Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres

Men's 200 metres at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates	August 2 (heats and quarterfinals) August 3 (semifinals and final)
Competitors	25 from 13 nations
Medalists
Eddie Tolan  United States George Simpson  United States Ralph Metcalfe  United States

The men's 200 metres sprint event at the 1932 Summer Olympics took place on August 2 and August 3 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Results

Heats

Seven heats were held; the fastest three runners advanced to the Quarterfinal Round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Erich Borchmeyer	Germany	22.1
2	Takayoshi Yoshioka	Japan	22.3
3	Stanley Engelhart	Great Britain

Heat Two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Willie Walters	South Africa	21.9
2	Eddie Tolan	United States	22.0
3	Stanley Fuller	Great Britain	22.4
4	Enrique Sánchez	Mexico	22.8

Heat Three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Harold Wright	Canada	22.8
2	Ralph Metcalfe	United States	22.9
3	Stuart Black	New Zealand	23.1
4	Liu Changchun	China	23.4

Heat Four

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Itaro Nakajima	Japan	22.2
2	Fritz Hendrix	Germany	22.9

Heat Five

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Roberto Genta	Argentina	25.3
2	Chris Berger	Netherlands	26.1
3	George Simpson	United States	29.0

Heat Six

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Arthur Jonath	Germany	21.9
2	Allan Elliot	New Zealand	22.2
3	Carlos Bianchi	Argentina	22.3
4	Andrej Engel	Czechoslovakia	22.3
5	Everardo Múzquiz	Mexico	23.0

Heat Seven

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bert Pearson	Canada	22.3
2	Danie Joubert	South Africa	22.3
3	Teiichi Nishi	Japan	22.4
4	Ronald Vernieux	India	22.8

Quarterfinals

Four heats were held; the three fastest runners in each heat advanced to the Semifinal Round.

Heat One

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ralph Metcalfe	United States	21.5	OR
2	Willie Walters	South Africa	21.5
3	Erich Borchmeyer	Germany	21.6
4	Itaro Nakajima	Japan	21.9
5	Chris Berger	Netherlands	22.0

Heat Two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Eddie Tolan	United States	21.5	=OR
2	Bert Pearson	Canada	21.7
3	Roberto Genta	Argentina	21.8
4	Fritz Hendrix	Germany	21.9
5	Stanley Fuller	Great Britain	22.0

Heat Three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Carlos Bianchi	Argentina	21.4	OR
2	George Simpson	United States	21.5
3	Danie Joubert	South Africa	21.7
4	Takayoshi Yoshioka	Japan	21.8
5	Stuart Black	New Zealand	22.0

Heat Four

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Arthur Jonath	Germany	21.4
2	Harold Wright	Canada	21.7
3	Allan Elliot	New Zealand	21.8
4	Stanley Engelhart	Great Britain	21.9
5	Teiichi Nishi	Japan	22.1

Semifinals

Two heats were held; the fastest three runners advanced to the Final Round.

Heat One

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ralph Metcalfe	United States	21.5
2	George Simpson	United States	21.5
3	Carlos Bianchi	Argentina	21.6
4	Danie Joubert	South Africa	21.7
5	Erich Borchmeyer	Germany	21.8
6	Bert Pearson	Canada	21.9

Heat Two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Arthur Jonath	Germany	21.5
2	Willie Walters	South Africa	21.7
3	Eddie Tolan	United States	21.7
4	Harold Wright	Canada	21.8
5	Allan Elliot	New Zealand	21.9
6	Roberto Genta	Argentina	22.0

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Eddie Tolan	United States	21.12	OR
	George Simpson	United States	21.4
	Ralph Metcalfe	United States	21.5
4	Arthur Jonath	Germany	21.5
5	Carlos Bianchi	Argentina	21.6
6	Willie Walters	South Africa	21.9

Key: OR = Olympic record