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Men: 100m

Date: 20 July 1952 / 21 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Lindy Remigino USA 10.4
2 Herb McKenley JAM 10.4
3 Emmanuel McDonald Bailey GBR 10.4
4 Dean Smith USA 10.4
5 Vladimir Sukharyev URS 10.5
6 John Treloar AUS 10.5
Semi-finals
7 Rafael Fortun CUB 10.7
7 Lavy Pinto IND 10.7
7 William Jack GBR 10.7

Men: 200m

Date: 22 July 1952 / 23 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Andy Stanfield USA 20.7
2 Thane Baker USA 20.8
3 James Gathers USA 20.8
4 Emmanuel McDonald Bailey GBR 21.0
5 Leslie Laing JAM 21.2
6 Gerardo Bonnhoff ARG 21.3
Semi-finals
7 Rafael Fortun CUB 21.6
8 Lavy Pinto IND 21.7
8 Werner Zandt GER 21.7

Men: 400m

Date: 24 July 1952 / 25 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Time
1 George Rhoden JAM 45.9
2 Herb McKenley JAM 45.9
3 Ollie Matson USA 46.8
4 Karl-Friedrich Haas GER 47.0
5 Arthur Wint JAM 47.0
6 Malvin Whitfield USA 47.1
Semi-finals
7 Hans Geister GER 46.7
8 Gerrard Cole USA 46.8

Men: 800m

Date: 20 July 1952 / 21 July 1952 / 22 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Malvin Whitfield USA 1:49.2
2 Arthur Wint JAM 1:49.4
3 Heinz Ulzheimer GER 1:49.7
4 Gunnar Nielsen DEN 1:49.7
5 Albert Webster GBR 1:50.2
6 Gunther Steines GER 1:50.6
7 Reginald Pearman USA 1:52.1
8 Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt SWE 1:52.1

Men: 1500m

Date: 24 July 1952 / 25 July 1952 / 26 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Josef Barthel LUX 3:45.2
2 Robert McMillen USA 3:45.2
3 Werner Lueg GER 3:45.4
4 Roger Bannister GBR 3:46.0
5 Patrick El-Mabrouk FRA 3:46.0
6 Rolf Lamers GER 3:46.8
7 Olle Aberg SWE 3:47.0
8 Ingvar Ericsson SWE 3:47.6

Men: 5000m

Date: 22 July 1952 / 24 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Emil Zatopek TCH 14:06.6
2 Alain Mimoun FRA 14:07.4
3 Herbert Schade GER 14:08.6
4 Gordon Pirie GBR 14:18.0
5 Christopher Chataway GBR 14:18.0
6 Les Perry AUS 14:23.6
7 Erno Beres HUN 14:24.8
8 Ake Andersson SWE 14:26.0

Men: 10000m

Date: 20 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Emil Zatopek TCH 29:17.0
2 Alain Mimoun FRA 29:32.8
3 Aleksandr Anufriyev URS 29:48.2
4 Hannu Posti FIN 29:51.4
5 Frank Sando GBR 29:51.8
6 Valter Nystrom SWE 29:54.8
7 Gordon Pirie GBR 30:04.2
8 Fred Norris GBR 30:09.8

Men: 110m Hurdles

Date: 23 July 1952 / 24 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Harrison Dillard USA 13.7
2 Jack Davis USA 13.7
3 Arthur Barnard USA 14.1
4 Yevhen Bulanchyk URS 14.5
5 Kenneth Doubleday AUS 14.7
6 Raymond Weinberg AUS 14.8
Semi-finals
7 Sergey Popov URS 14.7
8 Peter Hildreth GBR 14.9
8 Stanko Lorger YUG 14.9
8 Edmond Roudnitska FRA 14.9
8 Vaino Suvivuo FIN 14.9

Men: 400m Hurdles

Date: 20 July 1952 / 21 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Charles Moore USA 50.8
2 Yury Lituyev URS 51.3
3 John Holland NZL 52.2
4 Anatoly Yulin URS 52.8
5 Harry Whittle GBR 53.1
6 Armando Filiput ITA 54.4
Semi-finals
7 David Gracie GBR 52.4
8 Roland Blackman USA 52.7

