1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics

Athletics at the XV. Olympic Games
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Date:	July 20th bis 27. July
Competition location:	Helsinki
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Decisions:	Men: 24 / women: 9
Participating nations:	57
Attendees:	Men: 1011 / women: 267
← London 1948	Melbourne 1956 →

1952 Olympic Games (athletics medal table)
space	team				Total
1	United States	15th	10	6th	31
2	Czechoslovakia	4th	1	-	5
3	Australia	3	-	1	4th
4th	Soviet Union	2	8th	7th	17th
5	Jamaica	2	3	-	5
6th	Italy	1	1	-	2
	South African Union	1	1	-	2
8th	Hungary	1	-	4th	5
9	Sweden	1	-	2	3
10	Brazil	1	-	1	2
	New Zealand	1	-	1	2
12	Luxembourg	1	-	-	1
13	Germany	-	3	5	8th
14th	France	-	2	-	2
15th	Great Britain	-	1	4th	5
16	Netherlands	-	1	-	1
	Switzerland	-	1	-	1
	Argentina	-	1	-	1
19th	Finland	-	-	1	1
	Venezuela	-	-	1	1

At the XV. At the 1952 Olympic Games in the Finnish capital Helsinki , 33 athletics competitions were held.

Attendees

After Germany and Japan were still excluded from participation in the 1948 Olympic Games due to the aftermath of World War II , they were allowed to participate again in Helsinki. In addition, the Soviet Union now also sent participants who performed very successfully. Altogether there were 1342 registered athletes - 267 women and 1011 men - from 57 nations.

Stadion

The venue was the Helsinki Olympic Stadium , built from 1934 to 1936 with a view to the eventual hosting of the 1940 Olympic Games , which were then awarded to Tokyo and ultimately failed due to the war. A cinder track was laid out as a 400-meter circular track for the athletics competitions. This was in consistently good shape despite bad weather conditions with often heavy rainfall.
The stadium held around 70,000 spectators and had an electronic scoreboard for the first time. This made it much easier for the audience to follow the disciplines and the results.

Competitions

The competition offer was identical to that of the last games in London . There were 24 disciplines for men and nine for women, who still had to be content with three individual runs - 100 meters , 200 meters and 80 meter hurdles . Furthermore, there was not a single medium or long haul . In addition, only the 4 x 100 meter relay was held in the running area . There were still two jumping disciplines with high and long jump as well as three push / throwing competitions with shot put , discus and javelin throw . In this program nothing changed in the upcoming games in 1956 . It was not until 1960 that the women’s 800-meter run was included again in the Olympic program.

Sporting successes

Overall, the level of performance brought another significant increase compared to the previous major events. In the specialist magazine 'Leichtathletik' it was read that the performance is above the limits that a person can imagine. There were fourteen world records and one world best in ten disciplines. In the end , the Olympic record in 27 disciplines was better than before these games. Olympic records have been improved 189 times in total.
As in all previous athletics games, the most successful nation was the United States with fifteen gold medals. With four Olympic victories, Czechoslovakia was well behind in second place, just ahead of Australia , which was three times in front. The Soviet Union and Jamaica won two gold medals each . The USSR team introduced itself as a major athletics power when it first participated after World War II . In addition to the two gold medals, the team also won eight silver and seven bronze medals.
The outstanding athlete in these games was the long-distance runner Emil Zátopek from Czechoslovakia. He was first double Olympic champion over 5000 and 10,000 meters . On the final day he also took part in the marathon and despite his inexperience he won his third gold medal at this distance. The achievement of winning all endurance competitions in the same year at the Olympic Games is still unique in the history of athletics.
There were five other athletes who won two gold medals each at these games:

• Marjorie Jackson ( Australia ): 100 and 200 meter races . She was the sprint queen of Helsinki .
• Lindy Remigino ( USA ): 100-meter run and 4 x 100-meter relay
• Andy Stanfield ( USA ): 200-meter run and 4-by-100-meter relay
• George Rhoden ( Jamaica ): 400-meter run and 4-by-400-meter relay
• Harrison Dillard ( USA ): 100-meter run and 4-by-100-meter relay

Results men

100 m

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Lindy Remigino	United States	10.4
2	Herb McKenley	JAM	10.4
3	McDonald Bailey	GBR	10.4
4th	Dean Smith	United States	10.4
5	Vladimir Sukharev	URS	10.5
6th	John Treloar	OUT	10.5

Final on July 21st

Participants from German-speaking countries:

