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Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games:
Men's 200 metres
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Host City: Helsinki, Finland
Venue(s): Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Date Started: July 22, 1952
Date Finished: July 23, 1952
| Gold: |  Andy Stanfield |
| Silver: | Thane Baker |
| Bronze: | Jimmy Gathers |
Summary
The heavy favorite in this race was Andy Stanfield and he dominated the event. Stanfield had set the first IAAF-recognized world recognized for 200 and 220 yards around a turn with 20.6 for each distance in 1951 and 1952, and had won three AAU titles at this distance. He was fastest in the heats and ran 20.9 in the quarter-finals. In the final he led early, despite an injured thigh, and held on to win over Thane Baker, with Jim Gathers completing a US medal sweep.
Final Standings
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Stanfield | 24 | United States | USA | Gold | OR |
| 2 | Thane Baker | 20 | United States | USA | Silver | |
| 3 | Jimmy Gathers | 22 | United States | USA | Bronze | |
| 4 | McDonald Bailey | 31 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 5 | Les Laing | 27 | Jamaica | JAM | ||
| 6 | Gerardo Bönnhoff | 26 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 4 h1 r3/4 | Werner Zandt | 24 | Germany | GER | ||
| 4 h2 r3/4 | Rafael Fortún | 32 | Cuba | CUB | ||
| 5 h1 r3/4 | Nick Stacey | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 5 h2 r3/4 | Lavy Pinto | 22 | India | IND | ||
| 6 h1 r3/4 | Václav Janeček | 23 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| AC h2 r3/4 | John Treloar | 24 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 3 h1 r2/4 | Theo Saat | 24 | Netherlands | NED | ||
| 3 h2 r2/4 | Paul Dolan | 25 | Ireland | IRL | ||
| 3 h3 r2/4 | Edwin Carr, Jr. | 23 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 3 h4 r2/4 | Angel Kolev | 26 | Bulgaria | BUL | ||
| 3 h5 r2/4 | Étienne Bally | 29 | France | FRA | ||
| 3 h6 r2/4 | Vladimir Sukharev | 28 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 4 h1 r2/4 | Zdobysław Stawczyk | 29 | Poland | POL | ||
| 4 h2 r2/4 | Peter Kraus | 19 | Germany | GER | ||
| 4 h3 r2/4 | Schalk Booysen | 24 | South Africa | RSA | ||
| 4 h4 r2/4 | Angel García | 32 | Cuba | CUB | ||
| 4 h5 r2/4 | Levan Sanadze | 23 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 4 h6 r2/4 | Gerard Mach | 25 | Poland | POL | ||
| 5 h1 r2/4 | Miroslav Horčic | 30 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| 5 h2 r2/4 | Voitto Hellstén | 20 | Finland | FIN | ||
| 5 h3 r2/4 | Marcel Gerdil | 24 | France | FRA | ||
| 5 h4 r2/4 | David Tabak | 24 | Israel | ISR | ||
| 5 h5 r2/4 | Don McFarlane | 21 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 5 h6 r2/4 | Brian Shenton | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 6 h1 r2/4 | Raúl Mazorra | 23 | Cuba | CUB | ||
| 6 h2 r2/4 | Rafiu Oluwa | 21 | Nigeria | NGR | ||
| 6 h3 r2/4 | Robert Hutchinson | 21 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 6 h4 r2/4 | Roman Budzyński | 18 | Poland | POL | ||
| 6 h6 r2/4 | Tomio Hosoda | 26 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 2 h14r1/4 | Boonterm Pakpuang | 31 | Thailand | THA | ||
| 3 h1 r1/4 | Adolf Turakainen | 20 | Finland | FIN | ||
| 3 h2 r1/4 | Stefanos Petrakis | 27 | Greece | GRE | ||
| 3 h4 r1/4 | Fernand Linssen | 23 | Belgium | BEL | ||
| 3 h5 r1/4 | Juan Leiva | 19 | Venezuela | VEN | ||
| 3 h7 r1/4 | Enrique Beckles | 24 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 3 h8 r1/4 | Hans Wehrli | 25 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 3 h9 r1/4 | Muhammad Aslam | 30 | Pakistan | PAK | ||
| 3 h10r1/4 | Roby Schaeffer | 21 | Luxembourg | LUX | ||
| 3 h11r1/4 | Muhammad Sharif Butt | 26 | Pakistan | PAK | ||
| 3 h12r1/4 | Henry Brault | 24 | France | FRA | ||
| 3 h13r1/4 | Giorgio Sobrero | 22 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 3 h15r1/4 | František Brož | 23 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| 3 h16r1/4 | Emad El-Din Shafei | 20 | Egypt | EGY | ||
| 3 h18r1/4 | Péter Karádi | 25 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 4 h1 r1/4 | Hörður Haraldsson | 22 | Iceland | ISL | ||
| 4 h2 r1/4 | Willy Eichenberger | 24 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 4 h4 r1/4 | Edward Ajado | 23 | Nigeria | NGR | ||
| 4 h5 r1/4 | Fawzi Chaaban | 21 | Egypt | EGY | ||
| 4 h7 r1/4 | Youssef Ali Omar | 24 | Egypt | EGY | ||
| 4 h8 r1/4 | Pauli Tavisalo | 24 | Finland | FIN | ||
| 4 h9 r1/4 | Fred Hammer | 22 | Luxembourg | LUX | ||
| 4 h10r1/4 | Vasilios Sillis | 23 | Greece | GRE | ||
| 4 h11r1/4 | Ásmundur Bjarnason | 25 | Iceland | ISL | ||
| 4 h12r1/4 | Luigi Grossi | 27 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 4 h13r1/4 | Ernst Mühlethaler | 30 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 4 h15r1/4 | Fernando Casimiro | 21 | Portugal | POR | ||
| 4 h16r1/4 | Aroon Sankosik | 27 | Thailand | THA | ||
| 4 h18r1/4 | Lucio Sangermano | 19 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 5 h5 r1/4 | Eugénio Eleutério | 31 | Portugal | POR | ||
| 5 h7 r1/4 | Adulya Vanastit | 21 | Thailand | THA | ||
| 5 h8 r1/4 | Abdul Aziz | 27 | Pakistan | PAK | ||
| 5 h11r1/4 | Walter Sutton | 19 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 5 h12r1/4 | Muslim Arogundade | 26 | Nigeria | NGR | ||
| 5 h13r1/4 | Eom Par-Yong | 21 | South Korea | KOR | ||
| 5 h15r1/4 | José Julio Barillas | 20 | Guatemala | GUA |
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