Men: 3000m Steeplechase

Date: 23 July 1952 / 25 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Horace Ashenfelter USA 8:45.4
2 Vladimir Kazantsev URS 8:51.6
3 John Disley GBR 8:51.8
4 Olavi Rinteenpaa FIN 8:55.2
5 Curt Soderberg SWE 8:55.6
6 Gunther Hesselmann GER 8:55.8
7 Mikhail Saltykov URS 8:56.2
8 Helmut Gude GER 9:01.4

Men: 10km Walk

Date: 24 July 1952 / 27 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Time
1 John Mikaelsson SWE 45:02.8
2 Fritz Schwab SUI 45:41.0
3 Bruno Junk URS 45:41.0
4 Louis Chevalier FRA 45:50.4
5 George Coleman GBR 46:06.8
6 Ivan Yarmysh URS 46:07.0
7 Emile Maggi FRA 46:08.0
8 Bruno Fait ITA 46:25.6

Men: 4x100m Relay

Date: 26 July 1952 / 27 July 1952

Men: 4x400m Relay

Date: 26 July 1952 / 27 July 1952

Women: 100m

Date: 21 July 1952 / 22 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Marjorie Jackson AUS 11.5
2 Daphne Hasenjager RSA 11.8
3 Shirley Strickland de la Hunty AUS 11.9
4 Winsome Cripps AUS 11.9
5 Maria Sander GER 12.0
6 Mae Faggs USA 12.1
Semi-finals
7 Bertha Brouwer NED 12.1
7 Nadezda Hnykina URS 12.1
7 Vera Kalashnikova URS 12.1
7 Marga Petersen GER 12.1

Women: 200m

Date: 25 July 1952 / 26 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Marjorie Jackson AUS 23.7
2 Bertha Brouwer NED 24.2
3 Nadezda Hnykina URS 24.2
4 Winsome Cripps AUS 24.2
5 Helga Klein GER 24.6
6 Daphne Hasenjager RSA 24.6
Semi-finals
7 Catherine Hardy USA 24.7
7 Sylvia Cheeseman GBR 24.7

Women: 80m Hurdles

Date: 23 July 1952 / 24 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Shirley Strickland de la Hunty AUS 10.9
2 Maria Golubnichaia URS 11.1
3 Maria Sander GER 11.1
4 Anneliese Seonbuchner GER 11.2
5 Jean Desforges GBR 11.6
6 Fanny Blankers-Koen NED
Semi-finals
7 Elena Gokieli URS 11.1
8 Edna Maskell RSA 11.2

Women: 4x100m Relay

Date: 27 July 1952

Men: Marathon

Date: 27 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Emil Zatopek TCH 2:23:03.2
2 Reinaldo Gorno ARG 2:25:35.0
3 Gustaf Jansson SWE 2:26:07.0
4 Choi Yoon-Chil KOR 2:26:36.0
5 Veikko Karvonen FIN 2:26:41.8
6 Delfo Cabrera ARG 2:26:42.4
7 Jozsef Dobronyi HUN 2:28:04.8
8 Erkki Puolakka FIN 2:29:35.0

Men: 50km Walk

Date: 21 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Time
1 Giuseppe "Pino" Dordoni ITA 4:28:07.8
2 Josef Dolezal TCH 4:30:17.8
3 Antal Roka HUN 4:31:27.2
4 Rex Whitlock GBR 4:32:21.0
5 Sergey Lobastov URS 4:32:34.2
6 Vladimir Ukhov URS 4:32:51.6
7 Dumitru Paraschivescu ROU 4:41:05.2
8 Ionescu Baboie ROU 4:41:52.8

Men: High Jump

Date: 20 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Walter Davis USA 2.04m [6' 8 ¼"]
2 Kenneth Wiesner USA 2.01m [6' 7 ¼"]
3 Jose da Conceicao BRA 1.98m [6' 6"]
4 Gosta Svensson SWE 1.98m [6' 6"]
5 Ronald Pavitt GBR 1.95m [6' 4 ¾"]
6 Ion Soter ROU 1.95m [6' 4 ¾"]
7 Arnold Betton USA 1.95m [6' 4 ¾"]
8 Bjorn Gundersen NOR 1.90m [6' 2 ¾"]

