Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The first two rounds were held on 8 July, with the semifinals and final on 9 July. Sixty-five sprinters from 33 countries competed.[1]
Men's 200 metres at the Games of the VIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir | |||||||||
Dates | 8 July (heats and quarterfinals) 9 July (semifinals and final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 65 from 33 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1924 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 |
400 m hurdles | men |
3000 m steeplechase | 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 |
Shot put | men |
Discus throw | men |
Hammer throw | men |
Javelin throw | men |
Combined events | |
Pentathlon | men |
Decathlon | men |
Cross-country events | |
Individual | men |
Team | men |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:[2]
World record | ![]() | 21.2 s | London, United Kingdom | 4 July 1914 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 21.6 s | St. Louis, United States | 31 August 1904 |
Jackson Scholz of the US tied the Olympic record in the final.
Results
All times shown are in seconds.
Heats
The first round was held on 8 July. The first two runners of each heat qualified for the second round.
Heat 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Howard Kinsman | ![]() | 21.8 | Q |
2 | André Mourlon | ![]() | 21.8 | Q |
3 | Pietro Pastorino | ![]() | 22.1 | |
4 | James Hall | ![]() | 22.5 | |
5 | José-María Larrabeiti | ![]() |
Heat 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Bayes Norton[3] | ![]() | 21.8 | Q |
2 | Cyril Coaffee | ![]() | Q | |
3 | Carlos Garces | ![]() | ||
4 | Félix Mendizábal | ![]() |
Heat 3
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Eric Liddell | ![]() | 22.2 | Q |
2 | Rudolf Rauch | ![]() | 22.6 | Q |
3 | Joseph Hilger | ![]() | ||
4 | Herminio Ahumada | ![]() |
Heat 4
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Arthur Porritt | ![]() | 22.4 | Q |
2 | Larry Armstrong | ![]() | Q | |
3 | Karl Borner | ![]() | ||
4 | Lauri Härö | ![]() |
Heat 5
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Henricus Broos | ![]() | 22.6 | Q |
2 | George Dunston | ![]() | Q | |
3 | Paul Hammer | ![]() | ||
4 | Mogens Truelsen | ![]() | ||
5 | Oto Seviško | ![]() |
Heat 6
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Jackson Scholz | ![]() | 22.4 | Q |
2 | George Hester | ![]() | Q | |
3 | Terence Pitt | ![]() | ||
4 | Pierre Parrain | ![]() |
Heat 7
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Slip Carr | ![]() | 22.6 | Q |
2 | William Lowe | ![]() | 23.0 | Q |
3 | Jan de Vries | ![]() | 23.2 |
Heat 8
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | John McKechenneay | ![]() | 23.2 | Q |
2 | Roy Norman | ![]() | Q | |
3 | Alexandros Papafingos | ![]() | ||
4 | Alois Linka | ![]() | ||
5 | Wilfred Hildreth | ![]() |
Heat 9
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Wilfred Nichol | ![]() | 22.6 | Q |
2 | Ferenc Gerő | ![]() | Q | |
3 | José Martínez | ![]() |
Heat 10
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Harold Abrahams | ![]() | 22.2 | Q |
2 | Charles Paddock | ![]() | 22.3 | Q |
3 | Gentil dos Santos | ![]() | 23.0 | |
4 | Johannes van Kampen | ![]() | 23.1 | |
5 | Diego Ordoñéz | ![]() |
Heat 11
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Paul Brochart | ![]() | 23.0 | Q |
2 | Konstantinos Pantelidis | ![]() | Q | |
3 | Stanko Perpar | ![]() |
Heat 12
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Lajos Kurunczy | ![]() | 22.6 | Q |
2 | Sasago Tani | ![]() | Q | |
3 | Gvido Jekals | ![]() |
Heat 13
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | George Hill | ![]() | 22.0 | Q |
2 | Thomas Matthewman | ![]() | Q | |
3 | Alvaro de Oliveira | ![]() | ||
4 | Aleksander Szenajch | ![]() | 22.8 | |
5 | Mariano Aguilar | ![]() |
Heat 14
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Joseph Jackson | ![]() | 22.8 | Q |
2 | Félix Escobar | ![]() | 23.0 | Q |
3 | Zygmunt Weiss | ![]() | 23.4 |
Heat 15
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Maurice Degrelle | ![]() | 22.6 | Q |
2 | Marinus van den Berge | ![]() | Q | |
3 | David Nepomuceno | ![]() |
Heat 16
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Sean Lavan | ![]() | 23.2 | Q |
2 | Juan Junquera | ![]() | Q | |
3 | Reinhold Kesküll | ![]() |
Heat 17
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Valéry Théard | ![]() | 23.6 | Q |
2 | Jānis Oja | ![]() | Q | |
3 | Mohamed Burhan | ![]() |
Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals were held on 8 July. The first two runners of each heat qualified for the semifinals.
