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200 metres, Men

Date	2 – 3 August 1948
Status	Olympic
Location	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
Participants	51 from 28 countries
Olympic Record	20.7 (2.0 m/s) WR / Jesse Owens USA / 5 August 1936 / Details

Mel Patton had expected to win the 100 metres in London but placed only fifth in that final. He had never won an American title at 200/220, and had to face Barney Ewell, the 1946-47 AAU Champion.

In the Olympic final, Ewell started the fastest and led off the curve, but Patton moved ahead at the top of the stretch and maintained a slight lead to the finish. In third place was Panama’s Lloyd LaBeach, who had also finished third in the 100. The 1946 European Champion was Soviet Nikolay Karakulov, who could not compete because the USSR declined to enter the Olympics.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	71	Mel Patton	USA	21.6 (1 h6)	21.4 (1 h4)	21.6 (2 h1)	21.1 (1)	Gold
2	70	Barney Ewell	USA	21.6 (1 h4)	21.8 (2 h1)	21.8 (3 h1)	21.1 (2)	Silver
3	57	Lloyd LaBeach	PAN	21.4 (1 h12)	21.7 (1 h3)	21.6 (2 h2)	21.2 (3)	Bronze
4	90	Herb McKenley	JAM	21.3 (1 h1)	21.3 (1 h1)	21.4 (1 h1)	21.3est (4)
5	91	Cliff Bourland	USA	21.3 (1 h8)	21.3 (1 h2)	21.5 (1 h2)	21.3est (5)
6	50	Les Laing	JAM	21.8 (2 h6)	21.8 (2 h3)	21.6 (3 h2)	21.8est (6)
4 h1 r3/4	14	Haroldo da Silva	BRA	21.9 (2 h8)	22.0 (3 h2)	– (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r3/4	6	John Treloar	AUS	21.7 (1 h9)	21.5 (2 h2)	– (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r3/4	64	Abram van Heerden	RSA	21.8 (2 h4)	22.9 (3 h3)	– (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	36	Alastair McCorquodale	GBR	22.3 (1 h10)	21.8 (2 h4)	– (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	86	Paul Vallé	GBR	22.3 (1 h2)	22.1 (3 h1)	– (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	25	Rafael Fortún	CUB	21.9 (1 h3)	22.0 (3 h4)	– (6 h2)	–
4 h1 r2/4	87	Jan Lammers	NED	22.0 (2 h12)	– (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r2/4	1	Gerardo Bönnhoff	ARG	22.2 (1 h7)	– (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r2/4	85	John Fairgrieve	GBR	22.2 (2 h7)	– (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r2/4	15	Ivan Hausen	BRA	22.2 (2 h11)	22.3 (4 h4)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	84	Julien Le Bas	FRA	22.0 (1 h5)	– (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	63	Denis Shore	RSA	22.1 (2 h3)	– (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	309	Santiago Ferrando	PER	22.5 (2 h10)	– (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	18	Ted Haggis	CAN	22.2 (2 h1)	– (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	80	Rosalvo Ramos	BRA	22.2 (2 h5)	– (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	21	John De Saram	SRI	23.1 (2 h2)	– (6 h2)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	56	Sharif Butt	PAK	22.8 (2 h9)	– (6 h4)	–	–
1 h11 r1/4	72	Juan López	URU	22.1 (1 h11)	– (DNS h3)	–	–
3 h1 r1/4	45	Haukur Clausen	ISL	22.2 (3 h1)	–	–	–
3 h2 r1/4	59	Bernabe Lovina	PHI	23.2 (3 h2)	–	–	–
3 h3 r1/4	61	Nuno Morais	POR	22.6 (3 h3)	–	–	–
3 h4 r1/4	26	Ángel García	CUB	22.2 (3 h4)	–	–	–
3 h5 r1/4	51	Basil McKenzie	JAM	22.4 (3 h5)	–	–	–
3 h6 r1/4	76	Guillermo Geary	ARG	23.0 (3 h6)	–	–	–
3 h7 r1/4	27	Raúl Mazorra	CUB	23.0 (3 h7)	–	–	–
3 h8 r1/4	66	Georgie Lewis	TTO	22.4 (3 h8)	–	–	–
3 h9 r1/4	68	Raşit Öztaş	TUR	23.0 (3 h9)	–	–	–
3 h10 r1/4	77	Fernand Bourgaux	BEL	22.9 (3 h10)	–	–	–
3 h11 r1/4	88	Gabe Scholten	NED	22.2 (3 h11)	–	–	–
3 h12 r1/4	81	Don Pettie	CAN	22.0 (3 h12)	–	–	–
4 h1 r1/4	11	Stanley Lines	BER	– (4 h1)	–	–	–
4 h2 r1/4	38	Stefanos Petrakis	GRE	– (4 h2)	–	–	–
4 h4 r1/4	78	Fernand Linssen	BEL	– (4 h4)	–	–	–
4 h6 r1/4	22	Duncan White	SRI	– (4 h6)	–	–	–
4 h7 r1/4	67	Kemal Aksur	TUR	– (4 h7)	–	–	–
4 h8 r1/4	73	Walter Pérez	URU	– (4 h8)	–	–	–
4 h9 r1/4	10	Perry Johnson	BER	– (4 h9)	–	–	–
4 h10 r1/4	31	Étienne Bally	FRA	– (4 h10)	–	–	–
4 h11 r1/4	17	Sein Pe	MYA	– (4 h11)	–	–	–
4 h12 r1/4	74	Mario Fayos	URU	– (4 h12)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	79	Hazzard Dill	BER	– (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h7 r1/4	54	Gonzalo Rodríguez	MEX	– (5 h7)	–	–	–
5 h8 r1/4	55	Peter Bloch	NOR	– (5 h8)	–	–	–
5 h12 r1/4	33	Joseph Stéphan	FRA	– (5 h12)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	49	Ali Salman	IRQ	– (6 h4)	–	–	–
DNS	60	Bogdan Lipski	POL	– (DNS h1)	–	–	–
DNS	48	Eric Prabhakar	IND	– (DNS h3)	–	–	–
DNS	65	Ricardo Sáenz	ESP	– (DNS h6)	–	–	–
DNS	30	John O'Donnell	IRL	– (DNS h9)	–	–	–
DNS	20	Jack Parry	CAN	– (DNS h10)	–	–	–
DNS	75	Alberto Biderman	ARG	– (DNS h3)	–	–	–
DNS	4	John Bartram	AUS	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–
DNS	5	Morris Curotta	AUS	– (DNS h5)	–	–	–
DNS	89	Ferenc Tima	HUN	– (DNS h11)	–	–	–
DNS	62	Tomás Paquete	POR	– (DNS h5)	–	–	–

