Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres


The men's 200 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The first two rounds were held on 8 July, with the semifinals and final on 9 July. Sixty-five sprinters from 33 countries competed.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
Jackson Scholz of the US tied the Olympic record in the final.

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on 8 July. The first two runners of each heat qualified for the second round.
Heat 1
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Howard Kinsman21.8Q
2André Mourlon21.8Q
3Pietro Pastorino22.1
4James Hall22.5
5José-María Larrabeiti

Heat 2
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Bayes Norton21.8Q
2Cyril CoaffeeQ
3Carlos Garces
4Félix Mendizábal

Heat 3
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Eric Liddell22.2Q
2Rudolf Rauch22.6Q
3Joseph Hilger
4Herminio Ahumada

Heat 4
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Arthur Porritt22.4Q
2Larry ArmstrongQ
3Karl Borner
4Lauri Härö

Heat 5
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Henricus Broos22.6Q
2George DunstonQ
3Paul Hammer
4Mogens Truelsen
5Oto Seviško

Heat 6
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Jackson Scholz22.4Q
2George HesterQ
3Terence Pitt
4Pierre Parrain

Heat 7
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Slip Carr22.6Q
2William Lowe23.0Q
3Jan de Vries23.2

Heat 8
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1John McKechenneay23.2Q
2Roy NormanQ
3Alexandros Papafingos
4Alois Linka
5Wilfred Hildreth

Heat 9
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Wilfred Nichol22.6Q
2Ferenc GerőQ
3José Martínez

Heat 10
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Harold Abrahams22.2Q
2Charles Paddock22.3Q
3Gentil dos Santos23.0
4Johannes van Kampen23.1
5Diego Ordoñéz

Heat 11
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Paul Brochart23.0Q
2Konstantinos PantelidisQ
3Stanko Perpar

Heat 12
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Lajos Kurunczy22.6Q
2Sasago TaniQ
3Gvido Jekals

Heat 13
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1George Hill22.0Q
2Thomas MatthewmanQ
3Alvaro de Oliveira
4Aleksander Szenajch22.8
5Mariano Aguilar

Heat 14
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Joseph Jackson22.8Q
2Félix Escobar23.0Q
3Zygmunt Weiss23.4

Heat 15
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Maurice Degrelle22.6Q
2Marinus van den BergeQ
3David Nepomuceno

Heat 16
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Sean Lavan23.2Q
2Juan JunqueraQ
3Reinhold Kesküll

Heat 17
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Valéry Théard23.6Q
2Jānis OjaQ
3Mohamed Burhan

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on 8 July. The first two runners of each heat qualified for the semifinals.
Quarterfinal 1
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Charles Paddock22.2Q
2Wilfred Nichol22.6Q
3George Dunston
4Jānis Oja
5Rudolf Rauch

Quarterfinal 2
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Slip Carr21.8Q
2Eric LiddellQ
3Joseph Jackson
4Sean Lavan
5John MacKechenneay
6Juan Junquera

Quarterfinal 3
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Jackson Scholz21.8Q
2Cyril CoaffeeQ
3Sasago Tani
4Valéry Théard
5Roy Norman
6Kostas Pantelidis

Quarterfinal 4
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Harold Abrahams22.0Q
2Bayes Norton22.3Q
3Maurice Degrelle22.4
4Ferenc Gerő22.4
5Laurie Armstrong
6Félix Escobar

Quarterfinal 5
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Arthur Porritt22.0Q
2André Mourlon22.1Q
3Lajos Kurunczy
4Thomas Matthewman
5William Lowe
6Marinus van den Berge

Quarterfinal 6
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1George Hill21.8Q
2Howard KinsmanQ
3Paul Brochart
4George Hester
5Henricus Broos

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 9 July. The first three runners from each semifinal qualified for the final.
Semifinal 1
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Jackson Scholz21.8Q
2George Hill21.8Q
3Harold Abrahams21.9Q
4Slip Carr22.1
5Wilfred Nichol22.4
6Arthur Porritt22.6

Semifinal 2
RankNameNationalityResultQual.
1Charles Paddock21.8Q
2Eric Liddell21.8Q
3Bayes Norton22.1Q
4André Mourlon22.2
5Howard Kinsman22.3
6Cyril Coaffee22.4

Final

The final was held on 9 July.
RankLaneNameNationalityResult
4Jackson Scholz21.6
6Charles Paddock21.7
5Eric Liddell21.9
41George Hill22.0
53Bayes Norton22.0
62Harold Abrahams22.3