Werner Zandt (quarter finals) and Erich Fuchs (prelims)

Hans Wehrli-Frei (quarter finals) as well as Fritz Griesser and Willy Schneider (prelims)

200 m

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Andy Stanfield	United States	20.7 ORe
2	Thane Baker	United States	20.8
3	James Gathers	United States	20.8
4th	McDonald Bailey	GBR	21.0
5	Leslie Laing	JAM	21.2
6th	Gerardo Bönnhoff	ARG	21.3

Final on July 23rd

Participants from German-speaking countries:

Werner Zandt (semi-finals) and Peter Kraus (quarter-finals)

Fred Hammer and Francois Robert Schaeffer (prelims)

Willy Eichenberger , Ernst Mühlethaler and Hans Wehrli-Frei (preliminary stages)

400 m

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	George Rhoden	JAM	45.9 OR
2	Herb McKenley	JAM	45.9 OR
3	Ollie Matson	United States	46.8
4th	Karl-Friedrich Haas	GER	47.0
5	Arthur Wint	JAM	47.0
6th	Times Whitfield	United States	47.1

Final on July 25th

Further participants from German-speaking countries:

Hans Geister (semifinals)

Jean Hamilius , Fred Hammer and Gérard Rasquin (preliminary)

Rupert Blöch and Rudolf Haidegger (preliminary stages )

Hans Ernst Schneider (quarter-finals), Josef Steger and Ernst von Gunten (preliminary runs)

800 m

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 800 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Times Whitfield	United States	1: 49.2 ORe
2	Arthur Wint	JAM	1: 49.4
3	Heinz Ulzheimer	GER	1: 49.7
4th	Gunnar Nielsen	THE	1: 49.7
5	Albert Webster	GBR	1: 50.2
6th	Günther Steines	GER	1: 50.6
7th	Reginald Pearman	United States	1: 52.1
8th	Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt	SWE	1: 52.1

Final on July 22nd

Further participants from German-speaking nations:

Urban Cleve (semifinals)

Johannes Baumgartner and Fred Lüthi (preliminary stages)

1500 m

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 1500 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Josy Barthel	LUX	3: 45.2 OR
2	Bob McMillen	United States	3: 45.2 OR
3	Werner Lueg	GER	3: 45.4
4th	Roger Bannister	GBR	3: 46.0
5	Patrick El Mabrouk	FRA	3: 46.0
6th	Rolf Lamers	GER	3: 46.8
7th	Olle Åberg	SWE	3: 47.0
8th	Ingvar Ericsson	SWE	3: 47.6

Final on July 26th

Further participants from German-speaking nations:

Günter Dohrow (semifinals)

Fritz Prossinagg (preliminary stages )

Fred Lüthi (preliminary stages)

5000 m

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 5000 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Emil Zatopek	TCH	14: 06.6 OR
2	Alain Mimoun	FRA	14: 07.4
3	Herbert Schade	GER	14: 08.6
4th	Gordon Pirie	GBR	14: 18.0
5	Chris Chataway	GBR	14: 18.0
6th	Les Perry	OUT	14: 23.6
7th	Ernő Béres	HUN	14: 24.8
8th	Åke Andersson	SWE	14: 26.0

Final on July 24th

Further participants from German-speaking nations:

Paul Frieden (preliminary)

Helmuth Perz and Kurt Rötzer (preliminary stages)

Pierre Page and August Sutter (preliminary stages)

10,000 m

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 10,000 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Emil Zatopek	TCH	29: 17.0 OR
2	Alain Mimoun	FRA	29: 32.8
3	Alexandr Anufrijew	URS	29: 48.2
4th	Hannu Posti	FIN	29: 51.4
5	Frank Sando	GBR	29: 51.8
6th	Valter Nyström	SWE	29: 54.8
7th	Gordon Pirie	GBR	30: 04.2
8th	Fred Norris	GBR	30: 09.8

Date: July 20th

Participants from German-speaking nations:

Helmuth Perz

marathon

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - marathon (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Emil Zatopek	TCH	2:23:04 OR
2	Reinaldo Gorno	ARG	2:25:35
3	Gustaf Jansson	SWE	2:26:07
4th	Choi Yun-chil	COR	2:26:36
5	Veikko Karvonen	FIN	2:26:42
6th	Delfo Cabrera	ARG	2:26:43
7th	József Dobronyi	HUN	2:28:05
8th	Erkki Puolakka	FIN	2:29:35

Date: July 27th

Participants from German-speaking nations:

Dieter Engelhardt and Ludwig Warnemünde

Adolf Gruber

Rudolf Morgenthaler

110 m hurdles

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 110 m hurdles (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Harrison Dillard	United States	13.7 OR
2	Jack Davis	United States	13.7 OR
3	Arthur Barnard	United States	14.1
4th	Yevgeny Bulanchik	URS	14.5
5	Ken Doubleday	OUT	14.7
6th	Ray Weinberg	OUT	14.8

Final on July 24th, 6:20 p.m.

