Athletics at the 1948 Olympics | |||||
Events |
Olympic Champions |
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100 m W | NED | Fanny Blankers-Koen | |||
100 m M | USA | Harrison Dillard | |||
200 m W | NED | Fanny Blankers-Koen | |||
200 m M | USA | Melvin Patton | |||
400 m M | JAM | Arthur Wint | |||
800 m M | USA | Malvin Whitfield | |||
1500 m M | SWE | Henry Eriksson | |||
5000 m M | BEL | Gaston Reiff | |||
10000 m M | TCH | Emil Zatopek | |||
Marathon M | ARG | Delfo Cabrera | |||
80 m hurdles W | NED | Fanny Blankers-Koen | |||
110 m hurdles M | USA | William Porter | |||
400 m hurdles M | USA | Leroy Cochran | |||
3000 m steeplechase M | SWE | Thore Sjöstrand | |||
10 km walk M | SWE | John Mikaelsson | |||
50 km walk M | SWE | John Ljunggren | |||
High jump W | USA | Alice Coachman | |||
High jump M | AUS | John Winter | |||
Long jump W | HUN | Olga Gyarmati | |||
Long jump M | USA | Willie Steele | |||
Triple jump M | SWE | Arne Aahman | |||
Pole vault M | USA | Owen Guinn Smith | |||
Javelin throw W | AUT | Herma Bauma | |||
Javelin throw M | FIN | Kai Tapio Rautavaari | |||
Discus throw W | FRA | Micheline Ostermeyer | |||
Discus throw M | ITA | Adolfo Consolini | |||
Hammer throw M | HUN | Imre Nemeth | |||
Shot put W | FRA | Micheline Ostermeyer | |||
Shot put M | USA | Wilbur Thompson | |||
Decathlon M | USA | Robert Mathias | |||
4x100 m W | NED | Jeanette Witziers-Timmer | |||
Gerda van der Kade-Kodijs | |||||
Xenia Stad-de-Jong | |||||
Fanny Blankers-Koen | |||||
4x100 m M | USA | Harrison Dillard | |||
Lorenzo Wright | |||||
Melvin Patton | |||||
Norwood Ewell | |||||
4x400 m M | USA | Malvin Whitfield | |||
Arthur Harnden | |||||
Leroy Cochran | |||||
Clifford Bourland | |||||
These facts about olympic Athletics and the London 1948 Athletics events are based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database | |||||