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200 metres, Men

Date	2 – 3 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico, Roma
Participants	62 from 47 countries

Ray Norton had won the AAU title over 100/200 in both 1959 and 1960 and had also won the sprint double at the 1959 Pan American Games. He was favored to win the sprint double in Roma as well, but the Olympics turned into a disaster for him. He finished last in the 100 final, finished last in the 200 final, and in the 4×100 relay, ran out of the exchange zone, getting the US team disqualified. With Norton off form, Italy pinned its hopes on Livio Berruti, who had been the only runner to defeat Norton over 200 in 1959. Before the Roma crowd, he won a wildly received gold medal, holding off American Les Carney down the straight. In fifth place was Stone Johnson who turned to pro football in 1963. Playing for the Kansas City Chiefs in an exhibition game in 1963, he sustained a broken neck and died 10 days later.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	596	Livio Berruti	ITA	21.0 (1 h7)	20.8 (1 h4)	20.5 (1 h2)	20.5 (1)	Gold
2	398	Les Carney	USA	21.1 (1 h2)	20.9 (1 h3)	21.1 (3 h1)	20.6 (2)	Silver
3	465	Abdou Sèye	FRA	21.1 (1 h9)	20.8 (1 h2)	20.8 (1 h1)	20.7 (3)	Bronze
4	515	Marian Foik	POL	21.1 (1 h10)	20.9 (2 h4)	21.0 (2 h1)	20.8 (4)
5	399	Stone Johnson	USA	21.7 (1 h3)	20.9 (1 h1)	20.8 (3 h2)	20.8 (5)
6	396	Ray Norton	USA	21.2 (1 h6)	21.0 (2 h2)	20.7 (2 h2)	20.9 (6)
4 h1 r3/4	108	Edward Jefferys	RSA	21.1 (1 h12)	21.1 (2 h1)	21.3 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r3/4	622	Peter Radford	GBR	21.1 (1 h5)	21.0 (2 h3)	20.9 (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r3/4	252	Tom Robinson	BAH	21.4 (2 h7)	21.2 (3 h1)	21.5 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	97	Dennis Johnson	WIF	21.2 (1 h8)	21.1 (3 h3)	21.0 (5 h2)	–
6 h2 r3/4	468	Paul Genevay	FRA	21.2 (1 h1)	21.1 (3 h4)	21.0 (6 h2)	–
AC h1 r3/4	624	David Segal	GBR	21.3 (2 h2)	21.1 (3 h2)	– (DQ h1)	–
4 h1 r2/4	75	Sam Amukun	UGA	21.3 (2 h5)	21.3 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r2/4	177	Seraphino Antao	KEN	21.3 (1 h11)	21.3 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r2/4	466	Jocelyn Delecour	FRA	21.3 (2 h10)	21.5 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r2/4	623	David Jones	GBR	21.2 (2 h6)	21.2 (4 h4)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	547	Yury Konovalov	URS	21.4 (3 h6)	21.3 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	549	Vadim Arkhipchuk	URS	21.5 (2 h1)	21.5 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	550	Leonid Bartenev	URS	21.8 (2 h4)	21.5 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	684	Carl Fredrik Bunæs	NOR	21.3 (2 h9)	21.4 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	98	Cliff Bertrand	WIF	21.3 (3 h9)	21.4 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	38	José da Conceição	BRA	21.3 (2 h8)	21.5 