Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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At the 1952 Summer Olympics
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...

in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

, 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 table

1 15 10 6 31
2 4 1 0 5
3 3 0 1 4
4 2 8 7 17
5 2 3 0 5
6 1 1 0 2
1 1 0 2
8 1 0 4 5
9 1 0 2 3
10 1 0 1 2
1 0 1 2
12 1 0 0 1
13 0 3 5 8
14 0 2 0 2
15 0 1 4 5
16 0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
19 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1

Men's events

100 metres
10.4 10.4 10.4
200 metres
20.7 20.8 20.8
400 metres
45.9 45.9 46.8
800 metres
1:49.2 1:49.4 1:49.7
1500 metres
3:45.1 3:45.2 3:45.4
5000 metres
14:06.6 14:07.4 14:08.6
10,000 metres
29:17.0 29:32.8 29:48.2
110 metres hurdles
13.7 13.7 14.1
400 metres hurdles
50.8 51.3 52.2
3000 metres steeplechase
8:45.4 8:51.6 8:51.8
4 × 100 metres relay

Dean Smith
Harrison Dillard
Harrison Dillard
William Harrison Dillard is an American track and field athlete, only the second male so far to win Olympic titles in both sprinting and hurdling events. Dillard was born in Cleveland, Ohio, attended East Technical High School...


Lindy Remigino
Lindy Remigino
Lindy John Remigino is an American track and field athlete, the 1952 Olympic 100 m champion.-Biography:Remigino was born in Elmhurst, Queens, New York in 1931...


Andy Stanfield
Andy Stanfield
Andrew William Stanfield was an American sprinter and Olympic gold and silver medallist.-Biography:...

 
40.1
Boris Tokarev
Levan Kalyayev
Levan Kalyayev
Levan Kalyayev was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He competed for the USSR in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Boris Tokarev, Levan Sanadze and Vladimir Sukharev....


Levan Sanadze
Levan Sanadze
Levan Sanadze was a Georgian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He competed for the USSR in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Boris Tokarev, Levan Kalyayev and Vladimir Sukharev....


Vladimir Sukharev 
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László Zarándi
László Zarándi
László Zarándi was a Hungarian athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He began his career in sport in 1946/47 as a soccer player in the team of SZVSE. At the high school he continued to play soccer, but trained also in athletics: 100 meter and high jump...


Géza Varasdi
Géza Varasdi
Géza Varasdi was a Hungarian athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres. He was a member of the national team of Hungary between 1948 and 1956....


György Csányi
György Csányi
György Csányi was a Hungarian athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed for Hungary at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland where he won the bronze medal in the men's 4 x 100 metre relay with his team mates László Zarándi, Géza Varasdi and Béla Goldoványi....


Béla Goldoványi
Béla Goldoványi
Béla Goldoványi was a Hungarian athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres....

 
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4 × 400 metres relay

Arthur Wint
Arthur Wint
Competitor for JamaicaArthur Stanley Wint was the first Jamaican Olympic gold medalist, winning the 400 m at 1948 Summer Olympics....


Leslie Laing
Leslie Laing
Competitor for JamaicaLeslie Alphonso Laing is a former Jamaican athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics....


Herb McKenley
Herb McKenley
Competitor for JamaicaHerbert Henry "Herb" McKenley OM was a Jamaican athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x400 m relay at the 1952 Summer Olympics....


George Rhoden
George Rhoden
Competitor for JamaicaVincent George Rhoden is a former Jamaican athlete, winner of two Olympic gold medals in 1952....

 
3:03.9
Ollie Matson
Ollie Matson
Ollie Genoa Matson II was an American Olympic medal winning sprinter and professional American football running back who played in the National Football League, in 1952 and from 1954 to 1966...


Gerrard Cole
Gerrard Cole
Gene Cole was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for the United States in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates 400 metres bronze medalist Ollie Matson, Charles Moore and...


Charles Moore
Charles Moore (athlete)
Charles Hewes Moore, Jr is a former American athlete, and has served as executive director of the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy since the organization's founding in 1999. Charles won a gold medal in the 400 metre hurdles in the 1952 Summer Olympics with a time of 50.8 seconds,...


Mal Whitfield
Mal Whitfield
Malvin "Mal" Greston Whitfield is a former American athlete, a double winner of 800 m at the Olympic Games...

