Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 80 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 10 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. Three events made their Olympic debut at these Games: women's 200 metres, women's long jump and women's shot put. There were a total number of 745 participating athletes from 53 countries.
Contents
1 Medal summary
1.1 Men
1.2 Women
2 Records broken
2.1 Men's Olympic records
2.2 Women's Olympic records
3 Medal table
4 References
Medal summary
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 100 metres | Harrison Dillard  United States | 10.3 | Barney Ewell United States | 10.4 | Lloyd LaBeach  Panama | 10.6 |
| 200 metres | Mel Patton United States | 21.1 | Barney Ewell United States | 21.1 | Lloyd LaBeach Panama | 21.2 |
| 400 metres | Arthur Wint  Jamaica | 46.2 | Herb McKenley Jamaica | 46.4 | Mal Whitfield United States | 46.8 |
| 800 metres | Mal Whitfield United States | 1:49.2 | Arthur Wint Jamaica | 1:49.5 | Marcel Hansenne  France | 1:49.8 |
| 1500 metres | Henry Eriksson  Sweden | 3:49.8 | Lennart Strand Sweden | 3:50.4 | Wim Slijkhuis  Netherlands | 3:50.4 |
| 5000 metres | Gaston Reiff  Belgium | 14:17.6 | Emil Zátopek  Czechoslovakia | 14:17.8 | Wim Slijkhuis Netherlands | 14:26.8 |
| 10,000 metres | Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia | 29:59.6 | Alain Mimoun France | 30:47.4 | Bertil Albertsson Sweden | 30:53.6 |
| 110 metres hurdles | William Porter United States | 13.9 | Clyde Scott United States | 14.1 | Craig Dixon United States | 14.1 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Roy Cochran United States | 51.1 | Duncan White  Ceylon | 51.8 | Rune Larsson Sweden | 52.2 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Tore Sjöstrand Sweden | 9:04.6 | Erik Elmsäter Sweden | 9:08.2 | Göte Hagström Sweden | 9:11.8 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |  United States (USA)Barney Ewell Lorenzo Wright Harrison Dillard Mel Patton | 40.6 |  Great Britain (GBR)Alastair McCorquodale John Gregory Ken Jones Jack Archer | 41.3 |  Italy (ITA)Michele Tito Enrico Perucconi Carlo Monti Antonio Siddi | 41.5 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | United States (USA) Roy Cochran Cliff Bourland Arthur Harnden Mal Whitfield | 3:10.4 |  France (FRA)Jean Kerebel Francis Schewetta Robert Chef D'Hotel Jacques Lunis | 3:14.8 |  Sweden (SWE)Kurt Lundquist Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt Folke Alnevik Rune Larsson | 3:16.0 |
| Marathon | Delfo Cabrera  Argentina | 2:34:51.6 | Tom Richards  Great Britain | 2:35:07.6 | Etienne Gailly Belgium | 2:35:33.6 |
| 10 kilometres walk | John Mikaelsson Sweden | 45:13.2 | Ingemar Johansson Sweden | 45:43.8 | Fritz Schwab  Switzerland | 46:00.2 |
| 50 kilometres walk | John Ljunggren Sweden | 4:41:52 | Gaston Godel Switzerland | 4:48:17 | Tebbs Lloyd Johnson Great Britain | 4:48:31 |
| High jump | John Winter  Australia | 1.98 m | Bjorn Paulson  Norway | 1.95 m | George Stanich United States | 1.95 m |
| Pole vault | Guinn Smith United States | 4.30 m | Erkki Kataja  Finland | 4.20 m | Robert Richards United States | 4.20 m |
| Long jump | Willie Steele United States | 7.825 m | Theo Bruce Australia | 7.55 m | Herbert Douglas United States | 7.54 m |
| Triple jump | Arne Åhman Sweden | 15.40 m | George Avery Australia | 15.36 m | Ruhi Sarialp  Turkey | 15.02 m |
| Shot put | Wilbur Thompson United States | 17.12 m | Jim Delaney United States | 16.68 m | Jim Fuchs United States | 16.42 m |
| Discus throw | Adolfo Consolini  Italy | 52.78 m | Giuseppe Tosi Italy | 51.78 m | Fortune Gordien United States | 50.77 m |
| Hammer throw | Imre Németh  Hungary | 56.07 m | Ivan Gubijan  Yugoslavia | 54.27 m | Robert Bennett United States | 53.73 m |
| Javelin throw | Tapio Rautavaara Finland | 69.77 m | Steve Seymour United States | 67.56 m | József Várszegi Hungary | 67.03 m |