Round One

Date	2 August 1948 — 14:30
Format	Top 2 in each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat #1

Wind	0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1	Herb McKenley	JAM	21.3	21.4	Q
2	4	Ted Haggis	CAN	22.2	–	Q
3	2	Haukur Clausen	ISL	22.2	–
4	3	Stanley Lines	BER	–	–
DNS	60	Bogdan Lipski	POL	–	–

Heat #2

Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	2	Paul Vallé	GBR	22.3	Q
2	3	John De Saram	SRI	23.1	Q
3	5	Bernabe Lovina	PHI	23.2
4	4	Stefanos Petrakis	GRE	–
DNS	1	John Bartram	AUS	–

Heat #3

Wind	1.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	3	Rafael Fortún	CUB	21.9	Q
2	1	Denis Shore	RSA	22.1	Q
3	5	Nuno Morais	POR	22.6
DNS	4	Eric Prabhakar	IND	–
DNS	2	Alberto Biderman	ARG	–

Heat #4

Wind	0.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	1	Barney Ewell	USA	21.6	Q
2	5	Abram van Heerden	RSA	21.8	Q
3	3	Ángel García	CUB	22.2
4	6	Fernand Linssen	BEL	–
5	2	Hazzard Dill	BER	–
6	4	Ali Salman	IRQ	–

Heat #5

Wind	0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	3	Julien Le Bas	FRA	22.0	Q
2	2	Rosalvo Ramos	BRA	22.2	Q
3	4	Basil McKenzie	JAM	22.4
DNS	1	Morris Curotta	AUS	–
DNS	5	Tomás Paquete	POR	–

Heat #6

Wind	1.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	1	Mel Patton	USA	21.6	Q
2	4	Les Laing	JAM	21.8	Q
3	2	Guillermo Geary	ARG	23.0
4	3	Duncan White	SRI	–
DNS	5	Ricardo Sáenz	ESP	–

Heat #7

Wind	0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	2	Gerardo Bönnhoff	ARG	22.2	Q
2	1	John Fairgrieve	GBR	22.2	Q
3	3	Raúl Mazorra	CUB	23.0
4	5	Kemal Aksur	TUR	–
5	4	Gonzalo Rodríguez	MEX	–

Heat #8

Wind	0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1	Cliff Bourland	USA	21.3	21.7	Q
2	2	Haroldo da Silva	BRA	21.9	–	Q
3	5	Georgie Lewis	TTO	22.4	–
4	3	Walter Pérez	URU	–	–
5	4	Peter Bloch	NOR	–	–

