Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon
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 | |||||||||
Winning score | 7,887 WR | |||||||||
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]
Mathias ranked first in all three throwing events -- discus, shot put and javelin. He won all of these by over a metre.
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
World record | ![]() |
7287 points | Tulare, United States | 30 June 1950 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
7887 | OR | WR |
Results
[edit]Note: All scores are based on the tables used in 1952.
100m
[edit]Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Milt Campbell | ![]() |
10.78 | 1034 |
2 | Carlos Vera | ![]() |
11.28 | 870 |
3 | Vladimir Volkov | ![]() |
11.49 | 768 |
4 | Bob Adams | ![]() |
11.95 | 650 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Friedel Schirmer | ![]() |
11.68 | 678 |
2 | Pat Leane | ![]() |
11.82 | 623 |
3 | Georges Breitman | ![]() |
13.70 | 254 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sergey Kuznetsov | ![]() |
11.56 | 768 |
2 | Kjell Tånnander | ![]() |
11.59 | 768 |
3 | Erkki Hautamäki | ![]() |
12.22 | 572 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Geoff Elliott | ![]() |
11.45 | 869 |
2 | Brígido Iriarte | ![]() |
11.66 | 707 |
3 | Héctor Román | ![]() |
11.70 | 678 |
4 | Max Wehrli | ![]() |
11.93 | 650 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Floyd Simmons | ![]() |
11.52 | 737 |
2 | Hugues Frayer | ![]() |
11.61 | 707 |
3 | Oto Rebula | ![]() |
11.72 | 678 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Olli Reikko | ![]() |
11.43 | 800 |
2 | Fotios Kosmas | ![]() |
11.53 | 737 |
3 | Hernán Figueroa | ![]() |
11.73 | 678 |
4 | Reinaldo Oliver | ![]() |
11.89 | 623 |
Heat 7
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Göran Widenfelt | ![]() |
11.53 | 768 |
2 | Pyotr Kozhevnikov | ![]() |
11.60 | 768 |
Heat 8
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bob Mathias | ![]() |
11.08 | 948 |
2 | Sepp Hipp | ![]() |
11.46 | 768 |
3 | Fernando Fernandes | ![]() |
11.54 | 737 |
Heat 9
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ignace Heinrich | ![]() |
11.61 | 737 |
2 | Eeles Landström | ![]() |
12.10 | 597 |
Long Jump
[edit]Shot Put
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Distance | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bob Mathias | ![]() |
15.30 | 912 |
2 | Milt Campbell | ![]() |
13.89 | 759 |
3 | Sepp Hipp | ![]() |
13.26 | 696 |
4 | Floyd Simmons | ![]() |
13.18 | 688 |
5 | Kjell Tånnander | ![]() |
12.97 | 669 |
6 | Oto Rebula | ![]() |
12.90 | 663 |
7 | Hernán Figueroa | ![]() |
12.87 | 660 |
8 | Ignace Heinrich | ![]() |
12.83 | 656 |
9 | Max Wehrli | ![]() |
12.73 | 647 |
10 | Friedel Schirmer | ![]() |
12.69 | 644 |
11 | Vladimir Volkov | ![]() |
12.62 | 637 |
12 | Geoff Elliott | ![]() |
12.40 | 618 |
13 | Hugues Frayer | ![]() |
12.36 | 614 |
14 | Erkki Hautamäki | ![]() |
12.19 | 599 |
15 | Bob Adams | ![]() |
12.01 | 582 |
16 | Olli Reikko | ![]() |
11.85 | 568 |
17 | Eeles Landström | ![]() |
11.75 | 560 |
18 | Sergey Kuznetsov | ![]() |
11.71 | 556 |
19 | Brígido Iriarte | ![]() |
11.66 | 552 |
20 | Göran Widenfelt | ![]() |
11.61 | 548 |
21 | Héctor Román | ![]() |
11.56 | 544 |
22 | Fernando Fernandes | ![]() |
11.20 | 516 |
23 | Reinaldo Oliver | ![]() |
10.22 | 437 |
24 | Carlos Vera | ![]() |
9.52 | 387 |
25 | Georges Breitman | ![]() |
9.28 | 369 |
High Jump
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Distance | Points |
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1 | Göran Widenfelt | ![]() |
