The men's 200 metres

200 metres

A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics

At the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, 29 athletics events were contested, all for men only. The competitions were held from August 15, 1920 to August 23, 1920.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...

 at the 1920 Summer Olympics

1920 Summer Olympics

The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....

. The competition was held on Thursday, August 19, 1920 and on Friday, August 20, 1920.

Forty-eight sprinters from 22 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record	21.2(*)	Willie Applegarth	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...  (GBR Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... )	July 4, 1914
Olympic Record	21.6(**)	Archie Hahn Archie Hahn Charles Archibald "Archie" Hahn was a German-American athlete, and one of the best sprinters in the early 20th century....	St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...  (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	August 31, 1904

(*) unofficial 220 yards (= 201.17 m)

(**) straight course

Heats

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		23.2	Q
2		23.3	Q
3		23.7
4		23.9
5

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		22.6	Q
2		22.9	Q
3		23.2
4		23.7
5

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		23.4	Q
2		23.8	Q
3		24.3

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		23.2	Q
2		23.5	Q
3		23.8
4		24.1

Heat 5

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		23.0	Q
2		23.3	Q
3		23.4
4		23.7

Heat 6

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		23.2	Q
2		23.8	Q
3		23.9
4

Heat 7

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		23.8	Q
2		24.2	Q
3		24.2

Heat 8

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		23.2	Q
2		23.6	Q
3		24.2
4

Heat 9

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		22.8	Q
2		23.3	Q
3		23.3
4
5

Heat 10

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		22.8	Q
2		23.2	Q
3		23.3
4
5

Heat 11

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		25.0	Q
2		25.4	Q
3

Heat 12

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		23.4	Q
2		23.5	Q
3		23.6

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		22.8	Q
2		23.1	Q
3
4

Quarterfinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		22.0	Q
2		22.1	Q
3		22.2
4		22.4
5		22.5

Quarterfinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		22.8	Q
2		22.9	Q
3		23.0
4		23.3
5

Quarterfinal 4

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		22.6	Q
2		22.7	Q
3		23.0
4		23.1
5		23.3

Quarterfinal 5

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		23.0	Q
2		23.1	Q
3		23.3
4		23.6
5

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		22.6	Q
2		22.7	Q
3		22.7	Q
4		22.7
—		DNS

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1		22.4	Q
2		22.5	Q
3		22.7	Q
4
—		DNF

Final

Place	Athlete	Time
1		22.0
2		22.0
3		22.1
4		22.2
5		22.3
6		22.4