1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 800 m (men)
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sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 800 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 50 athletes from 32 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 20, 1952 (preliminary) July 21, 1952 (semi-finals) July 22, 1952 (final) |
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The men's 800 meter race at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki was held from July 20-22, 1952 in the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki . Fifty athletes took part.
Olympic champion was US athlete Mal Whitfield ahead of Arthur Wint from Jamaica. Bronze went to Heinz Ulzheimer from Germany.
Existing records
World record | 1: 46.6 min |
Rudolf Harbig ( German Empire )
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Milan , Italy | July 15, 1939 |
Olympic record | 1: 49.2 min |
Mal Whitfield ( USA )
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London finals , Great Britain | July 31, 1948 |
Conducting the competition
The athletes competed in eight heats on July 20. The three winners each qualified for the semi-finals on July 21st. From these three races, the three best runners reached the final on July 22nd.
Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.
Time schedule
July 20, 4:55 p.m .: Preliminaries
July 21 , 4:40 p.m . : Semi-finals
July 22, 4:50 p.m .: Final
Prelims
Date: July 20, 1952, from 4:55 p.m.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt |
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1: 55.3 min | |
2 | Albert Webster |
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1: 55.5 min | |
3 | Gennady Modoj |
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1: 55.8 min | |
4th | Maurice Marshall |
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1: 56.2 min | |
5 | Johannes Baumgartner |
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1: 57.1 min | |
6th | Mohamed Sanni-Thomas |
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2: 05.8 min |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Times Whitfield |
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1: 52.5 min | |
2 | Edmund Potrzebowski |
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1: 52.6 min | |
3 | Thomas White |
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1: 52.7 min | |
4th | Olavi Talja |
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1: 52.9 min | |
5 | Turhan Göker |
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1: 55.9 min | |
6th | Evelio Planas |
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1: 57.6 min |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Jack Hutchins |
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1: 54.5 min | |
2 | John Barnes |
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1: 54.5 min | |
3 | Jenő Bakos |
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1: 54.5 min | |
4th | Roman Korban |
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1: 54.7 min | |
5 | Alam Zeb |
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1: 56.3 min | |
6th | Vasilios Mavroidis |
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1: 58.7 min |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Reginald Pearman |
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1: 51.6 min | |
2 | Petro Shevhun |
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1: 51.8 min | |
3 | Günther Steines |
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1: 52.7 min | |
4th | Louis Desmet |
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1: 52.9 min | |
5 | René Djian |
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1: 54.3 min |
Forward 5
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Hans Ring |
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1: 53.6 min | |
2 | Arthur Wint |
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1: 54.2 min | |
3 | Don MacMillan |
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1: 55.0 min | |
4th | Oscar Soetewey |
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1: 55.4 min | |
5 | Georgi Iwakin |
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1: 56.4 min | |
6th | Frank Rivera |
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1: 57.6 min | |
7th | Víctorio Solares |
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2: 01.4 min |
Forward 6
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Heinz Ulzheimer |
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1: 51.4 min | |
2 | Sohan Singh |
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1: 52.0 min | |
3 | Ludvík Liška |
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1: 52.3 min | |
4th | John Ross |
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1: 52.5 min | |
5 | Argemiro Roque |
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1: 54.1 min | |
6th | Boonpak Kwancharoen |
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2: 12.6 min |
Forward 7
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Audun Boysen |
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1: 53.2 min | |
2 | Urban Cleve |
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1: 53.4 min | |
3 | Frank Evans |
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1: 53.8 min | |
4th | Ekrem Koçak |
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1: 54.5 min | |
5 | Filemón Camacho |
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2: 00.0 min | |
6th | Aria Gill-Glick |
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2: 00.9 min |
Forward 8
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Patrick El Mabrouk |
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1: 52.0 min | |
2 | Gunnar Nielsen |
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1: 53.0 min | |
3 | Bill Parnell |
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1: 53.1 min | |
4th | Yoshitaka Muroya |
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1: 54.0 min | |
5 | Fred Lüthi |
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1: 55.0 min | |
6th | Erkki Rönnholm |
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1: 55.7 min | |
7th | Guðmundur Lárusson |
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1: 56.5 min |
Semifinals
Date: July 21, 1952, from 4.40 p.m.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Gunnar Nielsen |
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1: 50.0 min | 1: 50.02 min | |
2 | Times Whitfield |
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1: 50.1 min | 1: 50.15 min | |
3 | Albert Webster |
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1: 50.1 min | 1: 50.26 min | |
4th | Audun Boysen |
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1: 50.4 min | 1: 50.57 min | |
5 | Urban Cleve |
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1: 51.6 min | 1: 51.77 min | |
6th | Bill Parnell |
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1: 52.7 min | 1: 52.92 min | |
7th | Petro Shevhun |
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1: 52.8 min | 1: 53.25 min | |
8th | Don MacMillan |
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1: 58.4 min | k. A. |
Run 2
The Frenchman Patrick El Mabrouk did not make it to the semi-finals.
