Men 200m Athletics IX Olympic Games Amsterdam, Netherlands 1928 - Wedensday, 1st August - Gold Medal: Percy Williams, Canada
Final
time
L
1. Percy Williams
Canada
21.8s
2
2. Walter Rangeley
Great Britain
21.9s e
3
3. Helmut Körnig
Germany
21.9s e
4
4. Jackson Scholz
United States
21.9s e
4
5. John Fitzpatrick
Canada
22.1s e
5
6. Jakob Schuller
Germany
22.2s e
1
World Record: 21.0s Charlie Paddock, United States Paris, France 6 May 1923.
Olympic Record: 21.5s Archie Hann, United States St. Louis, United States 31 August 190421.6s Jackson Scholtz, United States PAris, France 9 July 1924.
2 Semis with 12 athletes. Best 3 from each Semi advanced to Final.
Semi 1
time
1. Percy Williams
Canada
22.0s
Q
2. Walter Rangeley
Great Britain
22.0s
Q
3. Jakob Schüller
Germany
22.1s
Q
4. Charlie Paddock
United States
22.1s
5. Mario Gómez
Mexico
22.3s
-. Wilfred Legg
South Africa
DNF
Semi 2
time
1. Helmut Körnig
Germany
21.8s
Q
2. Jackson Scholz
United States
21.9s
Q
3. John Fitzpatrick
Canada
22.0s
Q
4. Henry Cumming
United States
22.1s
5. Cyril Gill
Great Britain
22.3s
6. Björn Kugelberg
Sweden
22.6s
Both Paddock and Scholz were attempting to reach their fifth individual finals,
but after winning his first two races, Paddock was edged out
in the first semi-final. Scholz qualified comfortably behind Kornig in
the other semi, after the German had equalled the Olympic Record of
21.6 in the previous round.
Körnig was the early leader, but Williams and the surprising
Rangeley slipped by at the 150m mark. Williams swept away irresistibly
to win by 60cm, with Rangeley leaning across the line 15cm ahead of Körnig.
Scholz was half a metre back, but inexplicably he was
initially bracketed with the German for third place. He declined to take
part in a run-off for the bronze medal and was placed fourth.