The men's 200 metres was held on 2 September and 3 September as part of the Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, 34 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 10 by women. There were a total number of 1016 participating athletes from 73 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-Records broken:...

, which were held in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

. 74 athletes from 54 nations entered, but only 62 athletes from 47 nations ultimately competed. Livio Berruti

Livio Berruti

Livio Berruti is an Italian former athlete. He became the surprising winner of the 200 m in the 1960 Summer Olympics....

 was the first male 200m Olympic champion who was not from the USA or Canada

Canada

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First round

The top two runners in each of the 12 heats advanced, as well as the next four fastest runners from across all heats.

First round, heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Paul Genevay Paul Genevay Paul Genevay is a former French athlete, who won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metre relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. His winning teammates in that race were Bernard Laidebeur, Claude Piquemal and Jocelyn Delecour.-References:*...		21.2 seconds
2	Vadim Arkhipchuk	align=left	| 21.5 seconds
3	Jimmy Omagbemi	align=left	|26.2 seconds
-	Iftikhar Shah	align=left	|DNS
-	Hailou	align=left	|DNS
-	Enrique Figuerola Enrique Figuerola Enrique Figuerola Camue is a former sprinter from Cuba.His major international success was his threefold participation in the Olympic Games. He made his first appearance at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, were he finished fourth in the 100 metres final...	align=left	|DNS

First round, heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Les Carney Lester Carney Lester Carney was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 200 meters.He competed for the United States in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the 200 meters where he won the Silver medal.-References:...		21.1 seconds
2	David Segal David Segal (athlete) David Hugh Segal was a British athlete who competed in the sprints. He had best times of 9.5 seconds for the 100 yards and 21.0 seconds for the 220 yards...		21.3 seconds
3	Peter Laeng Peter Läeng Peter Läng is a Thai-Swiss footballer who plays for Bangkok Glass and the Thailand national football team.-International career:Läng was called up to the full national side in coach Peter Reid's first squad announcement in the friendly match against Liverpool in July 2009.-External links:*...	align=left	| 21.6 seconds
4	Shahrudin Mohamed Ali	align=left	| 22.3 seconds
-	Hilmar Thorbjörnsson	align=left	|DNS

First round, heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Stone Johnson Stone Johnson Stone Johnson was an Olympic sprinting athlete and American football kick returner/running back for the Kansas City Chiefs....	align=left	|21.7 seconds
2	Nikolaos Georgopoulos	align=left	|22.0 seconds
3	Clayton Glasgow	align=left	|22.6 seconds
4	James Roberts	align=left	|23.1 seconds
-	Harry Jerome Harry Jerome Henry "Harry" Winston Jerome, was a Canadian track and field runner. He was the grandson of John Howard, a railway porter who represented Canada in the 1912 Summer Olympics....	align=left	|DNS

First round, heat 4

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Marcel Wendelin	align=left	|21.6 seconds
2	Leonid Bartenev Leonid Bartenev Leonid Vladimirovich Bartenev was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He trained at Burevestnik in Kiev. He competed for the USSR in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Boris Tokarev, Yuriy...	align=left	|21.8 seconds
3	Michael Okantey	align=left	|21.8 seconds
4	Santiago Plaza	align=left	|22.0 seconds
5	Huang Suh-Chuang	align=left	|22.9 seconds
6	Abdul Khaliq	align=left	|23.1 seconds

First round, heat 5

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Peter Radford Peter Radford Peter Frank Radford is a former British athlete, who competed at 100 & 200 metres , broke world records, and won Olympic medals, despite being using a wheelchair by a serious kidney illness as a child.He took up competitive running at the age of 12, soon joining Birchfield Harriers, where he was...	align=left	|21.1 seconds
2	Erasmus Amukun	align=left	|21.3 seconds
3	Csaba Csutorás	align=left	|21.7 seconds
4	Sitiveni Moceidreke	align=left	|21.8 seconds
5	Elmar Kunauer	align=left	|22.2 seconds
-	Emmanuel Putu	align=left	|DNS

