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200 metres, Men

Date	31 July – 1 August 1928
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Participants	59 from 29 countries

The defending champion, Jackson Scholz, was back and probably a slight favorite. But no American had medaled in the 100 in which Canada’s Percy Williams won. In the final, Helmut Körnig (GER) entered the straight leading Scholz, but with 50 metres left, Williams and Walter Rangeley (GBR) moved ahead. Third place was very close and the judges could not decide. At first they called it a dead-heat but then called for a run-off. Scholz declined and Körnig was given the bronze medal. Film of the race confirms that this was the correct decision.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	667	Percy Williams	CAN	22.6 (1 h14)	21.8 (2 h6)	22.0 (1 h1)	21.8 (1)	Gold
2	480	Walter Rangeley	GBR	22.0 (1 h13)	21.9 (2 h4)	22.0 (2 h1)	21.9 (2)	Silver
3	722	Helmut Körnig	GER	23.4 (1 h10)	21.6 (1 h6)	21.8 (1 h2)	21.9 (3)	Bronze
4	566	Jackson Scholz	USA	22.2 (1 h6)	21.8 (1 h4)	21.9 (2 h2)	21.9 (4)
5	651	Johnny Fitzpatrick	CAN	22.8 (1 h3)	22.0 (1 h5)	22.0 (3 h2)	22.1 (5)
6	740	Jakob Schüller	GER	22.0 (1 h4)	22.0 (1 h1)	22.1 (3 h1)	22.2 (6)
4 h1 r3/4	553	Charley Paddock	USA	22.2 (1 h5)	21.8 (1 h3)	22.1 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r3/4	510	Henry Cumming	USA	22.4 (1 h1)	– (2 h1)	22.1 (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r3/4	171	Mario Gómez	MEX	22.5 (2 h5)	– (2 h5)	22.3 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	456	Cyril Gill	GBR	22.2 (1 h15)	– (2 h2)	22.3 (5 h2)	–
6 h2 r3/4	848	Björn Kugelberg	SWE	22.4 (1 h2)	– (2 h3)	22.6 (6 h2)	–
AC h1 r3/4	287	Billie Legg	RSA	22.4 (1 h9)	21.8 (1 h2)	– (DNF h1)	–
3 h1 r2/4	645	Ralph Adams	CAN	22.5 (2 h6)	– (3 h1)	–	–
3 h2 r2/4	742	Hermann Schlöske	GER	25.0 (2 h7)	– (3 h2)	–	–		1
3 h3 r2/4	56	André Cerbonney	FRA	22.2 (1 h8)	– (3 h3)	–	–
3 h4 r2/4	605	Paul Brochart	BEL	– (2 h8)	– (3 h4)	–	–
3 h5 r2/4	590	Alberto Barucco	ARG	– (2 h9)	– (3 h5)	–	–
3 h6 r2/4	508	Charley Borah	USA	25.0 (1 h7)	21.8 (3 h6)	–	–
4 h1 r2/4	407	Hermann Geißler	AUT	22.4 (1 h12)	– (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r2/4	293	Rinus van den Berge	NED	– (2 h4)	– (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r2/4	445	Guy Butler	GBR	22.8 (1 h11)	– (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r2/4	67	Maurice Degrelle	FRA	– (2 h2)	– (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r2/4	84	Jérôme Mannaert	FRA	– (2 h11)	– (4 h5)	–	–
4 h6 r2/4	597	Jimmy Carlton	AUS	22.8 (2 h3)	22.0 (4 h6)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	459	Jack Hambidge	GBR	– (2 h14)	– (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	86	André Mourlon	FRA	– (2 h1)	– (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	298	Harry Broos	NED	– (2 h13)	– (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	385	Karel Kněnický	TCH	– (2 h10)	– (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r2/4	286	Howard Kinsman	RSA	– (2 h15)	– (5 h5)	–	–
