Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. There were a total number of 968 participating athletes from 58 countries.

Contents

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres United States Lindy Remigino
United States (USA)
10.4 Jamaica Herb McKenley
Jamaica (JAM)
10.4 Great Britain Emmanuel Bailey
Great Britain (GBR)
10.4
200 metres United States Andy Stanfield
United States (USA)
20.7 United States Thane Baker
United States (USA)
20.8 United States James Gathers
United States (USA)
20.8
400 metres Jamaica George Rhoden
Jamaica (JAM)
45.9 Jamaica Herb McKenley
Jamaica (JAM)
45.9 United States Ollie Matson
United States (USA)
46.8
800 metres United States Mal Whitfield
United States (USA)
1:49.2 Jamaica Arthur Wint
Jamaica (JAM)
1:49.4 Germany Heinz Ulzheimer
Germany (GER)
1:49.7
1500 metres Luxembourg Josy Barthel
Luxembourg (LUX)
3:45.1 United States Bob McMillen
United States (USA)
3:45.2 Germany Werner Lueg
Germany (GER)
3:45.4
5000 metres Czechoslovakia Emil Zátopek
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
14:06.6 France Alain Mimoun
France (FRA)
14:07.4 Germany Herbert Schade
Germany (GER)
14:08.6
10000 metres Czechoslovakia Emil Zátopek
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
29:17.0 France Alain Mimoun
France (FRA)
29:32.8 Soviet Union Aleksandr Anufriyev
Soviet Union (URS)
29:48.2
110 metre hurdles United States Harrison Dillard
United States (USA)
United States Jack Davis
United States (USA)
United States Arthur Barnard
United States (USA)
400 metre hurdles United States Charles Moore
United States (USA)
Soviet Union Yuri Lituyev
Soviet Union (URS)
New Zealand John Holland
New Zealand (NZL)
3000 metre
steeplechase
United States Horace Ashenfelter
United States (USA)
8:45.4 Soviet Union Vladimir Kazantsev
Soviet Union (URS)
8:51.6 Great Britain John Disley
Great Britain (GBR)
8:51.8
4×100 metre relay United States United States (USA)
Dean Smith
Harrison Dillard
Lindy Remigino
Andy Stanfield
Soviet Union Soviet Union (URS)
Boris Tokaryev
Levan Kalyayev
Levan Sanadze
Vladimir Sukharyev
Hungary Hungary (HUN)
László Zarándi
Géza Varasdi
György Csányi
Bela Goldoványi
4×400 metre relay Jamaica Jamaica (JAM)
Arthur Wint
Leslie Laing
Herb McKenley
George Rhoden
United States United States (USA)
Ollie Matson
Gerrard Cole
Charles Moore
Mal Whitfield
Germany Germany (GER)
Günter Steines
Hans Geister
Heinz Ulzheimer
Karl-Friedrich Haas
Marathon Czechoslovakia Emil Zátopek
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
2:23:03 Argentina Reinaldo Gorno
Argentina (ARG)
2:25:35 Sweden Gustaf Jansson
Sweden (SWE)
2:26:07
10 km walk Sweden John Mikaelsson
Sweden (SWE)
Switzerland Fritz Schwab
Switzerland (SUI)
Soviet Union Bruno Junk
Soviet Union (URS)
50 km walk Italy Giuseppe Dordoni
Italy (ITA)
Czechoslovakia Josef Dolezal
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Hungary Antal Róka
Hungary (HUN)
High jump United States Walter Davis
United States (USA)
2.04 m United States Kenneth Wiesner
United States (USA)
2.01 m Brazil José da Conceição
Brazil (BRA)
1.98 m
Pole vault United States Bob Richards
United States (USA)
4.55 m United States Donald Laz
United States (USA)
4.50 m Sweden Ragnar Lundberg
Sweden (SWE)
4.40 m
Long jump United States Jerome Biffle
United States (USA)
7.57 m United States Meredith Gourdine
United States (USA)
7.53 m Hungary Ödön Földessy
Hungary (HUN)
7.30 m
Triple jump Brazil Adhemar da Silva
Brazil (BRA)
Soviet Union Leonid Shcherbakov
Soviet Union (URS)
Venezuela Arnoldo Devonish
Venezuela (VEN)
15.52 m
Shot put United States Parry O'Brien
United States (USA)
17.41 m United States Darrow Hooper
United States (USA)
17.39 m United States Jim Fuchs
United States (USA)
17.06 m
Discus throw United States Sim Iness
United States (USA)
55.03 m Italy Adolfo Consolini
Italy (ITA)
53.78 m United States James Dillion
United States (USA)
53.28 m
Javelin throw United States Cyrus Young
United States (USA)
73.78 m United States Bill Miller
United States (USA)
72.46 m Finland Toivo Hyytiäinen
Finland (FIN)
71.89 m
Hammer throw Hungary József Csermák
Hungary (HUN)
Germany Karl Storch
Germany (GER)
Hungary Imre Németh
Hungary (HUN)
Decathlon United States Bob Mathias
United States (USA)
United States Milt Campbell
United States (USA)
United States Floyd Simmons
United States (USA)

