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Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Summary

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Field	Value
event	Athletics
games	1948 Summer
image	Wembley Stadium Twin Towers.jpg
image_size	200px
caption	Host stadium (shown in 2002)
num_events	33
nations	53
competitors	745
prev	1936
next	1952

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.

Medal summary

Men

Decathlon
Bob Mathias	7139	Ignace Heinrich	6974	Floyd Simmons	6950

Women

Javelin throw
Herma Bauma	45.57 m
(OR)	Kaisa Parviainen	43.79 m	Lily Carlstedt	42.08 m

Participating Nations

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	USA	1:49.2
5000 metres	2 August	Final	Gaston Reiff	BEL	14:17.6
10,000 metres	30 July	Final	Emil Zátopek	TCH	29:59.6
110 metres hurdles	4 August	Final	William Porter	USA	13.9
400 metres hurdles	31 July	Final	Roy Cochran	USA	51.1
10 kilometres walk	7 August	Final	John Mikaelsson	SWE	45:13.2
Shot put	3 August	Final	Wilbur Thompson	USA	17.12 m
Discus throw	2 August	Final	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	52.78 m

Women's Olympic records

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Result
200 metres	6 August	Final	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	24.4
80 metres hurdles	4 August	Final	Fanny Blankers-Koen
Maureen Gardner	NED
GBR	11.2
High jump	7 August	Final	Alice Coachman
Dorothy Tyler	USA
GBR	1.68 m
Long jump	4 August	Final	Olga Gyarmati	HUN	5.695 m
Shot put	4 August	Final	Micheline Ostermeyer	FRA	13.75 m
Javelin throw	31 July	Final	Herma Bauma	AUT	45.57 m

References

1948 Summer Olympics results: athletics, from https://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-06-01.
International Olympic Committee results database
Athletics Australia

Wikipedia Source

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