Men 200m Athletics IX Olympic Games Amsterdam, Netherlands 1928 - Wedensday, 1st August

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 1904 21.6s Jackson Scholtz, United States PAris, France 9 July 1924.

world Men 200m History

Venue: Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam 31,600. 59 competitors from 29 nations.

Round	H	Ath.	date
Semi-Finals	2	12	01.08
Quarter-Finals	6	30	31.07
First Round	15	59	31.07

Semi-Finals - Wednesday

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.

Quarter-Finals - Tuesday, 31st July.

6 Quarters with 30 athletes. Best 2 advanced to Semi-Finals (1/2).

Quarter 1		time
1. Jakob Schüller	Germany	22.0s	Q
2. Henry Cumming	United States	Unknown	Q
3. Ralph Adams	Canada	Unknown
4. Hermann Geißler	Austria	Unknown
5. John Hambidge	Great Britain	Unknown

Quarter 2		time
1. Wilfred Legg	South Africa	21.8s	Q
2. Cyril Gill	Great Britain	Unknown	Q
3. Hermann Schlöske	Germany	Unknown
4. Rinus van den Berge	Netherlands	Unknown
5. André Mourlon	France	Unknown

Quarter 3		time
1. Charlie Paddock	United States	21.8s	Q
2. Björn Kugelberg	Sweden	Unknown	Q
3. André Cerbonney	France	Unknown
4. Guy Butler	Great Britain	Unknown
5. Harry Broos	Netherlands	Unknown

Quarter 4		time
1. Jackson Scholz	United States	21.8s	Q
2. Walter Rangeley	Great Britain	21.9s	Q
3. Paul Brochart	Belgium	Unknown
4. Maurice Degrelle	France	Unknown
5. Karel Knenicky	Czechoslovakia	Unknown

Quarter 5		time
1. John Fitzpatrick	Canada	22.0s	Q
2. Mario Gómez	Mexico	Unknown	Q
3. Alberto Barucco	Argentina	Unknown
4. Mannaert Jérôme	France	Unknown
5. Howard Kinsman	South Africa	Unknown

Quarter 6		time
1. Helmut Körnig	Germany	21.6s	Q, =OR
2. Percy Williams	Canada	21.8s	Q
3. Charlie Borah	United States	21.8s
4. Jimmy Carlton	Australia	22.0s
5. Giuseppe Castelli	Italy	22.2s

Heats - Tuesday, 31st July.

15 heats with 59 athletes. Best 2 advanced to Quarter-Finals.

Heat 1		time
1. Henry Cumming	United States	22.4s	Q
2. André Mourlon	France	Unknown	Q
3. André Théard	Haiti	Unknown
4. Willy Weibel	Switzerland	Unknown
5. Diego Ordóñez	Spain	Unknown
6. Ladislau Peter	Romania	Unknown

Heat 2		time
1. Björn Kugelberg	Sweden	22.4s	Q
2. Maurice Degrelle	France	Unknown	Q
3. Dan Cullen	Ireland	Unknown
4. Renos Frangoudis	Greece	Unknown

Heat 3		time
1. John Fitzpatrick	Canada	22.8s	Q
12. Jimmy Carlton	Australia	22.8s	Q
3. Juan Serrahima	Spain	Unknown
4. Burns R.	India	Unknown
5. Alejandro Hannig	Chile	Unknown

Heat 4		time
1. Jakob Schüller	Germany	22.0s	Q
2. Rinus van den Berge	Netherlands	Unknown	Q
3. François Prinsen	Belgium	Unknown
4. Hans Niggl	Switzerland	Unknown

Heat 5		time
1. Charlie Paddock	United States	22.2s	Q
2. Mario Gómez	Mexico	22.5s	Q
3. Anselmo Gonzaga	Philippines	22.7s
4. Adolphe Groscol	Belgium	23.8s

Heat 6		time
1. Jackson Scholz	United States	22.2s	Q
2. Ralph Adams	Canada	22.5s	Q
3. Iwao Aizawa	Japan	22.6s
4. Sean Lavan	Ireland	22.9s

Heat 7		time
1. Charley Borah	United States	25.0s	Q
2. Hermann Schlöske	Germany	25.0s	Q

Heat 8		time
1. André Cerbonney	France	22.2s	Q
2. Paul Brochart	Belgium	Unknown	Q
3. Ferenc Gerő	Hungary	Unknown
4. James Hall	India	Unknown
5. Johann Bartl	Czechoslovakia	Unknown
6. Francisco Costas	Mexico	Unknown

Heat 9		time
1. Wilfred Legg	South Africa	22.4s	Q
2. Alberto Barucco	Argentina	Unknown	Q
3. Haris Šveminas	Lithuania	Unknown
-. George Hester	Canada	Dqs

Heat 10		time
1. Helmut Körnig	Germany	23.4s	Q
2. Karel Knenicky	Czechoslovakia	Unknown	Q
3. Jean Moulin	Luxembourg	Unknown

Heat 11		time
1. Guy Butler	Great Britain	22.8s	Q
2. Mannaert Jérôme	France	Unknown	Q
3. Juan Bautista Pina	Argentina	Unknown

Heat 12		time
1. Hermann Geißler	Austria	22.4s	Q
2. Giuseppe Castelli	Italy	Unknown	Q
3. Aubrey Burton-Durham	South Africa	Unknown
4. Angelos Lambrou	Greece	Unknown

Heat 13		time
1. Walter Rangeley	Great Britain	22.0s	Q
2. Harry Broos	Netherlands	Unknown	Q
3. Willy Dujarin	Belgium	Unknown
4. José de Lima	Portugal	Unknown