The men's 200 metres was the second-shortest of the men's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the athletics competition included 36 events, 24 for men and 12 for women. The women's 400 metres and women's pentathlon events were newly introduced at these Games. There were a total number of 1016 participating athletes from 82 countries.-Men's...

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. It was held on 16 October and 17 October 1964. 63 athletes from 48 nations entered, with 6 not starting in the first round. The first two rounds were held on 16 October, with the semifinals and the final on 17 October.

First round, heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Paul Drayton		20.7 seconds
2	Andrzeg Zielinski		21.2 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...		21.3 seconds
4	Johan du Preez		21.4 seconds
5	Jean-Louis Descloux		21.5 seconds
6	F. J. Gutierrez Hernandez		21.8 seconds
7	Gerardo di Tolla		22.1 seconds
8	Somsakdi Tongsuke		22.6 seconds

First round, heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Roger Bambuck Roger Bambuck Roger Bambuck was a French athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed for France in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City in the 100 metres and in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Gérard Fenouil, Jocelyn Delecour and Claude Piquemal...		21.2 seconds
2	Arquímedes Herrera Arquímedes Herrera Arquímedes Herrera is a retired track and field athlete from Venezuela, who competed in the sprint events. He represented his native country at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Herrera claimed three medals at the 1963 Pan American Games in Brazil....		21.3 seconds
3	Boris Zubov		21.4 seconds
4	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...		21.5 seconds
5	Erasmus Amukun		21.5 seconds
6	Carlos Lorenzo Manueco		21.6 seconds
—	Levy Psawkin		Did not start
	Iijima Hideo		Did not start

First round, heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Menzies Campbell Menzies Campbell Sir Walter Menzies "Ming" Campbell, CBE, QC, MP is a British Liberal Democrat politician and advocate, and a retired sprinter. He is the Member of Parliament for North East Fife, and was the Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2 March 2006 until 15 October 2007.Campbell held the British record...		21.3 seconds
2	Serafino Antao		21.5 seconds
3	Csaba Csutoras		21.5 seconds
4	B. El Maachi Bouchaib		21.5 seconds
5	David Njitock		22.5 seconds
6	Wesley Johnson		22.5 seconds
—	Eric James Bigby		Did not start
	Pablo McNeil Pablo McNeil Pablo S. McNeil was a Jamaican sprint athlete and sprinting coach. He participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. McNeil reached the semifinal of the 100 metres in the 1964 Olympics, finishing sixth with a wind assisted run of 10.30 seconds...		Did not start

First round, heat 4

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....		21.1 seconds
2	Sergio Ottolina		21.2 seconds
3	Edvin Ozolin		21.3 seconds
4	Jeffery Itzen Smith		21.7 seconds
5	Jasim Karim Kuraishi		22.6 seconds
6	Lee Ar Tu		23.0 seconds
—	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...		Did not start

First round, heat 5

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	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....		20.9 seconds
2	M. Jegathesan		20.9 seconds
3	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:*...		21.0 seconds
4	Franciscus Luitjes		21.1 seconds
5	Heinz Erbstosser		21.4 seconds
6	Tegegn Bezabih		22.0 seconds
7	Abdolvahab Shahkhoreh		22.3 seconds
—	Boris Savchuk		Disqualified

First round, heat 6

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Edwin Roberts Edwin Roberts Edwin Roberts was a Trinidadian athlete who competed mainly in the 200 metres.He competed for Trinidad and Tobago in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the 200 metres, where he won the bronze medal...		20.8 seconds
2	Robert William Lay		21.3 seconds
3	P. A. Grajales Escobar		21.4 seconds
4	David Ejoke		21.4 seconds
5	George Reginald Collie		21.9 seconds
6	Kenneth Lawrence Powell		21.9 seconds
7	Aggrey Sheroy Awori		22.2 seconds
8	William Hill		22.5 seconds

