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
Bob Mathias  United States
Milt Campbell  United States
Floyd Simmons  United States

Records

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

World record Bob Mathias (USA)7287 pointsTulare, United States30 June 1950
Olympic record Glenn Morris (USA)7254 pointsBerlin, Germany8 August 1936

At the end of the competition the following world and Olympic records were set:

DateEventAthletePointsORWR
26 JulyFinal Bob Mathias (USA)7887ORWR

Results

Note: All scores are based on the tables used in 1952.

100m

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Milt Campbell United States10.781034
2Carlos Vera Chile11.28870
3Vladimir Volkov Soviet Union11.49768
4Bob Adams Canada11.95650

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Friedel Schirmer Germany11.68678
2Pat Leane Australia11.82623
3Georges Breitman France13.70254

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Sergey Kuznetsov Soviet Union11.56768
2Kjell Tånnander Sweden11.59768
3Erkki Hautamäki Finland12.22572

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Geoff Elliott Great Britain11.45869
2Brígido Iriarte Venezuela11.66707
3Héctor Román Puerto Rico11.70678
4Max Wehrli Switzerland11.93650

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Floyd Simmons United States11.52737
2Hugues Frayer France11.61707
3Oto Rebula Yugoslavia11.72678

Heat 6

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Olli Reikko Finland11.43800
2Fotios Kosmas Greece11.53737
3Hernán Figueroa Chile11.73678
4Reinaldo Oliver Puerto Rico11.89623

Heat 7

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Göran Widenfelt Sweden11.53768
2Pyotr Kozhevnikov Soviet Union11.60768

Heat 8

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Bob Mathias United States11.08948
2Sepp Hipp Germany11.46768
3Fernando Fernandes Portugal11.54737

Heat 9

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Ignace Heinrich France11.61737
2Eeles Landström Finland12.10597

Long Jump

RankAthleteCountryDistancePoints
1Ignace Heinrich France7.10818
2Vladimir Volkov Soviet Union7.09815
2Sergey Kuznetsov Soviet Union7.09815
4Floyd Simmons United States7.06804
4Brígido Iriarte Venezuela7.06804
6Bob Mathias United States6.98779
7Carlos Vera Chile6.96773
8Kjell Tånnander Sweden6.90755
9Sepp Hipp Germany6.85740
10Hugues Frayer France6.80725
11Göran Widenfelt Sweden6.76713
12Milt Campbell United States6.74707
13Eeles Landström Finland6.70695
14Olli Reikko Finland6.66684
15Oto Rebula Yugoslavia6.64678
16Fernando Fernandes Portugal6.52645
17Max Wehrli Switzerland6.48635
18Héctor Román Puerto Rico6.47632
19Geoff Elliott Great Britain6.44624
20Hernán Figueroa Chile6.38608
21Friedel Schirmer Germany6.37605
21Erkki Hautamäki Finland6.37605
23Bob Adams Canada6.22567
24Fotios Kosmas Greece6.20562
25Reinaldo Oliver Puerto Rico6.15550
26Pyotr Kozhevnikov Soviet Union5.80466
27Georges Breitman France5.43385
28Pat Leane Australia5.22341

Shot Put

RankAthleteCountryDistancePoints
1Bob Mathias United States15.30912
2Milt Campbell United States13.89759
3Sepp Hipp Germany13.26696
4Floyd Simmons United States13.18688
5Kjell Tånnander Sweden12.97669
6Oto Rebula Yugoslavia12.90663
7Hernán Figueroa Chile12.87660
8Ignace Heinrich France12.83656
9Max Wehrli Switzerland12.73647
10Friedel Schirmer Germany12.69644
11Vladimir Volkov Soviet Union12.62637
12Geoff Elliott Great Britain12.40618
13Hugues Frayer France12.36614
14Erkki Hautamäki Finland12.19599
15Bob Adams Canada12.01582
16Olli Reikko Finland11.85568
17Eeles Landström Finland11.75560
18Sergey Kuznetsov Soviet Union11.71556
19Brígido Iriarte Venezuela11.66552
20Göran Widenfelt Sweden11.61548
21Héctor Román Puerto Rico11.56544
22Fernando Fernandes Portugal11.20516
23Reinaldo Oliver Puerto Rico10.22437
24Carlos Vera Chile9.52387
25Georges Breitman France9.28369

