Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres
Men's 200 metres at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
Paul Drayton, Henry Carr and Edwin Roberts | ||||||||||
Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
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Dates | 16–17 October | |||||||||
Competitors | 63 from 48 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics | ||||
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Track events | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
800 m | men | women | ||
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 | |||
20 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 | ||||
Pentathlon | women | |||
Decathlon | men |
The men's 200 metres was the second-shortest of the men's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 16 October and 17 October 1964. 63 athletes from 48 nations entered, with 6 not starting in the first round. The first two rounds were held on 16 October, with the semifinals and the final on 17 October.
Results
First round
The top four runners in each of the 8 heats advanced.
First round, heat 1
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Paul Drayton | United States | 20.7 seconds |
2 | Andrzeg Zielinski | Poland | 21.2 seconds |
3 | Clifton Bertrand | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.3 seconds |
4 | Johan du Preez | Rhodesia | 21.4 seconds |
5 | Jean-Louis Descloux | Switzerland | 21.5 seconds |
6 | F. J. Gutierrez Hernandez | Colombia | 21.8 seconds |
7 | Gerardo di Tolla | Peru | 22.1 seconds |
8 | Somsakdi Tongsuke | Thailand | 22.6 seconds |
First round, heat 2
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Roger Bambuck | France | 21.2 seconds |
2 | Arquímedes Herrera | Venezuela | 21.3 seconds |
3 | Boris Zubov | Soviet Union | 21.4 seconds |
4 | Peter Radford | Great Britain | 21.5 seconds |
5 | Erasmus Amukun | Uganda | 21.5 seconds |
6 | Carlos Lorenzo Manueco | Mexico | 21.6 seconds |
— | Levy Psawkin | Israel | Did not start |
Iijima Hideo | Japan | Did not start |
First round, heat 3
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Menzies Campbell | Great Britain | 21.3 seconds |
2 | Serafino Antao | Kenya | 21.5 seconds |
3 | Csaba Csutoras | Hungary | 21.5 seconds |
4 | B. El Maachi Bouchaib | Morocco | 21.5 seconds |
5 | David Njitock | Cameroon | 22.5 seconds |
6 | Wesley Johnson | Liberia | 22.5 seconds |
— | Eric James Bigby | Australia | Did not start |
Pablo McNeil | Jamaica | Did not start |
First round, heat 4
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Marian Foik | Poland | 21.1 seconds |
2 | Sergio Ottolina | Italy | 21.2 seconds |
3 | Edvin Ozolin | Soviet Union | 21.3 seconds |
4 | Jeffery Smith | Northern Rhodesia | 21.7 seconds |
5 | Jasim Karim Kuraishi | Iraq | 22.6 seconds |
6 | Lee Ar Tu | Taiwan | 23.0 seconds |
— | Enrique Figuerola | Cuba | Did not start |
First round, heat 5
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Harry Jerome | Canada | 20.9 seconds |
2 | M. Jegathesan | Malaysia | 20.9 seconds |
3 | Paul Genevay | France | 21.0 seconds |
4 | Franciscus Luitjes | Netherlands | 21.1 seconds |
5 | Heinz Erbstosser | United Team of Germany | 21.4 seconds |
6 | Tegegn Bezabih | Ethiopia | 22.0 seconds |
7 | Abdolvahab Shahkhoreh | Iran | 22.3 seconds |
— | Boris Savchuk | Soviet Union | Disqualified |
First round, heat 6
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Edwin Roberts | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.8 seconds |
2 | Bob Lay | Australia | 21.3 seconds |
3 | P. A. Grajales Escobar | Colombia | 21.4 seconds |
4 | David Ejoke | Nigeria | 21.4 seconds |
5 | George Reginald Collie | Bahamas | 21.9 seconds |
6 | Kenneth Lawrence Powell | India | 21.9 seconds |
7 | Aggrey Sheroy Awori | Uganda | 22.2 seconds |
8 | William Hill | Hong Kong | 22.5 seconds |
First round, heat 7
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Heinz Schumann | United Team of Germany | 21.0 seconds |
2 | Henry Carr | United States | 21.1 seconds |
3 | Jocelyn Delecour | France | 21.3 seconds |
4 | Ivan Moreno | Chile | 21.5 seconds |
5 | Alioune Sow | Senegal | 21.9 seconds |
6 | Michael Okantey | Ghana | 21.9 seconds |
7 | Rogelio Onofre | Philippines | 22.1 seconds |
8 | Tom Robinson | Bahamas | Did not start |
First round, heat 8
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Livio Berruti | Italy | 21.1 seconds |
2 | Richard Stebbins | United States | 21.1 seconds |
3 | Friedrich Roderfield | United Team of Germany | 21.5 seconds |
4 | Gary Holdsworth | Australia | 21.6 seconds |
5 | Jose Fernandes da Rocha | Portugal | 21.7 seconds |
6 | Valeriu Jurca | Romania | 21.8 seconds |
7 | Chung Ki Sun | South Korea | 22.3 seconds |
8 | Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa | Madagascar | 22.4 seconds |
Second round
The four fastest runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinals.