First round, heat 7

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Heinz Schumann		21.0 seconds
2	Henry Carr Henry Carr Henry Carr is a former American track and field athlete who won two gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.-Early life:...		21.1 seconds
3	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...		21.3 seconds
4	Ivan Moreno		21.5 seconds
5	Alioune Sow		21.9 seconds
6	Michael Okantey		21.9 seconds
7	Rogelio Onofre		22.1 seconds
8	Tom Robinson		Did not start

First round, heat 8

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....		21.1 seconds
2	Richard Stebbins Richard Stebbins Richard Vaughn Stebbins is a former American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics....		21.1 seconds
3	Friedrich Roderfield		21.5 seconds
4	Gary Alfred Holdsworth		21.6 seconds
5	Jose Fernandes da Rocha		21.7 seconds
6	Valeriu Jurca		21.8 seconds
7	Chung Ki Sun		22.3 seconds
8	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa is a retired Malagasy athlete who specialized in the 100 metres.At the 1964 Summer Olympics he was knocked out in the heats in both 100 and 200 metres....		22.4 seconds

Second round, heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Paul Drayton		20.9 seconds
2	Livio Berruti		21.2 seconds
3	M. Jegathesan		21.4 seconds
4	Jocelyn Delecour		21.5 seconds
5	Andrzej Zielinski		21.5 seconds
6	Boris Zubov		21.8 seconds
7	Jeffery Itzen Smith		22.0 seconds
8	Serafino Antao		22.1 seconds

Second round, heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Henry Carr		21.0 seconds
2	Sergio Ottolina		21.1 seconds
3	Heinz Schumann		21.2 seconds
4	Arquimedes Herrera		21.2 seconds
5	Robert William Lay		21.4 seconds
6	Csaba Csutoras		21.4 seconds
7	Ivan Moreno		21.7 seconds
8	Johan du Preez		21.8 seconds

Second round, heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Harry Jerome		21.2 seconds
2	Richard Stebbins		21.2 seconds
3	Roger Bambuck		21.4 seconds
4	B. El Maachi Boushaib		21.6 seconds
5	Clifton Bertrand		21.6 seconds
6	Menzies Campbell		21.7 seconds
7	P. A. Grajales Escobar		21.7 seconds
8	Friedrich Roderfeld		22.2 seconds

Second round, heat 4

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Edwin Roberts		20.9 seconds
2	Marian Foik		21.0 seconds
3	Paul Genevay		21.3 seconds
4	Franciscus Luitjes		21.4 seconds
5	Edvin Ozolin		21.4 seconds
6	Peter Radford		21.5 seconds
7	Gary Alfred Holdsworth		22.1 seconds
—	David Ejoke		Did not start

Semifinal 1

Drayton tied the Olympic record in this semifinal, three-tenths of a second short of the world record.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Paul Drayton		20.5 seconds =OR
2	Sergio Ottolina		20.7 seconds
3	Richard Stebbins		20.8 seconds
4	Marian Foik		20.9 seconds
5	Paul Genevay		20.9 seconds
6	Arquimedes Herrera		21.0 seconds
7	Franciscus Luitjes		21.1 seconds
8	B. El Maachi Bouchaib		21.6 seconds

Semifinal 2

The second semifinal was the fourth race of the 200 metres in which an American won and an Italian took second place.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Henry Carr		20.6 seconds
2	Livio Berruti		20.7 seconds
3	Edwin Roberts		20.8 seconds
4	Harry Jerome		21.0 seconds
5	Roger Bambuck		21.0 seconds
6	Heinz Schumann		21.1 seconds
7	Jocelyn Delecour		21.2 seconds
8	M. Jegathesan		21.2 seconds

Final

Drayton matched his semifinal time, which had tied the Olympic record at 20.5 seconds, but Carr did even better, setting a new Olympic record of 20.3 seconds to bump Drayton to the silver medal. Carr's time was only one-tenth of a second off the world record.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Henry Carr		20.3 seconds OR
2	Paul Drayton		20.5 seconds
3	Edwin Roberts		20.6 seconds
4	Harry Jerome		20.7 seconds
5	Livio Berruti		20.8 seconds
6	Marian Foik		20.8 seconds
7	Richard Stebbins		20.8 seconds
8	Sergio Ottolina		20.9 seconds