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	219	Sebald Schnellmann	SUI	21.4 (3 h8)	21.5 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	265	Marcel Wendelin	GER	21.6 (1 h4)	21.6 (6 h4)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	360	Rafael Romero	VEN	21.4 (2 h11)	21.4 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	326	Nikolaos Georgopoulos	GRE	22.0 (2 h3)	22.0 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	597	Salvatore Giannone	ITA	21.5 (2 h12)	21.8 (7 h3)	–	–
3 h1 r1/4	48	Jimmy Omagbemi	NGR	26.2 (3 h1)	–	–	–
3 h2 r1/4	220	Peter Laeng	SUI	21.6 (3 h2)	–	–	–
3 h3 r1/4	167	Clayton Glasgow	GUY	22.6 (3 h3)	–	–	–
3 h4 r1/4	129	Michael Okantey	GHA	21.8 (3 h4)	–	–	–
3 h5 r1/4	192	Csaba Csutorás	HUN	21.7 (3 h5)	–	–	–
3 h7 r1/4	359	Lloyd Murad	VEN	21.8 (3 h7)	–	–	–
3 h10 r1/4	598	Armando Sardi	ITA	21.6 (3 h10)	–	–	–
3 h11 r1/4	264	Manfred Germar	GER	21.6 (3 h11)	–	–	–
3 h12 r1/4	374	Hirotada Hayase	JPN	22.3 (3 h12)	–	–	–
4 h2 r1/4	681	Shahrudin Mohamed Ali	MAL	22.3 (4 h2)	–	–	–
4 h3 r1/4	46	James Roberts	LBR	23.1 (4 h3)	–	–	–
4 h4 r1/4	255	Santiago Plaza	MEX	22.0 (4 h4)	–	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	114	Sitiveni Moceidreke	FIJ	21.8 (4 h5)	–	–	–
4 h6 r1/4	246	Ramón Vega	PUR	21.8 (4 h6)	–	–	–
4 h7 r1/4	494	Pentti Rekola	FIN	22.2 (4 h7)	–	–	–
4 h8 r1/4	234	Jean-Pierre Barra	BEL	22.3 (4 h8)	–	–	–
4 h9 r1/4	671	Amos Grodzinowsky	ISR	21.8 (4 h9)	–	–	–
4 h10 r1/4	135	Lynn Eves	CAN	21.9 (4 h10)	–	–	–
4 h11 r1/4	233	Romain Poté	BEL	22.1 (4 h11)	–	–	–
4 h12 r1/4	22	Falih Fahmi	IRQ	22.6 (4 h12)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	31	Huang Suh-Chuang	TPE	22.9 (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	88	Elmar Kunauer	AUT	22.2 (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	464	Paddy Lowry	IRL	22.1 (5 h6)	–	–	–
5 h7 r1/4	182	Bouchaib El-Maachi	MAR	22.3 (5 h7)	–	–	–
5 h8 r1/4	43	Enrique Bautista	PHI	23.0 (5 h8)	–	–	–
5 h9 r1/4	82	Barry Robinson	NZL	22.2 (5 h9)	–	–	–
5 h10 r1/4	161	Mihail Bachvarov	BUL	22.2 (5 h10)	–	–	–
5 h11 r1/4	451	Melanio Asensio	ESP	22.3 (5 h11)	–	–	–
5 h12 r1/4	6	Dennis Tipping	AUS	22.9 (5 h12)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	117	Abdul Khaliq	PAK	23.1 (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h8 r1/4	2	Ali Zaid	AFG	23.1 (6 h8)	–	–	–
6 h9 r1/4	344	Lennart Jonsson	SWE	22.3 (6 h9)	–	–	–
6 h10 r1/4	54	Roger Bofferding	LUX	23.2 (6 h10)	–	–	–
6 h11 r1/4	659	Aydın Onur	TUR	22.5 (6 h11)	–	–	–
AC h6 r1/4	146	Vilém Mandlík	TCH	– (DNF h6)	–	–	–
DNS	133	Harry Jerome	CAN	– (DNS h3)	–	–	–
DNS	143	Enrique Figuerola	CUB	– (DNS h1)	–	–	–
DNS	79	Abebe Hailou	ETH	– (DNS h1)	–	–	–
DNS	263	Armin Hary	GER	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–
DNS	367	Hilmar Þorbjörnsson	ISL	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–
DNS	45	Emmanuel Putu	LBR	– (DNS h5)	–	–	–
DNS	116	Iftikhar Shah	PAK	– (DNS h1)	–	–	–
DNS	62	Suthi Manyakass	THA	– (DNS h3)	–	–	–

