Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
| Athletics at the 1952 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 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. There were a total number of 963 participating athletes from 57 countries.
Medal summary
Men
Women
Records broken
During the 1952 Summer Olympic Games, 26 new Olympic records and 8 new world records were set in the athletics events.
Men's Olympic and world records
Women's Olympic and world records
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result | OR | WR |
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| 200 metres | July 26 | Semifinal | Marjorie Jackson |  Australia | 23.4 s | OR | WR |
| 80 metres hurdles | July 24 | Final | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | Australia | 10.9 s | OR | WR |
| 4 x 100 metres relay | July 27 | Final | Mae Faggs Catherine Hardy Barbara Jones Janet Moreau |  United States | 45.9 s | OR | WR |
| Long jump | July 23 | Final | Yvette Williams |  New Zealand | 6.24 m | OR | |
| Shot put | July 26 | Final | Galina Zybina | .svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union | 15.28 m | OR | WR |
| Discus throw | July 20 | Final | Nina Romashkova | Soviet Union | 51.42 m | OR | |
| Javelin throw | July 24 | Final | Dana Zátopková |  Czechoslovakia | 50.47 m | OR |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 15 | 10 | 6 | 31 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Australia (AUS) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 8 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | .svg.png){kind=small} Jamaica (JAM) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 |  Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 8 | .svg.png){kind=small} Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 |  Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | .svg.png){kind=small} Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Luxembourg (LUX) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 14 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 16 |  Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Participating nations
A total of 57 nations participated in the different Athletics events at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Numbers in parenthesis indicate the number of athletes representing each nation.
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References
- 1952 Summer Olympics results: athletics, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-11-08.
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Athletics Australia
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