1.94 | 960 |
2 | Floyd Simmons | ![]() |
1.92 | 930 |
3 | Bob Mathias | ![]() |
1.90 | 900 |
4 | Ignace Heinrich | ![]() |
1.88 | 872 |
5 | Milt Campbell | ![]() |
1.85 | 832 |
5 | Kjell Tånnander | ![]() |
1.85 | 832 |
7 | Friedel Schirmer | ![]() |
1.80 | 770 |
8 | Vladimir Volkov | ![]() |
1.75 | 711 |
8 | Sepp Hipp | ![]() |
1.75 | 711 |
8 | Geoff Elliott | ![]() |
1.75 | 711 |
8 | Eeles Landström | ![]() |
1.75 | 711 |
8 | Bob Adams | ![]() |
1.75 | 711 |
8 | Carlos Vera | ![]() |
1.75 | 711 |
14 | Olli Reikko | ![]() |
1.70 | 656 |
14 | Fernando Fernandes | ![]() |
1.70 | 656 |
14 | Reinaldo Oliver | ![]() |
1.70 | 656 |
14 | Erkki Hautamäki | ![]() |
1.70 | 656 |
18 | Sergey Kuznetsov | ![]() |
1.65 | 605 |
18 | Hugues Frayer | ![]() |
1.65 | 605 |
18 | Oto Rebula | ![]() |
1.65 | 605 |
18 | Héctor Román | ![]() |
1.65 | 605 |
22 | Brígido Iriarte | ![]() |
1.60 | 555 |
22 | Hernán Figueroa | ![]() |
1.60 | 555 |
22 | Max Wehrli | ![]() |
1.60 | 555 |
25 | Georges Breitman | ![]() |
1.50 | 464 |
400m
[edit]Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bob Mathias | ![]() |
50.2 | 828 |
2 | Sergey Kuznetsov | ![]() |
52.8 | 654 |
3 | Max Wehrli | ![]() |
54.7 | 545 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vladimir Volkov | ![]() |
51.2 | 758 |
2 | Göran Widenfelt | ![]() |
51.3 | 751 |
3 | Hugues Frayer | ![]() |
51.3 | 751 |
4 | Reinaldo Oliver | ![]() |
53.4 | 618 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hernán Figueroa | ![]() |
52.8 | 654 |
2 | Oto Rebula | ![]() |
54.3 | 565 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Milt Campbell | ![]() |
50.9 | 779 |
2 | Sepp Hipp | ![]() |
51.3 | 751 |
3 | Bob Adams | ![]() |
55.2 | 520 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Olli Reikko | ![]() |
50.3 | 821 |
2 | Ignace Heinrich | ![]() |
51.0 | 772 |
3 | Floyd Simmons | ![]() |
51.1 | 765 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Friedel Schirmer | ![]() |
50.5 | 807 |
2 | Geoff Elliott | ![]() |
53.0 | 642 |
3 | Brígido Iriarte | ![]() |
53.1 | 636 |
Heat 7
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kjell Tånnander | ![]() |
52.6 | 666 |
2 | Héctor Román | ![]() |
52.7 | 660 |
3 | Erkki Hautamäki | ![]() |
53.9 | 588 |
Heat 8
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fernando Fernandes | ![]() |
51.2 | 758 |
2 | Eeles Landström | ![]() |
56.7 | 445 |
3 | Georges Breitman | ![]() |
1:03.9 | 189 |
110m Hurdles
[edit]Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Friedel Schirmer | ![]() |
16.0 | 593 |
2 | Bob Adams | ![]() |
16.6 | 489 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ignace Heinrich | ![]() |
16.0 | 593 |
2 | Brígido Iriarte | ![]() |
16.6 | 489 |
3 | Reinaldo Oliver | ![]() |
16.7 | 473 |
4 | Eeles Landström | ![]() |
17.1 | 413 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hugues Frayer | ![]() |
15.4 | 716 |
2 | Kjell Tånnander | ![]() |
15.8 | 632 |
3 | Fernando Fernandes | ![]() |
15.8 | 632 |
4 | Olli Reikko | ![]() |
18.8 | 208 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Milt Campbell | ![]() |
14.5 | 953 |
2 | Floyd Simmons | ![]() |
15.0 | 813 |
3 | Vladimir Volkov | ![]() |
15.8 | 632 |
4 | Erkki Hautamäki | ![]() |
16.3 | 540 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sepp Hipp | ![]() |
16.1 | 575 |
2 | Hernán Figueroa | ![]() |
16.4 | 523 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Göran Widenfelt | ![]() |
16.1 | 575 |
2 | Héctor Román | ![]() |
16.4 | 523 |
Heat 7
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bob Mathias | ![]() |
14.7 | 894 |
2 | Geoff Elliott | ![]() |
