Athletics - Olympic Games - 1948

Olympic Games - Results Men 1948

Great Britain - London - 30 July 1948 - 7 August 1948

Men's 10000 m - 30 July 1948

1	Emil Zátopek (CZE)	29:59.6
2	Alain Mimoun (FRA)	30:47.4
3	Bertil Albertsson (SWE)	30:53.6
4	Martin Stokken (NOR)	30:58.6
5	Severt Dennolf (SWE)	31:05.0
6	Abdullah Ben Saïd (FRA)	31:07.8
7	Stan Cox (GBR)	31:08.0
8	Jim Peters (GBR)	31:16.0
9	Salomon Könönen (FIN)
10	Eddie O'Toole (USA)
11	Fred Wilt (USA)

Men's High jump - 30 July 1948

1	Jack Winter (AUS)	1.98
2	Bjørn Paulson (NOR)	1.95
3	George Stanich (USA)	1.95
4	Dike Eddleman (USA)	1.95
5	Georges Damitio (FRA)	1.95
6	Art Jackes (CAN)	1.90
7	Hans Wahli (SWI)	1.90
7	Alan Paterson (GBR)	1.90
9	Alfredo Jadresic (CHI)	1.90
9	Göran Widenfeldt (SWE)	1.90
9	Pierre Lacaze (FRA)	1.90
12	Adegboyega Prince Adedoyin (GBR)	1.90
13	Birger Leirud (NOR)	1.90
14	Hércules Azcune (URU)	1.80
14	Lloyd Valberg (SIN)	1.80
16	Vern Mcgrew (USA)	1.80
17	Kuuno Honkonen (FIN)	1.80
18	Gurnam Singh (IND)	1.80

Men's 100 m - 31 July 1948

1	Harrison Dillard (USA)	10.3
2	Barney Ewell (USA)	10.4
3	Lloyd Labeach (PAN)	10.4
4	Alastair Mccorquodale (GBR)	10.4
5	Mel Patton (USA)	10.5
6	Emmanuel McDonald Bailey (GBR)	10.6

Men's 400 m Hurdles - 31 July 1948

1	Roy Cochran (USA)	51.1
2	Duncan White (SRI)	51.8
3	Rune Larsson (SWE)	52.2
4	Richard Ault (USA)	52.4
5	Yves Cros (FRA)	53.3
6	Ottavio Missoni (ITA)	54.0

Men's Long jump - 31 July 1948

1	Willie Steele (USA)	7.825
2	Bill Bruce (AUS)	7.555
3	Herb Douglas (USA)	7.545
4	Lorenzo Wright (USA)	7.450
5	Adegboyega Prince Adedoyin (GBR)	7.270
6	Georges Damitio (FRA)	7.070
7	Harry Whittle (GBR)	7.030
8	Felix Würth (AUT)	7.000
9	Harry Askew (GBR)	6.935
10	Enrique Kistenmacher (ARG)	6.800
11	Edward Adamczyk (POL)	6.735

Men's Hammer throw - 31 July 1948

1	Imre Németh (HUN)	56.07
2	Ivan Gubijan (YUG)	54.27
3	Bob Bennett (USA)	53.73
4	Samuel Felton (USA)	53.66
5	Lauri Tamminen (FIN)	53.08
6	Bo Ericsson (SWE)	52.98
7	Teseo Taddia (ITA)	51.74
8	Einar Söderqvist (SWE)	51.48
9	Henry Dreyer (USA)	51.37
10	Svend-Aage Frederiksen (DEN)	50.07
11	Duncan Clark (GBR)	48.35
12	Hans Houtzager (NED)	45.69
13	Gin Gang-Hwan (KOR)	43.93