Quarterfinal 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Charles Paddock | ![]() | 22.2 | Q |
2 | Wilfred Nichol | ![]() | 22.6 | Q |
3 | George Dunston | ![]() | ||
4 | Jānis Oja | ![]() | ||
5 | Rudolf Rauch | ![]() |
Quarterfinal 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Slip Carr | ![]() | 21.8 | Q |
2 | Eric Liddell | ![]() | Q | |
3 | Joseph Jackson | ![]() | ||
4 | Sean Lavan | ![]() | ||
5 | John MacKechenneay | ![]() | ||
6 | Juan Junquera | ![]() |
Quarterfinal 3
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Jackson Scholz | ![]() | 21.8 | Q |
2 | Cyril Coaffee | ![]() | Q | |
3 | Sasago Tani | ![]() | ||
4 | Valéry Théard | ![]() | ||
5 | Roy Norman | ![]() | ||
6 | Kostas Pantelidis | ![]() |
Quarterfinal 4
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Harold Abrahams | ![]() | 22.0 | Q |
2 | Bayes Norton | ![]() | 22.3 | Q |
3 | Maurice Degrelle | ![]() | 22.4 | |
4 | Ferenc Gerő | ![]() | 22.4 | |
5 | Laurie Armstrong | ![]() | ||
6 | Félix Escobar | ![]() |
Quarterfinal 5
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Arthur Porritt | ![]() | 22.0 | Q |
2 | André Mourlon | ![]() | 22.1 | Q |
3 | Lajos Kurunczy | ![]() | ||
4 | Thomas Matthewman | ![]() | ||
5 | William Lowe | ![]() | ||
6 | Marinus van den Berge | ![]() |
Quarterfinal 6
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | George Hill | ![]() | 21.8 | Q |
2 | Howard Kinsman | ![]() | Q | |
3 | Paul Brochart | ![]() | ||
4 | George Hester | ![]() | ||
5 | Henricus Broos | ![]() |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on 9 July. The first three runners from each semifinal qualified for the final.
Semifinal 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Jackson Scholz | ![]() | 21.8 | Q |
2 | George Hill | ![]() | 21.8 | Q |
3 | Harold Abrahams | ![]() | 21.9 | Q |
4 | Slip Carr | ![]() | 22.1 | |
5 | Wilfred Nichol | ![]() | 22.4 | |
6 | Arthur Porritt | ![]() | 22.6 |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Qual. |
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1 | Charles Paddock | ![]() | 21.8 | Q |
2 | Eric Liddell | ![]() | 21.8 | Q |
3 | Bayes Norton | ![]() | 22.1 | Q |
4 | André Mourlon | ![]() | 22.2 | |
5 | Howard Kinsman | ![]() | 22.3 | |
6 | Cyril Coaffee | ![]() | 22.4 |
Final
The final was held on 9 July.
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Result |
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![]() | 4 | Jackson Scholz | ![]() | 21.6 =OR |
![]() | 6 | Charles Paddock | ![]() | 21.7 |
![]() | 5 | Eric Liddell | ![]() | 21.9 |
4 | 1 | George Hill | ![]() | 22.0 |
5 | 3 | Bayes Norton | ![]() | 22.0 |
6 | 2 | Harold Abrahams | ![]() | 22.3 |
References
- "Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- Olympic.org
- Bayes Norton at Sports Reference
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100904130200/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=8&sp=ATH
- "Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's 200 metres". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 19 April 2009.