Athletics at the 1952 Olympics | |||||
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 | Janet Moreau | |||
Mae Faggs | |||||
Barbara Jones | |||||
Catherine Hardy | |||||
4x100 m M | USA | Lindy Remigino | |||
Andrew Stanfield | |||||
Harrison Dillard | |||||
Finis Dean Smith | |||||
4x400 m M | JAM | Herbert McKenley | |||
Arthur Wint | |||||
George Rhoden | |||||
Leslie Laing | |||||
These facts about olympic Athletics and the Helsinki 1952 Athletics events are based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database | |||||