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Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon

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]

Men's decathlon
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates25–26 July
Competitors28 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bob Mathias  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Milt Campbell  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Floyd Simmons  United States
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Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record   Bob Mathias (USA) 7287 points Tulare, United States 30 June 1950
Olympic record   Glenn Morris (USA) 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
26 July Final   Bob Mathias (USA) 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   United States 10.78 1034
2 Carlos Vera   Chile 11.28 870
3 Vladimir Volkov   Soviet Union 11.49 768
4 Bob Adams   Canada 11.95 650

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Friedel Schirmer   Germany 11.68 678
2 Pat Leane   Australia 11.82 623
3 Georges Breitman   France 13.70 254

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Sergey Kuznetsov   Soviet Union 11.56 768
2 Kjell Tånnander   Sweden 11.59 768
3 Erkki Hautamäki   Finland 12.22 572

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Geoff Elliott   Great Britain 11.45 869
2 Brígido Iriarte   Venezuela 11.66 707
3 Héctor Román   Puerto Rico 11.70 678
4 Max Wehrli   Switzerland 11.93 650

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Floyd Simmons   United States 11.52 737
2 Hugues Frayer   France 11.61 707
3 Oto Rebula   Yugoslavia 11.72 678

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Olli Reikko   Finland 11.43 800
2 Fotios Kosmas   Greece 11.53 737
3 Hernán Figueroa   Chile 11.73 678
4 Reinaldo Oliver   Puerto Rico 11.89 623

Heat 7

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Göran Widenfelt   Sweden 11.53 768
2 Pyotr Kozhevnikov   Soviet Union 11.60 768

Heat 8

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Bob Mathias   United States 11.08 948
2 Sepp Hipp   Germany 11.46 768
3 Fernando Fernandes   Portugal 11.54 737

Heat 9

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Ignace Heinrich   France 11.61 737
2 Eeles Landström   Finland 12.10 597

Long Jump edit

Rank Athlete Country Distance Points
1 Ignace Heinrich   France 7.10 818
2 Vladimir Volkov   Soviet Union 7.09 815
2 Sergey Kuznetsov   Soviet Union 7.09 815
4 Floyd Simmons   United States 7.06 804
4 Brígido Iriarte   Venezuela 7.06 804
6 Bob Mathias   United States 6.98 779
7 Carlos Vera   Chile 6.96 773
8 Kjell Tånnander   Sweden 6.90 755
9 Sepp Hipp   Germany 6.85 740
10 Hugues Frayer   France 6.80 725
11 Göran Widenfelt   Sweden 6.76 713
12 Milt Campbell   United States 6.74 707
13 Eeles Landström   Finland 6.70 695
14 Olli Reikko   Finland 6.66 684
15 Oto Rebula   Yugoslavia 6.64 678
16 Fernando Fernandes   Portugal 6.52 645
17 Max Wehrli   Switzerland 6.48 635
18 Héctor Román   Puerto Rico 6.47 632
19 Geoff Elliott   Great Britain 6.44 624
20 Hernán Figueroa   Chile 6.38 608
21 Friedel Schirmer   Germany 6.37 605
21 Erkki Hautamäki   Finland 6.37 605
23 Bob Adams   Canada 6.22 567
24 Fotios Kosmas   Greece 6.20 562
25 Reinaldo Oliver   Puerto Rico 6.15 550
26 Pyotr Kozhevnikov   Soviet Union 5.80 466
27 Georges Breitman   France 5.43 385
28 Pat Leane   Australia 5.22 341