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Arthur Wint |
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1: 52.7 min | 1: 52.88 min | |
2 | Günther Steines |
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1: 52.9 min | 1: 52.99 min | |
3 | Hans Ring |
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1: 53.0 min | 1: 53.27 min | |
4th | John Barnes |
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1: 53.4 min | 1: 53.54 min | |
5 | Thomas White |
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1: 53.6 min | 1: 53.79 min | |
6th | Ludvík Liška |
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1: 54.8 min | 1: 55.04 min | |
7th | Gennady Modoj |
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1: 55.7 min | 1: 56.12 min |
Run 3
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Heinz Ulzheimer |
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1: 51.9 min | 1: 52.07 min | |
2 | Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt |
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1: 52.4 min | 1: 52.59 min | |
3 | Reginald Pearman |
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1: 52.5 min | 1: 52.70 min | |
4th | Jack Hutchins |
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1: 52.8 min | 1: 52.81 min | |
5 | Edmund Potrzebowski |
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1: 53.7 min | 1: 54.03 min | |
6th | Sohan Singh |
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1: 54.9 min | 1: 54.84 min | |
7th | Jenő Bakos |
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1: 55.5 min | 1: 55.70 min | |
8th | Frank Evans |
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1: 56.8 min | 1: 56.99 min |
final
space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
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1 | Times Whitfield |
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1: 49.2 min | 1: 49.34 min | ORe |
2 | Arthur Wint |
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1: 49.4 min | 1: 49.63 min | |
3 | Heinz Ulzheimer |
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1: 49.7 min | 1: 49.78 min | |
4th | Gunnar Nielsen |
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1: 49.7 min | 1: 49.87 min | |
5 | Albert Webster |
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1: 50.2 min | 1: 50.47 min | |
6th | Günther Steines |
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1: 50.6 min | 1: 50.81 min | |
7th | Reginald Pearman |
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1: 52.1 min | 1: 52.31 min | |
8th | Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt |
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1: 52.1 min | 1: 52.38 min | |
9 | Hans Ring |
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1: 54.0 min | 1: 54.23 min |
Date: July 22, 1952, 4:50 p.m.
The final turned out to be extremely exciting, especially with regard to the battle for the bronze medal. Malvin Whitfield (USA) and Arthur Wint (JAM), gold and silver medalists in that order in London in 1948 , were the favorites to win. In the beginning, Wint set the pace with long strides, the German runner-up Heinz Ulzheimer followed suit. The 400 meter mark was passed in 54.0 seconds. On the back straight, Whitfield accelerated and moved forward. But it remained tight. In the target curve the order was Whitfield, Wint, Ulzheimer, followed by Günther Steines, the German champion, who now tensed up and fell back. On the home stretch, Whitfield and Wint sprinted for the gold medal, with Whitfield holding the upper hand. Behind it there was a duel for bronze between Ulzheimer and the Dane Gunnar Nielsen. Hand-stopped, they both crossed the finish line four tenths of a second behind the Olympic champion. Ulzheimer had thrown himself over the finish line and in the end it was enough for him to get bronze.
Malvin Whitfield set his own Olympic record with 1: 49.2 minutes .
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 71–73
Web links
- SportsReference 800m , accessed September 25, 2017
- Official report pp. 278–279, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 25, 2017
- Olympics - 1948 London & 1952 Helsinki - 800m - USA Mal Whitfield & JAM Arthur Wint imasportsphile , range 4:07 min to 8:02 min, published on February 18, 2016 on youtube.com, accessed on September 25, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 548 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c d Official report, page 266, engl. (PDF)
- ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 72