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 | Xenia Stad-de-Jong | ||
Gerda van der Kade-Kodijs | |||||
Fanny Blankers-Koen | |||||
Jeanette Witziers-Timmer | |||||
4x100 m M | ![]() | USA | Lorenzo Wright | ||
Norwood Ewell | |||||
Melvin Patton | |||||
Harrison Dillard | |||||
4x400 m M | ![]() | USA | Leroy Cochran | ||
Malvin Whitfield | |||||
Arthur Harnden | |||||
Clifford Bourland | |||||
These facts about olympic Athletics and the London 1948 Athletics events are based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database | |||||