Men's decathlon at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 25–26 July | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 28 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 | |
The Men's decathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on 25 and 26 July, at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Now 21-year-old Bob Mathias from the United States repeated his performances from the previous games by winning the gold medal and setting new world and Olympic records. It was the second time the United States Olympic team earned all three medals in the event, the first one being in the 1936 Olympic Games. [1]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
World record | Bob Mathias (USA) | 7287 points | Tulare, United States | 30 June 1950 |
Olympic record | Glenn Morris (USA) | 7254 points | Berlin, Germany | 8 August 1936 |
At the end of the competition the following world and Olympic records were set:
Date | Event | Athlete | Points | OR | WR |
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26 July | Final | Bob Mathias (USA) | 7887 | OR | WR |
Note: All scores are based on the tables used in 1952.
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Milt Campbell | United States | 10.78 | 1034 |
2 | Carlos Vera | Chile | 11.28 | 870 |
3 | Vladimir Volkov | Soviet Union | 11.49 | 768 |
4 | Bob Adams | Canada | 11.95 | 650 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Friedel Schirmer | Germany | 11.68 | 678 |
2 | Pat Leane | Australia | 11.82 | 623 |
3 | Georges Breitman | France | 13.70 | 254 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Sergey Kuznetsov | Soviet Union | 11.56 | 768 |
2 | Kjell Tånnander | Sweden | 11.59 | 768 |
3 | Erkki Hautamäki | Finland | 12.22 | 572 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Geoff Elliott | Great Britain | 11.45 | 869 |
2 | Brígido Iriarte | Venezuela | 11.66 | 707 |
3 | Héctor Román | Puerto Rico | 11.70 | 678 |
4 | Max Wehrli | Switzerland | 11.93 | 650 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Floyd Simmons | United States | 11.52 | 737 |
2 | Hugues Frayer | France | 11.61 | 707 |
3 | Oto Rebula | Yugoslavia | 11.72 | 678 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Olli Reikko | Finland | 11.43 | 800 |
2 | Fotios Kosmas | Greece | 11.53 | 737 |
3 | Hernán Figueroa | Chile | 11.73 | 678 |
4 | Reinaldo Oliver | Puerto Rico | 11.89 | 623 |
Heat 7
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Göran Widenfelt | Sweden | 11.53 | 768 |
2 | Pyotr Kozhevnikov | Soviet Union | 11.60 | 768 |
Heat 8
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Bob Mathias | United States | 11.08 | 948 |
2 | Sepp Hipp | Germany | 11.46 | 768 |
3 | Fernando Fernandes | Portugal | 11.54 | 737 |
Heat 9
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Ignace Heinrich | France | 11.61 | 737 |
2 | Eeles Landström | Finland | 12.10 | 597 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Distance | Points |
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1 | Ignace Heinrich | France | 7.10 | 818 |
2 | Vladimir Volkov | Soviet Union | 7.09 | 815 |
2 | Sergey Kuznetsov | Soviet Union | 7.09 | 815 |
4 | Floyd Simmons | United States | 7.06 | 804 |
4 | Brígido Iriarte | Venezuela | 7.06 | 804 |
6 | Bob Mathias | United States | 6.98 | 779 |
7 | Carlos Vera | Chile | 6.96 | 773 |
8 | Kjell Tånnander | Sweden | 6.90 | 755 |
9 | Sepp Hipp | Germany | 6.85 | 740 |
10 | Hugues Frayer | France | 6.80 | 725 |
11 | Göran Widenfelt | Sweden | 6.76 | 713 |
12 | Milt Campbell | United States | 6.74 | 707 |
13 | Eeles Landström | Finland | 6.70 | 695 |
