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
Venue Empire Stadium
Dates August 2 (heats and quarterfinals)
August 3 (semifinals and final)
Competitors 12 from 8 nations
Medalists
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1st Mel Patton
 United States
2nd Barney Ewell
 United States
3rd Lloyd LaBeach
 Panama
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1st Mel Patton  United States 21.1
2nd Barney Ewell  United States 21.1
3rd 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