Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres
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| Men's 200 metres at the Games of the XV Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | July 22 (heats and quarterfinals) July 23 (semifinals and final) |
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| Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics  |
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| 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 | |||
| 10 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 | |||
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 |  Argentina |
21.72 | |
| 2 | Étienne Bally |  France |
22.03 | |
| 3 | Adolf Turakainen |  Finland |
22.55 | |
| 4 | Hörður Haraldsson |  Iceland |
22.56 |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thane Baker |  United States |
21.62 | |
| 2 | Levan Sanadze | 23x15px Soviet Union | 22.26 | |
| 3 | Stefanos Petrakis |  Greece |
22.64 | |
| 4 | Willy Eichenberger |  Switzerland |
22.98 |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don McFarlane | 23x15px Canada | 22.94 | |
| 2 | Roman Budzyński |  Poland |
23.37 |
Heat four
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rafael Fortún |  Cuba |
21.98 | |
| 2 | Nick Stacey |  Great Britain |
22.07 | |
| 3 | Fernand Linssen |  Belgium |
22.37 | |
| 4 | Edward Ajado | 23x15px Nigeria | 22.92 |
Heat five
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theo Saat |  Netherlands |
22.17 | |
| 2 | Werner Zandt |  Germany |
22.23 | |
| 3 | Juan Leiva | 23x15px Venezuela | 22.38 | |
| 4 | Fawzi Chaaban | 23x15px Egypt | 22.90 | |
| 5 | Eugénio Eleutério |  Portugal |
23.37 |
Heat six
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Tabak |  Israel |
22.60 | |
| 2 | Marcel Gerdil | France |
22.71 |
Heat seven
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Stanfield | United States |
22.00 | |
| 2 | Zdobysław Stawczyk | Poland |
22.22 | |
| 3 | Enrique Beckles | Argentina |
22.73 | |
| 4 | Youssef Ali Omar | 23x15px Egypt | 23.26 | |
| 5 | Adulya Vanastit |  Thailand |
23.50 |
Heat eight
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir Sukharev | 23x15px Soviet Union | 22.08 | |
| 2 | Angel García | Cuba |
22.14 | |
| 3 | Hans Wehrli | Switzerland |
22.35 | |
| 4 | Pauli Tavisalo | Finland |
22.45 | |
| 5 | Abdul Aziz |  Pakistan |
23.02 |
Heat nine
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Václav Janeček |  Czechoslovakia |
21.99 | |
| 2 | Peter Kraus | Germany |
22.06 | |
| 3 | Muhammad Aslam | Pakistan |
22.14 | |
| 4 | Fred Hammer |  Luxembourg |
22.63 |
Heat ten
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Shenton | Great Britain |
22.12 | |
| 2 | Voitto Hellstén | Finland |
22.41 | |
| 3 | Roby Schaeffer | Luxembourg |
22.76 | |
| 4 | Vasilios Sillis | Greece |
22.88 |
Heat eleven
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schalk Booysen | 23x15px South Africa | 22.03 | |
| 2 | Gerard Mach | Poland |
22.16 | |
| 3 | Muhammad Sharif Butt | Pakistan |
22.34 | |
| 4 | Ásmundur Bjarnason | Iceland |
22.51 | |
| 5 | Walter Sutton | 23x15px Canada | 22.53 |
Heat twelve
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Gathers | United States |
21.42 | |
| 2 | Tomio Hosoda |  Japan |
22.36 | |
| 3 | Henry Brault | France |
22.48 | |
| 4 | Luigi Grossi |  Italy |
22.49 | |
| 5 | Muslim Arogundade | 23x15px Nigeria | 22.71 |
Heat thirteen
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McDonald Bailey | Great Britain |
21.66 | |
| 2 | Miroslav Horčic | Czechoslovakia |
22.52 | |
| 3 | Giorgio Sobrero | Italy |
22.66 | |
| 4 | Ernst Mühlethaler | Switzerland |
23.26 | |
| 5 | Eom Par-Yong | 23x15px South Korea | 23.41 |
Heat fourteen
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rafiu Oluwa | 23x15px Nigeria | 22.89 | |
| 2 | Boonterm Pakpuang | Thailand |
24.15 |
Heat fifteen
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Les Laing |  Jamaica |
