LONDON 1948
The Games of the XIV Summer Olympiad. July 29 - August 14, 1948. London, England, United Kingdom.
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MEN
100 m
1.Harrison Dillard (USA)
400 m
1.Arthur Wint (Jamaica)
2.Herb McKenley (Jamaica)
800 m
2.Arthur Wint (Jamaica)
5000 m
2.Emil Zatopek (Czechoslovakia)
10000 m
1.Emil Zatopek (Czechoslovakia)
2.Alain Mimoun (France)
4 x 100 m
1.USA (Harrison Dillard)
Marathon
1.Delfo Cabrera (Argentina)
Triple jump
1.Arne Ahman (Sweden)
High jump
1.John Winter (Australia)
Pole vault
1.Guinn Smith (USA)
3.Bob Richards (USA)
Shot put
1.Wilbur Thompson (USA)
Discus throw
1.Adolfo Consolini (Italy)
Javelin throw
1.Tapio Rautavaara (Finland)
Decathlon
1.Bob Mathias (USA)
WOMEN
100 m
1.Fanny Blankers-Koen (Netherlands)
3.Shirley Strickland (Australia)
200 m
1.Fanny Blankers-Koen (Netherlands)
80 m hurdles
1.Fanny Blankers-Koen (Netherlands)
2.Maureen Gardner (Great Britain)
3.Shirley Strickland (Australia)
5.Maria Oberbreyer-Trosch (Austria)
4 x 100 m
1.Netherlands (Fanny Blankers-Koen)
2.Australia (Shirley Strickland)
High jump: 3.Micheline Ostermeyer (France)
Shot put: 1.Micheline Ostermeyer (France)
Discus throw
1.Micheline Ostermeyer (France)
1.USA
3.Brazil (Algodao)
67 kg
1.Julius Torma (Czechoslovakia)
73 kg
1.Laszlo Papp (Hungary)
MEN
K-1 1000 m
1.Gert Fredriksson (Sweden)
K-1 10000 m
1.Gert Fredriksson (Sweden)
ROAD
Individual road race
1.Jose Beyaert (France)
Team road race
3.France (Jose Beyaert, Jacques Dupont)
TRACK
Sprint
1.Mario Ghella (Italy)
1000 m time trial
1.Jacques Dupont (France)
MEN
3 m springboard
3.Sammy Lee (USA)
10 m platform
1.Sammy Lee (USA)
3.Joaquin Capilla (Mexico)
Individual eventing
1.Bernand Chevalier (France)
Team jumping
2.Spain
MEN
Individual epee: 3.Edoardo Mangiarotti (Italy)
Team epee: 2.Italy (Edoardo Mangiarotti)
Individual foil
2.Christian d’Oriola (France)
Team foil
1.France (Christian d’Oriola)
2.Italy (Edoardo Mangiarotti)
9-12.Uruguay (Cesar Gallardo)
Individual sabre
1.Aladar Gerevich (Hungary)
3.Pal Kovacs (Hungary)
Team sabre
1.Hungary (Laszlo Rajcsanyi, Bertalan Papp, Aladar Gerevich, Tibor Berczelly, Rudolf Karpati, Pal Kovacs)
WOMEN
Individual foil
3.Ellen Muller-Preis (Austria)
1.India (Balbir Singh Sr)
1.Sweden (Gunnar Gren, Nils Liedholm, Gunnar Nordahl)
MEN
Individual all-around
1.Veikko Huhtanen (Finland)
Team all-around
1.Finland (Veikko Huhtanen, Aleksanteri Saarvala)
2.Switzerland (Karl Frei, Michael Reusch, Josef Stalder)
Horizontal bar
1.Josef Stalder (Switzerland)
3.Veikko Huhtanen (Finland)
Parallel bars
1.Michael Reusch (Switzerland)
2.Veikko Huhtanen (Finland)
3-4.Josef Stalder (Switzerland)
Pommel horse
1-3.Veikko Huhtanen (Finland)
Rings
1.Karl Frei (Switzerland)
2.Michael Reusch (Switzerland)
Single sculls
2.Eduardo Risso (Uruguay)
Firefly
1.Paul Elvstrom (Denmark)
25 m rapid fire pistol
1.Karoly Takacs (Hungary)
50 m pistol
1.Edwin Vasquez (Peru)
WOMEN
200 m breaststroke
3.Eva Novak (Hungary)
2.Hungary (Dezso Gyarmati, Istvan Szivos, Laszlo Jeney)
56 kg
1.Joseph DePietro (USA)
60 kg
2.Rodney Wilkes (Trinidad and Tobago)
67.5 kg
1.Ibrahim Shams (Egypt)
82.5 kg
2.Harold Sakata (USA)
GRECO-ROMAN
52 kg
1.Pietro Lombardi (Italy)
73 kg
2.Miklos Szilvasi (Hungary)
79 kg
1.Axel Gronberg (Sweden)
FREESTYLE
57 kg
1.Nasuh Akar (Turkey)
73 kg
1.Yasar Dogu (Turkey)
1.USA (38-27-19)
2.SWEDEN (16-11-17)
3.FRANCE (10-6-13)
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