[edit] Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres Australia Marjorie Jackson
Australia (AUS)
11.5 South Africa Daphne Hasenjager
South Africa (RSA)
11.8 Australia Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Australia (AUS)
11.9
200 metres Australia Marjorie Jackson
Australia (AUS)
23.7 Netherlands Puck Brouwer
Netherlands (NED)
24.2 Soviet Union Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili
Soviet Union (URS)
24.2
80 metre hurdles Australia Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
Australia (AUS)
Soviet Union Mariya Golubnichaya
Soviet Union (URS)
Germany Maria Sander
Germany (GER)
4×100 metre relay United States United States (USA)
Mae Faggs
Barbara Jones
Janet Moreau
Catherine Hardy
Germany Germany (GER)
Ursula Knab
Maria Sander
Helga Klein
Marga Petersen
Great Britain Great Britain (GBR)
Sylvia Cheeseman
June Foulds
Jean Desforges
Heather Armitage
High jump South Africa Esther Brand
South Africa (RSA)
1.67 m Great Britain Sheila Lerwill
Great Britain (GBR)
1.65 m Soviet Union Aleksandra Chudina
Soviet Union (URS)
1.63 m
Long jump New Zealand Yvette Williams
New Zealand (NZL)
6.24 m Soviet Union Aleksandra Chudina
Soviet Union (URS)
6.14 m Great Britain Shirley Cawley
Great Britain (GBR)
5.92 m
Shot put Soviet Union Galina Zybina
Soviet Union (URS)
15.28 m Germany Marianne Werner
Germany (GER)
14.57 m Soviet Union Klavdia Tochonova
Soviet Union (URS)
14.50 m
Discus throw Soviet Union Nina Romashkova
Soviet Union (URS)
51.42 m Soviet Union Elizaveta Bagryantseva
Soviet Union (URS)
47.08 m Soviet Union Nina Dumbadze
Soviet Union (URS)
46.29 m
Javelin throw Czechoslovakia Dana Zátopková
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
50.47 m Soviet Union Aleksandra Chudina
Soviet Union (URS)
50.01 m Soviet Union Elena Gorchakova
Soviet Union (URS)
49.76 m

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States United States (USA) 15 10 6 31
2 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (TCH) 4 1 0 5
3 Australia Australia (AUS) 3 0 1 4
4 Soviet Union Soviet Union (URS) 2 8 7 17
5 Jamaica Jamaica (JAM) 2 3 0 5
6 Italy Italy (ITA) 1 1 0 2
South Africa South Africa (RSA) 1 1 0 2
8 Hungary Hungary (HUN) 1 0 4 5
9 Sweden Sweden (SWE) 1 0 2 3
10 Brazil Brazil (BRA) 1 0 1 2
New Zealand New Zealand (NZL) 1 0 1 2
12 Luxembourg Luxembourg (LUX) 1 0 0 1
13 Germany Germany (GER) 0 3 5 8
14 France France (FRA) 0 2 0 2
15 Great Britain Great Britain (GBR) 0 1 4 5
16 Argentina Argentina (ARG) 0 1 0 1
Netherlands Netherlands (NED) 0 1 0 1
Switzerland Switzerland (SUI) 0 1 0 1
19 Finland Finland (FIN) 0 0 1 1
Venezuela Venezuela (VEN) 0 0 1 1

[edit] References