21.97 | |
| 2 | Paul Dolan |  Ireland |
22.04 | |
| 3 | František Brož | Czechoslovakia |
22.35 | |
| 4 | Fernando Casimiro | Portugal |
22.72 | |
| 5 | José Julio Barillas |  Guatemala |
22.88 |
Heat sixteen
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raúl Mazorra | Cuba |
22.52 | |
| 2 | Robert Hutchinson | 23x15px Canada | 22.66 | |
| 3 | Emad El-Din Shafei | 23x15px Egypt | 22.75 | |
| 4 | Aroon Sankosik | Thailand |
23.64 |
Heat Seventeen
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edwin Carr, Jr. |  Australia |
22.19 | |
| 2 | Angel Kolev |  Bulgaria |
22.24 |
Heat eighteen
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Treloar | Australia |
21.75 | |
| 2 | Lavy Pinto |  India |
21.83 | |
| 3 | Péter Karádi |  Hungary |
22.24 | |
| 4 | Lucio Sangermano | Italy |
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 | United States |
21.64 | |
| 2 | Lavy Pinto | India |
21.80 | |
| 3 | Theo Saat | Netherlands |
21.87 | |
| 4 | Zdobysław Stawczyk | Poland |
22.12 | |
| 5 | Miroslav Horčic | Czechoslovakia |
22.44 | |
| 6 | Raúl Mazorra | Cuba |
31.00 |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thane Baker | United States |
21.64 | |
| 2 | Rafael Fortún | Cuba |
21.98 | |
| 3 | Paul Dolan | Ireland |
22.15 | |
| 4 | Peter Kraus | Germany |
22.19 | |
| 5 | Voitto Hellstén | Finland |
22.61 | |
| 6 | Rafiu Oluwa | 23x15px Nigeria | 22.69 |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McDonald Bailey | Great Britain |
21.27 | |
| 2 | Václav Janeček | Czechoslovakia |
21.93 | |
| 3 | Edwin Carr, Jr. | Australia |
21.98 | |
| 4 | Schalk Booysen | 23x15px South Africa | 22.09 | |
| 5 | Marcel Gerdil | France |
22.37 | |
| 6 | Robert Hutchinson | 23x15px Canada | 22.55 |
Heat four
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerardo Bönnhoff | Argentina |
21.67 | |
| 2 | Nick Stacey | Great Britain |
21.79 | |
| 3 | Angel Kolev | Bulgaria |
22.07 | |
| 4 | Angel García | Cuba |
22.11 | |
| 5 | David Tabak | Israel |
22.34 | |
| 6 | Roman Budzyński | Poland |
22.51 |
Heat five
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Stanfield | United States |
21.21 | |
| 2 | Les Laing | Jamaica |
21.74 | |
| 3 | Étienne Bally | France |
22.02 | |
| 4 | Levan Sanadze | 23x15px Soviet Union | 22.26 | |
| 5 | Don McFarlane | 23x15px Canada | 22.33 |
Heat six
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Treloar | Australia |
21.86 | |
| 2 | Werner Zandt | Germany |
21.87 | |
| 3 | Vladimir Sukharev | 23x15px Soviet Union | 21.88 | |
| 4 | Gerard Mach | Poland |
22.12 | |
| 5 | Brian Shenton | Great Britain |
22.24 | |
| 6 | Tomio Hosoda | Japan |
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 | United States |
21.23 | |
| 2 | Jim Gathers | United States |
21.58 | |
| 3 | Les Laing | Jamaica |
21.80 | |
| 4 | Werner Zandt | Germany |
21.92 | |
| 5 | Nick Stacey | Great Britain |
21.95 | |
| 6 | Václav Janeček | Czechoslovakia |
22.12 |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McDonald Bailey | Great Britain |
21.46 | |
| 2 | Thane Baker | United States |
21.50 | |
| 3 | Gerardo Bönnhoff | Argentina |
21.75 | |
| 4 | Rafael Fortún | Cuba |
21.93 | |
| 5 | Lavy Pinto | India |
22.01 | |
| - | John Treloar | Australia |
DNF |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Andy Stanfield | United States |
20.81 | OR |
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Thane Baker | United States |
20.97 | |
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James Gathers | United States |
21.08 | |
| 4 | McDonald Bailey | Great Britain |
21.14 | |
| 5 | Les Laing | Jamaica |
21.45 | |
| 6 | Gerardo Bönnhoff | Argentina |
21.59 |
Key: OR = Olympic record; DNF = Did not finish
References
- 1952 Summer Olympics results: Men's 200 metres, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-07-28.
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