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 963 participating athletes from 57 countries.

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Lindy Remigino
 United States
10.4 Herb McKenley
 Jamaica
10.4 McDonald Bailey
 Great Britain
10.4
200 metres
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Andy Stanfield
 United States
20.7 Thane Baker
 United States
20.8 James Gathers
 United States
20.8
400 metres
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George Rhoden
 Jamaica
45.9 Herb McKenley
 Jamaica
45.9 Ollie Matson
 United States
46.8
800 metres
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Mal Whitfield
 United States
1:49.2 Arthur Wint
 Jamaica
1:49.4 Heinz Ulzheimer
 Germany
1:49.7
1500 metres
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Josy Barthel
 Luxembourg
3:45.2 Bob McMillen
 United States
3:45.2 Werner Lueg
 Germany
3:45.4
5000 metres
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Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia
14:06.6 Alain Mimoun
 France
14:07.4 Herbert Schade
 Germany
14:08.6
10,000 metres
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Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia
29:17.0 Alain Mimoun
 France
29:32.8 Aleksandr Anufriyev
 Soviet Union
29:48.2
110 metres hurdles
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Harrison Dillard
 United States
13.7 Jack Davis
 United States
13.7 Arthur Barnard
 United States
14.1
400 metres hurdles
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Charles Moore
 United States
50.8 Yuriy Lituyev
 Soviet Union
51.3 John Holland
 New Zealand
52.2
3000 metres steeplechase
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Horace Ashenfelter
 United States
8:45.4 Vladimir Kazantsev
 Soviet Union
8:51.6 John Disley
 Great Britain
8:51.8
4 × 100 metres relay
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 United States (USA)
Dean Smith
Harrison Dillard
Lindy Remigino
Andy Stanfield
40.1  Soviet Union (URS)
Boris Tokarev
Levan Kalyayev
Levan Sanadze
Vladimir Sukharev
40.3  Hungary (HUN)
László Zarándi
Géza Varasdi
György Csányi
Béla Goldoványi
40.5
4 × 400 metres relay
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 Jamaica (JAM)
Arthur Wint
Leslie Laing
Herb McKenley
George Rhoden
3:03.9  United States (USA)
Ollie Matson
Gene Cole
Charles Moore
Mal Whitfield
3:04.0  Germany (GER)
Günter Steines
Hans Geister
Heinz Ulzheimer
Karl-Friedrich Haas
3:06.6
Marathon
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Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia
2:23:03 Reinaldo Gorno
 Argentina
2:25:35 Gustaf Jansson
 Sweden
2:26:07
10 kilometres walk
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John Mikaelsson
 Sweden
45:02.8 Fritz Schwab
 Switzerland
45:41.0 Bruno Junk
 Soviet Union
45:41.0
50 kilometres walk
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Giuseppe Dordoni
 Italy
4:28:07.8 Josef Doležal
 Czechoslovakia
4:30:17.8 Antal Róka
 Hungary
4:31:27.2
High jump
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Walt Davis
 United States
2.04 m Ken Wiesner
 United States
2.01 m José da Conceição
 Brazil
1.98 m
Pole vault
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Bob Richards
 United States
4.55 m Don Laz
 United States
4.50 m Ragnar Lundberg
 Sweden
4.40 m
Long jump
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Jerome Biffle
 United States
7.57 m Meredith Gourdine
 United States
7.53 m Ödön Földessy
 Hungary
7.30 m
Triple jump
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Adhemar da Silva
 Brazil
16.22 m Leonid Shcherbakov
 Soviet Union
15.98 m Asnoldo Devonish
 Venezuela
15.52 m
Shot put
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Parry O'Brien
 United States
17.41 m Darrow Hooper
 United States
17.39 m Jim Fuchs
 United States
17.06 m
Discus throw
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Sim Iness
 United States
55.03 m Adolfo Consolini
 Italy
53.78 m James Dillion
 United States
53.28 m
Hammer throw
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József Csermák
 Hungary
60.34 m Karl Storch
 Germany
58.86 m Imre Németh
 Hungary
57.74 m
Javelin throw
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Cy Young
 United States
73.78 m Bill Miller
 United States
72.46 m Toivo Hyytiäinen
 Finland
71.89 m
Decathlon
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Bob Mathias
 United States
7,887 pts Milt Campbell
 United States
6,975 pts Floyd Simmons
 United States
6,788 pts

