1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 1500 m (men)
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| sport | athletics | ||||||||
| discipline | 1500 meter run | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 52 athletes from 26 countries | ||||||||
| Competition location | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | July 24, 1952 (preliminary) July 25, 1952 (semi-finals) July 26, 1952 (final) |
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The men's 1,500-meter run at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki was held from July 24 to 26, 1952 in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. 52 athletes took part.
Olympic champion was Josy Barthel from Luxembourg, ahead of Bob McMillen from the USA. Bronze went to Werner Lueg from Germany.
Existing records
| World record | 3: 43.0 min |
Gunder Hägg ( Sweden )
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Gothenburg , Sweden | July 7, 1944 |
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Lennart Strand ( Sweden )
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Malmo , Sweden | July 16, 1947 | ||
Werner Lueg ( Federal Republic of Germany )
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Berlin , Germany | June 29, 1952 | ||
| Olympic record | 3: 47.8 min |
Jack Lovelock ( New Zealand )
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Final of Berlin , Germany | August 6, 1936 |
Conducting the competition
The athletes competed in six heats on July 24th. The four best runners in each case qualified for the semi-finals on July 25th. From these two preliminary rounds, the six best athletes reached the final on July 26th.
Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.
Time schedule
July 24th, 5.10 p.m .: Preliminaries
July 25th, 5.40 p.m .: Semi-finals
July 26th, 4.30 p.m .: Final
Prelims
Forward 1
Date: July 24, 1952, from 5:10 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josy Barthel |
 Luxembourg
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3: 51.6 min | 3: 51.75 min | |
| 2 | Günter Dohrow |
BR Germany
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3: 51.8 min | 3: 51.90 min | |
| 3 | Ingvar Ericsson |
Sweden
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3: 52.0 min | 3: 52.14 min | |
| 4th | Don MacMillan |
 Australia
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3: 52.0 min | 3: 52.30 min | |
| 5 | Sándor Iharos |
.svg){kind=small} Hungary
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3: 56.0 min | 3: 56.85 min | |
| 6th | Mieczysław Długoborski |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
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3: 57.8 min | 3: 57.70 min | |
| 7th | Filemón Camacho |
.svg){kind=small} Venezuela
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4: 18.0 min | k. A. | |
| 8th | Pierre Gillet |
 France
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4: 26.6 min | k. A. | |
| DNF | Hans Harting |
 Netherlands
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Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warren Druetzler |
 United States
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3: 51.4 min | 3: 51.66 min | |
| 2 | Stubborn Landqvist |
Sweden
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3: 52.2 min | 3: 52.31 min | |
| 3 | Stanislav Jungwirth |
 Czechoslovakia
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3: 52.4 min | 3: 52.58 min | |
| 4th | Mihail Welswebel |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
|
3: 52.6 min | 3: 52.72 min | |
| 5 | Aulis Pystynen |
 Finland
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3: 53.0 min | 3: 53.33 min | |
| 6th | Len Eyre |
 Great Britain
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3: 53.2 min | 3: 53.34 min | |
| 7th | Fred Lüthi |
 Switzerland
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3: 56.4 min | 3: 56.52 min | |
| 8th | Turhan Göker |
 Turkey
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4: 00.6 min | 4: 01.02 min |
Forward 3
| space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olle Åberg |
Sweden
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3: 51.0 min | 3: 51.14 min | |
| 2 | Denis Johansson |
Finland
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3: 51.2 min | 3: 51.22 min | |
| 3 | Rolf Lamers |
BR Germany
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3: 52.4 min | 3: 52.72 min | |
| 4th | Bill Parnell |
.svg){kind=small} Canada
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3: 53.4 min | 3: 53.75 min | |
| 5 | Fritz Prossinagg |
 Austria
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3: 54.2 min | 3: 54.76 min | |
| 6th | Athol Jennings |
.svg){kind=small} South African Union
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3: 55.4 min | 3: 55.69 min | |
| 7th | Daniel Janssens |
 Belgium
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3: 55.8 min | 3: 55.98 min | |
| 8th | Cahit oil |
Turkey
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3: 58.4 min | 3: 58.42 min | |
| DNF | Willem Slijkhuis |
Netherlands