5 h6 r2/4	224	Giuseppe Castelli	ITA	– (2 h12)	22.2 (5 h6)	–	–
3 h1 r1/4	146	André Théard	HAI	– (3 h1)	–	–	–
3 h2 r1/4	213	Donald Cullen	IRL	– (3 h2)	–	–	–
3 h3 r1/4	378	Juan Serrahima	ESP	– (3 h3)	–	–	–
3 h4 r1/4	624	Frans Prinsen	BEL	– (3 h4)	–	–	–
3 h5 r1/4	414	Anselmo Gonzaga	PHI	22.7 (3 h5)	–	–	–
3 h6 r1/4	249	Iwao Aizawa	JPN	22.6 (3 h6)	–	–	–
3 h8 r1/4	16	Ferenc Gerő	HUN	– (3 h8)	–	–	–
3 h9 r1/4	158	Haris Šveminas	LTU	– (3 h9)	–	–	–
3 h10 r1/4	164	Jean Moulin	LUX	– (3 h10)	–	–	–
3 h11 r1/4	594	Juan Bautista Pina	ARG	– (3 h11)	–	–	–
3 h12 r1/4	283	Aubrey Burton-Durham	RSA	– (3 h12)	–	–	–
3 h13 r1/4	610	Willy Dujardin	BEL	– (3 h13)	–	–	–
3 h14 r1/4	393	Jaroslav Vykoupil	TCH	– (3 h14)	–	–	–
3 h15 r1/4	240	Edgardo Toetti	ITA	– (3 h15)	–	–	–
4 h1 r1/4	279	Willy Weibel	SUI	– (4 h1)	–	–	–
4 h2 r1/4	133	Renos Fragkoudis	GRE	– (4 h2)	–	–	–
4 h3 r1/4	204	Ronald Burns	IND	– (4 h3)	–	–	–
4 h4 r1/4	274	Hans Niggl	SUI	– (4 h4)	–	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	612	Adolphe Groscol	BEL	23.8 (4 h5)	–	–	–
4 h6 r1/4	216	Sean Lavan	IRL	22.9 (4 h6)	–	–	–
4 h8 r1/4	206	James Hall	IND	– (4 h8)	–	–	–
4 h12 r1/4	136	Angelos Lamprou	GRE	– (4 h12)	–	–	–
4 h13 r1/4	433	José Prata de Lima	POR	– (4 h13)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	375	Diego Ordóñez	ESP	– (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	683	Alex Hannig	CHI	– (5 h3)	–	–	–
5 h8 r1/4	379	Johann Bartl	TCH	– (5 h8)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	360	Ladislau Peter	ROU	– (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h8 r1/4	169	Francisco Costas	MEX	– (6 h8)	–	–	–
AC h9 r1/4	654	Buck Hester	CAN	– (DQ h9)	–	–	–
DNS	825	Dragoš Stevanović	YUG	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–
DNS	689	Rodolfo Wagner	CHI	– (DNS h4)	–	–	–
DNS	40	István Sugár	HUN	– (DNS h5)	–	–	–
DNS	878	José Barrientos	CUB	– (DNS h5)	–	–	–
DNS	374	Fernando Muñagorri	ESP	– (DNS h6)	–	–	–
DNS	162	Robert Codrons	LUX	– (DNS h7)	–	–	–
DNS	368	Enrique de Chávarri	ESP	– (DNS h7)	–	–	–
DNS	305	Wim Hennings	NED	– (DNS h7)	–	–	–
DNS	36	István Raggambi	HUN	– (DNS h9)	–	–	–
DNS	772	Reijo Halme	FIN	– (DNS h10)	–	–	–
DNS	278	Willy Tschopp	SUI	– (DNS h10)	–	–	–
DNS	143	Vasilios Stavrinos	GRE	– (DNS h11)	–	–	–
DNS	193	Fritz Krogh Nielsen	NOR	– (DNS h11)	–	–	–
DNS	747	Friedrich Wilhelm Wichmann	GER	– (DNS h12)	–	–	–
DNS	589	Eduardo Albe	ARG	– (DNS h13)	–	–	–
DNS	877	János Paizs	HUN	– (DNS h14)	–	–	–
DNS	405	Arthur Porritt	NZL	– (DNS h14)	–	–	–
DNS	134	Emmanuel Gneftos	GRE	– (DNS h15)	–	–	–
DNS	165	Georges Schmit	LUX	– (DNS h15)	–	–	–