Shot Put edit

Rank Athlete Country Distance Points
1 Bob Mathias   United States 15.30 912
2 Milt Campbell   United States 13.89 759
3 Sepp Hipp   Germany 13.26 696
4 Floyd Simmons   United States 13.18 688
5 Kjell Tånnander   Sweden 12.97 669
6 Oto Rebula   Yugoslavia 12.90 663
7 Hernán Figueroa   Chile 12.87 660
8 Ignace Heinrich   France 12.83 656
9 Max Wehrli   Switzerland 12.73 647
10 Friedel Schirmer   Germany 12.69 644
11 Vladimir Volkov   Soviet Union 12.62 637
12 Geoff Elliott   Great Britain 12.40 618
13 Hugues Frayer   France 12.36 614
14 Erkki Hautamäki   Finland 12.19 599
15 Bob Adams   Canada 12.01 582
16 Olli Reikko   Finland 11.85 568
17 Eeles Landström   Finland 11.75 560
18 Sergey Kuznetsov   Soviet Union 11.71 556
19 Brígido Iriarte   Venezuela 11.66 552
20 Göran Widenfelt   Sweden 11.61 548
21 Héctor Román   Puerto Rico 11.56 544
22 Fernando Fernandes   Portugal 11.20 516
23 Reinaldo Oliver   Puerto Rico 10.22 437
24 Carlos Vera   Chile 9.52 387
25 Georges Breitman   France 9.28 369

High Jump edit

Rank Athlete Country Distance Points
1 Göran Widenfelt   Sweden 1.94 960
2 Floyd Simmons   United States 1.92 930
3 Bob Mathias   United States 1.90 900
4 Ignace Heinrich   France 1.88 872
5 Milt Campbell   United States 1.85 832
5 Kjell Tånnander   Sweden 1.85 832
7 Friedel Schirmer   Germany 1.80 770
8 Vladimir Volkov   Soviet Union 1.75 711
8 Sepp Hipp   Germany 1.75 711
8 Geoff Elliott   Great Britain 1.75 711
8 Eeles Landström   Finland 1.75 711
8 Bob Adams   Canada 1.75 711
8 Carlos Vera   Chile 1.75 711
14 Olli Reikko   Finland 1.70 656
14 Fernando Fernandes   Portugal 1.70 656
14 Reinaldo Oliver   Puerto Rico 1.70 656
14 Erkki Hautamäki   Finland 1.70 656
18 Sergey Kuznetsov   Soviet Union 1.65 605
18 Hugues Frayer   France 1.65 605
18 Oto Rebula   Yugoslavia 1.65 605
18 Héctor Román   Puerto Rico 1.65 605
22 Brígido Iriarte   Venezuela 1.60 555
22 Hernán Figueroa   Chile 1.60 555
22 Max Wehrli   Switzerland 1.60 555
25 Georges Breitman   France 1.50 464

400m edit

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Bob Mathias   United States 50.2 828
2 Sergey Kuznetsov   Soviet Union 52.8 654
3 Max Wehrli   Switzerland 54.7 545

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Vladimir Volkov   Soviet Union 51.2 758
2 Göran Widenfelt   Sweden 51.3 751
3 Hugues Frayer   France 51.3 751
4 Reinaldo Oliver   Puerto Rico 53.4 618

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Hernán Figueroa   Chile 52.8 654
2 Oto Rebula   Yugoslavia 54.3 565

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Milt Campbell   United States 50.9 779
2 Sepp Hipp   Germany 51.3 751
3 Bob Adams   Canada 55.2 520

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Olli Reikko   Finland 50.3 821
2 Ignace Heinrich   France 51.0 772
3 Floyd Simmons   United States 51.1 765

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Friedel Schirmer   Germany 50.5 807
2 Geoff Elliott   Great Britain 53.0 642
3 Brígido Iriarte   Venezuela 53.1 636

Heat 7

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Kjell Tånnander   Sweden 52.6 666
2 Héctor Román   Puerto Rico 52.7 660
3 Erkki Hautamäki   Finland 53.9 588

Heat 8

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Fernando Fernandes   Portugal 51.2 758
2 Eeles Landström   Finland 56.7 445
3 Georges Breitman   France 1:03.9 189

110m Hurdles edit

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Friedel Schirmer   Germany 16.0 593
2 Bob Adams   Canada 16.6 489

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Ignace Heinrich   France 16.0 593
2 Brígido Iriarte   Venezuela 16.6 489
3 Reinaldo Oliver   Puerto Rico 16.7 473
4 Eeles Landström   Finland 17.1 413

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Hugues Frayer   France 15.4 716
2 Kjell Tånnander   Sweden 15.8 632
3 Fernando Fernandes   Portugal 15.8 632
4 Olli Reikko   Finland 18.8 208

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Milt Campbell   United States 14.5 953
2 Floyd Simmons   United States 15.0 813
3 Vladimir Volkov   Soviet Union 15.8 632
4 Erkki Hautamäki   Finland 16.3 540

