Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres
| Men's 200 metres at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
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| Venue | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir | |||||||||
| Dates | July 8 (heats and quarterfinals) July 9 (semifinals and final) |
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| Competitors | 65 from 33 nations | |||||||||
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Jackson Scholz United States
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Charles Paddock United States
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Eric Liddell Great Britain
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The men's 200 metres event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The first two rounds were held on July 8, with the semifinals and final on July 9. Sixty-five sprinters from 33 countries competed.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
Jackson Scholz of the US tied the Olympic record in the final.
All times shown are in seconds.
The first round was held on 8 July. The first two runners of each heat qualified for the second round.
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
The quarterfinals were held on July 8. The first two runners of each heat qualified for the semifinals.
Quarterfinal 1
Quarterfinal 2
Quarterfinal 3
Quarterfinal 4
Quarterfinal 5
Quarterfinal 6
The semifinals were held on July 9. The first three runners from each semifinal qualified for the final.
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
The final was held on July 9.
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