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200 metres, Men

Date26 – 27 November 1956
StatusOlympic
LocationMelbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria
Participants67 from 32 countries

The defending champion Andy Stanfield was back, but Bobby Joe Morrow had already won the 100 and was felt to be the class of the field. Morrow had shared the early season limelight with Dave Sime, but Sime was injured at the NCAAs and did not make the American team. In the final, Morrow was running with a thigh wrap, but was even with Stanfield off the turn. He then turned on the power and won by a metre over Stanfield, with the 1952 silver medalist, Thane Baker, completing a second consecutive American sweep. In 1956 Morrow won the 100/200 double at the NCAAs, Olympic Trials, and Olympic Games, and also won the AAU 100.

PosNrAthleteNOCR1QFSFFinal
155Bobby Joe MorrowUSA21.8 (1 h9)21.9 (1 h4)21.3 (2 h1)20.6 (1)Gold
288Andy StanfieldUSA21.5 (1 h4)21.1 (1 h2)21.2 (1 h2)20.7 (2)Silver
354Thane BakerUSA21.8 (1 h7)21.2 (1 h3)21.1 (1 h1)20.9 (3)Bronze
450Mike AgostiniTTO21.6 (1 h3)21.1 (2 h1)21.3 (2 h2)21.1 (4)
559Boris TokarevURS21.6 (1 h10)21.2 (2 h2)21.3 (3 h2)21.2 (5)
662José da ConceiçãoBRA21.5 (1 h1)21.3 (3 h2)21.4 (3 h1)21.3 (6)
4 h1 r3/436Abdul KhaliqPAK21.1 (1 h5)21.1 (1 h1)21.5 (4 h1)
4 h2 r3/469Leo PohlGER21.6 (1 h12)21.3 (3 h1)21.5 (4 h2)
5 h1 r3/468Karl-Friedrich HaasGER21.4 (1 h2)21.5 (3 h3)21.5 (5 h1)
5 h2 r3/4622Vilém MandlíkTCH21.6 (1 h8)21.3 (2 h3)21.6 (5 h2)
6 h1 r3/430Morrie RaeNZL21.4 (2 h5)22.0 (2 h4)21.5 (6 h1)
6 h2 r3/470Brian ShentonGBR21.7 (2 h10)22.1 (3 h4)21.9 (6 h2)
4 h1 r2/457Leonid BartenevURS21.8 (2 h12)21.4 (4 h1)
4 h2 r2/475Vincenzo LombardoITA21.8 (2 h3)21.4 (4 h2)
4 h3 r2/42Hec HoganAUS21.8 (2 h8)21.7 (4 h3)
4 h4 r2/4623Václav JanečekTCH21.7 (2 h2)22.2 (4 h4)
5 h1 r2/4683Béla GoldoványiHUN21.9 (2 h7)21.5 (5 h1)
5 h2 r2/479Kanji AkagiJPN22.1 (1 h6)21.9 (5 h2)
5 h3 r2/483Iván RodríguezPUR21.9 (2 h11)21.9 (5 h3)
5 h4 r2/45Jorge de BarrosBRA22.2 (2 h6)23.7 (5 h4)
6 h1 r2/440Edward SzmidtPOL21.9 (2 h9)21.6 (6 h1)
6 h3 r2/473Sergio D'AsnaschITA22.2 (2 h4)22.6 (6 h3)
AC h2 r2/467Konstantin LissenkoFRA21.8 (1 h11)– (DNF h2)
2 h1 r1/414Manfred GermarGER21.8 (2 h1)– (DNS h4)
3 h1 r1/429René AhumadaMEX21.9 (3 h1)
3 h2 r1/461Douglas WinstonAUS22.0 (3 h2)
3 h3 r1/458Yury KonovalovURS22.0 (3 h3)
3 h4 r1/481Sharif ButtPAK22.2 (3 h4)
3 h5 r1/46João Pires SobrinhoBRA21.6 (3 h5)
3 h7 r1/434Bjørn NilsenNOR22.2 (3 h7)
3 h8 r1/418David SegalGBR22.1 (3 h8)
3 h9 r1/460Graham GipsonAUS22.0 (3 h9)
3 h10 r1/4632Rafael RomeroVEN21.8 (3 h10)
3 h11 r1/417Roy SandstromGBR22.1 (3 h11)
3 h12 r1/466Yves CamusFRA22.2 (3 h12)
4 h1 r1/478Mel SpenceJAM21.9 (4 h1)
4 h2 r1/471Milkha SinghIND22.3 (4 h2)
4 h3 r1/4624Josef TrousilTCH22.3 (4 h3)
4 h4 r1/480Fred HammerLUX22.7 (4 h4)
4 h5 r1/44Tom RobinsonBAH21.6 (4 h5)
4 h7 r1/4306Oliver HunterGUY22.4 (4 h7)
4 h8 r1/463Joe ForemanCAN22.2 (4 h8)
4 h9 r1/424Akira KiyofujiJPN22.5 (4 h9)
4 h10 r1/439Jan JarzembowskiPOL21.9 (4 h10)
4 h11 r1/465Pentti RekolaFIN22.1 (4 h11)
4 h12 r1/447Paiboon VacharapanTHA23.8 (4 h12)
5 h1 r1/4665Jean-Pierre GoudeauFRA22.0 (5 h1)
5 h2 r1/425Kyohei UshioJPN22.4 (5 h2)
5 h3 r1/4302Beyene LegesseETH23.4 (5 h3)
5 h4 r1/4300Roba NegousseETH23.7 (5 h4)
5 h5 r1/4684Sándor JakabfyHUN21.6 (5 h5)
5 h7 r1/474Giovanni GhiselliITA22.5 (5 h7)
5 h8 r1/442Kesevan SoonSGP23.0 (5 h8)
5 h9 r1/435Abdul AzizPAK22.9 (5 h9)
5 h10 r1/451Joe GoddardTTO22.3 (5 h10)
5 h11 r1/49Jack ParringtonCAN22.4 (5 h11)
5 h12 r1/476Richard EstickJAM25.5 (5 h12)
6 h3 r1/486Manut BumrungphukTHA23.4 (6 h3)
6 h5 r1/477Mal SpenceJAM21.7 (6 h5)
6 h7 r1/4301Abebe HailouETH23.0 (6 h7)
6 h8 r1/425Lee Kah FookMAL23.7 (6 h8)
6 h10 r1/464Eero KiveläFIN22.5 (6 h10)
6 h11 r1/487Montri SrinakaTHA– (6 h11)
7 h10 r1/453Ben NdugaUGA– (7 h10)
7 h11 r1/4670Emmanuel PutuLBR– (7 h11)
AC h3 r1/4671James RobertsLBR[23.1] (DQ h3)
AC h4 r1/4634Apolinar SolórzanoVEN[22.6] (DQ h4)
DNS45René FarineSUI– (DNS h5)
DNS84Bruno UrbenSUI– (DNS h6)
DNS8Stan LevensonCAN– (DNS h6)
DNS674Carlos SierraCOL– (DNS h2)
DNS93Voitto HellsténFIN– (DNS h1)
DNS682Géza VarasdiHUN– (DNS h6)
DNS72Ghanim MahmoudIRQ– (DNS h9)
DNS637Hilmar ÞorbjörnssonISL– (DNS h6)
DNS27Sinnayah Karuppiah JarabalanMAL– (DNS h6)
DNS82Zenon BaranowskiPOL– (DNS h2)
DNS41Norberto CruzPUR– (DNS h4)
DNS52Edmund TurtonTTO– (DNS h12)
DNS635Alfonso BrunoVEN– (DNS h7)

