Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Sports event in the Olympic Games
Athletics at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |
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![]() Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics on a Finnish stamp | |
No. of events | 33 |
Competitors | 963 from 57 nations |
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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.
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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 | ![]() | 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
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
19 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 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)
References
- 1952 Summer Olympics results: athletics, from https://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-11-08.
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Athletics Australia