1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m hurdles (men)
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sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 400 meter hurdles | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 40 athletes from 24 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 20, 1952 (preliminary / quarter finals) July 21, 1952 (semi-finals / final) |
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The men's 400-meter hurdles at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki was held on July 20 and 21, 1952 in the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki . 40 athletes took part.
The American Charles Moore became Olympic champion . He won ahead of Yuri Litujew from the Soviet Union and John Holland from New Zealand.
Existing records
World record | 50.6 s |
Glenn Hardin ( USA )
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Stockholm , Sweden | July 26, 1934 |
Olympic record | 51.1 s |
Roy Cochran ( USA )
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London finals , Great Britain | July 31, 1948 |
Conducting the competition
The runners competed in eight heats on July 20. The three best athletes each qualified for the quarter-finals on the same day. From this, the three winners also reached the semi-finals on July 21st. In the two preliminary rounds, too, the first three runners qualified for the final on the same day.
Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.
Time schedule
According to the official report:
- July 20, 4:10 p.m .: Prelim
- July 20, 7:25 p.m .: quarter-finals
- July 21, 3 p.m .: semi-finals
- July 21, 5:40 p.m .: Final
Prelims
Date: July 20, 1952, from 4.10 p.m.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
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1 | Charles Moore |
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51.8 s | 51.92 s | |
2 | Lars Ylander |
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53.7 s | 53.90 s | |
3 | Eitaro Okano |
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54.2 s | 54.42 s | |
4th | Rudolf Haidegger |
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54.8 s | 54.87 s | |
5 | Johny Fonck |
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57.8 s | 57.93 s |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Timofei Lunew |
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54.3 s | k. A. | |
2 | Lee Yoder |
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55.2 s | ||
3 | Ken Doubleday |
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55.4 s | ||
4th | Muhammad Shafi |
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56.1 s | k. A. | |
5 | Ingi Þorsteinsson |
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56.5 s |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Anatoly Julin |
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53.6 s | k. A. | |
2 | Fotis Kosmas |
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53.9 s | ||
3 | Roland Blackman |
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54.8 s | ||
4th | Ragnar Graeffe |
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55.0 s | k. A. | |
5 | Jörn Gevert |
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56.1 s | ||
6th | Emin Doybak |
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56.6 s |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Yuri Lituev |
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53.5 s | 53.56 s | |
2 | Rainer Pelkonen |
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54.2 s | 54.32 s | |
3 | Robert Bart |
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54.5 s | 54.64 s | |
4th | Pedro Yoma |
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56.9 s | 57.03 s | |
5 | Paulino Ferrer |
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1: 02.1 min | k. A. |
Forward 5
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Ron Wilkie |
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54.5 s | k. A. | |
2 | Arvo Hilli |
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54.6 s | ||
3 | Rune Larsson |
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55.9 s | ||
4th | Mirza Khan |
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56.3 s | k. A. |
Forward 6
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | John Holland |
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53.3 s | k. A. | |
2 | Sven-Olov Eriksson |
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54.3 s | ||
3 | Angus Scott |
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54.9 s | ||
4th | Kemal Horulu |
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55.2 s | k. A. | |
5 | Karl Schmid |
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57.5 s |
Forward 7
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | David Gracie |
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54.2 s | k. A. | |
2 | Wilson Carneiro |
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56.0 s | ||
3 | Hans Schwarz |
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54.9 s | ||
4th | Fernando Fernandes |
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56.8 s | k. A. | |
5 | Dogan Acarbay |
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1: 02.8 min |
Forward 8
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Armando Filiput |
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53.8 s | k. A. | |
2 | Harry Whittle |
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53.9 s | ||
3 | Antal Lippay |
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54.0 s | ||
4th | Amadeo Francis |
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54.0 s | k. A. | |
5 | Jean Thureau |
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56.7 s |
Quarter finals
Date: July 20, 1952, from 7:25 p.m.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Charles Moore |
