Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres was an event at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.[1] It was held on 31 July and 1 August 1928 at the Olympic Stadium. There were 59 competitors from 29 nations.[2] Nations had been limited to 4 athletes each since 1920.[3] The event was won by Percy Williams of Canada, the nation's second victory in the event (after 1908). The win broke a streak of three victories by the United States; with no Americans on the podium, the nation's six-Games medal streak was broken as well. Walter Rangeley of Great Britain took silver, giving Great Britain a four-Games medal streak in the event. Germany earned its first men's 200 metres medal with Helmut Körnig's bronze.

Men's 200 metres
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Percy Williams
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesJuly 31 (heats and quarterfinals)
August 1 (semifinals and final)
Competitors59 from 29 nations
Winning time21.8
Medalists
Percy Williams
 Canada
Walter Rangeley
 Great Britain
Helmut Körnig
 Germany
Athletics at the
1928 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
Field events
Long jumpmen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Decathlonmen

Background

This was the seventh appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Olympics in 1896 but has been on the program ever since. Two of the six finalists from the 1924 Games returned: gold medalist Jackson Scholz and two-time silver medalist Charley Paddock, both of the United States. Scholz was a slight favorite, but the Americans had not won any medals in the 100 metres earlier in Amsterdam and the winner of that event, Canada's Percy Williams, was a strong contender for a double in this event.[2]

Lithuania and Romania each made their debut in the event. The United States made its seventh appearance, the only nation to have competed at each edition of the 200 metres to date.

Competition format

The competition used the four round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. There were 15 heats of between 2 and 6 runners each, with the top 2 men in each advancing to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals consisted of 6 heats of 5 athletes each; the two fastest men in each heat advanced to the semifinals. There were 2 semifinals, each with 6 runners. In that round, the top three athletes advanced. The final had 6 runners. The races were run on a now-standard 400 metre track.[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record'
Olympic record Archie Hahn (USA)21.6St. Louis, United States31 August 1904

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition. Helmut Körnig tied the Olympic record in the last quarterfinal.

Schedule
Date Time Round
Friday, 31 July 192814:50
17:15		Heats
Quarterfinals
Saturday, 1 August 192814:00
15:50		Semifinals
Final

Results

Heats

15 heats were held; the fastest two in each heat advanced to Round Two.

Heat 1
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Henry Cumming United States 22.4Q
2 André Mourlon France UnknownQ
3 André Théard Haiti Unknown
4 Willy Weibel Switzerland Unknown
5 Diego Ordóñez Spain Unknown
6 Ladislau Peter Romania Unknown

Heat 2
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Björn Kugelberg Sweden 22.4Q
2 Maurice Degrelle France UnknownQ
3 Donald Cullen Ireland Unknown
4 Renos Frangoudis Greece Unknown

Heat 3
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 John Fitzpatrick Canada 22.8Q
2 Jimmy Carlton Australia 22.8Q
3 Juan Serrahima Spain Unknown
4 R. Burns India Unknown
5 Alejandro Hannig Chile Unknown

Heat 4
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Jakob Schüller Germany 22.0Q
2 Rinus van den Berge Netherlands UnknownQ
3 François Prinsen Belgium Unknown
4 Hans Niggl Switzerland Unknown

Heat 5
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Charlie Paddock United States 22.2Q
2 Mario Gómez Mexico 22.5Q
3 Anselmo Gonzaga Philippines 22.7
4 Adolphe Groscol Belgium 23.8

Heat 6
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Jackson Scholz United States 22.2Q
2 Ralph Adams Canada 22.5Q
3 Iwao Aizawa Japan 22.6
4 Sean Lavan Ireland 22.9

Heat 7
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Charley Borah United States 25.0Q
2 Hermann Schlöske Germany 25.0Q

Heat 8
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 André Cerbonney France 22.2Q
2 Paul Brochart Belgium UnknownQ
3 Ferenc Gerő Hungary Unknown
4 James Hall India Unknown
5 Johann Bartl Czechoslovakia Unknown
6 Francisco Costas Mexico Unknown