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Forward 4
| space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick El Mabrouk |
France
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3: 55.8 min | 3: 55.77 min | |
| 2 | Bob McMillen |
United States
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3: 55.8 min | 3: 55.82 min | |
| 3 | Roger Bannister |
Great Britain
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3: 56.0 min | 3: 56.13 min | |
| 4th | Vilmos Tölgyesi |
Hungary
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3: 56.0 min | 3: 56.20 min | |
| 5 | John Landy |
Australia
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3: 57.0 min | 3: 57.14 min | |
| 6th | Andrija Otenhajmer |
.svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia
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3: 57.8 min | 3: 58.20 min | |
| 7th | Maurice Marshall |
New Zealand
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4: 01.0 min | 4: 01.03 min | |
| 8th | Nikolai Kuchurin |
Soviet Union
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4: 03.6 min | 4: 1.80 min | |
| 9 | Vasilios Mavroidis |
.svg){kind=small} Greece
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4: 07.8 min |
Forward 5
| space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Hoskins |
New Zealand
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3: 56.2 min | 3: 56.33 min | |
| 2 | Frans Herman |
Belgium
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3: 56.2 min | 3: 56.37 min | |
| 3 | Bill Nankeville |
Great Britain
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3: 56.4 min | 3: 56.48 min | |
| 4th | Mykola Belokurov |
Soviet Union
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3: 56.4 min | 3: 56.47 min | |
| 5 | Urpo Vähäranta |
Finland
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3: 56.8 min | 3: 56.85 min | |
| 6th | Javier Montez |
United States
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3: 58.2 min | 3: 58.10 min | |
| 7th | Stefan Lewandowski |
Poland
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4: 00.8 min | 4: 00.87 min |
Forward 6
| space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Werner Lueg |
BR Germany
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3: 52.0 min | 3: 52.31 min | |
| 2 | Václav Čevona |
Czechoslovakia
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3: 53.4 min | 3: 53.45 min | |
| 3 | Audun Boysen |
 Norway
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3: 55.0 min | 3: 55.15 min | |
| 4th | John Ross |
Canada
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3: 55.2 min | 3: 55.60 min | |
| 5 | Jean Vernier |
France
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3: 56.8 min | 3: 56.61 min | |
| 6th | Edmund Potrzebowski |
Poland
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3: 56.8 min | 3: 56.91 min | |
| 7th | Sándor Garay |
Hungary
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4: 01.2 min | 4: 01.53 min | |
| 8th | Ekrem Koçak |
Turkey
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4: 01.4 min | 4: 01.77 min | |
| 9 | William Fahmy Hanna |
.svg){kind=small} Egypt
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4: 11.2 min | k. A. | |
| 10 | Satid Leangtanom |
 Thailand
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4: 32.6 min | k. A. |
Semifinals
Date: July 25, 1952, from 5.40 p.m.
Run 1
| space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denis Johansson |
Finland
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3: 49.4 min | 3: 49.60 min | |
| 2 | Werner Lueg |
BR Germany
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3: 49.8 min | 3: 50.06 min | |
| 3 | Don MacMillan |
Australia
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3: 50.8 min | 3: 50.81 min | |
| 4th | Warren Druetzler |
United States
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3: 50.8 min | 3: 51.16 min | |
| 5 | Patrick El Mabrouk |
France
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3: 51.0 min | 3: 51.25 min | |
| 6th | Audun Boysen |
Norway
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3: 51.0 min | 3: 51.33 min | |
| 7th | Václav Čevona |
Czechoslovakia
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3: 51.4 min | 3: 51.37 min | |
| 8th | Stubborn Landqvist |
Sweden
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3: 51.4 min | 3: 51.45 min | |
| 9 | Bill Nankeville |
Great Britain
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3: 52.0 min | 3: 51.93 min | |
| 10 | Bill Parnell |
Canada
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3: 52.4 min | 3: 52.91 min | |
| 11 | Mihail Welswebel |
Soviet Union
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3: 52.6 min | 3: 52.58 min | |
| 12 | George Hoskins |
New Zealand
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3: 53.0 min | 3: 52.72 min |
Run 2
| space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josy Barthel |
Luxembourg
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3: 50.4 min | 3: 50.51 min | |
| 2 | Olle Åberg |
Sweden