15.7 | 652 |
Heat 8
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Oto Rebula | ![]() |
16.0 | 593 |
2 | Sergey Kuznetsov | ![]() |
16.4 | 523 |
3 | Max Wehrli | ![]() |
16.4 | 523 |
Discus Throw
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Distance | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bob Mathias | ![]() |
46.89 | 838 |
2 | Sepp Hipp | ![]() |
45.84 | 802 |
3 | Bob Adams | ![]() |
42.45 | 696 |
4 | Sergey Kuznetsov | ![]() |
41.04 | 656 |
5 | Milt Campbell | ![]() |
40.50 | 640 |
6 | Hugues Frayer | ![]() |
40.02 | 627 |
7 | Göran Widenfelt | ![]() |
39.53 | 613 |
8 | Kjell Tånnander | ![]() |
39.30 | 607 |
9 | Oto Rebula | ![]() |
38.55 | 587 |
10 | Brígido Iriarte | ![]() |
38.23 | 578 |
11 | Hernán Figueroa | ![]() |
38.08 | 574 |
12 | Vladimir Volkov | ![]() |
38.04 | 573 |
13 | Floyd Simmons | ![]() |
37.77 | 566 |
14 | Erkki Hautamäki | ![]() |
37.20 | 552 |
15 | Friedel Schirmer | ![]() |
37.01 | 547 |
16 | Max Wehrli | ![]() |
36.81 | 541 |
17 | Eeles Landström | ![]() |
34.51 | 483 |
18 | Fernando Fernandes | ![]() |
34.27 | 477 |
19 | Geoff Elliott | ![]() |
34.21 | 476 |
20 | Héctor Román | ![]() |
32.98 | 446 |
21 | Olli Reikko | ![]() |
30.72 | 392 |
22 | Reinaldo Oliver | ![]() |
29.95 | 374 |
Pole Vault
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Distance | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Eeles Landström | ![]() |
4.20 | 855 |
2 | Geoff Elliott | ![]() |
4.10 | 795 |
3 | Bob Mathias | ![]() |
4.00 | 745 |
4 | Vladimir Volkov | ![]() |
3.80 | 645 |
4 | Max Wehrli | ![]() |
3.80 | 645 |
6 | Bob Adams | ![]() |
3.70 | 596 |
7 | Floyd Simmons | ![]() |
3.60 | 556 |
7 | Sergey Kuznetsov | ![]() |
3.60 | 556 |
9 | Sepp Hipp | ![]() |
3.50 | 516 |
9 | Göran Widenfelt | ![]() |
3.50 | 516 |
9 | Kjell Tånnander | ![]() |
3.50 | 516 |
9 | Friedel Schirmer | ![]() |
3.50 | 516 |
9 | Olli Reikko | ![]() |
3.50 | 516 |
9 | Hernán Figueroa | ![]() |
3.50 | 516 |
9 | Reinaldo Oliver | ![]() |
3.50 | 516 |
16 | Hugues Frayer | ![]() |
3.40 | 476 |
16 | Brígido Iriarte | ![]() |
3.40 | 476 |
16 | Oto Rebula | ![]() |
3.40 | 476 |
16 | Héctor Román | ![]() |
3.40 | 476 |
16 | Erkki Hautamäki | ![]() |
3.40 | 476 |
21 | Milt Campbell | ![]() |
3.30 | 438 |
22 | Fernando Fernandes | ![]() |
3.00 | 328 |
Javelin Throw
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Distance | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bob Mathias | ![]() |
59.21 | 715 |
2 | Eeles Landström | ![]() |
57.61 | 680 |
3 | Vladimir Volkov | ![]() |
56.68 | 660 |
4 | Reinaldo Oliver | ![]() |
56.68 | 660 |
5 | Brígido Iriarte | ![]() |
55.55 | 637 |
6 | Floyd Simmons | ![]() |
54.69 | 620 |
7 | Milt Campbell | ![]() |
54.54 | 617 |
8 | Sepp Hipp | ![]() |
54.14 | 609 |
9 | Friedel Schirmer | ![]() |
54.00 | 606 |
10 | Erkki Hautamäki | ![]() |
53.57 | 597 |
11 | Kjell Tånnander | ![]() |
52.79 | 582 |
12 | Olli Reikko | ![]() |
51.41 | 554 |
13 | Oto Rebula | ![]() |
51.39 | 554 |
14 | Hernán Figueroa | ![]() |
51.22 | 550 |
15 | Max Wehrli | ![]() |
51.08 | 548 |
16 | Héctor Román | ![]() |
49.80 | 525 |
17 | Geoff Elliott | ![]() |
49.56 | 520 |
18 | Göran Widenfelt | ![]() |
49.36 | 517 |
19 | Bob Adams | ![]() |
44.83 | 436 |
20 | Fernando Fernandes | ![]() |
43.55 | 414 |
21 | Sergey Kuznetsov | ![]() |
43.19 | 408 |
22 | Hugues Frayer | ![]() |
41.31 | 376 |
1500m
[edit]Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Olli Reikko | ![]() |
4:28.0 | 526 |
2 | Fernando Fernandes | ![]() |
4:37.0 | 441 |
3 | Göran Widenfelt | ![]() |
4:38.6 | 427 |
4 | Reinaldo Oliver | ![]() |
4:51.8 | 321 |
