Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |
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No. of events | 33 |
Competitors | 963 from 57 nations |
Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 | |
At the
athletics
events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. There were a total number of 963 participating athletes from 57 countries.
Medal summary
Men
Women
Records broken
During the 1952 Summer Olympic Games, 26 new
world records
were set in the athletics events.
Men's Olympic and world records
Women's Olympic and world records
Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result | OR | WR |
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200 metres | July 26 | Semifinal | Marjorie Jackson | Australia | 23.4 s | OR | WR |
80 metres hurdles | July 24 | Final | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | Australia | 10.9 s | OR | WR |
4 x 100 metres relay | July 27 | Final | Barbara Jones Janet Moreau |
United States | 45.9 s | OR | WR |
Long jump | July 23 | Final | Yvette Williams | New Zealand | 6.24 m | OR | |
Shot put | July 26 | Final | Galina Zybina | Soviet Union | 15.28 m | OR | WR |
Discus throw | July 20 | Final | Nina Romashkova | Soviet Union | 51.42 m | OR | |
Javelin throw | July 24 | Final | Dana Zátopková | Czechoslovakia | 50.47 m | OR |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 15 | 10 | 6 | 31 |
2 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
3 | Australia (AUS) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 8 | 7 | 17 |
5 | Jamaica (JAM) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
8 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
9 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
10 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
12 | Luxembourg (LUX) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
14 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
15 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
16 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
19 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (20 entries) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 99 |
Participating nations
A total of 57 nations participated in the different Athletics events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
- Argentina (16 athletes)
- Australia (17)
- Austria (15)
- Belgium (21)
- Bermuda (2)
- Brazil (10)
- Bulgaria (4)
- Canada (22)
- Ceylon (1)
- Chile (15)
- Cuba (5)
- Czechoslovakia (20)
- Denmark (11)
- Egypt (7)
- Finland (69)
- France (54)
- Germany (39)
- Ghana(7)
- Great Britain (66)
- Greece (11)
- Guatemala (6)
- Hungary (35)
- Iceland (9)
- India (8)
- Indonesia (1)
- Iran (1)
- Ireland (2)
- Israel (7)
- Italy (33)
- Jamaica (7)
- Japan (19)
- Luxembourg (7)
- Mexico (2)
- Netherlands (10)
- New Zealand (4)
- Nigeria (9)
- Norway (19)
- Pakistan (16)
- Philippines (1)
- Poland (29)
- Portugal (7)
- Puerto Rico (10)
- Romania (12)
- Saar (6)
- Singapore (1)
- South Africa (13)
- South Korea (6)
- Soviet Union (77)
- Sweden (45)
- Switzerland (28)
- Thailand (8)
- Turkey (13)
- United States (71)
- Uruguay (2)
- Venezuela (7)
- Vietnam (1)
- Yugoslavia (19)