1948 Olympics: Track & Field
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Men
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Harrison Dillard, USA | 10.3 | =OR |
| Norwood Ewell, USA | 10.4 | ||
| Lloyd LaBeach, PAN | 10.4 | ||
| 200m | Mel Patton, USA | 21.1 | |
| Norwood Ewell, USA | 21.1 | ||
| Lloyd LaBeach, PAN | 21.2 | ||
| 400m | Arthur Wint, JAM | 46.2 | |
| Herbert McKenley, JAM | 46.4 | ||
| Mal Whitfield, USA | 46.9 | ||
| 800m | Mal Whitfield, USA | 1:49.2 | OR |
| Arthur Wint, JAM | 1:49.5 | ||
| Marcel Hansenne, FRA | 1:49.8 | ||
| 1500m | Henri Eriksson, SWE | 3:49.8 | |
| Lennart Strand, SWE | 3:50.4 | ||
| Willem Slijkhuis, NED | 3:50.4 | ||
| 5000m | Gaston Reiff, BEL | 14:17.6 | OR |
| Emil Zátopek, CZE | 14:17.8 | ||
| Willem Slijkhuis, NED | 14:26.8 | ||
| 10,000m | Emil Zátopek, CZE | 29:59.6 | OR |
| Alain Mimoun, FRA | 30:47.4 | ||
| Bertil Albertsson, SWE | 30:53.6 | ||
| Marathon | Delfo Cabrera, ARG | 2:34:51.6 | |
| Thomas Richards, GBR | 2:35:07.6 | ||
| Etienne Gailly, BEL | 2:35:33.6 | ||
| 110m H | Bill Porter, USA | 13.9 | OR |
| Clyde Scott, USA | 14.1 | ||
| Craig Dixon, USA | 14.1 | ||
| 400m H | Roy Cochran, USA | 51.1 | OR |
| Duncan White, CEY | 51.8 | ||
| Rune Larsson, SWE | 52.2 | ||
| 3000m Steeple | Thore Sjöstrand, SWE | 9:04.6 | |
| Erik Elmsäter, SWE | 9:08.2 | ||
| Gösta Hagström, SWE | 9:11.8 | ||
| 10k Walk | John Mikaelsson, SWE | 45:13.2 | |
| Ingemar Johansson, SWE | 45:43.8 | ||
| Fritz Schwab, SWI | 46:00.2 | ||
| 50k Walk | John Ljunggren, SWE | 4:41:52 | |
| Gaston Godel, SWI | 4:48:17 | ||
| Tebbs Lloyd-Johnson, GBR | 4:48:31 | ||
| 4x100m | USA (Barney Ewell, Lorenzo Wright, Harrison Dillard, Mel Patton) | 40.6 | |
| Great Britain | 41.3 | ||
| Italy | 41.5 | ||
| 4x400m | USA (Art Harnden, Cliff Bourland, Roy Cochran, Mal Whitfield) | 3:10.4 | |
| France | 3:14.8 | ||
| Sweden | 3:16.0 |
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | John Winter, AUS | 6- 6 | |
| Björn Paulson, NOR | 6-43/4 | ||
| George Stanich, USA | 6-43/4 | ||
| Pole Vault | Guinn Smith, USA | 14- 11/4 | |
| Erkki Kataja, FIN | 13-91/4 | ||
| Robert Richards, USA | 13-91/4 | ||
| Long Jump | Willie Steele, USA | 25- 8 | |
| Thomas Bruce, AUS | 24-9 | ||
| Herbert Douglas, USA | 24-83/4 | ||
| Triple Jump | Arne Åhman, SWE | 50- 61/4 | |
| George Avery, AUS | 50-43/4 | ||
| Ruhi Sarialp, TUR | 49-31/2 | ||
| Shot Put | Wilbur Thompson, USA | 56- 2 | OR |
| Francis Delaney, USA | 54-81/2 | ||
| James Fuchs, USA | 53-101/4 | ||
| Discus | Adolfo Consolini, ITA | 173- 2 | OR |
| Giuseppe Tosi, ITA | 169-101/2 | ||
| Fortune Gordien, USA | 166-61/2 | ||
| Hammer | Imre Németh, HUN | 183-11 | |
| Ivan Gubijan, YUG | 178-01/2 | ||
| Robert Bennett, USA | 176-3 | ||
| Javelin | Tapio Rautavaara, FIN | 228-10 | |
| Steve Seymour, USA | 221-71/2 | ||
| József Várszegi, HUN | 219-101/2 | ||
| Decathlon | Bob Mathias, USA | 7139 pts | |
| Ignace Heinrich, FRA | 6974 | ||
| Floyd Simmons, USA | 6950 |
Women
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Fanny Blankers-Koen, NED | 11.9 | |
| Dorothy Manley, GBR | 12.2 | ||
| Shirley Strickland, AUS | 12.2 | ||
| 200m | Fanny Blankers-Koen, NED | 24.4 | |
| Audrey Williamson, GBR | 25.1 | ||
| Audrey Patterson, USA | 25.2 | ||
| 80m H | Fanny Blankers-Koen, NED | 11.2 | OR |
| Maureen Gardner, GBR | 11.2 | ||
| Shirley Strickland, AUS | 11.4 | ||
| 4x100m | NED (Xenia Stad-de Jong, Jeanette Witziers-Timmer, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Fanny Blankers-Koen) | 47.5 | |
| Australia | 47.6 | ||
| Canada | 47.8 |
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Alice Coachman, USA | 5- 6 | OR |
| Dorothy Tyler-Odam, GBR | 5-6 | ||
| Micheline Ostermeyer, FRA | 5-31/4 | ||
| Long Jump | Olga Gyarmati, HUN | 18- 81/4 | |
| Noëmi Simonetto De Portela, ARG | 18-41/4 | ||
| Ann-Britt Leyman, SWE | 18-31/4 | ||
| Shot Put | Micheline Ostermeyer, FRA | 45- 11/2 | |
| Amelia Piccinini, ITA | 42-111/2 | ||
| Ine Schäffer, AUT | 42-103/4 | ||
| Discus | Micheline Ostermeyer, FRA | 137- 6 | |
| Edera Gentile-Cordiale, ITA | 135-01/2 | ||
| Jacqueline Mazeas, FRA | 132-9 | ||
| Javelin | Herma Bauma, AUT | 149- 6 | |
| Kaisa Parviainen, FIN | 143-8 | ||
| Lily Carlstedt, DEN | 140-61/2 |
Note: Coachman and Dorothy Odam of Britain tied for 1st place, but Coachman was awarded gold medal for making height on first try.