14 | Olli Reikko | Finland | 6.66 | 684 |
15 | Oto Rebula | Yugoslavia | 6.64 | 678 |
16 | Fernando Fernandes | Portugal | 6.52 | 645 |
17 | Max Wehrli | Switzerland | 6.48 | 635 |
18 | Héctor Román | Puerto Rico | 6.47 | 632 |
19 | Geoff Elliott | Great Britain | 6.44 | 624 |
20 | Hernán Figueroa | Chile | 6.38 | 608 |
21 | Friedel Schirmer | Germany | 6.37 | 605 |
21 | Erkki Hautamäki | Finland | 6.37 | 605 |
23 | Bob Adams | Canada | 6.22 | 567 |
24 | Fotios Kosmas | Greece | 6.20 | 562 |
25 | Reinaldo Oliver | Puerto Rico | 6.15 | 550 |
26 | Pyotr Kozhevnikov | Soviet Union | 5.80 | 466 |
27 | Georges Breitman | France | 5.43 | 385 |
28 | Pat Leane | Australia | 5.22 | 341 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Distance | Points |
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1 | Bob Mathias | United States | 15.30 | 912 |
2 | Milt Campbell | United States | 13.89 | 759 |
3 | Sepp Hipp | Germany | 13.26 | 696 |
4 | Floyd Simmons | United States | 13.18 | 688 |
5 | Kjell Tånnander | Sweden | 12.97 | 669 |
6 | Oto Rebula | Yugoslavia | 12.90 | 663 |
7 | Hernán Figueroa | Chile | 12.87 | 660 |
8 | Ignace Heinrich | France | 12.83 | 656 |
9 | Max Wehrli | Switzerland | 12.73 | 647 |
10 | Friedel Schirmer | Germany | 12.69 | 644 |
11 | Vladimir Volkov | Soviet Union | 12.62 | 637 |
12 | Geoff Elliott | Great Britain | 12.40 | 618 |
13 | Hugues Frayer | France | 12.36 | 614 |
14 | Erkki Hautamäki | Finland | 12.19 | 599 |
15 | Bob Adams | Canada | 12.01 | 582 |
16 | Olli Reikko | Finland | 11.85 | 568 |
17 | Eeles Landström | Finland | 11.75 | 560 |
18 | Sergey Kuznetsov | Soviet Union | 11.71 | 556 |
19 | Brígido Iriarte | Venezuela | 11.66 | 552 |
20 | Göran Widenfelt | Sweden | 11.61 | 548 |
21 | Héctor Román | Puerto Rico | 11.56 | 544 |
22 | Fernando Fernandes | Portugal | 11.20 | 516 |
23 | Reinaldo Oliver | Puerto Rico | 10.22 | 437 |
24 | Carlos Vera | Chile | 9.52 | 387 |
25 | Georges Breitman | France | 9.28 | 369 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Distance | Points |
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1 | Göran Widenfelt | Sweden | 1.94 | 960 |
2 | Floyd Simmons | United States | 1.92 | 930 |
3 | Bob Mathias | United States | 1.90 | 900 |
4 | Ignace Heinrich | France | 1.88 | 872 |
5 | Milt Campbell | United States | 1.85 | 832 |
5 | Kjell Tånnander | Sweden | 1.85 | 832 |
7 | Friedel Schirmer | Germany | 1.80 | 770 |
8 | Vladimir Volkov | Soviet Union | 1.75 | 711 |
8 | Sepp Hipp | Germany | 1.75 | 711 |
8 | Geoff Elliott | Great Britain | 1.75 | 711 |
8 | Eeles Landström | Finland | 1.75 | 711 |
8 | Bob Adams | Canada | 1.75 | 711 |
8 | Carlos Vera | Chile | 1.75 | 711 |
14 | Olli Reikko | Finland | 1.70 | 656 |
14 | Fernando Fernandes | Portugal | 1.70 | 656 |
14 | Reinaldo Oliver | Puerto Rico | 1.70 | 656 |
14 | Erkki Hautamäki | Finland | 1.70 | 656 |
18 | Sergey Kuznetsov | Soviet Union | 1.65 | 605 |
18 | Hugues Frayer | France | 1.65 | 605 |
18 | Oto Rebula | Yugoslavia | 1.65 | 605 |
18 | Héctor Román | Puerto Rico | 1.65 | 605 |
22 | Brígido Iriarte | Venezuela | 1.60 | 555 |
22 | Hernán Figueroa | Chile | 1.60 | 555 |
22 | Max Wehrli | Switzerland | 1.60 | 555 |
25 | Georges Breitman | France | 1.50 | 464 |
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Bob Mathias | United States | 50.2 | 828 |
2 | Sergey Kuznetsov | Soviet Union | 52.8 | 654 |
3 | Max Wehrli | Switzerland | 54.7 | 545 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Vladimir Volkov | Soviet Union | 51.2 | 758 |
2 | Göran Widenfelt | Sweden | 51.3 | 751 |
3 | Hugues Frayer | France | 51.3 | 751 |
