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200 metres, Men

Date	16 – 17 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Kyogijo, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	57 from 42 countries

The two top 200 metre runners in the past year had been Henry Carr and Paul Drayton. Drayton was AAU Champion in 1961-62, Carr in 1964, and they shared the title in a tie in 1963. Defending champion Livio Berruti was back but nobody expected him to beat Carr or Drayton. At the US Olympic Trials, Drayton had won, with Carr placing only fourth, in his worst performance in ages. Fortunately that year there were two Trials, and Carr was placed on the team instead of third-placer Bob Hayes, who won the 100 in Tokyo. In the Olympic final, Drayton was actually no match for Carr, who won quite easily in 20.36, two metres clear of Drayton. Carr later played for three years in the NFL as a D-back and kick returner for the New York Giants.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	705	Henry Carr	USA	21.1 (2 h7)	21.0 (1 h2)	20.6 (1 h2)	20.3 (1)	Gold	OR
2	706	Paul Drayton	USA	20.7 (1 h1)	20.9 (1 h1)	20.5 (1 h1)	20.5 (2)	Silver
3	609	Edwin Roberts	TTO	20.8 (1 h6)	20.9 (1 h4)	20.8 (3 h2)	20.6 (3)	Bronze
4	56	Harry Jerome	CAN	20.9 (1 h5)	21.2 (1 h3)	21.0 (4 h2)	20.7 (4)
5	344	Livio Berruti	ITA	21.1 (1 h8)	21.2 (2 h1)	20.7 (2 h2)	20.8 (5)
6	496	Marian Foik	POL	21.1 (1 h4)	21.0 (2 h4)	20.9 (4 h1)	20.8 (6)
7	707	Dick Stebbins	USA	21.1 (2 h8)	21.2 (2 h3)	20.8 (3 h1)	20.8 (7)
8	345	Sergio Ottolina	ITA	21.2 (2 h4)	21.1 (2 h2)	20.7 (2 h1)	20.9 (8)
5 h1 r3/4	120	Paul Genevay	FRA	21.0 (3 h5)	21.3 (3 h4)	20.9 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	116	Roger Bambuck	FRA	21.2 (1 h2)	21.4 (3 h3)	21.0 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	769	Arquímedes Herrera	VEN	21.3 (2 h2)	21.2 (4 h2)	21.0 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	196	Heinz Schumann	GER	21.0 (1 h7)	21.2 (3 h2)	21.1 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	453	Frans Luitjes	NED	21.1 (4 h5)	21.4 (4 h4)	21.1 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	119	Jocelyn Delecour	FRA	21.3 (3 h7)	21.5 (4 h1)	21.2 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r3/4	433	Bouchaib El-Maachi	MAR	21.5 (4 h3)	21.6 (4 h3)	21.6 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r3/4	415	Mani Jegathesan	MAS	20.9 (2 h5)	21.4 (3 h1)	21.2 (8 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/4	494	Andrzej Zieliński	POL	21.2 (2 h1)	21.5 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	5	Bob Lay	AUS	21.3 (2 h6)	21.4 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	611	Cliff Bertrand	TTO	21.3 (3 h1)	21.6 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	638	Edvin Ozolin	URS	21.3 (3 h4)	21.4 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	641	Boris Zubov	URS	21.4 (3 h2)	21.8 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	286	Csaba Csutorás	HUN	21.5 (3 h3)	21.4 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	152	Menzies Campbell	GBR	21.3 (1 h3)	21.7 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	150	Peter Radford	GBR	21.5 (4 h2)	21.5 (6 h4)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	462	Jeffery Smith	ZAM	21.7 (4 h4)	22.0 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	72	Iván Moreno	CHI	21.5 (4 h7)	21.7 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	77	Pedro Grajales	COL	21.4 (3 h6)	21.7 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	4	Gary Holdsworth	AUS	21.6 (4 h8)	22.1 (7 h4)	–	–
8 h1 r2/4	384	Seraphino Antao	KEN	21.5 (2 h3)	22.1 (8 h1)	–	–
8 h2 r2/4	529	Johan Du Preez	ZIM	21.4 (4 h1)	21.8 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h3 r2/4	198	Fritz Roderfeld	GER	21.5 (3 h8)	22.2 (8 h3)	–	–
4 h6 r1/4	437	David Ejoke	NGR	21.4 (4 h6)	– (DNS h4)	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	580	Jean-Louis Descloux	SUI	21.5 (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	631	Sam Amukun	UGA	21.5 (5 h2)	–	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	75	David Njitock	CMR	22.5 (5 h3)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	333	Jassim Karim	IRQ	22.6 (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	197	Heinz Erbstößer	GER	21.4 (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	32	George Collie	BAH	21.9 (5 h6)	–	–	–
5 h7 r1/4	546	Alioune Sow	SEN	21.9 (5 h7)	–	–	–
5 h8 r1/4	520	José Rocha	POR	21.7 (5 h8)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	76	Francisco Gutiérrez	COL	21.8 (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	426	Carlos Lorenzo	MEX	21.6 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	405	Wesley Johnson	LBR	24.7 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	626	Lee Ar-Tu	TPE	23.0 (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	96	Tegegne Bezabeh	ETH	22.0 (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	632	Aggrey Awori	UGA	21.9 (6 h6)	–	–	–
6 h7 r1/4	267	Michael Okantey	GHA	21.9 (6 h7)	–	–	–
6 h8 r1/4	532	Valeriu Jurcă	ROU	21.8 (6 h8)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	483	Gerardo di Tolla	PER	22.1 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h5 r1/4	328	Vahab Shahkhordeh	IRI	22.3 (7 h5)	–	–	–
7 h6 r1/4	309	Ken Powell	IND	22.2 (7 h6)	–	–	–
7 h7 r1/4	486	Rogelio Onofre	PHI	22.1 (7 h7)	–	–	–
7 h8 r1/4	394	Jeong Gi-Seon	KOR	22.3 (7 h8)	–	–	–
8 h1 r1/4	597	Somsak Thongsuk	THA	22.6 (8 h1)	–	–	–
8 h6 r1/4	282	William Hill	HKG	22.5 (8 h6)	–	–	–
8 h8 r1/4	412	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa	MAD	22.4 (8 h8)	–	–	–
AC h5 r1/4	642	Boris Savchuk	URS	[21.4] (DQ h5)	–	–	–
DNS	6	Eric Bigby	AUS	– (DNS h3)	–	–	–
DNS	33	Tom Robinson	BAH	– (DNS h7)	–	–	–
DNS	80	Enrique Figuerola	CUB	– (DNS h4)	–	–	–
DNS	340	Levi Psavkin	ISR	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–
DNS	374	Pablo McNeil	JAM	– (DNS h3)	–	–	–
DNS	788	Hideo Iijima	JPN	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–

