Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics










































































































































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
100 metres
details

Harrison Dillard
 United States
10.3

Barney Ewell
 United States
10.4

Lloyd LaBeach
 Panama
10.6
200 metres
details

Mel Patton
 United States
21.1

Barney Ewell
 United States
21.1

Lloyd LaBeach
 Panama
21.2
400 metres
details

Arthur Wint
 Jamaica
46.2

Herb McKenley
 Jamaica
46.4

Mal Whitfield
 United States
46.8
800 metres
details

Mal Whitfield
 United States
1:49.2

Arthur Wint
 Jamaica
1:49.5

Marcel Hansenne
 France
1:49.8
1500 metres
details

Henry Eriksson
 Sweden
3:49.8

Lennart Strand
 Sweden
3:50.4

Wim Slijkhuis
 Netherlands
3:50.4
5000 metres
details

Gaston Reiff
 Belgium
14:17.6

Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia
14:17.8

Wim Slijkhuis
 Netherlands
14:26.8
10,000 metres
details

Emil Zátopek
 Czechoslovakia
29:59.6

Alain Mimoun
 France
30:47.4

Bertil Albertsson
 Sweden
30:53.6
110 metres hurdles
details

William Porter
 United States
13.9

Clyde Scott
 United States
14.1

Craig Dixon
 United States
14.1
400 metres hurdles
details

Roy Cochran
 United States
51.1

Duncan White
 Ceylon
51.8

Rune Larsson
 Sweden
52.2
3000 metres steeplechase
details

Tore Sjöstrand
 Sweden
9:04.6

Erik Elmsäter
 Sweden
9:08.2

Göte Hagström
 Sweden
9:11.8
4 × 100 metres relay
details

 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
details

 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
details

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
details

John Mikaelsson
 Sweden
45:13.2

Ingemar Johansson
 Sweden
45:43.8

Fritz Schwab
 Switzerland
46:00.2
50 kilometres walk
details

John Ljunggren
 Sweden
4:41:52

Gaston Godel
 Switzerland
4:48:17

Tebbs Lloyd Johnson
 Great Britain
4:48:31
High jump
details

John Winter
 Australia
1.98 m

Bjorn Paulson
 Norway
1.95 m

George Stanich
 United States
1.95 m
Pole vault
details

Guinn Smith
 United States
4.30 m

Erkki Kataja
 Finland
4.20 m

Robert Richards
 United States
4.20 m
Long jump
details

Willie Steele
 United States
7.825 m

Theo Bruce
 Australia
7.55 m

Herbert Douglas
 United States
7.54 m
Triple jump
details

Arne Åhman
 Sweden
15.40 m

George Avery
 Australia
15.36 m

Ruhi Sarialp
 Turkey
15.02 m
Shot put
details

Wilbur Thompson
 United States
17.12 m

Jim Delaney
 United States
16.68 m

Jim Fuchs
 United States
16.42 m
Discus throw
details

Adolfo Consolini
 Italy
52.78 m

Giuseppe Tosi
 Italy
51.78 m

Fortune Gordien
 United States
50.77 m
Hammer throw
details

Imre Németh
 Hungary
56.07 m

Ivan Gubijan
 Yugoslavia
54.27 m

Robert Bennett
 United States
53.73 m
Javelin throw
details

Tapio Rautavaara
 Finland
69.77 m

Steve Seymour
 United States
67.56 m

József Várszegi
 Hungary
67.03 m
Decathlon
details

Bob Mathias
 United States
7139

Ignace Heinrich
 France
6974

Floyd Simmons
 United States
6950


Women


























































































Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
100 metres
details

Fanny Blankers-Koen
 Netherlands
11.9

Dorothy Manley
 Great Britain
12.2

Shirley Strickland
 Australia
12.2
200 metres
details

Fanny Blankers-Koen
 Netherlands
24.4

Audrey Williamson
 Great Britain
25.1

Audrey Patterson
 United States
25.2
80 metres hurdles
details

Fanny Blankers-Koen
 Netherlands
11.2

Maureen Gardner
 Great Britain
11.2

Shirley Strickland
 Australia
11.4
4 × 100 metres relay
details

 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
details

Alice Coachman
 United States
1.68 m

Dorothy Tyler
 Great Britain
1.68 m

Micheline Ostermeyer
 France
1.61 m
Long jump
details

Olga Gyarmati
 Hungary
5.695 m

Noemí Simonetto
 Argentina
5.60 m

Ann-Britt Leyman
 Sweden
5.575 m
Shot put
details

Micheline Ostermeyer
 France
13.75 m

Amelia Piccinini
 Italy
13.09 m

Ine Schäffer
 Austria
13.08 m
Discus throw
details

Micheline Ostermeyer
 France
41.92 m

Edera Cordiale
 Italy
41.17 m

Jacqueline Mazeas
 France
40.47 m
Javelin throw
details

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

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
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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