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