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1956 Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia - Men's 200 m

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Category: 1956 Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia - (Athletics)
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Host City: Melbourne, Australia Format: Top three in each heat advanced to the final.
Date Started: November 26, 1956 Format: Top three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.
Date Finished: November 27, 1956 Format: Top two in each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.
(Competitors: 67; Countries: 32; Finalists: 6)
Venue(s): Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria
Overview by IAAF 1956_melbournestadium.jpg 
No-one ducked under 21.1 until the final, and Stanfield looked the smoothest of all in the heats. Morrow appeared to be favouring his bandaged left hamstring, but was more worried about Stanfield’s form. Baker was visibly upset at drawing lane 6 as he had in ’52, but ran a good bend. The three Americans were virtually abreast off the bend before Morrow turned on the power and was soon 2m in front, an advantage he held easily over Stanfield, who later asserted that the track was two tenths slower than Helsinki. The time of 20.75 was nevertheless the fastest automatic time on record up to that date. Morrow’s 1956 feat of winning the sprint double at the NCAA, Olympic Trials and Olympic Games, as well as the AAU 100, exactly duplicated the achievement of Owens in 1936, and has not been matched by an American sprinter since.
Summary by Sports-reference.com
The defending champion Andy Stanfield was back, but Bobby Joe Morrow had already won the 100 and was felt to be the class of the field. Morrow had shared the early season limelight with Dave Sime, but Sime was injured at the NCAAs and did not make the American team. In the final, Morrow was running with a thigh wrap, but was even with Stanfield off the turn. He then turned on the power and won by a metre over Stanfield, with the 1952 silver medalist, Thane Baker, completing a second consecutive American sweep. In 1956 Morrow won the 100/200 double at the NCAAs, Olympic Trials, and Olympic Games, and also won the AAU 100.
 
