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Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Field	Value
event	Athletics
games	1952 Summer
image	Olympia2-1952.jpg
image_size	100px
caption	Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics on a Finnish stamp
num_events	33
nations	57
competitors	963
prev	1948
next	1956

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. There were a total number of 963 participating athletes from 57 countries.

The timing result point for the running competitions at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium

Medal summary

Men

Decathlon
Bob Mathias	7,887 pts	Milt Campbell	6,975 pts	Floyd Simmons	6,788 pts

Women

Javelin throw
Dana Zátopková	50.47 m	Aleksandra Chudina	50.01 m	Yelena Gorchakova	49.76 m

Records broken

During the 1952 Summer Olympic Games, 26 new Olympic records and 8 new world records were set in the athletics events.

Men's Olympic and world records

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Result	OR	WR
400 metres	July 25	Final	George Rhoden
Herb McKenley	JAM	45.9 s	OR
1500 metres	July 26	Final	Josy Barthel
Bob McMillen	LUX
USA	3:45.2	OR
5000 metres	July 24	Final	Emil Zátopek	TCH	14:06.6	OR
10,000 metres	July 20	Final	Emil Zátopek	TCH	29:17.0	OR
110 metres hurdles	July 24	Final	Harrison Dillard
Jack Davis	USA	13.7 s	OR
400 metres hurdles	July 21	Final	Charles Moore	USA	50.8 s	OR
3000 metres steeplechase	July 25	Final	Horace Ashenfelter	USA	8:45.4 s	OR
4 x 400 metres relay	July 27	Final	Les LaingHerb McKenleyGeorge RhodenArthur Wint	JAM	3:03.9	OR	WR
10 kilometres walk	July 27	Final	John Mikaelsson	SWE	45:02.8	OR
50 kilometres walk	July 21	Final	Giuseppe Dordoni	ITA	4:28:07.8	OR
Marathon	July 27	Final	Emil Zátopek	TCH	2:23:03.2	OR	WR
High jump	July 20	Final	Walt Davis	USA	2.04 m	OR
Pole vault	July 22	Final	Bob Richards	USA	4.55 m	OR
Triple jump	July 23	Final	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	16.22 m	OR	WR
Shot put	July 21	Final	Parry O'Brien	USA	17.41 m	OR
Discus throw	July 22	Final	Sim Iness	USA	55.03 m	OR
Javelin throw	July 24	Final	Cy Young	USA	73.78 m	OR
Hammer throw	July 24	Final	József Csermák	HUN	60.34 m	OR	WR
Decathlon	July 26	Final	Bob Mathias	USA	7887 pts	OR	WR

Women's Olympic and world records

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Result	OR	WR
200 metres	July 26	Semifinal	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	23.4 s	OR	WR
80 metres hurdles	July 24	Final	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	AUS	10.9 s	OR	WR
4 x 100 metres relay	July 27	Final	Mae Faggs
Catherine Hardy
Barbara Jones
Janet Moreau	USA	45.9 s	OR	WR
Long jump	July 23	Final	Yvette Williams	NZL	6.24 m	OR
Shot put	July 26	Final	Galina Zybina	URS	15.28 m	OR	WR
Discus throw	July 20	Final	Nina Romashkova	URS	51.42 m	OR
Javelin throw	July 24	Final	Dana Zátopková	TCH	50.47 m	OR

Medal table

Participating nations

A total of 57 nations participated in the different Athletics events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

References

1952 Summer Olympics results: athletics, from https://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-11-08.
International Olympic Committee results database
Athletics Australia

Wikipedia Source

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