Round One (16 October 1964 — 10:30)

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

Heat One

Wind	0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Paul Drayton	USA	20.7	20.70	Q
2	8	Andrzej Zieliński	POL	21.2	21.24	Q
3	3	Cliff Bertrand	TTO	21.3	21.39	Q
4	5	Johan Du Preez	ZIM	21.4	21.45	Q
5	7	Jean-Louis Descloux	SUI	21.5	21.52
6	6	Francisco Gutiérrez	COL	21.8	21.88
7	1	Gerardo di Tolla	PER	22.1	–
8	2	Somsak Thongsuk	THA	22.6	–

Heat Two

Wind	0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	5	Roger Bambuck	FRA	21.2	21.29	Q
2	7	Arquímedes Herrera	VEN	21.3	21.38	Q
3	1	Boris Zubov	URS	21.4	21.46	Q
4	4	Peter Radford	GBR	21.5	21.52	Q
5	6	Sam Amukun	UGA	21.5	21.55
6	2	Carlos Lorenzo	MEX	21.6	21.60
DNS	3	Levi Psavkin	ISR	–	–
DNS	8	Hideo Iijima	JPN	–	–

Heat Three

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	1	Menzies Campbell	GBR	21.3	21.33	Q
2	2	Seraphino Antao	KEN	21.5	21.52	Q
3	6	Csaba Csutorás	HUN	21.5	21.54	Q
4	5	Bouchaib El-Maachi	MAR	21.5	21.58	Q
5	4	David Njitock	CMR	22.5	–
6	3	Wesley Johnson	LBR	24.7	–
DNS	7	Eric Bigby	AUS	–	–
DNS	8	Pablo McNeil	JAM	–	–

Heat Four

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	6	Marian Foik	POL	21.1	21.11	Q
2	7	Sergio Ottolina	ITA	21.2	21.27	Q
3	5	Edvin Ozolin	URS	21.3	21.32	Q
4	1	Jeffery Smith	ZAM	21.7	21.77	Q
5	4	Jassim Karim	IRQ	22.6	–
6	3	Lee Ar-Tu	TPE	23.0	–
DNS	2	Enrique Figuerola	CUB	–	–

Heat Five

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	5	Harry Jerome	CAN	20.9	20.95	Q
2	3	Mani Jegathesan	MAS	20.9	20.99	Q
3	6	Paul Genevay	FRA	21.0	21.08	Q
4	7	Frans Luitjes	NED	21.1	21.13	Q
5	1	Heinz Erbstößer	GER	21.4	21.40
6	4	Tegegne Bezabeh	ETH	22.0	22.03
7	2	Vahab Shahkhordeh	IRI	22.3	–
DQ	8	Boris Savchuk	URS	[21.4]	[21.45]

Heat Six

Wind	0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	7	Edwin Roberts	TTO	20.8	20.89	Q
2	6	Bob Lay	AUS	21.3	21.34	Q
3	3	Pedro Grajales	COL	21.4	21.48	Q
4	8	David Ejoke	NGR	21.4	21.48	Q
5	4	George Collie	BAH	21.9	21.91
6	5	Aggrey Awori	UGA	21.9	21.94
7	2	Ken Powell	IND	22.2	–
8	1	William Hill	HKG	22.5	–