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Sepp Hipp   Germany 16.1 575
2 Hernán Figueroa   Chile 16.4 523

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Göran Widenfelt   Sweden 16.1 575
2 Héctor Román   Puerto Rico 16.4 523

Heat 7

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Bob Mathias   United States 14.7 894
2 Geoff Elliott   Great Britain 15.7 652

Heat 8

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Oto Rebula   Yugoslavia 16.0 593
2 Sergey Kuznetsov   Soviet Union 16.4 523
3 Max Wehrli   Switzerland 16.4 523

Discus Throw edit

Rank Athlete Country Distance Points
1 Bob Mathias   United States 46.89 838
2 Sepp Hipp   Germany 45.84 802
3 Bob Adams   Canada 42.45 696
4 Sergey Kuznetsov   Soviet Union 41.04 656
5 Milt Campbell   United States 40.50 640
6 Hugues Frayer   France 40.02 627
7 Göran Widenfelt   Sweden 39.53 613
8 Kjell Tånnander   Sweden 39.30 607
9 Oto Rebula   Yugoslavia 38.55 587
10 Brígido Iriarte   Venezuela 38.23 578
11 Hernán Figueroa   Chile 38.08 574
12 Vladimir Volkov   Soviet Union 38.04 573
13 Floyd Simmons   United States 37.77 566
14 Erkki Hautamäki   Finland 37.20 552
15 Friedel Schirmer   Germany 37.01 547
16 Max Wehrli   Switzerland 36.81 541
17 Eeles Landström   Finland 34.51 483
18 Fernando Fernandes   Portugal 34.27 477
19 Geoff Elliott   Great Britain 34.21 476
20 Héctor Román   Puerto Rico 32.98 446
21 Olli Reikko   Finland 30.72 392
22 Reinaldo Oliver   Puerto Rico 29.95 374

Pole Vault edit

Rank Athlete Country Distance Points
1 Eeles Landström   Finland 4.20 855
2 Geoff Elliott   Great Britain 4.10 795
3 Bob Mathias   United States 4.00 745
4 Vladimir Volkov   Soviet Union 3.80 645
4 Max Wehrli   Switzerland 3.80 645
6 Bob Adams   Canada 3.70 596
7 Floyd Simmons   United States 3.60 556
7 Sergey Kuznetsov   Soviet Union 3.60 556
9 Sepp Hipp   Germany 3.50 516
9 Göran Widenfelt   Sweden 3.50 516
9 Kjell Tånnander   Sweden 3.50 516
9 Friedel Schirmer   Germany 3.50 516
9 Olli Reikko   Finland 3.50 516
9 Hernán Figueroa   Chile 3.50 516
9 Reinaldo Oliver   Puerto Rico 3.50 516
16 Hugues Frayer   France 3.40 476
16 Brígido Iriarte   Venezuela 3.40 476
16 Oto Rebula   Yugoslavia 3.40 476
16 Héctor Román   Puerto Rico 3.40 476
16 Erkki Hautamäki   Finland 3.40 476
21 Milt Campbell   United States 3.30 438
22 Fernando Fernandes   Portugal 3.00 328

Javelin Throw edit

Rank Athlete Country Distance Points
1 Bob Mathias   United States 59.21 715
2 Eeles Landström   Finland 57.61 680
3 Vladimir Volkov   Soviet Union 56.68 660
4 Reinaldo Oliver   Puerto Rico 56.68 660
5 Brígido Iriarte   Venezuela 55.55 637
6 Floyd Simmons   United States 54.69 620
7 Milt Campbell   United States 54.54 617
8 Sepp Hipp   Germany 54.14 609
9 Friedel Schirmer   Germany 54.00 606
10 Erkki Hautamäki   Finland 53.57 597
11 Kjell Tånnander   Sweden 52.79 582
12 Olli Reikko   Finland 51.41 554
13 Oto Rebula   Yugoslavia 51.39 554
14 Hernán Figueroa   Chile 51.22 550
15 Max Wehrli   Switzerland 51.08 548
16 Héctor Román   Puerto Rico 49.80 525
17 Geoff Elliott   Great Britain 49.56 520
18 Göran Widenfelt   Sweden 49.36 517
19 Bob Adams   Canada 44.83 436
20 Fernando Fernandes   Portugal 43.55 414
21 Sergey Kuznetsov   Soviet Union 43.19 408
22 Hugues Frayer   France 41.31 376