Round One (26 November 1956 — 14:30)

Top two in each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
11José da ConceiçãoBRA21.521.61Q
25Manfred GermarGER21.821.88Q
36René AhumadaMEX21.921.96
44Mel SpenceJAM21.922.13
53Jean-Pierre GoudeauFRA22.022.13
DNS2Voitto HellsténFIN

Heat Two

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
13Karl-Friedrich HaasGER21.421.56Q
25Václav JanečekTCH21.721.85Q
37Douglas WinstonAUS22.022.20
44Milkha SinghIND22.322.47
52Kyohei UshioJPN22.422.64
DNS6Carlos SierraCOL
DNS1Zenon BaranowskiPOL

Heat Three

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
17Mike AgostiniTTO21.621.80Q
23Vincenzo LombardoITA21.821.94Q
31Yury KonovalovURS22.022.09
42Josef TrousilTCH22.322.54
56Beyene LegesseETH23.423.63
64Manut BumrungphukTHA23.424.59
DQ5James RobertsLBR[23.1][23.17]

Heat Four

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
11Andy StanfieldUSA21.521.69Q
27Sergio D'AsnaschITA22.222.35Q
33Sharif ButtPAK22.222.38
42Fred HammerLUX22.722.73
54Roba NegousseETH23.723.89
DQ5Apolinar SolórzanoVEN[22.6][22.73]
DNS6Norberto CruzPUR

Heat Five

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
14Abdul KhaliqPAK21.121.32Q
26Morrie RaeNZL21.421.57Q
31João Pires SobrinhoBRA21.621.67
45Tom RobinsonBAH21.621.76
57Sándor JakabfyHUN21.621.78
62Mal SpenceJAM21.721.86
DNS3René FarineSUI

