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Men's 400 m - Athletics |   | ||||
 Men's 400 m 1952
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| Final | |||||
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George Rhoden |  |
JAM | 45,9 | OR |
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Herbert McKenley | |
JAM | 45,9 | |
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Ollie Matson |  |
USA | 46,8 | |
| 4. | Karl-Friedrich Haas |  |
GER | 47,0 | |
| 5. | Arthur Wint | |
JAM | 47,0 | |
| 6. | Malvin Whitfield | |
USA | 47,1 | |
| Semifinal - Heat 1 | |||||
| 1. | Arthur Wint | |
JAM | 46,3 | Q |
| 2. | Karl-Friedrich Haas | |
GER | 46,4 | Q |
| 3. | Malvin Whitfield | |
USA | 46,4 | Q |
| 4. | Gerald Cole | |
USA | 46,8 | |
| 5. | Ardalion Ignatyev |  |
URS | 47,4 | |
| 6. | James Lavery |  |
CAN | 47,7 | |
| Semifinal - Heat 2 | |||||
| 1. | Herbert McKenley | |
JAM | 46,4 | Q |
| 2. | George Rhoden | |
JAM | 46,5 | Q |
| 3. | Ollie Matson | |
USA | 46,7 | Q |
| 4. | Hans Geister | |
GER | 46,7 | |
| 5. | John Carroll | |
CAN | 47,4 | |
| Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt |  |
SWE | dns | ||
| Quarterfinal - Heat 1 | |||||
| 1. | Arthur Wint | | JAM | 46,9 | Q |
| 2. | James Lavery | | CAN | 47,5 | Q |
| 3. | Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | | SWE | 47,8 | Q |
| 4. | Guillermo Gutierrez |  | VEN | 48,6 | |
| 5. | Leslie Lewis |  | GBR | 49,0 | |
| 6. | Ernst Schneider |  | SUI | 49,2 | |
| Quarterfinal - Heat 2 | |||||
| 1. | George Rhoden | | JAM | 47,2 | Q |
| 2. | Ollie Matson | | USA | 47,4 | Q |
| 3. | Karl-Friedrich Haas | | GER | 47,4 | Q |
| 4. | Morris Curotta |  | AUS | 48,8 | |
| 5. | Rolf Back |  | FIN | 51,1 | |
| Quarterfinal - Heat 3 | |||||
| 1. | Malvin Whitfield | | USA | 47,6 | Q |
| 2. | Hans Geister | | GER | 47,7 | Q |
| 3. | John Carroll | | CAN | 47,7 | Q |
| 4. | Louis van Biljoen |  | RSA | 48,5 | |
| 5. | Jacques Degats |  | FRA | 48,8 | |
| 6. | Alan Dick | | GBR | 49,0 | |
| Quarterfinal - Heat 4 | |||||
| 1. | Herbert McKenley | | JAM | 47,4 | Q |
| 2. | Gerald Cole | | USA | 47,7 | Q |
| 3. | Ardalion Ignatyev | | URS | 48,0 | Q |
| 4. | Yves Camus | | FRA | 48,1 | |
| 5. | Terence Higgins | | GBR | 49,1 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 1 | |||||
| 1. | Karl-Friedrich Haas | |
GER | 47,5 | Q |
| 2. | Leslie Lewis | |
GBR | 47,8 | Q |
| 3. | Edwin Carr Jr. | |
AUS | 48,0 | |
| 4. | Zoltan Adamik |  |
HUN | 48,5 | |
| 5. | Evelio Planas del Rio |  |
CUB | 49,4 | |
| 6. | Abdul Rehman |  |
PAK | 51,2 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 2 | |||||
| 1. | Ardalion Ignatyev | |
URS | 48,1 | Q |
| 2. | Rolf Back | |
FIN | 48,5 | Q |
| 3. | Rupert Blöch |  |
AUT | 49,6 | |
| 4. | Gerard Rasquin |  |
LUX | 50,0 | |
| 5. | John Anderton | |
RSA | 50,3 | |
| 6. | Pongummart Amatayakul |  |
THA | 52,9 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 3 | |||||
| 1. | Arthur Wint | |
JAM | 47,3 | Q |
| 2. | John Carroll | |
CAN | 48,0 | Q |
| 3. | Egon Solymosi | |
HUN | 49,2 | |
| 4. | Josef Steger | |
SUI | 49,2 | |
| 5. | Jaakko Suikkari | |
FIN | 50,9 | |
| 6. | Aurang Zeb | |
PAK | 51,0 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 4 | |||||
