Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Athletics at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Olympic Athletics.png
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

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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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