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3: 50.6 min | 3: 50.71 min | |
| 3 | Ingvar Ericsson |
Sweden
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3: 50.6 min | 3: 50.77 min | |
| 4th | Bob McMillen |
United States
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3: 50.6 min | 3: 50.84 min | |
| 5 | Roger Bannister |
Great Britain
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3: 50.6 min | 3: 50.92 min | |
| 6th | Rolf Lamers |
BR Germany
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3: 50.8 min | 3: 51.30 min | |
| 7th | Stanislav Jungwirth |
Czechoslovakia
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3: 51.0 min | 3: 51.72 min | |
| 8th | Vilmos Tölgyesi |
Hungary
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3: 53.2 min | 3: 53.56 min | |
| 9 | Frans Herman |
Belgium
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3: 53.8 min | 3: 54.04 min | |
| 10 | Günter Dohrow |
BR Germany
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3: 55.2 min | 3: 55.27 min | |
| 11 | Mykola Belokurov |
Soviet Union
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3: 55.6 min | 3: 54.49 min | |
| 12 | John Ross |
Canada
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4: 00.6 min | k. A. |
final
| space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josy Barthel |
Luxembourg
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3: 45.2 min | 3: 45.28 min | OR |
| 2 | Bob McMillen |
United States
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3: 45.2 min | 3: 45.39 min | |
| 3 | Werner Lueg |
BR Germany
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3: 45.4 min | 3: 45.67 min | |
| 4th | Roger Bannister |
Great Britain
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3: 46.0 min | 3: 46.30 min | |
| 5 | Patrick El Mabrouk |
France
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3: 46.0 min | 3: 45.35 min | |
| 6th | Rolf Lamers |
BR Germany
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3: 46.8 min | 3: 47.18 min | |
| 7th | Olle Åberg |
Sweden
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3: 47.0 min | 3: 47.20 min | |
| 8th | Ingvar Ericsson |
Sweden
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3: 47.6 min | 3: 47.70 min | |
| 9 | Don MacMillan |
Australia
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3: 49.6 min | 3: 49.77 min | |
| 10 | Denis Johansson |
Finland
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3: 49.8 min | 3:50; 24 min | |
| 11 | Audun Boysen |
Norway
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3: 51.4 min | 3: 51.75 min | |
| 12 | Warren Druetzler |
United States
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3: 56.0 min | k. A. |
Date: July 26, 1952, 4:30 p.m.
In the final there was no clear favorite, but the Briton Roger Bannister and the German Werner Lueg, who had set the existing world record just a month before the games , were traded high.
The first two rounds were led by the German Rolf Lamers. He obviously wanted to set the pace for his compatriot Lueg. But the split times of 57.8 seconds for 400 meters and 2: 01.4 minutes for 800 meters were not fast enough to impress the opponents. The field stayed close together up to the 1000 meter mark, only Denis Johansson and Warren Druetzler fell behind. At this point Lueg himself took over the lead and at the beginning of the last lap he increased the pace again. The field gradually widened more and more. On the back straight, the German pulled away from his opponents and widened the gap in the target curve to about five meters. But at the beginning of the home stretch, Bob McMillen and Josy Barthel flew up - two runners nobody had expected. Lueg slowed down, Barthel and McMillen passed him. In the end, Josy Barthel from Luxembourg won the gold medal completely surprisingly. Lueg secured the bronze medal behind McMillen, just ahead of Roger Bannister, who was very disappointed with the outcome of the race.
Josy Barthel won the only Olympic gold medal for Luxembourg to date - as of 2017 . However, today Michel Théato , winner of the Paris marathon in 1900, is considered a Luxembourger. At the time, his gold medal or his victory was seen as the victory of a French because he lived in Paris and ran for a French club. Even today, this gold medal is listed in the eternal medal table of the Olympic Games as a gold medal for France. With one gold medal - Barthels - and three silver medals, Luxembourg ranks 77th along with Peru.
Werner Lueg won the first medal for Germany over the 1500 meters .
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 73–77
Web links
- SportsReference 1500 m , accessed September 25, 2017
- Official report pp. 281–283, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 25, 2017
- Gold Medal Winner Josy Barthel (LUX) 1500m - 1952 Olympic Games Helsinki , published on August 21, 2014 on youtube.com, accessed on September 25, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 77
- ↑ a b c d Official report p. 266, engl. (PDF)
- ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 75f
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