Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres
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Men's 400 metres at the Games of the XV Olympiad
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | July 24 (heats and quarterfinals) July 25 (semifinals and final) |
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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 400 metres sprint event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place between July 24 and July 25.
Results
Heats
The fastest two runners in each of the twelve heats advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Karl-Friedrich Haas | ![]() |
47.58 | |
2 | Leslie Lewis | ![]() |
47.95 | |
3 | Edwin Carr, Jr. | ![]() |
48.23 | |
4 | Zoltán Adamik | ![]() |
48.70 | |
5 | Evelio Planas | ![]() |
49.44 | |
6 | Abdul Rehman | ![]() |
51.47 |
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ardalion Ignatyev | 23x15px Soviet Union | 48.22 | |
2 | Rolf Back | ![]() |
48.58 | |
3 | Rupert Blöch | ![]() |
49.82 | |
4 | Gérard Rasquin | ![]() |
50.12 | |
5 | John Anderton | 23x15px South Africa | 50.35 | |
6 | Pongamat Amatayakul | ![]() |
53.23 |
Heat three
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Arthur Wint | ![]() |
47.42 | |
2 | Jack Carroll | 23x15px Canada | 48.05 | |
3 | Egon Solymossy | ![]() |
49.32 | |
4 | Josef Steger | ![]() |
49.35 | |
5 | Jaakko Suikkari | ![]() |
50.92 | |
6 | Aurang Zeb | ![]() |
51.25 |
Heat four
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | ![]() |
48.57 | |
2 | Terry Higgins | ![]() |
48.77 | |
3 | Junkichi Matoba | ![]() |
49.57 | |
4 | Vasilios Sillis | ![]() |
49.79 | |
5 | Doğan Acarbay | ![]() |
50.83 | |
6 | Ivan Jacob | ![]() |
51.48 |
Heat five
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Herb McKenley | ![]() |
48.09 | |
2 | Louis van Biljon | 23x15px South Africa | 48.31 | |
3 | Roger Moens | ![]() |
48.71 | |
4 | Ferenc Bánhalmi | ![]() |
49.55 | |
5 | Arie Gill-Glick | ![]() |
50.27 | |
6 | Ernst von Gunten | ![]() |
50.88 | |
- | Tage Ekfeldt | ![]() |
DQ |
Heat six
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Mal Whitfield | ![]() |
48.68 | |
2 | Guillermo Gutiérrez | 23x15px Venezuela | 48.82 | |
3 | Gianni Rocca | ![]() |
49.51 | |
4 | Gösta Brännström | ![]() |
50.32 | |
5 | Javier Souza | ![]() |
50.47 | |
6 | Emin Doybak | ![]() |
51.34 | |
7 | Fernando Casimiro | ![]() |
52.33 |
Heat seven
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jacques Degats | ![]() |
48.60 | |
2 | Morris Curotta | ![]() |
48.87 | |
3 | Vincenzo Lombardo | ![]() |
49.53 | |
4 | Rudolf Haidegger | ![]() |
50.01 | |
5 | Albert Lowagie | ![]() |
50.26 |
Heat eight
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Hans Geister | ![]() |
47.99 | |
2 | Yves Camus | ![]() |
48.06 | |
3 | Milan Filo | ![]() |
48.91 | |
4 | Guðmundur Lárusson | ![]() |
49.81 | |
5 | Sompop Svadanandana | ![]() |
53.68 | |
6 | Jeremias Stokes | ![]() |
53.81 |
Heat nine
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Gene Cole | ![]() |
48.44 | |
2 | Alan Dick | ![]() |
48.84 | |
3 | Edmunds Pīlāgs | 23x15px Soviet Union | 49.29 | |
4 | Angel García | ![]() |
49.34 | |
5 | Antoine Uyterhoeven | ![]() |
50.21 | |
6 | Jean Hamilius | ![]() |
50.75 |
Heat ten
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | George Rhoden | ![]() |
48.28 | |
2 | Gerard Mach | ![]() |
48.64 | |
3 | Paul Dolan | ![]() |
48.81 | |
4 | Jean-Pierre Goudeau | ![]() |
48.94 | |
5 | Doug Clement | 23x15px Canada | 50.19 |
Heat eleven
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | James Lavery | 23x15px Canada | 48.47 | |
2 | Yuriy Lituyev | 23x15px Soviet Union | 49.01 | |
3 | Frank Rivera | ![]() |
49.48 | |
4 | Antonio Siddi | ![]() |
51.03 |
Heat twelve
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ollie Matson | ![]() |
48.17 | |
2 | Hans Ernst Schneider | ![]() |
48.86 | |
3 | Argemiro Roque | ![]() |
49.05 | |
4 | Schalk Booysen | 23x15px South Africa | 49.17 | |
5 | Jiří David | ![]() |
49.23 | |
6 | Fred Hammer | ![]() |
49.90 | |
7 | Ossi Mildh | ![]() |
50.36 |
Quarterfinals
The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.
Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Arthur Wint | ![]() |
46.98 | |
2 | James Lavery | 23x15px Canada | 47.67 | |
3 | Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | ![]() |
48.08 | |
4 | Guillermo Gutiérrez | 23x15px Venezuela | 48.75 | |
5 | Leslie Lewis | ![]() |
49.09 | |
6 | Hans Ernst Schneider | ![]() |
49.32 |
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | George Rhoden | ![]() |
47.24 | |
2 | Ollie Matson | ![]() |
47.53 | |
3 | Karl-Friedrich Haas | ![]() |
47.66 | |
4 | Morris Curotta | ![]() |
48.86 | |
5 | Rolf Back | ![]() |
51.53 |
Heat three
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Mal Whitfield | ![]() |
47.74 | |
2 | Hans Geister | ![]() |
47.81 | |
3 | Jack Carroll | 23x15px Canada | 47.82 | |
4 | Louis van Biljon | 23x15px South Africa | 48.63 | |
5 | Jacques Degats | ![]() |
48.90 | |
6 | Alan Dick | ![]() |
49.20 |
Heat four
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Herb McKenley | ![]() |
47.56 | |
2 | Gene Cole | ![]() |
47.88 | |
3 | Ardalion Ignatyev | 23x15px Soviet Union | 48.25 | |
4 | Yves Camus | ![]() |
48.43 | |
5 | Terry Higgins | ![]() |
49.22 |
Semifinals
The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Arthur Wint | ![]() |
46.38 | |
2 | Karl-Friedrich Haas | ![]() |
46.56 | |
3 | Mal Whitfield | ![]() |
46.64 | |
4 | Gene Cole | ![]() |
46.94 | |
5 | Ardalion Ignatyev | 23x15px Soviet Union | 47.49 | |
6 | James Lavery | 23x15px Canada | 47.83 |
Heat two
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Herb McKenley | ![]() |
46.53 | |
2 | George Rhoden | ![]() |
46.61 | |
3 | Ollie Matson | ![]() |
46.99 | |
4 | Hans Geister | ![]() |
47.00 | |
5 | Jack Carroll | 23x15px Canada | 47.61 |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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George Rhoden | ![]() |
46.09 | OR |
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Herb McKenley | ![]() |
46.20 | |
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Ollie Matson | ![]() |
46.94 | |
4 | Karl-Friedrich Haas | ![]() |
47.22 | |
5 | Arthur Wint | ![]() |
47.24 | |
6 | Mal Whitfield | ![]() |
47.30 |
Key: OR = Olympic record; DQ = Disqualified
References
- 1952 Summer Olympics results: Men's 400 metres, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-08-05.