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

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Men's 200 metres
at the Games of the V Olympiad
1912 Athletics men's 200 metre final2.JPG
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 →
Athletics at the
1912 Summer Olympics
Olympic Athletics.png
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
  • v
  • t

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.

Background[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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

Results[]

Quarterfinals[]

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

Quarterfinal 1[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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

Quarterfinal 5[]

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

Quarterfinal 6[]

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[]

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[]

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

Quarterfinal 9[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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

Quarterfinal 13[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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

Quarterfinal 17[]

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

Quarterfinal 18[]

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

Semifinals[]

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

Semifinal 1[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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[]

The start of the final.

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

Rank Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ralph Craig  United States 21.7
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Donald Lippincott  United States 21.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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[]

  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[]

  • 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.
Retrieved from ""