4 | Reinaldo Oliver | Puerto Rico | 53.4 | 618 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Hernán Figueroa | Chile | 52.8 | 654 |
2 | Oto Rebula | Yugoslavia | 54.3 | 565 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Milt Campbell | United States | 50.9 | 779 |
2 | Sepp Hipp | Germany | 51.3 | 751 |
3 | Bob Adams | Canada | 55.2 | 520 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Olli Reikko | Finland | 50.3 | 821 |
2 | Ignace Heinrich | France | 51.0 | 772 |
3 | Floyd Simmons | United States | 51.1 | 765 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Friedel Schirmer | Germany | 50.5 | 807 |
2 | Geoff Elliott | Great Britain | 53.0 | 642 |
3 | Brígido Iriarte | Venezuela | 53.1 | 636 |
Heat 7
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Kjell Tånnander | Sweden | 52.6 | 666 |
2 | Héctor Román | Puerto Rico | 52.7 | 660 |
3 | Erkki Hautamäki | Finland | 53.9 | 588 |
Heat 8
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Fernando Fernandes | Portugal | 51.2 | 758 |
2 | Eeles Landström | Finland | 56.7 | 445 |
3 | Georges Breitman | France | 1:03.9 | 189 |
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Friedel Schirmer | Germany | 16.0 | 593 |
2 | Bob Adams | Canada | 16.6 | 489 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Ignace Heinrich | France | 16.0 | 593 |
2 | Brígido Iriarte | Venezuela | 16.6 | 489 |
3 | Reinaldo Oliver | Puerto Rico | 16.7 | 473 |
4 | Eeles Landström | Finland | 17.1 | 413 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Hugues Frayer | France | 15.4 | 716 |
2 | Kjell Tånnander | Sweden | 15.8 | 632 |
3 | Fernando Fernandes | Portugal | 15.8 | 632 |
4 | Olli Reikko | Finland | 18.8 | 208 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Milt Campbell | United States | 14.5 | 953 |
2 | Floyd Simmons | United States | 15.0 | 813 |
3 | Vladimir Volkov | Soviet Union | 15.8 | 632 |
4 | Erkki Hautamäki | Finland | 16.3 | 540 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Sepp Hipp | Germany | 16.1 | 575 |
2 | Hernán Figueroa | Chile | 16.4 | 523 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Göran Widenfelt | Sweden | 16.1 | 575 |
2 | Héctor Román | Puerto Rico | 16.4 | 523 |
Heat 7
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Bob Mathias | United States | 14.7 | 894 |
2 | Geoff Elliott | Great Britain | 15.7 | 652 |
Heat 8
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Oto Rebula | Yugoslavia | 16.0 | 593 |
2 | Sergey Kuznetsov | Soviet Union | 16.4 | 523 |
3 | Max Wehrli | Switzerland | 16.4 | 523 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Distance | Points |
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1 | Bob Mathias | United States | 46.89 | 838 |
2 | Sepp Hipp | Germany | 45.84 | 802 |
3 | Bob Adams | Canada | 42.45 | 696 |
4 | Sergey Kuznetsov | Soviet Union | 41.04 | 656 |
5 | Milt Campbell | United States | 40.50 | 640 |
6 | Hugues Frayer | France | 40.02 | 627 |
7 | Göran Widenfelt | Sweden | 39.53 | 613 |
8 | Kjell Tånnander | Sweden | 39.30 | 607 |
9 | Oto Rebula | Yugoslavia | 38.55 | 587 |
10 | Brígido Iriarte | Venezuela | 38.23 | 578 |
11 | Hernán Figueroa | Chile | 38.08 | 574 |
12 | Vladimir Volkov | Soviet Union | 38.04 | 573 |
13 | Floyd Simmons | United States | 37.77 | 566 |
14 | Erkki Hautamäki | Finland | 37.20 | 552 |
15 | Friedel Schirmer | Germany | 37.01 | 547 |
16 | Max Wehrli | Switzerland | 36.81 | 541 |
17 | Eeles Landström | Finland | 34.51 | 483 |
18 | Fernando Fernandes | Portugal | 34.27 | 477 |
19 | Geoff Elliott | Great Britain | 34.21 | 476 |
20 | Héctor Román | Puerto Rico | 32.98 | 446 |
