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1948 Olympic Games
Mens Results

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Men's 100m. Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. W. Harrison DILLARD         (USA)   10.3sec.   EOR   
2. Barney EWELL                (USA)   10.4sec.
3. Lloyd LABEACH               (PAN)   10.4sec.
4. Alastair McCORQUODALE       (GBR)   10.4sec.
5. Melvin PATTON               (USA)   10.5sec.
6. Emmanuel MCDONALD BAILEY    (TRI)   10.6sec.
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Men's 200m. Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. Melvin PATTON               (USA)   21.1sec.
2. Barney EWELL                (USA)   21.1sec.
3. Lloyd LABEACH               (PAN)   21.2sec.
4. Herbert McKENLEY            (JAM)   21.2sec.
5. Clifford BOURLAND           (USA)   21.3sec.
6. Leslie LAING                (JAM)   21.6sec.
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Men's 400m. Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. Arthur WINT                 (JAM)   46.2sec.   EOR 
2. Herbert McKENLEY            (JAM)   46.4sec.
3. Malvin WHITFIELD            (USA)   46.9sec.
4. David BOLEN                 (USA)   47.2sec.
5. Morris CUROTTA              (AUS)   47.9sec.
6. George GUIDA                (USA)   50.2sec.
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. Malvin WHITFIELD            (USA)   1:49.2   OR
2. Arthur WINT                 (JAM)   1:49.5
3. Marcel HANSENNE             (FRA)   1:49.8.
4. Herbert BARTEN              (USA)   1:50.1
5. Ingvar BENGTSSON            (SWE)   1:50.5
6. Robert CHAMBERS             (USA)   1:52.1
7. Robert CHEF D'HOTEL         (FRA)   1:53.0
8. Niels HOIST-SORENSEN        (DEN)   1:53.4
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Men's 1500m. Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. Henry ERIKSSON              (SWE)   3:49.8
2. Lennart STRAND              (SWE)   3:50.4
3. Willem SLIJKHUIS            (HOL)   3:50.4
4. Vaclav CEVONA               (CZE)   3:51.2
5. Gosta BERGVIST              (SWE)   3:52.2
6. G. William NANKEVILLE       (GBR)   3:52.6
7. Sandor GARAY                (HUN)   3:52.8
8. Erik JORGENSEN              (DEN)   3:52.8
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Men's 5000m. Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. Gaston REIFF                (BEL)   14:17.6  OR
2. Emil ZATOPEK                (CZE)   14:17.8
3. Willem SLIJKHUIS            (HOL)   14:26.8 
4. Erik AHLDEN                 (SWE)   14:28.6
5. Bertil ALBERTSSON           (SWE)   14.39.0
6. Curtis STONE                (USA)   14:39.4
7. Vaino KOSKELA               (FIN)   14:41.0
8. Vaino MAKELA                (FIN)   14:43.0
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Men's 10,000m. Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. Emil ZATOPEK                (CZE)   29:59.6   OR    
2. Alain MIMOUN                (FRA)   30:47.4
3. Bertil ALBERTSSON           (SWE)   30:53.6   
4. Martin STOKKEN              (NOR)   30:58.6
5. Severt DENNOLF              (SWE)   31:05.0
6. Abdallah ben SAID           (FRA)   31:07.8
7. Stanley COX                 (GBR)   31:08.0
8. James PETERS                (GBR)   31:16.0
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1948

1. Delfo CABRERA               (ARG)   2:34:51.6
2. Thomas RICHARDS             (GBR)   2:35:07.6
3. Etienne GAILLY              (BEL)   2:35:33.6
4. Johannes COLEMAN            (SAF)   2:36:06.0
5. Eusebio GUINEZ              (ARG)   2:36:36.0
6. Thomas Sidney LUYT          (SAF)   2:38:11.0
7. Gustav OSTLING              (SWE)   2:38:40.6
8. John SYSTAD                 (NOR)   2:38:41.0
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Men's 110m. Hurdles Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. William PORTER              (USA)   13.9sec.   OR 
