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200 metres, Men

Date	4 – 5 August 1936
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiastadion, Reichssportfeld, Berlin
Participants	44 from 22 countries

The favorite was American Jesse Owens who had already won the 100 and long jump gold medals. He won the final easily in 20.7, with four metres over American Mack Robinson. Though the IAAF did not yet recognize 200 metre records set on a turn, this was easily the fastest time ever run. Mack Robinson was the brother of Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color barrier in 20th century major league baseball.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	733	Jesse Owens	USA	21.1 (1 h3)	21.1w (1 h3)	21.3 (1 h2)	20.7 (1)	Gold	WR
2	739	Mack Robinson	USA	21.6 (1 h8)	21.2 (1 h4)	21.1w (1 h1)	21.1 (2)	Silver
3	299	Tinus Osendarp	NED	21.7 (1 h2)	21.3 (2 h4)	21.5 (2 h2)	21.3 (3)	Bronze
4	612	Paul Hänni	SUI	21.9 (1 h5)	21.3 (2 h1)	21.6 (3 h2)	21.6 (4)
5	66	Lee Orr	CAN	21.6 (2 h3)	21.2 (1 h1)	21.3w (2 h1)	21.6 (5)
6	298	Wil van Beveren	NED	21.4 (1 h1)	21.7 (1 h2)	21.5w (3 h1)	21.9 (6)
4 h1 r3/4	738	Bob Packard	USA	21.2 (1 h7)	21.3 (3 h1)	21.6w (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r3/4	648	Marthinus Theunissen	RSA	21.7 (1 h6)	21.9 (2 h2)	21.8 (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r3/4	820	Karl Neckermann	GER	21.8 (3 h3)	21.6 (3 h4)	21.8w (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	64	Bruce Humber	CAN	22.1 (1 h4)	22.1 (3 h2)	22.0 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	647	Eric Grimbeek	RSA	21.8 (2 h7)	21.9w (3 h3)	22.2w (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	65	Howie McPhee	CAN	21.8 (2 h6)	21.8w (2 h3)	22.0 (6 h2)	–
4 h1 r2/4	703	József Sír	HUN	22.2 (3 h5)	21.6 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r2/4	1	Renos Fragkoudis	GRE	22.1 (2 h5)	– (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r2/4	159	Aki Tammisto	FIN	22.2 (2 h8)	– (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r2/4	702	Gyula Gyenes	HUN	22.1 (2 h4)	– (4 h4)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	821	Egon Schein	GER	22.0 (2 h2)	21.7 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	369	Mutsuo Taniguchi	JPN	22.2 (3 h1)	– (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	487	Felix Rinner	AUT	22.4 (3 h4)	– (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	158	Börje Strandvall	FIN	22.6 (3 h6)	– (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	27	Tomás Beswick	ARG	22.1 (2 h1)	– (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	30	Carlos Hofmeister	ARG	22.3 (3 h8)	– (6 h2)	–	–
AC h3 r2/4	822	Albert Steinmetz	GER	21.9 (3 h7)	– (DQ h3)	–	–
DNS h4 r2/4	245	Alan Pennington	GBR	22.1 (3 h2)	– (DNS h4)	–	–
4 h1 r1/4	534	Antonio Salcedo	PHI	– (4 h1)	–	–	–
4 h2 r1/4	370	Masao Yazawa	JPN	22.4 (4 h2)	–	–	–
4 h3 r1/4	246	Arthur Sweeney	GBR	22.1 (4 h3)	–	–	–
4 h4 r1/4	189	Paul Bronner	FRA	22.6 (4 h4)	–	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	105	Fu Jincheng	CHN	– (4 h5)	–	–	–
4 h6 r1/4	20	George Fahoum	EGY	– (4 h6)	–	–	–
4 h7 r1/4	318	Eric Whiteside	IND	– (4 h7)	–	–	–
4 h8 r1/4	41	Dieudonné Devrindt	BEL	– (4 h8)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	55	José de Almeida	BRA	– (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	194	Pierre Dondelinger	FRA	– (5 h2)	–	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	533	Nemesio de Guzman	PHI	22.9 (5 h3)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	103	Cheng Jinguan	CHN	– (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	646	Pat Dannaher	RSA	– (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	104	Liu Changchun	CHN	– (5 h6)	–	–	–
5 h8 r1/4	704	Mario Minai	HUN	– (5 h8)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	2	Aristidis Sakellariou	GRE	– (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	452	Xaver Frick	LIE	– (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	134	Gunnar Christensen	DEN	23.1 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	28	Antonio Fondevilla	ARG	– (6 h6)	–	–	–
6 h8 r1/4	486	Alfred König	AUT	– (6 h8)	–	–	–
DNS	488	Leopold Quittan	AUT	– (DNS h5)	–	–	–
DNS	126	Campo Elías Gutiérrez	COL	– (DNS h7)	–	–	–
DNS	127	José Domingo Sánchez	COL	– (DNS h8)	–	–	–
DNS	244	Cyril Holmes	GBR	– (DNS h7)	–	–	–
DNS	327	Gianni Caldana	ITA	– (DNS h7)	–	–	–
DNS	366	Bunta Suzuki	JPN	– (DNS h4)	–	–	–
DNS	524	Antonio Cuba	PER	– (DNS h3)	–	–	–
DNS	568	Lennart Strandberg	SWE	– (DNS h5)	–	–	–
DNS	412	Julije Bauer	YUG	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–
DNS	414	Alfonz Kovačić	YUG	– (DNS h1)	–	–	–
DNS	413	Darko Dremil	YUG	– (DNS h4)	–	–	–

Round One (4 August 1936 — 10:30)

