| Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics |
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | |||
| 800 m | men | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 80 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | |||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| 10 km walk | men | |||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. Three events made their Olympic debut at these Games: women's 200 metres, women's long jump and women's shot put. There were a total number of 745 participating athletes from 53 countries.
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 12 | 5 | 10 | 27 |
| 2 | Sweden | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | France | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Australia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Italy | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Finland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 10 | Argentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 12 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | Great Britain | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 15 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Ceylon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | Panama | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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