 
3:04.0
Günter Steines
Günter Steines
Günther Steines was a German athlete, who mainly competed in the 800 metres....


Hans Geister
Hans Geister
Hans Geister was a German athlete, who mainly competed in the 400 metres. He was born in Duisburg-Hamborn.He competed in the 4 x 400 metre relay for Germany at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland, where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Günter Steines, Heinz Ulzheimer and...


Heinz Ulzheimer
Heinz Ulzheimer
Heinz Ulzheimer was a West German athlete, who mainly competed in the 800 metres.He competed in the 800 metres for Germany at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland, where he won the bronze medal...


Karl-Friedrich Haas
Karl-Friedrich Haas
Karl-Friedrich Haas was a West German athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres.He competed for West Germany in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Hans Geister, Günther Steines and Heinz Ulzheimer.Four...

 
3:06.6
Marathon
2:23:03 2:25:35 2:26:07
10 kilometres walk
45:02.8 45:41.0 45:41.0
50 kilometres walk
4:28:07.8 4:30:17.8 4:31:27.2
Long jump
7.57 m 7.53 m 7.30 m
Triple jump
16.22 m 15.98 m 15.52 m
High jump
2.04 m 2.01 m 1.98 m
Pole vault
4.55 m 4.50 m 4.40 m
Shot put
17.41 m 17.39 m 17.06 m
Discus throw
55.03 m 53.78 m 53.28 m
Javelin throw
73.78 m 72.46 m 71.89 m
Hammer throw
60.34 m 58.86 m 57.74 m
Decathlon
7,887 pts 6,975 pts 6,788 pts

Women's events

100 metres
11.5 11.8 11.9
200 metres
23.7 24.2 24.2
80 metres hurdles
10.9 11.1 11.1
4 × 100 metres relay

Mae Faggs
Mae Faggs
Heriwentha Faggs Starr1 was an American athlete who mainly competed in the sprint events. She graduated from Bayside High School, and then went to Tennessee State University to run under Hall of Fame coach Ed Temple, one of the first U.S...


Barbara Jones
Janet Moreau
Janet Moreau
Janet Teresa Moreau is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 100 meters.She competed for the United States in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 4 x 100 meters where she won the Gold medal with her teammates Mae Faggs, Barbara Jones and Catherine Hardy.- External...


Catherine Hardy
Catherine Hardy
Catherine Hardy Lavender is an African-American athlete who competed mainly in the 100 meters. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1952 Olympic Summer Games in Helsinki, Finland...

 
45.9
Ursula Knab
Ursula Knab
Ursula "Ulla" Knab is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres....


Maria Sander
Maria Sander
Maria Sander was a German athlete who was born as Maria Domagala. She mainly competed in the 100 metres....


Helga Klein
Helga Klein
Helga Klein is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.She competed for West Germany in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the Silver medal with her team mates Ursula Knab, Maria Sander and Marga Petersen.-References:...


Marga Petersen
Marga Petersen
Marga Petersen was a German athlete who competed mainly in the sprints.She competed for West Germany in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the silver medal with her team mates Ursula Knab, 80 metre hurdles bronze medalist Maria Sander and Helga...

 
45.9
Sylvia Cheeseman
Sylvia Cheeseman
Sylvia Cheeseman is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.She competed for Great Britain in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the bronze medal with her team mates June Foulds, Jean Desforges and Heather Armitage.-References:...


June Foulds
June Foulds
June Foulds is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.She competed for Great Britain in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland where she won the Bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres with her team mates Sylvia Cheeseman, Jean Desforges and Heather Armitage.She returned...


Jean Desforges
Jean Desforges
Jean Catherine Desforges is a retired female athlete from Great Britain, who competed mainly in the 80 metres hurdles and long jump....


Heather Armitage
Heather Armitage
Heather Joy Armitage is a British athlete who competed in sprint events.She competed for Great Britain in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia where she won the silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres with her team mates Anne Pashley, Jean Scrivens and June Foulds...

46.2
Long jump
6.24 m 6.14 m 5.92 m
High jump
1.67 m 1.65 m 1.63 m
Shot put
15.28 m 14.57 m 14.50 m
Discus throw
51.42 m 47.08 m 46.29 m
Javelin throw
50.47 m 50.01 m 49.76 m
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