First round, heat 6

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Ray Norton Ray Norton Otis Ray Norton is a former American sprinter. In college he ran for San José State University, where he was coached by Lloyd Winter. He later won two gold medals at the 1959 Pan American Games. In that same year he tied Leamon King's record at the 100 meters at 10.1 seconds.In 1960 he set or...	align=left	|21.2 seconds
2	David Jones David Jones (athlete) David Jones was a British athlete who competed in the 100 & 200 metres. He won three consecutive AAA tiles at 220 yards...	align=left	|21.2 seconds
3	Yuriy Konovalov	align=left	|21.4 seconds
4	Ramón Vega Ramon Vega Ramon Vega is a former Swiss footballer of Spanish descent, who played as a central defender.During his 13-year professional career, he was best known for his spell in England at Tottenham Hotspur, but also had another stint in the United Kingdom, playing in Scotland for Glasgow Celtic.-Early...	align=left	|21.8 seconds
5	Patrick Lowry	align=left	|22.1 seconds
-	Vilém Mandlík Vilém Mandlík Vilém Mandlík was an Olympic 200 metres semi-finalist for Czechoslovakia in 1956 and ran in heat for 4 x 400 m relay. He also ran in the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. He is the father of tennis champion Hana Mandlíková.-Notes:...	align=left	|DNF

First round, heat 7

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Livio Berruti Livio Berruti Livio Berruti is an Italian former athlete. He became the surprising winner of the 200 m in the 1960 Summer Olympics....	align=left	|21.0 seconds
2	Tom Robinson Tom Robinson Tom Robinson is an English singer-songwriter, bassist and radio presenter, better known for the hits "Glad to Be Gay", "2-4-6-8 Motorway", and "Don't Take No for an Answer", with his Tom Robinson Band...	align=left	|21.4 seconds
3	Lloyd Murad	align=left	|21.8 seconds
4	Pentti Rekola	align=left	|22.2 seconds
5	Bouchaib El-Maachi	align=left	|22.3 seconds
-	Jalal Gozal	align=left	|DNS

First round, heat 8

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Dennis Johnson Dennis Johnson Dennis Wayne Johnson nicknamed "DJ", was an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns and Boston Celtics and coach of the Los Angeles Clippers...	align=left	|21.2 seconds
2	José da Conceição Telles	align=left	|21.3 seconds
3	Sebald Schnellmann	align=left	|21.4 seconds
4	Jean-Pierre Barra	align=left	|22.3 seconds
5	Enrique Bautista	align=left	|23.0 seconds
6	Ali Yusuf Zaid	align=left	|23.1 seconds

First round, heat 9

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Abdoulaye Seye Abdoulaye Seye Abdoulaye Seye was a Senegalese sprinter.He competed for France in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the 200 metres where he won the bronze medal...	align=left	|21.1 seconds
2	Carl Fredrik Bunæs	align=left	|21.3 seconds
3	Clifton Bertrand Clifton Bertrand Clifton Bertrand is a former Trinidad and Tobago sprinter.He won a gold medal in 200 meters at the 1957 British West Indies Championships, and three gold medals at the 1958 British West Indies Championships. He participated in three events at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, but did...	align=left	|21.3 seconds
4	Amos Grodzinowsky	align=left	|21.8 seconds
5	Barry Robinson Barry Robinson Barry David Robinson is a former English cricketer. Robinson was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Luton, Bedfordshire....	align=left	|22.2 seconds
6	Lennart Jonsson	align=left	|22.3 seconds

First round, heat 10

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Marian Foik Marian Foik Marian Foik was a Polish athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, participating in the 4 x 100 metre relay. With his team mates Andrzej Zieliński, Wiesław Maniak and Marian Dudziak, he won the silver medal....	align=left	|21.1 seconds
2	Jocelyn Delecour Jocelyn Delecour Jocelyn Delecour was a French athlete, who won the bronze medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the 4 x 100 metre relay...	align=left	|21.3 seconds
3	Armando Sardi	align=left	|21.6 seconds
4	Lynn Eves	align=left	|21.9 seconds
5	Mikhail Bachvarov	align=left	|22.2 seconds
6	Roger Bofferding	align=left	|23.2 seconds