5 | Bob Adams | ![]() |
4:57.0 | 283 |
6 | Max Wehrli | ![]() |
4:58.6 | 272 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vladimir Volkov | ![]() |
4:33.2 | 475 |
2 | Kjell Tånnander | ![]() |
4:57.2 | 281 |
3 | Eeles Landström | ![]() |
5:01.0 | 255 |
4 | Hugues Frayer | ![]() |
5:14.4 | 175 |
5 | Héctor Román | ![]() |
5:14.4 | 175 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sergey Kuznetsov | ![]() |
4:42.0 | 396 |
2 | Friedel Schirmer | ![]() |
4:47.6 | 352 |
3 | Brígido Iriarte | ![]() |
4:49.8 | 336 |
4 | Bob Mathias | ![]() |
4:50.8 | 328 |
5 | Floyd Simmons | ![]() |
4:53.4 | 309 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sepp Hipp | ![]() |
4:57.2 | 281 |
2 | Hernán Figueroa | ![]() |
4:58.2 | 274 |
3 | Oto Rebula | ![]() |
5:01.8 | 249 |
4 | Geoff Elliott | ![]() |
5:03.6 | 238 |
5 | Milt Campbell | ![]() |
5:07.2 | 216 |
Final standings
[edit]
Pos | Athlete | Total Points |
100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m |
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7,887 WR | 948 | 779 | 912 | 900 | 828 | 894 | 838 | 745 | 715 | 328 |
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6,975 | 1,034 | 707 | 759 | 832 | 779 | 953 | 640 | 438 | 617 | 216 |
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6,788 | 737 | 804 | 688 | 930 | 765 | 813 | 566 | 556 | 620 | 309 |
4 | ![]() |
6,674 | 768 | 815 | 637 | 711 | 758 | 632 | 573 | 645 | 660 | 475 |
5 | ![]() |
6,449 | 768 | 740 | 696 | 711 | 751 | 575 | 802 | 516 | 609 | 281 |
6 | ![]() |
6,388 | 768 | 713 | 548 | 960 | 751 | 575 | 613 | 516 | 517 | 427 |
7 | ![]() |
6,308 | 768 | 755 | 669 | 832 | 666 | 632 | 607 | 516 | 582 | 281 |
8 | ![]() |
6,118 | 678 | 605 | 644 | 770 | 807 | 593 | 547 | 516 | 606 | 352 |
9 | ![]() |
6,044 | 768 | 624 | 618 | 711 | 642 | 652 | 476 | 795 | 520 | 238 |
10 | ![]() |
5,937 | 768 | 815 | 556 | 605 | 654 | 523 | 656 | 556 | 408 | 396 |
11 | ![]() |
5,772 | 707 | 725 | 614 | 605 | 751 | 716 | 627 | 476 | 376 | 175 |
12 | ![]() |
5,770 | 707 | 804 | 552 | 555 | 636 | 489 | 578 | 476 | 637 | 336 |
13 | ![]() |
5,725 | 800 | 684 | 568 | 656 | 821 | 208 | 392 | 516 | 554 | 526 |
14 | ![]() |
5,694 | 597 | 695 | 560 | 711 | 445 | 413 | 483 | 855 | 680 | 255 |
15 | ![]() |
5,648 | 678 | 678 | 663 | 605 | 565 | 593 | 587 | 476 | 554 | 249 |
16 | ![]() |
5,604 | 737 | 645 | 516 | 656 | 758 | 632 | 477 | 328 | 414 | 441 |
17 | ![]() |
5,592 | 678 | 608 | 660 | 555 | 654 | 523 | 574 | 516 | 550 | 274 |
18 | ![]() |
5,561 | 650 | 635 | 647 | 555 | 545 | 523 | 541 | 645 | 548 | 272 |
19 | ![]() |
5,530 | 650 | 567 | 582 | 711 | 520 | 489 | 696 | 596 | 436 | 283 |
20 | ![]() |
5,264 | 678 | 632 | 544 | 605 | 660 | 523 | 446 | 476 | 525 | 175 |
21 | ![]() |
5,228 | 623 | 550 | 437 | 656 | 618 | 473 | 374 | 516 | 660 | 321 |
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DNF | 572 | 605 | 599 | 656 | 588 | 540 | 552 | 476 | 597 | ||
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DNF | 737 | 818 | 656 | 872 | 772 | 593 | |||||
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DNF | 254 | 385 | 369 | 464 | 189 | ||||||
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DNF | 870 | 773 | 387 | 711 | |||||||
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DNF | 737 | 562 | |||||||||
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DNF | 768 | 446 | |||||||||
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DNF | 623 | 341 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Decathlon". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
External links
[edit]- Official Olympic Report, la84.org.