Men's 50km Walk - 31 July 1948

1	John Ljunggren (SWE)	4:41:52
2	Gaston Godel (SWI)	4:48:17
3	Lloyd Johnson (GBR)	4:48:31
4	Edgar Bruun (NOR)	4:53:18
5	Bert Martineau (GBR)	4:53:58
6	Rune Bjurström (SWE)	4:56:43
7	Pierre Mazille (FRA)	5:01:40
8	Claude Hubert (FRA)	5:03:12
9	Enrique Villaplana (SPA)	5:03:31
10	Tage Jönsson (SWE)	5:05:08
11	Henri Caron (FRA)	5:08:15
12	Ernest Crosbie (USA)	5:15:16
13	Sándor László (HUN)	5:16:30
14	Salvatore Cascino (ITA)	5:20:03
15	John Deni (USA)	5:28:33
16	Adolf Weinacker (USA)	5:30:14

Men's 800 m - 2 August 1948

1	Mal Whitfield (USA)	1:49.2
2	Arthur Wint (JAM)	1:49.5
3	Marcel Hansenne (FRA)	1:49.8
4	Herb Barten (USA)	1:50.1
5	Ingvar Bengtsson (SWE)	1:50.5
6	Bob Chambers (USA)	1:52.1
7	Robert Chef D'hôtel (FRA)	1:53.0
8	Niels Holst-Sørensen (DEN)	1:53.4

Men's 5000 m - 2 August 1948

1	Gaston Reiff (BEL)	14:17.6
2	Emil Zátopek (CZE)	14:17.8
3	Willem Slijkhuis (NED)	14:26.8
4	Erik Ahlden (SWE)	14:28.6
5	Bertil Albertsson (SWE)	14:39.0
6	Curtis Stone (USA)	14:39.4
7	Väinö Koskela (FIN)	14:41.0
8	Väinö Mäkelä (FIN)	14:43.0
9	Marcel Vandewattyne (BEL)
10	Martin Stokken (NOR)
11	Helge Perälä (FIN)

Men's Pole vault - 2 August 1948

1	Guinn Smith (USA)	4.30
2	Erkki Kataja (FIN)	4.20
3	Bob Richards (USA)	4.20
4	Erling Kaas (NOR)	4.10
5	Ragnar Lundberg (SWE)	4.10
6	Boo Morcom (USA)	3.95
7	Valto Olenius (FIN)	3.95
7	Hugo Göllors (SWE)	3.95
9	Joe Barbosa (PUR)	3.95
9	José Vicente (PUR)	3.95
9	Victor Sillon (FRA)	3.95
12	Allan Lindberg (SWE)	3.80

Men's Discus throw - 2 August 1948

1	Adolfo Consolini (ITA)	52.78
2	Giuseppe Tosi (ITA)	51.78
3	Fortune Gordien (USA)	50.77
4	Ivar Ramstad (NOR)	49.21
5	Ferenc Klics (HUN)	48.21
6	Veikko Nyqvist (FIN)	47.33
7	Nikolaos Syllas (GRE)	47.25
8	Stein Johnson (NOR)	46.54
9	Arvo Huutoniemi (FIN)	45.28
10	Uno Fransson (SWE)	45.25
11	Hermann Tunner (AUT)	44.43
12	Eduardo Julve (PER)	44.05

Men's 200 m - 3 August 1948

1	Mel Patton (USA)	21.1
2	Barney Ewell (USA)	21.1
3	Lloyd Labeach (PAN)	21.2
4	Herb Mckenley (JAM)	21.2
5	Cliff Bourland (USA)	21.3
6	Leslie Laing (JAM)	21.6

Men's Triple jump - 3 August 1948

1	Arne Ahman (SWE)	15.400
2	George Avery (AUS)	15.365
3	Ruhi Sarialp (TÜR)	15.025
4	Preben Larsen (DEN)	14.830
5	Geraldo De Oliveira (BRA)	14.825
6	Valle Rautio (FIN)	14.700
7	Les Mckeand (AUS)	14.530
8	Adhemar Ferreira Da Silva (BRA)	14.490
9	Ake Hallgren (SWE)	14.485
10	Bill Albans (USA)	14.330
11	Hélio Da Silva (BRA)	14.310
12	Kim Won-Gwon (KOR)	14.250
13	Lennart Moberg (SWE)	14.215