Round One (31 July 1928 — 14:50)

Top two in each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	6	Henry Cumming	USA	22.4	Q
2	3	André Mourlon	FRA	–	Q
3	4	André Théard	HAI	–
4	5	Willy Weibel	SUI	–
5	2	Diego Ordóñez	ESP	–
6	1	Ladislau Peter	ROU	–

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	3	Björn Kugelberg	SWE	22.4	Q
2	4	Maurice Degrelle	FRA	–	Q
3	1	Donald Cullen	IRL	–
4	2	Renos Fragkoudis	GRE	–
DNS	5	Dragoš Stevanović	YUG	–

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	1	Johnny Fitzpatrick	CAN	22.8	Q
2	5	Jimmy Carlton	AUS	22.8	Q
3	3	Juan Serrahima	ESP	–
4	4	Ronald Burns	IND	–
5	2	Alex Hannig	CHI	–

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	3	Jakob Schüller	GER	22.0	Q
2	4	Rinus van den Berge	NED	–	Q
3	2	Frans Prinsen	BEL	–
4	5	Hans Niggl	SUI	–
DNS	1	Rodolfo Wagner	CHI	–

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	6	Charley Paddock	USA	22.2	Q
2	1	Mario Gómez	MEX	22.5	Q
3	5	Anselmo Gonzaga	PHI	22.7
4	3	Adolphe Groscol	BEL	23.8
DNS	2	István Sugár	HUN	–
DNS	4	José Barrientos	CUB	–

Heat Six

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	5	Jackson Scholz	USA	22.2	Q
2	2	Ralph Adams	CAN	22.5	Q
3	4	Iwao Aizawa	JPN	22.6
4	1	Sean Lavan	IRL	22.9
DNS	3	Fernando Muñagorri	ESP	–

Heat Seven

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	4	Charley Borah	USA	25.0	Q
2	3	Hermann Schlöske	GER	25.0	Q	2
DNS	1	Robert Codrons	LUX	–
DNS	2	Enrique de Chávarri	ESP	–
DNS	5	Wim Hennings	NED	–

Heat Eight

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	2	André Cerbonney	FRA	22.2	Q
2	5	Paul Brochart	BEL	–	Q
3	3	Ferenc Gerő	HUN	–
4	6	James Hall	IND	–
5	4	Johann Bartl	TCH	–
6	1	Francisco Costas	MEX	–

Heat Nine

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	3	Billie Legg	RSA	22.4	Q
2	4	Alberto Barucco	ARG	–	Q
3	5	Haris Šveminas	LTU	–
DQ	1	Buck Hester	CAN	–
DNS	2	István Raggambi	HUN	–

Heat Ten

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	3	Helmut Körnig	GER	23.4	Q
2	2	Karel Kněnický	TCH	–	Q
3	1	Jean Moulin	LUX	–
DNS	4	Reijo Halme	FIN	–
DNS	5	Willy Tschopp	SUI	–

Heat Eleven

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	5	Guy Butler	GBR	22.8	Q
2	3	Jérôme Mannaert	FRA	–	Q
3	4	Juan Bautista Pina	ARG	–
DNS	1	Vasilios Stavrinos	GRE	–
DNS	2	Fritz Krogh Nielsen	NOR	–