High Jump

RankAthleteCountryDistancePoints
1Göran Widenfelt Sweden1.94960
2Floyd Simmons United States1.92930
3Bob Mathias United States1.90900
4Ignace Heinrich France1.88872
5Milt Campbell United States1.85832
5Kjell Tånnander Sweden1.85832
7Friedel Schirmer Germany1.80770
8Vladimir Volkov Soviet Union1.75711
8Sepp Hipp Germany1.75711
8Geoff Elliott Great Britain1.75711
8Eeles Landström Finland1.75711
8Bob Adams Canada1.75711
8Carlos Vera Chile1.75711
14Olli Reikko Finland1.70656
14Fernando Fernandes Portugal1.70656
14Reinaldo Oliver Puerto Rico1.70656
14Erkki Hautamäki Finland1.70656
18Sergey Kuznetsov Soviet Union1.65605
18Hugues Frayer France1.65605
18Oto Rebula Yugoslavia1.65605
18Héctor Román Puerto Rico1.65605
22Brígido Iriarte Venezuela1.60555
22Hernán Figueroa Chile1.60555
22Max Wehrli Switzerland1.60555
25Georges Breitman France1.50464

400m

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Bob Mathias United States50.2828
2Sergey Kuznetsov Soviet Union52.8654
3Max Wehrli Switzerland54.7545

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Vladimir Volkov Soviet Union51.2758
2Göran Widenfelt Sweden51.3751
3Hugues Frayer France51.3751
4Reinaldo Oliver Puerto Rico53.4618

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Hernán Figueroa Chile52.8654
2Oto Rebula Yugoslavia54.3565

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Milt Campbell United States50.9779
2Sepp Hipp Germany51.3751
3Bob Adams Canada55.2520

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Olli Reikko Finland50.3821
2Ignace Heinrich France51.0772
3Floyd Simmons United States51.1765

Heat 6

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Friedel Schirmer Germany50.5807
2Geoff Elliott Great Britain53.0642
3Brígido Iriarte Venezuela53.1636

Heat 7

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Kjell Tånnander Sweden52.6666
2Héctor Román Puerto Rico52.7660
3Erkki Hautamäki Finland53.9588

Heat 8

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Fernando Fernandes Portugal51.2758
2Eeles Landström Finland56.7445
3Georges Breitman France1:03.9189

110m Hurdles

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Friedel Schirmer Germany16.0593
2Bob Adams Canada16.6489

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Ignace Heinrich France16.0593
2Brígido Iriarte Venezuela16.6489
3Reinaldo Oliver Puerto Rico16.7473
4Eeles Landström Finland17.1413

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Hugues Frayer France15.4716
2Kjell Tånnander Sweden15.8632
3Fernando Fernandes Portugal15.8632
4Olli Reikko Finland18.8208

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Milt Campbell United States14.5953
2Floyd Simmons United States15.0813
3Vladimir Volkov Soviet Union15.8632
4Erkki Hautamäki Finland16.3540

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Sepp Hipp Germany16.1575
2Hernán Figueroa Chile16.4523

Heat 6

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Göran Widenfelt Sweden16.1575
2Héctor Román Puerto Rico16.4523

Heat 7

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Bob Mathias United States14.7894
2Geoff Elliott Great Britain15.7652

Heat 8

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Oto Rebula Yugoslavia16.0593
2Sergey Kuznetsov Soviet Union16.4523
3Max Wehrli Switzerland16.4523

Discus Throw

RankAthleteCountryDistancePoints
1Bob Mathias United States46.89838
2Sepp Hipp Germany45.84802
3Bob Adams Canada42.45696
4Sergey Kuznetsov Soviet Union41.04656
5Milt Campbell United States40.50640
6Hugues Frayer France40.02627
7Göran Widenfelt Sweden39.53613
8Kjell Tånnander Sweden39.30607
9Oto Rebula Yugoslavia38.55587
10Brígido Iriarte Venezuela38.23578
11Hernán Figueroa Chile38.08574
12Vladimir Volkov Soviet Union38.04573
13Floyd Simmons United States37.77566
14Erkki Hautamäki Finland37.20552
15Friedel Schirmer Germany37.01547
16Max Wehrli Switzerland36.81541
17Eeles Landström Finland34.51483
18Fernando Fernandes Portugal34.27477
19Geoff Elliott Great Britain34.21476
20Héctor Román Puerto Rico32.98446
21Olli Reikko Finland30.72392
22Reinaldo Oliver Puerto Rico29.95374

Pole Vault

RankAthleteCountryDistancePoints
1Eeles Landström Finland4.20855
2Geoff Elliott Great Britain4.10795
3Bob Mathias United States4.00745
4Vladimir Volkov Soviet Union3.80645
4Max Wehrli Switzerland3.80645
6Bob Adams Canada3.70596
7Floyd Simmons United States3.60556
7Sergey Kuznetsov Soviet Union3.60556
9Sepp Hipp Germany3.50516
9Göran Widenfelt Sweden3.50516
9Kjell Tånnander Sweden3.50516
9Friedel Schirmer Germany3.50516
9Olli Reikko Finland3.50516
9Hernán Figueroa Chile3.50516
9Reinaldo Oliver Puerto Rico3.50516
16Hugues Frayer France3.40476
16Brígido Iriarte Venezuela3.40476
16Oto Rebula Yugoslavia3.40476
16Héctor Román Puerto Rico3.40476
16Erkki Hautamäki Finland3.40476
21Milt Campbell United States3.30438
22Fernando Fernandes Portugal3.00328

