| | Event type
200 metres, Men
| Date | 10 – 11 July 1912 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm |
| Participants | 61 from 19 countries |
As in the 100 meters, there was no clear favorite. Again, four different Americans had won the AAU championship since the 1908 Olympics - none of them were at Stockholm. The pre-Olympic favorite was likely Britain’s William Applegarth, who had won the AAA earlier in 1912. But the world record for 220 yards on a straight had been set at 21 1/5 by Ralph Craig at the 1910 IC4A Championships, and he won the eastern U.S. Olympic trials. After winning the 100 metres three days earlier at Stockholm, Craig was favored.
The six semi-finals advanced the winner of each heat to the final, with Applegarth and Germany’s Richard Rau joining four Americans, including Craig, to compete for the gold medal. In the final, Applegarth led coming off the turn but was soon passed by Craig and Donald Lippincott. The finish was close but Craig held off a fast-finishing Lippincott to win the sprint double. Lippincott added the 200 silver medal to the bronze medal he had won in the 100.
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | R1 | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Ralph Craig |  USA | 22.8 (1 h2) | 21.9 (1 h1) | 21.7 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | – | Donald Lippincott | USA | 22.8 (1 h11) | 21.8 (1 h4) | 21.8 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | – | Willie Applegarth |  GBR | 24.7 (1 h5) | 21.9 (1 h2) | 21.9 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | – | Richard Rau |  GER | 22.5 (1 h6) | 22.1 (1 h5) | 22.2est (4) | |||
| 5 | – | Charles Reidpath | USA | 22.6 (1 h1) | 22.1 (1 h6) | 22.3est (5) | |||
| 6 | – | Donnell Young | USA | 22.8 (1 h13) | 21.9 (1 h3) | 22.3est (6) | |||
| 2 h1 r2/3 | – | David Jacobs | GBR | 23.2 (1 h17) | – (2 h1) | – | |||
| 2 h2 r2/3 | – | Clement Wilson | USA | – (2 h14) | – (2 h2) | – | |||
| 2 h3 r2/3 | – | Carl Cooke | USA | 22.2 (1 h7) | – (2 h3) | – | |||
| 2 h4 r2/3 | – | Alvah Meyer | USA | 24.1 (1 h12) | – (2 h4) | – | |||
| 2 h5 r2/3 | – | Peter Gerhardt | USA | 22.9 (1 h10) | – (2 h5) | – | |||
| 2 h6 r2/3 | – | Vic d'Arcy | GBR | 22.9 (2 h10) | – (2 h6) | – | |||
| 3 h1 r2/3 | – | Ira Courtney | USA | 22.7 (1 h3) | – (3 h1) | – | |||
| 3 h2 r2/3 | – | Hal Heiland | USA | 24.7est (2 h5) | – (3 h2) | – | |||
| 3 h3 r2/3 | – | Georges Rolot |  FRA | 22.7 (2 h1) | – (3 h3) | – | |||
| 3 h4 r2/3 | – | Army Howard |  CAN | 25.0 (1 h8) | – (3 h4) | – | |||
| 3 h5 r2/3 | – | Karl August Luther |  SWE | 23.6 (1 h4) | 22.3 (3 h5) | – | |||
| 3 h6 r2/3 | – | Knut Lindberg | SWE | 23.1 (1 h9) | 22.5 (3 h6) | – | |||
| 4 h1 r2/3 | – | Frigyes Wiesner-Mezei |  HUN | at 1½ metres (2 h9) | – (4 h1) | – | |||
| 4 h2 r2/3 | – | Cyril Seedhouse | GBR | – (2 h13) | – (4 h2) | – | |||
| 4 h3 r2/3 | – | Max Herrmann | GER | 22.9 (1 h15) | – (4 h3) | – | |||
| 4 h4 r2/3 | – | Ivan Möller | SWE | at 1 metre (2 h11) | 22.4 (4 h4) | – | |||
| 4 h5 r2/3 | – | Franco Giongo |  ITA | 25.0est (2 h8) | – (4 h5) | – | |||
| 4 h6 r2/3 | – | István Déván | HUN | – (2 h15) | – (4 h6) | – | |||
| 5 h1 r2/3 | – | Ture Persson | SWE | 23.2 (1 h18) | – (5 h1) | – | |||
| 5 h2 r2/3 | – | Skotte Jacobsson | SWE | 23.2est (2 h17) | – (5 h2) | – | |||
| 5 h4 r2/3 | – | Duncan Macmillan | GBR | – (2 h3) | – (5 h4) | – | |||
| 5 h5 r2/3 | – | Reuben Povey |  RSA | – (2 h7) | – (5 h5) | – | |||
| 5 h6 r2/3 | – | Robert Schürrer | FRA | – (2 h18) | – (5 h6) | – | |||
| 6 h4 r2/3 | – | Jan Grijseels |  NED | – (2 h4) | – (6 h4) | – | |||
| AC h1 r2/3 | – | Arthur Anderson | GBR | – (2 h6) | – (DNF h1) | – | |||