Heat Twelve

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	2	Hermann Geißler	AUT	22.4	Q
2	5	Giuseppe Castelli	ITA	–	Q
3	4	Aubrey Burton-Durham	RSA	–
4	1	Angelos Lamprou	GRE	–
DNS	3	Friedrich Wilhelm Wichmann	GER	–

Heat Thirteen

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	4	Walter Rangeley	GBR	22.0	Q
2	3	Harry Broos	NED	–	Q
3	1	Willy Dujardin	BEL	–
4	5	José Prata de Lima	POR	–
DNS	2	Eduardo Albe	ARG	–

Heat Fourteen

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	1	Percy Williams	CAN	22.6	Q
2	5	Jack Hambidge	GBR	–	Q
3	3	Jaroslav Vykoupil	TCH	–
DNS	2	János Paizs	HUN	–
DNS	4	Arthur Porritt	NZL	–

Heat Fifteen

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	5	Cyril Gill	GBR	22.2	Q
2	3	Howard Kinsman	RSA	–	Q
3	4	Edgardo Toetti	ITA	–
DNS	1	Emmanuel Gneftos	GRE	–
DNS	2	Georges Schmit	LUX	–

Quarter-Finals (31 July 1928 — 17:15)

Top two in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	740	Jakob Schüller	GER	22.0	Q
2	510	Henry Cumming	USA	–	Q
3	645	Ralph Adams	CAN	–
4	407	Hermann Geißler	AUT	–
5	459	Jack Hambidge	GBR	–

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	287	Billie Legg	RSA	21.8	Q
2	456	Cyril Gill	GBR	–	Q
3	742	Hermann Schlöske	GER	–		3
4	293	Rinus van den Berge	NED	–
5	86	André Mourlon	FRA	–

Heat Three

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	553	Charley Paddock	USA	21.8	Q
2	848	Björn Kugelberg	SWE	–	Q
3	56	André Cerbonney	FRA	–
4	445	Guy Butler	GBR	–
5	298	Harry Broos	NED	–

Heat Four

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	566	Jackson Scholz	USA	21.8	Q
2	480	Walter Rangeley	GBR	21.9	Q
3	605	Paul Brochart	BEL	–
4	67	Maurice Degrelle	FRA	–
5	385	Karel Kněnický	TCH	–

Heat Five

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	651	Johnny Fitzpatrick	CAN	22.0	Q
2	171	Mario Gómez	MEX	–	Q
3	590	Alberto Barucco	ARG	–
4	84	Jérôme Mannaert	FRA	–
5	286	Howard Kinsman	RSA	–

Heat Six

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	722	Helmut Körnig	GER	21.6	Q=OR
2	667	Percy Williams	CAN	21.8	Q
3	508	Charley Borah	USA	21.8
4	597	Jimmy Carlton	AUS	22.0
5	224	Giuseppe Castelli	ITA	22.2

Semi-Finals (1 August 1928 — 14:00)

Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	667	Percy Williams	CAN	22.0	Q
2	480	Walter Rangeley	GBR	22.0	Q
3	740	Jakob Schüller	GER	22.1	Q
4	553	Charley Paddock	USA	22.1
5	171	Mario Gómez	MEX	22.3
DNF	287	Billie Legg	RSA	–

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	722	Helmut Körnig	GER	21.8	Q
2	566	Jackson Scholz	USA	21.9	Q
3	651	Johnny Fitzpatrick	CAN	22.0	Q
4	510	Henry Cumming	USA	22.1
5	456	Cyril Gill	GBR	22.3
6	848	Björn Kugelberg	SWE	22.6

Final (1 August 1928 — 15:50)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time
1	2	Percy Williams	CAN	21.8
2	3	Walter Rangeley	GBR	21.9
3	4	Helmut Körnig	GER	21.9
4	5	Jackson Scholz	USA	21.9
5	6	Johnny Fitzpatrick	CAN	22.1
6	1	Jakob Schüller	GER	22.2