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Marjorie Jackson
 Australia
11.5 Daphne Hasenjager
 South Africa
11.8 Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
 Australia
11.9
200 metres
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Marjorie Jackson
 Australia
23.7 Bertha Brouwer
 Netherlands
24.2 Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili
 Soviet Union
24.2
80 metres hurdles
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Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
 Australia
10.9 Mariya Golubnichaya
 Soviet Union
11.1 Maria Sander
 Germany
11.1
4 × 100 metres relay
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 United States (USA)
Mae Faggs
Barbara Jones
Janet Moreau
Catherine Hardy
45.9  Germany (GER)
Ursula Knab
Maria Sander
Helga Klein
Marga Petersen
45.9  Great Britain (GBR)
Sylvia Cheeseman
June Foulds
Jean Desforges
Heather Armitage
46.2
High jump
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Esther Brand
 South Africa
1.67 m Sheila Lerwill
 Great Britain
1.65 m Aleksandra Chudina
 Soviet Union
1.63 m
Long jump
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Yvette Williams
 New Zealand
6.24 m Aleksandra Chudina
 Soviet Union
6.14 m Shirley Cawley
 Great Britain
5.92 m
Shot put
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Galina Zybina
 Soviet Union
15.28 m Marianne Werner
 Germany
14.57 m Klavdia Tochonova
 Soviet Union
14.50 m
Discus throw
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Nina Romashkova
 Soviet Union
51.42 m Elizaveta Bagryantseva
 Soviet Union
47.08 m Nina Dumbadze
 Soviet Union
46.29 m
Javelin throw
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Dana Zátopková
 Czechoslovakia
50.47 m Aleksandra Chudina
 Soviet Union
50.01 m Yelena Gorchakova
 Soviet Union
49.76 m

Records broken[]

During the 1952 Summer Olympic Games, 26 new Olympic records and 8 new world records were set in the athletics events.

Men's Olympic and world records[]

Event Date Round Name Nationality Result OR WR
400 metres July 25 Final George Rhoden
Herb McKenley
 Jamaica 45.9 s OR
1500 metres July 26 Final Josy Barthel
Bob McMillen
 Luxembourg
 United States
3:45.2 OR
5000 metres July 24 Final Emil Zátopek  Czechoslovakia 14:06.6 OR
10,000 metres July 20 Final Emil Zátopek  Czechoslovakia 29:17.0 OR
110 metres hurdles July 24 Final Harrison Dillard
Jack Davis
 United States 13.7 s OR
400 metres hurdles July 21 Final Charles Moore  United States 50.8 s OR
3000 metres steeplechase July 25 Final Horace Ashenfelter  United States 8:45.4 s OR
4 x 400 metres relay July 27 Final Les Laing
Herb McKenley
George Rhoden
Arthur Wint
 Jamaica 3:03.9 OR WR
10 kilometres walk July 27 Final John Mikaelsson  Sweden 45:02.8 OR
50 kilometres walk July 21 Final Giuseppe Dordoni  Italy 4:28:07.8 OR
Marathon July 27 Final Emil Zátopek  Czechoslovakia 2:23:03.2 OR WR
High jump July 20 Final Walt Davis  United States 2.04 m OR
Pole vault July 22 Final Bob Richards  United States 4.55 m OR
Triple jump July 23 Final Adhemar da Silva  Brazil 16.22 m OR WR
Shot put July 21 Final Parry O'Brien  United States 17.41 m OR
Discus throw July 22 Final Sim Iness  United States 55.03 m OR
Javelin throw July 24 Final Cy Young  United States 73.78 m OR
Hammer throw July 24 Final József Csermák  Hungary 60.34 m OR WR
Decathlon July 26 Final Bob Mathias  United States 7887 pts OR WR

Women's Olympic and world records[]

Event Date Round Name Nationality Result OR WR
200 metres July 26 Semifinal Marjorie Jackson  Australia 23.4 s OR WR
80 metres hurdles July 24 Final Shirley Strickland de la Hunty  Australia 10.9 s OR WR
4 x 100 metres relay July 27 Final Mae Faggs
Catherine Hardy
Barbara Jones
Janet Moreau
 United States 45.9 s OR WR
Long jump July 23 Final Yvette Williams  New Zealand 6.24 m OR
Shot put July 26 Final Galina Zybina  Soviet Union 15.28 m OR WR
Discus throw July 20 Final Nina Romashkova  Soviet Union 51.42 m OR
Javelin throw July 24 Final Dana Zátopková  Czechoslovakia 50.47 m OR

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)1510631
2 Czechoslovakia (TCH)4105
3 Australia (AUS)3014
4 Soviet Union (URS)28717
5 Jamaica (JAM)2305
6 Italy (ITA)1102
 South Africa (RSA)1102
8 Hungary (HUN)1045
9 Sweden (SWE)1023
10 Brazil (BRA)1012
 New Zealand (NZL)1012
12 Luxembourg (LUX)1001
13 Germany (GER)0358
14 France (FRA)0202
15 Great Britain (GBR)0145
16 Argentina (ARG)0101
 Netherlands (NED)0101
 Switzerland (SUI)0101
19 Finland (FIN)0011
 Venezuela (VEN)0011
Totals (20 nations)33333399

Participating nations[]

A total of 57 nations participated in the different Athletics events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

References[]

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