Second round, heat 1
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Paul Drayton | United States | 20.9 seconds |
2 | Livio Berruti | Italy | 21.2 seconds |
3 | M. Jegathesan | Malaysia | 21.4 seconds |
4 | Jocelyn Delecour | France | 21.5 seconds |
5 | Andrzej Zielinski | Poland | 21.5 seconds |
6 | Boris Zubov | Soviet Union | 21.8 seconds |
7 | Jeffery Smith | Northern Rhodesia | 22.0 seconds |
8 | Serafino Antao | Kenya | 22.1 seconds |
Second round, heat 2
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Henry Carr | United States | 21.0 seconds |
2 | Sergio Ottolina | Italy | 21.1 seconds |
3 | Heinz Schumann | United Team of Germany | 21.2 seconds |
4 | Arquimedes Herrera | Venezuela | 21.2 seconds |
5 | Bob Lay | Australia | 21.4 seconds |
6 | Csaba Csutoras | Hungary | 21.4 seconds |
7 | Ivan Moreno | Chile | 21.7 seconds |
8 | Johan du Preez | Rhodesia | 21.8 seconds |
Second round, heat 3
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Harry Jerome | Canada | 21.2 seconds |
2 | Richard Stebbins | United States | 21.2 seconds |
3 | Roger Bambuck | France | 21.4 seconds |
4 | B. El Maachi Boushaib | Morocco | 21.6 seconds |
5 | Clifton Bertrand | Trinidad and Tobago | 21.6 seconds |
6 | Menzies Campbell | Great Britain | 21.7 seconds |
7 | P. A. Grajales Escobar | Colombia | 21.7 seconds |
8 | Friedrich Roderfeld | United Team of Germany | 22.2 seconds |
Second round, heat 4
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Edwin Roberts | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.9 seconds |
2 | Marian Foik | Poland | 21.0 seconds |
3 | Paul Genevay | France | 21.3 seconds |
4 | Franciscus Luitjes | Netherlands | 21.4 seconds |
5 | Edvin Ozolin | Soviet Union | 21.4 seconds |
6 | Peter Radford | Great Britain | 21.5 seconds |
7 | Gary Holdsworth | Australia | 22.1 seconds |
— | David Ejoke | Nigeria | Did not start |
Semifinals
The top four runners in each of the two semifinals qualified for the final.
Semifinal 1
Drayton tied the Olympic record in this semifinal, three-tenths of a second short of the world record.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Paul Drayton | United States | 20.5 seconds =OR |
2 | Sergio Ottolina | Italy | 20.7 seconds |
3 | Richard Stebbins | United States | 20.8 seconds |
4 | Marian Foik | Poland | 20.9 seconds |
5 | Paul Genevay | France | 20.9 seconds |
6 | Arquimedes Herrera | Venezuela | 21.0 seconds |
7 | Franciscus Luitjes | Netherlands | 21.1 seconds |
8 | B. El Maachi Bouchaib | Morocco | 21.6 seconds |
Semifinal 2
The second semifinal was the fourth race of the 200 metres in which an American won and an Italian took second place.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Henry Carr | United States | 20.6 seconds |
2 | Livio Berruti | Italy | 20.7 seconds |
3 | Edwin Roberts | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.8 seconds |
4 | Harry Jerome | Canada | 21.0 seconds |
5 | Roger Bambuck | France | 21.0 seconds |
6 | Heinz Schumann | United Team of Germany | 21.1 seconds |
7 | Jocelyn Delecour | France | 21.2 seconds |
8 | M. Jegathesan | Malaysia | 21.2 seconds |
Final
Drayton matched his semifinal time, which had tied the Olympic record at 20.5 seconds, but Carr did even better, setting a new Olympic record of 20.3 seconds to bump Drayton to the silver medal. Carr's time was only one-tenth of a second off the world record.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Henry Carr | United States | 20.3 seconds OR |
2 | Paul Drayton | United States | 20.5 seconds |
3 | Edwin Roberts | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.6 seconds |
4 | Harry Jerome | Canada | 20.7 seconds |
5 | Livio Berruti | Italy | 20.8 seconds |
6 | Marian Foik | Poland | 20.8 seconds |
7 | Richard Stebbins | United States | 20.8 seconds |
8 | Sergio Ottolina | Italy | 20.9 seconds |
References
- Official Report