Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
| Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Medal summary
Men
Women
Records broken
14 new Olympic records were set in the athletics events. No new world records were set.
Men's Olympic records
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 800 metres | 2 August | Final | Mal Whitfield |  United States | 1:49.2 |
| 5000 metres | 2 August | Final | Gaston Reiff | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 14:17.6 |
| 10,000 metres | 30 July | Final | Emil Zátopek |  Czechoslovakia | 29:59.6 |
| 110 metres hurdles | 4 August | Final | William Porter | United States | 13.9 |
| 400 metres hurdles | 31 July | Final | Roy Cochran | United States | 51.1 |
| 10 kilometres walk | 7 August | Final | John Mikaelsson |  Sweden | 45:13.2 |
| Shot put | 3 August | Final | Wilbur Thompson | United States | 17.12 m |
| Discus throw | 2 August | Final | Adolfo Consolini |  Italy | 52.78 m |
Women's Olympic records
| Event | Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 metres | 6 August | Final | Fanny Blankers-Koen |  Netherlands | 24.4 |
| 80 metres hurdles | 4 August | Final | Fanny Blankers-Koen Maureen Gardner | Netherlands Great Britain | 11.2 |
| High jump | 7 August | Final | Alice Coachman Dorothy Tyler | United States Great Britain | 1.68 m |
| Long jump | 4 August | Final | Olga Gyarmati | .svg.png){kind=small} Hungary | 5.695 m |
| Shot put | 4 August | Final | Micheline Ostermeyer |  France | 13.75 m |
| Javelin throw | 31 July | Final | Herma Bauma |  Austria | 45.57 m |
Medal table
| 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 |
.svg.png){kind=small} 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 | 1 | 7 |
| 15 |  Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 |
References
- 1948 Summer Olympics results: athletics, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-06-01.
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Athletics Australia
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