1952 Men's Olympic Track and Field Medalists
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Lindy Remigino, USA | 10.4 | |
| Herbert McKenley, JAM | 10.4 | ||
| Emmanuel McDonald-Bailey, GBR | 10.4 | ||
| 200m | Andy Stanfield, USA | 20.7 | |
| Thane Baker, USA | 20.8 | ||
| James Gathers, USA | 20.8 | ||
| 400m | George Rhoden, JAM | 45.9 | OR |
| Herbert McKenley, JAM | 45.9 | ||
| Ollie Matson, USA | 46.8 | ||
| 800m | Mal Whitfield, USA | 1:49.2 | =OR |
| Arthur Wint, JAM | 1:49.4 | ||
| Heinz Ulzheimer, GER | 1:49.7 | ||
| 1500m | Josy Barthel, LUX | 3:45.1 | OR |
| Bob McMillen, USA | 3:45.2 | ||
| Werner Lueg, GER | 3:45.4 | ||
| 5000m | Emil Zátopek, CZE | 14:06.6 | OR |
| Alain Mimoun, FRA | 14:07.4 | ||
| Herbert Schade, GER | 14:08.6 | ||
| 10,000m | Emil Zátopek, CZE | 29:17.0 | OR |
| Alain Mimoun, FRA | 29:32.8 | ||
| Alexander Anufriyev, USSR | 29:48.2 | ||
| Marathon | Emil Zátopek, CZE | 2:23:03.2 | OR |
| Reinaldo Gorno, ARG | 2:25:35.0 | ||
| Gustaf Jansson, SWE | 2:26:07.0 | ||
| 110m H | Harrison Dillard, USA | 13.7 | OR |
| Jack Davis, USA | 13.7 | ||
| Arthur Barnard, USA | 14.1 | ||
| 400m H | Charley Moore, USA | 50.8 | OR |
| Yuriy Lituyev, USSR | 51.3 | ||
| John Holland, NZL | 52.2 | ||
| 3000m Steeple |
Horace Ashenfelter, USA | 8:45.4 | WR |
| Vladimir Kazantsev, USSR | 8:51.6 | ||
| John Disley, GBR | 8:51.8 | ||
| 10k Walk | John Mikaelsson, SWE | 45:02.8 | OR |
| Fritz Schwab, SWI | 45:41.0 | ||
| Bruno Yunk, USSR | 45:41.0 | ||
| 50k Walk | Giuseppe Dordoni, ITA | 4:28:07.8 | OR |
| Josef Dolezal, CZE | 4:30:17.8 | ||
| Antal Róka, HUN | 4:31:27.2 | ||
| 4x100m | USA (Dean Smith, Harrison Dillard, Lindy Remigino,Andy Stanfield) |
40.1 | |
| Soviet Union | 40.3 | ||
| Hungary | 40.5 | ||
| 4x400m | JAM (Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden) |
3:03.9 | WR |
| United States | 3:04.0 | ||
| Germany | 3:06.6 |
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Walt Davis, USA | 6- 81/2 | OR |
| Ken Wiesner, USA | 6-7 | ||
| J.Telles da Conceiceião, BRA | 6-6 | ||
| Pole Vault | Bob Richards, USA | 14-11 | OR |
| Donald Laz, USA | 14-9 | ||
| Ragnar Lundberg, SWE | 14-5 | ||
| Long Jump | Jerome Biffle, USA | 24-10 | |
| Meredith Gourdine, USA | 24-81/4 | ||
| Ödön Földessy, HUN | 23-111/4 | ||
| Triple Jump | Adhemar da Silva, BRA | 53- 23/4 | WR |
| Leonid Shcherbakov, USSR | 52-5 | ||
| Arnoldo Devonish, VEN | 50-11 | ||
| Shot Put | Parry O'Brien, USA | 57- 11/2 | OR |
| Darrow Hooper, USA | 57-01/2 | ||
| Jim Fuchs, USA | 55-111/2 | ||
| Discus | Sim Iness, USA | 180- 6 | OR |
| Adolfo Consolini, ITA | 176-5 | ||
| James Dillion, USA | 174-91/2 | ||
| Hammer | József Csermák, HUN | 197-11 | WR |
| Karl Storch, GER | 193-1 | ||
| Imre Németh, HUN | 189-5 | ||
| Javelin | Cy Young, USA | 242- 1 | OR |
| William Miller, USA | 237-81/2 | ||
| Toivo Hyytiäinen, FIN | 235-10 | ||
| Decathlon | Bob Mathias, USA | 7887 pts | WR |
| Milton Campbell, USA | 6975 | ||
| Floyd Simmons, USA | 6788 |
| Track & Field | Women |
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