Round One (2 September 1960 — 9:00)

Top two in each heat and next three fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	1	Paul Genevay	FRA	21.2	21.33	Q
2	4	Vadim Arkhipchuk	URS	21.5	21.67	Q
3	5	Jimmy Omagbemi	NGR	26.2	26.40
DNS	6	Enrique Figuerola	CUB	–	–
DNS	3	Abebe Hailou	ETH	–	–
DNS	2	Iftikhar Shah	PAK	–	–

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	5	Les Carney	USA	21.1	21.31	Q
2	4	David Segal	GBR	21.3	21.48	Q
3	3	Peter Laeng	SUI	21.6	21.75
4	2	Shahrudin Mohamed Ali	MAL	22.3	22.40
DNS	6	Armin Hary	GER	–	–
DNS	1	Hilmar Þorbjörnsson	ISL	–	–

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	3	Stone Johnson	USA	21.7	21.81	Q
2	4	Nikolaos Georgopoulos	GRE	22.0	22.18	Q
3	5	Clayton Glasgow	GUY	22.6	22.75
4	1	James Roberts	LBR	23.1	23.22
DNS	2	Harry Jerome	CAN	–	–
DNS	6	Suthi Manyakass	THA	–	–

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	2	Marcel Wendelin	GER	21.6	21.71	Q
2	3	Leonid Bartenev	URS	21.8	21.89	Q
3	6	Michael Okantey	GHA	21.8	21.91
4	5	Santiago Plaza	MEX	22.0	22.17
5	1	Huang Suh-Chuang	TPE	22.9	23.08
6	4	Abdul Khaliq	PAK	23.1	23.24

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	3	Peter Radford	GBR	21.1	21.25	Q
2	1	Sam Amukun	UGA	21.3	21.38	Q
3	6	Csaba Csutorás	HUN	21.7	21.90
4	4	Sitiveni Moceidreke	FIJ	21.8	21.97
5	2	Elmar Kunauer	AUT	22.2	22.34
DNS	5	Emmanuel Putu	LBR	–	–

Heat Six

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	2	Ray Norton	USA	21.2	21.27	Q
2	6	David Jones	GBR	21.2	21.29	Q
3	5	Yury Konovalov	URS	21.4	21.50	q
4	3	Ramón Vega	PUR	21.8	21.94
5	1	Paddy Lowry	IRL	22.1	22.30
DNF	4	Vilém Mandlík	TCH	–	–

Heat Seven

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Livio Berruti	ITA	21.0	21.14	Q
2	1	Tom Robinson	BAH	21.4	21.56	Q
3	5	Lloyd Murad	VEN	21.8	21.86
4	3	Pentti Rekola	FIN	22.2	22.27
5	2	Bouchaib El-Maachi	MAR	22.3	22.34

Heat Eight

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Dennis Johnson	WIF	21.2	21.36	Q
2	6	José da Conceição	BRA	21.3	21.48	Q
3	1	Sebald Schnellmann	SUI	21.4	21.59	q
4	5	Jean-Pierre Barra	BEL	22.3	22.43
5	3	Enrique Bautista	PHI	23.0	23.16
6	2	Ali Zaid	AFG	23.1	23.22

Heat Nine

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Abdou Sèye	FRA	21.1	21.21	Q
2	5	Carl Fredrik Bunæs	NOR	21.3	21.46	Q
3	1	Cliff Bertrand	WIF	21.3	21.51	q
4	2	Amos Grodzinowsky	ISR	21.8	21.99
5	3	Barry Robinson	NZL	22.2	22.35
6	6	Lennart Jonsson	SWE	22.3	22.41

Heat Ten

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	5	Marian Foik	POL	21.1	21.28	Q
2	3	Jocelyn Delecour	FRA	21.3	21.48	Q
3	6	Armando Sardi	ITA	21.6	21.81
4	2	Lynn Eves	CAN	21.9	21.02
5	4	Mihail Bachvarov	BUL	22.2	22.36
6	1	Roger Bofferding	LUX	23.2	23.36

