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Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

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Competitors
  
61 from 19 nations

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

Venue
  
Stockholm Olympic Stadium

Dates
  
July 10 (heats, semifinals) July 11 (final)

The men's 200 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which has appeared at every edition of the Summer Olympics since the 1900 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on July 10, 1912, and on July 11, 1912.

Contents

61 runners from 19 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

(*) unofficial 220 yards (= 201.17 m)

(**) straight course

Ralph Craig's 21.7 second performance was 110 of a second off the Olympic record of 21.6 seconds, set in 1904.

Heats

All heats were held on Wednesday, July 10, 1912.

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Heat 4

Heat 5

Heat 6

Heat 7

Heat 8

Heat 9

Heat 10

Heat 11

Heat 12

Heat 13

Heat 14

Heat 15

Heat 16

Heat 17

Heat 18

Semifinals

All semi-finals were held on Wednesday, July 10, 1912.

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Semifinal 3

Semifinal 4

Semifinal 5

Semifinal 6

Final

The final was held on Thursday, July 11, 1912.

References

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres Wikipedia