Final | time | L | 1. Percy Williams | Canada | 21.8s | 2 | 2. Walter Rangeley | Great Britain | 21.9s e | 3 | 3. Helmut Körnig | Germany | 21.9s e | 4 | 4. Jackson Scholz | United States | 21.9s e | 4 | 5. John Fitzpatrick | Canada | 22.1s e | 5 | 6. Jakob Schuller | Germany | 22.2s e | 1 |
World Record: 21.0s Charlie Paddock, United States Paris, France 6 May 1923. | Olympic Record: 21.5s Archie Hann, United States St. Louis, United States 31 August 1904 21.6s Jackson Scholtz, United States PAris, France 9 July 1924. |
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| Venue: Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam 31,600. 59 competitors from 29 nations. |
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| 2 Semis with 12 athletes. Best 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
Semi 1 | time | | 1. Percy Williams | Canada | 22.0s | Q | 2. Walter Rangeley | Great Britain | 22.0s | Q | 3. Jakob Schüller | Germany | 22.1s | Q | 4. Charlie Paddock | United States | 22.1s | | 5. Mario Gómez | Mexico | 22.3s | | -. Wilfred Legg | South Africa | DNF | |
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Semi 2 | time | | 1. Helmut Körnig | Germany | 21.8s | Q | 2. Jackson Scholz | United States | 21.9s | Q | 3. John Fitzpatrick | Canada | 22.0s | Q | 4. Henry Cumming | United States | 22.1s | | 5. Cyril Gill | Great Britain | 22.3s | | 6. Björn Kugelberg | Sweden | 22.6s | |
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Both Paddock and Scholz were attempting to reach their fifth individual finals,
but after winning his first two races, Paddock was edged out
in the first semi-final. Scholz qualified comfortably behind Kornig in
the other semi, after the German had equalled the Olympic Record of
21.6 in the previous round.
Körnig was the early leader, but Williams and the surprising
Rangeley slipped by at the 150m mark. Williams swept away irresistibly
to win by 60cm, with Rangeley leaning across the line 15cm ahead of Körnig.
Scholz was half a metre back, but inexplicably he was
initially bracketed with the German for third place. He declined to take
part in a run-off for the bronze medal and was placed fourth.
Quarter 1 | time | | 1. Jakob Schüller | Germany | 22.0s | Q | 2. Henry Cumming | United States | Unknown | Q | 3. Ralph Adams | Canada | Unknown | | 4. Hermann Geißler | Austria | Unknown | | 5. John Hambidge | Great Britain | Unknown | |
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Quarter 2 | time | | 1. Wilfred Legg | South Africa | 21.8s | Q | 2. Cyril Gill | Great Britain | Unknown | Q | 3. Hermann Schlöske | Germany | Unknown | | 4. Rinus van den Berge | Netherlands | Unknown | | 5. André Mourlon | France | Unknown | |
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Quarter 3 | time | | 1. Charlie Paddock | United States | 21.8s | Q | 2. Björn Kugelberg | Sweden | Unknown | Q | 3. André Cerbonney | France | Unknown | | 4. Guy Butler | Great Britain | Unknown | | 5. Harry Broos | Netherlands | Unknown | |
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Quarter 4 | time | | 1. Jackson Scholz | United States | 21.8s | Q | 2. Walter Rangeley | Great Britain | 21.9s | Q | 3. Paul Brochart | Belgium | Unknown | | 4. Maurice Degrelle | France | Unknown | | 5. Karel Knenicky | Czechoslovakia | Unknown | |
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Quarter 5 | time | | 1. John Fitzpatrick | Canada | 22.0s | Q | 2. Mario Gómez | Mexico | Unknown | Q | 3. Alberto Barucco | Argentina | Unknown | | 4. Mannaert Jérôme | France | Unknown | | 5. Howard Kinsman | South Africa | Unknown | |
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Quarter 6 | time | | 1. Helmut Körnig | Germany | 21.6s | Q, =OR | 2. Percy Williams | Canada | 21.8s | Q | 3. Charlie Borah | United States | 21.8s | | 4. Jimmy Carlton | Australia | 22.0s | | 5. Giuseppe Castelli | Italy | 22.2s | |