2. Clyde SCOTT                 (USA)   14.1sec.
3. Craig DIXON                 (USA)   14.1sec.
4. Alberto TRIULZI             (ARG)   14.6sec.
5. Peter GARDNER               (AUS)   14.7sec.
6. Hakan LIDMAN                (SWE)   14.9sec.
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Men's 400m. Hurdles Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. Leroy COCHRAN               (USA)   51.1sec.   OR
2. Duncan WHITE                (SRL)   51.8sec.
3. Rune LARSSON                (SWE)   52.2sec.
4. Richard AULT                (USA)   52.4sec.
5. Yves CROS                   (FRA)   53.3sec.
6. Ottavio MISSONI             (ITA)   54.0sec.
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Men's 3000m. Steeplechase Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. Thore SJOSTRAND             (SWE)   9:04.6
2. Erik ELMSATER               (SWE)   9:08.2
3. Gote HAGSTROM               (SWE)   9:11.3
4. Alex GUYODO                 (FRA)   9:13.6
5. Pentti SILTALOPPI           (FIN)   9:19.6
6. Petar SEGEDIN               (YUG)   9:20.4
7. H. Browning ROSS            (USA)   9:23.2
8. Constantino Miranda JUSTO   (SPA)   9:25.0
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Men's 10km. Walk Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. John MIKAELSSON             (SWE)   45.13.2
2. Ingemar JOHANSSON           (SWE)   45.43.8
3. Fritz SCHWAB                (SWI)   46.00.2
4. Charles MORRIS              (GBR)   46.04.0
5. Harold CHURCHER             (GBR)   46.28.0
6. Emile MAGGI                 (FRA)   47.02.8
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Men's 50km. Walk Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. John LJUNGGREN              (SWE)   4:41:52
2. Godel GASTON                (SWI)   4:48:17
3. T. LLOYD JOHNSON            (GBR)   4:48:31
4. Edgar BRUUN                 (NOR)   4:53:18
5. Harold MARTINEAU            (GBR)   4:53:58
6. Rune BJURSTROM              (SWE)   4:56:43
7. Pierre MAZILLE              (FRA)   5:01:40   
8. Claude HUBERT               (FRA)   5:03:12
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Men's 4x100m. Relay Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. U.S.A.         (N. Ewell, L. Wright, W. H. Dillard, M. Patton)    40.6sec
2. Great Britain  (J. Archer, J. Gregory, A. McCorquodale, K. Jones) 41.3sec
3. Italy          (M. Tito, E. Perucconi, A. Siddi, C. Monti)        41.5sec
4. Hungary        (F. Tima, L. Bartha, G. Csanyi, B. Goldovanyi)     41.6sec
5. Canada    41.9sec.
6. Holland   41.9sec.
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Men's 4x400m. Relay Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. U.S.A.  (A. Harnden, C. Bourland, L. Cochran, M. Whitfield)     3:10.4
2. France  (J. Kerebel, F. Schewetta, R. Chef d'Hotel, J. Lunis)   3:14.8
3. Sweden  (K. Lundqvist, L. Wolfbrandt, F. Alnevik, R. Larsson)   3:16.0
4. Finland  3:24.8
DNF Jamiaca & Italy
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. John WINTER                 (AUS)   1.98m.   
2. Bjorn PAULSON               (NOR)   1.95m.
3. George STANICH              (USA)   1.95m.
4. Dwight EDDLEMAN             (USA)   1.95m.
5. Georges DAMITIO             (FRA)   1.95m.
6. Arthur JACKES               (CAN)   1.90m.
7. Alan PATERSON               (GBR)   1.90m.
8. Hans WAHLI                  (SWI)   1.90m.
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Men's Pole Vault Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. O. Guinn SMITH              (USA)   4.30m.
