Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. There were a total number of 66 competitors.

Contents 1 Medallists 2 Results 2.1 First Round 2.1.1 Heat 1 2.1.2 Heat 2 2.1.3 Heat 3 2.1.4 Heat 4 2.1.5 Heat 5 2.1.6 Heat 6 2.1.7 Heat 7 2.1.8 Heat 8 2.1.9 Heat 9 2.1.10 Heat 10 2.1.11 Heat 11 2.1.12 Heat 12 2.2 Second Round 2.2.1 Heat 1 2.2.2 Heat 2 2.2.3 Heat 3 2.2.4 Heat 4 2.3 Semifinals 2.3.1 Semifinal 1 2.3.2 Semifinal 2 2.4 Final 3 References

Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bobby Morrow (USA)	Andy Stanfield (USA)	Thane Baker (USA)

Results

First Round

Twelve heats were held, the two fastest of which would qualify for the Second Round.

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Jose Telles da Conceicao (BRA)	21.61s
2	Manfred Germar (GER)	21.88s
3	Rene Ahumada Rodriguez (MEX)	21.96s
4	Melville Spence (JAM)	22.13s
5	Jean-Pierre Goudeau (FRA)	22.13s

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Karl-Friedrich Haas (GER)	21.56s
2	Vaclav Janecek (TCH)	21.85s
3	Douglas Winston (AUS)	22.20s
4	Milkha Singh (IND)	22.47s
5	Kyohei Ushio (JPN)	22.64s

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Michael Agostini (TRI)	21.80s
2	Vincenzo Lombardo (ITA)	21.94s
3	Yuriy Konovalov (URS)	22.09s
4	Josef Trousil (TCH)	22.54s
5	Legesse Beyene (ETH)	23.63s
6	Manum Bumroongpruck (THA)	24.59s
-	James Roberts (LBR)	DQ

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Andy Stanfield (USA)	21.69s
2	Sergio D'Asnasch (ITA)	22.35s
3	Muhamd Sharif But (PAK)	22.38s
4	Fred Hammer (LUX)	22.73s
5	Nigousse Robba (ETH)	23.89s
-	Apolinar Solorzano (VEN)	DQ

Heat 5

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Abdul Khaliq khan (PAK)	21.32s
2	Maurice Rae (NZL)	21.57s
3	Joao Pires Sobrinho (BRA)	21.67s
4	Tom Robinson (BAH)	21.76s
5	Sandor Jakabfy (HUN)	21.78s
6	Malcolm Spence (JAM)	21.86s

Heat 6

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Kanji Akagi (JPN)	22.26s
2	Jorge Machado de Barros (BRA)	22.30s

Heat 7

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Thane Baker (USA)	21.92s
2	Béla Goldoványi (HUN)	22.08s
3	Bjorn Nilsen (NOR)	22.33s
4	Oliver Hunter (GUY)	22.54s
5	Giovanni Ghiselli (ITA)	22.68s
6	Hailou Abbebe (ETH)	23.25s

Heat 8

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Vilem Mandlik (TCH)	21.79s
2	Hector Hogan (AUS)	21.97s
3	David Segal (GBR)	22.22s
4	Joseph Foreman (CAN)	22.28s
5	Soon Kesavan (SIN)	23.94s

Heat 9

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Bobby Morrow (USA)	21.95s
2	Edward Schmidt (POL)	22.03s
3	Graham Gipson (AUS)	22.06s
4	Akira Kiyofuji (JPN)	22.56s
5	Abdul Aziz (PAK)	22.98s

Heat 10

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Boris Tokarev (URS)	21.62s
2	Brian Shenton (GBR)	21.85s
3	Rafael Romero (VEN)	21.87s
4	Janusz Jarzembowski (POL)	21.91s
5	Joseph Goddard (TRI)	22.23s
6	Eeero Kivela (FIN)	22.56s
7	Benjamin Kiyini Nduga (UGA)	22.89s

Heat 11

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Constantin Lissenko (FRA)	22.06s
2	Iván Rodríguez (PUR)	22.06s
3	Roy Sandsrom (GBR)	22.18s
4	Pentti Rekola (FIN)	22.22s
5	John Parrington (CAN)	22.61s
6	Montri Srinaka (THA)	23.88s
7	Emmanuel Gbecy Putu (LBR)	24.33s

Heat 12

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Leonhard Pohl (GER)	21.78s
2	Leonid Bartenev (URS)	21.94s
3	Yves Camus (FRA)	22.37s
4	Phaibulya Vacharabhan (THA)	23.92s
5	Richard Estick (JAM)	25.81s

Second Round

Four heats were held, the three fastest of which would qualify for the Semifinals.

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Abdullah Khaliq khan (PAK)	21.34s
2	Michael Agostini (TRI)	21.35s
3	Leonhard Pohl (GER)	21.49s
4	Leonid Bartenev (URS)	21.53s
5	Béla Goldoványi (HUN)	21.64s
6	Edward Schmidt (POL)	21.73s

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Andy Stanfield (USA)	21.22s
2	Boris Tokarev (URS)	21.42s
3	Jose Telles da Conceicao (BRA)	21.46s
4	Vincenzo Lombardo (ITA)	21.53s
5	Kanji Akagi (JPN)	22.03s
-	Constantin Lissenko (FRA)	DNS

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Thane Baker (USA)	21.34s
2	Vilem Mandlik (TCH)	21.56s
3	Karl-Friedrich Haas (GER)	21.68s
4	Hector Hogan (AUS)	21.90s
5	Iván Rodríguez (PUR)	22.16s
6	Sergio D'Asnasch (ITA)	22.82s

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Bobby Morrow (USA)	22.03s
2	Maurice Rae (NZL)	22.12s
3	Brian Shenton (GBR)	22.15s
4	Vaclav Janecek (TCH)	22.26s
5	Jorge Machado de Barros (BRA)	23.88s
-	Manfred Germar (GER)	DNS

Semifinals

Two semifinals were held, the three fastest of which would qualify for the final.

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Thane Baker (USA)	21.21s
2	Bobby Morrow (USA)	21.43s
3	Jose Telles da Conceicao (BRA)	21.53s
4	Abdullah Khaliq khan (PAK)	21.58s
5	Karl-Friedrich Haas (GER)	21.74s
6	Maurice Rae (NZL)	21.75s

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Andy Stanfield (USA)	21.35s
2	Michael Agostini (TRI)	21.48s
3	Boris Tokarev (URS)	21.50s
4	Leonhard Pohl (GER)	21.64s
5	Vilem Mandlik (TCH)	21.74s
6	Brian Shenton (GBR)	22.08s

Final

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Bobby Morrow (USA)	20.75s EWR
2	Andy Stanfield (USA)	20.97s
3	Thane Baker (USA)	21.05s
4	Michael Agostini (TRI)	21.35s
5	Boris Tokarev (URS)	21.42s
6	Jose Telles da Conceicao (BRA)	21.56s

References

• Official Report
• Results with automatic timing
• Results

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