Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
Men's 400 metres hurdles at the Games of the XV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | July 20, 1952 (heats, quarterfinals) July 21, 1952 (semifinals, final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 40 from 24 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 50.8 =OR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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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 | |
The men's
Background
This was the 10th time the event was held. It had been introduced along with the men's 200 metres hurdles in 1900, with the 200 being dropped after 1904 and the 400 being held through 1908 before being left off the 1912 programme. However, when the Olympics returned in 1920 after World War I, the men's 400 metres hurdles was back and would continue to be contested at every Games thereafter.
One of the six finalists from the 1948 Games returned: bronze medalist
Iceland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Puerto Rico, the Soviet Union, and Venezuela each made their debut in the event. The United States made its 10th appearance, the only nation to have competed at every edition of the event to that point.
Competition format
The competition expanded to a four-round format from the three-round format used since 1908: heats, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. Ten sets of hurdles were set on the course. The hurdles were 3 feet (91.5 centimetres) tall and were placed 35 metres apart beginning 45 metres from the starting line, resulting in a 40 metres home stretch after the last hurdle. The 400 metres track was standard.
There were 8 first-round heats of between 4 and 6 athletes each, with the top 3 hurdlers in each heat advancing to the quarterfinals. There were 4 quarterfinal heats with 6 athletes each. The top 3 men in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals. The 12 semifinalists were divided into 2 semifinals of 6 athletes each, with the top 3 in each semifinal advancing to the 6-man final.[2]
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Glenn Hardin (USA) | 50.6 | Stockholm, Sweden | 26 July 1934 |
Olympic record | Roy Cochran (USA) | 51.1 | London, United Kingdom | 31 July 1948 |
Schedule
All times are
Date | Time | Round |
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Sunday, 20 July 1952 | 16:10 19:25 |
Heats Quarterfinals |
Monday, 21 July 1952 | 15:00 17:40 |
Semifinals Final |
Results
Heats
The first round was held on July 20. The three fastest runners from each heat qualified for the quarterfinals.
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Charles Moore |
United States | 51.8 | Q |
2 | Lars Ylander | Sweden | 53.7 | Q |
3 | Eitaro Okano | Japan | 54.2 | Q |
4 | Rudolf Haidegger | Austria | 54.8 | |
5 | Johny Fonck | Luxembourg | 57.8 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Timofey Lunev | Soviet Union | 54.3 | Q |
2 | Dewey Lee Yoder Jr |
United States | 55.2 | Q |
3 | Ken Doubleday | Australia | 55.4 | Q |
4 | Muhammad Shafi | Pakistan | 56.1 | |
5 | Ingi Þorsteinsson | Iceland | 56.5 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Anatoly Yulin |
Soviet Union | 53.6 | Q |
2 | Fotios Kosmas |
Greece | 53.9 | Q |
3 | Roland Blackman |
United States | 54.8 | Q |
4 | Ragnar Graeffe | Finland | 55.0 | |
5 | Jörn Gevert | Chile | 56.1 | |
6 | Emin Doybak | Turkey | 56.6 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Yuriy Lituyev | Soviet Union | 53.5 | Q |
2 | Rainer Pelkonen | Finland | 54.2 | Q |
3 | Robert Bart | France | 54.5 | Q |
4 | Pedro Yoma | Chile | 56.8 | |
5 | Paulino Ferrer | Venezuela | 1:02.1 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ron Wilke | South Africa | 54.5 | Q |
2 | Arvo Hilli | Finland | 54.6 | Q |
3 | Rune Larsson | Sweden | 55.9 | Q |
4 | Mirza Khan | Pakistan | 56.3 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | John Holland | New Zealand | 53.3 | Q |
2 | Sven-Olov Eriksson | Sweden | 54.3 | Q |
3 | Angus Scott | Great Britain | 54.9 | Q |
4 | Kemal Horulu | Turkey | 55.2 | |
5 | Karl Schmid | Switzerland | 57.5 |
Heat 7
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | David Gracie | Great Britain | 54.2 | Q |
2 | Wilson Carneiro | Brazil | 56.0 | Q |
3 | Hans Schwarz | Switzerland | 56.3 | Q |
4 | Fernando Fernandes | Portugal | 56.8 | |
5 | Doğan Acarbay | Turkey | 1:02.8 |
Heat 8
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Armando Filiput | Italy | 53.8 | Q |
2 | Harry Whittle | Great Britain | 53.9 | Q |
3 | Antal Lippay | Hungary | 54.0 | Q |
4 | Amadeo Francis | Puerto Rico | 54.0 | |
5 | Jean Thureau | France | 56.7 |
Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals were held on July 20. The three fastest runners from each heat qualified for the semifinals.
Quarterfinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Charles Moore |
United States | 50.8 | Q, OR |
2 | Anatoly Yulin |
Soviet Union | 52.4 | Q |
3 | Armando Filiput | Italy | 53.0 | Q |
4 | Robert Bart | France | 53.0 | |
5 | Sven-Olov Eriksson | Sweden | 53.8 | |
6 | Hans Schwarz | Switzerland | 54.0 |
Quarterfinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | John Holland | New Zealand | 52.2 | Q |
2 | Dewey Lee Yoder Jr |
United States | 53.3 | Q |
3 | David Gracie | Great Britain | 53.9 | Q |
4 | Arvo Hilli | Finland | 54.0 | |
5 | Fotios Kosmas |
Greece | 55.3 | |
6 | Wilson Carneiro | Brazil | 59.4 |
Quarterfinal 3
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Yuriy Lituyev | Soviet Union | 52.2 | Q |
2 | Antal Lippay | Hungary | 52.7 | Q |
3 | Harry Whittle | Great Britain | 52.8 | Q |
4 | Lars Ylander | Sweden | 53.1 | |
5 | Ron Wilke | South Africa | 54.5 | |
6 | Ken Doubleday | Australia | 1:00.2 |
Quarterfinal 4
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Timofey Lunev | Soviet Union | 52.7 | Q |
2 | Roland Blackman |
United States | 52.7 | Q |
3 | Rune Larsson | Sweden | 53.3 | Q |
4 | Angus Scott | Great Britain | 53.4 | |
5 | Rainer Pelkonen | Finland | 53.9 | |
6 | Eitaro Okano | Japan | 54.4 |
Semifinals
The semifinals were held on July 21. The three fastest runners from each heat qualified for the final.
Semifinal 1
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Yuriy Lituyev | Soviet Union | 51.8 | Q |
2 | John Holland | New Zealand | 52.0 | Q |
3 | Anatoly Yulin |
Soviet Union | 52.1 | Q |
4 | David Gracie | Great Britain | 52.4 | |
5 | Roland Blackman |
United States | 52.7 | |
6 | Rune Larsson | Sweden | 53.9 |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Charles Moore |
United States | 52.0 | Q |
2 | Harri Whittle |
Great Britain | 52.9 | Q |
3 | Armando Filiput | Italy | 53.0 | Q |
4 | Dewey Lee Yoder Jr |
United States | 53.0 | |
5 | Antal Lippay | Hungary | 53.0 | |
6 | Timofey Lunev | Soviet Union | 53.1 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
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Charles Moore |
United States | 50.8 | =OR | |
Yuriy Lituyev | Soviet Union | 51.3 | ||
John Holland | New Zealand | 52.2 | ||
4 | Anatoliy Yulin | Soviet Union | 52.8 | |
5 | Harry Whittle | Great Britain | 53.1 | |
6 | Armando Filiput | Italy | 54.4 |
Results summary
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ a b "400 metres Hurdles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 January 2021.