Athletics XV Olympic Games Helsinki, Finland 1952

Athletics XV Olympic Games Helsinki, Finland 1952

33 events - 24 for men and 9 for women. 963 competitors from 57 nations. Medals.

Men Events	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men 100m	Lindy Remigino	USA	Herbert McKenley	JAM	Emmanuel McDonald-Bailey	GBR
Men 200m	Andrew Stanfield	USA	Thane Baker	USA	James Gathers	USA
Men 400m	George Rhoden	JAM	Herbert McKenley	JAM	Oliver Matson	USA
Men 800m	Malvin Whitfield	USA	Arthur Wint	JAM	Heinz Ulzheimer	GER
Men 1500m	Joseph Bartel	LUX	Robert McMillen	USA	Werner Lueg	GER
Men 5000m	Emil Zatopek	TCH	Alain Mimoun	FRA	Herbert Schade	GER
Men 10000m	Emil Zatopek	TCH	Alain Mimoun	FRA	Aleksander Anufriyev	URS
Men Marathon	Emil Zatopek	TCH	Reinaldo Gorno	ARG	Gustaf Jansson	SWE
Men 4x100m Relay	United States		Soviet Union		Hungary
Men 4x400m Relay	Jamaica		United States		Germany
Men 110m Hurdles	Harrison Dillard	USA	Jack Davis	USA	Arthur Barnard	USA
Men 400m Hurdles	Charles Moore	USA	Yuriy Lituyev	URS	John Holland	NZL
Men 3000m Steeplechase	Horace Ashenfelter	USA	Vladimir Kazantsev	URS	John Disley	GBR
Men High Jump	Walter Davis	USA	Kenneth Wiesner	USA	Jose Telles da Conceicao	BRA
Men Pole Vault	Robert Richards	USA	Donald Laz	USA	Ragnar Lundberg	SWE
Men Long Jump	Jerome Biffle	USA	Meredith Gourdine	USA	Odon Foldessy	HUN
Men Triple Jump	Adhemar Ferreira da Silva	BRA	Leonid Shcherbakov	URS	Arnoldo Devonish	VEN
Men Shot Put	Parry O'Brien	USA	Darrow Hooper	USA	James Fuchs	USA
Men Discus Throw	Simeon Iness	USA	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	James Dillion	USA
Men Hammer Throw	Jozsef Csermak	HUN	Karl Storch	GER	Imre Nemeth	HUN
Men Javelin Throw	Cyrus Young	USA	William Miller	USA	Toivo Hyytiainen	FIN
Men Decathlon	Robert Mathias	USA	Milton Campbell	USA	Floyd Simmons	USA
Men 10km Track Walk	John Mikaelsson	SWE	Fritz Schwab	SUI	Bruno Junk	URS
Men 50km Walk	Giuseppe Dordoni	ITA	Josef Dolezal	TCH	Antal Roka	HUN

Women Events	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Women 100m	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	Daphne Hasenjager	SAF	Shirley Strickland	AUS
Women 200m	Majorie Jackson	AUS	Bertha Brouwer	NED	Nadeznda Khnykina	URS
Women 4x100m Relay	United States		Germany		Great Britain
Women 80m Hurdles	Shirley Strickland	AUS	Maria Golubnichaya	URS	Maria Sander	GER
Women High Jump	Esther Brand	SAF	Sheila Lerwill	GBR	Aleksandra Chudina	URS
Women Long Jump	Yvette Williams	NZL	Aleksandra Chudina	URS	Shirley Cawley	GBR
Women Shot Put	Galina Zybina	URS	Marianne Werner	GER	Klavdiya Tochenova	URS
Women Discus Throw	Nina Romashkova	URS	Yelisaveta Bagryantseva	URS	Nina Dumbadze	URS
Women Javelin Throw	Dana Zatopkova	TCH	Aleksandra Chudina	URS	Yelena Gorchakova	URS

Medals		G	S	B	All
1. United States	USA	15	10	6	31
2. Czechoslovakia	TCH	4	1		5
3. Australia	AUS	3		1	4
4. Soviet Union	URS	2	8	7	17
5. Jamaica	JAM	2	3		5
6. Italy	ITA	1	1		2
6. South Africa	SAF	1	1		2
8. Hungary	HUN	1		4	5
9. Sweden	SWE	1		2	3
10.Brazil	BRA	1		1	2
10.New Zealand	NZL	1		1	2
12.Luxembourg	LUX	1			1
13.Germany	GER		3	5	8
14.France	FRA		2		2
15.Great Britain	GBR		1	4	5
16.Netherlands	NED		1		1
16.Switzerland	SUI		1		1
16.Argentina	ARG		1		1
19.Finland	FIN			1	1
19.Venezuela	VEN			1	1
Total 20 Nations		33	33	33	99

Women Medals		G	S	B	All
1. Australia	AUS	3		1	4
2. Soviet Union	URS	2	4	5	11
3. South Africa	SAF	1	1		2
4. Czechoslovakia	TCH	1			1
4. New Zealand	NZL	1			1
4. United States	USA	1			1
7. Germany	GER		2	1	3
8. Great Britain	GBR		1	2	3
9. Netherlands	NED		1		1
Total 9 Nations		9	9	9	27

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