Men 800m Athletics XV Olympic Games Helsinki, Finland 1952 - Tuesday 22 July - Gold Medal: Malvin Whitfield, United States |
Final 16:50 | time | 1. Malvin Whitfield | USA | 1:49.2 | 2. Arthur Wint | JAM | 1:49.4 | 3. Heinz Ulzheimer | GER | 1:49.7 | 4. Gunnar Nielsen | DEN | 1:49.7 | 5. Albert Webster | GBR | 1:50.2 | 6. Gunter Steines | FRG | 1:50.6 | 7. Reginald Pearman | USA | 1:52.1 | 8. Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | SWE | 1.52.1 | 9. Hans Ring | SWE | 1.54.0 |
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| Venue: Helsingin Olympiastadion. Capp.: 70,000. | 50 competitors from -- nations. |
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Semifinals - Monday 21.07 16:40 | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
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Heat 1 | time | 1. Gunnar Nielsen | DEN | 1:50.0 | 2. Malvin Whitfield | USA | 1:50.1 | 3. Albert Webster | GBR | 1:50.1 | 4. Audun Boysen | NOR | 1:50.4 | 5. Urban Cleve | GER | 1:51.6 | 6. William Parnell | CAN | 1:52.7 | 7. Pyotr Tshevgun | URS | 1:52.8 | 8. Donald Macmillan | AUS | 1:58.4 |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. Arthur Wint | JAM | 1:52.7 | 2. Gunther Steines | GER | 1:52.9 | 3. Hans Ring | SWE | 1:53.0 | 4. John Barnes | USA | 1:53.4 | 5. Charles White | GBR | 1:53.6 | 6. Ludvik Liska | TCH | 1:54.8 | 7. Gennady Mudoj | URS | 1:55.7 | -. Patrick El-Mabrouk | FRA |
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Heat 3 | time | 1. Heinz Ulzheimer | GER | 1:51.9 | 2. Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | SWE | 1:52.4 | 3. Reginald Pearman | USA | 1:52.5 | 4. James Hutchins | CAN | 1:52.8 | 5. Edmund Potrzebowski | POL | 1:53.7 | 6. Sonah Dhanoa | IND | 1:54.9 | 7. Jeno Bakos | HUN | 1:55.5 | 8. Frank Evans | GBR | 1:56.8 |
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Heat 1 | time | 1. Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | SWE | 1:55.3 | 2. Albert Webster | GBR | 1:55.5 | 3. Gennady Modoj | URS | 1:55.8 | 4. Maurice Marshall | NZL | 1:56.2 | 5. Johannes Baumgartner | SUI | 1:57.1 | 6. Mohamed Sanni-Thomas | GHA | 2:05.8 |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. Malvin Whitfield | USA | 1:52.5 | 2. Edmund Potrzebowski | POL | 1:52.6 | 3. Charles White | GBR | 1:52.7 | 4. Olavi Talja | FIN | 1:52.9 | 5. Turhan G¶ker | TUR | 1:55.9 | 6. Evelio Planas del Rio | CUB | 1:57.6 |
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Heat 3 | time | 1. James Hutchins | CAN | 1:54.5 | 2. John Barnes | USA | 1:54.5 | 3. Jeno Bakos | HUN | 1:54.5 | 4. Roman Korban | POL | 1:54.7 | 5. Alan Zeb | PAK | 1:56.3 | 6. Vasilios Mavroidis | GRE | 1:58.7 |
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Heat 4 | time | 1. Reginald Pearman | USA | 1:51.6 | 2. PYotr Tshevgun | URS | 1:51.8 | 3. Gunther Steines | GER | 1:52.7 | 4. Louis Desmet | BEL | 1:52.9 | 5. Rene Djian | FRA | 1:54.3 |
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Heat 5 | time | 1. Hans Ring | SWE | 1:53.6 | 2. Arthur Wint | JAM | 1:54.2 | 3. Donald Macmillan | AUS | 1:55.0 | 4. Oscar Soetewey | BEL | 1:55.4 | 5. Georgy Ivakin | URS | 1:56.4 | 6. Francisco Rivera Paniagua | PUR | 1:57.6 | 7. Victor Solares | GUA | 2:01.4 |
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Heat 6 | time | 1. Heinz Ulzheimer | GER | 1:51.4 | 2. Sonah Dhanoa | IND | 1:52.0 | 3. Ludvik Liska | TCH | 1:52.3 | 4. John Ross | CAN | 1:52.5 | 5. Argemiro Roque | BRA | 1:54.1 | 6. Lucien Demuynck | BEL | 1:57.4 | 7. Boonpak Kwancharoen | THA | 2:12.6 |
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Heat 7 | time | 1. Audun Boysen | NOR | 1:53.2 | 2. Urban Cleve | GER | 1:53.4 | 3. Frank Evans | GBR | 1:53.8 | 4. Ekrem Kocak | TUR | 1:54.5 | 5. Filemon Camacho | VEN | 2:00.0 | 6. Aryeh Gill | ISR | 2:00.9 |
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Heat 8 | time | 1. Patrick El-Mabrouk | FRA | 1:52.0 | 2. Gunnar Nielsen | DEN | 1:53.0 | 3. William Parnell | CAN | 1:53.1 | 4. Yoshitaka Muroya | JPN | 1:54.0 | 5. Fred Lüthy | SUI | 1:55.0 | 6. Erkki Rönnholm | FIN | 1:55.7 | 7. Gudmundur Lárusson | ISL | 1:56.5 |
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