| 1. | Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | |
SWE | 48,4 | Q |
| 2. | Terence Higgins | |
GBR | 48,7 | Q |
| 3. | Junkichi Matoba |  |
JPN | 49,4 | |
| 4. | Vasilios Syllis |  |
GRE | 49,7 | |
| 5. | Dogan Acarbay |  |
TUR | 50,7 | |
| 6. | Ivan Jacob |  |
IND | 51,3 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 5 | |||||
| 1. | Herbert McKenley | |
JAM | 48,0 | Q |
| 2. | Louis van Biljoen | |
RSA | 48,1 | Q |
| 3. | Roger Moens |  |
BEL | 48,6 | |
| 4. | Ferenc Banhalmi | |
HUN | 49,4 | |
| 5. | Arie Gill-Glick |  |
ISR | 50,2 | |
| 6. | Ernst Von Gunten | |
SUI | 50,7 | |
| Tage Ekfeldt | |
SWE | dq | ||
| Round 1 - Heat 6 | |||||
| 1. | Malvin Whitfield | |
USA | 48,6 | Q |
| 2. | Guillermo Gutierrez | |
VEN | 48,7 | Q |
| 3. | Gianni Rocca |  |
ITA | 49,2 | |
| 4. | Gösta Brännström | |
SWE | 50,1 | |
| 5. | Javier Sousa |  |
MEX | 50,3 | |
| 6. | Emin Doybak | |
TUR | 51,1 | |
| 7. | Fernando Casimiro |  |
POR | 52,2 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 7 | |||||
| 1. | Jacques Degats | |
FRA | 48,5 | Q |
| 2. | Morris Curotta | |
AUS | 48,7 | Q |
| 3. | Vincenzo Lombardo | |
ITA | 49,3 | |
| 4. | Rudolf Haidegger | |
AUT | 49,9 | |
| 5. | Albert Lowagie | |
BEL | 50,1 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 8 | |||||
| 1. | Hans Geister | |
GER | 47,9 | Q |
| 2. | Yves Camus | |
FRA | 48,0 | Q |
| 3. | Milan Filo |  |
TCH | 48,7 | |
| 4. | Gudmundur Larusson |  |
ISL | 49,7 | |
| 5. | Sompop Svadanandana | |
THA | 53,6 | |
| 6. | Jeremias Stokes |  |
GUA | 53,6 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 9 | |||||
| 1. | Gerald Cole | |
USA | 48,3 | Q |
| 2. | Alan Dick | |
GBR | 48,7 | Q |
| 3. | Edmunds Pilags | |
URS | 49,2 | |
| 4. | Angel Garcia Delgado | |
CUB | 49,2 | |
| 5. | Antoine Uytterhoeven | |
BEL | 50,0 | |
| 6. | Jean Hamilius | |
LUX | 50,3 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 10 | |||||
| 1. | George Rhoden | |
JAM | 48,1 | Q |
| 2. | Gerard Mach |  |
POL | 48,5 | Q |
| 3. | Paul Dolan |  |
IRL | 48,5 | |
| 4. | Jean-Pierre Goudeau | |
FRA | 48,8 | |
| 5. | Douglas Clement | |
CAN | 50,0 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 11 | |||||
| 1. | James Lavery | |
CAN | 48,4 | Q |
| 2. | Yuri Lituyev | |
URS | 48,8 | Q |
| 3. | Frank Rivera |  |
PUR | 49,3 | |
| 4. | Antonio Siddi | |
ITA | 50,9 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 12 | |||||
| 1. | Ollie Matson | |
USA | 48,1 | Q |
| 2. | Ernst Schneider | |
SUI | 48,7 | Q |
| 3. | Argemiro Roque |  |
BRA | 48,9 | |
| 4. | Schalk Booysen | |
RSA | 49,0 | |
| 5. | Jiri David | |
TCH | 49,1 | |
| 6. | Frederick Hammer | |
LUX | 49,6 | |
| 7. | Osvald Mildh | |
FIN | 50,2 | |
| Men's 400 m - Athletics - Helsinki 1952 Summer Olympics
Event Format:
Athletes competed in preliminary heats, quarterfinals, semifinals and final. The best athletes from each heat (Q) advanced to the next level. The winner of the final was the Gold Medal winner. Event facts: Men's 400 m competition was held at the Olympiastadion and 71 athletes participated in the event. |
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| These results for Men's 400 m - Helsinki 1952 Summer Olympics - are based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database | |||||