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Heat 1 | time | | 1. Henry Cumming | United States | 22.4s | Q | 2. André Mourlon | France | Unknown | Q | 3. André Théard | Haiti | Unknown | | 4. Willy Weibel | Switzerland | Unknown | | 5. Diego Ordóñez | Spain | Unknown | | 6. Ladislau Peter | Romania | Unknown | |
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Heat 2 | time | | 1. Björn Kugelberg | Sweden | 22.4s | Q | 2. Maurice Degrelle | France | Unknown | Q | 3. Dan Cullen | Ireland | Unknown | | 4. Renos Frangoudis | Greece | Unknown | |
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Heat 3 | time | | 1. John Fitzpatrick | Canada | 22.8s | Q | 12. Jimmy Carlton | Australia | 22.8s | Q | 3. Juan Serrahima | Spain | Unknown | | 4. Burns R. | India | Unknown | | 5. Alejandro Hannig | Chile | Unknown | |
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Heat 4 | time | | 1. Jakob Schüller | Germany | 22.0s | Q | 2. Rinus van den Berge | Netherlands | Unknown | Q | 3. François Prinsen | Belgium | Unknown | | 4. Hans Niggl | Switzerland | Unknown | |
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Heat 5 | time | | 1. Charlie Paddock | United States | 22.2s | Q | 2. Mario Gómez | Mexico | 22.5s | Q | 3. Anselmo Gonzaga | Philippines | 22.7s | | 4. Adolphe Groscol | Belgium | 23.8s | |
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Heat 6 | time | | 1. Jackson Scholz | United States | 22.2s | Q | 2. Ralph Adams | Canada | 22.5s | Q | 3. Iwao Aizawa | Japan | 22.6s | | 4. Sean Lavan | Ireland | 22.9s | |
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Heat 7 | time | | 1. Charley Borah | United States | 25.0s | Q | 2. Hermann Schlöske | Germany | 25.0s | Q |
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Heat 8 | time | | 1. André Cerbonney | France | 22.2s | Q | 2. Paul Brochart | Belgium | Unknown | Q | 3. Ferenc Gerő | Hungary | Unknown | | 4. James Hall | India | Unknown | | 5. Johann Bartl | Czechoslovakia | Unknown | | 6. Francisco Costas | Mexico | Unknown | |
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Heat 9 | time | | 1. Wilfred Legg | South Africa | 22.4s | Q | 2. Alberto Barucco | Argentina | Unknown | Q | 3. Haris Šveminas | Lithuania | Unknown | | -. George Hester | Canada | Dqs |
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Heat 10 | time | | 1. Helmut Körnig | Germany | 23.4s | Q | 2. Karel Knenicky | Czechoslovakia | Unknown | Q | 3. Jean Moulin | Luxembourg | Unknown | |
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Heat 11 | time | | 1. Guy Butler | Great Britain | 22.8s | Q | 2. Mannaert Jérôme | France | Unknown | Q | 3. Juan Bautista Pina | Argentina | Unknown | |
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Heat 12 | time | | 1. Hermann Geißler | Austria | 22.4s | Q | 2. Giuseppe Castelli | Italy | Unknown | Q | 3. Aubrey Burton-Durham | South Africa | Unknown | | 4. Angelos Lambrou | Greece | Unknown | |
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Heat 13 | time | | 1. Walter Rangeley | Great Britain | 22.0s | Q | 2. Harry Broos | Netherlands | Unknown | Q | 3. Willy Dujarin | Belgium | Unknown | | 4. José de Lima | Portugal | Unknown | |
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Heat 14 | time | | 1. Percy Williams | Canada | 22.6s | Q | 2. John Hambidge | Great Britain | Unknown | Q | 3. Jaroslav Vykoupil | Czechoslovakia | Unknown | |
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Heat 15 | time | | 1. Cyril Gill | Great Britain | 22.2s | Q | 2. Howard Kinsman | South Africa | Unknown | Q | 3. Edgardo Toetti | Italy | Unknown | |
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