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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. Mathias ranked first in all three throwing events—discus, shot put and javelin. He won all of these by over a metre. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: At the end of the competition the following world and Olympic records were set: Results Note: All scores are based on the tables used in 1952. 100m Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Heat 5 Heat 6 Heat 7 Heat 8 Heat 9 Long Jump Shot Put High Jump 400m Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Heat 5 Heat 6 Heat 7 Heat 8 110m Hurdle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki Olympic Stadium
The Helsinki Olympic Stadium (; ), located in the Töölö district about from the centre of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country. The stadium is best known for being the centre of activities in the 1952 Summer Olympics. During those games, it hosted athletics, equestrian show jumping, and the football finals. The stadium was also the venue for the first Bandy World Championship in 1957, the first and tenth World Athletics Championships, in 1983 and 2005. It hosted the European Athletics Championships in 1971, 1994 and 2012. It is also the home stadium of the Finland national football team. The stadium reopened in August 2020 after four years of renovation. History The Olympic Stadium was designed by the architects Yrjö Lindegren and Toivo Jäntti. The Olympic stadium, known as an icon of functionalist style of architecture, was featured in the Architectural Digest as one of the best examples of Olympic architecture. Yrjö Lindgren lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Adams (decathlete)
Robert Adams (20 December 1924 – 23 February 2019) was a Canadian decathlete who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He also represented Canada at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, taking part in the pole vault and high jump disciplines. He was born in Alsask, Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the .... References External links * 1924 births 2019 deaths Sportspeople from Saskatchewan Canadian decathletes Canadian male pole vaulters Canadian male high jumpers Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games athletes for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Canadian Track and Field Championships winners 20th-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olli Reikko
Olli Reikko (10 January 1927 – 23 June 2005) was a Finnish athlete. He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in .... References 1927 births 2005 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Finnish decathletes Olympic athletes for Finland Sportspeople from Pori Athletes from Satakunta {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oto Rebula
Oto Rebula (14 August 1921 – 11 July 2001) was a Serbian athlete. He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ..., representing Yugoslavia. References 1921 births 2001 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Serbian decathletes Olympic athletes for Yugoslavia Sportspeople from Banja Luka {{Serbia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugues Frayer
Hugues Frayer (31 January 1923 – 28 April 1996) was a French hurdler. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the men's decathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in .... References 1923 births 1996 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics French male hurdlers French decathletes Olympic athletes for France Athletes from Paris 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-decathlon-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Wehrli (athlete)
Max Wehrli (28 April 1930 – 31 May 2014) was a Swiss athlete. He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in .... References 1930 births 2014 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Swiss decathletes Olympic athletes for Switzerland Place of birth missing {{Switzerland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Héctor Román
Héctor Román (born 7 January 1933) is a Puerto Rican athlete. He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in .... References 1933 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Puerto Rican decathletes Olympic track and field athletes for Puerto Rico Place of birth missing (living people) Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics {{PuertoRico-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brígido Iriarte
Brígido Iriarte (1 June 1921 – 4 January 1984) was a Venezuelan track and field athlete who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He competed in a wide variety of events, including the decathlon, men's athletics pentathlon, pole vault, long jump and javelin throw. He finished fourth in the 1955 Pan American Games decathlon, fifth in the javelin throw, and sixth in the pole vault. In the 1959 Pan American Games The 1959 Pan American Games, officially known as the III Pan American Games and commonly known as Chicago 1959, were held in Chicago, Illinois, United States between August 28 and September 7, 1959. Host city selection One city initially su ... he finished sixth in the javelin throw and eighth in the pole vault. References 1921 births 1984 deaths Venezuelan male pole vaulters Venezuelan male long jumpers Venezuelan male javelin throwers Venezuelan pentathletes Venezuelan decathletes Olympic athletes for Venezuela Athletes (track and field) at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Elliott
Geoffrey Michael Elliott (7 April 1931 – 12 October 2014) was a pole vaulter, shot putter and decathlete from England who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Biography Elliott born in Ilford, finished second behind Harry Whittle in the decathlon event at the 1950 AAA Championships. Elliott represented the Great Britain team at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki in both the pole vault and decathlon events. Elliott became the British pole vault champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1952 AAA Championships. He would go on to win it again at the 1953 AAA Championships and the 1955 AAA Championships. He set his personal best in the pole vault (4.30 metres) on 28 August 1954 in Bern. He represented England and won a gold medal in the pole vault at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada. Four years later, in Cardiff he repeated the success at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1958 British Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erkki Hautamäki (athlete)
Erkki Hautamäki (28 August 1930 – 5 September 2023) was a Finnish councillor of education ("opetusneuvos"), a Major in the Finnish Defense Forces reserves, historian and a researcher of the history of the Finnish Wars during World War II and the Soviet war plans related to World War II. He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Career In the 1960s, Hautamäki served in a special task force at the Main Headquarters of the Finnish Defense Forces. From 1970 to 1990 Hautamäki served as the headmaster of Vuokatin Urheiluopisto, the Sports Educational Center of Vuokatti, in Eastern Finland. Hautamäki published the book ''Suomi myrskyn silmässä'' (''Finland in the Eye of a Storm''), in 2005, in which both the pre-Winter War and the post-Winter War Soviet invasion plans on Finland are discussed and analyzed in detail. The Swedish version of Hautamäki’s book was examined by scientists at the University of Uppsala, Sweden. The book's introduction was co-wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjell Tånnander
Kjell Uno Jörgen Tånnander (born 25 June 1927) is a Swedish retired decathlete who won a bronze medal at the 1950 European Athletics Championships. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics and finished in 15th and 7th place, respectively. His daughters Annette and Kristine became Olympic heptathletes. Tånnander won the Swedish decathlon title in 1949 and 1951. Between 1949 and 1955 he also collected 15 medals in the standing high jump and standing long jump The standing long jump, also known as the standing broad jump, is an athletics event. It was an Olympic event until 1912. It is one of three standing variants of track and field jumping events, which also include the standing high jump an ... at the national championships. References External links * 1927 births Swedish decathletes Olympic athletes for Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics European Athletics Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Kuznetsov (athlete)
Sergey Ilich Kuznetsov (2 June 1918 – 2010) was a Russian Sport of athletics, athlete. He competed in the Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon, men's decathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics, representing the Soviet Union. References External links * 1918 births 2010 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Russian decathletes Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Sportspeople from Kemerovo Athletes from Kemerovo Oblast Date of death missing Place of death missing Soviet decathletes 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-decathlon-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