Men: Pole Vault

Date: 21 July 1952 / 22 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Bob Richards USA 4.55m [14' 11 ¼"]
2 Donald Laz USA 4.50m [14' 9 ¼"]
3 Ragnar Lundberg SWE 4.40m [14' 5 ¼"]
4 Pyotr Denisenko URS 4.40m [14' 5 ¼"]
5 Valto Olenius FIN 4.30m [14' 1 ¼"]
6 Bunkichi Sawada JPN 4.20m [13' 9 ¼"]
7 Vladimir Braznik URS 4.20m [13' 9 ¼"]
8 Viktor Knyazev URS 4.20m [13' 9 ¼"]

Men: Long Jump

Date: 21 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Jerome Biffle USA 7.57m [24' 10"]
2 Meredith Gourdine USA 7.53m [24' 8 ½"]
3 Odon Foldessy HUN 7.30m [23' 11 ½"]
4 Ary Facanha da Sa BRA 7.23m [23' 8 ¾"]
5 Jorma Valtonen FIN 7.16m [23' 6"]
6 Leonid Grigoryev URS 7.14m [23' 5"]
7 Karl-Erik Israelsson SWE 7.10m [23' 3 ½"]
8 Paul Faucher FRA 7.02m [23' ½"]

Men: Triple Jump

Date: 23 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Adhemar da Silva BRA 16.22m [53' 2 ½"]
2 Leonid Shcherbakov URS 15.98m [52' 5 ¼"]
3 Arnoldo Devonish VEN 15.52m [50' 11"]
4 Walter Ashbaugh USA 15.39m [50' 6"]
5 Rune Nilsen NOR 15.13m [49' 7 ¾"]
6 Yoshio Iimuro JPN 14.99m [49' 2 ¼"]
7 Geraldo de Oliveira BRA 14.95m [49' ½"]
8 Roger Norman SWE 14.89m [48' 10 ¼"]

Men: Shot Put

Date: 21 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Parry O'Brien USA 17.41m [57' 1 ½"]
2 Clarence Hooper USA 17.39m [57' ¾"]
3 James Fuchs USA 17.06m [55' 11 ¾"]
4 Otto Grigalka URS 16.78m [55' ¾"]
5 Roland Fritz Nilsson SWE 16.55m [54' 3 ½"]
6 John Savidge GBR 16.19m [53' 1 ½"]
7 Georgy Fyodorov URS 16.06m [52' 8 ¼"]
8 Per Stavem NOR 16.02m [52' 6 ¾"]

Men: Discus Throw

Date: 22 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Simeon Iness USA 55.03m [180' 6 ½"]
2 Adolfo Consolini ITA 53.78m [176' 5 ¼"]
3 James Dillion USA 53.28m [174' 9 ¾"]
4 Fortune Gordien USA 52.66m [172' 9 ¼"]
5 Ferenc Klics HUN 51.13m [167' 9"]
6 Otto Grigalka URS 50.71m [166' 4 ½"]
7 Roland Fritz Nilsson SWE 50.06m [164' 2 ¾"]
8 Giuseppe Tosi ITA 49.03m [160' 10 ¼"]

Men: Hammer Throw

Date: 24 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Jozsef Csermak HUN 60.34m [197' 11 ½"]
2 Karl Storch GER 58.86m [193' 1 ¼"]
3 Imre Nemeth HUN 57.74m [189' 5 ¼"]
4 Jiri Dadak TCH 56.81m [186' 4 ½"]
5 Nikolay Redkin URS 56.55m [185' 6 ½"]
6 Karl Wolf GER 56.49m [185' 4"]
7 Sverre Strandli NOR 56.36m [184' 11"]
8 Georgy Dybenko URS 55.03m [180' 6 ½"]