First round, heat 11

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Seraphino Antao Seraphino Antao Seraphino Antao was retired runner from Kenya. He won two events at the 1962 Commonwealth Games, making him the first Kenyan athlete to win a gold medal at an international level...	align=left	|21.3 seconds
2	Rafael Romero Rafael Romero Rafael Romero Sandrea is a retired track and field athlete from Venezuela, who competed in the sprint events. He represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1956. Romero claimed two medals at the 1963 Pan American Games in Brazil.-References:*...	align=left	|21.4 seconds
3	Manfred Germar Manfred Germar Manfred Germar is a West German athlete who mainly competed in sprint events.He competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metre relay with his team mates Lothar Knörzer, Leonhard Pohl and Heinz...	align=left	|21.6 seconds
4	Romain Poté	align=left	|22.1 seconds
5	Melanio Asensio	align=left	|22.3 seconds
6	Aydin Onur	align=left	|22.5 seconds

First round, heat 12

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Edward Jefferys	align=left	|21.1 seconds
2	Salvatore Giannone	align=left	|21.5 seconds
3	Kimitada Hayase	align=left	|22.3 seconds
4	Fahmi Falih	align=left	|22.6 seconds
5	Dennis Tipping	align=left	|22.9 seconds
-	Milkha Singh Milkha Singh Milkha Singh is an Indian athlete, who represented India in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo...	align=left	|DNS

Second round, heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Stone Johnson	align=left	|20.9 seconds
2	Edward Jefferys	align=left	|21.1 seconds
3	Tom Robinson	align=left	|21.2 seconds
4	Erasmus Amukun	align=left	|21.3 seconds
5	Yuriy Konovalov	align=left	|21.3 seconds
6	Clifton Bertrand	align=left	|21.4 seconds
7	Rafael Romero	align=left	|21.4 seconds

Second round, heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Abdoulaye Seye	align=left	|20.8 seconds
2	Ray Norton	align=left	|21.0 seconds
3	David Segal		21.1 seconds
4	Seraphino Antao	align=left	|21.3 seconds
5	Vadim Arkhipchuk	align=left	| 21.5 seconds
6	José da Conceição Telles	align=left	|21.5 seconds
7	Nikolaos Georgopoulos	align=left	|22.0 seconds

Second round, heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Les Carney		20.9 seconds
2	Peter Radford	align=left	|21.0 seconds
3	Dennis Johnson	align=left	|21.1 seconds
4	Jocelyn Delecour	align=left	|21.5 seconds
5	Leonid Bartenev	align=left	|21.5 seconds
6	Sebald Schnellmann	align=left	|21.5 seconds
7	Salvatore Giannone	align=left	|21.8 seconds

Second round, heat 4

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Livio Berruti	align=left	|20.8 seconds
2	Marian Foik	align=left	|20.9 seconds
3	Paul Genevay		21.1 seconds
4	David Jones	align=left	|21.2 seconds
5	Carl Fredrik Bunæs	align=left	|21.4 seconds
6	Marcel Wendelin	align=left	|21.6 seconds

Semi-final 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Abdoulaye Seye	align=left	|20.8 seconds
2	Marian Foik	align=left	|21.0 seconds
3	Les Carney		21.1 seconds
4	Edward Jefferys	align=left	|21.3 seconds
5	Tom Robinson	align=left	|21.5 seconds
-	David Segal		DSQ

Semi-final 2

Berruti tied the world record of 20.5 seconds.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Livio Berruti	align=left	|20.5 seconds=EWR
2	Ray Norton	align=left	|20.7 seconds
3	Stone Johnson	align=left	|20.8 seconds
4	Peter Radford	align=left	|20.9 seconds
5	Dennis Johnson	align=left	|21.0 seconds
6	Paul Genevay		21.0 seconds

Final

Berruti tied again the world record of 20.5 seconds

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Livio Berruti	align=left	|20.5 seconds=EWR
2	Les Carney		20.6 seconds
3	Abdoulaye Seye	align=left	|20.7 seconds
4	Marian Foik	align=left	|20.8 seconds
5	Stone Johnson	align=left	|20.8 seconds
6	Ray Norton	align=left	|20.9 seconds