Cleave Books 1952 (Helsinki) Olympic Games - some results Track Events - MEN Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time 100 metres Lindy Remigino USA 10.4s Herbert McKenley Jamaica 10.4s Emanuel McDonald Bailey GB 10.4s 200 metres Andrew Stanfield USA 20.7s Thane Baker USA 20.8s James Gathers USA 20.8s 400 metres George Rhoden Jamaica 45.9s Herbert McKenley Jamaica 45.9s Ollie Matson USA 46.8s 800 metres Malvin Whitfield USA 1m 49.2s Arthur Wint Jamaica 1m 49.4s Heinz Ulzheimer Germany 1m 49.7s 1500 metres Josef Barthel Luxemburg 3m 45.1s Robert McMillen USA 3m 45.2s Werner Lueg Germany 3m 45.4s 5000 metres Emil Zatopek Czechoslovakia 14m 6.6s Alain Mimoun France 14m 7.4s Herbert Schade Germany 14m 8.6s 10000 metres Emil Zatopek Czechoslovakia 29m 17.0s Alain Mimoun France 29m 32.8s Alexandr Anufriev USSR 29m 48.2s Marathon (42,195 metres) Emil Zatopek Czechoslovakia 2h 23m 3s Reinaldo Gorno Argentina 2h 25m 35s Gustaf Jansson Sweden 2h 26m 7s Steeplechase (3000 metres) Horace Ashenfelter USA 8m 45.4s Vladimir Kazantsev USSR 8m 51.6s John Disley GB 8m 51.8s Field Events - MEN Ht/Dist Ht/Dist Ht/Dist High Jump Walter Davis USA 2.04 m Kenneth Wiesner USA 2.01 m Jose Telles da Conceicao Brazil 1.98 m Long Jump Jerome Biffle USA 7.57 m Meredith Gourdine USA 7.53 m Odon Foldessy Hungary 7.30 m Pole Vault Robert Richards USA 4.55 m Donald Laz USA 4.50 m Ragnar Lundberg Sweden 4.40 m Shot Parry O'Brien USA 17.41 m Darrow Hooper USA 17.39 m James Fuchs USA 17.06 m Discus Sim Iness USA 55.03 m Adolfo Consolini Italy 53.78 m James Dillon USA 53.28 m Javelin Cyrus Young USA 73.78 m William Miller USA 72.46 m Toivo Hyytiainen Finland 71.89 m Track Events - WOMEN Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time 100 metres Majorie Jackson Australia 11.5s Daphne Hasenjager South Africa 11.8s Shirley Strickland Australia 11.9s 200 metres Majorie Jackson Australia 23.7s Bertha Brouwer Netherlands 24.2s Nadezhda Khnykina USSR 24.2s 800 metres Was NOT held in these games Field Events - WOMEN Ht/Dist Ht/Dist Ht/Dist High Jump Esther Brand South Africa 1.67 m Sheila Lerwill GB 1.65 m Aleksandra Chudina USSR 1.63 m Long Jump Yvette Williams New Zealand 6.24 m Aleksandra Chudina USSR 6.14 m Shirley Cawley GB 5.92 m Shot Galina Zybina USSR 15.28 m Marianne Werner Germany 14.57 m Klavdia Tochenova USSR 14.50 m Discus Nina Romanshkova USSR 51.42 m Elizaveta Bagryantseva USSR 47.08 m Nina Dumbadze USSR 46.29 m Javelin Dana Zatopkova Czechoslovakia 50.47 m Aleksandra Chudina USSR 50.01 m Ylena Gorchakova USSR 49.76 m Go to the top PREVIOUS Olympics NEXT Olympics Olympics Index