| AC h2 r2/3 | – | William Stewart |  ANZ | 26.0 (1 h16) | – (DNF h2) | – | |||
| AC h3 r2/3 | – | Henry Macintosh | GBR | – (2 h16) | – (DNF h3) | – | |||
| AC h3 r2/3 | – | George Patching | RSA | 22.3 (1 h14) | – (DNF h3) | – | |||
| AC h5 r2/3 | – | Richard Rice | GBR | 23.0 (2 h2) | – (DNF h5) | – | |||
| AC h6 r2/3 | – | Robert Duncan | GBR | – (2 h12) | – (DNF h6) | – | |||
| 3 h1 r1/3 | – | Knut Stenborg | SWE | – (3 h1) | – | – | |||
| 3 h2 r1/3 | – | Charles Poulenard | FRA | – (3 h2) | – | – | |||
| 3 h3 r1/3 | – | Joseph Aelter |  BEL | – (3 h3) | – | – | |||
| 3 h6 r1/3 | – | Rudolf Rauch |  AUT | – (3 h6) | – | – | |||
| 3 h7 r1/3 | – | Algernon Wells | GBR | – (3 h7) | – | – | |||
| 3 h9 r1/3 | – | Charles Lelong | FRA | – (3 h9) | – | – | |||
| 3 h10 r1/3 | – | Gösta Möller | SWE | – (3 h10) | – | – | |||
| 3 h11 r1/3 | – | Pierre Failliot | FRA | – (3 h11) | – | – | |||
| 3 h14 r1/3 | – | Frank McConnell | CAN | – (3 h14) | – | – | |||
| 3 h15 r1/3 | – | Herman Sotaaen |  NOR | – (3 h15) | – | – | |||
| 3 h18 r1/3 | – | António Stromp |  POR | – (3 h18) | – | – | |||
| 4 h1 r1/3 | – | Václav Labík-Gregan |  BOH | – (4 h1) | – | – | |||
| 4 h2 r1/3 | – | Karl Lindblom | SWE | – (4 h2) | – | – | |||
| 4 h3 r1/3 | – | Haralds Hāns |  RUS | – (4 h3) | – | – | |||
| 4 h11 r1/3 | – | Ernest Haley | GBR | – (4 h11) | – | – | |||
| 4 h14 r1/3 | – | Ervin Szerelemhegyi | HUN | – (4 h14) | – | – | |||
| 4 h15 r1/3 | – | Władysław Ponurski | AUT | – (4 h15) | – | – | |||
| 5 h11 r1/3 | – | Pablo Eitel |  CHI | – (5 h11) | – | – | |||
| AC h3 r1/3 | – | Herberts Baumanis | RUS | – (DNF h3) | – | – | |||
| AC h7 r1/3 | – | Hal Beasley | CAN | – (AC h7) | – | – | |||
| AC h7 r1/3 | – | Géo Malfait | FRA | – (AC h7) | – | – | |||
| AC h13 r1/3 | – | Fritz Fleischer | AUT | – (AC h13) | – | – | |||
| AC h13 r1/3 | – | Heinrich Wenseler | GER | – (AC h13) | – | – | |||
| AC h13 r1/3 | – | Yahiko Mishima |  JPN | – (AC h13) | – | – | |||
| AC h14 r1/3 | – | Emil Grandell | SWE | – (DNF h14) | – | – | |||
| – | Alexandre Correia Leal | POR | – | – | – | ||||
| – | István Ondrus | HUN | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Émile Lesieur | FRA | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Maurice Gallisa | FRA | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Jack Garland Skeet | ANZ | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Angelo Rossi | ITA | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Francesco Bicchi | ITA | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Raymond Saladin | FRA | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Jean Schols | BEL | – | – | – | ||||
| – | André Gauthier | FRA | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Stanislaus Rudsit | RUS | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Maurice Colman | BEL | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Vilmos Rádi | HUN | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Frederick Browne | GBR | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Jean Samazeuilh | FRA | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Bernhard Vogel | RUS | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Ernest Rapin | FRA | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Gaston Wens | BEL | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Claude Ross | ANZ | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Philipp Ehrenreich | AUT | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Fritz Weinzinger | AUT | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Victor Jacquemin | BEL | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Bedřich Vygoda | BOH | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Bobby Kerr | CAN | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Frank Lukeman | CAN | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Rodolfo Hammersley | CHI | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Leopoldo Palma |  CHI | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Erwin Kern | GER | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Emil Ketterer | GER | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Dimitrios Triantafyllakos |  GRE | – | – | – | ||||
