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*[http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/ATH/ 1952 Summer Olympics results: athletics], from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-11-08. |
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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 | |
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.
Medal summary
Men
Women
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
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 | ![]() |
23.4 s | OR | WR |
80 metres hurdles | July 24 | Final | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | ![]() |
10.9 s | OR | WR |
4 x 100 metres relay | July 27 | Final | Mae Faggs Catherine Hardy Barbara Jones Janet Moreau |
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45.9 s | OR | WR |
Long jump | July 23 | Final | Yvette Williams | ![]() |
6.24 m | OR | |
Shot put | July 26 | Final | Galina Zybina | ![]() |
15.28 m | OR | WR |
Discus throw | July 20 | Final | Nina Romashkova | ![]() |
51.42 m | OR | |
Javelin throw | July 24 | Final | Dana Zátopková | ![]() |
50.47 m | OR |
Medal table
1 | ![]() |
15 | 10 | 6 | 31 |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
4 | ![]() |
2 | 8 | 7 | 17 |
5 | ![]() |
2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
6 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
8 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
9 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
10 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
12 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13 | ![]() |
0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
14 | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
15 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
16 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
19 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Participating nations
A total of 57 nations participated in the different Athletics events at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Numbers in parenthesis indicate the number of athletes representing each nation.
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