Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4×100 m relay | men | women |
4×400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
10 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Decathlon | men | |
At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. Three events made their Olympic debut at these Games: women's 200 metres, women's long jump and women's shot put. There were a total number of 745 participating athletes from 53 countries.
Medal summary[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 12 | 5 | 10 | 27 |
2 | Sweden | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
3 | Netherlands | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
4 | France | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
5 | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Australia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
7 | Italy | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
8 | Finland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Jamaica | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
10 | Argentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
12 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
14 | Great Britain | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
15 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
16 | Ceylon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
19 | Panama | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
20 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (22 nations) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 99 |
Men[]
Women[]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres |
Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands |
11.9 | Dorothy Manley Great Britain |
12.2 | Shirley Strickland Australia |
12.2 |
200 metres |
Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands |
24.4 | Audrey Williamson Great Britain |
25.1 | Audrey Patterson United States |
25.2 |
80 metres hurdles |
Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands |
11.2 | Maureen Gardner Great Britain |
11.2 | Shirley Strickland Australia |
11.4 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
Netherlands (NED) Xenia Stad-de Jong Netty Witziers-Timmer Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Fanny Blankers-Koen |
47.5 | Australia (AUS) Shirley Strickland June Maston Betty McKinnon Joyce King |
47.6 | Canada (CAN) Viola Myers Nancy MacKay Diane Foster Patricia Jones |
47.8 |
High jump |
Alice Coachman United States |
1.68 m | Dorothy Tyler Great Britain |
1.68 m | Micheline Ostermeyer France |
1.61 m |
Long jump |
Olga Gyarmati Hungary |
5.695 m | Noemí Simonetto Argentina |
5.60 m | Ann-Britt Leyman Sweden |
5.575 m |
Shot put |
Micheline Ostermeyer France |
13.75 m | Amelia Piccinini Italy |
13.09 m | Ine Schäffer Austria |
13.08 m |
Discus throw |
Micheline Ostermeyer France |
41.92 m | Edera Cordiale Italy |
41.17 m | Jacqueline Mazeas France |
40.47 m |
Javelin throw |
Herma Bauma Austria |
45.57 m | Kaisa Parviainen Finland |
43.79 m | Lily Carlstedt Denmark |
42.08 m |
Records broken[]
14 new Olympic records were set in the athletics events. No new world records were set.
Men's Olympic records[]
Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result |
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800 metres | 2 August | Final | Mal Whitfield | United States | 1:49.2 |
5000 metres | 2 August | Final | Gaston Reiff | Belgium | 14:17.6 |
10,000 metres | 30 July | Final | Emil Zátopek | Czechoslovakia | 29:59.6 |
110 metres hurdles | 4 August | Final | William Porter | United States | 13.9 |
400 metres hurdles | 31 July | Final | Roy Cochran | United States | 51.1 |
10 kilometres walk | 7 August | Final | John Mikaelsson | Sweden | 45:13.2 |
Shot put | 3 August | Final | Wilbur Thompson | United States | 17.12 m |
Discus throw | 2 August | Final | Adolfo Consolini | Italy | 52.78 m |
Women's Olympic records[]
Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result |
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200 metres | 6 August | Final | Fanny Blankers-Koen | Netherlands | 24.4 |
80 metres hurdles | 4 August | Final | Fanny Blankers-Koen Maureen Gardner |
Netherlands Great Britain |
11.2 |
High jump | 7 August | Final | Alice Coachman Dorothy Tyler |
United States Great Britain |
1.68 m |
Long jump | 4 August | Final | Olga Gyarmati | Hungary | 5.695 m |
Shot put | 4 August | Final | Micheline Ostermeyer | France | 13.75 m |
Javelin throw | 31 July | Final | Herma Bauma | Austria | 45.57 m |
References[]
- 1948 Summer Olympics results: athletics, from https://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-06-01.
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Athletics Australia
Coordinates: 51°33′20″N 0°16′47″W / 51.5556°N 0.2797°W
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