21 | Olli Reikko | Finland | 30.72 | 392 |
22 | Reinaldo Oliver | Puerto Rico | 29.95 | 374 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Distance | Points |
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1 | Eeles Landström | Finland | 4.20 | 855 |
2 | Geoff Elliott | Great Britain | 4.10 | 795 |
3 | Bob Mathias | United States | 4.00 | 745 |
4 | Vladimir Volkov | Soviet Union | 3.80 | 645 |
4 | Max Wehrli | Switzerland | 3.80 | 645 |
6 | Bob Adams | Canada | 3.70 | 596 |
7 | Floyd Simmons | United States | 3.60 | 556 |
7 | Sergey Kuznetsov | Soviet Union | 3.60 | 556 |
9 | Sepp Hipp | Germany | 3.50 | 516 |
9 | Göran Widenfelt | Sweden | 3.50 | 516 |
9 | Kjell Tånnander | Sweden | 3.50 | 516 |
9 | Friedel Schirmer | Germany | 3.50 | 516 |
9 | Olli Reikko | Finland | 3.50 | 516 |
9 | Hernán Figueroa | Chile | 3.50 | 516 |
9 | Reinaldo Oliver | Puerto Rico | 3.50 | 516 |
16 | Hugues Frayer | France | 3.40 | 476 |
16 | Brígido Iriarte | Venezuela | 3.40 | 476 |
16 | Oto Rebula | Yugoslavia | 3.40 | 476 |
16 | Héctor Román | Puerto Rico | 3.40 | 476 |
16 | Erkki Hautamäki | Finland | 3.40 | 476 |
21 | Milt Campbell | United States | 3.30 | 438 |
22 | Fernando Fernandes | Portugal | 3.00 | 328 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Distance | Points |
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1 | Bob Mathias | United States | 59.21 | 715 |
2 | Eeles Landström | Finland | 57.61 | 680 |
3 | Vladimir Volkov | Soviet Union | 56.68 | 660 |
4 | Reinaldo Oliver | Puerto Rico | 56.68 | 660 |
5 | Brígido Iriarte | Venezuela | 55.55 | 637 |
6 | Floyd Simmons | United States | 54.69 | 620 |
7 | Milt Campbell | United States | 54.54 | 617 |
8 | Sepp Hipp | Germany | 54.14 | 609 |
9 | Friedel Schirmer | Germany | 54.00 | 606 |
10 | Erkki Hautamäki | Finland | 53.57 | 597 |
11 | Kjell Tånnander | Sweden | 52.79 | 582 |
12 | Olli Reikko | Finland | 51.41 | 554 |
13 | Oto Rebula | Yugoslavia | 51.39 | 554 |
14 | Hernán Figueroa | Chile | 51.22 | 550 |
15 | Max Wehrli | Switzerland | 51.08 | 548 |
16 | Héctor Román | Puerto Rico | 49.80 | 525 |
17 | Geoff Elliott | Great Britain | 49.56 | 520 |
18 | Göran Widenfelt | Sweden | 49.36 | 517 |
19 | Bob Adams | Canada | 44.83 | 436 |
20 | Fernando Fernandes | Portugal | 43.55 | 414 |
21 | Sergey Kuznetsov | Soviet Union | 43.19 | 408 |
22 | Hugues Frayer | France | 41.31 | 376 |
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Olli Reikko | Finland | 4:28.0 | 526 |
2 | Fernando Fernandes | Portugal | 4:37.0 | 441 |
3 | Göran Widenfelt | Sweden | 4:38.6 | 427 |
4 | Reinaldo Oliver | Puerto Rico | 4:51.8 | 321 |
5 | Bob Adams | Canada | 4:57.0 | 283 |
6 | Max Wehrli | Switzerland | 4:58.6 | 272 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Vladimir Volkov | Soviet Union | 4:33.2 | 475 |
2 | Kjell Tånnander | Sweden | 4:57.2 | 281 |
3 | Eeles Landström | Finland | 5:01.0 | 255 |
4 | Hugues Frayer | France | 5:14.4 | 175 |
5 | Héctor Román | Puerto Rico | 5:14.4 | 175 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Sergey Kuznetsov | Soviet Union | 4:42.0 | 396 |
2 | Friedel Schirmer | Germany | 4:47.6 | 352 |
3 | Brígido Iriarte | Venezuela | 4:49.8 | 336 |
4 | Bob Mathias | United States | 4:50.8 | 328 |
5 | Floyd Simmons | United States | 4:53.4 | 309 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
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1 | Sepp Hipp | Germany | 4:57.2 | 281 |
2 | Hernán Figueroa | Chile | 4:58.2 | 274 |
3 | Oto Rebula | Yugoslavia | 5:01.8 | 249 |
4 | Geoff Elliott | Great Britain | 5:03.6 | 238 |
