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 968 participating athletes from 58 countries.

Medal summary

Men's events

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

Women's events

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

Medal table

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

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved on 2007-01-30. 
• Athletics Australia

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