Heat Eleven

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	1	Seraphino Antao	KEN	21.3	21.44	Q
2	6	Rafael Romero	VEN	21.4	21.60	Q
3	3	Manfred Germar	GER	21.6	21.76
4	5	Romain Poté	BEL	22.1	22.27
5	4	Melanio Asensio	ESP	22.3	22.45
6	2	Aydın Onur	TUR	22.5	22.61

Heat Twelve

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	1	Edward Jefferys	RSA	21.1	21.18	Q
2	4	Salvatore Giannone	ITA	21.5	21.61	Q
3	5	Hirotada Hayase	JPN	22.3	22.44
4	6	Falih Fahmi	IRQ	22.6	22.77
5	3	Dennis Tipping	AUS	22.9	23.09

Quarter-Finals (2 September 1960 — 15:20)

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

Heat One

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	399	Stone Johnson	USA	20.9	21.08	Q
2	108	Edward Jefferys	RSA	21.1	21.22	Q
3	252	Tom Robinson	BAH	21.2	21.32	Q
4	75	Sam Amukun	UGA	21.3	21.47
5	547	Yury Konovalov	URS	21.3	21.52
6	98	Cliff Bertrand	WIF	21.4	21.57
7	360	Rafael Romero	VEN	21.4	21.58

Heat Two

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	465	Abdou Sèye	FRA	20.8	20.95	Q
2	396	Ray Norton	USA	21.0	21.14	Q
3	624	David Segal	GBR	21.1	21.21	Q
4	177	Seraphino Antao	KEN	21.3	21.43
5	549	Vadim Arkhipchuk	URS	21.5	21.58
6	38	José da Conceição	BRA	21.5	21.63
7	326	Nikolaos Georgopoulos	GRE	22.0	22.15

Heat Three

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	398	Les Carney	USA	20.9	21.06	Q
2	622	Peter Radford	GBR	21.0	21.12	Q
3	97	Dennis Johnson	WIF	21.1	21.25	Q
4	466	Jocelyn Delecour	FRA	21.5	21.64
5	550	Leonid Bartenev	URS	21.5	21.65
6	219	Sebald Schnellmann	SUI	21.5	21.66
7	597	Salvatore Giannone	ITA	21.8	21.95

Heat Four

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	596	Livio Berruti	ITA	20.8	20.91	Q
2	515	Marian Foik	POL	20.9	21.02	Q
3	468	Paul Genevay	FRA	21.1	21.26	Q
4	623	David Jones	GBR	21.2	21.33
5	684	Carl Fredrik Bunæs	NOR	21.4	21.50
6	265	Marcel Wendelin	GER	21.6	21.71

Semi-Finals (3 September 1960 — 15:45)

Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	2	Abdou Sèye	FRA	20.8	21.00	Q
2	3	Marian Foik	POL	21.0	21.15	Q
3	4	Les Carney	USA	21.1	21.24	Q
4	5	Edward Jefferys	RSA	21.3	21.46
5	6	Tom Robinson	BAH	21.5	21.67
DQ	1	David Segal	GBR	–	–

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	2	Livio Berruti	ITA	20.5	20.65	Q=WR
2	5	Ray Norton	USA	20.7	20.81	Q
3	1	Stone Johnson	USA	20.8	20.93	Q
4	3	Peter Radford	GBR	20.9	21.04
5	6	Dennis Johnson	WIF	21.0	21.16
6	4	Paul Genevay	FRA	21.0	21.17

Final (3 September 1960 — 18:00)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Livio Berruti	ITA	20.5	20.62	=WR
2	6	Les Carney	USA	20.6	20.69
3	2	Abdou Sèye	FRA	20.7	20.83
4	1	Marian Foik	POL	20.8	20.90
5	3	Stone Johnson	USA	20.8	20.93
6	5	Ray Norton	USA	20.9	21.09