Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres
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Men's 200 metres at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
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Venue | Empire Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | August 2 (heats and quarterfinals) August 3 (semifinals and final) |
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Competitors | 12 from 8 nations | |||||||||
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Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics |
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Track events | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | |||
800 m | men | |||
1500 m | men | |||
5000 m | men | |||
10,000 m | men | |||
80 m hurdles | women | |||
110 m hurdles | men | |||
400 m hurdles | men | |||
3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
4×400 m relay | men | |||
Road events | ||||
Marathon | men | |||
10 km walk | men | |||
50 km walk | men | |||
Field events | ||||
Long jump | men | women | ||
Triple jump | men | |||
High jump | men | women | ||
Pole vault | men | |||
Shot put | men | women | ||
Discus throw | men | women | ||
Javelin throw | men | women | ||
Hammer throw | men | |||
Combined events | ||||
Decathlon | men |
The men's 200 metres sprint event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place between August 2 and August 3. The final was won by American Mel Patton.
Results
Heats
The fastest two runners in each of the twelve heats advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Herb McKenley | Jamaica | 21.3 | |
2 | Ted Haggis | 23x15px Canada | 22.2 | |
3 | Haukur Clausen | Iceland | 22.2 | |
4 | Stanley Lines | 23x15px Bermuda |
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Paul Vallé | Great Britain | 22.3 | |
2 | John De Saram | Ceylon | 23.1 | |
3 | Bernabe Lovina | 23x15px Philippines | 23.2 | |
4 | Stefanos Petrakis | Greece |
Heat three
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Rafael Fortún | Cuba | 21.9 | |
2 | Dennis Shore | 23x15px South Africa | 22.1 | |
3 | António Morais | Portugal | 22.6 |
Heat four
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Barney Ewell | United States | 21.6 | |
2 | Abram van Heerden | 23x15px South Africa | 21.8 | |
3 | Angel García | Cuba | 22.2 | |
4 | Fernand Linssen | Belgium | ||
5 | Hazzard Dill | 23x15px Bermuda | ||
6 | Ali Salman | Iraq |
Heat five
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Julien Lebas | France | 22.0 | |
2 | Rosalvo Ramos | Brazil | 22.2 | |
3 | Basil McKenzie | Jamaica | 22.4 |
Heat six
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Mel Patton | United States | 21.6 | |
2 | Les Laing | Jamaica | 21.8 | |
3 | Guillermo Geary | Argentina | 23.0 | |
4 | Duncan White | Ceylon |
Heat seven
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Gerardo Bönnhoff | Argentina | 22.2 | |
2 | John Fairgrieve | Great Britain | 22.2 | |
3 | Raúl Mazorra | Cuba | 23.0 | |
4 | Kemal Aksur | Turkey | ||
5 | Guillermo Rodríguez | Mexico |
Heat eight
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Cliff Bourland | United States | 21.3 | |
2 | Aroldo da Silva | Brazil | 21.9 | |
3 | Georgie Lewis | 23x15px Trinidad and Tobago | 22.4 | |
4 | Walter Pérez | Uruguay | ||
5 | Peter Bloch | Norway |
Heat nine
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | John Treloar | Australia | 21.7 | |
2 | Muhammad Sharif Butt | Pakistan | 22.8 | |
3 | Raşit Öztaş | Turkey | 23.0 | |
4 | Perry Johnson | 23x15px Bermuda |
Heat ten
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Alastair McCorquodale | Great Britain | 22.3 | |
2 | Santiago Ferrando | Peru | 22.5 | |
3 | Fernand Bourgaux | Belgium | 22.9 | |
4 | Étienne Bally | France |
Heat eleven
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Juan López | Uruguay | 22.1 | |
2 | Ivan Hausen | Brazil | 22.2 | |
3 | Gabe Scholten | Netherlands | 22.2 | |
4 | Maung Sein Pe | 23x15px Burma |
Heat twelve
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lloyd LaBeach | Panama | 21.4 | |
2 | Jan Lammers | Netherlands | 22.0 | |
3 | Don Pettie | 23x15px Canada | 22.0 | |
4 | Mario Fayos | Uruguay | ||
5 | Joseph Stéphan | France |
Quarterfinals
The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.
Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Herb McKenley | Jamaica | 21.3 | |
2 | Barney Ewell | United States | 21.8 | |
3 | Paul Vallé | Great Britain | 22.1 | |
4 | Jan Lammers | Netherlands | ||
5 | Julien Lebas | France | ||
6 | Rosalvo Ramos | Brazil |
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Cliff Bourland | United States | 21.3 | |
2 | John Treloar | Australia | 21.5 | |
3 | Aroldo da Silva | Brazil | 22.0 | |
4 | Gerardo Bönnhoff | Argentina | ||
5 | Dennis Shore | 23x15px South Africa | ||
6 | John De Saram | Ceylon |
Heat three
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lloyd LaBeach | Panama | 21.7 | |
2 | Les Laing | Jamaica | 21.8 | |
3 | Abram van Heerden | 23x15px South Africa | 22.9 | |
4 | John Fairgrieve | Great Britain | ||
5 | Santiago Ferrando | Peru |
Heat four
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Mel Patton | United States | 21.4 | |
2 | Alastair McCorquodale | Great Britain | 21.8 | |
3 | Rafael Fortún | Cuba | 22.0 | |
4 | Ivan Hausen | Brazil | 22.3 | |
5 | Ted Haggis | 23x15px Canada | ||
6 | Muhammad Sharif Butt | Pakistan |
Semifinals
The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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1 | Herb McKenley | Jamaica | 21.4 | |
2 | Mel Patton | United States | 21.6 | |
3 | Barney Ewell | United States | 21.8 | |
4 | Aroldo da Silva | Brazil | ||
5 | Abram van Heerden | 23x15px South Africa | ||
6 | Paul Vallé | Great Britain |
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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1 | Cliff Bourland | United States | 21.5 | |
2 | Lloyd LaBeach | Panama | 21.6 | |
3 | Les Laing | Jamaica | 21.6 | |
4 | John Treloar | Australia | ||
5 | Alastair McCorquodale | Great Britain | ||
6 | Rafael Fortún | Cuba |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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Mel Patton | United States | 21.1 | ||
Barney Ewell | United States | 21.1 | ||
Lloyd LaBeach | Panama | 21.2 | ||
4 | Herb McKenley | Jamaica | 21.3 | * |
5 | Cliff Bourland | United States | 21.3 | * |
6 | Les Laing | Jamaica | 21.8 | * |
Key: * = Time is an estimate
References
- 1948 Summer Olympics results: Men's 200 metres, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-06-03.