Athletics XIV Olympic Games London (GBR) 1948

Athletics XIV Olympic Games London (GBR) 1948

Venue: Empire Stadium, London.

Men	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men 100m	Harrison Dillard	USA	Norwood Ewell	USA	Lloyd LaBeach	PAN
Men 200m	Melvin Patton	USA	Norwood Ewell	USA	Lloyd LaBeach	PAN
Men 400m	Arthur Wint	JAM	Herbert McKenley	JAM	Malvin Whitfield	USA
Men 800m	Malvin Whitfield	USA	Arthur Wint	JAM	Marcel Hansenne	FRA
Men 1500m	Henry Eriksson	SWE	Lennart Strand	SWE	Willem Slijkhuis	NED
Men 5000m	Gaston Reiff	BEL	Emil Zatopek	TCH	Willem Slijkhuis	NED
Men 10000m	Emil Zatopek	TCH	Alain Mimoun	FRA	Bertil Albertsson	SWE
Men Marathon	Delfo Cabrera	ARG	Thomas Richards	GBR	Etienne Gailly	BEL
Men 4x100m Relay	United States		Great Britain		Italy
Men 4x400m Relay	United States		France		Sweden
Men 110m Hurdles	William Porter	USA	Clyde Scott	USA	Craig Dixon	USA
Men 400m Hurdles	Leroy Cochran	USA	Duncan White	SRI	Rune Larsson	SWE
Men 3000m Steeplechase	Thore Sjo:strand	SWE	Erik Elmsater	SWE	Gote Hagstrom	SWE
Men High Jump	John Winter	AUS	Bjorn Paulson	NOR	George Stanich	USA
Men Pole Vault	Guinn Smith	USA	Erkki Kataja	FIN	Robert Richards	USA
Men Long Jump	William Steele	USA	Theodore Bruce	AUS	Herbert Douglas	USA
Men Triple Jump	Arne AAhman	SWE	George Avery	AUS	Ruhi Sarialp	TUR
Men Shot Put	Wilbur Thompson	USA	James Delaney	USA	James Fuchs	USA
Men Discus Throw	Adolfo Consolini	ITA	Guiseppe Tosi	ITA	Fortune Gordien	USA
Men Hammer Throw	Imre Nemeth	HUN	Ivan Gubijan	YUG	Robert Bennett	USA
Men Javelin Throw	Tapio Rautavaara	FIN	Stephen Seymour	USA	Jozsef Varszegi	HUN
Men Decathlon	Robert Mathias	USA	Ignace Heinrich	FRA	Floyd Simmons	USA
Men 10km Track Walk	John Mikaelsson	SWE	Ingemar Johansson	SWE	Fritz Schwab	SUI
Men 50km Walk	John Ljunggren	SWE	Gaston Godel	SUI	Tebbs Lloyd Johnson	GBR

Athletics World Index

Ladies	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Women 100m	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	Dorothy Manley	GBR	Shirley Strickland	AUS
Women 200m	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	Audrey Williamsson	GBR	Audrey Patterson	USA
Women 80m Hurdles	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	Maureen Gardner	GBR	Shirley Strickland	AUS
Women 4x100m Relay	Netherlands		Australia		Canada
Women High Jump	Alice Coachman	USA	Dorothy Tyler	GBR	Micheline Oestermeyer	FRA
Women Long Jump	Olga Gyarmati	HUN	Noemi Simonetto de Portela	ARG	Ann-Britt Leyman	SWE
Women Shot Put	Micheline Ostermeyer	FRA	Amelia Piccinini	ITA	Inga Schafer	AUT
Women Discus Throw	Micheline Oestermeyer	FRA	Edera Cordiale-Gentile	ITA	Jacqueline Mazeas	FRA
Women Javelin Throw	Hermina Bauma	AUT	Katri Parviainen	FIN	Lily Carlstedt	DEN

Medals	G	S	B	All
1. United States	12	5	10	27
2. Sweden	5	3	5	13
3. Netherlands	4		2	6
4. France	2	3	3	8
5. Hungary	2		1	3
6. Australia	1	3	2	6
7. Italy	1	3	1	5
8. Finland	1	2		3
8. Jamaica	1	2		3
10.Argentina	1	1		2
10.Czechoslovakia	1	1		2
12.Austria	1		1	2
12.Belgium	1		1	2
14.Great Britain		6	1	7
15.Switzerland		1	1	2
16.Sri Lanca		1		1
16.Yugoslavia		1		1
16.Norway		1		1
19.Panama			2	2
20.Canada			1	1
20.Denmark			1	1
20.Turkey			1	1

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