Men: Javelin Throw

Date: 23 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Cy Young USA 73.78m [242' ¾"]
2 William Miller USA 72.46m [237' 8 ¾"]
3 Toivo Hyytiainen FIN 71.89m [235' 10 ¼"]
4 Viktor Tsybulenko URS 71.72m [235' 3 ½"]
5 Branko Dangubic YUG 70.55m [231' 5 ½"]
6 Vladimir Kuznetsov URS 70.37m [230' 10 ½"]
7 Ragnar Ericzon SWE 69.04m [226' 6"]
8 Soini Nikkinen FIN 68.80m [225' 8 ¾"]

Women: High Jump

Date: 27 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Esther Brand RSA 1.67m [5' 5 ¾"]
2 Sheila Lerwill GBR 1.65m [5' 5"]
3 Aleksandra Tshudina URS 1.63m [5' 4 ¼"]
4 Thelma Hopkins GBR 1.58m [5' 2 ¼"]
5 Olga Modrachova TCH 1.58m [5' 2 ¼"]
6 Feodora Schenk AUT 1.58m [5' 2 ¼"]
7 Nina Kosova URS 1.58m [5' 2 ¼"]
7 Dorothy Tyler GBR 1.58m [5' 2 ¼"]

Women: Long Jump

Date: 23 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Yvette Williams NZL 6.24m [20' 5 ¾"]
2 Aleksandra Tshudina URS 6.14m [20' 1 ¾"]
3 Shirley Cawley GBR 5.92m [19' 5"]
4 Irmgard Schmelzer GER 5.90m [19' 4 ¼"]
5 Wilhelmina Lust NED 5.81m [19' ¾"]
6 Nina Tshurkina URS 5.81m [19' ¾"]
7 Mabel Landry USA 5.75m [18' 10 ½"]
8 Verna Johnson AUS 5.74m [18' 10"]

Women: Shot Put

Date: 26 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Galina Zybina URS 15.28m [50' 1 ½"]
2 Marianne Werner GER 14.57m [47' 9 ½"]
3 Klavdija Totshenova URS 14.50m [47' 6 ¾"]
4 Tamara Tushkevitsh URS 14.42m [47' 3 ¾"]
5 Gertrud Kille GER 13.84m [45' 5"]
6 Yvette Williams NZL 13.35m [43' 9 ½"]
7 Maria Radosavljevic YUG 13.30m [43' 7 ½"]
8 Meeri Saari FIN 13.02m [42' 8 ½"]

Women: Discus Throw

Date: 20 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Nina Romashkova URS 51.42m [168' 8 ½"]
2 Elizabeta Bagrjantseva URS 47.08m [154' 5 ½"]
3 Nina Dumbadze URS 46.29m [151' 10 ½"]
4 Toyoko Yoshino JPN 43.81m [143' 8 ¾"]
5 Elisabeth Haidegger AUT 43.49m [142' 8 ¼"]
6 Lia Manoliu ROU 42.65m [139' 11 ¼"]
7 Ingeborg Pfuller ARG 41.73m [136' 11"]
8 Dezsone Jozsa HUN 41.61m [136' 6 ¼"]

Women: Javelin Throw

Date: 24 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Distance
1 Dana Zatopkova TCH 50.47m [165' 7"]
2 Aleksandra Tshudina URS 50.01m [164' 1"]
3 Elena Gortshakova URS 49.76m [163' 3"]
4 Galina Zybina URS 48.35m [158' 7 ½"]
5 Lilly Kelsby DEN 46.23m [151' 8"]
6 Marlis Muller GER 44.37m [145' 6 ¾"]
7 Maria Ciach POL 44.31m [145' 4 ½"]
8 Jutta Kruger GER 44.30m [145' 4"]

Men: Decathlon

Date: 25 July 1952 / 26 July 1952

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Bob Mathias USA 7887
2 Milton Campbell USA 6975
3 Floyd Simmons USA 6788
4 Vladimir Volkov URS 6674
5 Josef Hipp GER 6449
6 Goran Widenfelt SWE 6388
7 Kjell Tannander SWE 6308
8 Friedle Schirmer GER 6118
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Original data entry by Michael Churchill (GBR)
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