Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres
| Men's 200 metres at the Games of the V Olympiad
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The finish of the final.
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| Dates | July 10 (heats, semifinals) July 11 (final) |
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| Competitors | 61 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
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Ralph Craig |
 United States
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Donald Lippincott |
United States
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Willie Applegarth |
 Great Britain
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The men's 200 metres was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which has appeared at every edition of the Summer Olympics since the 1900 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on July 10, 1912, and on July 11, 1912.
61 runners from 19 nations competed.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.
(*) unofficial 220 yards (= 201.17 m)
(**) straight course
Ralph Craig's 21.7 second performance was 1⁄10 of a second off the Olympic record of 21.6 seconds, set in 1904.
All heats were held on Wednesday, July 10, 1912.
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Heat 5
Heat 6
Heat 7
Heat 8
Heat 9
Heat 10
Heat 11
Heat 12
Heat 13
Heat 14
Heat 15
Heat 16
Heat 17
Heat 18
All semi-finals were held on Wednesday, July 10, 1912.
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Semifinal 3
Semifinal 4
Semifinal 5
Semifinal 6
The final was held on Thursday, July 11, 1912.
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