Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres

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The men's 200 metres was a sprint track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was held on 22 July 1900, well after most of the rest of the athletics events. Eight athletes from seven nations competed.

1 Medallists
2 Results
- 2.1 First round
  - 2.1.1 First round, heat 1
  - 2.1.2 First round, heat 2
- 2.2 Final
3 Sources

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
John Tewksbury United States	Norman Pritchard India	Stanley Rowley Australia

[edit] Results

[edit] First round

In the first round, there were two heats. The top two runners in each advanced to the final.

[edit] First round, heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	William Holland	United States	24.0 seconds
2	Norman Pritchard	India	Unknown
3	Adolphe Klingelhœfer	France	Unknown
4	Ernö Schubert	Hungary	Unknown

The first heat was an easy win for Holland.

[edit] First round, heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Stanley Rowley	Australia	25.0 seconds
2	John Tewksbury	United States	Unknown
3	Yngvar Bryn	Norway	Unknown
4	Albert Werkmüller	Germany	Unknown

Rowley beat Tewksbury by about a foot. Neither of the other two runners were close.

[edit] Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	John Tewksbury	United States	22.2 seconds
2	Norman Pritchard	India	22.8 seconds (est.)
3	Stanley Rowley	Australia	22.9 seconds (est.)
4	William Holland	United States	22.9 seconds (est.)

Holland, who had been the fastest runner in the preliminary heats, was the slowest in the final despite improving upon his time by a full second. Tewksbury passed Pritchard in the second half of the race and finished well ahead of the rest of the athletes.

[edit] Sources

International Olympic Committee.
De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically at [1].
Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.