Olympian Database
Athletics at the 1952 Olympics |  |
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Events |
Olympic Champions |
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| 100 m W |  | AUS | Marjorie Jackson | ||
| 100 m M |  | USA | Lindy Remigino | ||
| 200 m W | | AUS | Marjorie Jackson | ||
| 200 m M | | USA | Andrew Stanfield | ||
| 400 m M |  | JAM | George Rhoden | ||
| 800 m M | | USA | Malvin Whitfield | ||
| 1500 m M |  | LUX | Josef Barthel | ||
| 5000 m M |  | TCH | Emil Zatopek | ||
| 10000 m M | | TCH | Emil Zatopek | ||
| Marathon M | | TCH | Emil Zatopek | ||
| 80 m hurdles W | | AUS | Shirley Strickland | ||
| 110 m hurdles M | | USA | Harrison Dillard | ||
| 400 m hurdles M | | USA | Charles Moore | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase M | | USA | Horace Ashenfelter | ||
| 10 km walk M |  | SWE | John Mikaelsson | ||
| 50 km walk M |  | ITA | Giuseppe Dordoni | ||
| High jump W |  | RSA | Esther Brand | ||
| High jump M | | USA | Walter Davis | ||
| Long jump W |  | NZL | Yvette Williams | ||
| Long jump M | | USA | Jerome Biffle | ||
| Triple jump M |  | BRA | Ademar Ferreira da Silva | ||
| Pole vault M | | USA | Robert Richards | ||
| Javelin throw W | | TCH | Dana Zatopkova | ||
| Javelin throw M | | USA | Cyrus Young | ||
| Discus throw W |  | URS | Nina Romaschkova | ||
| Discus throw M | | USA | Sim Iness | ||
| Hammer throw M |  | HUN | Jozsef Csermak | ||
| Shot put W | | URS | Galina Zybina | ||
| Shot put M | | USA | Parry O'Brien | ||
| Decathlon M | | USA | Robert Mathias | ||
| 4x100 m W | | USA | Barbara Jones | ||
| Catherine Hardy | |||||
| Janet Moreau | |||||
| Mae Faggs | |||||
| 4x100 m M | | USA | Andrew Stanfield | ||
| Harrison Dillard | |||||
| Finis Dean Smith | |||||
| Lindy Remigino | |||||
| 4x400 m M | | JAM | Arthur Wint | ||
| George Rhoden | |||||
| Leslie Laing | |||||
| Herbert McKenley | |||||
| These facts about olympic Athletics and the Helsinki 1952 Athletics events are based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database | |||||