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

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	298	Wil van Beveren	NED	21.4	Q
2	27	Tomás Beswick	ARG	22.1	Q
3	369	Mutsuo Taniguchi	JPN	22.2	Q
4	534	Antonio Salcedo	PHI	–
5	55	José de Almeida	BRA	–
6	2	Aristidis Sakellariou	GRE	–
DNS	414	Alfonz Kovačić	YUG	–

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	299	Tinus Osendarp	NED	21.7	Q
2	821	Egon Schein	GER	22.0	Q
3	245	Alan Pennington	GBR	22.1	Q
4	370	Masao Yazawa	JPN	22.4
5	194	Pierre Dondelinger	FRA	–
6	452	Xaver Frick	LIE	–
DNS	412	Julije Bauer	YUG	–

Heat Three

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	733	Jesse Owens	USA	21.1	QOR
2	66	Lee Orr	CAN	21.6	Q
3	820	Karl Neckermann	GER	21.8	Q
4	246	Arthur Sweeney	GBR	22.1
5	533	Nemesio de Guzman	PHI	22.9
6	134	Gunnar Christensen	DEN	23.1
DNS	524	Antonio Cuba	PER	–

Heat Four

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	64	Bruce Humber	CAN	22.1	Q
2	702	Gyula Gyenes	HUN	22.1	Q
3	487	Felix Rinner	AUT	22.4	Q
4	189	Paul Bronner	FRA	22.6
5	103	Cheng Jinguan	CHN	–
DNS	413	Darko Dremil	YUG	–
DNS	366	Bunta Suzuki	JPN	–

Heat Five

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	612	Paul Hänni	SUI	21.9	Q
2	1	Renos Fragkoudis	GRE	22.1	Q
3	703	József Sír	HUN	22.2	Q
4	105	Fu Jincheng	CHN	–
5	646	Pat Dannaher	RSA	–
DNS	488	Leopold Quittan	AUT	–
DNS	568	Lennart Strandberg	SWE	–

Heat Six

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	648	Marthinus Theunissen	RSA	21.7	Q
2	65	Howie McPhee	CAN	21.8	Q
3	158	Börje Strandvall	FIN	22.6	Q
4	20	George Fahoum	EGY	–
5	104	Liu Changchun	CHN	–
6	28	Antonio Fondevilla	ARG	–

Heat Seven

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	738	Bob Packard	USA	21.2	Q
2	647	Eric Grimbeek	RSA	21.8	Q
3	822	Albert Steinmetz	GER	21.9	Q
4	318	Eric Whiteside	IND	–
DNS	126	Campo Elías Gutiérrez	COL	–
DNS	244	Cyril Holmes	GBR	–
DNS	327	Gianni Caldana	ITA	–

Heat Eight

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	739	Mack Robinson	USA	21.6	Q
2	159	Aki Tammisto	FIN	22.2	Q
3	30	Carlos Hofmeister	ARG	22.3	Q
4	41	Dieudonné Devrindt	BEL	–
5	704	Mario Minai	HUN	–
6	486	Alfred König	AUT	–
DNS	127	José Domingo Sánchez	COL	–

Quarter-Finals (4 August 1936 — 15:30)

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

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	66	Lee Orr	CAN	21.2	21.37	Q
2	612	Paul Hänni	SUI	21.3	21.385	Q
3	738	Bob Packard	USA	21.3	21.40	Q
4	703	József Sír	HUN	21.6	21.65
5	821	Egon Schein	GER	21.7	21.67
6	27	Tomás Beswick	ARG	–	–

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	298	Wil van Beveren	NED	21.7	Q
2	648	Marthinus Theunissen	RSA	21.9	Q
3	64	Bruce Humber	CAN	22.1	Q
4	1	Renos Fragkoudis	GRE	–
5	369	Mutsuo Taniguchi	JPN	–
6	30	Carlos Hofmeister	ARG	–

Heat Three

Wind	>2.0 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	733	Jesse Owens	USA	21.1w	–	Q
2	65	Howie McPhee	CAN	21.8w	21.90w	Q
3	647	Eric Grimbeek	RSA	21.9w	21.94w	Q
4	159	Aki Tammisto	FIN	–	22.07w
5	487	Felix Rinner	AUT	–	–
DQ	822	Albert Steinmetz	GER	–	–

Heat Four

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	739	Mack Robinson	USA	21.2	Q
2	299	Tinus Osendarp	NED	21.3	Q
3	820	Karl Neckermann	GER	21.6	Q
4	702	Gyula Gyenes	HUN	–
5	158	Börje Strandvall	FIN	–
DNS	245	Alan Pennington	GBR	–

Semi-Finals (5 August 1936 — 15:00)

Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Wind	3.0 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	739	Mack Robinson	USA	21.1w	Q
2	66	Lee Orr	CAN	21.3w	Q
3	298	Wil van Beveren	NED	21.5w	Q
4	738	Bob Packard	USA	21.6w
5	820	Karl Neckermann	GER	21.8w
6	647	Eric Grimbeek	RSA	22.2w

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	733	Jesse Owens	USA	21.3	21.40	Q
2	299	Tinus Osendarp	NED	21.5	–	Q
3	612	Paul Hänni	SUI	21.6	–	Q
4	648	Marthinus Theunissen	RSA	21.8	–
5	64	Bruce Humber	CAN	22.0	–
6	65	Howie McPhee	CAN	22.0	–

Final (5 August 1936 — 18:00)

Wind	2.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)
1	3	Jesse Owens	USA	20.7	WR
2	4	Mack Robinson	USA	21.1
3	1	Tinus Osendarp	NED	21.3
4	5	Paul Hänni	SUI	21.6
5	6	Lee Orr	CAN	21.6
6	2	Wil van Beveren	NED	21.9