5 | Milt Campbell | United States | 5:07.2 | 216 |
Standings after Event 10
Pos | Athlete | Total Points | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m |
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Bob Mathias (USA) | 7,887 WR | 948 | 779 | 912 | 900 | 828 | 894 | 838 | 745 | 715 | 328 | |
Milt Campbell (USA) | 6,975 | 1,034 | 707 | 759 | 832 | 779 | 953 | 640 | 438 | 617 | 216 | |
Floyd Simmons (USA) | 6,788 | 737 | 804 | 688 | 930 | 765 | 813 | 566 | 556 | 620 | 309 | |
4 | Vladimir Volkov (URS) | 6,674 | 768 | 815 | 637 | 711 | 758 | 632 | 573 | 645 | 660 | 475 |
5 | Sepp Hipp (GER) | 6,449 | 768 | 740 | 696 | 711 | 751 | 575 | 802 | 516 | 609 | 281 |
6 | Göran Widenfelt (SWE) | 6,388 | 768 | 713 | 548 | 960 | 751 | 575 | 613 | 516 | 517 | 427 |
7 | Kjell Tånnander (SWE) | 6,308 | 768 | 755 | 669 | 832 | 666 | 632 | 607 | 516 | 582 | 281 |
8 | Friedel Schirmer (GER) | 6,118 | 678 | 605 | 644 | 770 | 807 | 593 | 547 | 516 | 606 | 352 |
9 | Geoff Elliott (GBR) | 6,044 | 768 | 624 | 618 | 711 | 642 | 652 | 476 | 795 | 520 | 238 |
10 | Sergey Kuznetsov (URS) | 5,937 | 768 | 815 | 556 | 605 | 654 | 523 | 656 | 556 | 408 | 396 |
11 | Hugues Frayer (FRA) | 5,772 | 707 | 725 | 614 | 605 | 751 | 716 | 627 | 476 | 376 | 175 |
12 | Brígido Iriarte (VEN) | 5,770 | 707 | 804 | 552 | 555 | 636 | 489 | 578 | 476 | 637 | 336 |
13 | Olli Reikko (FIN) | 5,725 | 800 | 684 | 568 | 656 | 821 | 208 | 392 | 516 | 554 | 526 |
14 | Eeles Landström (FIN) | 5,694 | 597 | 695 | 560 | 711 | 445 | 413 | 483 | 855 | 680 | 255 |
15 | Oto Rebula (YUG) | 5,648 | 678 | 678 | 663 | 605 | 565 | 593 | 587 | 476 | 554 | 249 |
16 | Fernando Fernandes (POR) | 5,604 | 737 | 645 | 516 | 656 | 758 | 632 | 477 | 328 | 414 | 441 |
17 | Hernán Figueroa (CHI) | 5,592 | 678 | 608 | 660 | 555 | 654 | 523 | 574 | 516 | 550 | 274 |
18 | Max Wehrli (SUI) | 5,561 | 650 | 635 | 647 | 555 | 545 | 523 | 541 | 645 | 548 | 272 |
19 | Bob Adams (CAN) | 5,530 | 650 | 567 | 582 | 711 | 520 | 489 | 696 | 596 | 436 | 283 |
20 | Héctor Román (PUR) | 5,264 | 678 | 632 | 544 | 605 | 660 | 523 | 446 | 476 | 525 | 175 |
21 | Reinaldo Oliver (PUR) | 5,228 | 623 | 550 | 437 | 656 | 618 | 473 | 374 | 516 | 660 | 321 |
Erkki Hautamäki (FIN) | DNF | 572 | 605 | 599 | 656 | 588 | 540 | 552 | 476 | 597 | ||
Ignace Heinrich (FRA) | DNF | 737 | 818 | 656 | 872 | 772 | 593 | |||||
Georges Breitman (FRA) | DNF | 254 | 385 | 369 | 464 | 189 | ||||||
Carlos Vera (CHI) | DNF | 870 | 773 | 387 | 711 | |||||||
Fotios Kosmas (GRE) | DNF | 737 | 562 | |||||||||
Pyotr Kozhevnikov (URS) | DNF | 768 | 446 | |||||||||
Pat Leane (AUS) | DNF | 623 | 341 |
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The men's 200 metres was an event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The competition was held on July 27, 1980, and on July 28, 1980. There were 57 competitors from 37 nations. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Pietro Mennea of Italy, the nation's first victory in the event since 1960 and second overall. Great Britain earned its first medal in the men's 200 metres since 1928 with Allan Wells' silver. Don Quarrie of Jamaica, the defending champion, took bronze. Mennea and Quarrie were the fifth and sixth men to earn multiple medals in the event.
The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had a start list of 22 competitors from 19 nations, with three quarterfinals, two semifinals (16), and a final (8) that took place on Saturday July 26, 1980. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Volker Beck of East Germany, the nation's first medal in the event. Vasyl Arkhypenko earned silver, the second consecutive Games that the Soviet Union reached the podium in the event. Gary Oakes put Great Britain back on the podium after a one-Games absence with his bronze.