| – | István Jankovich | HUN | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Vilmos Rácz | HUN | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Károly Radóczy | HUN | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Pál Szalay | HUN | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Jón Halldórsson |  ISL | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Alex Pedersen | NOR | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Ole Jacob Pedersen | NOR | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Ulrich Baasch | RUS | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Dušan Milošević |  SRB | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Ragnar Ekberg | SWE | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Eric Lindholm | SWE | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Rolf Smedmark | SWE | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Mkrtich Mkryan |  TUR | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Howard Drew | USA | – | – | – | ||||
| – | Roy Mercer | USA | – | – | – |
Round One (10 July 1912 — 10:30)
Top two in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.
Heat One
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Charles Reidpath | USA | 22.6 | |||
| 2 | – | Georges Rolot | FRA | 22.7 | |||
| 3 | – | Knut Stenborg | SWE | – | |||
| 4 | – | Václav Labík-Gregan | BOH | – |
Heat Two
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Ralph Craig | USA | 22.8 | |||
| 2 | – | Richard Rice | GBR | 23.0 | |||
| 3 | – | Charles Poulenard | FRA | – | |||
| 4 | – | Karl Lindblom | SWE | – |
Heat Three
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Ira Courtney | USA | 22.7 | |||
| 2 | – | Duncan Macmillan | GBR | – | |||
| 3 | – | Joseph Aelter | BEL | – | |||
| 4 | – | Haralds Hāns | RUS | – | |||
| – | Herberts Baumanis | RUS | – |
Heat Four
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Karl August Luther | SWE | 23.6 | |||
| 2 | – | Jan Grijseels | NED | – |
Heat Five
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Willie Applegarth | GBR | 24.7 | |||
| 2 | – | Hal Heiland | USA | 24.7est |
Heat Six
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Richard Rau | GER | 22.5 | |||
| 2 | – | Arthur Anderson | GBR | – | |||
| 3 | – | Rudolf Rauch | AUT | – |
Heat Seven
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Carl Cooke | USA | 22.2 | |||
| 2 | – | Reuben Povey | RSA | – | |||
| 3 | – | Algernon Wells | GBR | – | |||
| – | Hal Beasley | CAN | – | ||||
| – | Géo Malfait | FRA | – |
Heat Eight
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Army Howard | CAN | 25.0 | |||
| 2 | – | Franco Giongo | ITA | 25.0est |
Heat Nine
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Knut Lindberg | SWE | 23.1 | |||
| 2 | – | Frigyes Wiesner-Mezei | HUN | at 1½ metres | |||
| 3 | – | Charles Lelong | FRA | – |
Heat Ten
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Peter Gerhardt | USA | 22.9 | |||
| 2 | – | Vic d'Arcy | GBR | 22.9 | |||
| 3 | – | Gösta Möller | SWE | – |
Heat Eleven
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Donald Lippincott | USA | 22.8 | |||
| 2 | – | Ivan Möller | SWE | at 1 metre | |||