Participants from German-speaking nations:

Wolfgang Troßbach (prelims)

Jean Fonck (preliminary)

Oliver Bernard (preliminary)

400 m hurdles

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m hurdles (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Charles Moore	United States	50.8 OR
2	Yuri Lituev	URS	51.3
3	John Holland	NZL	52.2
4th	Anatoly Julin	URS	52.8
5	Harry Whittle	GBR	53.1
6th	Armando Filiput	ITA	54.4

Final on July 21, 5:40 p.m.

Participants from German-speaking nations:

Jean Fonck (preliminary)

Hans Schwarz (quarter-finals) and Karl Schmid (prelims)

3000 m obstacle

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 3000 m obstacle (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Horace Ashenfelter	United States	8: 45.4 WBL / OR
2	Vladimir Kazantsev	URS	8: 51.6
3	John Disley	GBR	8: 51.8
4th	Olavi Rinteenpää	FIN	8: 55.2
5	Curt Soederberg	SWE	8: 55.6
6th	Günter Heßelmann	GER	8: 55.8
7th	Mikhail Saltykov	URS	8: 56.2
8th	Helmut Gude	GER	9: 01.4

Final on July 25th, 4:20 pm

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (men)

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Dean Smith Harrison Dillard Lindy Remigino Andy Stanfield	40.1
2	Soviet Union	Boris Tokarew Levan Kalyayev Levan Sanadze Vladimir Sukharev	40.3
3	Hungary	László Zarándi Géza Varasdi György Csányi Béla Goldoványi	40.5
4th	Great Britain	McDonald Bailey William Jack John Gregory Brian Shenton	40.6
5	France	Alain Porthault Étienne Bally Yves Camus René Bonino	40.9
6th	Czechoslovakia	František Brož Jiří David Miroslav Horčic Zdeněk Pospíšil	41.2

Final on July 27th, 5:10 p.m.

Participants from German-speaking nations:

 BR Germany - Peter Kraus , Werner Zandt , Josef Heinen and Franz Happernagl ( prelims )

 Switzerland - Willy Schneider , Willy Eichenberger , Ernst Mühlethaler and Hans Wehrli-Frei (preliminary runs)

4 × 400 m relay

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 400 m (men)

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Jamaica	Arthur Wint Leslie Laing Herb McKenley George Rhoden	3: 03.9 WR
2	United States	Ollie Matson Gene Cole Charles Moore Mal Whitfield	3: 04.0
3	Germany	Hans Geister Günter Steines Heinz Ulzheimer Karl-Friedrich Haas	3: 06.6
4th	Canada	Douglas Clement Jack Hutchins Jack Carroll James Lavery	3: 09.3
5	Great Britain	Leslie Lewis Alan Dick Terence Higgins Nick Stacey	3: 10.0
6th	France	Jean-Pierre Goudeau Robert Bart Jacques Degats Jean-Paul Martin du Gard	3: 10.1

Final on July 27th, 5:20 p.m.

Further participants from German-speaking nations:

 Luxembourg - Francois Schaeffer , Jean Hamilius , Fred Hammer and Gérard Raquin (prelims)

 Switzerland - Hans Ernst Schneider , Josef Steger , Paul Stalder and Ernst von Gunten (prelims)

10,000 m walking

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 10,000 m walk (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	John Mikaelsson	SWE	45: 02.8 OR
2	Fritz Schwab	SUI	45: 41.0
3	Bruno Junk	URS	45: 41.0
4th	Louis Chevalier	FRA	45: 50.4
5	George Coleman	GBR	46: 06.8
6th	Ivan Yarmysh	URS	46: 07.0
7th	Émile Maggi	FRA	46: 08.0
8th	Bruno Fait	ITA	46: 25.6

