Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres hurdles

Men's 200 metres hurdles
at the Games of the II Olympiad
VenueBois de Boulogne
DateJuly 16
Competitors11 from 5 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
Athletics at the
1900 Summer Olympics
Track events
60 m   men
100 m men
200 m men
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
110 m hurdles men
200 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
2500 m steeplechase men
4000 m steeplechase men
5000 m team race men
Road events
Marathon men
Field events
Long jump men
Triple jump men
High jump men
Pole vault men
Standing long jump men
Standing triple jump men
Standing high jump men
Shot put men
Discus throw men
Hammer throw men

The men's 200 metres hurdles was a hurdling event on the athletics programme at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was held on July 16, 1900. 11 athletes from five nations competed in the middle of the three hurdling events.

Records

None, this was the first time the event was held.

Alvin Kraenzlein set the first Olympic record for this event when he ran 27.0 seconds in the first heat of the first round. Norman Pritchard improved this record in the second heat with 26.8 seconds. Finally Alvin Kraenzlein took the Olympic record by winning the final with 25.4 seconds.

Results

First round

In the first round, there were two heats. The top two runners in each advanced to the final.

First round, heat 1

Place Athlete Time
1  Alvin Kraenzlein (USA) 27.0 s
2  Eugène Choisel (FRA) (27.5)
3  Frederick Moloney (USA) (27.6)
4  William Remington (USA) Unknown
5  Gustav Rau (GER) Unknown

Kraenzlein won by four yards.

First round, heat 2

Place Athlete Time
1  Norman Pritchard (IND) 26.8 s
2  Walter Tewksbury (USA) (27.1)
3  Thaddeus McClain (USA) (27.2)
4  Henri Tauzin (FRA) Unknown
5  William Lewis (USA) Unknown
6  Zoltán Speidl (HUN) Unknown

Pritchard won by two yards.

Final

Place Athlete Time
1  Alvin Kraenzlein (USA) 25.4 s
2  Norman Pritchard (IND) (26.0)
3  Walter Tewksbury (USA) (26.1)
4  Eugène Choisel (FRA) Unknown

Kraenzlein won by five yards, despite having been penalized one metre for a false start. The 200 metre hurdles was his fourth individual victory in Paris; no other track and field athlete has won as many individual victories in a single Olympics.

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