Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres
April 14, 2024
The men's 200 metres sprint event at the 1948 Summer Olympics took place between 2 August and 3 August. There were 51 competitors from 28 nations.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by AmericanMel Patton.[2] His countryman Barney Ewell earned silver, making this the third consecutive Games the United States took the top two spots in the event. Lloyd La Beach's bronze gave Panama a medal in its debut in the event.
Men's 200 metres
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Mel Patton (left)
Venue
Empire Stadium
Dates
2 August (heats and quarterfinals) 3 August (semifinals and final)
This was the 10th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Olympics in 1896 but has been on the program ever since. None of the six finalists from the pre-war 1936 Games returned. The Americans were favored. Barney Ewell was the 1946 and 1947 AAU champion. Mel Patton was a short sprint specialist who had been disappointed by a fifth-place finish in the 100 metres earlier in the Games; he had never won an American title at the longer sprint distance. European champion Nikolay Karakulov did not compete because the Soviet Union did not yet participate in the Olympics.[1]
Bermuda, Burma, Ceylon, Cuba, Iceland, Iraq, Jamaica, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 10th appearance, the only nation to have competed at each edition of the 200 metres to date.
Competition formatedit
The competition used the four round format introduced in 1920: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. There were 12 heats of between 3 and 6 runners each, with the top 2 men in each advancing to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals consisted of 4 heats of 6 athletes each; the 3 fastest men in each heat advanced to the semifinals. There were 2 semifinals, each with 6 runners. Again, the top 3 athletes advanced. The final had 6 runners. The races were run on a now-standard 400 metre track.[1]
Recordsedit
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
^ abc"200 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
External linksedit
Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
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The men s 200 metres sprint event at the 1948 Summer Olympics took place between 2 August and 3 August There were 51 competitors from 28 nations 1 The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress The final was won by American Mel Patton 2 His countryman Barney Ewell earned silver making this the third consecutive Games the United States took the top two spots in the event Lloyd La Beach s bronze gave Panama a medal in its debut in the event Men s 200 metresat the Games of the XIV OlympiadMel Patton left VenueEmpire StadiumDates2 August heats and quarterfinals 3 August semifinals and final Competitors51 from 28 nationsWinning time21 1MedalistsMel Patton United StatesBarney Ewell United StatesLloyd La Beach Panama 19361952 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Records 4 Schedule 5 Results 5 1 Heats 5 1 1 Heat 1 5 1 2 Heat 2 5 1 3 Heat 3 5 1 4 Heat 4 5 1 5 Heat 5 5 1 6 Heat 6 5 1 7 Heat 7 5 1 8 Heat 8 5 1 9 Heat 9 5 1 10 Heat 10 5 1 11 Heat 11 5 1 12 Heat 12 5 2 Quarterfinals 5 2 1 Quarterfinal 1 5 2 2 Quarterfinal 2 5 2 3 Quarterfinal 3 5 2 4 Quarterfinal 4 5 3 Semifinals 5 3 1 Semifinal 1 5 3 2 Semifinal 2 5 4 Final 6 References 7 External linksBackground editThis was the 10th appearance of the event which was not held at the first Olympics in 1896 but has been on the program ever since None of the six finalists from the pre war 1936 Games returned The Americans were favored Barney Ewell was the 1946 and 1947 AAU champion Mel Patton was a short sprint specialist who had been disappointed by a fifth place finish in the 100 metres earlier in the Games he had never won an American title at the longer sprint distance European champion Nikolay Karakulov did not compete because the Soviet Union did not yet participate in the Olympics 1 Bermuda Burma Ceylon Cuba Iceland Iraq Jamaica Pakistan Panama Peru Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay each made their debut in the event The United States made its 10th appearance the only nation to have competed at each edition of the 200 metres to date Competition format editThe competition used the four round format introduced in 1920 heats quarterfinals semifinals and a final There were 12 heats of between 3 and 6 runners each with the top 2 men in each advancing to the quarterfinals The quarterfinals consisted of 4 heats of 6 athletes each the 3 fastest men in each heat advanced to the semifinals There were 2 semifinals each with 6 runners Again the top 3 athletes advanced The final had 6 runners The races were run on a now standard 400 metre track 1 Records editPrior to the competition the existing World and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp Jesse Owens USA 20 3 Michigan United States 1935Olympic record nbsp Jesse Owens USA 20 7 Berlin Germany 5 August 1936No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition Schedule editAll times are British Summer Time UTC 1 Date Time RoundMonday 2 August 1948 14 3016 15 HeatsQuarterfinalsTuesday 3 August 1948 15 3017 15 SemifinalsFinalResults editHeats edit The fastest two runners in