Heat #9

Wind	0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1	John Treloar	AUS	21.7	21.8	Q
2	4	Sharif Butt	PAK	22.8	–	Q
3	5	Raşit Öztaş	TUR	23.0	–
4	2	Perry Johnson	BER	–	–
DNS	3	John O'Donnell	IRL	–	–

Heat #10

Wind	0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	3	Alastair McCorquodale	GBR	22.3	22.3	Q
2	5	Santiago Ferrando	PER	22.5	–	Q
3	4	Fernand Bourgaux	BEL	22.9	–
4	1	Étienne Bally	FRA	–	–
DNS	2	Jack Parry	CAN	–	–

Heat #11

Wind	0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	5	Juan López	URU	22.1	22.2	Q
2	3	Ivan Hausen	BRA	22.2	–	Q
3	1	Gabe Scholten	NED	22.2	–
4	2	Sein Pe	MYA	–	–
DNS	4	Ferenc Tima	HUN	–	–

Heat #12

Wind	0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1	Lloyd LaBeach	PAN	21.4	21.7	Q
2	4	Jan Lammers	NED	22.0	–	Q
3	3	Don Pettie	CAN	22.0	–
4	5	Mario Fayos	URU	–	–
5	2	Joseph Stéphan	FRA	–	–

Quarter-Finals

Date	2 August 1948 — 16:15
Format	Top 3 in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	90	Herb McKenley	JAM	21.3	21.6	Q
2	70	Barney Ewell	USA	21.8	–	Q
3	86	Paul Vallé	GBR	22.1	–	Q
4	87	Jan Lammers	NED	–	–
5	84	Julien Le Bas	FRA	–	–
6	80	Rosalvo Ramos	BRA	–	–

Heat #2

Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	91	Cliff Bourland	USA	21.3	Q
2	6	John Treloar	AUS	21.5	Q
3	14	Haroldo da Silva	BRA	22.0	Q
4	1	Gerardo Bönnhoff	ARG	–
5	63	Denis Shore	RSA	–
6	21	John De Saram	SRI	–

Heat #3

Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	57	Lloyd LaBeach	PAN	21.7	Q
2	50	Les Laing	JAM	21.8	Q
3	64	Abram van Heerden	RSA	22.9	Q
4	85	John Fairgrieve	GBR	–
5	309	Santiago Ferrando	PER	–
DNS	72	Juan López	URU	–

Heat #4

Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)
1	71	Mel Patton	USA	21.4	Q
2	36	Alastair McCorquodale	GBR	21.8	Q
3	25	Rafael Fortún	CUB	22.0	Q
4	15	Ivan Hausen	BRA	22.3
5	18	Ted Haggis	CAN	–
6	56	Sharif Butt	PAK	–

Semi-Finals

Date	3 August 1948 — 15:30
Format	Top 3 in each heat advanced to the final round.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (hand / automatic)	Time (hand)
1	90	Herb McKenley	JAM	21.4	21.4	Q
2	91	Cliff Bourland	USA	21.6	21.5	Q
3	71	Mel Patton	USA	21.66	21.6	Q
4	57	Lloyd LaBeach	PAN	21.79	21.6	Q
5	50	Les Laing	JAM	21.80	21.6	Q
6	70	Barney Ewell	USA	21.96	21.8	Q
7	6	John Treloar	AUS	21.99	–
8	36	Alastair McCorquodale	GBR	22.19	–
9	14	Haroldo da Silva	BRA	22.22	–
10	64	Abram van Heerden	RSA	22.25	–
11	86	Paul Vallé	GBR	22.49	–
12	25	Rafael Fortún	CUB	22.51	–

Heat #1

Wind	0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1	Herb McKenley	JAM	21.4	21.4	Q
2	2	Mel Patton	USA	21.6	21.66	Q
3	3	Barney Ewell	USA	21.8	21.96	Q
4	4	Haroldo da Silva	BRA	–	22.22
5	6	Abram van Heerden	RSA	–	22.25
6	5	Paul Vallé	GBR	–	22.49

Heat #2

Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1	Cliff Bourland	USA	21.5	21.6	Q
2	3	Lloyd LaBeach	PAN	21.6	21.79	Q
3	5	Les Laing	JAM	21.6	21.80	Q
4	2	John Treloar	AUS	–	21.99
5	4	Alastair McCorquodale	GBR	–	22.19
6	6	Rafael Fortún	CUB	–	22.51

Final Round

Date	3 August 1948 — 17:15
Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	2	Mel Patton	USA	21.1	21.3
2	4	Barney Ewell	USA	21.1	21.35
3	3	Lloyd LaBeach	PAN	21.2	21.50
4	1	Herb McKenley	JAM	21.3est	21.54
5	5	Cliff Bourland	USA	21.3est	21.57
6	6	Les Laing	JAM	21.8est	22.02