Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Olympisch Stadion
Dates	August 19–20
Competitors	48 from 22 nations
Medalists
Allen Woodring   United States   Charley Paddock   United States   Harry Edward   Great Britain

Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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
3 km walk		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
56 lb weight throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon	men
Decathlon	men
Cross-country events
Individual	men
Team	men

The men's 200 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Thursday, August 19, 1920, and on Friday, August 20, 1920.

Forty-eight sprinters from 22 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record	21.2(*)	Willie Applegarth	London (GBR)	July 4, 1914
Olympic Record	21.6(**)	Archie Hahn	St. Louis (USA)	August 31, 1904

(*) unofficial 220 yards (= 201.17 m)

(**) straight course

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	René Tirard (FRA)	23.2	Q
2	Agne Holmström (SWE)	23.3	Q
3	Diego Ordóñez (ESP)	23.7
4	Shinichi Yamaoka (JPN)	23.9
5	Bjarne Guldager (NOR)

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	George Davidson (NZL)	22.6	Q
2	Alexandre Penton (CAN)	22.9	Q
3	Félix Mendizábal (ESP)	23.2
4	Harry van Rappard (NED)	23.7
5	Federico Reparez (ESP)

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Vojtěch Plzák (TCH)	23.4	Q
2	William Hill (GBR)	23.8	Q
3	Marcel Gustin (BEL)	24.3

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Paul Brochart (BEL)	23.2	Q
2	William Hunt (AUS)	23.5	Q
3	Giovanni Orlandi (ITA)	23.8
4	Paul Hammer (LUX)	24.1

Heat 5

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	René Caste (FRA)	23.0	Q
2	Harold Abrahams (GBR)	23.3	Q
3	Willie Bukes (RSA)	23.4
4	Rolf Stenersen (NOR)	23.7

Heat 6

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Charley Paddock (USA)	23.2	Q
2	August Sørensen (DEN)	23.8	Q
3	Victor d'Arcy (GBR)	23.9
4	Ahmed Khairy (EGY)

Heat 7

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Sven Krokström (SWE)	23.8	Q
2	Max Houben (BEL)	24.2	Q
3	Dimitrios Karambatis (GRE)	24.2

Heat 8

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Loren Murchison (USA)	23.2	Q
2	Nils Sandström (SWE)	23.6	Q
3	Carlos Pajarón (ESP)	24.2
4	August Waibel (SUI)

Heat 9

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Allen Woodring (USA)	22.8	Q
2	Cor Wezepoel (NED)	23.3	Q
3	Frank Irvine (RSA)	23.3
4	Ichiro Kaga (JPN)
5	Edmond Médécin (MON)

Heat 10

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Harry Edward (GBR)	22.8	Q
2	Jack Oosterlaak (RSA)	23.2	Q
3	Sven Malm (SWE)	23.3
4	Mario Riccobono (ITA)
5	Reinhold Saulmann (EST)

Heat 11

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	René Lorain (FRA)	25.0	Q
2	Albert Heijnneman (NED)	25.4	Q
3	Cyril Coaffee (CAN)

Heat 12

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Morris Kirksey (USA)	23.4	Q
2	Josef Imbach (SUI)	23.5	Q
3	Jean-René Seurin (FRA)	23.6

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Loren Murchison (USA)	22.8	Q
2	Josef Imbach (SUI)	23.1	Q
3	René Tirard (FRA)
4	August Sørensen (DEN)

Quarterfinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Harry Edward (GBR)	22.0	Q
2	Allen Woodring (USA)	22.1	Q
3	René Caste (FRA)	22.2
4	William Hunt (AUS)	22.4
5	Agne Holmström (SWE)	22.5

Quarterfinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	George Davidson (NZL)	22.8	Q
2	Charley Paddock (USA)	22.9	Q
3	René Lorain (FRA)	23.0
4	Nils Sandström (SWE)	23.3
5	Max Houben (BEL)

Quarterfinal 4

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Morris Kirksey (USA)	22.6	Q
2	Alexandre Penton (CAN)	22.7	Q
3	Harold Abrahams (GBR)	23.0
4	Vojtěch Plzák (TCH)	23.1
5	Cor Wezepoel (NED)	23.3

Quarterfinal 5

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Jack Oosterlaak (RSA)	23.0	Q
2	Paul Brochart (BEL)	23.1	Q
3	William Hill (GBR)	23.3
4	Sven Krokström (SWE)	23.6
5	Albert Heijnneman (NED)

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Loren Murchison (USA)	22.6	Q
2	Harry Edward (GBR)	22.7	Q
3	George Davidson (NZL)	22.7	Q
4	Morris Kirksey (USA)	22.7
—	Paul Brochert (BEL)	DNS

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Allen Woodring (USA)	22.4	Q
2	Charley Paddock (USA)	22.5	Q
3	Jack Oosterlaak (RSA)	22.7	Q
4	Alexandre Penton (CAN)
—	Josef Imbach (SUI)	DNF

Final

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Allen Woodring (USA)	22.0
2	Charley Paddock (USA)	22.0
3	Harry Edward (GBR)	22.1
4	Loren Murchison (USA)	22.2
5	George Davidson (NZL)	22.3
6	Jack Oosterlaak (RSA)	22.4

References

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French). 
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 11 August 2007.