Summer Olympics : Track & Field in 1948

     MORE YEARS => 1936 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | TRACK & FIELD BY YEAR

 MEDAL COUNTS:

    
COUNTRY
TOTAL
 GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE


YugoslaviaYugoslavia
1
0
1
0



AustraliaAustralia
6
1
3
2



AustriaAustria
2
1
0
1



BelgiumBelgium
2
1
0
1



CanadaCanada
1
0
0
1



DenmarkDenmark
1
0
0
1



FinlandFinland
3
1
2
0



FranceFrance
8
2
3
3



Great BritainGreat Britain
7
0
6
1



HungaryHungary
3
2
0
1



ItalyItaly
5
1
3
1



JamaicaJamaica
3
1
2
0



NetherlandsNetherlands
6
4
0
2



NorwayNorway
1
0
1
0



PanamaPanama
2
0
0
2



Sri LankaSri Lanka
1
0
1
0



SwitzerlandSwitzerland
2
0
1
1



SwedenSweden
13
5
3
5



CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia
2
1
1
0



TurkeyTurkey
1
0
0
1



United StatesUnited States
27
12
5
10



ArgentinaArgentina
2
1
1
0






 MEDAL WINNERS:

                           GOLD                                 SILVER                                     BRONZE                               
Men's 100 m                Harrison Dillard     USA      10.3 | Norwood Ewell              USA      10.4 | Lloyd LaBeach        PAN      10.6
Men's 200 m                Melvin Patton        USA      21.1 | Norwood Ewell              USA      21.1 | Lloyd LaBeach        PAN      21.2
Men's 400 m                Arthur Wint          JAM      46.2 | Herbert McKenley           JAM      46.4 | Malvin Whitfield     USA      46.9
Men's 800 m                Malvin Whitfield     USA    1:49.2 | Arthur Wint                JAM    1:49.5 | Marcel Hansenne      FRA    1:49.8
Men's 1,500 m              Henry Eriksson       SWE    3:49.8 | Lennart Strand             SWE    3:50.4 | Willem Slijkhuis     NED    3:50.4
Men's 5,000 m              Gaston Reiff         BEL   14:17.6 | Emil Zatopek               TCH   14:17.8 | Willem Slijkhuis     NED   14:26.8
Men's 10,000 m             Emil Zatopek         TCH   29:59.6 | Alain Mimoun               FRA   30:47.4 | Bertil Albertsson    SWE   30:53.6
Men's Marathon             Delfo Cabrera        ARG 2:34:51.6 | Thomas Richards            GBR 2:35:07.6 | Etienne Gailly       BEL 2:35:33.6
Men's 110 m Hurdles        William Porter       USA      13.9 | Clyde Scott                USA      14.1 | Craig Dixon          USA      14.1
Men's 400 m Hurdles        Leroy Cochran        USA      51.1 | Duncan White               SRI      51.8 | Rune Larsson         SWE      52.2
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase Tore Sjostrand       SWE    9:04.6 | Erik Elmsater              SWE    9:08.2 | Gote Hagstrom        SWE    9:11.8
Men's 4 x 100 m Relay      United States        USA      40.6 | Great Britain              GBR      41.3 | Italy                ITA      41.5
Men's 4 x 400 m Relay      United States        USA    3:10.4 | France                     FRA    3:14.8 | Sweden               SWE    3:16.0
Men's Long Jump            Willie Steele        USA    7.825m | Theo Bruce                 AUS    7.555m | Herbert Douglas      USA    7.545m
Men's Triple Jump          Arne Ahman           SWE    15.40m | George Avery               AUS   15.365m | Ruhi Sarialp         TUR   15.025m
Men's High Jump            John Winter          AUS     1.98m | Bjorn Paulson              NOR     1.95m | George Stanich       USA     1.95m
Men's Pole Vault           Guinn Smith          USA     4.30m | Erkki Kataja               FIN     4.20m | Robert Richards      USA     4.20m
Men's Discus               Adolfo Consolini     ITA    52.78m | Giuseppe Tosi              ITA    51.78m | Fortune Gordien      USA    50.77m
Men's Hammer Throw         Imre Nemeth          HUN    56.07m | Ivan Gubijan               YUG    54.27m | Robert Bennett       USA    53.73m
Men's Javelin              Tapio Rautavaara     FIN    69.77m | Steve Seymour              USA    67.56m | Jozsef Varszegi      HUN    67.03m
Men's Shot Put             Wilbur Thomson       USA    17.12m | Francis Delaney            USA    16.68m | James Fuchs          USA    16.42m
Men's Decathlon            Robert Mathias       USA      7139 | Ignace Heinrich            FRA      6974 | Floyd Simmons        USA      6950
Women's 100 m              Fanny Blankers-Koen  NED      11.9 | Dorothy Manley             GBR      12.2 | Shirley Strickland   AUS      12.2
Women's 200 m              Fanny Blankers-Koen  NED      24.4 | Audrey Williamson          GBR      25.1 | Audrey Patterson     USA      25.2
Women's 4 x 100 m Relay    Netherlands          NED      47.5 | Australia                  AUS      47.6 | Canada               CAN      47.8
Women's Long Jump          Olga Gyarmati        HUN    5.695m | Noemi Simonetto de Portela ARG    5.600m | Ann-Britt Leyman     SWE    5.575m
Women's High Jump          Alice Coachman       USA     1.68m | Dorothy Tyler-Odam         GBR     1.68m | Micheline Ostermeyer FRA     1.61m
Women's Discus             Micheline Ostermeyer FRA    41.92m | Edera Gentile-Cordiale     ITA    41.17m | Jacqueline Mazeas    FRA    40.47m
Women's Javelin            Herma Bauma          AUT    45.57m | Kaisa Parviainen           FIN    43.79m | Lily Carlstedt       DEN    42.08m
Women's Shot Put           Micheline Ostermeyer FRA   13.750m | Amelia Piccinini           ITA   13.095m | Ine Schaffer         AUT   13.080m
Men's 10 km Walk           John Mikaelsson      SWE   45:13.2 | Ingemar Johansson          SWE   45:43.8 | Fritz Schwab         SUI   46:00.2
Men's 50 km Walk           John Ljunggren       SWE   4:41:52 | Gaston Godel               SUI   4:48:17 | Tebbs Lloyd-Johnson  GBR   4:48:31
Women's 80 m Hurdles       Fanny Blankers-Koen  NED      11.2 | Maureen Gardner            GBR      11.2 | Shirley Strickland   AUS      11.4