Heat Six

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
11Kanji AkagiJPN22.122.26Q
22Jorge de BarrosBRA22.222.30Q
DNS7Bruno UrbenSUI
DNS3Stan LevensonCAN
DNS5Géza VarasdiHUN
DNS4Hilmar ÞorbjörnssonISL
DNS6Sinnayah Karuppiah JarabalanMAL

Heat Seven

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
13Thane BakerUSA21.821.92Q
21Béla GoldoványiHUN21.922.08Q
34Bjørn NilsenNOR22.222.33
47Oliver HunterGUY22.422.54
52Giovanni GhiselliITA22.522.68
66Abebe HailouETH23.023.25
DNS5Alfonso BrunoVEN

Heat Eight

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
15Vilém MandlíkTCH21.621.79Q
22Hec HoganAUS21.821.97Q
31David SegalGBR22.122.22
44Joe ForemanCAN22.222.28
53Kesevan SoonSGP23.023.33
66Lee Kah FookMAL23.723.94

Heat Nine

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
15Bobby Joe MorrowUSA21.821.95Q
24Edward SzmidtPOL21.922.03Q
33Graham GipsonAUS22.022.06
41Akira KiyofujiJPN22.522.56
52Abdul AzizPAK22.922.98
DNS6Ghanim MahmoudIRQ

Heat Ten

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
15Boris TokarevURS21.621.62Q
26Brian ShentonGBR21.721.87Q1
31Rafael RomeroVEN21.821.852
42Jan JarzembowskiPOL21.921.91
53Joe GoddardTTO22.322.23
67Eero KiveläFIN22.522.56
74Ben NdugaUGA22.89

Heat Eleven

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
11Konstantin LissenkoFRA21.822.06Q
27Iván RodríguezPUR21.922.06Q
35Roy SandstromGBR22.122.18
46Pentti RekolaFIN22.122.22
54Jack ParringtonCAN22.422.61
62Montri SrinakaTHA23.88
73Emmanuel PutuLBR24.33

Heat Twelve

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
16Leo PohlGER21.621.78Q
21Leonid BartenevURS21.821.94Q
34Yves CamusFRA22.222.37
43Paiboon VacharapanTHA23.823.92
55Richard EstickJAM25.525.81
DNS2Edmund TurtonTTO

Quarter-Finals (26 November 1956 — 17:40)

Top three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

PosNrAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
136Abdul KhaliqPAK21.121.34Q
250Mike AgostiniTTO21.121.35Q
369Leo PohlGER21.321.49Q
457Leonid BartenevURS21.421.53
5683Béla GoldoványiHUN21.521.64
640Edward SzmidtPOL21.621.73

Heat Two

PosNrAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
188Andy StanfieldUSA21.121.22Q
259Boris TokarevURS21.221.42Q
362José da ConceiçãoBRA21.321.46Q
475Vincenzo LombardoITA21.421.53
579Kanji AkagiJPN21.922.05
DNF67Konstantin LissenkoFRA

Heat Three

PosNrAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
154Thane BakerUSA21.221.34Q
2622Vilém MandlíkTCH21.321.56Q
368Karl-Friedrich HaasGER21.521.68Q
42Hec HoganAUS21.721.90
583Iván RodríguezPUR21.922.16
673Sergio D'AsnaschITA22.622.82

Heat Four

PosNrAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
155Bobby Joe MorrowUSA21.922.03Q
230Morrie RaeNZL22.022.12Q
370Brian ShentonGBR22.122.15Q
4623Václav JanečekTCH22.222.26
55Jorge de BarrosBRA23.723.88
DNS14Manfred GermarGER

Semi-Finals (27 November 1956 — 15:00)

Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
15Thane BakerUSA21.121.21Q
21Bobby Joe MorrowUSA21.321.43Q
36José da ConceiçãoBRA21.421.53Q
44Abdul KhaliqPAK21.521.58
53Karl-Friedrich HaasGER21.521.74
62Morrie RaeNZL21.521.75

Heat Two

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
15Andy StanfieldUSA21.221.35Q
26Mike AgostiniTTO21.321.48Q
33Boris TokarevURS21.321.50Q
42Leo PohlGER21.521.64
51Vilém MandlíkTCH21.621.74
64Brian ShentonGBR21.922.08

Final (27 November 1956 — 17:00)

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
13Bobby Joe MorrowUSA20.620.75=WR
24Andy StanfieldUSA20.720.97
36Thane BakerUSA20.921.05
41Mike AgostiniTTO21.121.35
52Boris TokarevURS21.221.42
65José da ConceiçãoBRA21.321.56