Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

Seven heats were held; the fastest three runners advanced to the Quarterfinal Round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Erich Borchmeyer	Germany	22.1
2	Takayoshi Yoshioka	Japan	22.3
3	Stanley Engelhart	Great Britain

Heat Two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Willie Walters	South Africa	21.9
2	Eddie Tolan	United States	22.0
3	Stanley Fuller	Great Britain	22.4
4	Enrique Sánchez	Mexico	22.8

Heat Three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Harold Wright	Canada	22.8
2	Ralph Metcalfe	United States	22.9
3	Stuart Black	New Zealand	23.1
4	Liu Changchun	China	23.4

Heat Four

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Itaro Nakajima	Japan	22.2
2	Fritz Hendrix	Germany	22.9

Heat Five

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Roberto Genta	Argentina	25.3
2	Chris Berger	Netherlands	26.1
3	George Simpson	United States	29.0

Heat Six

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Arthur Jonath	Germany	21.9
2	Allan Elliot	New Zealand	22.2
3	Carlos Bianchi	Argentina	22.3
4	Andrej Engel	Czechoslovakia	22.3
5	Everardo Múzquiz	Mexico	23.0

Heat Seven

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bert Pearson	Canada	22.3
2	Danie Joubert	South Africa	22.3
3	Teiichi Nishi	Japan	22.4
4	Ronald Vernieux	India	22.8

Four heats were held; the three fastest runners in each heat advanced to the Semifinal Round.

Heat One

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ralph Metcalfe	United States	21.5	OR
2	Willie Walters	South Africa	21.5
3	Erich Borchmeyer	Germany	21.6
4	Itaro Nakajima	Japan	21.9
5	Chris Berger	Netherlands	22.0

Heat Two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Eddie Tolan	United States	21.5	=OR
2	Bert Pearson	Canada	21.7
3	Roberto Genta	Argentina	21.8
4	Fritz Hendrix	Germany	21.9
5	Stanley Fuller	Great Britain	22.0

Heat Three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Carlos Bianchi	Argentina	21.4	OR
2	George Simpson	United States	21.5
3	Danie Joubert	South Africa	21.7
4	Takayoshi Yoshioka	Japan	21.8
5	Stuart Black	New Zealand	22.0

Heat Four

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Arthur Jonath	Germany	21.4
2	Harold Wright	Canada	21.7
3	Allan Elliot	New Zealand	21.8
4	Stanley Engelhart	Great Britain	21.9
5	Teiichi Nishi	Japan	22.1

Two heats were held; the fastest three runners advanced to the Final Round.

Heat One

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ralph Metcalfe	United States	21.5
2	George Simpson	United States	21.5
3	Carlos Bianchi	Argentina	21.6
4	Danie Joubert	South Africa	21.7
5	Erich Borchmeyer	Germany	21.8
6	Bert Pearson	Canada	21.9

Heat Two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Arthur Jonath	Germany	21.5
2	Willie Walters	South Africa	21.7
3	Eddie Tolan	United States	21.7
4	Harold Wright	Canada	21.8
5	Allan Elliot	New Zealand	21.9
6	Roberto Genta	Argentina	22.0

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Eddie Tolan	United States	21.12	OR
	George Simpson	United States	21.4
	Ralph Metcalfe	United States	21.5
4	Arthur Jonath	Germany	21.5
5	Carlos Bianchi	Argentina	21.6
6	Willie Walters	South Africa	21.9

Key: OR = Olympic record