Men's Shot put - 3 August 1948

1	Wilbur Thompson (USA)	17.120
2	Jim Delaney (USA)	16.680
3	Jim Fuchs (USA)	16.420
4	Mieczyslaw Lomowski (POL)	15.430
5	Gösta Arvidsson (SWE)	15.370
6	Yrjö Lehtilä (FIN)	15.050
7	Jaakko Jouppila (FIN)	14.590
8	Cestmir Kalina (CZE)	14.550
9	Konstantinos Giataganas (GRE)	14.540
10	Witold Gerutto (POL)	14.370
11	John Giles (GBR)	13.730
12	Sigfús Sigurdsson (ISL)	13.660

Men's 110 m Hurdles - 4 August 1948

1	Bill Porter (USA)	13.9
2	Clyde Scott (USA)	14.1
3	Craig Dixon (USA)	14.1
4	Alberto Triulzi (ARG)	14.6
5	Peter Gardner (AUS)	14.7
6	Håkan Lidman (SWE)	14.9

Men's Javelin throw - 4 August 1948

1	Tapio Rautavaara (FIN)	69.77
2	Steve Seymour (USA)	67.56
3	József Várszegi (HUN)	67.03
4	Pauli Vesterinen (FIN)	65.89
5	Odd Mæhlum (NOR)	65.32
6	Martin Biles (USA)	65.17
7	Mirko Vujacic (YUG)	64.89
8	Bob Likins (USA)	64.51
9	Gunnar Petersson (SWE)	62.80
10	Per-Arne Berglund (SWE)	62.62
11	Lumír Kiesewetter (CZE)	60.25
12	Soini Nikkinen (FIN)	58.05

Men's 400 m - 5 August 1948

1	Arthur Wint (JAM)	46.2
2	Herb Mckenley (JAM)	46.4
3	Mal Whitfield (USA)	46.9
4	Dave Bolen (USA)	47.2
5	Morris Curotta (AUS)	47.9
6	George Guida (USA)	50.2

Men's 3000 m Steeplechase - 5 August 1948

1	Tore Sjöstrand (SWE)	9:04.6
2	Erik Elmsäter (SWE)	9:08.2
3	Göte Hagström (SWE)	9:11.8
4	Alexis Guyodo (FRA)	9:13.6
5	Pentti Siltaloppi (FIN)	9:19.6
6	Petar Segedin (YUG)	9:20.4
7	Browning Ross (USA)	9:24.1
8	Constantino Miranda (SPA)	9:26.6
9	Robert Everaert (BEL)	9:28.2
10	Aarne Kainlauri (FIN)	9:29.0
11	Roger Chesneau (FRA)	9:30.2

Men's 1500 m - 6 August 1948

1	Henry Eriksson (SWE)	3:49.8
2	Lennart Strand (SWE)	3:50.4
3	Willem Slijkhuis (NED)	3:50.4
4	Václav Cevona (CZE)	3:51.2
5	Gösta Bergkvist (SWE)	3:52.2
6	Bill Nankeville (GBR)	3:52.6
7	Sándor Garay (HUN)	3:54.4
8	Don Gehrmann (USA)	3:54.5
9	Erik Jørgensen (DEN)	3:56.1
10	Josy Barthel (LUX)	3:56.9
11	Marcel Hansenne (FRA)	4:02.0
12	Denis Johansson (FIN)

Men's Decathlon - 6 August 1948

1	Bob Mathias (USA)	7139
2	Ignace Heinrich (FRA)	6974
3	Floyd Simmons (USA)	6950
4	Enrique Kistenmacher (ARG)	6929
5	Erik Andersson (SWE)	6877
6	Peter Mullins (AUS)	6739
7	Per Eriksson (SWE)	6731
8	Irving Mondschein (USA)	6715
9	Edward Adamczyk (POL)	6712
10	Godtfred Holmvang (NOR)	6663
11	Per Stavem (NOR)	6552
12	Örn Clausen (ISL)	6444
13	Yrjö Mäkelä (FIN)	6421
14	Pierre Sprecher (FRA)	6401
15	Kjell Tånnander (SWE)	6325
16	Waclaw Kumicki (POL)	6153
17	Hannes Sonck (FIN)	6142
18	Davorin Marcelja (YUG)	6141
19	Witold Gerutto (POL)	6106
20	Hernán Figueroa (CHI)	6026
20	Hércules Azcune (URU)	6026
22	Jacques Crétaine (FRA)	5829
23	Fritz Nussbaum (SWI)	5808
24	Mario Recordón (CHI)	5730
25	Lionel Fournier (CAN)	5590
26	Albert Dayer (BEL)	5586
27	Oskar Gerber (SWI)	5558
28	Sayed Moukhtar (EGY)	5031