 
Results
200 m Men Final 27 November
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 20,75 Bobby Joe Morrow United States USA 21 (=)WR 20.6 h
2 20,97 Andy Stanfield United States USA 28 20.7 h
3 21,05 Thane Baker United States USA 25 20.9 h
4 21,35 Mike Agostini Trinidad and Tobago TTO 21 21.1 h
5 21,42 Boris Tokarev Soviet Union URS 29 21.2 h
6 21,56 José da Conceição Brazil BRA 25 21.3 h
200 m Men Semi-Finals Heat One 27 November
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 21,21 Q Thane Baker United States USA 25 21.1 h
2 21,43 Q Bobby Joe Morrow United States USA 21 21.3 h
3 21,53 Q José da Conceição Brazil BRA 25 21.4 h
4 21,58 Abdul Khaliq Pakistan PAK 23 21.5 h
5 21,74 Karl-Friedrich Haas Germany GER 25 21.5 h
6 21,75 Morrie Rae New Zealand NZL 21 21.5 h
200 m Men Semi-Finals Heat Two 27 November
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 21,35 Q Andy Stanfield United States USA 28 21.2 h
2 21,48 Q Mike Agostini Trinidad and Tobago TTO 21 21.3 h
3 21,5 Q Boris Tokarev Soviet Union URS 29 21.3 h
4 21,64 Leo Pohl Germany GER 27 21.5 h
5 21,74 Vilém Mandlík Czechoslovakia TCH 20 21.6 h
6 22,08 Brian Shenton Great Britain GBR 29 21.9 h
200 m Men Quarter-Finals Heat One 26 November
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 21,34 Q Abdul Khaliq Pakistan PAK 23 21.1 h
2 21,35 Q Mike Agostini Trinidad and Tobago TTO 21 21.1 h
3 21,49 Q Leo Pohl Germany GER 27 21.3 h
4 21,53 Leonid Barteniev Soviet Union URS 23 21.4 h
5 21,64 Béla Goldoványi Hungary HUN 30 21.5 h
6 21,73 Edward Szmidt Poland POL 25 21.6 h
200 m Men Quarter-Finals Heat Two 26 November
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 21,22 Q Andy Stanfield United States USA 28 21.1 h
2 21,42 Q Boris Tokarev Soviet Union URS 29 21.2 h
3 21,46 Q José da Conceição Brazil BRA 25 21.3 h
4 21,53 Vincenzo Lombardo Italy ITA 24 21.4 h
5 22,05 Kanji Akagi Japan JPN 23 21.9 h
AC DNF Konstantin Lissenko France FRA 23
200 m Men Quarter-Finals Heat Three 26 November
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 21,34 Q Thane Baker United States USA 25 21.2 h
2 21,56 Q Vilém Mandlík Czechoslovakia TCH 20 21.3 h
3 21,68 Q Karl-Friedrich Haas Germany GER 25 21.5 h
4 21,9 Hec Hogan Australia AUS 25 21.7 h
5 22,16 Iván Rodríguez Puerto Rico PUR 19 21.9 h
6 22,82 Sergio D'Asnasch Italy ITA 22 22.6 h
200 m Men Quarter-Finals Heat Four 26 November
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 22,03 Q Bobby Joe Morrow United States USA 21 21.9 h
2 22,12 Q Morrie Rae New Zealand NZL 21 22.0 h
3 22,15 Q Brian Shenton Great Britain GBR 29 22.1 h
4 22,26 Václav Janeček Czechoslovakia TCH 27 22.2 h
5 23,88 Jorge de Barros Brazil BRA 21 23.7 h
200 m Men Round One Heat One 26 November
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 21,61 Q José da Conceição Brazil BRA 25 21.5 h
2 21,88 Q Manfred Germar Germany GER 21 21.8 h
3 21,96 René Ahumada Mexico MEX 21.9 h
4 22,13 Mel Spence Jamaica JAM 20 21.9 h
5 22,13 Jean-Pierre Goudeau France FRA 23 22.0 h
200 m Men Round One Heat Two 26 November
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 21,56 Q Karl-Friedrich Haas Germany GER 25 21.4 h
2 21,85 Q Václav Janeček Czechoslovakia TCH 27 21.7 h
3 22,2 Douglas Winston Australia AUS 23 22.0 h
4 22,47 Milkha Singh India IND 21 22.3 h
5 22,64 Kyohei Ushio Japan JPN 21 22.4 h
200 m Men Round One Heat Three 26 November
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 21,8 Q Mike Agostini Trinidad and Tobago TTO 21 21.6 h
2 21,94 Q Vincenzo Lombardo Italy ITA 24 21.8 h
3 22,09 Yury Konovalov Soviet Union URS 26 22.0 h
4 22,54 Josef Trousil Czechoslovakia TCH 21 22.3 h
5 23,63 Beyene Legesse Ethiopia ETH 23.4 h
6 24,59 Manut Bumrungphuk Thailand THA 20 23.4 h
AC DQ James Roberts Liberia LBR 20 [23.1] / [23.17]
200 m Men Round One Heat Four 26 November
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 21,69 Q Andy Stanfield United States USA 28 21.5 h
2 22,35 Q Sergio D'Asnasch Italy ITA 22 22.2 h
3 22,38 Sharif Butt Pakistan PAK 30 22.2 h
4 22,73 Fred Hammer Luxembourg LUX 26 22.7 h
5 23,89 Roba Negousse Ethiopia ETH 20 23.7 h
AC DQ Apolinar Solórzano Venezuela VEN [22.6] / [22.73]
200 m Men Round One Heat Five 26 November
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 21,32 Q Abdul Khaliq Pakistan PAK 23 21.1 h
2 21,57 Q Morrie Rae New Zealand NZL 21 21.4 h
3 21,67 João Pires Sobrinho Brazil BRA 22 21.6 h
4 21,76 Tom Robinson Bahamas BAH 18 21.6 h
5 21,78 Sándor Jakabfy Hungary HUN 25 21.6 h
6 21,86 Mal Spence Jamaica JAM 20 21.7 h
200 m Men Round One Heat Six 26 November
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 22,26 Q Kanji Akagi Japan JPN 23 22.1 h
2 22,3 Q Jorge de Barros Brazil BRA 21 22.2 h
200 m Men Round One Heat Seven 26 November
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 21,92 Q Thane Baker United States USA 25 21.8 h
2 22,08 Q Béla Goldoványi Hungary HUN 30 21.9 h
3 22,33 Bjørn Nilsen Norway NOR 19 22.2 h
4 22,54 Oliver Hunter Guyana GUY 22.4 h
5 22,68 Giovanni Ghiselli Italy ITA 22 22.5 h
6 23,25 Abebe Hailou Ethiopia ETH 23 23.0 h
200 m Men Round One Heat Eight 26 November
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 21,79 Q Vilém Mandlík Czechoslovakia TCH 20 21.6 h
2 21,97 Q Hec Hogan Australia AUS 25 21.8 h
3 22,22 David Segal Great Britain GBR 19 22.1 h
4 22,28 Joe Foreman Canada CAN 21 22.2 h
5 23,33 Kesevan Soon Singapore SIN 18 23.0 h
6 23,94 Lee Kah Fook Malaya MAL 23.7 h
200 m Men Round One Heat Nine 26 November
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 21,95 Q Bobby Joe Morrow United States USA 21 21.8 h
2 22,03 Q Edward Szmidt Poland POL 25 21.9 h
3 22,06 Graham Gipson Australia AUS 24 22.0 h
4 22,56 Akira Kiyofuji Japan JPN 24 22.5 h
5 22,98 Abdul Aziz Pakistan PAK 32 22.9 h
200 m Men Round One Heat Ten 26 November
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 21,62 Q Boris Tokarev Soviet Union URS 29 21.6 h
2 21,87 Q Brian Shenton Great Britain GBR 29 21.7 h
3 21,85 Rafael Romero Venezuela VEN 18 21.8 h
4 21,91 Jan Jarzembowski Poland POL 22 21.9 h
5 22,23 Joe Goddard Trinidad and Tobago TTO 22.3 h
6 22,56 Eero Kivelä Finland FIN 26 22.5 h
7 22.89 Ben Nduga Uganda UGA
200 m Men Round One Heat Eleven 26 November
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 22,06 Q Konstantin Lissenko France FRA 23 21.8 h
2 22,06 Q Iván Rodríguez Puerto Rico PUR 19 21.9 h
3 22,18 Roy Sandstrom Great Britain GBR 25 22.1 h
4 22,22 Pentti Rekola Finland FIN 22 22.1 h
5 22,61 Jack Parrington Canada CAN 23 22.4 h
6 23.88 Montri Srinaka Thailand THA
7 24.33 Emmanuel Putu Liberia LBR 17
200 m Men Round One Heat Twelve 26 November
Rank Mark Athlete Country NOC Age Records Notes
1 21,78 Q Leo Pohl Germany GER 27 21.6 h
2 21,94 Q Leonid Barteniev Soviet Union URS 23 21.8 h
3 22,37 Yves Camus France FRA 26 22.2 h
4 23,92 Paiboon Vacharapan Thailand THA 22 23.8 h
5 25,81 Richard Estick Jamaica JAM 22 25.5 h
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

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