Final on July 27th

50 km of walking

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 50km walk (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Giuseppe Dordoni	ITA	4:28:08 OR
2	Josef Doležal	TCH	4:30:18
3	Antal Róka	HUN	4:31:28
4th	Rex Whitlock	GBR	4:32:21
5	Sergei Lobastov	URS	4:32:35
6th	Vladimir Uchow	URS	4:32:52
7th	Dumitru Paraschivescu	ROME	4:41:06
8th	Ion Baboie	ROME	4:41:53

Date: July 21st
Participants from German-speaking countries:

Rudi Lüttge (13th)

Gilert Marquis (24th) and René Charrière (26th)

high jump

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - high jump (men)

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Walt Davis	United States	2.04 OR
2	Ken Wiesner	United States	2.01
3	José Telles da Conceição	BRA	1.98
4th	Gosta Svensson	SWE	1.98
5	Ron Pavitt	GBR	1.95
6th	Ioan Soter	ROME	1.95
7th	Arnold Betton	United States	1.95
8th	Bjørn Gundersen	NOR	1.90

Final on July 20th
Participants from German-speaking countries:

Hans Wahli (16.)

Pole vault

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - pole vault (men)

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Bob Richards	United States	4.55 OR
2	Don Laz	United States	4.50
3	Ragnar Lundberg	SWE	4.40
4th	Petro Denyssenko	URS	4.40
5	Valto Olenius	FIN	4.30
6th	Bunkichi Sawada	JPN	4.20
7th	Volodymyr Braschnyk	URS	4.20
8th	Viktor Knyazev	URS	4.20

Final on July 22nd,
participants from German-speaking countries:

Walter Hofstetter (20th)

Long jump

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - long jump (men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jerome Biffle	United States	7.57
2	Meredith Gourdine	United States	7.53
3	Ödön Földessy	HUN	7.30
4th	Ary de Sá	BRA	7.23
5	Jorma Valtonen	FIN	7.16
6th	Leonid Grigoryev	URS	7.14
7th	Karl-Erik Israelsson	SWE	7.10
8th	Paul Faucher	FRA	7.02

Final on July 21st
Participants from German-speaking countries:

Felix Würth (15.)

Toni Breder (19.)

Triple jump

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Triple Jump (Men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Adhemar da Silva	BRA	16.22 WR
2	Leonid Shcherbakov	URS	15.98
3	Arnoldo Devonish	VEN	15.52
4th	Walter Ashbaugh	United States	15.39
5	Nilsen rune	NOR	15.13
6th	Yoshio Iimuro	JPN	14.99
7th	Geraldo de Oliveira	BRA	14.95
8th	Roger Norman	SWE	14.89

Final on July 23rd
Participants from German-speaking countries:

Felix Würth (31st)

Willi Burgard (29.)

Shot put

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Shot Put (Men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Parry O'Brien	United States	17.41 OR
2	Darrow Hooper	United States	17.39
3	Jim Fox	United States	17.06
4th	Oto Grigalka	URS	16.78
5	Roland Nilsson	SWE	16.55
6th	John Savidge	GBR	16.19
7th	Georgi Feodorov	URS	16.06
8th	Per stavem	NOR	16.02

Final on July 21st
Participants from German-speaking countries:

Alois Schwabl (13th)

Discus throw

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Discus throw (men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Sim Iness	United States	55.03 OR
2	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	53.78
3	James Dillion	United States	53.28
4th	Fortune Gordia	United States	52.66
5	Ferenc Klics	HUN	51.13
6th	Oto Grigalka	URS	50.71
7th	Roland Nilsson	SWE	50.06
8th	Giuseppe Tosi	ITA	49.03

Final on July 22nd,
participants from German-speaking countries:

Josef Hipp (27.)

Oskar Häfliger (23rd)

Hammer throw

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - hammer throw (men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	József Csermák	HUN	60.34 WR
2	Karl Storch	GER	58.86
3	Imre Németh	HUN	57.74
4th	Jiří Dadák	TCH	56.81
5	Mykola Redkin	URS	56.55
6th	Karl Wolf	GER	56.49
7th	Sverre Strandli	NOR	56.36
8th	Heorhij Dybenko	URS	55.03

Final on July 24th
Other participants from German-speaking countries:

Roger Veeser (27.)

Javelin throw

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Javelin Throw (Men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Cy Young	United States	73.78 OR
2	Bill Miller	United States	72.46
3	Toivo Hyytiäinen	FIN	71.89
4th	Viktor Zybulenko	URS	71.72
5	Branko Dangubic	YUG	70.55
6th	Vladimir Kuznetsov	URS	70.37
7th	Ragnar Ericzon	SWE	69.04
8th	Soini Nikkinen	FIN	68.80

Final on July 23rd
Participants from German-speaking countries:

Herbert Koschel (12.)

