Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres sprint event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place between July 22 and July 23. The final was won by American Andy Stanfield.Results
Heats
The fastest two runners in each of the eighteen heats advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gerardo Bönnhoff | | 21.72 | |
| 2 | Étienne Bally | | 22.03 | |
| 3 | Adolf Turakainen | | 22.55 | |
| 4 | Hörður Haraldsson | | 22.56 | |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Thane Baker | | 21.62 | |
| 2 | Levan Sanadze | | 22.26 | |
| 3 | Stefanos Petrakis | | 22.64 | |
| 4 | Willy Eichenberger | | 22.98 | |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Don McFarlane | | 22.94 | |
| 2 | Roman Budzyński | | 23.37 | |
Heat four
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Rafael Fortún | | 21.98 | |
| 2 | Nick Stacey | | 22.07 | |
| 3 | Fernand Linssen | | 22.37 | |
| 4 | Edward Ajado | | 22.92 | |
Heat five
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Theo Saat | | 22.17 | |
| 2 | Werner Zandt | | 22.23 | |
| 3 | Juan Leiva | | 22.38 | |
| 4 | Fawzi Chaaban | | 22.90 | |
| 5 | Eugénio Eleutério | | 23.37 | |
Heat six
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | David Tabak | | 22.60 | |
| 2 | Marcel Gerdil | | 22.71 | |
Heat seven
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andy Stanfield | | 22.00 | |
| 2 | Zdobysław Stawczyk | | 22.22 | |
| 3 | Enrique Beckles | | 22.73 | |
| 4 | Youssef Ali Omar | | 23.26 | |
| 5 | Adul Wanasatith | | 23.50 | |
Heat eight
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vladimir Sukharev | | 22.08 | |
| 2 | Angel García | | 22.14 | |
| 3 | Hans Wehrli | | 22.35 | |
| 4 | Pauli Tavisalo | | 22.45 | |
| 5 | Abdul Aziz | | 23.02 | |
Heat nine
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Václav Janeček | | 21.99 | |
| 2 | Peter Kraus | | 22.06 | |
| 3 | Muhammad Aslam | | 22.14 | |
| 4 | Fred Hammer | | 22.63 | |
Heat ten
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Brian Shenton | | 22.12 | |
| 2 | Voitto Hellstén | | 22.41 | |
| 3 | Roby Schaeffer | | 22.76 | |
| 4 | Vasilios Sillis | | 22.88 | |
Heat eleven
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Schalk Booysen | | 22.03 | |
| 2 | Gerard Mach | | 22.16 | |
| 3 | Muhammad Sharif Butt | | 22.34 | |
| 4 | Ásmundur Bjarnason | | 22.51 | |
| 5 | Walter Sutton | | 22.53 | |
Heat twelve
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jim Gathers | | 21.42 | |
| 2 | Tomio Hosoda | | 22.36 | |
| 3 | Henry Brault | | 22.48 | |
| 4 | Luigi Grossi | | 22.49 | |
| 5 | Muslim Arogundade | | 22.71 | |
Heat thirteen
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | McDonald Bailey | | 21.66 | |
| 2 | Miroslav Horčic | | 22.52 | |
| 3 | Giorgio Sobrero | | 22.66 | |
| 4 | Ernst Mühlethaler | | 23.26 | |
| 5 | Eom Par-yong | | 23.41 | |
Heat fourteen
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Rafiu Oluwa | | 22.89 | |
| 2 | Boonterm Pakpuang | | 24.15 | |
Heat fifteen
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Les Laing | | 21.97 | |
| 2 | Paul Dolan | | 22.04 | |
| 3 | František Brož | | 22.35 | |
| 4 | Fernando Casimiro | | 22.72 | |
| 5 | José Julio Barillas | | 22.88 | |
Heat sixteen
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Raúl Mazorra | | 22.52 | |
| 2 | Robert Hutchinson | | 22.66 | |
| 3 | Emad El-Din Shafei | | 22.75 | |
| 4 | Aroon Sankosik | | 23.64 | |
Heat Seventeen
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Edwin Carr, Jr. | | 22.19 | |
| 2 | Angel Kolev | | 22.24 | |
Heat eighteen
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | John Treloar | | 21.75 | |
| 2 | Lavy Pinto | | 21.83 | |
| 3 | Péter Karádi | | 22.24 | |
| 4 | Lucio Sangermano | | 22.38 | |
Quarterfinals
The fastest two runners in each of the six heats advanced to the semifinal round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jim Gathers | | 21.64 | |
| 2 | Lavy Pinto | | 21.80 | |
| 3 | Theo Saat | | 21.87 | |
| 4 | Zdobysław Stawczyk | | 22.12 | |
| 5 | Miroslav Horčic | | 22.44 | |
| 6 | Raúl Mazorra | | 31.00 | |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Thane Baker | | 21.64 | |
| 2 | Rafael Fortún | | 21.98 | |
| 3 | Paul Dolan | | 22.15 | |
| 4 | Peter Kraus | | 22.19 | |
| 5 | Voitto Hellstén | | 22.61 | |
| 6 | Rafiu Oluwa | | 22.69 | |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | McDonald Bailey | | 21.27 | |
| 2 | Václav Janeček | | 21.93 | |
| 3 | Edwin Carr, Jr. | | 21.98 | |
| 4 | Schalk Booysen | | 22.09 | |
| 5 | Marcel Gerdil | | 22.37 | |
| 6 | Robert Hutchinson | | 22.55 | |
Heat four
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gerardo Bönnhoff | | 21.67 | |
| 2 | Nick Stacey | | 21.79 | |
| 3 | Angel Kolev | | 22.07 | |
| 4 | Angel García | | 22.11 | |
| 5 | David Tabak | | 22.34 | |
| 6 | Roman Budzyński | | 22.51 | |
Heat five
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andy Stanfield | | 21.21 | |
| 2 | Les Laing | | 21.74 | |
| 3 | Étienne Bally | | 22.02 | |
| 4 | Levan Sanadze | | 22.26 | |
| 5 | Don McFarlane | | 22.33 | |
Heat six
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | John Treloar | | 21.86 | |
| 2 | Werner Zandt | | 21.87 | |
| 3 | Vladimir Sukharev | | 21.88 | |
| 4 | Gerard Mach | | 22.12 | |
| 5 | Brian Shenton | | 22.24 | |
| 6 | Tomio Hosoda | | 22.49 | |
Semifinals
The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Andy Stanfield | | 21.23 | |
| 2 | Jim Gathers | | 21.58 | |
| 3 | Les Laing | | 21.80 | |
| 4 | Werner Zandt | | 21.92 | |
| 5 | Nick Stacey | | 21.95 | |
| 6 | Václav Janeček | | 22.12 | |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | McDonald Bailey | | 21.46 | |
| 2 | Thane Baker | | 21.50 | |
| 3 | Gerardo Bönnhoff | | 21.75 | |
| 4 | Rafael Fortún | | 21.93 | |
| 5 | Lavy Pinto | | 22.01 | |
| - | John Treloar | | | DNF |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Andy Stanfield | | 20.81 | OR |
| Thane Baker | | 20.97 | |
| James Gathers | | 21.08 | |
| 4 | McDonald Bailey | | 21.14 | |
| 5 | Les Laing | | 21.45 | |
| 6 | Gerardo Bönnhoff | | 21.59 | |
Key: OR = Olympic record; DNF = Did not finish
