At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. Four events made their Olympic debut at these Games: men's 10 km walk, women's 200 metres, women's long jump and women's shot put. There were a total number of 751 participating athletes from 53 countries.

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Harrison Dillard United States (USA)	10.3	Barney Ewell United States (USA)	10.4	Lloyd LaBeach Panama (PAN)	10.4
200 metres	Mel Patton United States (USA)	21.1	Barney Ewell United States (USA)	21.1	Lloyd LaBeach Panama (PAN)	21.2
400 metres	Arthur Wint Jamaica (JAM)	46.2	Herb McKenley Jamaica (JAM)	46.4	Mal Whitfield United States (USA)	46.8
800 metres	Mal Whitfield United States (USA)	1:49.2	Arthur Wint Jamaica (JAM)	1:49.5	Marcel Hansenne France (FRA)	1:49.8
1500 metres	Henry Eriksson Sweden (SWE)	3:49.8	Lennart Strand Sweden (SWE)	3:50.4	Wim Slijkhuis Netherlands (NED)	3:50.4
5000 metres	Gaston Reiff Belgium (BEL)	14:17.6	Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia (TCH)	14:17.8	Wim Slijkhuis Netherlands (NED)	14:26.8
10000 metres	Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia (TCH)	29:59.6	Alain Mimoun France (FRA)	30:47.4	Bertil Albertsson Sweden (SWE)	30:53.6
110 metre hurdles	William Porter United States (USA)	13.9	Clyde Scott United States (USA)	14.1	Craig Dixon United States (USA)	14.1
400 metre hurdles	Roy Cochran United States (USA)	51.1	Duncan White Ceylon (CEY)	51.8	Rune Larsson Sweden (SWE)	52.2
3000 metre steeplechase	Tore Sjöstrand Sweden (SWE)	9:04.6	Erik Elmsäter Sweden (SWE)	9:08.2	Göte Hagström Sweden (SWE)	9:11.8
4×100 metre relay	United States (USA) Barney Ewell Lorenzo Wright Harrison Dillard Mel Patton	40.6	Great Britain (GBR) Alastair McCorquodale John Gregory Kenneth Jones John Archer	41.3	Italy (ITA) Michele Tito Enrico Perucconi Carlo Monti Antonio Siddi	41.5
4×400 metre relay	United States (USA) Roy Cochran Clifford Bourland Arthur Harnden Mal Whitfield	3:10.4	France (FRA) Jean Kerebel Francois Schewetta Robert Chef D'Hotel Jacques Lunis	3:14.8	Sweden (SWE) Kurt Lundquist Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt Folke Alnevik Rune Larsson	3:16.0
Marathon	Delfo Cabrera Argentina (ARG)	2:34:51.6	Thomas Richards Great Britain (GBR)	2:35:07.6	Etienne Gailly Belgium (BEL)	2:35:33.6
10 km walk	John Mikaelsson Sweden (SWE)	45:13.2	Ingemar Johansson Sweden (SWE)	45:43.8	Fritz Schwab Switzerland (SUI)	46:00.2
50 km walk	John Ljunggren Sweden (SWE)	4:41:52	Gaston Godel Switzerland (SUI)	4:48:17	Tebbs Lloyd-Johnson Great Britain (GBR)	4:48:31
High jump	John Winter Australia (AUS)	1.98 m	Bjorn Paulson Norway (NOR)	1.95 m	George Stanich United States (USA)	1.95 m
Pole vault	Guinn Smith United States (USA)	4.30 m	Erkki Kataja Finland (FIN)	4.20 m	Robert Richards United States (USA)	4.20 m
Long jump	Willie Steele United States (USA)	7.82 m	Theo Bruce Australia (AUS)	7.68 m	Herbert Douglas United States (USA)	7.48 m
Triple jump	Arne Ahman Sweden (SWE)	15.40 m	George Avery Australia (AUS)	15.36 m	Ruhi Sarıalp Turkey (TUR)	15.02 m
Shot put	Wilbur Thompson United States (USA)	17.12 m	Jim Delaney United States (USA)	16.68 m	Jim Fuchs United States (USA)	16.42 m
Discus throw	Adolfo Consolini Italy (ITA)	52.78 m	Giuseppe Tosi Italy (ITA)	51.78 m	Fortune Gordien United States (USA)	50.77 m
Javelin throw	Tapio Rautavaara Finland (FIN)	69.77 m	Steve Seymour United States (USA)	67.56 m	József Várszegi Hungary (HUN)	67.03 m
Hammer throw	Imre Nemeth Hungary (HUN)	56.07 m	Ivan Gubijan Yugoslavia (YUG)	54.27 m	Bob Bennett United States (USA)	53.73 m
Decathlon	Bob Mathias United States (USA)	7139	Ignace Heinrich France (FRA)	6974	Floyd Simmons United States (USA)	6950

[edit] Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands (NED)	11.9	Dorothy Manley Great Britain (GBR)	12.2	Shirley Strickland Australia (AUS)	12.2
200 metres	Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands (NED)	24.4	Audrey Williamson Great Britain (GBR)	25.1	Audrey Patterson United States (USA)	25.2
80 metre hurdles	Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands (NED)	11.2	Maureen Gardner Great Britain (GBR)	11.2	Shirley Strickland Australia (AUS)	11.4
4×100 metre relay	Netherlands (NED) Xenia Stad-de Jong Netty Witziers-Timmer Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Fanny Blankers-Koen	47.5	Australia (AUS) Shirley Strickland June Maston Elizabeth McKinnon Joyce King	47.6	Canada (CAN) Violet Meyers Nancy Mackay Dianne Foster Patricia Jones	47.8
High jump	Alice Coachman United States (USA)	1.68 m	Dorothy Tyler Great Britain (GBR)	1.68 m	Micheline Ostermeyer France (FRA)	1.61 m
Long jump	Olga Gyarmati Hungary (HUN)	5.695 m	Noemí Simonetto de Portela Argentina (ARG)	5.60 m	Ann-Britt Leyman Sweden (SWE)	5.575 m
Shot put	Micheline Ostermeyer France (FRA)	13.75 m	Amelia Piccinini Italy (ITA)	13.09 m	Ine Schäffer Austria (AUT)	13.08 m
Discus throw	Micheline Ostermeyer France (FRA)	41.92 m	Edera Cordiale Italy (ITA)	41.17 m	Jacqueline Mazeas France (FRA)	40.47 m
Javelin throw	Herma Bauma Austria (AUT)	45.57 m	Kaisa Parviainen Finland (FIN)	43.79 m	Lily Carlstedt Denmark (DEN)	42.08 m

[edit] 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
	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	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

[edit] References

• International Olympic Committee results database
• Athletics Australia

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