Decathlon

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Decathlon (men)

space	athlete	country	P - official value.	P - 85 value.
1	Bob Mathias	United States	7887 WR	7580
2	Milt Campbell	United States	6975	6948
3	Floyd Simmons	United States	6788	6903
4th	Vladimir Volkov	URS	6674	6868
5	Josef Hipp	GER	6449	6705
6th	Göran Widenfelt	SWE	6388	6662
7th	Kjell Tånnander	SWE	6308	6553
8th	Friedel Schirmer	GER	6118	6464

Date: 25./26. July
Further participants from German-speaking countries:

Max Wehrli (18th)

Results women

100 m

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marjorie Jackson	OUT	11.5 WR
2	Daphne Hasenjager	RSA	11.8
3	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	OUT	11.9
4th	Winsome Cripps	OUT	11.9
5	Maria Sander	GER	12.0
6th	Mae Faggs	United States	12.1

Final on July 22nd
Further participants from German-speaking countries:

Marga Petersen (HF) and Helga Klein (HF)

Elfriede Steurer (VL)

Sonja Prétôt (VL)

200 m

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marjorie Jackson	OUT	23.7
2	Bertha Brouwer	NED	24.2
3	Nadezhda Chnykina	URS	24.2
4th	Winsome Cripps	OUT	24.2
5	Helga Klein	GER	24.6
6th	Daphne Hasenjager	RSA	24.6

Final on July 26th
Other participants from German-speaking countries:

Ursula Knab (HF)

80 m hurdles

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 80 m hurdles (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	OUT	10.9 WR
2	Maria Golubnichaya	URS	11.1
3	Maria Sander	GER	11.1
4th	Anneliese Seonbuchner	GER	11.2
5	Jean Desforges	GBR	11.6
6th	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	DNF

Final on July 24th
Further participants from German-speaking countries:

Helene Bielansky (VL) and Elfriede Steurer (VL)

Hilde Antes (VL)

Gretel Bolliger (VL)

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (women)

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Mae Faggs Barbara Jones Janet Moreau Catherine Hardy	45.9 WR
2	Germany	Ursula Knab Maria Sander Helga Klein Marga Petersen	45.9 WR
3	Great Britain	Sylvia Cheeseman June Foulds Jean Desforges Heather Armitage	46.2
4th	Soviet Union	Irina Turowa Yevgenia Setschenowa Nadezhda Chnykina Vera Kalashnikova	46.3
5	Australia	Shirley Strickland Verna Johnston Winsome Cripps Marjorie Jackson	46.6
6th	Netherlands	Grietje de Jongh Bertha Brouwer Nel Büch Wilhelmina Lust	47.8

Final on July 27th
Further participants from German-speaking countries:

Hilda Antes , Inge Eckel , Ursel Finger and Inge Glashörster (VL)

high jump

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - high jump (women)

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Esther Brand	RSA	1.67
2	Sheila Lerwill	GBR	1.65
3	Alexandra Tschudina	URS	1.63
4th	Thelma Hopkins	GBR	1.58
5	Olga Modrachová	TCH	1.58
6th	Feodora Schenk	AUT	1.58
7th	Nina Kosova	URS	1.58
	Dorothy Tyler	GBR

Final on July 27th
No other participants from German-speaking countries.

Long jump

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - long jump (women)

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Yvette Williams	NZL	6.24 OR
2	Alexandra Tschudina	URS	6.14
3	Shirley Cawley	GBR	5.92
4th	Irmgard Schmelzer	GER	5.90
5	Wilhelmina Lust	NED	5.81
6th	Nina Tyurkina	URS	5.81
7th	Mabel Landry	United States	5.75
8th	Verna Johnston	OUT	5.74

Final on July 23rd
Further participants from German-speaking countries:

Elfriede von Nitzsch (14th) and Leni Hofknecht (15th)

Ursel Finger (25.)

Gretel Bolliger (30.)

Shot put

From left: Klawdija Totschonowa , Galina Sybina and Marianne Werner

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Shot put (women)

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Galina Sybina	URS	15.28 WR
2	Marianne Werner	GER	14.57
3	Klavdiya Tochonova	URS	14.50
4th	Tamara Tyschkewitsch	URS	14.42
5	Gertrud Kille	GER	13.84
6th	Yvette Williams	NZL	13.35
7th	Marija Radosavljević	YUG	13.30
8th	Meeri Saari	FIN	13.02

Final on July 26th
Further participants from German-speaking countries:

Dorothea Kreß (11.)