Men's 4x100 m relay - 7 August 1948

1	United States (Mel Patton, Harrison Dillard, Lorenzo Wright, Barney Ewell)	40.6
2	Great Britain (Kenneth Jones, Alastair Mccorquodale, John Gregory, John Archer)	41.3
3	Italy (Carlo Monti, Antonio Siddi, Enrico Perucconi, Michele Tito)	41.5
4	Hungary (Béla Goldoványi, György Csányi, László Bartha, Ferenc Tima)	41.6
5	Canada (Edward Haggis, Donald Pettie, James O'brien, Don Mcfarlane)	41.9
6	Netherlands (Jan Zwaan, Gabe Scholten, Jan Meijer, Jan Lammers)	41.9

Men's 4x400 m relay - 7 August 1948

1	United States (Arthur Harnden, Cliff Bourland, Roy Cochran, Mal Whitfield)	3:10.4
2	France (Jean Kerebel, François Schewetta, Robert Chef D'hôtel, Jacques Lunis)	3:14.8
3	Sweden (Kurt Lundquist, Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt, Folke Alnevik, Rune Larsson)	3:16.0
4	Finland (Tauno Suvanto, Olli Talja, Runar Holmberg, Bertel Storskrubb)	3:24.8

Men's 10 km walk - 7 August 1948

1	John Mikaelsson (SWE)	45:13.2
2	Ingemar Johansson (SWE)	45:43.8
3	Fritz Schwab (SWI)	46:00.2
4	Jim Morris (GBR)	46:04.0
5	Harry Churcher (GBR)	47:28.0
6	Emile Maggi (FRA)	47:02.8
7	Ron West (GBR)
8	Gianni Corsaro (ITA)
9	Pino Dordoni (ITA)

Men's Marathon - 7 August 1948

1	Delfo Cabrera (ARG)	2:34:51.6
2	Tom Richards (GBR)	2:35:07.6
3	Etienne Gailly (BEL)	2:35:33.6
4	Johannes Coleman (RSA)	2:36:06.0
5	Eusebio Guinez (ARG)	2:36:36.0
6	Syd Luyt (RSA)	2:38:11.0
7	Gustav Östling (SWE)	2:38:40.6
8	John Systad (NOR)	2:38:41.0
9	Alberto Sensini (ARG)	2:39:30.0
10	Henning Larsen (DEN)	2:41:22.0
11	Viljo Heino (FIN)	2:41:32.0
12	Anders Melin (SWE)	2:42:20.0
13	Jussi Kurikkala (FIN)	2:42:48.0
14	Ted Vogel (USA)	2:45:27.0
15	Enrique Inostroza (CHI)	2:47:48.0
16	Lloyd Evans (CAN)	2:48:07.0
17	Gérard Côté (CAN)	2:48:31.0
18	Stelios Kyriakidis (GRE)	2:49:00.0
19	József Kiss (HUN)	2:50:20.0
20	Sevki Koru (TÜR)	2:51:07.0
21	Johnny Kelley (USA)	2:51:56.0
22	Kaspar Schiesser (SWI)	2:52:09.0
23	Walter Fedorick (CAN)	2:52:12.0
24	Ollie Manninen (USA)	2:56:49.0
25	Hong Jong-O (KOR)	2:56:54.0
26	Paddy Mulvihill (IRL)	2:57:35.0
27	Seo Yun-Bok (KOR)	2:59:36.0
28	Sven Håkansson (SWE)	3:00:09.0
29	Jakob Jutz (SWI)	3:03:55.0
30	Stan Jones (GBR)	3:09:16.0

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