| Decathlon | Bob Mathias United States | 7139 | Ignace Heinrich France | 6974 | Floyd Simmons United States | 6950 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands | 11.9 | Dorothy Manley Great Britain | 12.2 | Shirley Strickland Australia | 12.2 |
| 200 metres | Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands | 24.4 | Audrey Williamson Great Britain | 25.1 | Audrey Patterson United States | 25.2 |
| 80 metres hurdles | Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands | 11.2 | Maureen Gardner Great Britain | 11.2 | Shirley Strickland Australia | 11.4 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay |  Netherlands (NED)Xenia Stad-de Jong Netty Witziers-Timmer Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Fanny Blankers-Koen | 47.5 |  Australia (AUS)Shirley Strickland June Maston Betty McKinnon Joyce King | 47.6 |  Canada (CAN)Viola Myers Nancy MacKay Diane Foster Patricia Jones | 47.8 |
| High jump | Alice Coachman United States | 1.68 m | Dorothy Tyler Great Britain | 1.68 m | Micheline Ostermeyer France | 1.61 m |
| Long jump | Olga Gyarmati Hungary | 5.695 m | Noemí Simonetto Argentina | 5.60 m | Ann-Britt Leyman Sweden | 5.575 m |
| Shot put | Micheline Ostermeyer France | 13.75 m | Amelia Piccinini Italy | 13.09 m | Ine Schäffer  Austria | 13.08 m |
| Discus throw | Micheline Ostermeyer France | 41.92 m | Edera Cordiale Italy | 41.17 m | Jacqueline Mazeas France | 40.47 m |
| Javelin throw | Herma Bauma Austria | 45.57 m | Kaisa Parviainen Finland | 43.79 m | Lily Carlstedt  Denmark | 42.08 m |
Records broken
14 new Olympic records were set in the athletics events. No new world records were set.
Men's Olympic records
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result |
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800 metres | 2 August | Final | Mal Whitfield | United States | 1:49.2 |
5000 metres | 2 August | Final | Gaston Reiff |  Belgium | 14:17.6 |
10,000 metres | 30 July | Final | Emil Zátopek |  Czechoslovakia | 29:59.6 |
110 metres hurdles | 4 August | Final | William Porter | United States | 13.9 |
400 metres hurdles | 31 July | Final | Roy Cochran | United States | 51.1 |
10 kilometres walk | 7 August | Final | John Mikaelsson | Sweden | 45:13.2 |
Shot put | 3 August | Final | Wilbur Thompson | United States | 17.12 m |
Discus throw | 2 August | Final | Adolfo Consolini | Italy | 52.78 m |
Women's Olympic records
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
200 metres | 6 August | Final | Fanny Blankers-Koen | Netherlands | 24.4 |
80 metres hurdles | 4 August | Final | Fanny Blankers-Koen Maureen Gardner | Netherlands Great Britain | 11.2 |
High jump | 7 August | Final | Alice Coachman Dorothy Tyler | United States Great Britain | 1.68 m |
Long jump | 4 August | Final | Olga Gyarmati |  Hungary | 5.695 m |
Shot put | 4 August | Final | Micheline Ostermeyer | France | 13.75 m |
Javelin throw | 31 July | Final | Herma Bauma |  Austria | 45.57 m |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | United States | 12 | 5 | 10 | 27 |
| 2 | Sweden | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | France | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Australia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Italy | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 |  Finland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
 Jamaica | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 10 |  Argentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 12 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | Great Britain | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 15 |  Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 |  Ceylon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 |  Panama | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (22 nations) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 99 | |
References
1948 Summer Olympics results: athletics, from https://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-06-01.- International Olympic Committee results database
- Athletics Australia
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