Gretel Bolliger (17th)

Discus throw

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Discus throw (women)

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Nina Romashkova	URS	51.42 OR
2	Yelisaveta Bagrjanzeva	URS	47.08
3	Nina Dumbadze	URS	46.29
4th	Toyoko Yoshino	JPN	43.81
5	Lotte Haidegger	AUT	43.49
6th	Lia Manoliu	ROME	42.65
7th	Ingeborg Pfüller	ARG	41.73
8th	Dezsőné Józsa	HUN	41.61

Final on July 20th
Further participants from German-speaking countries:

Marianne Werner (9.)

Frieda Tiltsch (18th)

Gretel Bolliger (17th)

Javelin throw

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Javelin Throw (women)

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Dana Zátopková	TCH	50.47 OR
2	Alexandra Tschudina	URS	50.01
3	Jelena Gorchakova	URS	49.76
4th	Galina Sybina	URS	48.35
5	Lily Kelsby	THE	46.23
6th	Marlies Muller	GER	44.37
7th	Maria Ciach	POLE	44.31
8th	Jutta Kruger	GER	44.30

Final on July 24th
Further participants from German-speaking countries:

Inge Bausenwein (12.)

Herma Bauma (9th) and Gerda Staniek (competition not finished)

literature

Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970

Web links

• XV Olympic Game, Helsinki 1952 on trackfield.brinkster.net
• IOC website on athletics at the 1952 Olympic Games at olympic.org, accessed September 24, 2017
• Official report of the 1952 Olympic Games at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed September 24, 2017
• Helsinki 1952: Zatopek with a historic triple on sportschau.de, accessed on September 24, 2017

• This is how Coubertin imagined the Olympic Games , Neue Zürcher Zeitung July 19, 2002, on nzz.ch, accessed on September 24, 2017
• 2017 World Athletics Championships at sportschau.de, accessed on September 24, 2017
• The soul of athletics lies in Finland , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung August 5, 2005, on faz.net, accessed on September 24, 2017
• Olympia 1952. Rejection for a refugee team , Spiegel Online August 6, 2016, at spiegel.de, accessed on September 24, 2017
• OLYMPIA , Der Spiegel 40/55, Spiegel Online September 28, 1955, at spiegel.de, accessed on September 24, 2017
• EMIL ZATOPEK. Sport is hard work , Der Spiegel 29/52, Spiegel Online July 16, 1952, at spiegel.de, accessed on September 24, 2017
• 1500 METER RUN. A huge portion of idealism , Der Spiegel 30/52, Spiegel Online July 23, 1952, at spiegel.de, accessed on September 24, 2017
• POLE JUMP. This uplifting feeling , Der Spiegel 29/52, Spiegel Online July 16, 1952, at spiegel.de, accessed on September 24, 2017
• NERVOUS CRISIS. Rumors are rampant , Der Spiegel 31/52, Spiegel Online July 30, 1952, on spiegel.de, accessed on September 24, 2017
• DECISION. Tarzan wanted , Der Spiegel 31/52, Spiegel Online July 30, 1952, at spiegel.de, accessed on September 24, 2017
• MYSTERY. The Tschudina came , Der Spiegel 30/52, Spiegel Online July 23, 1952, on spiegel.de, accessed on September 24, 2017
• From exclusion to integration? Women and the Olympic Games , DOSB May 21, 2002 from dosb.de, accessed on September 24, 2017
• The family games of 1952 and the angry IOC , Deutschlandfunk July 21, 2012 on deutschlandfunk.de, accessed on September 24, 2017
• On the death of athlete Heinz Ulzheimer 800 meters back into the world , Der Tagesspiegel December 22, 2016 on tagesspiegel.de, accessed on September 24, 2017

Videos

• 1952 Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland - CharlieDeanArchives / Archival Footage , published June 23, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed September 24, 2017
• Emil Zatopek Helsinki Olympic Games 1952 mpg 360p , published August 15, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed September 24, 2017
• Helsingin Olympialaiset 1952 väreissä, osa 1 , published on March 23, 2016 on youtube.com, accessed on September 24, 2017
• Helsingin Olympialaiset 1952 väreissä, osa 2 , published April 20, 2016 on youtube.com, accessed September 24, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 60
2. ^ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 61f
3. ^ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 62–64