| 3 | – | Pierre Failliot | FRA | – | |||
| 4 | – | Ernest Haley | GBR | – | |||
| 5 | – | Pablo Eitel | CHI | – |
Heat Twelve
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Alvah Meyer | USA | 24.1 | |||
| 2 | – | Robert Duncan | GBR | – |
Heat Thirteen
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Donnell Young | USA | 22.8 | |||
| 2 | – | Cyril Seedhouse | GBR | – | |||
| – | Fritz Fleischer | AUT | – | ||||
| – | Yahiko Mishima | JPN | – | ||||
| – | Heinrich Wenseler | GER | – |
Heat Fourteen
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | George Patching | RSA | 22.3 | |||
| 2 | – | Clement Wilson | USA | – | |||
| 3 | – | Frank McConnell | CAN | – | |||
| 4 | – | Ervin Szerelemhegyi | HUN | – | |||
| – | Emil Grandell | SWE | – |
Heat Fifteen
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Max Herrmann | GER | 22.9 | |||
| 2 | – | István Déván | HUN | – | |||
| 3 | – | Herman Sotaaen | NOR | – | |||
| 4 | – | Władysław Ponurski | AUT | – |
Heat Sixteen
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | William Stewart | ANZ | 26.0 | |||
| 2 | – | Henry Macintosh | GBR | – |
Heat Seventeen
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | David Jacobs | GBR | 23.2 | |||
| 2 | – | Skotte Jacobsson | SWE | 23.2est |
Heat Eighteen
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Ture Persson | SWE | 23.2 | |||
| 2 | – | Robert Schürrer | FRA | – | |||
| 3 | – | António Stromp | POR | – |
Semi-Finals (10 July 1912 — 16:00)
Winner in each heat advanced to the final.
Heat One
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Ralph Craig | USA | 21.9 | |||
| 2 | – | David Jacobs | GBR | – | |||
| 3 | – | Ira Courtney | USA | – | |||
| 4 | – | Frigyes Wiesner-Mezei | HUN | – | |||
| 5 | – | Ture Persson | SWE | – | |||
| – | Arthur Anderson | GBR | – |
Heat Two
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Willie Applegarth | GBR | 21.9 | |||
| 2 | – | Clement Wilson | USA | – | |||
| 3 | – | Hal Heiland | USA | – | |||
| 4 | – | Cyril Seedhouse | GBR | – | |||
| 5 | – | Skotte Jacobsson | SWE | – | |||
| – | William Stewart | ANZ | – |
Heat Three
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Donnell Young | USA | 21.9 | |||
| 2 | – | Carl Cooke | USA | – | |||
| 3 | – | Georges Rolot | FRA | – | |||
| 4 | – | Max Herrmann | GER | – | |||
| – | George Patching | RSA | – | ||||
| – | Henry Macintosh | GBR | – |
Heat Four
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Donald Lippincott | USA | 21.8 | |||
| 2 | – | Alvah Meyer | USA | – | |||
| 3 | – | Army Howard | CAN | – | |||
| 4 | – | Ivan Möller | SWE | 22.4 | |||
| 5 | – | Duncan Macmillan | GBR | – | |||
| 6 | – | Jan Grijseels | NED | – |
Heat Five
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Richard Rau | GER | 22.1 | |||
| 2 | – | Peter Gerhardt | USA | – | |||
| 3 | – | Karl August Luther | SWE | 22.3 | |||
| 4 | – | Franco Giongo | ITA | – | |||
| 5 | – | Reuben Povey | RSA | – | |||
| – | Richard Rice | GBR | – |
Heat Six
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Charles Reidpath | USA | 22.1 | |||
| 2 | – | Vic d'Arcy | GBR | – | |||
| 3 | – | Knut Lindberg | SWE | 22.5 | |||
| 4 | – | István Déván | HUN | – | |||
| 5 | – | Robert Schürrer | FRA | – | |||
| – | Robert Duncan | GBR | – |
Final (11 July 1912 — 15:00)
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Ralph Craig | USA | 21.7 | |||
| 2 | 6 | Donald Lippincott | USA | 21.8 | |||
| 3 | 1 | Willie Applegarth | GBR | 21.9 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Richard Rau | GER | 22.2est | |||
| 5 | 2 | Charles Reidpath | USA | 22.3est | |||
| 6 | 3 | Donnell Young | USA | 22.3est |