Olympian Database
Athletics at the 1948 Olympics |  |
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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 | Fanny Blankers-Koen | ||
| Jeanette Witziers-Timmer | |||||
| Gerda van der Kade-Kodijs | |||||
| Xenia Stad-de-Jong | |||||
| 4x100 m M | | USA | Norwood Ewell | ||
| Harrison Dillard | |||||
| Lorenzo Wright | |||||
| Melvin Patton | |||||
| 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 | |||||