2. Erkki KATAJA                (FIN)   4.20m.
3. Robert RICHARDS             (USA)   4.20m.
4. Erling KAAS                 (NOR)   4.10m.
5. Ragnar LUNDBERG             (SWE)   4.10m.
6. Richmond MORCOM             (USA)   3.95m. 
7. Hugo GOLLORS                (SWE)   3.95m.
7. Valto OLENIUS               (FIN)   3.95m.
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Men's Long Jump Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. Willie STEELE               (USA)   7.82m.
2. Theodore BRUCE              (AUS)   7.55m.   
3. Herbert DOUGLAS             (USA)   7.54m.
4. Lorenzo WRIGHT              (USA)   7.45m.
5. Adegboyega ADEDOYIN         (NGR)   7.27m.
6. Georges DAMITIO             (FRA)   7.07m.
7. Harold WHITTLE              (GBR)   7.03m.
8. Felix WURTH                 (AUS)   7.00m.
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Men's Triple Jump Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. Arne AHMAN                  (SWE)   15.40m.
2. George AVERY                (AUS)   15.36m.
3. Ruhi SARIALP                (TUR)   15.02m.
4. Preben LARSEN               (DEN)   14.83m.
5. Geraldo de OLIVEIRA         (BRA)   14.82m.
6. Valdemar RAUTIO             (FIN)   14.70m.
7. Leslie McKNEAD              (AUS)   14.53m.
8. Helio Coutinho de SILVA     (BRA)   14.49m.
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Men's Shot Put Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. Wilbur THOMPSON             (USA)   17.12m.   OR
2. James DELANEY               (USA)   16.68m.
3. James FUCHS                 (USA)   16.42m.
4. Mieczyslaw LOMOWSKI         (POL)   15.43m.
5. Gosta ARVIDSSON             (SWE)   15.37m.
6. Yrjo LEHTILA                (FIN)   15.05m.
7. Pentti JOUPPILA             (FIN)   14.59m.
8. Cestmir KALINA              (CZE)   14.55m.
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. Adolfo CONSOLINI            (ITA)   52.78m.   OR
2. Giuseppe TOSI               (ITA)   51.78m.
3. Fortune GORDIEN             (USA)   50.77m.
4. Ivar RAMSTAD                (NOR)   49.21m.
5. Ferenc KLICS                (HUN)   48.21m.
6. Veikko NYQVIST              (FIN)   47.33m.
7. Nicholaos SYLLAS            (GRE)   47.25m.
8. Stein JOHNSON               (NOR)   46.54m.
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Men's Hammer Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. Imre NEMETH                 (HUN)   56.07m.
2. Ivan GUBIJAN                (YUG)   54.27m.
3. Robert BENNETT              (USA)   53.73m.
4. Samuel FELTON               (USA)   53.66m.
5. Lauri TAMMINEM              (FIN)   53.08m.
6. Bo ERICSON                  (SWE)   52.98m.
7. Teseo TADDIA                (ITA)   51.74m.
8. Einar SODERQVIST            (SWE)   51.48m.
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. Kai Tapio RAUTAVAARA        (FIN)   69.77m.
2. Steve SEYMOUR               (USA)   67.56m.
3. Jozsef VARSZEGI             (HUN)   67.03m.
4. Pauli VESTERINEN            (FIN)   65.89m.
5. Odd MAEHLUM                 (NOR)   65.32m.
6. Martin BILES                (USA)   65.71m.
7. Mirko VUJACIC               (YUG)   64.89m.
8. Robert LIKENS               (USA)   64.51m.
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Men's Decathlon Final. Olympic Games 1948

1. Robert MATHIAS              (USA)   7139
2. Ignace HEINRICH             (FRA)   6974
3. Floyd SIMMONS               (USA)   6950
4. C. Enrique KISTENMACHER     (ARG)   6929
5. Erik Peter ANDERSSON        (SWE)   6877
6. Peter MULLINS               (AUS)   6739
7. Per Axel ERIKSSON           (SWE)   6731
8. Irving MONDSCHEIN           (USA)   6715
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