Heat Seven

Wind	-1.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	2	Heinz Schumann	GER	21.0	21.09	Q
2	6	Henry Carr	USA	21.1	21.12	Q
3	3	Jocelyn Delecour	FRA	21.3	21.38	Q
4	5	Iván Moreno	CHI	21.5	21.55	Q
5	4	Alioune Sow	SEN	21.9	21.91
6	7	Michael Okantey	GHA	21.9	21.97
7	8	Rogelio Onofre	PHI	22.1	22.17
DNS	1	Tom Robinson	BAH	–	–

Heat Eight

Wind	0.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	5	Livio Berruti	ITA	21.1	21.11	Q
2	6	Dick Stebbins	USA	21.1	21.17	Q
3	3	Fritz Roderfeld	GER	21.5	21.58	Q
4	4	Gary Holdsworth	AUS	21.6	21.65	Q
5	2	José Rocha	POR	21.7	21.79
6	1	Valeriu Jurcă	ROU	21.8	21.82
7	8	Jeong Gi-Seon	KOR	22.3	–
8	7	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa	MAD	22.4	–

Quarter-Finals (16 October 1964 — 14:30)

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

Heat One

Wind	-0.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	6	Paul Drayton	USA	20.9	20.98	Q
2	2	Livio Berruti	ITA	21.2	21.24	Q
3	3	Mani Jegathesan	MAS	21.4	21.40	Q
4	5	Jocelyn Delecour	FRA	21.5	21.58	Q
5	7	Andrzej Zieliński	POL	21.5	21.59
6	1	Boris Zubov	URS	21.8	21.86
7	4	Jeffery Smith	ZAM	22.0	22.05
8	8	Seraphino Antao	KEN	22.1	22.11

Heat Two

Wind	-1.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	6	Henry Carr	USA	21.0	21.02	Q
2	7	Sergio Ottolina	ITA	21.1	21.16	Q
3	3	Heinz Schumann	GER	21.2	21.25	Q
4	4	Arquímedes Herrera	VEN	21.2	21.29	Q
5	2	Bob Lay	AUS	21.4	21.49
6	8	Csaba Csutorás	HUN	21.4	21.50
7	1	Iván Moreno	CHI	21.7	21.74
8	5	Johan Du Preez	ZIM	21.8	21.87

Heat Three

Wind	-2.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Harry Jerome	CAN	21.2	21.23	Q
2	3	Dick Stebbins	USA	21.2	21.28	Q
3	2	Roger Bambuck	FRA	21.4	21.47	Q
4	5	Bouchaib El-Maachi	MAR	21.6	21.66	Q
5	1	Cliff Bertrand	TTO	21.6	21.69
6	8	Menzies Campbell	GBR	21.7	21.74
7	7	Pedro Grajales	COL	21.7	21.78
8	6	Fritz Roderfeld	GER	22.2	22.29

Heat Four

Wind	-2.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	6	Edwin Roberts	TTO	20.9	20.90	Q
2	5	Marian Foik	POL	21.0	21.08	Q
3	4	Paul Genevay	FRA	21.3	21.35	Q
4	1	Frans Luitjes	NED	21.4	21.40	Q
5	2	Edvin Ozolin	URS	21.4	21.47
6	3	Peter Radford	GBR	21.5	21.53
7	7	Gary Holdsworth	AUS	22.1	22.13
DNS	8	David Ejoke	NGR	–	–

Semi-Finals (17 October 1964 — 14:30)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Wind	0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	2	Paul Drayton	USA	20.5	20.58	Q=OR
2	3	Sergio Ottolina	ITA	20.7	20.76	Q
3	7	Dick Stebbins	USA	20.8	20.88	Q
4	6	Marian Foik	POL	20.9	20.94	Q
5	8	Paul Genevay	FRA	20.9	21.00
6	4	Arquímedes Herrera	VEN	21.0	21.07
7	5	Frans Luitjes	NED	21.1	21.16
8	1	Bouchaib El-Maachi	MAR	21.6	21.61

Heat Two

Wind	0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	5	Henry Carr	USA	20.6	20.69	Q
2	8	Livio Berruti	ITA	20.7	20.78	Q
3	2	Edwin Roberts	TTO	20.8	20.86	Q
4	7	Harry Jerome	CAN	21.0	21.01	Q
5	4	Roger Bambuck	FRA	21.0	21.06
6	6	Heinz Schumann	GER	21.1	21.18
7	3	Jocelyn Delecour	FRA	21.2	21.26
8	1	Mani Jegathesan	MAS	21.2	21.26

Final (17 October 1964 — 16:00)

Wind	-0.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	7	Henry Carr	USA	20.3	20.36	OR
2	5	Paul Drayton	USA	20.5	20.58
3	8	Edwin Roberts	TTO	20.6	20.63
4	3	Harry Jerome	CAN	20.7	20.79
5	1	Livio Berruti	ITA	20.8	20.83
6	4	Marian Foik	POL	20.8	20.83
7	6	Dick Stebbins	USA	20.8	20.89
8	2	Sergio Ottolina	ITA	20.9	20.94