| Athletics on 1952 Summer Olympics  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Running disciplines | ||||
| 100 meters | men | women | ||
| 200 meters | men | women | ||
| 400 meters | men | |||
| 800 meters | men | |||
| 1500 meters | men | |||
| 5000 meters | men | |||
| 10,000 meters | men | |||
| 80 meters hurdles | women | |||
| 110 meters hurdles | men | |||
| 400 meters hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 meters with obstacles | men | |||
| Relay 4 × 100 meters | men | women | ||
| 4 × 400 meters relay | men | |||
| Road disciplines | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| Walking for 10 kilometers | men | |||
| Walking for 50 kilometers | men | |||
| Technical disciplines | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vaulting | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin-throwing | men | women | ||
| Hammer throwing | men | |||
| All-around | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
Athletics competitions at the 1952 Summer Olympics were held among both men and women.
Content
Overall Medal Score
| A place | A country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | USA | 15 | ten | 6 | 31 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | four | one | 0 | five |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 0 | one | four |
| four | the USSR | 2 | eight | 7 | 17 |
| five | Jamaica | 2 | 3 | 0 | five |
| 6 | Italy | one | one | 0 | 2 |
| South Africa | one | one | 0 | 2 | |
| eight | Hungary | one | 0 | four | five |
| 9 | Sweden | one | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| ten | Brazil | one | 0 | one | 2 |
| New Zealand | one | 0 | one | 2 | |
| 12 | Luxembourg | one | 0 | 0 | one |
| 13 | Germany | 0 | 3 | five | eight |
| 14 | France | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Great Britain | 0 | one | four | five |
| sixteen | Argentina | 0 | one | 0 | one |
| Netherlands | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| Switzerland | 0 | one | 0 | one | |
| nineteen | Finland | 0 | 0 | one | one |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | one | one |
Medalists
Men
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 100 m | Lindy remigino USA | Herb McKenley Jamaica | Macdonald Bailey Great Britain |
| 200 m | Andrew Stanfield USA | Thane Baker USA | James gazers USA |
| 400 m | George Rodin Jamaica | Herb McKenley Jamaica | Olly matson USA |
| 800 m | Mel Whitfield USA | Arthur Vint Jamaica | Heinz Ulzheimer Germany |
| 1500 m | Josy bartel Luxembourg | Robert McMillen USA | Werner Lug Germany |
| 5000 m | Emil Zatopek Czechoslovakia | Alain Mimoun France | Herbet Schade Germany |
| 10,000 m | Emil Zatopek Czechoslovakia | Alain Mimoun France | Alexander Anufriev the USSR |
| 110 m hurdles | Harrison Dillard USA | Jack davis USA | Arthur Barnard USA |
| 400 m hurdles | Charles Moore USA | Yury Lituev the USSR | John holland New Zealand |
| 3000 m with obstacles | Horace Eschenfelter USA | Vladimir Kazantsev the USSR | John Disley Great Britain |
| 4 × 100 m relay | USA Finis Dean Smith Harrison Dillard Lindy remigino Andrew Stanfield | the USSR Boris Tokarev Lev Kaliayev Levan Sanadze Vladimir Sukharev | Hungary Laszlo Zarani Geza varashdi György Chanyi Bela Goldovany |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Jamaica Arthur Wint Leslie Laing Herb McKenley George Rodin | USA Olly matson Gerrard Cole Charles Moore Mel Whitfield | Germany Gunter Steines Hans Gaister Heinz Ulzheimer Karl-Friedrich Has |
| Marathon | Emil Zatopek Czechoslovakia | Reinaldo Berto Gorno Argentina | Gustav Jansson Sweden |
| walk 10 km | Jon Michaelsen Sweden | Fritz Schwab Switzerland | Bruno Junck the USSR |
| walk 50 km | Giuseppe Dordogne Italy | Josef Dolejal Czechoslovakia | Antal Roca Hungary |
| Long jump | Jerome biffle USA | Meredith Gourdine USA | Eden Földesh Hungary |
| Triple jump | Ademar Ferreira da Silva Brazil | Leonid Shcherbakov the USSR | Arnoldo Devonish Venezuela |
| High jump | Walt Davis USA | Kenneth Wisner USA | Jose da Conseisan Brazil |
| Pole vaulting | Robert Richards USA | Donald Laz USA | Ragnar Lundberg Sweden |
| Shot put | Perry o'brien USA | Darrow hooper USA | Jim Fuchs USA |
| Discus throw | Simeon Aynes USA | Adolfo Consolini Italy | James dillion USA |
| Javelin-throwing | Cyrus young USA | Bill miller USA | Toivo Hyutiaynen Finland |
| Hammer throwing | Jozsef Chermak Hungary | Karl Storch Germany | Imre Nemeth Hungary |
| Decathlon | Robert Matthias USA | Milt campbell USA | Floyd simmons USA |
Women
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 100 m | Marjorie jackson Australia | Daphne Hasengäger South Africa | Shirley Strickland Australia |
| 200 m | Marjorie jackson Australia | Berta Brauver Netherlands | Nadezhda Khnykina the USSR |
| 80 m hurdles | Shirley Strickland Australia | Maria Golubnichaya the USSR | Maria Zander Germany |
| 4 × 100 m relay | USA Herventa Faggs Barbara jones Janet moreyo Catherine Hardy | Germany Ursula Knab Maria Zander Helga klein Marga Peterzen | Great Britain Silvia Chizman June Foulds Jean disforges Heather hermitage |
| Long jump | Yvette Williams New Zealand | Alexandra Chudina the USSR | Shirley cowley Great Britain |
| High jump | Esther Brand South Africa | Sheila Lerville Great Britain | Alexandra Chudina the USSR |
| Shot put | Galina Zybina the USSR | Marianne Werner Germany | Claudia Tochenova the USSR |
| Discus throw | Nina Romashkova the USSR | Elizaveta Bagryantseva the USSR | Nina Dumbadze the USSR |
| Javelin-throwing | Dana Zatopkova Czechoslovakia | Alexandra Chudina the USSR | Elena Gorchakova the USSR |
Links
- Results of the competition on the site sports-reference.com