Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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.

Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics on a Finnish stamp

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
Lindy Remigino
 United States
10.4 Herb McKenley
 Jamaica
10.4 McDonald Bailey
 Great Britain
10.4
200 metres
Andy Stanfield
 United States
20.7 Thane Baker
 United States
20.8 James Gathers
 United States
20.8
400 metres
George Rhoden
 Jamaica
45.9 Herb McKenley
 Jamaica
45.9 Ollie Matson
 United States
46.8
800 metres
Mal Whitfield
 United States
1:49.2 Arthur Wint
 Jamaica
1:49.4 Heinz Ulzheimer
 Germany
1:49.7
1500 metres
Josy Barthel
 Luxembourg
3:45.2 Bob McMillen
 United States
3:45.2 Werner Lueg
 Germany
3:45.4
5000 metres
Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia
14:06.6 Alain Mimoun
 France
14:07.4 Herbert Schade
 Germany
14:08.6
10,000 metres
Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia
29:17.0 Alain Mimoun
 France
29:32.8 Aleksandr Anufriyev
 Soviet Union
29:48.2
110 metres hurdles
Harrison Dillard
 United States
13.7 Jack Davis
 United States
13.7 Arthur Barnard
 United States
14.1
400 metres hurdles
Charles Moore
 United States
50.8 Yuriy Lituyev
 Soviet Union
51.3 John Holland
 New Zealand
52.2
3000 metres steeplechase
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
 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
 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
Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia
2:23:03 Reinaldo Gorno
 Argentina
2:25:35 Gustaf Jansson
 Sweden
2:26:07
10 kilometres walk
John Mikaelsson
 Sweden
45:02.8 Fritz Schwab
 Switzerland
45:41.0 Bruno Junk
 Soviet Union
45:41.0
50 kilometres walk
Giuseppe Dordoni
 Italy
4:28:07.8 Josef Doležal
 Czechoslovakia
4:30:17.8 Antal Róka
 Hungary
4:31:27.2
High jump
Walt Davis
 United States
2.04 m Ken Wiesner
 United States
2.01 m José da Conceição
 Brazil
1.98 m
Pole vault
Bob Richards
 United States
4.55 m Don Laz
 United States
4.50 m Ragnar Lundberg
 Sweden
4.40 m
Long jump
Jerome Biffle
 United States
7.57 m Meredith Gourdine
 United States
7.53 m Ödön Földessy
 Hungary
7.30 m
Triple jump
Adhemar da Silva
 Brazil
16.22 m Leonid Shcherbakov
 Soviet Union
15.98 m Asnoldo Devonish
 Venezuela
15.52 m
Shot put
Parry O'Brien
 United States
17.41 m Darrow Hooper
 United States
17.39 m Jim Fuchs
 United States
17.06 m
Discus throw
Sim Iness
 United States
55.03 m Adolfo Consolini
 Italy
53.78 m James Dillion
 United States
53.28 m
Hammer throw
József Csermák
 Hungary
60.34 m Karl Storch
 Germany
58.86 m Imre Németh
 Hungary
57.74 m
Javelin throw
Cy Young
 United States
73.78 m Bill Miller
 United States
72.46 m Toivo Hyytiäinen
 Finland
71.89 m
Decathlon
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
Marjorie Jackson
 Australia
11.5 Daphne Hasenjager
 South Africa
11.8 Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
 Australia
11.9
200 metres
Marjorie Jackson
 Australia
23.7 Bertha Brouwer
 Netherlands
24.2 Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili
 Soviet Union
24.2
80 metres hurdles
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty
 Australia
10.9 Mariya Golubnichaya
 Soviet Union
11.1 Maria Sander
 Germany
11.1
4 × 100 metres relay
 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
Esther Brand
 South Africa
1.67 m Sheila Lerwill
 Great Britain
1.65 m Aleksandra Chudina
 Soviet Union
1.63 m
Long jump
Yvette Williams
 New Zealand
6.24 m Aleksandra Chudina
 Soviet Union
6.14 m Shirley Cawley
 Great Britain
5.92 m
Shot put
Galina Zybina
 Soviet Union
15.28 m Marianne Werner
 Germany
14.57 m Klavdia Tochonova
 Soviet Union
14.50 m
Discus throw
Nina Romashkova
 Soviet Union
51.42 m Elizaveta Bagryantseva
 Soviet Union
47.08 m Nina Dumbadze
 Soviet Union
46.29 m
Javelin throw
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

EventDateRoundNameNationalityResultORWR
400 metres July 25FinalGeorge Rhoden
Herb McKenley
 Jamaica45.9 sOR
1500 metres July 26FinalJosy Barthel
Bob McMillen
 Luxembourg
 United States
3:45.2OR
5000 metres July 24FinalEmil Zátopek Czechoslovakia14:06.6OR
10,000 metres July 20FinalEmil Zátopek Czechoslovakia29:17.0OR
110 metres hurdles July 24FinalHarrison Dillard
Jack Davis
 United States13.7 sOR
400 metres hurdles July 21FinalCharles Moore United States50.8 sOR
3000 metres steeplechase July 25FinalHorace Ashenfelter United States8:45.4 sOR
4 x 400 metres relay July 27FinalLes Laing
Herb McKenley
George Rhoden
Arthur Wint
 Jamaica3:03.9ORWR
10 kilometres walk July 27FinalJohn Mikaelsson Sweden45:02.8OR
50 kilometres walk July 21FinalGiuseppe Dordoni Italy4:28:07.8OR
Marathon July 27FinalEmil Zátopek Czechoslovakia2:23:03.2ORWR
High jump July 20FinalWalt Davis United States2.04 mOR
Pole vault July 22FinalBob Richards United States4.55 mOR
Triple jump July 23FinalAdhemar da Silva Brazil16.22 mORWR
Shot put July 21FinalParry O'Brien United States17.41 mOR
Discus throw July 22FinalSim Iness United States55.03 mOR
Javelin throw July 24FinalCy Young United States73.78 mOR
Hammer throw July 24FinalJózsef Csermák Hungary60.34 mORWR
Decathlon July 26FinalBob Mathias United States7887 ptsORWR

Women's Olympic and world records

EventDateRoundNameNationalityResultORWR
200 metres July 26SemifinalMarjorie Jackson Australia23.4 sORWR
80 metres hurdles July 24FinalShirley Strickland de la Hunty Australia10.9 sORWR
4 x 100 metres relay July 27FinalMae Faggs
Catherine Hardy
Barbara Jones
Janet Moreau
 United States45.9 sORWR
Long jump July 23FinalYvette Williams New Zealand6.24 mOR
Shot put July 26FinalGalina Zybina Soviet Union15.28 mORWR
Discus throw July 20FinalNina Romashkova Soviet Union51.42 mOR
Javelin throw July 24FinalDana Zátopková Czechoslovakia50.47 mOR

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. Numbers in parenthesis indicate the number of athletes representing each nation.

References

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