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50.8 s | 50.98 s | OR |
2 | Anatoly Julin |
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52.4 s | 52.64 s | |
3 | Armando Filiput |
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53.0 s | 53.00 s | |
4th | Robert Bart |
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53.0 s | 53.33 s | |
5 | Sven-Olov Eriksson |
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53.8 s | 53.96 s | |
6th | Hans Schwarz |
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54.0 s | 54.09 s |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | John Holland |
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52.2 s | 52.24 s | |
2 | Lee Yoder |
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53.3 s | 53.40 s | |
3 | David Gracie |
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53.9 s | 53.94 s | |
4th | Arvo Hilli |
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54.0 s | 54.28 s | |
5 | Fotis Kosmas |
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55.3 s | 55.50 s | |
6th | Wilson Carneiro |
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59.4 s | k. A. |
Run 3
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Yuri Lituev |
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52.2 s | 52.37 s | |
2 | Antal Lippay |
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52.7 s | 52.93 s | |
3 | Harry Whittle |
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52.8 s | 52.94 s | |
4th | Lars Ylander |
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53.1 s | 53.29 s | |
5 | Ron Wilkie |
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54.5 s | 54.76 s | |
6th | Ken Doubleday |
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1: 00.2 min | k. A. |
Run 4
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Timofei Lunew |
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52.7 s | 52.87 s | |
2 | Roland Blackman |
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52.7 s | 52.88 s | |
3 | Rune Larsson |
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53.3 s | 53.35 s | |
4th | Angus Scott |
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53.4 s | 53.69 s | |
5 | Rainer Pelkonen |
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53.9 s | 54.06 s | |
6th | Eitaro Okano |
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54.4 s | 54.42 s |
Semifinals
Date: July 21, 1952, from 3 p.m.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Yuri Lituev |
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51.8 s | 51.90 s | |
2 | John Holland |
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52.0 s | 52.22 s | |
3 | Anatoly Julin |
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52.1 s | 52.28 s | |
4th | David Gracie |
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52.4 s | 52.65 s | |
5 | Roland Blackman |
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52.7 s | 52.86 s | |
6th | Rune Larsson |
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53.9 s | 54.06 s |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Charles Moore |
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52.0 s | 52.08 s | |
2 | Harry Whittle |
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52.9 s | 52.98 s | |
3 | Armando Filiput |
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53.0 s | 52.98 s | |
4th | Lee Yoder |
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53.0 s | 53.08 s | |
5 | Antal Lippay |
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53.0 s | 53.10 s | |
6th | Timofei Lunew |
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53.1 s | 53.30 s |
final
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Charles Moore |
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50.8 s | 51.06 s | ORe |
2 | Yuri Lituev |
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51.3 s | 51.51 s | |
3 | John Holland |
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52.2 s | 52.26 s | |
4th | Anatoly Julin |
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52.8 s | 52.81 s | |
5 | Harry Whittle |
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53.1 s | 53.36 s | |
6th | Armando Filiput |
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54.4 s | 54.49 s |
Date: July 21, 1952, 5:40 p.m.
In the final, Charles Moore, US champion and with 50.7 seconds in the US eliminations, the second athlete after his compatriot Glenn Hardin , who ran under 51 seconds, met the Soviet European champion Yuri Litujew. The American who had already run an Olympic record in the quarter-finals was the favorite . Moore was the first runner to cross the first four hurdles in a 13-man rhythm.
The field remained fairly closed until the fourth hurdle, then Moore switched to the 15-man rhythm and was now the fastest. He gained a head start that grew more and more. But Litujew came again and narrowed the gap. However, Moore had enough reserves and became Olympic champion. In doing so, he equalized his Olympic record again - a time that was only two tenths of a second above the world record . Litujew was rewarded with the silver medal and a new European record.
Charles Moore won the ninth gold medal for the USA in the eleventh Olympic final.
John Holland won the first New Zealand medal, Yuri Litujew the first Soviet medal in this discipline.
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, SS 84–86
Web links
- SportsReference 400m hurdles , accessed September 26, 2017
- Official report p. 296f, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 26, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 554 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c d e Official report p. 266, engl. (PDF)
- ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)