The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place between 26 and 27 July at the Helsinki Swimming Stadium. There were 61 competitors from 33 nations. Nations had been limited to three swimmers each since the 1924 Games. The event was won by Clarke Scholes of the United States, the nation's second consecutive and seventh overall victory in the men's 100 metre freestyle. Japan, absent from the 1948 Games after World War II, returned to the podium in the event with Hiroshi Suzuki's silver. Göran Larsson earned Sweden's first medal in the event since 1908 with his bronze.
The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20 and 21 July. Seventy-two athletes from 33 nations competed; each nation was limited to 3 runners. The final was won by American Lindy Remigino, the fourth consecutive victory by a different American. Herb McKenley won Jamaica's first medal in the men's 100 metres with his silver, while McDonald Bailey's bronze put Great Britain on the podium for the first time since 1928. The final was "probably the closest mass finish in Olympic 100 metre history" with the first four runners all clocking in at 10.4 seconds hand-timed, all six finalists within 0.12 seconds electric-timed, and a photo finish necessary to separate the winners.
The men's 200 metres sprint event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place between July 22 and July 23. There were 71 competitors from 35 nations. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by American Andy Stanfield. Americans also took silver and bronze as the United States swept the medals in the event for the third time.
The men's 400 metres sprint event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place between July 24 and July 25. Seventy-one athletes from 35 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by George Rhoden of Jamaica, the second consecutive title in the event by a Jamaican. Herb McKenley repeated his silver medal performance from 1948, becoming the second man to win two medals in the event.
The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games took place July 23 and July 24. Thirty athletes from 20 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by the American Harrison Dillard. Dillard's compatriots, Jack Davis and Arthur Barnard, took 2nd and 3rd place. It was the fourth of nine consecutive American victories, and the tenth overall gold medal for the United States in the 110 metres hurdles. It was also the second of four consecutive American podium sweeps, and the sixth overall sweep by the United States in the event.
The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place July 20 and July 21 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. There were 40 competitors from 24 nations. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by American Charles Moore. It was the nation's third consecutive and eighth overall victory in the event. The Soviet Union, in its debut, and New Zealand each earned their first medal in the men's 400 metres hurdles, with Yuriy Lituyev's silver and John Holland's bronze, respectively.
The men's 400 metres was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. The competition was held on 28 & 29 of November. Times are listed as both hand timing and automatic timing. Hand timing was the official time used in the 1956 Olympics. Forty-two athletes from 23 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.