each of the twelve heats advanced to the quarterfinals Heat 1 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Herb McKenley nbsp Jamaica 21 3 Q2 Ted Haggis nbsp Canada 22 2 Q3 Haukur Clausen nbsp Iceland 22 24 Stanley Lines nbsp Bermuda UnknownHeat 2 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Paul Valle nbsp Great Britain 22 3 Q2 John De Saram nbsp Ceylon 23 1 Q3 Bernabe Lovina nbsp Philippines 23 24 Stefanos Petrakis nbsp Greece UnknownHeat 3 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Rafael Fortun nbsp Cuba 21 9 Q2 Dennis Shore nbsp South Africa 22 1 Q3 Antonio Morais nbsp Portugal 22 6Heat 4 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Barney Ewell nbsp United States 21 6 Q2 Abram van Heerden nbsp South Africa 21 8 Q3 Angel Garcia nbsp Cuba 22 24 Fernand Linssen nbsp Belgium Unknown5 Hazzard Dill nbsp Bermuda Unknown6 Ali Salman nbsp Iraq UnknownHeat 5 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Julien Lebas nbsp France 22 0 Q2 Rosalvo Ramos nbsp Brazil 22 2 Q3 Basil McKenzie nbsp Jamaica 22 4Heat 6 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Mel Patton nbsp United States 21 6 Q2 Leslie Laing nbsp Jamaica 21 8 Q3 Guillermo Geary nbsp Argentina 23 04 Duncan White nbsp Ceylon UnknownHeat 7 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Gerardo Bonnhoff nbsp Argentina 22 2 Q2 John Fairgrieve nbsp Great Britain 22 2 Q3 Raul Mazorra nbsp Cuba 23 04 Kemal Aksur nbsp Turkey Unknown5 Gonzalo Rodriguez nbsp Mexico UnknownHeat 8 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Cliff Bourland nbsp United States 21 3 Q2 Haroldo da Silva nbsp Brazil 21 9 Q3 Georgie Lewis nbsp Trinidad and Tobago 22 44 Walter Perez nbsp Uruguay Unknown5 Peter Bloch nbsp Norway UnknownHeat 9 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 John Treloar nbsp Australia 21 7 Q2 Muhammad Sharif Butt nbsp Pakistan 22 8 Q3 Rasit Oztas nbsp Turkey 23 04 Perry Johnson nbsp Bermuda UnknownHeat 10 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Alastair McCorquodale nbsp Great Britain 22 3 Q2 Santiago Ferrando nbsp Peru 22 5 Q3 Fernand Bourgaux nbsp Belgium 22 94 Etienne Bally nbsp France UnknownHeat 11 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Juan Lopez nbsp Uruguay 22 1 Q2 Ivan Hausen nbsp Brazil 22 2 Q3 Gabe Scholten nbsp Netherlands 22 24 Maung Sein Pe nbsp Burma UnknownHeat 12 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Lloyd La Beach nbsp Panama 21 4 Q2 Jan Lammers nbsp Netherlands 22 0 Q3 Don Pettie nbsp Canada 22 04 Mario Fayos nbsp Uruguay Unknown5 Joseph Stephan nbsp France UnknownQuarterfinals edit The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round Quarterfinal 1 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Herb McKenley nbsp Jamaica 21 3 Q2 Barney Ewell nbsp United States 21 8 Q3 Paul Valle nbsp Great Britain 22 1 Q4 Jan Lammers nbsp Netherlands Unknown5 Julien Lebas nbsp France Unknown6 Rosalvo Ramos nbsp Brazil UnknownQuarterfinal 2 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Cliff Bourland nbsp United States 21 3 Q2 John Treloar nbsp Australia 21 5 Q3 Haroldo da Silva nbsp Brazil 22 0 Q4 Gerardo Bonnhoff nbsp Argentina Unknown5 Dennis Shore nbsp South Africa Unknown6 John De Saram nbsp Ceylon UnknownQuarterfinal 3 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Lloyd La Beach nbsp Panama 21 7 Q2 Leslie Laing nbsp Jamaica 21 8 Q3 Abram van Heerden nbsp South Africa 22 9 Q4 John Fairgrieve nbsp Great Britain Unknown5 Santiago Ferrando nbsp Peru Unknown Juan Lopez nbsp Uruguay DNSQuarterfinal 4 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Mel Patton nbsp United States 21 4 Q2 Alastair McCorquodale nbsp Great Britain 21 8 Q3 Rafael Fortun nbsp Cuba 22 0 Q4 Ivan Hausen nbsp Brazil 22 35 Ted Haggis nbsp Canada Unknown6 Muhammad Sharif Butt nbsp Pakistan UnknownSemifinals edit The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round Semifinal 1 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time hand Notes1 Herb McKenley nbsp Jamaica 21 4 Q2 Mel Patton nbsp United States 21 6 Q3 Barney Ewell nbsp United States 21 8 Q4 Haroldo da Silva nbsp Brazil Unknown5 Abram van Heerden nbsp South Africa Unknown6 Paul Valle nbsp Great Britain UnknownSemifinal 2 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time hand Notes1 Cliff Bourland nbsp United States 21 5 Q2 Lloyd La Beach nbsp Panama 21 6 Q3 Leslie Laing nbsp Jamaica 21 6 Q4 John Treloar nbsp Australia Unknown5 Alastair McCorquodale nbsp Great Britain Unknown6 Rafael Fortun nbsp Cuba UnknownFinal edit Rank Athlete Nation Time hand Notes nbsp Mel Patton nbsp United States 21 1 nbsp Barney Ewell nbsp United States 21 1 nbsp Lloyd La Beach nbsp Panama 21 24 Herb McKenley nbsp Jamaica 21 3 5 Cliff Bourland nbsp United States 21 3 6 Leslie Laing nbsp Jamaica 21 8 Key Time is an estimateReferences edit a b c 200 metres Men Olympedia Retrieved 29 December 2020 Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games Men s 200 metres Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 9 July 2017 External links editOrganising Committee for the XIV Olympiad The 1948 The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad LA84 Foundation Retrieved 5 September 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics Men 27s 200 metres amp oldid 1077535463, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