1500m edit

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Olli Reikko   Finland 4:28.0 526
2 Fernando Fernandes   Portugal 4:37.0 441
3 Göran Widenfelt   Sweden 4:38.6 427
4 Reinaldo Oliver   Puerto Rico 4:51.8 321
5 Bob Adams   Canada 4:57.0 283
6 Max Wehrli   Switzerland 4:58.6 272

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Vladimir Volkov   Soviet Union 4:33.2 475
2 Kjell Tånnander   Sweden 4:57.2 281
3 Eeles Landström   Finland 5:01.0 255
4 Hugues Frayer   France 5:14.4 175
5 Héctor Román   Puerto Rico 5:14.4 175

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Sergey Kuznetsov   Soviet Union 4:42.0 396
2 Friedel Schirmer   Germany 4:47.6 352
3 Brígido Iriarte   Venezuela 4:49.8 336
4 Bob Mathias   United States 4:50.8 328
5 Floyd Simmons   United States 4:53.4 309

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Points
1 Sepp Hipp   Germany 4:57.2 281
2 Hernán Figueroa   Chile 4:58.2 274
3 Oto Rebula   Yugoslavia 5:01.8 249
4 Geoff Elliott   Great Britain 5:03.6 238
5 Milt Campbell   United States 5:07.2 216

Final standings edit

Standings after Event 10

Pos Athlete Total
Points		 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m
    Bob Mathias (USA) 7,887 WR 948 779 912 900 828 894 838 745 715 328
    Milt Campbell (USA) 6,975 1,034 707 759 832 779 953 640 438 617 216
    Floyd Simmons (USA) 6,788 737 804 688 930 765 813 566 556 620 309
4   Vladimir Volkov (URS) 6,674 768 815 637 711 758 632 573 645 660 475
5   Sepp Hipp (GER) 6,449 768 740 696 711 751 575 802 516 609 281
6   Göran Widenfelt (SWE) 6,388 768 713 548 960 751 575 613 516 517 427
7   Kjell Tånnander (SWE) 6,308 768 755 669 832 666 632 607 516 582 281
8   Friedel Schirmer (GER) 6,118 678 605 644 770 807 593 547 516 606 352
9   Geoff Elliott (GBR) 6,044 768 624 618 711 642 652 476 795 520 238
10   Sergey Kuznetsov (URS) 5,937 768 815 556 605 654 523 656 556 408 396
11   Hugues Frayer (FRA) 5,772 707 725 614 605 751 716 627 476 376 175
12   Brígido Iriarte (VEN) 5,770 707 804 552 555 636 489 578 476 637 336
13   Olli Reikko (FIN) 5,725 800 684 568 656 821 208 392 516 554 526
14   Eeles Landström (FIN) 5,694 597 695 560 711 445 413 483 855 680 255
15   Oto Rebula (YUG) 5,648 678 678 663 605 565 593 587 476 554 249
16   Fernando Fernandes (POR) 5,604 737 645 516 656 758 632 477 328 414 441
17   Hernán Figueroa (CHI) 5,592 678 608 660 555 654 523 574 516 550 274
18   Max Wehrli (SUI) 5,561 650 635 647 555 545 523 541 645 548 272
19   Bob Adams (CAN) 5,530 650 567 582 711 520 489 696 596 436 283
20   Héctor Román (PUR) 5,264 678 632 544 605 660 523 446 476 525 175
21   Reinaldo Oliver (PUR) 5,228 623 550 437 656 618 473 374 516 660 321
  Erkki Hautamäki (FIN) DNF 572 605 599 656 588 540 552 476 597
  Ignace Heinrich (FRA) DNF 737 818 656 872 772 593
  Georges Breitman (FRA) DNF 254 385 369 464 189
  Carlos Vera (CHI) DNF 870 773 387 711
  Fotios Kosmas (GRE) DNF 737 562
  Pyotr Kozhevnikov (URS) DNF 768 446
  Pat Leane (AUS) DNF 623 341

References edit

  1. ^ "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

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