Heat 9
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Wilfred Legg South Africa 22.4Q
2 Alberto Barucco Argentina UnknownQ
3 Haris Šveminas Lithuania Unknown
— George Hester Canada DSQ

Heat 10
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Helmut Körnig Germany 23.4Q
2 Karel Knenicky Czechoslovakia UnknownQ
3 Jean Moulin Luxembourg Unknown

Heat 11
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Guy Butler Great Britain 22.8Q
2 Jérôme Mannaert France UnknownQ
3 Juan Bautista Pina Argentina Unknown

Heat 12
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Hermann Geißler Austria 22.4Q
2 Giuseppe Castelli Italy UnknownQ
3 Aubrey Burton-Durham South Africa Unknown
4 Angelos Lambrou Greece Unknown

Heat 13
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Walter Rangeley Great Britain 22.0Q
2 Harry Broos Netherlands UnknownQ
3 Willy Dujarin Belgium Unknown
4 José de Lima Portugal Unknown

Heat 14
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Percy Williams Canada 22.6Q
2 John Hambidge Great Britain UnknownQ
3 Jaroslav Vykoupil Czechoslovakia Unknown

Heat 15
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Cyril Gill Great Britain 22.2Q
2 Howard Kinsman South Africa UnknownQ
3 Edgardo Toetti Italy Unknown

Quarterfinals

Six heats were held; the fastest two finishers in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Quarterfinal 1
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Jakob Schüller Germany 22.0Q
2 Henry Cumming United States UnknownQ
3 Ralph Adams Canada Unknown
4 Hermann Geißler Austria Unknown
5 John Hambidge Great Britain Unknown

Quarterfinal 2
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Wilfred Legg South Africa 21.8Q
2 Cyril Gill Great Britain UnknownQ
3 Hermann Schlöske Germany Unknown
4 Rinus van den Berge Netherlands Unknown
5 André Mourlon France Unknown

Quarterfinal 3
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Charlie Paddock United States 21.8Q
2 Björn Kugelberg Sweden UnknownQ
3 André Cerbonney France Unknown
4 Guy Butler Great Britain Unknown
5 Harry Broos Netherlands Unknown

Quarterfinal 4
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Jackson Scholz United States 21.8Q
2 Walter Rangeley Great Britain 21.9Q
3 Paul Brochart Belgium Unknown
4 Maurice Degrelle France Unknown
5 Karel Knenicky Czechoslovakia Unknown

Quarterfinal 5
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 John Fitzpatrick Canada 22.0Q
2 Mario Gómez Mexico UnknownQ
3 Alberto Barucco Argentina Unknown
4 Jérôme Mannaert France Unknown
5 Howard Kinsman South Africa Unknown

Quarterfinal 6
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Helmut Körnig Germany 21.6Q, =OR
2 Percy Williams Canada 21.8Q
3 Charley Borah United States 21.8
4 Jimmy Carlton Australia 22.0
5 Giuseppe Castelli Italy 22.2

Semifinals

The fastest three runners from each of the two heats advanced to the Final Round.

Semifinal 1
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Percy Williams Canada 22.0Q
2 Walter Rangeley Great Britain 22.0Q
3 Jakob Schüller Germany 22.1Q
4 Charlie Paddock United States 22.1
5 Mario Gómez Mexico 22.3
— Wilfred Legg South Africa DNF

Semifinal 2
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Helmut Körnig Germany 21.8Q
2 Jackson Scholz United States 21.9Q
3 John Fitzpatrick Canada 22.0Q
4 Henry Cumming United States 22.1
5 Cyril Gill Great Britain 22.3
6 Björn Kugelberg Sweden 22.6

Final

Helmut Körnig and Jackson Scholz finished so close that the judges could not determine who was third and who fourth. The judges called it a dead heat and declared a run-off. Scholz refused to participate, resulting in Körnig being awarded the bronze medal.[2]

RankAthleteNationTime
Percy Williams Canada21.8
Walter Rangeley Great Britain21.9
Helmut Körnig Germany21.9
4Jackson Scholz United States21.9
5John Fitzpatrick Canada22.1
6Jakob Schuller Germany22.2

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  2. "200 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. Official Report, p. 374.
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