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

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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.

Ralph Cook Craig's 21.7 second performance was 110 of a second off the Olympic record of 21.6 seconds, set in 1904.

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[edit] Results

[edit] Heats

Place Athlete Time Qual.
Heat 1
1. United States Charles Reidpath (USA) 22.6 QS
2. France Georges Rolot (FRA) 22.7 QS
3. Sweden Knut Stenborg (SWE)
4. Bohemia Václav Labík (BOH)
Heat 2
1. United States Ralph Cook Craig (USA) 22.8 QS
2. Great Britain Richard Rice (GBR) 23.0 QS
3. France Charles Poulenard (FRA)
4. Sweden Karl Lindblom (SWE)
Heat 3
1. United States Ira Courtney (USA) 22.7 QS
2. Great Britain Duncan Macmillan (GBR) QS
3. Belgium Léon Aelter (BEL)
4. Russia Haralds Hahne (RUS)
Russia Herberts Baumanis (RUS) Did not finish
Heat 4
1. Sweden Karl Luther (SWE) 23.6 QS
2. Netherlands Johannes Grijseels (NED) QS
Heat 5
1. Great Britain William Applegarth (GBR) 24.7 QS
2. United States Harold Heiland (USA) QS
Heat 6
1. Germany Richard Rau (GER) 22.5 QS
2. Great Britain Arthur E. Anderson (GBR) QS
3. Austria Rudolf Rauch (AUT)
Heat 7
1. United States Carl Cooke (USA) 22.5 QS
2. South Africa Reuben Povey (RSA) QS
3. Great Britain Joseph Wells (GBR)
4. Canada Harry Beasley (CAN)
5. France Georges Malfait (FRA)
Heat 8
1. Canada John A. Howard (CAN) 25.0 QS
2. Italy Frabco Giongo (ITA) QS
Heat 9
1. Sweden Knut Lindberg (SWE) 23.1 QS
2. Hungary Frigyes Wiesner (HUN) QS
3. France Charles Lelong (FRA)
Heat 10
1. United States Peter Gerhardt (USA) 22.9 QS
2. Great Britain Victor d'Arcy (GBR) 22.9 QS
3. Sweden Gustav Möller (SWE)
Heat 11
1. United States Donald Lippincott (USA) 22.8 QS
2. Sweden Ivan Möller (SWE) QS
3. France Pierre Failliot (FRA)
4. Great Britain Ernest Haley (GBR)
5. Chile Pablo Eitel (CHI)
Heat 12
1. United States Alvah Meyer (USA) 24.1 QS
2. Great Britain Robert C. Duncan (GBR) QS
Heat 13
1. United States Donnell Young (USA) 22.8 QS
2. Great Britain Cyril Seedhouse (GBR) QS
3. Austria Fritz Fleischer (AUT)
4. Germany Heinrich Wenseler (GER)
5. Japan Yahiko Mishima (JPN)
Heat 14
1. South Africa George Patching (RSA) 22.3 QS
2. United States Clement P. Wilson (USA) QS
3. Canada Frank McConnell (CAN)
4. Hungary Ervin Szeelemhegyi (HUN)
5. Sweden Emil Grandell (SWE)
Heat 15
1. Germany Max Herrmann (GER) 22.9 QS
2. Hungary István Déván (HUN) QS
3. Norway Herman Sotaaen (NOR)
4. Austria Wladyslaw Ponurski (AUT)
Heat 16
1. Australasia William A. Stewart (ANZ) 26.0 QS
2. Great Britain Henry Macintosh (GBR) QS
Heat 17
1. Great Britain David Jacobs (GBR) 23.2 QS
2. Sweden Skotte Jacobsson (SWE) QS
Heat 18
1. Sweden Ture Person (SWE) 23.2 QS
2. France Robert Schurrer (FRA) QS
3. Portugal António Stromp (POR)

[edit] Semifinals

Place Athlete Time Qual.
Semifinal 1
1. United States Ralph Cook Craig (USA) 21.9 QF
2. Great Britain David Jacobs (GBR)
3. United States Ira Courtney (USA)
4. Sweden Ture Person (SWE)
5. Hungary Frigyes Wiesner (HUN)
Great Britain Arthur Anderson (GBR) Did not finish
Semifinal 2
1. Great Britain William Applegarth (GBR) 21.9 seconds QF
2. United States Clement Wilson (USA)
3. Great Britain Cyril Seedhouse (GBR)
4. United States Harold Heiland (USA)
5. Sweden Skotte Jacobsson (SWE)
Australasia William Stewart (ANZ) Did not finish
Semifinal 3
1. United States Donnell Young (USA) 21.9 QF
2. United States Carl Cooke (USA)
3. France Georges Rolot (FRA)
4. Germany Max Herrmann (GER)
Great Britain Henry Macintosh (GBR) Did not finish
South Africa George Patching (RSA) Did not finish
Semifinal 4
1. United States Donald Lippincott (USA) 21.8 QF
2. United States Alvah Meyer (USA)
3. Canada John Howard (CAN)
4. Sweden Ivan Möller (SWE) 22.4
5. Great Britain Duncan Macmillan (GBR)
6. Netherlands Johannes Grijseels (NED)
Semifinal 5
1. Germany Richard Rau (GER) 22.1 QF
2. United States Peter Gerhardt (USA)
3. Sweden Karl Luther (SWE) 22.3
4. Italy Franco Giongo (ITA)
5. South Africa Reuben Povey (RSA)
Great Britain Richard Rice (GBR) Did not finish
Semifinal 6
1. United States Charles Reidpath (USA) 22.1 QF
2. Great Britain Victor d'Arcy (GBR)
3. Sweden Knut Lindberg (SWE) 22.5
4. Hungary István Déván (HUN)
5. France Robert Schurrer (FRA)
Great Britain Robert Duncan (GBR) Did not finish

[edit] Final

Place Athlete Time
Final
Gold United States Ralph Cook Craig (USA) 21.7
Silver United States Donald Lippincott (USA) 21.8
Bronze Great Britain William Applegarth (GBR) 22.0
4. Germany Richard Rau (GER) 22.2
5. United States Charles Reidpath (USA) 22.3
6. United States Donnell Young (USA) 22.3

[edit] References

  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). in Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.).: The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. 
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich. Retrieved on 26 August 2006. (Polish)