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Track & Field 1948 Summer Olympics Results Event 100m (M) 200m (M) 400m (M) 800m (M) 1500m (M) 5000m (M) 10000m (M) Marathon (M) 110m Hurdles (M) 400m Hurdles (M) 3000m Steeplechase (M) 4x100m Relay (M) 4x400m Relay (M) 50km Walk (M) High Jump (M) Pole Vault (M) Long Jump (M) Triple Jump (M) Shot Put (M) Discus Throw (M) Hammer Throw (M) Javelin Throw (M) Decathlon (M) 10km Walk (M) 100m (W) 200m (W) 80m Hurdles (W) 4x100m Relay (W) High Jump (W) Long Jump (W) Shot Put (W) Discus Throw (W) Javelin Throw (W) Athlete Harrison Dillard Barney Ewell Lloyd LaBeach Melvin Patton Barney Ewell Lloyd LaBeach Arthur Wint Herb McKenley Mal Whitfield Mal Whitfield Arthur Wint Marcel Hansenne Henry Eriksson Lennart Strand Wim Slijkhuis Gaston Reiff Emil Zatopek Wim Slijkhuis Emil Zatopek Alain Mimoun Bertil Albertsson Delfo Cabrera Thomas Richards Etienne Gailly William Porter Clyde Scott Craig Dixon Roy Cochran Duncan White Rune Larsson Tore Sjostrand Erik Elmsæter Gote Hagstrom Lorenzo Wright Harrison Dillard Barney Ewell Melvin Patton Alistair McCorquodale John Archer John Gregory Kenneth Jones Michele Tito Carlo Monti Enrico Perucconi Antonio Siddi Mal Whitfield Clifford Bourland Roy Cochran Arthur Harnden Francois Schewetta Robert Chef d'hotel Jean Kerebel Jacques Lunis Lars Wolfbrandt Folke Alnevik Rune Larsson Kurt Lundqvist John Ljunggren Gaston Godel Tebbs Lloyd-Johnson Jack Winter Bjorn Paulson George Stanich Guinn Smith Erkki Kataja Bob Richards Willie Steele Theodore Bruce Herbert Douglas Arne Ahman George Avery Ruhi Sarialp Wilbur Thompson Francis Delaney James Fuchs Adolfo Consolini Giuseppe Tosi Fortune Gordien Imre Nemeth Ivan Gubijan Bob Bennett Kaj Rautavaara Steve Seymour Jozsef Varszegi Bob Mathias Ignace Heinrich Floyd Simmons John Mikaelsson Ingemar Johansson Fritz Schwab Fanny Blankers-Koen Dorothy Manley Shirley Strickland Fanny Blankers-Koen Audrey Williamson Audrey Patterson Shirley Strickland Fanny Blankers-Koen Maureen Gardner Shirley Strickland Nettie Witziers-Timmer Fanny Blankers-Koen Xenia Stad-de Jong Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Shirley Strickland Joyce King June Maston Betty McKinnon Viola Myers Diane Foster Patricia Jones Nancy Mackay Alice Coachman Dorothy Odam-Tyler Micheline Ostermeyer Olga Gyarmati Noemi Simonetto de Portela Ann-Britt Leyman Micheline Ostermeyer Amelia Piccinini Ine Schaffer Micheline Ostermeyer Edera Gentile-Cordiale Jacqueline Mazeas Herma Bauma Kaisa Parviainen Lily Carlstedt Country United States United States Panama United States United States Panama Jamaica Jamaica United States United States Jamaica France Sweden Sweden Netherlands Belgium Czechoslovakia Netherlands Czechoslovakia France Sweden Argentina Great Britain Belgium United States United States United States United States Sri Lanka Sweden Sweden Sweden Sweden United States United States United States United States Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain Italy Italy Italy Italy United States United States United States United States France France France France Sweden Sweden Sweden Sweden Sweden Switzerland Great Britain Australia Norway United States United States Finland United States United States Australia United States Sweden Australia Turkey United States United States United States Italy Italy United States Hungary Yugoslavia United States Finland United States Hungary United States France United States Sweden Sweden Switzerland Netherlands Great Britain Australia Netherlands Great Britain United States United States Netherlands Great Britain Australia Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Australia Australia Australia Australia Canada Canada Canada Canada United States Great Britain France Hungary Argentina Sweden France Italy Austria France Italy France Austria Finland Denmark Result 10.3 10.4 10.4 21.1 21.1 21.2 46.2 46.4 46.9 1:49.2 1:49.5 1:49.8 3:49.8 3:50.4 3:50.4 14:17.6 14:17.8 14:26.8 29:59.6 30:47.4 30:53.6 2:34:51.6 2:35:07 2:35:33 13.9 14.1 14.1 51.1 51.8 52.2 9:04.6 9:08.2 9:11.8 40.6 40.6 40.6 40.6 41.3 41.3 41.3 41.3 41.5 41.5 41.5 41.5 3:10.4 3:10.4 3:10.4 3:10.4 3:14.8 3:14.8 3:14.8 3:14.8 3:16.0 3:16.0 3:16.0 3:16.0 4:41:52 4:48:17 4:48:31 1.98 1.95 1.95 4.30 4.20 4.20 7.825 7.55 7.54 15.40 15.36 15.02 17.12 16.68 16.42 52.78 51.78 50.77 56.07 54.27 53.73 69.77 67.56 67.03 7139 6974 6950 45:13.2 45:43.8 46:00.2 11.9 12.2 12.2 24.4 25.1 25.2 25.2 11.2 11.2 11.4 47.5 47.5 47.5 47.5 47.6 47.6 47.6 47.6 47.8 47.8 47.8 47.8 1.68 1.68 1.61 5.695 5.60 5.58 13.75 13.09 13.08 41.92 41.17 40.47 45.57 43.79 42.08 Medal Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Gold Gold Gold Silver Silver Silver Silver Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Gold Gold Gold Gold Silver Silver Silver Silver Bronze Bronze Bronze Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze Gold 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