg (SWE)22.5
4 István Déván (HUN)
5 Robert Schurrer (FRA)
— Robert Duncan (GBR)Did not finish

Final

The final was held on Thursday, July 11, 1912.

PlaceAthleteTime
1 Ralph Craig (USA)21.7
2 Donald Lippincott (USA)21.8
3 Willie Applegarth (GBR)22.0
4 Richard Rau (GER)22.2
5 Charles Reidpath (USA)22.3
6 Donnell Young (USA)22.3

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2017.

Notes
  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 26 August 2006.
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