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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] NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.[2] The event was won by Ralph Craig of the United States, the nation's third victory in four Games. Another American, Donald Lippincott, took silver. Great Britain earned its first medal in the 200 metres with Willie Applegarth's bronze.

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
Winning time21.7
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ralph Craig
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Donald Lippincott
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Willie Applegarth
 Great Britain
← 1908
1920 →

Background

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This was the fourth appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Olympics in 1896 but has been on the program ever since. None of the finalists from the 1908 Games returned. There was no clear favorite. None of the four different AAU champions since 1908 competed. Willie Applegarth of Great Britain was the 1912 AAA champion and closest thing to a favorite before the Games. American Ralph Craig had set the world record for 220 yards in 1910, won the eastern U.S. trials, and started out in Stockholm by winning the 100 metres.[3]

Australasia, Bohemia, Chile, Japan, Portugal, and Russia each made their debut in the event. The United States made its fourth appearance, the only nation to have competed at each edition of the 200 metres to date.

Competition format

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There were three rounds: quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. The quarterfinals consisted of 18 heats of between 2 and 5 athletes each; the two fastest men in each heat advanced to the semifinals. There were 6 semifinals, each with 6 runners. In that round, only the top athlete advanced. The final had 6 runners.[3]

The race was run on a 383-metre track.[3]

Records

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

World record   Jack Donaldson (AUS)* 21.3 Glasgow, United Kingdom 26 July 1911
Olympic record   Archie Hahn (USA)** 21.6 St. Louis, United States 31 August 1904

* unofficial 220 yards (= 201.17 m)

** straight course

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

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Wednesday, 10 July 1912 10:30
16:00		 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Thursday, 11 July 1912 15:00 Final

Results

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Quarterfinals

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

Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Charles Reidpath   United States 22.6 Q
2 Georges Rolot   France 22.7 Q
3 Knut Stenborg   Sweden Unknown
4 Václav Labík   Bohemia Unknown

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ralph Craig   United States 22.8 Q
2 Richard Rice   Great Britain 23.0 Q
3 Charles Poulenard   France Unknown
4 Karl Lindblom   Sweden Unknown

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ira Courtney   United States 22.7 Q
2 Duncan Macmillan   Great Britain Unknown Q
3 Léon Aelter   Belgium Unknown
4 Haralds Hāns   Russia Unknown
— Herberts Baumanis   Russia DNF

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Charles Luther   Sweden 23.6 Q
2 Jan Grijseels   Netherlands Unknown Q

Quarterfinal 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Willie Applegarth   Great Britain 24.7 Q
2 Harold Heiland   United States 24.7 Q

Quarterfinal 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Richard Rau   Germany 22.5 Q
2 Arthur Anderson   Great Britain Unknown Q
3 Rudolf Rauch   Austria Unknown

Quarterfinal 7

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Carl Cooke   United States 22.5 Q
2 Reuben Povey   South Africa Unknown Q
3 Joseph Wells   Great Britain Unknown
4 Harry Beasley   Canada Unknown
5 Georges Malfait   France Unknown

Quarterfinal 8

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 John Howard   Canada 25.0 Q
2 Franco Giongo   Italy 25.0 Q

Quarterfinal 9

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Knut Lindberg   Sweden 23.1 Q
2 Frigyes Wiesner   Hungary Unknown Q
3 Charles Lelong   France Unknown

Quarterfinal 10

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Peter Gerhardt   United States 22.9 Q
2 Victor d'Arcy   Great Britain 22.9 Q
3 Gustav Möller   Sweden Unknown

Quarterfinal 11

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Donald Lippincott   United States 22.8 Q
2 Ivan Möller   Sweden Unknown Q
3 Pierre Failliot   France Unknown
4 Ernest Haley   Great Britain Unknown
5 Pablo Eitel   Chile Unknown

Quarterfinal 12

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Alvah Meyer   United States 24.1 Q
2 Robert Duncan   Great Britain Unknown Q

Quarterfinal 13

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Donnell Young   United States 22.8 Q
2 Cyril Seedhouse   Great Britain Unknown Q
3 Fritz Fleischer   Austria Unknown
4 Heinrich Wenseler   Germany Unknown
5 Yahiko Mishima   Japan Unknown

Quarterfinal 14

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 George Patching   South Africa 22.3 Q
2 Clement Wilson   United States Unknown Q
3 Frank McConnell   Canada Unknown
4 Ervin Szerelemhegyi   Hungary Unknown
5 Emil Grandell   Sweden Unknown

Quarterfinal 15

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Max Herrmann   Germany 22.9 Q
2 István Déván   Hungary Unknown Q
3 Herman Sotaaen   Norway Unknown
4 Wladyslaw Ponurski   Austria Unknown

Quarterfinal 16

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 William Stewart   Australasia 26.0 Q
2 Henry Macintosh   Great Britain Unknown Q

Quarterfinal 17

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 David Jacobs   Great Britain 23.2 Q
2 Skotte Jacobsson   Sweden 23.2 Q

Quarterfinal 18

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ture Person   Sweden 23.2 Q
2 Robert Schurrer   France Unknown Q
3 António Stromp   Portugal Unknown

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ralph Craig   United States 21.9 Q
2 David Jacobs   Great Britain Unknown
3 Ira Courtney   United States Unknown
4 Ture Person   Sweden Unknown
5 Frigyes Wiesner   Hungary Unknown
— Arthur Anderson   Great Britain DNF

Semifinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Willie Applegarth   Great Britain 21.9 Q
2 Clement Wilson   United States Unknown
3 Cyril Seedhouse   Great Britain Unknown
4 Harold Heiland   United States Unknown
5 Skotte Jacobsson   Sweden Unknown
— William Stewart   Australasia DNF

Semifinal 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Donnell Young   United States 21.9 Q
2 Carl Cooke   United States Unknown
3 Georges Rolot   France Unknown
4 Max Herrmann   Germany Unknown
— Henry Macintosh   Great Britain DNF
George Patching   South Africa DNF

Semifinal 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Donald Lippincott   United States 21.8 Q
2 Alvah Meyer   United States Unknown
3 John Howard   Canada Unknown
4 Ivan Möller   Sweden 22.4
5 Duncan Macmillan   Great Britain Unknown
6 Jan Grijseels   Netherlands Unknown

Semifinal 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Richard Rau   Germany 22.1 Q
2 Peter Gerhardt   United States Unknown
3 Charles Luther   Sweden 22.3
4 Franco Giongo   Italy Unknown
5 Reuben Povey   South Africa Unknown
— Richard Rice   Great Britain DNF

Semifinal 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Charles Reidpath   United States 22.1 Q
2 Victor d'Arcy   Great Britain Unknown
3 Knut Lindberg   Sweden 22.5
4 István Déván   Hungary Unknown
5 Robert Schurrer   France Unknown
— Robert Duncan   Great Britain DNF

Final

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The start of the final.

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

Rank Athlete Nation Time
  Ralph Craig   United States 21.7
  Donald Lippincott   United States 21.8
  Willie Applegarth   Great Britain 22.0
4 Richard Rau   Germany 22.2
5 Charles Reidpath   United States 22.3
6 Donnell Young   United States 22.3

References

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  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.
  2. ^ Official report, p. 61.
  3. ^ a b c "200 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

Notes

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  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 26 August 2006.
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