Javelin Throw

RankAthleteCountryDistancePoints
1Bob Mathias United States59.21715
2Eeles Landström Finland57.61680
3Vladimir Volkov Soviet Union56.68660
4Reinaldo Oliver Puerto Rico56.68660
5Brígido Iriarte Venezuela55.55637
6Floyd Simmons United States54.69620
7Milt Campbell United States54.54617
8Sepp Hipp Germany54.14609
9Friedel Schirmer Germany54.00606
10Erkki Hautamäki Finland53.57597
11Kjell Tånnander Sweden52.79582
12Olli Reikko Finland51.41554
13Oto Rebula Yugoslavia51.39554
14Hernán Figueroa Chile51.22550
15Max Wehrli Switzerland51.08548
16Héctor Román Puerto Rico49.80525
17Geoff Elliott Great Britain49.56520
18Göran Widenfelt Sweden49.36517
19Bob Adams Canada44.83436
20Fernando Fernandes Portugal43.55414
21Sergey Kuznetsov Soviet Union43.19408
22Hugues Frayer France41.31376

1500m

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Olli Reikko Finland4:28.0526
2Fernando Fernandes Portugal4:37.0441
3Göran Widenfelt Sweden4:38.6427
4Reinaldo Oliver Puerto Rico4:51.8321
5Bob Adams Canada4:57.0283
6Max Wehrli Switzerland4:58.6272

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Vladimir Volkov Soviet Union4:33.2475
2Kjell Tånnander Sweden4:57.2281
3Eeles Landström Finland5:01.0255
4Hugues Frayer France5:14.4175
5Héctor Román Puerto Rico5:14.4175

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Sergey Kuznetsov Soviet Union4:42.0396
2Friedel Schirmer Germany4:47.6352
3Brígido Iriarte Venezuela4:49.8336
4Bob Mathias United States4:50.8328
5Floyd Simmons United States4:53.4309

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimePoints
1Sepp Hipp Germany4:57.2281
2Hernán Figueroa Chile4:58.2274
3Oto Rebula Yugoslavia5:01.8249
4Geoff Elliott Great Britain5:03.6238
5Milt Campbell United States5:07.2216

Final standings

Standings after Event 10

PosAthleteTotal
Points
100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500m
 Bob Mathias (USA)7,887 WR948779912900828894838745715328
 Milt Campbell (USA)6,9751,034707759832779953640438617216
 Floyd Simmons (USA)6,788737804688930765813566556620309
4 Vladimir Volkov (URS)6,674768815637711758632573645660475
5 Sepp Hipp (GER)6,449768740696711751575802516609281
6 Göran Widenfelt (SWE)6,388768713548960751575613516517427
7 Kjell Tånnander (SWE)6,308768755669832666632607516582281
8 Friedel Schirmer (GER)6,118678605644770807593547516606352
9 Geoff Elliott (GBR)6,044768624618711642652476795520238
10 Sergey Kuznetsov (URS)5,937768815556605654523656556408396
11 Hugues Frayer (FRA)5,772707725614605751716627476376175
12 Brígido Iriarte (VEN)5,770707804552555636489578476637336
13 Olli Reikko (FIN)5,725800684568656821208392516554526
14 Eeles Landström (FIN)5,694597695560711445413483855680255
15 Oto Rebula (YUG)5,648678678663605565593587476554249
16 Fernando Fernandes (POR)5,604737645516656758632477328414441
17 Hernán Figueroa (CHI)5,592678608660555654523574516550274
18 Max Wehrli (SUI)5,561650635647555545523541645548272
19 Bob Adams (CAN)5,530650567582711520489696596436283
20 Héctor Román (PUR)5,264678632544605660523446476525175
21 Reinaldo Oliver (PUR)5,228623550437656618473374516660321
 Erkki Hautamäki (FIN)DNF572605599656588540552476597
 Ignace Heinrich (FRA)DNF737818656872772593
 Georges Breitman (FRA)DNF254385369464189
 Carlos Vera (CHI)DNF870773387711
 Fotios Kosmas (GRE)DNF737562
 Pyotr Kozhevnikov (URS)DNF768446
 Pat Leane (AUS)DNF623341

References

  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.
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